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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07

." TAPESTRY Of canes Is perhaps
the latest thing in wall decora-
~ tions. II IS the property OF
Charles NJ wollenberg. in whose
home on the corner Of Post and Buch-
anan streets one side OF the hall, from
the ceiling to the low paneling is com
pletely covered with a unique colIec-
tion OF walking sticks. Yet Mr. VOL
lenberg says that be has enough OF
them slowed away 10 make another
tapestry as large as the first when he
can ind 3 convenient place for them.
These exhibited in the hall are sus-
pended on wire racks OF his own in
Ventiou. There are between 500 ana
400 IN ali, comprising specimens Of
every Imaginable kind and some kinds
that could not be imagined at al. There
are the innocent-sppearing sticks OPEN
ing to disclose murderous weapons,
while others contain almost everything
one razy possibly need from fan TO
q bottle Of ink. It ts plain that they
are invented by the labor saving seS,
but what boon they would be to suf-
fering. pccketless womsnkind, suppos-
handkerchief ana purse. II would be
the longest step ever taken for the
emancipation OF woman
There are canes made Of scsiy snake
skins and OF material yet more grew
some, even OF human bones. Every
civilized country and, indeed. almost
every country IN the world is repro
sented- II one might only bend ones
ear % catch the stories they tell one
another at night when the house is
sleeping what tales Of strange coun-
tries one might hear! Have they an
Esperanto Of their own I wonder. or
DC they talk in every tongue from
China 10 South Africa and from South
Africa 70 Alaska? II so, ore would
think the Babel OF their talk would
wake the street.
Cane Of Priceless Ivory.
The nest valuable stick in the col
iecticE is probably one Of old ivory. II
cams from the land OF mystery. that
II sxhauStibIe storehouse Of treasures.
Irc.a- II Is very heavy, OF exquisite
workmanship. with an elaborately
carved head II has the wonderful warm,
delicate yellow color and the soft luster
that belongs 10 nothing else in the
world but old ivory. and experts tes-
tify that II could not have acquired
this beauty. gained only through the
nellowtng influence OF time IN less
than hundred years. II may as easily
be many hundred years old, for 1t comes
from the land where truly q thousand
years are like TO day OF our West
ern rush; so. why not be generous
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07
TIE N6zLEH8ERS CozLEcz2W~ CA6E5. :.
q

with our imagination and endow the
bit of old ivory with q history reach
ing back to a time before the British
Government ever sent a commission
to investigate the state of the nation,
and when the "swarthy millions" of
India lived and starved and died un-
der the rule of their own princes, one
Of whom, probably owned Mr.. Wollen-
berg's csne2
Almost as valuable Is modest look
ing little stick from Msnchuris. made
of that rare and precious material.
black ivory. The slender, two-inch
pieces are Joined by thin disks OF
white ivory, making very neat pat
tern.
An Alaska prayer stick IS Of interest
for its religious significance. 1t IS
rudely carved by the Indians, showing
a succession of human heads, one on
top OF the other. The lower part Of
the cane is wreathed about with a
trailing grape vine.
Two specimens from Zululand are
very different from the usual knob
ksrrie, with which the natives are in
the habit of knocking holes in one an
others heads, though Mr.. Wolienberg
owns several OF the ordinary kind also.
The two are carved with great dex
terity In such e way that the head is
formed by a couple Of links of g wood
en- chain with ball attached, and the
pattern OF some ornamentations on the
sides OF the stick indicates that they
are OF Zulu origin. II so, they are most
likely a part OF the paraphernalia used
by the witch doctors in the bloody
smelling bees, now long since forbid
den by law. when the izanusi smelled
out the Kings enemies and sent them
to an awful death.
Stick Made of Human Bones.
For real human interest" the prize
walking stick made OF human bones.
thrills Of horror this specimen awak-
ened he would probably not have thrust
II into my reluctant hands and left it
there, while he went TO find another
one, pleasantly explaining meanwhile
about the one held. II being dropped
suddenly 10 the floor would hurt
IL, that cane was nearer destruction
than IT has ever been before. It does
not hail from the cannfbal islands nor
from darkest Africa, nor yet from that
Far East which our fancy is apt to
deck out with such gruesome things
1t was evolved In Italy The body is
OF finger bones, yellow and streaked
with brown. How long must human
bones be dead to turn that color? It
is much darker than our friend the old
ivory. In places il is a little broken,
perhaps worm m-eaten. Do the worms
eat the bones as well as the flesh? 1
have never speculated upon the subject
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07
A Cane Made Of Holes.

curiosity IS a stick Of the Arizona
cactus wood. which Is mostly holes
surrounded by knots OF fbrous tissue.
Some freaks OF the collection are: A
plain stick OF wood with the knob
carved into a portrait OF a famous
French chef. an African stick with a
bird carved in wood for a head al
Alaskan Indian cane representing =
man mounted on the head OF his horse
A French cane was left by Marquis
Ito IN a San Francisco theater and
never called for. II was given to Mr.
Wollenberg by the owner Of the the
ater. who knew his fad.
The collection has been the work OF
eight years and Mr. Wollenberg Is add
ing TO II constantly.
The owner OF the unique collection
never carries a cane.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25

of the man who seemed to be fxirsy
shooting through the water.
All, she comes to the surface the
third time, but this time no sauDd
escapes her. AS she sinks a moan
goes out all along the shore.
But that instant the strong form vt
the swimmer reaches the spot where
she went down, and he, too, disappears
beneath the surface.
There is heart-breaking minute or
two and then the strong swimmer
comes up and clutched tightly by the
hair he has the form of the insensible
girl.
1t was a long and hard swim, with
the heavy burden, before the men with
the boat picked them up. And when
they reached the shore dainty girl
stood clear down to the edge where
the swell of the water washed her
ankles. AS Rollins stepped from the
boat unsteady from his great exertion.
she cried
Bert, you are splendid. I take 1t
all back. You are the hero of my
dreams"
He regarded her inscrutably for a
moment. Then, leaving the uncon-
scious form of the girl in the boat tc
be cared for by the willing bystanders,
he took Nellie's hand and led her back
to the trees.
NELL" he said, brokenly, don't you
see? It's hard to explain-but-but-
you released me few moments ago
l amt your kind. I've known 1t for
years. You like me now, for minute
because happen to have been able
to do little something spectacular.
But that is not the basis of love"
He paused minute and looked a
little sheepish. Then he threw back
his square shoulders and faced her.
Anyway" he said, II am going to
marry Julia Manning next month. +
you-it-oh, thunder, goodbye"
And he fed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
AS She Saw It.

Miss Keramicks had been arranging
her antique treasures, and stood gaz-
ing up at the gems that adorned her
walls, when Aunt Keziah appeared.
Come right in here, aunty!" she
exclaimed. 81 want you to see my
china collection. I've bought some
new pieces lately-aren't they love
ly?" and she clasped her hands ecstat.
ically.
Aunt Keziah adjusted her spectacles
and tilted her head at the proper an.
gle, examining one dish after an
other with tedious care. AS her eye
fell on her niece's especial pride her
forehead took on an extra wrinkle.
"Oh, my!" she cried, why don't you
put this cracked platter more out o
sight? Or throw the old thing away!
You en- git enough sight prettiel
ones down to the crock'ry store fol
only Quaria %piece!"-N. Y. Times
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Calling the LandIadv.

A mans curiosity got the better OF
him in Back Bay lodging house one
day recently and he paid for it, as
Is usually the case. He said he hadn't
seen the landlady during his stay OF
three months, the rents being paiG
to the housekeeper, and friend to
whom he made the remark said that
she was around about every day-in
fact, he wouldn't be surprised If she
was in the house then
To test his confidence he was will
ing to wager the cigars that she was
there, and his doubling friend consid.
cred it too easy a thing to lose, SO he
said: Agreed Then the man VIC
was certain proceeded to win easily
Selling plate from the table. nc
dropped 1t upon the floor, and in less
than minute the woman of the house
was on the scene inquiring about the
cause of the noise. The doubter was
satisfied.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
ISLE OF MAN IN REVOLT.
Manx Legislature Threatens to Act
Independently Of the Impe-
rial Government.

Hall Gaines fellow-Manxmen %,
cured representative constitution
from the British imperial government
in 1856. and imperial interests have
since been looked after, by a deemster
and vicar general appointed by ths
home office. The house Of keys, or
lower branch Of the Manx legislR
ture, says the New York Times. has
always been opposed to such appoint
ments, and now Its. radical wins
threatens to deprive the imperial gov.
eminent OF any hand at all in the ad'
ministration of Manx affairs. with the
exception of a nominal WELD of the
British scepter.
A significant note from the British
home ONCE was recently read in the
house of keys. 1t requested and re-
quired" the loyalty Of Manxmen to
the constitution of 1856, and added
that the British government could not
consider for a moment the question
of home rule for the Isle of Man. a.
such an autonomous situation was q
menace to imperial interests. More
over, continued agitation would only
lead to one thing-the abrogation OF
the constitution and complete annexa-
ton.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
MryEm ma JoMyer

Unless early and correct treatment -
applied the patient seldom survives
when once the disease is fastened upon
her. We believe Lydia 3. Fnkham's
Vegetable Compound Is the most end
cient treatment for chronic kidney
troubles of women, and is the only med-
icine especially prepared for this
purpose.
When a woman is troubled with pain
or weight in loins, backache, frequent,
painful or scalding urination, swelling
Of limbs or feet, swelling under the
eyes, an uneasy, tired feeling in the
region of the kidneys or notices Q
sediment in the urine, she should
lose no time in commencing treatment
with Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, as it may be the means Of
saving her life.
For proof, read what Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did for Mrs.
Sawyer.
(" cannot express the terrible suffering /
had to endure. A arrangement Of the female
organs developed nervous prostration and q
serious kidney trouble. The doctor attended
me for year, but kept getting worse, until
I was unable to do anything, and made up
my mind could not i've. finally decided
to try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound as last resort, and am to-day q well
woman. l cannot praise 1t too highly, and !
tell every suffering woman about my case"
Mrs. Emma Sawyer, Conyers, Ga.
Mrs. Pinkham gives free advice to
women address in confidence, Lynn,
Mass.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
LEADS ALL INDUSTRIES.
Manufacture Of Foods Far in Advance
of Other Lines Of Commercial
Business.

According to the latest United States
census, the manufacture of foods lex
Guiding liquors) leads all other manu-
facutring industries, the value OF the
annual output being $2,277, 100000, or
IT'S per cent. of the total value of the
manufactured products of the United
States. This is $500,000,000 greater
than the value of the iron and steel
industry output, according to the Re-
view of Reviews. 1t is wonderful
example of the growth of factory
methods in an industry once (ess than
so years ago. to large extent do
nestle.
Regarding the expenditures for food
we have but to take into consideration
the well-known actual statistical facts
that nine-tenths of the people of this
and other lands spend from 80 to 65
per cent. of their income ESTIMATED
for the great majority of American
families to be not over $500 yearly
for food alone, not including its prep
aration for the table at that Dr. Ed
ward Atkinson's estimate of $3.50 per
week, spent for food and drink for
each adult, is surely moderate enough.
This, upon an adult population basis
of 60,O00,000, gives us weekly ex-
penditure of $9000O00O, which in a
year would amount to the gigantic to-
tai of $4,680, 600, 900. 1t is probably an
underestimate to say that $4,000, 000,-
900 is expended annually for food and
drink our approximate 100000 900 pop
ulation. Take one very small item
alone. According to an estimate made
several years ago we buy 1880, 900
pounds of baking powder per annum,
at cost of about $35,500,00
It is an amazing fact that although
the cost of food makes up so large a
part of the cost of living and plays so
important a part in economic and So
Geological problems, the most intelli-
gent people know less concerning the
elementary facts of food, it's compost
| ton, sources, preparation for market.
nutritive value, adulteration, mis-
branding, etc., than of almost any 9TH
er necessity of life.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Mystery Of chinatnwn

Where do the Chinese women OF
Chinatown keep themselves?" asked q
curious one. II have been Wis ting the
quarter at different times of night and
day for several years. / have eaten
at least hundred meals in the Chi
nese restaurants and been in most all
the shops. the theater. the joss house
and the mission, but have yet TO ay
my eyes on Chinese woman. Once
in awhile a Chinese boy or even a
baby done up in oriental garments II
seen on Pel1 or Mott street, but the
poor women are evidently kept pref ,
close. In such quarters and with no
fresh air it's wonder they live at
al-N Y. Press
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
New Kind of Raca

Items in the first great athletic
meeting held in China, which took
place at Canton, were arithmetic
races. Pupils from schools carried
states and pencils, and In the course
of the race they encountered black
board containing a sum to be solved.
The boys were lined up as they
reached the goal, and those whose cal
culations were wrong were then elm
mated. The first three left in the lire
were counted winners.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Remarkable Record.

For 20 years the man at the door
OF the Empire theater has been taking
tickets along Broadway, and in all
that time he has never seen show
He's been at the Empire for about ten
years. He hasn't even seen Peter
Pan" Seldom, If ever, he gives out
a door check between acts. He just
remembers the faces. He never gives
a door check to a woman. And he's
never been fooled.-N. Y. Sun.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Appalling Prospect.

A prolix preacher took for his text
one Sunday the whole chapter in Rev
citation about the seven churches IL
Asia. After he had dwelt laboriousl,
Tor half an hour on three of them, 3
small boy in the congregation drew 6
long sigh and whispered to his moth
er in stage prompter's voice: Gee
-Four more!"-Lippincott's Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Sort Of Cur-io Shop.

Tne surgeons who operated on a man
m the London hospital the other day
round In him rs pieces of cork, 20
pieces OF tinfoil, leaden bullet, q
piece OF string Is inches long, nine
pence In small change, a piece OF
leather nine inches long with a hook
At each end, several pieces of clay
pipestem and portions of a newspaper
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Queer English League.

There is a Compulsory Character
league in England. the business of
which is to urge on parliament the
passage of a bill making 1t compulsory
for all employers to give a written
character to their employees when leav.
ing.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Japanese Build Church.

The first Japanese Congregational
church in America was organized In
San Francisco recently, largely through
the efforts of Rev. Mr.. Kozaki. Much
is expected from the pioneer congre-
cation In advancing Christian work
among the Japanese on our Pacific
coast.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Peoria Pioneer

Mrs. Samuel McCarty, whose hus-
band was the first man to settle in
Peoria, H., was recently rendered a
reception at the First church in that
city, the occasion being her eighty
first birthday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Tree Without Leaves.

The "leafiess acacia" is a peculiar
tree that forms forests in Australia.
The tree has no leaves, but respires
through little stem answering the
purpose of a leaf.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
HEALTHY Town

= In the town of Tollesbury, England,
place of 1000 inhabitants, there is
only one physician and there is no
druggist or dentist within nine miles.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Industrial Increase

In 1900. it is said. 100000 bales of
cotton would have lasted the Lanca-
shire mills, England, for year; now
the same amount only feeds their
spindles for day and a quarter.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
K[IfbB'E |a1Esfi sa H1aRs6UBLE$
increasing Among Women, Bot
Sufferers Need Not Despair
THE BEST ADVICE IS FREE

Ofall the diseases known, with which
the female organism Is afflicted, kidney
disease is the most fatal, and statistlcs
show that this disease Is on the increase
among women.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-25
Don't Poison Baby.

URIY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought child
PAREGORC or audanum to make Sleep These drugs will produce
sleep and Few DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM WHICH
whose health has been ruined ruined Life BY udanum and morphine
either the narcotics named children anybody
them poison" The definition
sns and deot Thtas and smell containing
and sold under the Of Drops Cl Soothing You
should not permit medicine be your children without
physician know Of what is composed CAsTORA DOES NOT CON-
lain NARCOTICS If it bears the signature of Chas q. Fletcher.
The Jersey City news., 1906-01-02
Piles Cured
'SuiEsring for Years, ,and Bed Ridden
From Plies, d Contractor Of
Marion, Indiana, Is Cured
by Pyramid Pile Cure


II was troubled with piles for several
years before | would let it be known
But at last they became so severe that
/ could not walk and | had TO take to-
my bed. ] tried everything and anything
the doctors prescribed, and took their
Treatments for a long time. But nothing
ever did inc any good / had seen your
ad. in different newspapers. 50 | got
5tJ-cent box and began using them. From
the very first ! got quick reief and by
the time / was starting Oh my third box
/ saw I was cured. have not been
troubled with them since. Now you can
use this as You please because it is gem
uine. Yours. T. A. Sutton, sfone and
Cement Contractor. Marion, Ind.
Instant relief can be gotten by using
the marvellous Pyramid Pile Cure. II
immediately reduces all congestion and
swelling. heals all sores, ulcers and irri-
.ate1 parts.
The moment You start to use it your
suffering ends and the cure of your dread
disease IS in sight.
The Pyramid Pile Cure renders an op-
eratian unnecessary. Don't Submit 70
the cruel. excruciating pain caused by
fhe surgeons knife. Besides. it is cx-
pemsive and humiliatilg and rarely q
permanent success.
'The Pyramid Pile Cure is put ZIP n
the form of Heasy-to- use, spefIa lly
made. suppositories. They are soothing
painless. instant and certain.
A trial treatment will be sent you al
enre by mail. IN plain. sealed wrapper
/ without cent of expense to you. IT yoT
| send your name and address to Pyramid
| Drug Co. 10s48 Pyramid Building, Mar.
shall, Mich.
After you receive the sample. you eaI
| get regular~size package of Pyrainie
! Pile Cure at your draggse's for 90 cents
| or If he hasn't it. send us the money ane
we win send it to yov.
The Jersey City news., 1906-01-02

opens at Madison Square Garden. New
York. January Is. have been completed.
and if now only remains to install the
figures, staff work and paintings In the
big annpitheatre. Ne one who has not
eeesr the progress of the work can appre-
eiate the marvellous transformation that
the Garden will undergo before the
doors are flung epeR ON the opening
night.
In order 10 still further enhance the
spectacular features of the show, the
committee at it's last meeting decided to
reproduce the figure Of the girl which IS
being tsed in the poster.
Arrangements have been made for the
decorators to take possession of the Gar
den one week before the show opens. and
during those seven days the army of
workmen will transform the big place
into veritable fairyland that will divide
honors with the glittering productions
from the worlds greatest automobile fac
tories. Not pillar or post, nor any
thing now present in the Garden, will be
visible when the decorators complete
their work. for even the roof of the am
phitheatre will have canopy of blue
with stars that will make it look like
the celestial cover. The balconies, the
exhibition hall. and every other place in
the Garden where machines are shown,
will receive the same attention as the
main floor. :
Final allotments of space have been
made, and SO far as concerns the show
committee, which consists Of Colonel
George Pole. NJ. /. Brock, G. r. Mabley
and NJ. J.. Downs. the Sixth Annual Ma
tional Automobile Show might open next
Saturday, instead of a week kter.
The Jersey City news., 1906-01-02
THE FELLOW WHO KNOCKS

Now, here is toast May il thrice re-
act
On the sofllbre-visaged tfuffer.
With face Ger long and with brain half
cracked.
Who niaketh us all to suffer.
May the little red devils chase him.. all,
On their red hot racks to break him,
While We drink enc toast, though 1t be
To the fellow who knoeks-deuce
take him.
Your business and mine at times may
lag.
But his tongue wags forever.
The craft that he safls floats the black,
black flag;
His motto: Crush all endeavorr
NAV the little red devils--but chat WAS
said
And never the words will shake 1lirif
So here is a toast, while we wish hrfn
dead,
TO the fellow who knocks--deuce
take him!
San Francisco Call.
The Jersey City news., 1906-01-02
. TESTS.


She-You've been out every night
since / married you. and you swore
You would be as true as the stars
above.
He-well. amt the stars above out
every night. too?-Judge.
ssKiaals. Lonejaw, what seems to be the
trotbt,1e? You look as If you had come
from funeral, or sts if your nlotlief-in-
law had recovered from her last serious
ilInesS. Nothing Of the sort old fell
low Fact is, have just received let
Ter from an editor enclosing a check for
SIG for a poem Of mine. have been
sending that poetry round TO editors for
the last three years, and--I miss the
thanks. old man. miss the thanks =
Town and Country.
Mr. Bacgr--"When woman telis
fairy story, size always begins like this:
Once upon a tiIRe. Mrs. Bacon
.Yes: and when man tells fairy story
lie always begins like this: There, now
don't be angry with me; you see it was
like this Yonkefs Statesman.
Between Lawyers. -Sbe-sfI Ifnp about
stl,atl p:sfs yci1 met 81 re Bpsteb 2 tfe--
ali OH. : '.N slagaglst she made an
assiSlsnsiss Of hes affections 70 ypu9'
s.Nss | vas only the temporary iees'r-
- - onksss Statesman