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Evening journal., 1905-05-05
InsuInr IGNORANCE

I have been told by a Canadian that
In discussing with an English general
the possibility of sending troops from
England to the far east via Canada
the latter raised the objection that It
would not be desirable for them to
travel over United States territoryl
have been told Of an English official
having condoled shortly after McKin-
ley's assassination with Canadian on
the loss Of his president have my
self heard an educated Englishman ex-
press to a Canadian audience his sur
prise at finding modern civilization ex-
isting in a country which he had till
then believed to be under permanent
ice and snow.-Countess o. Minto in
National Review.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
Wilma the carnntn.

Carpets may be kept cleaner by
wiping them with a damp cloth
than by a biweekly digging" with
broom, besides its being easier in
the end than moving out the furni-
ture for sweeping, says Farm Jour
nal. After dusting the room set a
pail of warm water with a little am
monia in it on a newspaper, and put
dustpan beside it. Squeeze out
the cloth so it will not drip and wipe
over a space. Then pick from the
cloth lint dust. etc. and drou it
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
rIve cooa weatb-r RuIea.

An officer OF the weather bureau ae
Washington has collected a great num-
Der of weather proverbs. He says that
these proverbs forecast the weather.
accurately. and he thinks that they
should therefore be memorized by
farmers, sailors and all such persons
as are out Of reach Of the daily wealth
er reports.
The following five proverbs are those
that the officer sets most store byi
Rain before z. fine before IL
A mackerei sky and mares tails Il
Make lofty ships carry low sails
II the rain comes before the wind
Lower your topsails and take them ia
II the wind comes before the rain
Lower your topsails and hoist the1&
again.
A morning red. wind or rain dread
A circle round the moon bringeth rain
soon.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
Her aPanesu Aeeounted For.

An American woman underwent
en- operation in Paris, but as her
health did not improve she submit
ted to another operation in Germa-
ny. Still she was not well and re-
turned to Paris, where at the third
operation the surgeon discovered in
the depths of the operation wound
a pair of eyeglasses.
The patient. who is fully recover
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
She Knew Him.

"HorribIe mistake Jobson made. He
wrote a burning declaration of love to
the girl that he adores and then in
closed it in an envelope that he had ad.
dressed to his laundress in which he
had intended to send a note standins
her OF for another month"
"How is he going to get out OF It?
I presume she accepted him by the
next MALL
mo; that is the humiliating part.
She denounced him as a cheap loafer
attempting to marry her for the sole
purpose Of sQuaring his bilL1
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
odd orlaln or nn rnidem,c.

In a house in the English town Of
Exeter sat two men. One Of them in
formed his companion that the last
time he was in the town he suffered
from smallpox in that very room. 'In
that corner" he said. was a cup
board where the bandages were kept
1t is now plastered over. but they are
probably still there" And he took a
poker. broke down the plaster and
found them. From their find" the
two men contracted the disease, and
it spread through the town and work
ed fearful havoc.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
Grease the Wheels.

Grease all the casters when the
beds are taken down for spring
cleaning. A bottle of machine oil
and a stiff feather for applying the
same will work wonders in improv-
ing the patience Of the home sweep
er on cleaning days. They will also
save "wear" Of carpets. Oil bureau
and other wheels, touch the door
hinges with the mollifying feather.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
Kitchen utsn,IIa.

Kitchen utensils of iron and steel
can sustain a high temperature with
out cracking or melting, and these
metals are therefore desirable for
frying and omelet pans, soup kettle
and so on. They should never be
used for cooking fruits or acids.
Ironware grows smoother and more
valuable with use. 1t retains heat,
and for this reason is desirable
where a slow, regular temperatu
is desired.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
A oood Ionic.

Ordinary sour buttermilk is bet
ter tonic and is a better food than
was ever bottled or boxed up by the
chemist or doctor. Many a farmer
drives miles away to see a doctor, to
get a bottle of pepsin or cod liver
oil or beef extract when at the same
time he is feeding to his calves good,
rich, nutritious buttermilk, a thou
sand times better for him than the
stuff the doctor will give him.
Medical Talk.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
To Color Lace.

White or cream lace may be col
ored to match ecru or coffee tints
by a thorough dip in the following
solutions; For cream color, a weak
strained solution Of yellow ocher
g cents worth is enough for a
years use). Coffee color may be
produced with strained coffee.
"String color" is made with a solu-
tiou of oolong tea. Butter color"
can be secured by a weak solution Of
gamboge. A few cents worth can
be bought at any drug store.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05

ed, does not know whether she
should return the eyeglasses to the
French OF the German surgeon. The
German surgeon, says the Medical
Record, is in an embarrassing posi-
ton, for either he lost the eyeglasses
or he failed to find them when he
operated.-New York Press.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
To Relieve Earaohe.

Earache in children may be re-
lieved by making a funnel Of writing
paper, saturating a small piece Of
cotton with chloroform and drop
ping it into the funnel. Then after
putting the small end of the funnel
in the ear blow into the other end.
The fumes should quickly relieve
the min
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
SELF Improrement.

Every real aud searching effort at
self improvement is Of itself a lesson
Of profound humility. for we cannot
move a step without learning and feel
Ing the waywardness, the weakness,
vacillation Of our movements or with
out desiring TO be set upon the rock
that is higher than ourselves.-G Glad
stone.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
In Japanese Hospitals.

The greatest difference between
the work of japanese hospitals and
that of our country is the formers
greater simplicity of equipment and
economy of management. We are
apt to surround ourselves with so
many 'labor saving devices" that
the mere care of them becomes a
burden, and in our hospitals there is
generally a liberal use of supplies.
At Hiroshima the recently impor-
Evening journal., 1905-05-05

run away, but the Bear seized him BY
the tail and as he struggled TO escape
the tail came of in his hand.
Always since then the Rabbit has
worn the beautiful coat of the Otter,
but all the animals know howihe got ~
and why he has no tail.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
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& Of Interest to Women 8


in the dustpan. Repeat this till' the
floor is all gone over. 1t will look
cleaner and stay so longer than if
swept, for the broom disturbs the
dust that is under the carpet, and it
settles under the furniture.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
rricI. WIN a cnndIc.

Put a nail in the end Of a candle and
set It in a glass Jar filed with water.
The nail will hold the candle steady.
and it will burn until nothing remains.
always rising above the surface Of the
water by reason OF the decrease I'M
xvolohf
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
Man, Poor Mani

''Is my hat on straight"
''Yes. Hurry or we'll be late"
"Are you sure it's on perfectly
straight"
Yes, tell you. You couldn't get it
straighter"
Then I'll have TO go back again.
John. You know it isn't stylish to
wear this kind Of a hat straight
Cleveland Leader.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
Ianh OF unnidedo,rn.

A little girl lived in Sunnytown
In the curious country OF Upsidedowu-
She had hair on her feet and toes on hen
head
And never IN all her life went 70 bed,
For (would you believe such thing could
occurO
The bed had habit OF going to herl
She had plenty to eat but grew quite
stout
Because Of dainties she went without.
And what do you think those daindea
were A
And what OF a girl who would prefer T.
To let q saucer OF ice cream spoil
While she begged for more OF the castor
oil2
There were lots OF other curious things.
The birds had hoofs and the horses wingss
There were Maltese cows and Alderney
cats,
And folks wore riibbers IN place OF habs
The water was dry and the fire was We
The queerest country that ever was yet y
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
urncrtch nther.

Cheerful Widow-Why so dismal3
Future Husband-I am afraid our we'd
ding trip will take all the cash have
saved up. Cheerful Widow-What OF
it? A wedding trip only. happens once
in two or three years
Evening journal., 1905-05-05

With the craze for handwork that
prevails in all departments of dress,
the handpainted parasol is right in the
front rank Of the fashionable mondaine
possessions. One sees them in all the
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
pustlno Gilt Frames.

A feather brush is preferable to a
cloth for busting gilt picture frames,
as the cloth wears and deadens the
gilt.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05

unfinished wreath. the soft reds Of the
flower showing up exquisitely against
the delicately tinted siiken background.
The stick Is Of lockwood with an ela.bor-
ateiy carved handle. in which discs of
mother-of-pearl are inserted after a
randnm natlcrn.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05

and also the springs and catches Of
windows. Yes, and that squeaky
old pump.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05

Anger ventilated often hurries to
ward forgiveness; anger concealed
often hardens into revenge.-Bulwer.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05

1t seems as If it would be lots OF
fun to be a fool if one only knew that
one was a fool and could take advans
tage Of it.
Evening journal., 1905-05-05
THE HANDPAINTED sUNsHADE

THE HANDPAINTED SUNSHADE
current colorings, the painting affording
that clever note of color-contrast which
is so insistently demanded by fashion
The palest of pink tafetas is daintily
decorated with American Beauty roses
in the natural red tints and green foli-
age. The design is in the fom Of an
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
Talking Tree of Kentucky.

Out on the farm of Will Albert, near
Heath, this county, the people of that
section are yet wrought up over the
talking tree" that has been there for
some time. Enormous crowds con inue
to congregate there almost every Sun
day to hear the strange noises that
emanate from the tree. The voice can
be distinctly heard and says: There
are treasures buried at my roots" A
party consisting of the most reliable
citizens of the country visited the tree
not long since to make thorough in
vestigation for themselves as to the
noises being heard. They listened pa
tiently for several hours and were pre-
pairing to leave for home when sud-
den crash, which has been given many
times before the marvellous production
of a human voice, came. The mystery
yet remains unsolved, and so great has
the number of people been who have
gone there in the past several months
that the tree is now dead, caused by
the continuous tramping on the earth
surrounding the tree. The only theory
that has been suggested is that a man
was killed under the tree in 1862, and
while many do not believe in spirits, !"
the facts are so plain and the voice can
be so distinctly heard that they can
not dispute the fact. A family of peo-
pie who lived there many years ago
became so frightened from the voice
that they sold their farm sat a sacri-
flee and went West and are now liv-
ing in Texas.-Paducah News.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
HIGH BRED BIRDS WILL
BE EXHIBITED IN OAKLAND
First Exclusive Pigeon Show Ever
Held on Pacific Coast to
Omen Next Week.

OAKLAND, Jan. 15.-The first ex-
elusive show of runt pigeons and other
varieties ever held on the Pacific
Coast will be given in Oakland next
week, under the auspices of the Amer
lean Runt Pigeon Club. The show
will open Wednesday, January Is, and
will continue until Saturday evening,
January 21. Six hundred entries have
already been received by the secre-
tary of the show committee, many of
the birds entered being prize winners
at the Worlds Fair in st. Louis.
A number of entries have been re-
ceived from fanciers in the East, and
nearly every loft on the Pacific Coast
will be represented. The exhibition
will be held in Foresters' Hall at
Thirteenth and Clay streets, and the
show will be open from a. m. until
midnight each day.
The members of the executive and
show committee are: E. L. Andrews,
president; r. v. Moore, secretary; DIR.
w. J. Smythe, c. B. Jennings, J. H.
Crow, A. B. Woods, Percy Weeks, R.
E. Nordyke and Martin Nielsen.
The birds will be judged by ]. A.
Macdonald, e. L. Andrews and r. w.
Moore. One hundred special prizes
have been offered. and three silver
cups will be presented as grand prizes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
DEMANDS ROOM
FOR CHILDREN
School Superintendent Says
Conditions in Berkeley
Call for New Buildings
WATERWAYS REMARKS
Urgent Need He Says of Pro-
viding Additional Facili-
ties for the Schools
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.

214Ss Center Street, Jan. 15.
Supplementing the call of the Board
of Education for bond election. when
citizens will pass upon the plan to is
sue bonds for $150.000, to be used in
building new schools has come the fol-
lowing statement from Superintendent
S. D. Waterman, referring to conditions
as they appear now, since the opening
of the new term of school:
The second term of the current school year
has opened very successfully Thestwo
graded classes have been organized. one in the
Lincoln School building, the other in the Nc
Kinley. An additional class of sixth and sew
enth grade pupils has been opened In the Ais
ton Way building. The pupils for this class
are from the North Berkeley district.
The need of six more rooms at the Whittier
school was never more plain than now. The
four classes at the Allston Way building are
composed of pupils living. for the greater part,
north of University avenue. The two classes
at the Rose street school ought to be trans
ferred to the Whittier. making sixteen classes.
These pupils who have been attending school
at buildings at distance from their homes
have accepted the situation gracefully and
the patrons of the schools have, as a rule,
been very patient
The twelve rooms built within the last
eighteen months are filled, several additional
classes have been formed and still In many
of the buildings the classes are crowded.
Lincoln. the Mckinley, the Whittier and the
lie Conte schools. The only relief that will
be permanent must come in additional rooms
and buildings.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
Growth OF the Churches.

Despite the cIatter about outworn
creeds and the anxious look in the faces
of amateur diagnosticians as they sit
up with the church and feel its pulse,
the statistics are still on the side OF the
church. Thev show 1T vital. not mori-
denomination show a percentage of
growth during 1904 larger than the in
crease in population. There Is not such
a drift away from traditional theology
as many would have the world believe.
The average person is not as deter
mined to break away from the faith of
the fathers as is currently represented.
The truth Is the pulpit has always
taken far more interest in theological
puzzles than the pews, and there can
be mighty churning of the doctrinal
waters without the church rank and
flle becoming disturbed. New York
Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Alameda County.

Leo l.. and Estelle H. Nichols to Charles
w. Bolles, lot on S line of Thirty-seventh
street, $40 w of Telegraph avenue. w 40. S
122, 80. 40. 12e.27. lot 80. Roosevelt ter
race Oakland recorded January 13. 1905)
SO.
California Home Building and Loan Com
pany to Henry East, lot on sW line Of Ham
ilton place. 165.35 NV of Oakland avenue,
NV As by Sw 80. lot 81 and Sc Is feet Of lot
80 Hamilton tract: $40.
Edward L. and Eva L. Hallawell 10 Dora
N. Woodsum (single), lot line Of Sutter
street. being NE corner lot 16 w, 54.14 S.
s4.s1 5os6 N. sS,es to beginning. portion
Kate McElrath (by James B. Barber. Tax
Coliector) to w. Oliver Scott, lots TO 5, block
21o3 Alden tract, Oakland; $126.
w. Oliver Scott (single) to w. Haynes Hall,
same and lot on Sc corner Forty-ffth and
Market streets. lao by 100. Oakland; IS.
J. s. and Helen N Kimball (his wife) to
Western Pacific Railway Company. corpora
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
GEORGE ROWLAND IN ONE
GRAVE, WIFE IN ANOTHER
Sons Bury Father, While Daughters
Care for Last Rites Over
Mother

OAKLAND, Jan. 15. - Separate
funerals were held to-day over the
bodies of George H. Rowland and his
wife, whom he killed Thursday and
afterward committed suicide. Row
lands sons took charge of his funeral,
while Mrs. Rowland's daughters at
tended to the last rites over her re-
mains.
Services for the husband were held
this afternoon at McManus'. under
taking parlors at Seventh and Castro
streets. The Rev. I. N. Halliday, as
sistant pastor of the First Methodist
Church, officiated. There was music
by a choir from the church. In at
tendance were a number of Southern
Pacific Company employees, former fell
low workmen with Rowland. Inter
ment was in Mountain View Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Rowland was
held to-day at Byron, the home of her
parents. The body was sent there yes
terday in charge of the daughters,
Mrs. Ethel Day, Mrs. r. w. Sender
letter and Mrs. Antonio Silva.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
senator Beat the Chaplain.

Chaplain Edward Everett Hale has
a lively interest in the spiritual well
fare of his Senatorial charges. "Sen-
ator," said he to a well-known mem
Der Of that body recently, 81 have
never heard you say you were a MEM
Der of the church" "On, yes!" replied
this worldly man of the upper house
in polite phrases. II was member of
the old Plymouth Church." naming
also the city where he resided. so
glad to hear it," rejoined Dr. Hale in
those hearty tones for which he is
famous. Two or three days later he
encountered the same Senator and
warily observed: 81 have been looking
UP the history of old Plymouth
Church, but I find 1t was burned
eighteen years ago." VERY true" said
the Senator, unperturbed: sbut I be-
longed there twenty years ago and
have always retained my member
ship."-Chicago Chronicle.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
q NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA eo
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY
OAKLAND.
1915 Broadway.
Telephone Main 1888.
BERKELEY.
2f4S Center Street.
Telephone North ~.
ALAMEDA.
1885 Park Street.
OAKLAND.
1885 Park Street.

tion, strip of land 90 feet wide extending be;
tween NV line of Sixteenth avenue, extended
snd Line parallel o & s ae more OF es
easterly from said NV line of Sixteenth ave-
nue. produced as aforesaid, being strip OF @ land
lying N of and adjoining right OF way of Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company. used by Seventh
street local train, East Oakland; quitciaim
Amanda ]. and Fred ONO husband to
Antonio Mico. lot on corner OF East eleventh
M 81 clinton tn aysaues Eass sIsnS. E ~ Syo i "OS
Rosalie Charlotte Fouchy to Alphonse Denis
Foachy tson). lot on line OF Santa Clara ave.
Ninth street. w 55 by 106. Alameda; gift
San Francisco Savings Union TO Charles A.
Borie lot on NV corner OF Buens ~ Vista avenue
and portion lot 6, block 81, property near
Encinal station OF Columbus Bartlett, Alameda;
$40.
william H. Hammond Csingie) to John J.
Ormsby. lot on sW corner of Santa Clara ave-
nue. and Chestnut street. w 81 by 1879 por~
ton 10. f. block l. Encinal Tract No 3, Ala
media; $40.
N. and Ellen I. Castle Cwtfe) TO Andrew
palziel D lot aI,n on line so Of 'ess
E "a. s 100 W 80 to beginning. Oakland. war
ranty deed; s245o.
Abel. lot N line Of Sixteenth street, 100 ID
OF Castro; 90 By 100 9akland; 9,nh slo; I..
Harry L ana Eyds ns HSlcG%p 10 70 sasS
street. 2O4 q of Grove 1906, z So 1929.
wN34 to beginning. lot 10. Roosevelt Terrace,
Jane Barker lsingls). Blanche Knox tand as
her attorney Charles w. Knox. husband) TO
Richard Kingston, lot on N line Of Fifth
street so e Of Linden, e 25 by no, Oak
land; SO.
Columbian Banking Company to William
Doig. lot on line of Dennison street. 62:6 q
D. Shell Mound Tract, East Oakland; $40.
George s. and Mary f. Wood (wife) to NJ.
e. Baxter (wife of ]. Ed. lot N line OF
Bristol street $50 2 of Sacramento. e so by
N 1885, lots q and D. in Range 15, map OF
N u Ranges 10 and 1o, Hardy Tract. Berke-
Gustave F. and Margaret J. Reinle CM: J.
Bra bban) to Joe L. Valentine. lot on line
of Butterworth street, 160 W OF Ralston W 40
by 1856, portion lot 2. block L. State Univer-
sity Homestead Association No. 8, Berkeley;
Alicia Minine (Hoge. wife Of Charles) TO
Arthur @. Mason. lot on line Of Encinal
avenue (as samep now extsts), 200 e Of Chest
nut street f so by S 100. portion OF lot IA,
in w a. block G. lands adjacent to Encinal.
Alameda; So
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16
KINIRY GIVES
SIGN OF FEAR
Comment on Detectives Mar
ratiye Shows Burglar Is
Thinking of Possible Fate
BREAKS HIS RESERVE
Says He Might as Well Have
Been Killed in the Fight
That Led to His Capture
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1016 Broadway, Jan. Is.


David Kiniry, awaiting trial on a
charge of numbering Policeman James
H. Smith, to-day for the first time since
his return to Oakland in custody gave
expression to a realization of his peril
Gus position. 1t was during conversa-
ton this afternoon at the County Jail
with Detective ]. w. Murphy of Los
Angeles that the hitherto phlegmatic
burglar made suggestion that indi-
Gated he had been thinking Of his pos
sible doom.
Murphy told Kiniry that the night the
burglar had his battle at the Doheny
residence in Los Angeles he (Murphy)
could have killed the fleeing house
breaker if the detective had known in
time whether Kiniry was the fugitive
or the pursuing watchman. Murphy
was attracted to the grounds by the
pistol shots He entered the place with
his revolver drawn just as Kiniry
brushed by him, within few feet of
the officer.
II didn't dare to shoot then because
I did not know what was DOING ex-
planned Murphy. IF / had fired at you
should surely have killed you. for
was near enough to have put bullet
through your head"
1T might have been as well for me II
you had known and had shot me dead"
replied Kiniry, to the surprise of his
hearers. Never before had the prisoner
so much as intimated he had given any
thought to the ordeal of a murder trial
he must shortly face.
Kiniry has been advised by his moth
er and steDfather that they purpose
providing funds for his defense. They
have written to him several times. sug-
gesting names of prominent Oakland
attorneys he might consult. According
to his jailers Kiniry has exhibited no
special concern as to that subject. If
anything, he has been dilatory In re-
plying to the offers of financial help
from his people.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-16

OAKLAND, Jan. 15.-Emile Formus,
who was arrested yesterday morning
at Golden Gate station of the Berkeley
broad-gauge line on demand of the Los
Angeles police, proves to be young
Russian who has ruined himself by his
devotion to racetrack gambling. After
squandering an inheritance recently
received from a relative in Russia, ne
became a thief in order to continue ms
efforts to break the 'bookies.' He is
now on his way to Los Angeles to be
tried for his crime.
Fornus stole a $500 diamond ring in
Los Angeles from Mrs. S. d. Parker.
She and her husband had formerly en-
ployed Formus at their hotel at holy
wood. a suburb of Los Angeles. They
implicitly trusted the young man.
While in the Parkers' employ For
mus received $4,000 from his nome IN
Russia, the remittance representing