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The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05

ne loaded his wagon with second-ha
bricks which were piled upon a vacant
lot at North Beach. He had seen other
persons help themselves in similar
manner, he informed Judge Conlan, and
one man, name not disclosed, had told
him that the bricks were free to any
one who wanted them, and that the
owner of the lot was only too glad to
soc them carted away. Mr.. Hansen in
tended to pave the yard of his dwelling
with the bricks which he took.
Now. the owner of the property is the
Globe Grain and Milling Company, and
it was representative of that corpora
ton. G. B. Ochiltree, who had Mr. Han
sen arrested and charged with larceny.
No person was authorized to remove
the bricks, Mr.. Ochiltree told the Judge,
and If other persons had helped them
selves" as alleged by Mr.. Hansen, then
those other persons would quickly find
themselves in a plight similar to that
in which Mr.. Hansen there stood.
The Judge continued the case till
next Friday, and Mr.. Ochiltree an
nounced his intention to employ the in
terim in securing the city and recover
ing his missing bricks.
John Sanguinetti, retailer of fruits
and vegetables on Seventh street,
handled a side line of alleged whisky
and thus cut into the trade of neigh
boring saloonists so deeply as to impel
them to complain to Patrolman Thomp-
son of the illegal competition, Signor
Sanguinetti having no license to sell
alcoholic liquors. So the policeman
disguised himself, visited the Sanguin-
etti store and requested the signor to
provide him with ten cents worth of
whisky, whereupon the signor filled
pint bottle with amber liquid, handed
it to his visitor and accepted the prof
fered dime
And here is what he sold me, your
Honor" said the officer to Judge Fritz,
before whom Signor Sanguinetti was
arraigned on the charge of selling liq
uor without a license
Take it away!" hastily exclaimed
the Judge, shrinking from the rendered
exhibit. TT can't be whisky, for that
quantity of anything savoring even
remotely of whisky could not be profit
ably sold for ten cents. 1t may be an
explosive of some kinda deadly
weapon. Take 1T away, and, please,
handle 1t very carefully. This defend
ant cannot be convicted of selling
whisky without license. but he might
possibly be punished. for obtaining ten
cents under false pretenses. Take it
away"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
c. Piomis Kills Himself.

The body Of a man was found yester-
day morning lying IN a vacant lot at
the corner of Montgomery avenue and
Taylor street There was a bullet
wound in the head and a revolver be-
side the body. One shot had been fired
In pocket was found a note written in
pencil with the following words: Tire
Of living. I kill myself. G. Piomis
from La Sale, Illinois"
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
In the Divorce Court.

A decree Of divorce was granted yes
terday TO Ella A from J. E. Creason on
the ground OF desertion. Suits for di-
vorce were filed by Grace A. against
Daniel p Fraser for failure to pro-
vide. Ida May against William A VIII
liams for cruelty, Katherine A against
George Fex for cruelty. Esther r.
against Garfield D. Hughes for failure
70 provide, Sophie against Oscar Olsen
for desertion and Henry against Ed
mundina Fauty for willful neglect.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
Settled out of Court.

The case of the American Bridge
Company of New York VS.. James L.
Flood was dismissed by consent yester-
day in the United States Circuit Court,
the matter having been settled by the
parties concerned. The suit was
brought to recover balance of $4,000
alleged to be due on contract for
structural iron work for the new Flood
building.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
EAST AT Low RATE.
Ru6aIo, New York and Return. at Littl,
Cn~f

A personally conducted excursion. via
Grand Canyon of Arizona. Denver. Colo
rado Springs, Manitou, Garden of the
Gods Pixies Peak, Kansas City and Chi
cago: sS7.T5 round trip to Buffalo. in
Guiding trip to Grand Canyon; every day
a holiday; the grandest sightseeing ex-
cursion Of the year.
F. of A. Attention. This is your off,
cial route Reservations should be made
at once.
For further particulars ask at No. 653
Market street, Santa Fe once.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
SPECIAL EXCURSION EAST AT Low
RATES.
Foresters of America Select Santa Fe as
onicial Route to Buffalo. N. Y.

A personally conducted excursion via Grand
Canyon OF Arizona, Denver, Colorado Springs
Manitou Garden of the Gods, Pixies Peak ia
Kansas City. st. Louis. Chicago and many
other Eastern points. Leave San Francisco
T1Iesday August 15 Reservations should be
made at once. For further particulars inquire
at Santa Fe Office 653 Market st.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
Picture-Erame Talk.

It takes power to run factory and power
TO run business: kind OF power to pro-
duce good moulding and frames, another to sell
them: we have both Don't experiment. Our
experts do II right Sanborn. Vail & Co., TAI
MarL af
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05

For that drowsy. tired feeling and loss
of appetite there is nothing as good as
Lash's Kidney and Liver Bltters.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05

Try the United States Laundry. 1904
Market street Telephone South 420.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05

II he had been Czar Nicholas instead
of plain William Ginzberg, the unfor-
tunate young Russian could not have
been more enthusiastically battered by
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Don hut NINE, good Marse Debbil
Use on'y po' o-o-ol' shif'less niggah.
II hain't nebber s1and'ed yo' befo'-I
M-Marse Debbi1. hain't nebber talked
gin yo' befo', Marse Debbil l hain't
nebber prayed ag'in' yo' in chu'ch like
some niggahs hez-'n-'n'-I hope yo'
famb1y's we1-o-o-ouch! Fo' de good
Lawd's sake, how yo' does pinch NAH
hans, Marse Debbil! Ow! please femme
go, please, nm"
His voice ended in howl as the tumbler
dropped from his hand and was shivered
on the floor. The sepulchral voice from
the armor cut him short
That's enough, yo' old hypocrite!
So this is the way yo' look after yo'
masters interests, is it?-with yo' lying
and cheating and thieving behind his
back! So this is the wicked snake nature
| that hides under yo' livery and yo' fine
manners and smooth talk? l have come
to put my spell on yo', and | warn yo'
now that unless yo' stop right here in
yo tracks and head yo'self for the narrow
path, yo doom is sealed! Yo' tongue
will wither up in yo' head, yo' feet will
shake with palsy, 20 hands will change
to claws and yo' will fall like Luciferl"
Uncle Roscoe groveled and moaned
beneath the words; but the master pitiless-
ly continued:
And now on one condition only will
spare yo'-just one. And that is that you
kneel down there on the floor and
solemnly promise to stop yo' scandalous
habits. Otherwise He 1oosed one
wrist and made a motion toward the
negro's breast.
The old mans jaw dropped in hideous
awe.
II boun do what yo' done toI me,
Marse Debbil," he whined, "on'y spar
me, Marse Debbil, spar me, n l sw'ar t.
promise-I-I-1 ben er monst Gus bad
niggah-wuthless n no-count-but
boun' do what yo' done toll MEL
Captain Chesaby 1oosed the other
wrist, and Uncle Roscoe sank to the floor,
with his knees in the broken glass and
whisky, a miserable, terror stricken, trem-
bling heap.
Come, urged the Captain at last,
less harshly than he had spoken before
for the disgrace of the trusted old servant
touched him, come, are yo' going to
promise?"
The old man raised his clay-hued face,
eyes rolling, lips twitching, and began:
"Oh, Lawd!-I mean Marse Debbil-I-
Il promise, sho'ly-'n-'n'- he
sought desperately for words to express
his earnestness-" n true dat | hain't
nebber gwine tech Marse Lafe's con
licker-'n' segars no more, mr. git sleep
en- chu'ch, mr. blaggard you, Marse
Debbil-'n-'n' l gwine change roun' n
be diffnt niggah. Yes, sahl l ben
turr'ble bad en- my day, thievin' n
lynn; but | gwine tun en- de narrer path.
| gwine ak yo' t. forgive me, Marse
Debbil-'
A rustic and an indignant snort at
tracted Captain Chesaby's attention at
this Juncture toward the back door,
and looking in that direction he beheld
Aunt Dilsey, Uncle Roscoe's rotund life
partner, filling the doorway with her
august person. In one hand she firmly
held her trusty broom. In her wide,
glittering eye was written wonder, con-
tempt and anger. She threateningly
1
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the came as the best of the old style.
COSTS the same or less than any good
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There have been other at
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
FUTURE OF CROP REPORTS.
Shall Condition Estimates" Be Abali-
doned by the Government.

From the New York Evening Post.
From two sources there has come, these
past few weeks, demand that the gov
ernment's monthly crop estimates be aban-
doned. Organs of the cotton spinning trade
have taken the ground that the industry Is
demoralized by the Agricultural Depart
ments monthly conjectures: they contend
that no one is benefited except the specu-
lators On the other hand, numerous grain
or produce commission houses, with specu-
latiye connections, have made the same de-
mand on the ground that the department
estimates are always misleading AS YET
producers do not appear to have joined IN
the demand-which may be significant.
Suppose the monthly crop report was 10
be abandoned. except for general review
of the past month similar to the weather
bureaus weekly bulletin; what then? the
first result presumably would be very great
. increase of activity by the private Elk
merit In both grain and cotton there are
several publications which canvass the He!u
every month and draw up percentage esu-
mates - .ho
No publication can afford. however, the
expense of a paid staff OF field correspond
ents, and postal card reports are 1o.o, ~ ;
ously Inadequate. Expensive field STAINS
can be afforded by large broker houses
their estimates have a well known ana per
fectly unavoidable element or weakness
There is constant tendency for such a
firm to color it's estimates to suit the pri-
vate speculations of its clientage. Whetner
for this reason for Others such estimates
are never a safe reliance In cotton, duriL 9
recent years, they have been apSoiuteis
wild, and they have not very much De'tei
record to show in grain.
With all their well known faults, the de-
partment's monthly figures serve as a
check on such private estimates, as the pri-
yate estimates do with the department s.
1t is easy to see what would happen III the
trade were to lose the one source or au-
thority which, while wholly disinterested in
the market. has the money to spend Tor
thorough information. If handled judicious-
ly, the present situation may result IN
far more perfect system. This Will not
happen so easily. however, If the inevitable
congressional inquiry into the cotton scan
daI is preceded by haphazard cutlery for
abolition of the monthly crop report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
MISTAKES OF AUTHORS.
Some Curious Instances Of Careless.
ness or Forgetfulness.

From the Dundee Advertlser
Like Cruden. the compiler of the Bible
Concordance who styled himself "Alexan-
der the Corrector,'' Dr. Brewer had pas
sion for pointing out the mistakes made
by eminent literary men. Some of his cor
rections are quite as amusing as the errors
of which he complains. In his article on
Errors of Authors he pillories numerous
poets, Spenser to Tennyson. and many
novelists from Cervantes to Dickens, VINO
have slipped into inadvertent oiunders
which the eagle eye of DR.. Brewer has de-
tected Here. for example. are few OF
the mistakes made by Sir Walter Scott as
corrected by DR.. Brewer:
In THE Fortunes OF Nigel Schap.
xxi Lord Dalgarno speaks of that happy
period which begins with Dearly Beloved
and ends with :amazement;" but In the
time of James / the marriage service did
not end with "amazement.
In his "AntiQuary" (chap. O he speaks
of "the philosopher who appealed from
Philip infiamed with wine to Philip In his
hours of sobriety." This philosopher was
a poor old woman
In 'aThe Betrothed" (time Henry I'D he
speaks of the Bishop Of Gloucester" but
there was no such bishop till 1541, which
was in the reign OF Henry VIII.
In '.Ivanhoe" tchap. xviii he makes
Wander. the Jester say III am amt d poor
was founded In 1905, and Wander" lived
In the reign of Richard I u1s9-'9O.
Here DIR. Brewer slips himself into an
error. for the Jester was not Wander,
but Wanda the son of Wftless.
Again, in ''Ivanhee.' the monk of Croy-
don" should be the monk OF Croyland.
In chap. vii the Christian name of NAL
voisin Is Richard. elsewhere 1t Is Philip.
Dr. Brewer has failed to note the we'll
known error In the Heart of Midlothian"
in which Scott transforms the peninsula of
Roseneath into an island. The blunders
made by Dickens are comical. In Little
Dorrit" the girl Tattycoram enters with
an iron box two feet square under her
arm" In Nicholas Nickleby' the boys
at Dotheboys Hall are set by Squeers ito
hoe turnips In the winter time. Sir Arch
ibald Alison (whose name Dr. Brewer mis-
spelled as "A1lisOn'D in his Life of Lord
Castlereagh.'' says "Sir Peregrine Pickle
was one Of the pallbearers of the Duke OF
Wellington" He meant Sir Peregrine Malt
land Shakespeare affords a rich crop of
plumbers. which proves that ito err is hu-
man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
Duties Of the Governess.
From Everybody's Magazine.

rom EVeryDoOyS Magazine.
The duties and privileges of a nursery
governess are uncertain; she fills an unde-
fined place in the domestic economy and
neither she nor her employers know Just
where she should be placed From the
twelve-year-old nurse girl to the college
trained governess the chain is unbroken:
and Ii was never possible for me to tell
what link in It the nursery governess would
be expected to form. I might find myself
at either end or somewhere In between.
Sometimes / ate with the family, some
times In the kitchen. sometimes / was
Miss Clark. sometimes Anna; some
times l was paid fifty dollars a month
sometimes four dollars a week; sometimes
slept with the youngest child, sometimes
In the attic: sometimes l went to the thea
ter with the children In my best hat, some
times wore chambermaid's uniform and
went In and out the back door; sometimes
the chambermaid cared for my room, some
times did the chamberwork In the house:
sometimes / washed for the baby and my
self. sometimes my things were sent to the
laundry with the family's: sometimes
taught the children algebra and French
sometimes the alphabet and the folding of
colored PAPERS. In spite of these different
duties. my various employers had always
made about the same requirements when
they engaged me, and II was impossible to
tell beforehand what my labors would be-
Mine was q form OF unspecialized labor, of
primitive industry, and for that reason UNI
satisfactory both to employer and employed
There could never be union of nursery
governesses, for 1t would have to include
nurses, teachers, cooks, dressmakers, cham
bermaids. companions secretaries, coach
men and dOgtenders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23

great value and some of iron.
The most important decoration worn by
the Japanese minister Is the Grand Cor
don of the Sacred Treasure the insignia
being directly over the heart. which,
coupled with the sash over the right Shout
der, completes the decoration. This Is the
highest order conferred by the mikado
upon any of his subjects. The order Is OF
very ancient origin and is indicative of
trust and esteem and is only conferred
upon persons of royal blood who have
earned the right to wear it by rendering
valuable services to their country.
The Grand Gordon of the Rising Sum- Is
also worn by Mr.. Takahra. indicative of
his attachments In literature and science.
as well as a mark of the personal esteem
of the emperor.
Besides these the Grand Cross of st.
Mourice," Italian, and the Iron Crown of
Austria are worn by the Japanese minis
ter.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg. the German
ambassador. wears a number of magnifi-
cent decorations. He is seen In his por
trait In the uniform of major of Hussars.
the position which he holds in the German
army. At his neck is the decoration of the
RED Eagle of Prussia which was grant
ed him by the emperor upon his arrival
from Genoa and is in recognition of diplo-
matte services while there. The decoration
is of white enamel arms of gold, with
red eagle in the center. the whole set with
diamonds. Its intrinsic value is estimated
to be between So, COO and $4,000. On his
left breast is a medal worn in memory
of Humelsburg, also a number of war
medals earned at the time of the Franco
Prussian war. Besides the above a num-
Der of foreign decorations seen which
were granted by other nations in compli-
ment and esteem while he was on service
away from home.
The Italian ambassador wears the medal
of the Order of the Crown of Italy and
its insignia is seen at his throat. This -
the highest order granted by the King of
Italy, and only to those who have distin-
guished themselves In the service of their
&C untry. Another important medal is found
directly beneath the first mentioned and
| that is of Commander of the Order of
Saint Maurizis and Larjaro," another deco
| ration indicative of high honor in Italy
The Italian ambassador. Signor Mayor des
Planches, wears many other decorations
| from foreign countries. including Belgium.
! Persia and Holland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
Driving Behind Oxen.
,m Everybody's Magazine

from EFefyDouy'e MaGazIne.
Nowhere else In the world is the bullock
travelling 80 comfortable and so common,
probably. rs in some parts of India. The
handy Is often fitted up in very comfortable
style. and though the springs might be I'M
proved. the comparatively slow pace Of the
oxen makes them less important to ones
comfort. The patient little white oxen trot
along at rate OF three or four miles an
hour, and. especially II It IL the evening. and
the refulgent Indian moon Is shining down
upon you, II the nightingaIes are singing.
and the fragrant jasmine ID blooming in
the hedgerows. you think that India Is not
so far removed from paradise after all.
But. after night of such travel, when you
come out In the broad light Of disiilusioning
day upon a collection OF filthy mud cabins,
and see the naked children. hungry and
famished. the Gaunt specters OF men and
women munching the uncooked grain dealt
out to them by generous hands-tn too much
OF hurry even to cook the food which they
crave-you revise your opinions. and make
up your mind that India. In famine-time,
u nearer the inferno than any other scoun-
try In the world S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
Seeing by Telephone.

From Everybodys Magazine.
How well you're looking this morning.
saws the facetious man In telephone greet
ing to his friend a hundred miles away.
Mr. j. B. Fowler of Portland. Oregon, has
taken the nub out of this joke by invent
ing an apparatus by which images dig
played before lens at one end OF tele-
phone wire are projected upon screen
at the other end. Mr.. Fowler invites his
visitors to talk with his daughter. They
place the telephone transmitter to the ear,
apply the eye to an aperture In the tele-
phone box, and see the young woman In
miniature speaking 5000 feet away. Mr..
Fowler is preparing now to show train
in motion in his invention. He has no
doubt of its commercial practicability. and
declares that within few years II viii
be in operation throughout the country.
For some II may be boon. For others
1t will be a curse. Who has not tele-
phoned when he wanted to avoid a face
to-face interview? What will frisky hus-
bands detained at the office" say to a ma
chine that shows to suspicious wives the
chips that pass in the night? Mr.. Fowler
may not be a public benefactor after al.