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The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19

done on the Valencia, Harrison, Mis-
sion, Minna, Pacific. Larkin and Stew
enson street pavements. That means
a tremendous expense.
The board partly reviewed the work
outlined for next year and then de-
cided that the amount necessary to get
the streets into shape again would run
far into the millions.
On the counsel of President Macs
tretti that the most rigid economy
must be enforced to reduce taxes and
help the stricken city as much as pos
sible 1t was decided to ask for the
comparatively modest sum of 81 sol, ,450
1t is expected that the Supervisors will
pass the demand without question, as
the burdens imposed on the Board Of
Works for this year are immensely
greater than usual.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
MILLMEV GET
CONCESSIONS
Building Committee Wishes
the Manufacturers TO
Stay here.
Engineer Reports on Novel
Plan for Stopping Big
Fires.

The building comH;ttee has decided
TO modify its regulations sufficiently
70 allow the millmen TO resume busi-
ness on the old sites. The Mil own
ers' Association threatened TO move to
Oakland unless provision could be
made for the resumption OF business
il the old locau6l south OF Market
street. u was stated to the committee
that the planning mills had paid out in
wages last year e sum exceeding
$2.5oo, 600.
The members OF the committee were
afraid to allow TOO much latitude in
the matter Of construction, but the
following compromise measure was
finally adopted:
Buildings with steel girders only and
12-inch wooden supports, with the ex-
terror and roof covered only with
corrugated iron and without boarding,
with three-inch plank floor in first
story, with no concealed space under
the same and not less than two-inch
splined plank floor in second story.
with al windows and skylights OF
wired glass not less than a quarter of
al inch thick, IN metal frames and
sashes, with all elevators, hoists,
chutes and shafts provided with tight
wooden matches at second floor, with
counter balance and fusible link at
tached, so as TO be. self-closing IN case
OF fire, and all stairs enclosed with
tight wooden partitions and doors. not
over thirty-two feet or two stories IN
height, Ray be erected within the fol-
lowing portion OF the fire limits;
Commencing at point IN the center
line OF Bryant street, distant 1875 feet
southwesterly from the southwesterly
line OF Fourth street; thence south
westerly along the center line OF Bry-
street thence eouthea-sterly along the
center line Of Sixth street to the CEN
ter line OF the intersection of Sixth
and Bluxome streets; thence north
easterly along the center line Of Blux-
ome street 20 q point distant 1879
feet southwesteriy from the southwest
erly line OF Fourth street: thence
northwesterly TO the point Of begin
ming. provided that between every two
buildings occupied for woodworking
purposes on the street front there shall
be maintained g clear space Of sixteen
feet, which space shall extend parallel
70 the building and sixteen feet beyond
the rear end thereof. and such clear
spaces OF sixteen feet shall not be
further apart than 1so feet.
The recommendation as 20 dre lin
It's was passed and no changes VIII
be made from now on. A resolution
compelling owners OF elevators 70 have
the shafts enclosed at the bottom was
passed BY unanimous vote. Civil En-
g1neer W. s. Smith reported on his
investigation OF q device known as a
water wall" The scheme is to erect
immense telescope stand pipes along
the streets When q IRE approaches
the pipe 10 thrown out 20 its full
length OF 100 feet by water pressure
from q hydrant. vass quantities Of
water are pumped through the pipe,
escaping through nozzies at the top.
The water ie thrown TO the height Of
$50 feet from the top OF the pipe, or
go feet from the ground. A mist Is
thus formed which flames cannot
break through. The engineer thinks
the scheme worthy OF investigation.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
Contractor joins cha;noano.

L. H. Hansen, contractor living at
730 Central avenue. and John McFad-
den and Arthur Wells. two boys. were
arrested at Turk and Leavenworth
streets Wednesday afternoon by Police
man Silver and .taker to police head
quarters. Hansen had a wagon and
had purchased a quantity OF copper
wire from the boys when Silver placed
the trio under arrest. They were sent
to Portsmouth Square to work on the
brick pile.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
LONDON, PARIS and
AMERICAN BANK, Ltd.

We take much pleasure in informing our
clients and friends that we have opened all our
vaults and safes and found all our books, records
and securities in perfect condition.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
sowIeaaed TwIns MIselna.

Chief Dinan mas received letter
from ". H. Shreve OF Tuscola. H..
asking about twin boys, Horace and How
ard Nauch, about four years of age, who
had been left homeless in this city by
the earthquake. Shreve wrote that the
parents Of the twins had been in Los An
geles a short time prior 10 the earthquake
and intended coming to this city, but
nothing had been heard of them since
The twins were bowiegged and had black
eyes and light curly hair.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
shorta-e in the Hemp Crop.

MANILA. May 1S.-Exporters report a
shortage Of the hemp crop amounting to
100.o 600 bales. valued at $4,000. 900.
Drought. and typhoon in September
caused the slump. Statisticians foreca st
that the production for the first five
months of 1906 will be 10000 bales less
than that for the same time last year.
to advance. Exporters expect that the
crop next year will reach the normal
amount.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
sueh : Place ss Paso RobIes,

With the finest bathhouse In America,
great hot springs and a roomy, COM
Portable modern hotel. with mountain.
environment, is just the place to spend
der Southern Pacific offers low round :
trip rates.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED FOR
WATER FRONT IMPROVEMENTS
Harbor Commissioners Meet and Complete
Business Postponed on Ac-

count OF Fire.
The State Board OF H2rbor Commits
sioners has signed contracts for the
rebuilding OF Lombard street wharf and
the construction of fs100o feet of seawal'
from the Pacific Mail dock north. Thes,
contracts were awarded before the fire
which was responsible for the long della,
in completing the business.
The Healy- Tibbitts Construction Com :
pany has the. contract for rebuilding Lom-
bard street wharf which will cost the
State $129, 800.
Gray Bros. will build the 1000, feet of
seawan. Their bid was s163500.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
Frank 7. Campbell WANTED.

Frank T. Campbell. who resided at
PA Sixth street. 2 member Of Damon
Lodge No. 2. Knights OF Pythias. Is
sought by A. 7. Davis Of 1862 Twenty
sixth street
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19
French American Bank


l. moving to its new quarteru In the
UNION TRUST BUILDING" third
hoor, and win bc ready to accommo-
date its customers and do Z general
banking bugfEs5s May 81, 1904.
We Will collect on insurance poll
cies for tEn.e Wishing our services.
THE FRENCH SAVINGS BANK
wNl occupy onces in the same build
ing.
OFFICERS.
Charles Carpy. President
Arthur Legallet. Vice President.
Lson Bocqueraz, Vice President.
DIRECTORS:
j. e. Antiques. J. H Dupas
o. Bexio. J. 3. 0odeau
J.. A.. Bcr9erot J.. J. Mack
y. J. De Saba N. Geo. Belensy
Leon Karftman.
The San Francisco call., 1906-05-19

We Will collect on insurance poll
cies for tSe=e Wishing our services.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

tated with artificial ethers by mixtures of ethers
The largest commercial success in the way OF an
artificial avorlng vanillin. This product is keep
ing down the price of vanilla beans and is likely To
push them from the market. Already the chemists
manufacturing oil of banana. oil of pineapple oil
OF pear oil Of apple oil of raspberry and many others
which is the principle of sour milk They also
make c1trIc acid, which is the of the lemon \
recent achievement the manufacture of SlliCvlc
acid from Carbohc acid. One of the remedies for
gout and rheumatism is scylc acid; it is also
ful as a preservatIve. Formerly it was obtained
from the wlntergreen plant. and from certain varie-
however, it is made by the ton and is extremely
cheap; too cheap, in fact, nasnuCh is freely en-
ployed to give better keeping quality bottled and
otherwise preserved foods. 1t Kills the bacteria that
produce decomposition but in the destroys
the digestive ferments and that account is in
furious to health.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
Chemistry's Counterfeitins Power

CHEMISTRY has counterfeited the odor of
- mown hay, but not that peculiar scent that
caused the farmer to observe New mown hay
always smells of hard work.
On the shelves of the patent office at Washington
may be seen hundreds of bottles Ontaininp OCors
that no one could distinguish from the perfumes of
various flowers. Yet not one of these odors was
distilled from blossom. Each was compounded
in a chemist s laboratory.
According to patent office official altar of roses
has not yet been produced artifciallv but it is in
sight The chemists are wrestling with the problem
The oil that gives to the its fragrance called
rhodonol 1t is found in the lemon grass and also
IN some of the geranums. Efforts being made to
extract the oil from these plants only slight nlodii
cation being required transform it into the altar
The production of artificial musk from coal tar is
likely TO drive the real article from the market
Though not the same thing musk chemically
speaking, its scent is indStingushabe from it
Musk is obtained from gland of the musk that
roamS the forests of Central Asia.
Ethereal oils give to fruits their delicious lavors
There are hundreds of these oils and everyone of
them can be Countercitcd, as they are chemical
compounds. II no longer pays to use real fruit
syruIs for soda water, all of them can be imi-
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

T 1NCLE SANS scientists at Washington as care
~ fully and tenderly look after their plants
and vegetables does any we'll trained nurse
the patient committed to her care
In this connection may be rected some interesting
and curious experiments made at the Capital 1t
is ascertaned that when plants are wounded their
respiration increases and that at the same time
their temperature perceptibly rises if kind of
fever had been produced by the wound
In recent experiments thermo electric apparatus
capable of registering change of one four hunredth
OF a degree, was employed When a potato was
wounded, the fever manifested itself by an elevation
OF temperature which greatest at the end of
twenty-four hours, when it began slowly to de-
cline
An onion similarly treated acquired an increase
OF temperature many times greater than that shown
by the potato and the fever. instead of being
fined to the neighborhood of the wound, affected
the entire onion. In fact. the onion proved to be
more readily affected in this way than any other
vegetable experimental with. The rise OF tenn
perature is caused by increased absorption of oxygen
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
Queer Finds in Peru

DURING a recent trip to Peru a member of the
United States Geological Survey observed
near Lornas plain from To fifteen miles broad
stretching between the mountains and the Sea
shore and elevated five SIN hundred feet above
tide water. which, not very long ago. as time
reckoned by geoloSlSts, was part OF the bottom
This PLAIN still retains interesting relies of the GavS
when II was the home haunt of ocean m crSterS
Scattered among its sands and pebbles The lnhlh-
1t2ntS frequently tind the teeth sharks and occl-
sionailv turn up the Jaw bones of whales With
the latter they construct CruCitiNcs. whose white
forms are consIlcuously placed on headlancls.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER 10. 1906

of his voice. as it had done girlhood twenty-one
years ago!
Il am an old maid, a withered up, plain looking
little old maid" she said to herself He called
her Isabel, and she is young and pretty and-Maybe
he IS married-Of course he's married. am an old
maid an old maid a hornely, hopeless old mad,
Miss Mehitabe lay awake that night until the
town hall clock struck three, but that lonely
vigil she had fought and conquered.
Dear Lord she whispered softly to herself,
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
Mysterious Glass Balls

ACCORDING. to a foreign correspondent of the
Geological Survey at Washington among the
most interesting features of the small island of
Billlton between Sunatra and Borneo an island
long famous tor its rich tin mines controlled by the
Dutch Government. are the glass balls of Billiton"
found among the tin ore deposits
These natural glass balls round with grooved
surfaces. Similar phenomena occasionally found
IN BorneO and Java, we'll in Australia The
correspondent quoted thinks they cannot be arti-
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

fetal. and there volcanoes enough to
support the theory that they volcanic bombs.
Besides 1T IS claimed, the CLASSY rocks produced by
the nearest volcanoes quite different their
nature from the material of the balls 1t suspected
that the mysterious objects were elected ages ago
from the volcanoes of the moon and afterward fell
upon the earth.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
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on her elbow, to fall back heavily with cry
You must not try to sit up, dear. sa
Mehitabel as she put out her own thin WIN
on the shapely one of the young girl. The
will be here in a little while and if it's right
you shall go to your friend Here are some 5
you They will refresh you while l put
my violet water on your head.
The girl smiled. How funny and how n
are she said
Thank YOU, my dear" said Miss Me
How did this happen:'
why, the horses got frightened and
ran and jumped over something IN the
road and that's all l know, except that
Jack has gone to tell my aunt who is at
But Aunt Marian would stop here, because
she visited here once when she was girl
twenty years ago, and
At this moment the door was thrown
open, and Mrs. Baxter ushered in the
doctor. A tall, slightly gray, broad
shouldered man entered the room, and
stood for moment though trans
fixed. Why, Isabel And this is he
hesitated.
This is the young lady that was hurt,
answered Mrs. Baxter, pointing to the
bed and this is Miss Mehitabel Markham,
resident of our town, sir"
Il know both of these ladies'" he
Sdlu uulelly. O1le IS IcCcHt dc
quaintance, the other l knew years ago.
Don't you remember Anson Burchard,
Mrs. Baxter?"
The question was put to Mrs. Baxter
but it was Mehtabel the doctor was
looking at as he spoke. The sudden
crimson flush that dyed Miss Mehitabel's
face was followed by a pallor that even
Mrs. Baxter observed
We'll, Arson Burchard! Who would
have thought that you'd ever come back
to the old town to settler But you were
the right stripe. as l always told them
Look here, Miss Mehitabel, you'd better sit
down! She amt used to accidents, Anson
Doctor Burchard, | mean
No, no, | am quite well, thank you:
but you don't need me now, SO | think
III go up
Without shaking hands with an old
keenly, as he held his medicine case in his
hand
Il didn't-I-of course l will shake
hands with an old friend' said Miss
Mehitabel holding out her little hand like
a shy, frightened child
That more friendlv,' he said cheerfullv
now Isabel tell me what mischief you've b
ing"
Miss Mehtabel slipped out of the roc
regained the privacy of her two tiigl
back citadel. She sat down rigidlv
rocking chair and buried her face in her
She had seen him! He was alive! He had II
honest gray eyes; and oh, foolish heart, t,
as quickly at the touch of his hand, the
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

For MY SwEETHEARr.-I have found all
and have come back To try my fate again Marian
married college friend of mine, and when I
visited them Denver in September She gave
the note i put Your hand twenty zone
years ago to-day. You must not blame her too
much. She says she cannot be happy without
your forgiveness, and she has stopped here on her
way to Boston, where she is TO put her niece Isst-
bel IN school, just to see you Will you see her,
Read the boyish note l gave you so long ago.
and know that my hearts desire is Just wha, IL
was that snowy night when We went sleighing
together In your Uncle Abner's road wagon. I
will come Tomorrow for Your answer.
ANsON BURCHaRD
Miss Mehitabers hands clutched the vel
low paper close to her heart as she bowed
her head on the mantel and sobbed convul-
sively "A womans hand touched her
shoulder. "Will you forgive me. Metties"
Miss Mehitabel looked up. Yes, Mar
ian," she said gently. Only it's come too
late-the happiness, i am an old maid
Then you must make ME happy, Met
tie-l have come for my answer after
waiting twenty-one years
"A pair of arms were around Miss Mehita-
bells tiny form, and for the first time IN
her life mans lips were against her own.
Mrs Wentworth glanced back at the lovers
and then hurried down the stairs softly
Captain kidd gazed critically at the
visitor who was holding his mistress in his
arms in this remarkable manner, and then
gazed into the FIRE and blinked
When Will You be my little wife,
Metties said the gray haired visitor
he lifted her face in his paln-such d
girlish, blllshing face it was nowl
Miss Mehitabel tlptoed UP and laid her
arms about his neck III be Your wife
whenever you want me, Anson; but l am
an old maid
You won't be week longer, dear.
You shall be my wife next Thursday"
Two shy lips Were lifted to his as he spoke,
and Captain Kidd began 20 purr long
and loud
What's that old fellow saying, 1 Won
id the doctor
.lehitabel blushed a beautiful rosy red for
erstood
purr-pu-urr-pu-urr There'n be the little
ome now and some little company for me to
h perhaps" he SAID as she bent over him
Nehitabel looked up. "Old maidenhood'
sed from her He says l am going to be
oiest woman in the world. and, Anson, he is
wise cat-I think he is right"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-16

that woman appeared She held letter in her hand
Its for YOU she said. "A boy LETT il here a
minute ago l hope the accident didn't give you
sleepless night. Miss Warren slept all right She'll
90 back TO the hotel this forenoon / guess. Say.
that eats getting too fat He eats too much" And
She disappeared
Miss Mehtabel opened the letter; a bit of vel
low paper fell out. She read the superscription
and then put up her hands to her throat, for she
Couldn breathe.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

committee to support the petition to the
legislature to grant 1000 additional to the
5000 given two years ago for the support
of the State Library commission
Ofscers Well Chosen.
In it's election of new officers the fedora
ton Is to be congratulated. Mrs H. L.
Keefe of West Point. the new president, is
one of the best qualified women of the
state to serve in the position to which she
has been called. In addition to the culture,
the education and the experience so neces-
sary to that position, she has rare tact
and a personality that encourages the
most timid woman to forget herself and
give her best to the assembly. Her ability
as a leader has been demonstrated dur
ing the last two years in the splendid ac-
complishment OF the Third district, Of
which she has been vice president.
Mrs. A. 0. Thomas OF Kearney, first vice
president Is another of the bright women
of the state who will be a welcome ad-
dition to the executive committee.
Mrs. e. b. Letton of Lincoln was re-
turned to the ONCE of recording secretary
and Mrs. c. c. Maryott of Fender elected
corresponding secretary Mrs. c. r. Steele
OF Fairbury, the new treasurer. has long
had an active part in the club work OF
the state and Mrs. F. w. Miller OF Omaha,
auditor was a valued member of the
executive committee four years ago. when
she served for two years as corresponding
secretary. Mrs. w. T. Page OF Syracuse,
for two years president of the Nebraska
Federation, is the new General Federation
secretary and especially we'll fitted for the
office through her former experience.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
WOMEN'S CLUBS OF The STATE
No Diminution in Interest Shown by the
Meeting at Ksarnsy.
IMPORTANT MATTERS GET ATTENTION
Meetings VIII he Held Annually as
Heretofore and some Proposed
Changes In Laws VIII Get
United support.

The allegation that club interest Is on
the decline can certainly not be made with
reference to the Nebraska Federation OF
Womens Clubs. II its twelfth annual con
ventlon. held last week at Kearney is Ia
be accepted as indicative OF the state.
While not as large as the meeting last year
this was due to the location of the hostess
town. which was not so accessible from all
parts OF the state as Lincoln, and few
Nebraska club women can afford more than
three or four days away from home al
this time Of the year, even for the fedora
ton meeting, ef,
The final report of the credentials corr
mittee showed sixty-nine clubs represented
by LA delegates, officers and COMMITTEES
chairmen. Every program was replete with
interest and every session largely attended
The program provided under the direction
of Mrs A. A. Scott of Lincoln was one Of
the strongest and best arranged that has
ever been given, In that II included three
speakers recognized as national authorities
subjects that are Just now claiming tho
attention of club women and the general
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Turn Your Face
Into Dollars
Many a Man Has Failed Be-
cause His Face Was a
Picture of Calamity.

1t takes sunshine to produce rose,
perfect rose. And so man. to be success
full, must have sunshine inside. The life
which has IT not, which has no health and
no happiness, Is sour, surly. pessimistic,
and failure. The world already has too
many vinegar faces that breathe ill-wiil
and strife. The world wants Joy comfort,
sunshine and will cling to the man who
has II. who radiates gladness and triumph
wherever he Is and under all circum.
stances.
Some people have a genius for seeking
out the disagreeable, the crooked. the bad
ana the ugly. These are the destroyerSb
they travel In schools, they herd together.
for they love their kind. and the cheerful
part of the world Will have nothing to do
with them
And why 10 IL that so many peddle dis
aster, knowing at the same time that II
they do, their lives will be ruincd7 Some
people cannot help IT, for pessimism usu-
ally comes from bodily disorders, and this
cannot always be prevented The stom-
ach. for instance, Is the most commol
cause OF discomfort, sour face reckless
ness. disgust and lack OF ambition. A bad
stomach-there is the secret of many a
failure. Anyone can have a good stom-
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lake care OF anything ana everything that
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No other little tablet in the world can
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Then only will you realize what 1t is 10
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