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city. This spoon fashion confined in
vogue in various social circles for
many years after this Glasgow letter
was written. The late Mr.. FitzEdward
Hall, so honorably known for his phil
illogical work. said, writing in 1891,
that he remembered, as a boy in Amer
lea. that he was always expected, after
drinking tea or coffee, if he did not
wish for more, to put his spoon into
the cup, and he knew that in at least
some parts of the United States the
custom survived until less than twenty
years before the date at which he was
writing.
Among vulgar folk the same disin-
clination for more tea was shown by
the much more forcibIe method of
turning the cup upside down in the
saucer! There could be no possibility
of mistaking the significance of this
action. Anderson, in one of his Cum
berland Ballads" describing christen-
ing, says:
Nay, dunnet lido notl turn tea-cup
down.
No more. no more! I've drank two
cups
That's nowt; what! I've taen four"
With regard to superstitions con-
nected with the teapot, or rather. the
tea-cup, the most widely spread. prob
aOly, Is tnat which concerns it's use
for divinatory purposes. Professors OF
the domestic black art told and tell
fortunes by the grounds and stalks in
the cup, as others do by the cards.
When Arthur Clennam, in Little Dor
rit.' on his return home. went over the
old house. he found that the ceilings,
we are told, were so fantasticaily
clouded by smoke and dust that old
women might have told fortunes in
them better than in ,grouts of tea"
"Grouts." by the way, is IL word which
is not so often heard nowadays us of
yore. John Thomas Smith. the anti
quary,in that Book for Rainy Day.
which has recently been reissued in so
excellent and attractive q form, under
the editorial oversight of JOHN o'Lon-
don" says that when he was about
swclvo years old he received not only
Il tip of half guinea from Charles
Townley, the collector of the famous
marbles. but q pat on the head an7
some encouraging words from the
great Samuel Johnson, and consequent
ly he began TO think. he says. that
there was something in progncstica-
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OF A TEA CUP.

1t is only about two and half CEN
turtles since tea was introduced into
England, yet that brief period has been
the center of sundry superstitions and
observances. The drinking customs of
a non-superstitious kind have come and
gone in variety; and this is not sur
prising, for habit and custom are
bound to fasten on and develop in con-
nection with any article or practice of
daily use and wont. Both town and
country folk of the less refined kind
of the present day seem to find 1T nee
essary to keep the spoon in the cup
while they drink their tea. The spoon
has served its purpose; the tea has been
duly stirred; yet it seems to be a point
of honor with these good people to
keep the implement in the cup, and
hold 1t firmly with the thumb while the
tea is being drunk.
The habit of "saucering" the tea,
again, is another social danger signal.
The people who quietly pour the tea
into the saucer and then drink there
from, although they set at naught the
customs of refined society. are yet in
the straight line of descent from the
first tea-drinkers, who used very shall
low cups, and who always spoke of a
dish of tea.
A curious custom which used to be
very general, even in the most refined
circles, but which would now be looked
upon as quite vulgar. was the practice
of placing the spoon in the cup by way
of intimation that no further supply
of the beverage was needed. Lord
Melbourne, writing, as young man,
about the year 1900. TO his mother from
Glasgow, where he was residing with
one Of the university professors, re-
lates how I'VE drink heaIths at dinner
hand round the cake at tea, and put
our spoons into our cups when we de-
sire TO have no more, exactly in the
same manner that we used to behave at
Hatfield at Eton and at Cambridge
Apparently the young Willim Lamb
was surprised TO find the civilized
habits of refined society fiourishing in
so outlandish place as the northern
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ular intervals it is supposed that the
star is eclipsed by another or by a large
planet revolving about it. Many stars
when examined through the telescope
have been found to consist of two lu-
minous bodies revolving about each
other, or, more correctly, about a center
between them. These, if their orbits
lie in plane with the earth, will alter
nately eclipse each other. That is, when
one star moves across the face of the
other as viewed from the earth it cuts
off the light of the latter star; but
when 1t passes to one side we see the
combined light of the two stars.
A star of this type was discovered in
1871, and recently by means of the
speotroscope we have learned that it
consists of two immense luminous bod
les about 100000 miles from center
to center (that is, about one-third of
the distance from this earth to the
SUM and that instead of being spheri-
cal they are somewhat pear-shaped,
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strument performs for is to indicate
the motion of the star toward or from
us and actually show us it's rate of We
locity.
We have often heard a locomotive
whistle or the sound of an automobile
horn rise to a higher pitch as ii ap-
preached us and then drop off to a
much lower tone as ii passed by. This
is due to the fact that the sound vi
brations are much shorter in front of
the rapidly moving automobile because
the source of the sound waves is NOV
ing with the waves and each new wave
starts out from point nearer the one
ahead than it would If ii were sent out
from stationary source. Conversely
the sound waves radiating from the
rear of the automobile are dragged
back until they are much longer than
they would normally be. On the same
principle the light waves of those stars
which are moving toward us are much
shorter than they would be if the stars
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having been elongated by mutual at
traction until they are almost in con-
tact. The smaller star seems to be
brighter than the larger one and it's
light is of a different quality, as shown
by the spectroscope.
The spectroscope. which has enabled
us to make all these remarkable de-
ductions, is a wonderful instrument 1t
consists of a series of prisms by which
the light of star is divided into it's
different primal colors just as the light
of the sun is separated into all the col
ors of the rainbow when passed
through simple prism. But the spec
troscope carries the division still fur
ther and shows up peculiar lines in the
spectrum or rainbow, which vary ac-
cording to whether the light comes from
burning hydrogen, calcium, iron or any
other metal. Thus we can tell Just
what metals there are in the stars by
the lines in their spectra. But the
most remarkable service that this in
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volcanoes. just as man now reduces the
risks which can be anticipated by in
surance. More than this. he believes
that a fuller knowledge of such pheno-
mena will lead to the discovery of
methods of turning these forces OF
destruction to useful purposes, and
that from them man may derive power
as he does now from coal.
AS a means of such accomplishments
Professor Jaggar has announced the
need of unique institution There
must be founded, he says. an instiru-
tion for the observation and measure
ment of earth movements.
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I'VE have plenty of astronomical OBJ
servatories," he said. but for the
study of these more Immediately prac-
tical subjects we have no system and
no equipment. The recurring great
loss of life and property shows how
pressing is the need for such study.
For such study there is need of an en-
dowment to provide the facilities"
For a great many years the Harvard
professor has beene studying the sub
ject, but just recently has his mind
been quickened to Il realization of the
Importance of more widespread study
in his chosen field. He was Fastening
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JAMES ". REA
WHIPS SLEUTH
San Jose Politician Lands
on the Jaw of a
Policeman.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.


SAN JOSE, July 3.-In a short but
lively alteration this morning be-
tween James w. Rea, a prominent poll
tician, and James F. Prindeville, a de-
tective on the police force, the officer
came out lame second and is now
nursing a much battered anatomy. The
trouble with the two men, 1T is said,
has been of long standing, dating back
to the time of the laying of the rails
of the Interurban Railroad in this city.
Each of the participants In today's
fracas claims that he other was the
aggressor and each claims to have a
number of witnesses who will so tes-
tify. At any rate Rae, who is a
heavily built man of unusual strength,
succeeded in stretching his opponent
on the sidewalk, where he took the
count. Prindeville was off duty at the
time.
AS a sequel to the fight Rae was later
taken into custody by Officer Black.
charged with disturbing the peace. He
was released on $40 bail The affair
is the talk of the town, owing to the
prominence of the principals.
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SEPTUAGENARIAN BEATS
Wife WHO is half HIS age
Gray Hairs of Aged Brute Saves
Him From Sentence to the
Whipping Post.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GAIL.

ROSEBURG. Or. July S.-John Fitz-
gerald, a wealthy and well-known
farmer of Looking Glass Valley, was
tried Saturday on a charge of assault
and battery upon his wife. Mrs. Fitz-
gerald is 35 years old and her hus-
band is 70.~ On the stand Fitzgerald
acknowledged that he struck his wife,
but claimed II was done in self defense.
Justice Long pronounced him guilty
and Fitzgerald Immediately rose to his
feet and commenced to abuse the
court Justice Long Immediately i'm
posed a fine of $25 for contempt of
court. Ffzgerald's attorneys apollo
gized for the old man. The contempt
fine was remitted and a fine of $50 i'm
posed for assault and battery. Justice
Long declared that all that saved the
defendant from the whipping post was
his age. Fitzgerald paid his fine and
gave $1,000 bonds TO keep the peace.
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OPERATION FAILS To CURE
negro KLEPTOMANIAC
Colored Youth PLIERS, Though
Supposed Cause Of Habit
Is Removed.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SAN BERNARDINO, July 3.-Claude
Gi. theart, probation ward Of President
Edward Roberts OF the San Bernardino
National Bank and enjoying freedom
under a probationary sentence OF five
years for loOting among the ruins of
San Francisco, is hunted by the local
police officers, who believe he has
broken the terms of his probation and
again reverted to his pIundering habits.
Girtheart, who is a negro. has an in
teresting record Sent up two years
ago for an eighteen-months term
after plundering a score Of houses in
this city, he served HIS term and went
20 San Francisco. where he was good
until the earthquake threw temptation
3n his way. He then stole two trunks
of vaIuabIes and brought. the plunder
TO Cotton He was arrested here. He
was operated on for kieptomania at
the County Hospital and a gathering
removed from the inner side OF his
skull He was pronounced cured and
again given his freedom on condition
that he remained good. His reforma-
ton was not permanent Sunday be
stole a wheel and last week he COM
mitted numerous thefts and with one
Of the disorderly women OF the city
had arranged a flight Both had their
trunks packed and at the Santa Fe
depot The woman was not allowed to
leave The police cannot find the
kleptomaniac-
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The policy holders Of the Traders
Insurance Company OF Chicago will
likely receive from so TO 90 per cent
IN cash settlement Of their policies
when the affairs OF the defunct cor
poration are finally settled in the
courts. From letters received from re-
liable sources in Chicago yesterday the
directors OF the Incorporated assured
have learned that the assets Of the In
solvent company are far greater than
they were represented to be by Attorney
William Bates, who was sent out from
the East 10 secure settlements These
directors viii sue in the United States
court 10 have all the insolvency pro-
ceedings which have been taken in the
Illinois state courts declared void on
the ground that the company was never
insolvent and that the stockholders
have connived 10 settle the affairs of
the corporation without any loss to
their personal fortunes. The directors
OF the Incorporated assured OF this city
will ask the United States court to de-
clare the corporation bankrupt. so that
an immediate settlement can be accom-
plished
The assets Of the Traders have been
published at s2.sss.oo0, the figures
sworn 10 by the officers OF the defunct
company when applying for a decree OF
insolvency. The losses in San Fran
cisco are estimated at s3.T4s,000. On
this statement the stockholders an
nounced that they were insolvent and
could not settle with the policy holders
for more than SO Genes on the dollar.
Il is now proven that the assets Of
the Traders are much larger than were
reported. Nearly $4,000. 900 of the pub
lished assets consists Of stocks and
bonds. Some Of these stocks and bonds
are now worth nearly twice their pub
lishea and par value With the sale Of
these stocks and bonds the assets Of the
company will reach an amount that is
very close 10 its losses. so close will
this amount be-" said Director Walter
n. Linforth Of the incorporated insured
yesterday afternoon, that the company
should never have been declared in
solvent"
the policy holders will have the affairs
OF the defunct company taken from the
hands Of Receiver Byron L. Smith. The
directors Of the assured feel confident
that they viii realize close TO dollar for
dollar on all policies.
number OF the insured Of the Fire
mans Fund reported yesterday that
their losses had been adjusted dollar
for dollar.
The organized policy holders Of the
williamsburgh City win meet at 911
Laguna street next Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
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ADMIREs MIR. ROOSEVELT.
La Toilette Says President Is Only Man
Who Could Defeat bryan.


MADISON, Wis, July 3.-Senator R.
NJ La Toilette is loud in his praise Of
President Roosevelt.
He is doing splendid work" said he.
He may be creating new prerogatives.
but with so many others violating
theirs the people will uphold him while
he is fighting their battles. AS things
stand in the year 1906, Roosevelt is the
only man who could defeat Bryan. Two
years from now changes may occur.
L am well satisfied with the work
accomplished at this session of Con-
gress," La Toilette said. In general
results 1t has been one of the most
important in the history Of the coun-
try. Much of the credit is due to Pres
ident Roosevelt for his courage, pa
triotism and insistence on the enact
ment Of the legislation that the coun-
try demanded. ! must say, however
that what was done was largely done
grudgingly and that many of the meas
ures that went through at the close
were unsatisfactory. because due con-
sideration was prevented through dila-
tory tactics by hostile interests at the
opening OF the session"
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DISORDERS SPREAD
TO CARS GUARD
Organized Revolutionary League I'm
earthed Among Russian Troops.

stage have to do with Cabinet under
the leadership of former Minister of
Agriculture Amiloff. This, however is
regarded as utterly impossible, but the
Associated Press has strong grounds to
believe that these members, in spite
of their protestations. will participate
In Ministry under Ivan Shijoff, former
Minister of Finance. IL the latter can
be induced to accept the Premiership.
M Yermoloh was quoted as saying
yesterday that he had been invited by
the Emperor to form a Cabinet, and
that 1t was possible he or former Min
lister of Commerce Timiriazeff may be
the next Premier II the Emperor. as is
altogether probable, declines to make
a full surrender to the Constitutional
Democrats.
The Governments agrarian bill has
been finally approved. introduced in the
lower house of Parliament and pub
lished in the Official Messenger. accom-
panied by a sort of proclamation to
the peasants glorifying the Emperor's
constant solicitude for the peasants
1t attempts to show that the realiza-
ton of the Socialistic schemes for the
naturalization OF the lands. with
which the country has been deluded."
instead of improving the lot of the
peasants, would result in inevitable
misery, as the distribution of all the
arabic lands in European Russia would
give each peasant less than one addi-
tional deciatine, which would be sub
ject to constant diminution owing to
increases in the population, and be-
sides would deprive the peasants of the
opportunity of obtaining work from the
landlords. from whom a large percent
age of their income is derived.
AS finally submitted the Government
solution makes the following propo-
sitions:
First. to distribute upon "favora BILE
terms" all the arabic lands In Euro
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PAT, BEAR AT IDORA PARK,
VICTIM OF CRLOROFORM
Succumbs to Anestheic During
Operation Of Removing a
Throbbing Tooth.

OAKLAND. July S.-Pat. the big bear
at Idora Park. is dead. He expired
today while undergoing an operation
for the removal of an aching tooth that
had bothered him for some time ana
made him cranky and surly toward his
cage mates. Susie and Nellie. Chloro-
form and not the decayed and throp-
bing molar was the direct cause or
Pats demise. The powerful brute had
been roped and stretched between two
trees and DR.. Tom Carpenter of Alta.
media and DR.. w. L. Williamson OF san
Francisco, boL-l veterinarians, were
working over the animal patient with
large chloroform mask made of
leather. when Pats pulse ceased 70
hutter and the suffering brute passed
on to that realm where bears are not
subject to any dental ailment.
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ST. PETERSBURG, July 8. - All
doubt OF the existence of an organized
military revolutionary league which Is
inspiring mutinies and uprisings in the
army has been set at rest by the dis
covery of the seal and documents of
the league during the search of SOL
diers attached to staff headquarters at
wilma. War Minister Rudiger has or
dered a strict investigation to be made
of all detachments of troops in order
to determine the best methods of coun-
teracting the revolutionary movement.
Martial law was proclaimed today
at Odessa on account of the ferment
among the troops there.
An incipient riot is reported to have
occurred among the cuirassiers of the
guard at Tsarkoe-Selo. where they had
been ordered not to read the newspa-
pers. Officers of the guard who were
questioned on the subject declared that
the severity of the measures taken to
prevent the spread of the revolutinary
arousing such intense resentment
among the men that the lives of the
officers themselves were ENDANGERED
They speak most pessimistfcally of the
spread of disloyalty among the army.
A meeting of the Cabinet called by
Premier Goremykin after his return
from his visit to Emperor Nicholas at
Peterhof began at 1890 o'clock tonight,
the Ministers having been unable to
assemble during the day, and contin-
ued until late in the night. No authori-
tative announcement of the reason for
the calling of this extraordinary con-
ference or its decision is obtainable at
this moment. but there is little doubt
that 1t was connected with the change
In the Ministry, although individual
members declined to admit this.
Hints dropped by prominent leaders
indicate that overtures for their par
ticipation In a Ministry at the present
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LONDON July 3On her in London Mrs William Thaw
blovrb decided
Thaw had cheerful
Blair
and
detailed
landing Thaw and boarded special
ortersw
pulled smiling appa
being in ignorance of he
She escaped the the dock While of
talking reporter
English newspaper attempted speak
getting stranger
Wireless containing the
the having been advised
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Mrs Thaw usual husband the today
conversation with him for considerable
seekers
Judge Olcott Thaws chief had conference
the Thw family Pitburg When Judge O1cott l
through mails Judge Oo said that owing
the mails Thw he would have member of the
before they reached Thaw,
young a considerable
District Attorney today assumed Of the
Thaw watch the of Stanford White
killed White
guilty limit
counsel having expired today
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Ing to the peasant class besides ex-
empting the land from seizure for debt
Fifth. to assist immigrants to reach
Siberia and Central Asia and to help
them in installing themselves there,
not only by allotments OF land. but by
the building OF Government roads.
Sixth. TO make arrangements for the
sale OF the lands the immigrants leave
behind them for the benefit OF these i'm
migrants. the rigorous improvement OF
agriculture. correcting the inequalities
in plats of land. etc.
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pean Russia to the peasants who have
not sufficient lands.
Second. TO purchase for the account
of the state the land which private
owners are willing TO sell.
Third. to sell such lands to the peas
ants on reasonable terms, even II this
involves the assumption by the state
of the difference in the cost and the
selling price.
Fourth. to establish the principle
that new as well as old peasant lands
are not salable to persons not belong
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only the Captains Son saved.

NEW YORK. July s.-The Dutch
tank steamship American. which ar
rived here today from Antwerp. col
lided with and sank the Danish
schooner Berthe OF Southforeland the
night after the American left Antwerp.
The schooner went down almost i'm
mediately and all of her crew Of nine.
with the exception OF the captains son,
were drowned.
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Able to Pay Despite Failure.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 2.-Charles
E. Denison was discharged from bank
ruptcy today. This Is one OF the last
echoes of the failure of Denison. Prior
& Co.. following the suicide OF Leland
w Prior In the schedule of the firm
the liabilities were stated at $2.395,Ss6
and the assets at $2.754,S7S.
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SUFFERING HAS WORKED TRANsFoRMATIoNL

and
enjoyment
figure Tombs this still the beautiful butterfly
and the brown looked
grief
feeling and
pistol Kendall
Both badly
fellow a
Mrs Thw said further that the could
Attorney
this proof which will
don'tb eieveh hesaidan nvsucht thing
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GOOD news FOR
THE TRADERS
ASSURED.
They May Receive Ninety
Cents on the Dollar From
the Defunct Corporation
ASSETS INCREASING
Company's Liabilities Will
Not Greatly Exceed the
Value of the Securities

The directors of the
organized pOlicy-hoIders
OF the Traders Insurance
Company yesterday re-
ceived authentic news
from Chicago stating that
the assets of the defunct
corporation will nearly
equal its liabilities. The
assured will likely receive
ninety cents on the dollar
in settlement.
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Homes wrecked By Torn,do.

WACO, Tex, July "A tornado at
West Station. twenty miles north of
Waco, last night blew down a score
of residences. Mrs. Mary Allen was
badly injured and man named Adams
suffered a broken arm.
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FOR The KINDNESS SHOWN Her.

People kind
making "Ocou
newspaper performing
feeling quite we'll this thank youh pathetic
mill / anu suffering froma bad
do not
inclination it? sleep fairly well, but the fact that restless
am
able her head pillow and calmly till
changabhrst cold
cold
world think breaking will understand
thai
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Former Chorus Girl, Sobered by Trag-
edy, Bears Up We'll Under Strain.
Hopes to Be of Material Assistance in
Restoring Husband to Freedom.
Slayer of Stanford White to Go to Trial
on Simple Plea of Not Guilty"
Special Dispatch to The Call.

YORK July 3-"Please breaking
fading l way-I will L
me-"
pathety
Mrs
pathetic protest being
plainly beautiful
o. self
lin
gloyes
ve Mrs Thaw visited
in the Tomb
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IL WAS MARRIED TO MR. THAW IN EUROPE"
IS THE CLAIM MADE BY PRISONERS WIFE

J. smndoA Thawm mEurpa
state to uy are Ihaet proof
ed an y MI hpns b n
aahmenv vsnndeh0a by Mrs nHarK
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For San Francisco and Vicin-
ity: Foggy Wednesday morn
ing; clearing during the day
Fresh west wind.