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The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
The Overdue List.

The rate on the Oleta was advanced yester-
Gay 70 so per cent, and the Jupiter was marked
Up 70 25 per cent The British ship Glenburn
Captain Johnstone, which LEFT here I5S days
ago for Liverpool. was quoted for reinsurance
yesterday at s per cent She is carrying a
large cargo OF canned fruits and salmon. The
British ship Moy out forty-nine days from
Demerara for Liverpool. was quoted for re-
Insurance al 10 per cent.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
curacao Comes From Mex,co.

Bright and early yesterday morning the Pa
cifc Coast Steamship COmpany'E little white
liner Curacao came into port from Guaymas
and way ports She had four days Of heavy
weather on the homeward run She brought
The Usual cargo which included live turtles
bananas and ore. She had twenty-one pas
sengers. among whom were: D. z. Guerena
T. =. Guerena. V Guerena, A. Guerena John
Andrews. Nettie Andrews Lester. Maud and
Ethel Andrews, ". Helot W. Messenger S
Sprout. II. {. Beatz. L. A. de la Vega.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
Runs Down scow Schooner.

The little tug Alitak Of the Alaska Packers
feet rSn into the scow schooner Maria Marci-
cano yesterday afternoon of Spear street
wharf. The Alitak struck the schooner amid
ships and the Maria began 10 settle in the
water Tide and wind favored her however,
and she was run ashore on Mission flats In
time 10 prevent her laundering.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
schooner Is High and Drr.

The sealing schooner Florence NJ. Munsie
previously reported ashore in Possession Bay
is now high and dry. Arrangements have been
made TO sslve her at 50 per cent Of the value
when recovered. There is said TO be a good
chance OF getting the vessel af7oat.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
Strands on a. Sandman.

The non-srrivsl on schedule time yesterday
Of the river steamer J. D. Peters from Stock
ton caused some little anxiety which was re-
Leved when the boat showed up, about eight
hours late. Shortly after leaving Stockton
she had stranded a sand bar and had to
remain there until & rising tide ioated her
Of. GEe sustained little If any damage.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
A Carload of Trunks.

carload of trunks. dress suit cases
and hand bags just received at a saving
of so per cent in freight Now is the
time to buy and get the benefit of the
special saving in low prices Sanborn,
Vail & Co., TAI Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
Sun Moon and Tide.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Time and Height of High and Low Waters
at Fort Point entrance to San Francisco
Bay. Published by official authority OF the
Superintendent
NOTElThe high and low waters occur at
the city front mission street WHARF about 25
minutes later than at Fort Point; the height
OF tide is the same at both places
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01

OPERETTA FOR CHARITY-The Society
for Christian Work gave an operetta entitled
''The House That Jack Built last night at
Steinway Hall. The play was witnessed by
large audience.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
Memoranda.

Per echr Oakland, from Astoria Mar 81
Had succession of SE. SW and W gales fol
is days; crew at pumps the entire passage
vessel upon arrival had three feet OF water In
hold and list to starboard.
LONDON. March S1-Br sealing schr Flor
ence NJ Munsie previously reported ashore al
Possession Bay, is high and dry; arrangements
have been made 10 salve vessel at 80 per cent
value when recovered; fair chance of getting
her of.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
Time BAH.

Branch Photographic Office. u. 8. N. Mer-
chants Exchange. San Francisco. CAL,
March 81, 1905.
The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry
I building was dropped exactly at noon to-day
e., at noon Of the 120th meridian. at 8
p. m. Greenwich time J. c. BURNETT,
Lieutenant u g. NJ In charge.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
To Load for Janan

The British steamer Indrspura which Ar
rived from Hiogo on Thursday, was Chartered
prior 70 arrival for merchandise 10 Japan
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
Weather Report.

The following the seasonal rainfalls TO
date as compared with those of the
date last season, and the rainfall in the last
twenfv-four hours.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01

OAKLAND HARBOa FERRY
fFOot OF Market St)
,7.tsAM. sooA- y. 100 A..
The leader., 1905-06-24
NOTES FROM ABROAD.


Japan's specie reserve stood at $225,-
100000 american gold yalue) on
January /, 1905, after II months of
costly war.
Berlin railways are running special
tree blossom trains to the outlying
districts to enable town dwellers to
enjoy the spring flowers and foliage
The French government intends to
make experiments in its Congo colony
in the cultivation of wild coffee tree
discovered by the explorer, NJ. Cheya-
lier.
At Grahamstown, South Africa, a
pair of ostriches were sold recently for
$1,000, which is a record price The
plucking from the chicks of this pair
realized from $50 to $6250 a bird.
Manchuria is gaining by the war.
The Ghuo- Shimbun estimates that fully
10O,OO0,OoO yen, or $4,000, 900, of Jap
anese money had been disbursed in
Manchuria up to the middle of April.
Among the beggar children of south
ern Italy there is rarely one who looks
i'll fed. Though food is scarce. the
sunshine and their life in the open air
do much toward nourishing their
bodies.
The leader., 1905-06-24
CONCERNING cHURcHHa.

That there are 5000 converts year
to Catholicism in the diocese Of New
York was stated In public address By
Archbishop Farley.
Archbishop Moeller, Of Cincinnati,
has organized a choir Of priests to rem
der Gregorian music at the funeral Of
all priests In his archdiocese.
Rev. Putnam Cady, pastor Of Em-
manuel Presbyterian church, Amster-
dam, n. r. has bsen chosen to fell
iowship in the famous Royal Geo
graphical Society OF England, an honor
conferred on but few Americans.
Rev John L. Scudder, pastor Of the
First Congregational church In Jersey
City, now has the Peoples palace in
working order, though the place is not
yet completed. 1t Is an adjunct to
his church and contains gymnasium.
dancing academy, bowling alleys, etc,
the whole to cost about 100000.
AS church choir singer Mrs. Fred
erick B. Bushnell, Of Dennisyijle, N.
j.. is believed to hold the record. At
75 years of age she is still mem
ber Of the choir OF the Methodist
church at Dennisville Her connec-
ton with the organization has extend
ed through two decades and for long
time she was the choir leader.
Miss Maude Hixson, of indianapolis,
who will within q short time become
assistant to Rev. Dr. Robert M. Rus
sell, pastor of the Sixth United Pres
byterian church. Pittsburg, will be
the first woman to engage in like work
in that city. Miss Hixson has been
assistant to Rev. Frank r. Ballard, of
the Memorial church, Indianapolis, for
the last four years.
The leader., 1905-06-24
SAVED cHILD's LIFE.
Remarkable Cure Of Dropsy by Dodd's
Kidney Pills.

Sedgwick, Ark, June 19.-The case Of w.
S. Taylor's little son is looked upon by
those interested in medical matters as one
of the most wonderful on record In this
connection his father makes the following
statement:
t'Last September my little boy had
dropsy; his feet and limbs were swollen
to such an extent that he could not walk
or put his shoes on. The treatment that
the doctors were giving him seemed to
de him no good, and two or three people
said his days were short, even the doctors,
two of the best in the country told me he
would not get better. stopped their
medicine and at once sent for Dodd's
Kidney Pills. I gave him three Pills
day, one morning, noon and night for
eight days; at the end of the eighth day
the swelling was all gone, but to give
the medicine justice, gave him eleven
more Pills. / used thirty five Pills in all
and he was entirely cured. consider
your medicine saved my child's life. When
the thirty-fve Pills were given him, he
could run, dance and sing, whereas before
he was an invalid in his mothers arms
from morning until night"
The leader., 1905-06-24
MEDICAL BREv1T1Es.

A Berlin doctor lays it down that
the piano should never be used by a
child under 16 years of age. Out of
1000 girls who played before the age
of IL he found 600 cases of nervous
diseases.
When the Medical and Chirurgical
Society of London was founded in 1905
the barber-surgeon was still more or
less tolerated. At one of its early
meetings one DIR. Wardrop advocated
the excellent custom" of bleeding pa
tients till they tainted, SO that they
might be the subject of surgical opera
tioE while in an insensible condition.
Attention has been drawn lately to
the insufficient food on which many
of the children of the poor have to
subsist, and to the impossibility of ILL
nourished brains assimilating due
amount of mental pabulum The food
may in other instances be sufficient,
and the child may yet be unable to
thrive upon it owing to defect in those
much neglected organs, the teeth.
An astronomer does not hail the
discovery of a new star with any more
enthusiasm than the average physician
displays over new or rare disease.
1t was in this spirit that Sir Fred
erick Treves received the account of
ailments which the distinguished pa
tient gave him. LET me congratulate
you," he is reported as saying; you
have, you lucky dog, a disease which
was thought to be extinct"
Forty thousand persons in London
alone are suffering from consumption.
according to- DR.. Arthur Latham, prize
essayist of the Kings sanatorium.
If other forms Of tuberculosis were
included, the number would be not
fewer than $4,000. Consumption is
responsible for the deaths of 5000
persons per annum in the metropolis,
and a similar number die from other
tuberculous diseases. all of them pre-
ventable.
The leader., 1905-06-24
TOWNS AMID TIE TONES.
Beggars, Thieves and outcasts of
China Make Homes ia De-
serted Graveyards.


Away up In the northernmost part OF
China Is a town composed entirely Of
graves. The place is. as matter Of
fact, q deserted burial ground, and has
been taken possession Of by band Of
beggars. thieves and outcasts OF all de-
scriptions, who eat and sleep In spite
Of their strange environment. There
are several Of these towns among the
tombs" in various ports Of the Chinese
empire, but the one mentioned ID the
most extensive.
Adjoining certain famous quarry in
Italy is town whose inhabitants pay
neither rent nor taxes The citizens,
who are all employed in the quarry, dig
out dwellings for themselves in the pre-
cipitous sides OF the rocks. Roads up
the cliffs lead to the various galleries.
In q marine village in New Guinea
there are houses all of which are sup
ported by piles and stand in the ocean,
some distance from the shore. The
object of this strange position Is to
protect the inhabitants from sudden
attacks from the dreaded head hunters.
who are always on the lookout for vic
Tins, Other villages in the same local.
ity are perched on lofty trees for the
same reason.
But the most curious town in the uni
verse is situated on a premontory on the
coast of Macedonia, and is called Athos.
The peninsula is known as the Noun
tain of the Monks, from the fact that a
score or more of monasteries are dotted
over the hills or lie in the valley.
They are filled with body of ascetics,
kind and hospitable to strangers, but
full of superstitions. The actual town
is distinct from the monasteries, and
supplies the simple wants of the monks.
Here are to be found streets of shops, a
hourishing bazar and all the energy and
hustle of modern town.
One thing strikes the visitor at once.
Not a female is to be seen. Even the
small Turkish garrison is made up en-
tirely of bachelors. This strange law
is carried out even among the domestic
animals. Only the wild birds evade 1t,
but they are never eaten. The legend
which accounts for this strange state of
affairs is a fiimsy one, but is implicitly
believed by the Inhabitants and rigor-
ously observed.
1t appears that at one of the chief
monasteries there is miraculous loon.
It is a representation of the virgin, and
the legends say that one day as Empress
Pulcheria, who had literally endowed
the church. as we'll as beautified and re-
stored it, was engaged in her deyotions
the virgin spoke and asked her what she,
a woman, was doing there. AS the EN-
press did not reply, the voice spoke
again and commanded her to leave, say
ing that no woman should ever again
enter the church. The surprised wom-
an left the place, and since then no fe-
male has ever entered the promontory,
though why this prohibition should
have taken in the entire peninsula is not
clear.
The leader., 1905-06-24
HABITS or NOTED MEN.


Andrew Carnegie's pet aversion Il
tobacco. At his New York residence
one evening recently he gave q dinner.
and, as usual, was q genial host. After
the coffee Mr.. Carnegie confessed his
dislike Of smoke in such way that
plainly indicated he would be dis
pleased If any OF his guests availed
themselves Of the opportunity to retire
to the bi1liard-room.
Senator Elect Brandegee Of Com
necticut makes point of being scru-
pulously polite, though thoroughly DEM
ocratic 1t is a habit Of his never
to talk to q woman with his head
covered. On the street or in an ele-
vator or In tha ONCE he lives up to
this rule. IN addition he has the
highest respect for women workers.
He said at one time: The women
who toll are the only women Of rank
In America. /"
Robert Hoe, the famous builder of
printing presses. has this for his fa-
vorite maxim: 1T is better to get be-
hind a thing and push it along. than
get in front Of it and drag it after
you. In other words, 1t is the work,
not the man, that should attract at
tention." This expression OF reserve
helps to explain why. it is that Mr.. Hoe
is never interviewed in the newspa-
pers. He has an air Of elegant leis-
ure, but works as hard as any of his
employees, thoroughly understanding
every deteil of his vast business.
Iwawa Oyama. the Japanese Ma
poleon, is every inch a soldier. Be-
longing to the most aristocratic class
In his country, he Is creator OF the
Japanese army as it is to-day. From
1880 to 1889 he worked on the Ger
man plans Of organization, but sub
sequently discarded it in favor of the
French system, on which lines he
brought the military forces to their
present marvellous state of perfection.
Oficially he is man of the fewest
possible words, but in private he is
delightful companion, witty and en-
tertaining.
Levi P. Morton, ex-vice president,
banker, diplomat and statesman,
smokes cigars on what he calls ra-
tional plan. In order to keep his
appreciation of thrift in good work
ing order he occasionally smokes a
ffVe-center. One day lately the
clerks in his bank became aware OF
a remarkable odor, obstinate and suf-
locating. When it was at its worst
messenger boy explained the mys-
terry on emerging from Mr.. Morton's
private room. "It's all right" he said
to the cashier. tDe boss is in dere
smoking one o. dem rankos.
The leader., 1905-06-24

true story of a bank cashier whose
speculations with the money of the
bank that employed him were to the
profit of the institution although the
cashier himself gained nothing through
his deals. The story is accurate in
every particular, and the man who fig
ures in it under the name of Brown
is q multi-millionaire we'll known in
Chicago and New York. He is called
Brown for the reason that his name is
something else.
When he was Ia years of age and at
tended a winter school in a backwoods
district in New York state he fractured
some rule of the school into glittering
fragments. Diplomatic intercourse be-
tween Brown and his teacher was rup-
tured at once. Open war followed, with
the result that the strong-armed peda-
gogue beat the boy nearly to death. Ir-
respective of whatever Brown might
have deserved in the administration of
hickory oil, the thrashing he received
was unnecessarily brutal and violent.
Brown, however, was not the boy to suf-
fer for nothing when there was profit
in sight His father was dead, and he
The leader., 1905-06-24
Land Of Twins and Triplets.

Scotland is the land of twins and
triplets, holding a long lead over her
sister countries in this matter In IL
months no fewer than 1926 mothers
gave birth to twins and 25 presented
tripIets. Scotland is among the few
countries of Europe where the proper
tion of male babies is greater than Of
females. Striking an average, It is
found that there are about 104 males
to every 100 females, but the sur
plus of grown-up girls is nevertheless
large, as so many men travel south
and apparently neglect to take the pre-
caution to obtain return tickets to
the land of cakes. There is yet an
other interesting fact about Scotland.
1t is the land Of the hale old age. Re-
cent returns show that during one
year 673 people died between the ages
of 80 and 100 Chicago Journal.
The leader., 1905-06-24
AIR HAS TONIC EFFECT.
One Reason Why We Have the Best
Weather Service in the
World

When the amazed European asks us
what makes the sluggish mind of the
immigrant to stir and walken in the
United States, and then to climb. at
first hesitatingly, but soon with vigor
and confidence, to the top round in
the ladder of success, we are accus-
toned to reply: Its in the air.. and
we are right, says Gilbert H. Grosve-
nor, in Our Heralds of Storm and
Flood, in Century. The spirit which
fred our fathers to cross the wide At
lantic, and which in less or equal de-
gree still animates the thousands an
nually seeking our shores, is fed and
famed by the cold winds from the
northwest.
The cold wave is born in the heavens
miles above our heads, usually over the
Rocky Mountain plateau Suddenly a
mass of bitterly cold air will tumble
down upon Montana. 1t rushes down
as though poured through an enor-
nous funnel As it falls it gains mo-
mentum, and, reaching the earth,
spreads over the Mississippi valley,
and then over the Atlantic states,
covering them like a blanket It scat
ters the foul, logy, breath-soaked at
mosphere in our towns and cities, and
puts ginger into the air. We fill our
lungs with it and live. New waves
are always coming, following each
other in regular procession like the
waves on a sea shore.
It is fitting then, that meterorology,
the science of the weather, should be
a distinctly American product, and
that the people of the United States
should have the best weather service
lin the world. The United States
government spends $1,500.O00 a year
on its weather bureau. which is more
money than all the governments of
Europe combined spend for similar
service. It has a stan of many hun
dred skilled experts and trained OBJ
servers who in all parts of the country
are constantly on the watch to see
what the heavens will bring forth.
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The leader., 1905-06-24
NERV Gus NESS AND
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE-RU-NA.

Miss Sadie Robinson, 4 Rand street,
Maiden, Mass, writes:
s Peruna was recommended to me
about year ago as an excellent remedy
for the troubles peculiar to our sex, and
as found that all that was said of this
medicine was true, am pleased to en-
dorse it.
sIbegan to use 1t about seven months
ago for weakness and nervousness,
caused from OVerW0rk and SIeepIess-
ness, and found that In q few days
began to grow strong, my appetite IN
creased and began to sleep better,
consequently my nervousness passed
away and the weakness In the pelvic
organs soon disappeared and / have
been well and strong ever since. =
Address DR.. S. B. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
o., for free medical advice. All cores
pondence strictly confidential.
The leader., 1905-06-24
Beautifying American Cities.


The time is rapidly approaching when
the excuse can no longer be offered that
American cities are new and lacking In
the essentials Of good streets, fire pro-
lection, etc. Some American cities are
far too old, too rich and too we'll
equipped with all essentials to have any
excuse left for their sordid disregard
Of beauty. That they have begun to
draft plans for comprehensive beauti-
flcation is a sign that civic pride ig not
wholly wanting. The people are begin
ming to realize that their cities are here
to stay ana that the utility Of beauty
should not be neglected When they
are finally convinced that judicious
identification is profitable. IN dollars
and cents, which is the lesson taught by
the French. they will speedily transform
their ugly municipalities. But, some-
how. they are slow In learning the les-
son. Washington Post.
The leader., 1905-06-24
"RATTLED THE LATCH ON HIS Of
FICE DOOR"

was his own champion, a fact which in
all probability enabled him to gain his
financial start in the world. He visited
a lawyer in the town, to whom he told
his story and showed his bruises. The
attorney brought suit for him against
the school teacher and recovered YER
dict of $1,000, which was compromised
by the teacher for $780, Having attained
this sum, Brown deemed his education
complete, gave UP the school and
launched into business for himself. He
made money steadily, and within ten
years was the proprietor of a shoe job
bing establishment in small town near
Boston, working Is hours day, saving
about all that he made, and climbing
rapidly toward the goal of wealth he had
marked out for himself.
One of his closest friends was the
cashier of the bank in which he kept his
account They were both young men,
both wildly ambitious to make money
and to make it quickly. They had many
traits in common, but when it came to
nerve, Brown, as between the two, had
the market cornered. It was in the days
before the stenographer and the type
writer, and Brown was one night
scratching away at his correspondence
when the cashier ratified the latch on
his Office door. He was admitted, and
lost no time in declaring his mission.
"I'm in trouble, Brown, and want
POUR help
Money or advice?s uueried the eau
tious Brown.
Both /"
1--WE plenty Of the latter, said
Brown, but / haven't SO much Of the
arst; but I'll do what can. What's the
trouble?"
The leader., 1905-06-24
RECENT INVENTIONS.

A new and ingenious pocket cal
culator. automatic in its action, has
been designed by German inventor.
The device comprises small case
about six inches in length made Of
steel and aluminium There is key
board of nine figures corresponding to
the numerals, and it is additionally
provided with a small spring for the
supply Of the tens and hundreds.
There is also small dial, and by
pressing the requisite keys the total
amount is recorded upon the dial.
The latest improvement in the way
Of screwdriver provides for mon
key-wrench attachment for use when
powerful pressure must be brought to
bear where it is desired to remove
screws which have become securely
imbedded in their places by means Of
rust or other reasons. This new inn
plement is made with square shank
of rather stout proportions. and this
enables the workman to make use Of
monkey-wrench in conjunction with
the screwdriver, and thus the most
firmly imbedded screw may be easily
dislodged.
Richard Strut, son of Lord Ray
leigh, has invented clock which, he
says. Will run for 1000 years. The
motive power is q small piece of gold
leaf, which Is electrified by means OF
very small quantity Of radium salt.
The gold leaf bends away from the
metal substance and keeps moving
under this influence until It touches
the side Of the containing vessel. At
the moment Of contact 1t loses its cleo
tricai charge and then springs back
and is again electrified. and the process
is repeated It Is thought that thor
oughly reliable clock could be made
with the use of radium salt for 81 900.
The leader., 1905-06-24
princess with i Profession.

Pricess Louise Augusta Of Schleswig-
HoIstein is a member Of the royal fam
lily fortunate enough to have a profess
sion or, rather, art at her tinger-ends
In case Of need. She is an expert work
er in enamel, and her home in Queens
berry place is filed with remarkably
beautiful specimens Of her craft, while
many Of her relatives and friends own
bits Of jewelry, frames or boxes wrought
by her. The finest piece of enameling
she ever completed was memorial cross
for the grave of her brother. Prince
Christian Victor, which was taken out
to South Africa by Princess Christian
ON her visit last autumn. London Mod :
ern Society.