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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

~ ONSUL SOLOMON BERLINER OF
Tenerifre responds as follows to
. inquiries from different parts OF
the United States as to the cost
Of living IN the Canary Islands and
how they compare IN this respect with
the United States. The writer's usually
state that they have limited incomes.
Il am informed that nfteen years
ago no place In the world was cheaper
to live In than the Canary Islands; but
during the last five to six years the
conditions have entirely changed, and.
there can be but few places where
the necessartes OF life are more cost
~ Rents are not only much higher
than IN the United States, but the
houses are less commodious and al
most entirely lacking IN modern con
veniences. Servants wages vary from
"a to sS per month, but one servant
In the United States Is capable OF as
much work az three here; one good
servant in the United States at $40
per month Is cheaper than three here.
The following are the current prices
per pound for household articles at
retail, expressed in American cents.
Cut or lump sugar, II; granulated
sugar. IL: coffee. green. 26 70 AZ: tea.
So to 100; common salt, 4. table salt.
s; rice, 5 to 10;Ndour, 3: lard, II; ham.
26; cheese. 81 to 80; butter, canned or
fresh. AZ; meat. Is; meat, with bones
clean. %; choice meat, So: lamb. Is.
veal, 25; pork. II; and bread. 4 cents
per pound; eggs, S5 cents per dozen.
By the quart oil Is 80; petroleum. 9:
cows milk, 13, and goat milk II cents.
Charcoal is $40 per hundred pounds:
coal, s11 per ton. The price OF bread
and meat Is hxed by the City Council.
The foregoing prices are in American
gold. the Spanish peseta being figured
at 173k cents.
During the last I'VE to six years
resident foreigners receiving their in
come or salary in gold have had the
dement, OF exchange, the premium on
gold having ranged from IS TO As per
cent But since January, 1905 the
premium on gold has steadily been on
the decline, and from May onward the
rate has been between and 10 per
cent So far, however, the retailers
have not reduced the prices OF I'M
ported articles. and, in addition to or
dinary profits, they still calculate the
gold premium at 40 per cent. and ar
range their prices accordingly The
prices OF articles grown locally have
advanced from 10 TO 20 per cent In
my annual report I gave the list OF
articles upon which octroi il levied.
and 1t viii have been observed that
this includes almost all household
commodities-food. light. coal etc.
Those upon which no octroi tax Is
levied viz, sugar. coffee. cocoa. tea
and spices, pay duty which varies from
100 TO 500 per cent on original cost A
marx at anfnuamn&-n @-A1-----Al-
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was to make you happy for life Do
you remember how hesitated before
saying 1t?
Mr.. Squabble-Hesitated! You never
have said it-Chicago News
How were those eggs left for you
last week. ma'amT asked the honest
agriculturist-
Every one OF them was rotten" she
replied, vigorously.
am sorry" he said; then bowed
low and inquired deferentially: But
were they perfectly satisfactory other
wise?'--Judgs.
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you CAN'T

YOU CAN'T
You cannot cure hams with q hammer,
You can't weigh a gram with q gram
mar,
Mend socks with a socket.
Build docks with a docket.
Nor gather up clans with q damon
You can't pick locks with pickle.
You can't cure the sick with sickle,
Pluck hgs from a hgment.
Drive pigs with a pigment
Nor make your watch tick with
tickle.
You can't make mate Of your mater.
You can't get a crate from a crater.
Catch mo1es with a molar,
Bake rolls with roller.
But you can get wait from a waiter.
You cannot raise crops from a cropper.
You can't shave your chops with
chopper,
Break nags with a nagger.
Shoot stays with a stagger,
Nor pop to girl with pepper.
You can't grow your beeves from the
You can't catch the hsaves from a
HEAVIER.
Get grains from a grainer.
Draw strains from a strainer.
Nor cIeave to your wife with cleaver.
A bat can't be made out OF batter.
A fats not a thing that can hatter.
A pond does not ponder.
A wand will not wander.
And so that's the end OF our patter.
-BostOn Transcript.
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:. In the Joke World

Twas ever thus" I. said one day,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay
Your pardon. friend" a stranger
cried. 'Didst ever use formaldehyde?"
-PittEburg Post.
Boy Patient--can you walk on your
handsg
Nurse-No. dear; can't do anything
like that
Boy PATIENT thought you said you
were trained nurse.-Pacifc Monthly.
Mrs. squabble-John. it is Eve years
tomorrow since I said the word that
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work. and of this
public
which
defect 1t the opinion this
intercollegiate
their and avoiding the demorazng effect of the
present system
very mild evil So much
money the hands of the Harvard athletic committee that
avagant paid for coaches the training tables and Incl
dena The game has in fact become emproeona and
Notwithstanding the of money directions the surplus
of athletic receipts in 1906 $27816
We much importance objection that the
rough and barbarous because that be mgaed
wholly modification of the rules semprofesson-
asm and spirit that Bad for university e whether
in California New England.
NOTE AND COMMENT
Dove promised back Voliva is willing accept
Elijah's
Pacific States Telephone Company paid
Heney not expected to furnish the music
The of $1,000 worth of drafts Farmer Simeon
proves concusve that the touch by Supervisor
Mr. Armour of Pacngtown has apparently decided
public the of his contribution
Upton Sincar's Heicon Hall.
The Hon Topp Troupe of Springfield
and has adoy escaped mention available Presidential
With disregard earnest efforts as
of the public veal the
Foake attention from that Brownsville by making
Tafts Ohio manager.
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HOW 10 PROPOSE

Do not pop on your knees
When the question you pop. sirs
II you do. all your life
On your knees you Will stop. sir.
Do you love me-not thus,
For an answer may fail herS
She may ask months to solve
All the doubts that assail her.
'sWi11 you marry me7~-that's
Going straight to the issue;
She'll reply 'sYesI"-or Nor
And so bless you or dish you
Boston Evening Transcript.
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Verse Current in the
Press of the Nation
ABOUT THE HORSE
r 1T HAT will not men consent to do
Vhf For to improve the horses

r HAT Will not men consent 10 90
NA For to improve the horses
NM breed,
Wv And make him comelier to
And mend his gait and lift his speedi
Supreme the work. Nor time. nor gold.
Nor skill, nor strategy they stint.
From long before the colt is foaled
Until the veterans final sprint
Whatever is there about Horse
That stirs this tireless zeal IN man
To make him do a stated course
A little faster than he can7
The locomotive long ago
Upset the claim that he was fast;
On common roads the automo-
Bile has him hopelessly outclassed.
Good animal to ride. to plough.
Or to embsllish rural sceness =
But II you really want to go.
He isn't In it with machines.
And yet the brains OF men stfl1 buzz
With zeal the horses breed to bless,
And call it bettered when he does
His mile In half q second less
the tracks they buildI the crowds they
The Legislatures they entnraTl;
Protesting that their aims are pure,
And mostly agricultural
Queer, isn't it7 that equine veal
Should seem so geared to human
ruth
Do men dissemble what they fseI7
They like q racehorse that's ths
truth
They always did, they always will
Some OF them, anyhow-and risk
A wager on 1t, or a SPILL
And reck not, so the pace be brisk
Best was the good old rural way,
Afar from cops and poolrooms, too.
When John and James, each IN his
sleigh,
Debated what their nags could do.
-Harper's Weekly.
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Personal Mention
J. ]. Collins Of Salt Lake City is at

c. ]. Collins of Salt Lake City is at
the Imperial.
f. B. Ross OF Goldfe1d registered at
the Imperial yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Foster OF Boston
are registered at the Jefferson
J. S. Frank, resident of Sydney,
Australia. is at the st Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ E. Stewart OF Orange.
j.. are at the Majestic Annex.
C. r. Murdock, a mine owner at
Goldheld, is at the st. Francis
Mr. and Mrs l.. de SalIier, wealthy
residents of Goldheld, are at the Savoy.
Alden Anderson OF Sacramento, for
mer Lieutenant Governor. Is at the Ma
Jestic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larrin Anderson and
child of Shanghai are registered at
the ST. Francis.
Emil Waterman. the grain and stock
broker, leaves on Wednesday for sew
eral months European trip
Among the arrivals at the Harnlin
yesterday were John F. Brown OF Reno
and A. 2. Crafts OF Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred o. Headly OF
Newark N. j., are at the Majestic An
mex. Head1y Is president of the Headly-
Hamilton Ward of Buffalo. the com
mander in chief of the Veterans Of the
Spanish-American War, who Is in the
city on tour OF inspection OF the
various posts. Is registered at the
Hamlin-
OF the Canadian Pacific for many years,
has been appointed general agent OF
the passenger department Penn has
many friends In the railroad world and
George w. Colby Of the Great North
ern has received word from the head
office in Seattle that his line intends to
put on compartment and observatory
car between Seattle and st. Paul
he was the recipient OF many congrat-
ulations yesterday on his promotion
Travel to Yosemite by way OF Ray
mond will be opened by Tuesday. Such
is the announcement made by the pas
senger department OF the Southern
Sa--ka
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

The return of $1,000 worth of drafts to Farmer Sin
proves conclusively that the touch made by
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

When the Pacific States Telephone Company pa
Heney not expected to furnish the music.
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NOTE AND COMMENT

Dowie promised back, but vova willing acce
Elijahs
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

Mr.. Armour of Packingtown has apparently d.
make public the amount of his contribution for the re
Upton Sinclair's Helicon Hall.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

The Hon Topp Troupe of Springfield has been an
delegate in every Ohio Republican convention for tn
and has adroy escaped mention available Presidential
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Cost of Living In the
Canary Islands

ONSUL SOLOMON BERLINER OF
Tenerifre responds as follows to
inquiries from different parts OF
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
RoBT. D. HoFFECKER, JR.,
Editor and Business Manager.

A petitions was circulated
around Smyrna last week asking
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to continue train 81 known
as the Franklin City Express
leaving Broad Street Station at
4.oI O'Clock afternoons daily
except Sunday, and arriving in
Smyrna 6.o7. The petition was
readily signed and rightly so. The
train has proved one of the most
popular trains on the road for the
reason that it gives those spending
the day in Philadelphia an hour
longer than train As and still allows
time to get home by the supper
hour The train has been a very
popular one for Smyrna, Clayton,
Dover, Townsend and other places
along the line and if any train
should have to be taken off the
people of this vicinity would no
doubt see train as taken off than
train 81.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11

The recent thaw followed by a
wet spell has demonstrated that
the new macadaniized road is not
going to be as satisfactory as was
at first supposed. The surface
coating we are told cannot help
but become muddy in wet weather.
Then if this is to be the case why
can't we have the crossings back
Citizens have a right and expect to
be provided with clean crossing
places and it is the Iuty of the
Town Council TO grant this conven-
ience. There is one thing to have
good level fagstone crossings and,
another thing to keep them clean.
Council through its Street Com
mittee surely neglects its duty
when this great public convenience
is not provided.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11

both high and low cut,
colors both black and rus
set, 75c, $I.Oo, $3.50,
$3.50.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11


The killing of dogs on our
streets by Policeman Cummins is
still being continued under the
perpetual ordinance requiring all
dogs running at large without a
muzzle to be shot. We still con-
tend that while the effort to pro-
tect our citizens from rabid dogs
is cOmmendable, the method used
is disgraceful and nauseating. We
most assuredly favor protection
but we favor a more humane method
of dealing with the question.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11

Clayton has fallen in line with
its sister towns and organized a
Law and Order League. The new
organization contains the names
of the most prominent citizens OF
the town and it is understood that
they mean business. In this res
pect Duck Greek and Kenton
Hundreds are well organized and
so long as its good citizens mean
business and see that the law is
enforced without fear or favor, so
long will peace and good order
prevail.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
DRESS SUIT CASES

Fur Driving Gloves.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11

Christmas is but two weeks off
to-day. Are you ready? Follow
the Christmas advertisements in the
Times, a save and reliable directory.
Our merchants here, represented
have never been more wide awake
to the spirit of Christmas buying
than this season. Keep in touch
with them and give them your
trade.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
Most People Prefer Practical Presents

The twOfod
Of IN a It's
a seaSm OF tangible mark
deStemanO inspires the gift
o
acptabwhat o
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11

and fneleather bags, from
the cheapest to the very
best-$I. so, s.. so, S.. SO,
$500, $3.50, $1,000,
SI2.5O.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
THE SMYRNA TIMES
Smyrna, DEL,

FOuu by Robert y. Hoffeeker July ;, 1854
Editor and Proprietor until Fe bruLry 10, 1907
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
UMBRELLAS

all kinds = gloria, both
plain and fancy handles,
$3.50. Taffeta Silk, with
plain handles, also silver
and gold handles, 81. so,
$3.50, $500.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
SUSPENDERS

both Silk and Lisle, in
Christmas boxes, soc,
$I.Oo, 81. so.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
Most People Prefer Practical, Presents.

in
all the will find
be with
M
now andde eGverw we you wan US
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
GLOVES

Dress Gloves and Walking
Z Gloves, Seal Mocha,
glazed kind and cape kid,
$I.Oo, $3.50, $3.50.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11

OFFICE:-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
RAIN COATS

and Overcoats make very
acceptable presents. Spe-
cial prices. Read our
regular ad. for prices.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-11
SOCKS

better than you find else
where-fancy i'll great va
rieties, rs and soc.
Black-I21ac, 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04

ward King and Mrs. Rooms assisted
the hostess. The table was in May
day decorations and the favors were
Nav baskets. The place cards were
decorated with nautilus smell designs.
From the MAY Club Members To-
peka Question Department:
The Philanthropic department has
been quite active through April in
financial lines. Early in the month a
RihIa class under direction of Mrs.
Georee MAYS rendered THE Divine
Tragedy to an appreciative audience.
a neat sum of money was realized
from the sale of tickets This sum
was divided between the IopeAa OF OF
home. Later, the Monday Tourist
club and the Current Literature club
made and sold candy enough to buy a
new sewing machine for the Critten-
ton home. The women OF H TINS De
noted for their good works and aims
deeds which they do.
The Household Economics depart
ment held its first open meeting April
BRIGHT paper on 'rWomen and Wage
SDending" Mrs J. T. Loveweu read
on the topic Waste in the House
hold" Both numbers We're most
profitable to hear, and provoked en-
thusiastic discussion. This depart
ment promises to become one of the
most popular in the Federation. Mrs.
N. w. Lyon, Mrs. J. 7. Lovewell and
Mrs L. D. WhittemoreE compose the
committee directing it.
Outline of the Household Economics
Department.
T. Finances-Housekee as
profession; Women and Wage-Spend-
ing; Economy.
II. Foods utritive Value; Pure
Foods; Authorizations.
III. Sanitation-Water Supply; Dis
posal of Waste; Our Secret Friends
and Foes; Dust and its Dangers.
IV-Model kitchens; the Servant
Question: How to Manage the House
without Help
V-Home Adornment; Simplicity;
Hospitality.
for the Home.
VII.-Children as Factors in the
Home; Character Building; Faults
and Their Remedies; The Value of
Domestic Activities; the Place of Art.
Music and Literature in Child Life
Amusements and Companionship; Re
ligious Training.
VIII.-What Makes the Perfect
Home? Health, Happiness, Cheerful
ness, and the Spirit of Christ over All.
The Current Literature club met with
Mrs James Brier Tuesday. Mrs Ward
Burlingame gave a splendid talk or
California where she spent the winter
and Mrs. H. A. Heath reviewed the
Review of Reviews. 1t was the month
" guest day and the guests were Mrs
D. D. Knox, Mrs. w. H. Leninger, Mrs
John Mowers, Miss Caro- Deming.
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to have another" Mutual Improve
ment club. Carbonate, Kan.
I'VE found the books on science and
history especially helpful. ''-Crawford
County High school. Cherokee, Kan.
1--WE found the library all o. K. and
much appreciated by the patrons OF
Maplewood district" - Maplewood
District school, Cherokee, Kan.
1--WE greatly enjoyed the books
Adeline B. Woods. Pleasanton, Kan.
This library has been a splendid
help to the pupils. the books have
been enjoyed and appreciated. -
School District No. So, Arkansas
City, Kan.
1.-THE library is a splendid thing for
the schools."-Star District sch DOL,
Arlington, Kan.
This has been a good choice of
books L have appreciated. 1t has been
a success in my school. Ella L.
White, Lakin, Kan.
I'VE return your library with many
thanks and a keen appreciation of its
privileges. Woman club of Seneca,
Kan.
For information address Kansas
Travelling Libraries Commission, State
House, Topeka. Kan.
MAY BELLEVILLE BROWN.
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the local clubs have endorsed Mrs
Atkinson. However. Mrs. stephens
has her friend here. too. She is an
able woman and as one woman ex-
pressed it yesterday, 1T would be no
calamity if either woman should lose
as both are capable clever and worthy
and would make good presidents"
Cottonwood Falls Leader: The City
Federation of Women's clubs held its
annual business meeting at the home
of the president, Mrs. Maud Breese last
Saturday afternoon. The result of the
work which has been accomplished by
this organization for the past year has
been highly gratifying. The amount of
money raised by the sale of the Quo
tation books alone, amounted to $19S.25.
There is nearly 5000 in the treasury
now.
Since the purchase of more land by
the Cemetery association it has neces-
sitated the purchase of more iron fence
across the front of the cemetery and
the federation will soon have that fenc-
ing in place.
1t was decided that for the ensuing
year the federation should continue to
assist in the cemetery work
The following officers were elected:
Miss Maud Breese, president; Mrs. w.
w. Sanders, treasurer; Mrs. w. r.
Hilton, secretary; Mrs. Elmer john
ston, corresponding secretary.
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$500 Reward 500

The readers Of this paper VIII be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages. and that is catarrh. HalP s
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
being a constitutional disease requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
1Inon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundat ton
of the disease, and giving the patient
and assisting in doing its work The pro-
prietors have so much faith in it's cura-
five powers that they offer one hundred
dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton
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COCKROACHES

Easv to Get Rid of These Pests With
Stcarns' Electric Paste
Put Stearns' Electric Rat and Roach
paste in sinks and on the shelves, and
in the morning you can sweep up a
painful of dead reaches.
This remarkable exterminator is the
only one on the market where your
money is returned if it fails to give
satisfa ction Much better than pow
fers. as it does not blow away; also
Guaranteed to kill off rats, mice and
other. vermin-
eists or sent prepaid on receipt of price
; OF. box 25c l6 OF. box $1.00. Stearns
Electric Paste Co, Buffalo, N. Y, Cor
merly Chicago, Ill-)
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tragic Shakespeare role with an aban-
don and passion which are entirely
foreign to the reserve of the English
nature. 1t is. this English reserve, as
against the German intensity, which
will, in my opinion, make the most
strikinging impression on the German
mind Where the English actors excel
the Germans most is, think, in their
comedians. There is no reserve about
the English actor where humorous
roles are concerned, and that, again
is characteristic. He is willing to lend
himself to the grotesque, according to
Shakespearean demands, to an extent
impossible to the German actor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-04
hOrenaS hita,
: An Hbsen Invasion

1bsen in the original, played by a
company OF the leading Norwegian ac-
tors, will be seen in this country next
season. Plans are now being compile
ted for an extensive tour with i've of
the masters best known dramas, and
it is possible that the venture will be
under the auspices of Charles Froh-
man.
The repertory will be Ghosts >
''Hedda Gabler," 1.-THE Master Build
err "A Dolls House. and "Rosmers-
holm" The settings will be those used
in the National theater of Norway at
Christiania. and the actors will be
Nine. Johanne JUL Dybwab, wha has
a strong claim to the title of the
greatest exponent of Ibsen in the world,
will be the leading woman. The roles
of Mrs. Alving. Hedda Gabler, Hilda
Wangeh Rebecca West and Nora Hell
great artistic triumphs in all the Scan
dinavian countries. She will be sup
ported by six other players, among them
Harald StormOen and Miss Sophie
Reimers. The opening will be in either
New York or Chicago late in October.
An engagement of two weeks will be
played in Chicago. All of the large
centers of Scandinavian-Amer pop
Ulation will be visited.
The Ibsen invasion was originally
suggested by H. Sundby-Hanson a
Chicago newspaper man of Norwegian
blood. F. Herman Gade, the Norwa-
gian consul. took up the idea with en-
thusiasm and made the preliminary ar
engagements while in Norway to attend
the coronation of King Haakon. Gus
t&ve Thallberg, Norwegian manager
who has handled tours of Scandinavian
singers in this country, will direct the
enterprise.
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Mrs. L. w. Wilson, 1886 Garfield
avenue gave a dinner Wednesday
night for the members Of the Nautilus
club and their husbands. The guests
were asked to represent in their cos
TUNES the title of a book and some
of the representations were very clev-
er. Mr.. J. t. florence wore a Loop
ards skin and represented the Loop
ards Spots. Mr.. and Mrs Paul Love-
we'll were Romeo and Juliet. Mrs.
Dams wore a bridal veil of mosquito
netting and a wreath of orange bios
SONS and a placard reading, Lam
Me More. OF course she was readily
guessed to be the Bride Of Lam
mermoor. Mrs. Norman Plass in a
patch work gown hung with curios,
and with silk reticule filled with old
silver, pewter jewelry and the like
represented the Old Curiosity Shop.
DR.. Plass as a fisherman without fish
suggested Fisherman's Luck. Mr..
Frank L. Dams wore seven small plac-
ards on which were painted the letter
C-the Seven Seas. Mrs. T. S. Lyon
was Mary Queen of Scots and wore
an appropriate costume. Mr.. L. d.
Whittemore and Mr.. H. c. Bowman
in boys costumes and playing marbles
all evening were Little Men" Mrs.
E. B. Merriam cleverly represented
Lavender and Old Lace. Mrs. Ed