The San Francisco call., 1906-06-07
time without disturbing the peace Of

time without disturbing the peace of
other ones.
What do you call disturbing the
peace?" inquired Mrs Palmer. IF sit
ting in ones own tent and burning
ones own candles and drinking the
little that one had saved for the occa-
sion is disturbing the peace, then one
might as well be dead as to try to be
quiet"
Reminded that the complaining po-
liceman swore she not only did all the
things confessed. but in addition had
sung a cumulative ditty entitled Blue
Bottles" in which she was aided and
abetted by two lady guests, to the great
annoyance of all other persons in the
camp who desired to sleep, she re-
sponded:
Well. we did that. too; but for rra-
cious sake, what would a birthday par
" be without singing?"
Then the policeman averred that
Blue Bottles" is silly of sentiment and
wearisome musicallys The singer be-
gins by warbling that one blue bottle
is hanging on the wall. and with each
succeeding verse, a bottle is added un
til usually d hundred are hanging on
the wall, when the process of takine
them off the wall is ACCOMPLISHED in
the same tedious way. Mrs. Palmer
had vocally hung six blue bottles on
the wall when she was warned to de-
sist but she ignored the warning and
was proceeding to suspend an eighth
bottle when her arrest Interrupted.
Don't have any .Iiore birthdays till
you are out from under canvas said
the Judge after dismissing her.
hope to goodness I won't" was her
reply.
Patrolman P. B. Mahoney, palpabIy
nettled by seeing his side of the cas-
on trial develop weakness, was so in
discreet as to accuse Judge Cabaniss
of having deliberately prevented him
saying what he wanted to saw while
he was testifying.
Every one in this court knows that
statement to be false, was his Honor,s
tart retort, and your utterance of II
shows that you have more cheek than
is jointly possessed by all of your 500
nrethren on the police force. No won
der you came unscathed through bot h
earthquake and fire. Your nerve,
makes you catastrophe proof. Now
you are at liberty to say what Won
claim you were prevented saving R,,t
after what you have just said 7 feel
justified in disbelieving ANYTHING else
you may say under OATH"
1t was the case of S. NJ Pear1nan
accused of having sold whislv in a
b6VlSad6r0
streets to one John Nicholson tha
evolved the exchange of compliments
between magistrate and poIjceman
John Nicholson swore that a Iadv ga mn.
er IN Hamilton square asked him to %
to the drug store and purchase for ber
one dollars worth of medicine. and that
he did so, receiving in return for the
dollar two unlabeled TASKS of alleged
WHISKY When he emerged from tho
store he was accosted by Patrolman n
Mahoney, who confiscated the bottles
escorted him back to the store and ar,
rested the man who had sold them
ASKED by the Judge if he knew tbe
lady who entrusted him with the dol
lar, John Nicholson replied in the mega
tive Nor did she specify the kind of
medicine she wanted him to buy for
her. Neither did the defendant ash
If he wanted any particular kind of
medicine. Indeed. the defendant did
not say anything. but silently took
the dollar and passed out the TASKS
John Nicholson swore, also. that he
once was in the saloon business at
Vallejo. and since April Is has been
nursing his right hand. which was
severely injured several days prior n