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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
INTERESTING ORIGIN OF
THE POSTAGE STAMP
Secret Sign on Envelope Led Rowland
Hill to Devise Remedy
for Fraud.

Quite recently there has been more
or less discussion as to the origin of
the postage stamp.
Perhaps the most authentic story is
that which comes from the Postoffice
Department at Washington.
II appears that about sixty five years
ago Rowland Hill was travelling
through one of the northern districts
Of England and for a time was So
journing at an inn where the postman
came with a letter for a young miss,
who turned 1t over and over in her
hand and after examining the envelope
minutely inquired the price OF the post
age, which was a shilling. She sighed
sadly and returned the letter to the
postman. saying that it was from her
brother. but that she had no money
Mr.. Hill was an onlooker and was
touched with pity. He paid the post
age and his action seemed to embarrass
the girl When the postman had gone
she told Mr.. Hill that some signs
marked on the envelope conveyed to
her all she wanted to know and that
as q fact there was no writing in
closed. In extenuation she said that
she and her brother had contrived a
code system of communication as
neither Of them was able to pay post
charges.
Mr.. Hill thought Of the results of
system which made such frauds possi-
bic. Before another day he had planned
a postal system upon the present ba-
sis-Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
LAST OF THE ARIsTocRArs.

THE old French aristocracy dies with
me-" cried the Princess de Valmont on
her deathbed. She was a bitter old soul,
who. born of a long line of uncontami-
mated ancestors and married to a noble
OF equally superior strain. had through
her husbands death in financial diff
culties, to marry her five children to
-abominable persons" Of high charac-
ter. but with the blight of trade or in
dustry in their blood Her last years
were made mournful to her by this pitt
fuI descent, and just before her gran
diose last utterance. looking with a
bitter smile at her children and grand
children in tears round her deathbed,
she broke silence in the following ter
rible reflection: We have here" count
ing on her fingers. Representatives of
carriage making. wholesale grocery,
confectionery. coal mining and the
Stock Exchange, and all grated on the
old tree Of the De Valmonts."-New
York Herald
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
Goes To FRONT FOR
MEN IN BLUE.

OYSTER BAY, Sept. 24.-President
Roosevelt has contributed 500 to be
used by Rear Admiral Thomas in a
legal suit instituted recently at New
port, R. l.. to determine whether or not
a man may be excluded from public
place of entertainment because he
wears the uniform of the United
States army or navy.
President Roosevelt today made pub
lie the following letter, which he has
sent to Rear Admiral Thomas
Oyster Bay, Sept. "a.
Dear Admiral Thomas: 1 inclose 500
to be used in that suit which, thanks to
you, has been so wisely undertaken to
test the legality of excluding any man
from any public place of entertainment
because he wears the United States
uniform. / feel that it is the duty of
every good citizen to endeayor in every
shape and way to make 1t plain that
he regards the uniform of the United
States army and navy, just as much
when worn by an enlisted man as when
worn by an officer as badge of honor
and therefore emitting the wearer to
considerate treatment so long as he
body of men in all our country than the
enlisted men of the army and navy of
the United States, and / cannot suffi-
ciently express my Indignation and con-
tempt for any man who treats the uni
form save with the respect to which
it is entitled. If q man misbehaves
himself then, no matter what uniform
he wears, he should be dealt with ac-
cordingly, but the fact of wearing the
United States uniform should be ac-
cepted as presumptive evidence that
the man who wears 1t is right. Any
discrimination against the uniform is
much more than presumptive evidence
that the man thus discriminating is all
wrong. Sincerely yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Rear Admiral Thomas is reported to
be paying half the expenses of a suit
for $500 damages brought by Chief
Yeoman f. J. Bunzle against the New
port Amusement Company of Newport
on the ground that he was excluded
from the place while in uniform. Bun
zle is on duty at the naval training sta
tion at Newport.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
Building to Harmonic
With the College
Halls.

The Southern Pacific is about to be-
gin the construction OF a new passen-
ger depot at Berkeley. When com
pleted it will be one OF the most beau
tiful railroad stations in America. its
artistic lines conforming with the gen.
eral trend of the architecture CT the
magnificent buildings designed by NJ.
Bernard of Paris for the Greater Uni
versity of California 1t will combine
with comfort and usefulness a beauty
OF design and a richness OF finish. The
plans are the creation of the engineer
ing department OF the Southedn Pacific
under the direction of J. H. Wallace,
assistant chief engineer, and D. J. Pat
terson, architect.
The depot will be built on the COM
pany's grounds at Shattuck and Uni
versity avenues. It will be 188 feet
long, Il feet wide and divided into
two sections One part will be occu-
pied by the general waiting-room,
ticket office and wcmen's retiring room.
while a smoking-room for students
and baggage-room viii take up the
other part The open space be-
tween the two parts of the building
viii be inclosed with an ornamental
iron fence. and in the center a foun-
tain, circled by walks and grass plats.
viii play.
The exterior of the building Will be
of dark red brick, trimmed with light
buff terra Gotta The arcade, extend
ing the length Of the depot, as well as
the entablature and pediment over it,
viii be of the same color.
The interior of the waiting room will
be laid with white brick. An open fire.
place will be built in one end of this
room and paneled with terra Gotta The
wood finish viii be Eastern oak. A
special design in electric light fixtures
Will be used.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
NAMES OF NEwsPApERs

The Western reporter wore a frock
coat and a sombrero. Your Eastern
newspapers are all right he said. but
their names have no snap to them.
Journal and Times and Bulletin and
Chronicle are the tame names, but they
are popular here. Now, If you went
West Listen:
THE Gisby City Scorcher, the Thomas
County Cat, the Bristol Whim Wham
the Saturday Cyclone, the Jayhawker-
Palladium, the Sheffield Conductor
Punch, the Cash City Cashier, the Chew
enne County Rustler, the Kansas Prai
RE Dog. the Chase County Clipper. the
Burlinghame Brick, the Allison Breeze
the Axle Broad AK, the Gully Grip, the
Kansas Cowboy. the Ensign Razzoop
the Santa Fe Trail, the Hatchet the
Comet, the Boomerang, the Lawrence
Lariat, the Springfield Soap Box
Philadelphia Bulletin
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
DRANK HoGsHEAD OF WINE.

OF the great scholar and writer,
George Buchanan, the 400th anniver-
sary of whose birth was recently cele-
brated, it is related that he was told by
his doctors that If he abstained from
wine he might life five or six years,
and that if he continued to drink he
could hold out three weeks at longest
Get you gone" he exclaimed, with
your prescriptions and your course of
diet, and know that 1 would rather live
three weeks and be drunk every day
than six years without drinking wine"
He was as good as his word Hay
ing discharged his physician. like a
desperate man, he ordered hogshead
of grape wine to be set at his bed S
head, resolved to see the bottom of it
before he died, and he carried himself
so valiantly that he emptied it to the
lees.''-Blackwood' Magazine
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
TWENTIETH CENTURY pRovrRa.

Remember, young man. If is for
easier to find wife than to lose ona
The man at the top of the ladder
takes but little interest of the rounds
A woman is seldom satisfied when an
oiu uless Is iorced 70 do her a good
turn.
The reason why people always like
babies and kittens is that they ALWAYS
act naturally.
The great trouble of practicfng what
you preach is that it is SO easy TO get
out of practice.
A man gets ready for a wedding in
the frame of mind a woman pets reod,,
for a funeral.
When he lends a helping hand tba
average man makes so much noise thai
it spoils the effect.
When an office boys relatives begin
to die 1T is sign that the baseba n
season is coming around.
You have probably observed that
there is only a. few dollars difference
between "ennui' and rlaziness.
The woman who never wonders ,,,,at
her husband does with so much pock of
change is pearl of great price
Charity may begin at home. but did
you ever note in a time of great stress
how far and rapidly it travels? ~
The man who turns out in the rain
to go to church feels that he is entitled
to double measure of blessedness
1t is always difficult for vorno
man to understand what there is abonf
his sister that attracts other younr
men.
When there is plenty of champarne
at the wedding reception all the guests
never saw such a pretty bride before.
1t sometimes comes to pass that after
man has eaten everything that has
been set before him he wonders what
ails him.-The Bohemian
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
ADMITS
L0OT|NG BANK.
Fugitive Makes Confession
Upon Being Returned and
duplicates Chicago Men
Herring TOOK BIG SUM

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Under arrest
by New York detectives. Paul o.
Stensland, former president of the Mil
waukee Avenue State Bank, Chicago,
who stands indicted for heavy embez-
element from that institution, arrived
in New York tonight. He was taken
from the steamer Prinz Adelbert, on
country he had fed after the wrecking
of the bank. and according to his son.
Theodore Stensland. he will plead gull
ty to several of the charges brought
against him.
Stensland has made a complete con-
fession, according to Assistant State
Attorney Olsen of Chicago, who went
to Tangier, Morocco, to take the for
mer bank official into custody, and in
his confession he implicated other prom
inent Chicago men. Attorney Olsen de-
clined to name these men.
Theodore Stensland, who gave out
an official statement for his father. de-
clared that the latter had made no
signed confession, but that he had ad-
mitted committing certain offenses.
which constitute embezzlement under
the Illinois laws. To some of the in
dictments for embezzlement his father
WOulQ plcdQ ulllys he SdlQp ana IN the
case of the others, he would turn
States evidence and implicate all
others who should be indicted in con-
nection with the failure of the bank
Stensland made the further state
ment, according to the son, that If the
shortage in the bank was over 100000
the money In excess Of that amount
had been taken by Henry w. Herring,
the former cashier of the bank. who
was jointly indicted with Stensland on
charges Of stealing over 81. 900, 900 from
the bank and forgery.
Stensland arrived in New York weak
physically and showing much evidence
Of the strain which has attended his
extraordinary flight through many
countries. his desperate but Intellectual
trip for freedom down the West Afri-
can coast and his final capture in Tan
gier, from which place the United
States authorities were permitted to
remove him by the Government of Mo-
rocco.
Stensland denies the report that he
tried to commit suicide while in
Morocco He says that sudden faint
ing spell there was interpreted as an
attempt at self-destruction by the
Moroccan soldiers.
Tomorrow Stensland will be turned
over to the Chicago authorities and
taken to Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
Horse n Valuable Asset.

Seems to me man of your standing
in the community ought to drive a
better looking horse" remarked the
summer boarder.
II wouldn't trade him for the fastest
roadster in the hui county" said Farm
er Huckleberry. That horse knows
just what to do when he meets an
auttymoble. He cavorts around and
topples over an breaks UP dollars
wuth O. buggy shaft an mebby 50,cents'
wuth o. harness. an I'll bet I've coll
lected much as 'leven hundred dollars
from the auttymoble owners. The old
boss is all right Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
"JIM. CORBETT AS RAFFLES
MAKES A HIT IN NEW YORK
Ex-PugiIist In New Play, ssThe Burglar
and The Lady" a Decided
Success.

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-James ]. Cor
bett with his new melodramatic COM
edy, "The Burglar and the Lady" and a
company, most of the members of
which were capable, filed the American
Theater tonight, and, If numerous cur
tain calls and a demand for a speech
from the star, Indicate anything, there
is no doubt about the popularity OF the
play. Corbett made convincing Raj
f1es. 1t is the best part he has yet es-
sayed and he does more with it than he
has done with any other character. He
makes Sherlock Holmes look like an
amateur.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
DENTCE CASE CONTINUED.

The trial Of Ernest Denicke, charged
with the murder Of an unknown man
on the afternoon Of April 20, was yes
terday continued by Judge LaWlor un-
I'll Thursday morning at 10 o'clock The
postponement was due to the number
OF cases demanding the attention o.
Judge Lawlor's department at the
present time.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
FISHING MADE Easy

A Berlin paper tells of a new device
that makes herring fishing easy. A
microphone, which masnifies sounds. is
plunged into the sea to ascertain if
fish are passing that way. wire
with an ordinary receiver, with which
one listens to what is going on in the
depths of the sea- Excellent results
have been obtained in the North Sea
by the invention for signaling the
passing of the herring shoals.-New
York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
HELENA UNFRAMED
At SHANGHAI.

WASHINGTON, Sept. PA cable
gram received at the Navy Department
this morning from Commander Cutler
of the cruiser Galveston. at Shanghai,
announces the safe arrival at the port
of the United States gunboat Helena.
1t was reported that the Helena had
been lost in the great hurricane that
swept over the China Sea recently
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
AN EAGLEs Bill on r.DE

The voracity Of the eagle and similar
birds of prey is well known, but the
discovered in the Alps by swiss
hunter show the following remarkabIe
variety in the daily menu. A hare.
twenty seven chamois feet. four
pigeons feet. thirty pheasants' feet.
eleven heads Of fowls, eighteen heads
of grouse and the remains of a num-
Der of rabbits, marmots and squirrels.
-Ioudon Chronicle
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
SHERIDAN MAY BE SAVED.

HONOLULU. Sept 23.-The United
States transport Sheridan has been
raised considerably by pumping out
the water in her holds Those in charge
OF the work predict that she will be
a1oat tomorrow morning.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
Frogs Skin ON Boy.

Frogs skin has been grated on the
stump of the amputated leg of Law
renee Bourrett, a lad of II years. The
wound has been stubborn, and already
three of the boys aunts have sacri-
feed goodly patches of cuticle in the
hope of aiding their nephew to recov-
cry, but to no avail. The use of the
frogs skin is an experiment the sue
cess of which is still uncertain Medi-
cal men in the city are watching the
outcome with great interest. Strips
of the skin have been migrated over a
surface of four square inches.-Chicago
er-Ocean.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
yiscount Aoki. the new

Vlscount AokI, the new Japanese
Minister at Washington, has as his
constant companion in his home a great
Maltese cat Mr. Aokf never receives
a guest without presenting him to
Peter. who sits on a settee near the
diplomats chair.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25

DR. c. C. 0'DoNNELL's RANCE.
At pretty Glen Ellen Seventy furnished ana
partially furnished cottages. cabins. tents ana
ourdtB to rent. from $40 up Catholic and Con-
Fregarional churches; mineral spring5s nshlnz.
Dxfning. Climate unsurpassed. Apply fo DR.
Q. G. O'DON.' ELL sloA DeVisader0 st.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25

Camille Aaihe0uau Lonis Coufard Jules vigouroux
bormeriy 0f Franks kotisserle. Pine ST.. :. T.
LAMOLLE HOUSE,
Only E-St-elass Trench hofei aud restaurant o.
the Pacific Coast Tel lrigats EXCHANGE al
Telephones In all rooms. Cor. Sanra Clara ana
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
TERRACE GROVE

HOTEL. cottages and tents. Camping accommo-
dations- Store on premises Santa Cruz Mts.
near Skyland- R. y. D.. WRIGHTS. CAL.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02
COMMERCE COMMISSION.
viii Hold Session AZ Denver, Com
menoing Next Monday.

DENVER, Dec. 1.-The News to-
day says:
Edward Il. Clark, Interstate COM
merce commissioner, is on his way to
Denver, where. next Monday, he will
begin an investigation into the charges
made against the Union Pacific Coal
company that this corporation has
stolen thousands of acres OF coal lands
to which It holds no rightful title.
A. ]. Smith, of the Smith Bradbury
Mining company. who stands sponsor
for some Of the charges against the
corporation, intimates that he will
charge the attempted murder Of a
government agent by poison during the
hearing.
Smith says that 1t would appear that
an attempt was made to remove Mich
ael A. Myendorff, the land office de-
tective, who testified In Salt Lake City
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02
FOUR MEN KILLED.
Gravel Train Plows Into Rear Of Pas
senser Train.

vERGENNES, VT. Dec. i.-Four
persons are known to have been killed
and II In feared that others lost their
lives while several more were serious
ly injured In a wreck on the Rutland
Railroad near here today.
A gravel train plowed into the rear
end OF a passenger train. Two passen-
ger cars were wrecked and caught
fire. None OF the dead have been pos
itively Identified.
one OF the bodies found is believed
to be that OF Mrs. w, A. Lawrence OF
Bristol, wife OF Deputy Sheriff Law
renee. OF Addison county.
Another OF the bodies is that OF n
woman. while the other two found
were 80 badly eharred that 1t was
impossible to tell whether they were
men or women.
Engineer Murray Of the gravel train
was unable to explain the cause OF
the accident.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02

Railway company. an American cor
pofation. The contract for the new
lines OF which about 425 miles will
be constructed. was made with the
United States government. after me-
gotiations with Secretary Taft and
tho spcyor interests, inspired by the
success OF the Manila and Dagupin
Railway In Luzon. were satisfied TO
undertake tho work without asking
guarantee from the United States
Most OF the capital Of the syndicate
has been subscribed abroad. where
MI the existing securities OF the old
company are held. and in consequence
the allotment OF the New York branch
will be small.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02
NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.
Several New Steamers of the American
Hawaiian Company.

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 1.-The Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company has de-
cided to omit Salina Cruz as a port Of
call This statement was made yes
terday by the department of commun-
ications, which lately received writ
ten protest from the Pacific Mail
Steamship company to the effect that
1t was not afforded proper docking fa-
cilities at the port of Salina Cruz.
The department did not see fit to take
action in the matter, which resulted
in the action taken by the Pacific Mail
company.
The American Hawaiian company
will commence running boats on
January / and act in conjunction with
the Tehauntepec Railroad, which will
be opened to the traffic of the world
early in the month of January. The
boats Of the new line will stop at
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02
In Time OF Peace.

In the first months OF the Russia
Japan war we had a striking example
OF the necessity for preparation and
the early advantage Of those who, so
to speak. have shingled their roofs In
dry weather." The virtue of prepara-
ton has made history and given to
us our greatest men. The individual
an well as the nation should be pre-
pared for any emergency. Are you
prepared to successfully combat the
first cold you take? A cold can be
treated much more quickly when
treated as soon as 1t has been con-
tracted and before 1t has become set
tied In the system. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy II famous for its cures
of colds and 1t should be kept at hand
ready for instant use. For sale by
Frank Hart, Leading Druggist.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02
Constabulary Regime Passes Out
Of Existence In City.
LOG CABIN COURT HOUSE
Reform Courts Have Become Fact
and All Officers Making Arrests
or Serving Papers Must Pass
Examination.

CHICAGO, Dee i.--chlcaKos old
Justice court system unoiiiclnlly passed
out of existence yesterday. The mag
iHtrnteH issued their last order and
the days of the rule Of the constable
were over,
This afternoon IN what will prob
ably be the mos, picturesque ceremony
ever held IN Chicago. the chief mag
iatrate and Justices OF the now muni-
cipaii,y will receive their commissions.
II will be in the old log cabin court
house Of Cahokin county, the Oldest
court house In tho Mississippi valley,
Judge orrin N. Caster viii give The
new magistrates their commissions.
with this ceremony the long prom
isad Reform Courts" OF Chicago will
be a fact. with the courts will come
the civil service bailifr who. reoeiv-
ing salary from the city. will serve
only legal papers and IN legal man
ner. The order Of chief Justice Oh
non and his associated Justices. which
were issued somc days ago. brought
the men who arc 10 take tho places
OF the conatablcs. under n civil SER
vice examination. which win make dis
honesty and incompetency. such m
was common under the old regime Inn
possible.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02

on Wednesday, and who mentioned
two Wyoming senators unfavorably
during his testimony. According to
Smith. Myendorff. after completing
his investigation In Denver, stopped
in Seventeenth street saloon on his
way to the union station. Smith says
something was put into his liquor.
that the detective became unconscious
and that it was necessary to take him
to a hospital.
1t is also alleged that two attempts
we're made to poison A. F. Abbott,
general manager OF the Peerless Cop
per Extraction Company. who with
Smith and w. H. Canniff, has been
largely instrumental In bringing about
an investigation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02
ACTRESS MARRIED.
Actress Aged 10 and Actor Aged "
Wed.

NEW YORK. Dec. l.-~Frcderick
Thompson OF Thompson a Dundy. and
Miss Mabel Taiiafcrro. the actress,
we're married last night at the church
of the Sacred Heart OF Jesus In this
city. The couple became engaged only
two weeks ago,
Miss Taliaferro. who Ia 10 years Old,
In now playing in special matinees
of "Pippa Passes at the Majestic
thcater. She comes OF stage family
and has been known MS a child actress
for some years. Before the "Pippn
PASSES engagement she was with
Mrs. wigs Of tho Cabbage Patch"
and IN the little Princess"
Frederick Thompson Ia about thir-
ty-two years old. He was the orig
inator OF many novel IDEAS Of Lunar
Park and Of similar wonders at the
Buffalo Exposition.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02
MANAGE RMiSsINo.

GoLDFIELD. New. Dec. i,--Dr. Jno,
Grant Lyman. general manager and
chief stockholder Of the Union sccur-
tiles company. which he In alleged to
have dctrauded In mining transactions
In the sum Of ts,2S0. has not yet
been apprehended. T. NJ Latimer,
secretary OF the company, arrested ms
one Of the defendants. plead not gull
ty today and was admitted TO bail.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02

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burns, chamberlain's Saive In all that
can be desired. II Is soothing and
healing In its effect II allays the pain
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In also a certain cure for chapped
hands and diseases OF the skin. Price
rs cents. For sale by Frank Hart,
Leading Druggist
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-12-02

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