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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
SKINNED MILK IN THE ARTS

Billiard balls, boxes for handker-
chiefs, ink wells, combs. etc are now
made from SKINNED milk Milk stone.
or "galalith." as il is called. is COM
bination Of skinned milk and forma-
line and is made by a simple process.
The equipment Of the mandatory
consists Of a huge tank into which the
milk is pumped, and connected with
this by means Of an inclined trough
is another tank with a wide. square
opening. over this opening are placed.
one about two inches above another.
three wire sieves. varying in fineness.
the lowest one being Of very close
mesh
From a huge vat into which certain
chemicals have been poured the milk
is pumped through short pipes into the
first tank mentioned. where 1t is
thrashed about by a glass paddle for
fifteen minutes. The bunghole of the
tank Is then opened and what was once
milk is forfed out by air pressure in
the form OF a yellowish brown powder.
This IS called chemically treated
'casein," and il Is sent down the in
clined trough through the three sieves
to the second tank. where IL is mixed
with the formaline and poured out on
marble slabs TO dry. The formaline
solidifies the powdered casein and
forms il into hOrnlike substance which
has been given the name OF ~galalith.v -
Galalithf can again be mixed with
other substances and worked over into
a material which forms a substitute for
bone, ivory. celluloid, marble hard rub
Der and even amber.
In Austria something like 100000
quarts Of skinned milk are used daily
for the purpose Of making galalith. Its
great strength allows il to be used in
place OF stone or marb1e.-Technical
World.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
ALL FARMERS CAN
MAKE ALCOHOL
Law on the New Denatured
Product Allows Ranchers
to Operate a Distillery

internal Revenue Commissiona-
herkes' answering an inquiry recently
as 70 now many gallons Of Sena+,rad
4Icohol VIII approximately be needed
IN Lne industries for 1907. saws;
haNlng absolutely nothing TO base
al 81 es1lIilate upon, 1t is not possible for
me 70 make an estimate as TO the o,,ap-
tity OF denatured alcohol tbat Mn - -
consumed in that way No formal an
pications have as vet been made bv
olstlIleries for approval Of denaturipR q
oohueo warehouses. Such applications
could not be filed for the reason that
proper blanks have not as vet heen
placed In the hands Of collectors. AT
present there are forty distilleries IN
ne ChlIed states manufacturing what
might De termed commercial alcohol"
In reply to a criticism of the law on
the ground that regular distilleries only
can engage in the manufacture Of de-
hatured alcohol enabling the whisky
trust 10 secure practically a monopolv
Yerkes said:
This Office knows Of no process bv
which alcohol can be manufactured ex-
cept by distillation, and as regular dis
ulierles are the only kind recognized by
the law, alcohol manufactured under
the supervision Of this department must
De manufactured at regular distilleries.
mere are absolutely no limitations as
10 the size Of a distillery that can he
operated under the law. There are over
1000 distilleries in operation now. at
each of which the daily spirit producing
capacity is less than 30 gallons. Many
OF these were set up on an outlay Of
less than $500. So far as the internal
revenue laws are concerned, either in
theory or In practice. the smallest and
cruoest distillery can produce alcohol
II as a business proposition il is deemed
advisable to do so. The small distiIler-
les have always been treated by this
department with the same consideration
as the larger ones.
II a farmer or other person desires
70 go INTO the business Of manufactur-
ing denatured alcohol, at a plant how
ever small he viii be required to con-
struct his plant in the manner pre-
scribed by the general laws and regu-
lations. he viii be required to give q
bond, the effect Of which is to prevent
him from defrauding the Government
OF the tax Oh any distilled spirits pro-
cuced by him. He viii be REQUIRED 70
establish a distillery warehouse: to de-
posit the spirits produced by him in this
warehouse; to establish a denaturing
bonded warehouse. and TO tax pay or
oenature, just as he may wish, the alco-
hol produced by him. All of this will
be done under governmental supervi-
sion. but the Government pays for this
supervision. The manufacturer Of al
cohol does not bear one cent Of it.
There is no objection to farmer manu-
featuring his alcohol IN his back yard
provided he wants to establish dis
tillery there II you viii take the
trouble TO investigate you will find. in
my opinion, that the laws and regula-
tions relating to the manufacture of al
cohol in Germany do not differ to any
great extent from the laws and regula-
tions in this country"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
OAKLAND PETTY THIEVES
WILL SERVE IN CHAIN GANG
Three Who Pleaded Guilty CT Petty
Larceny Receive Six Months
Imprisonment

OAKLAND. March l6.-PoIice Judges
Samuels and Gcary this morning meted
out severe punishment TO three men
who had pleaded guilty OF petty lar
ceny and the thieves viii spend a con-
siderable period in the chain gang
Louis Freudenberg. who stole a rachel
wrench from the Peoples Water Com
pany. was sentenced to six months in
the City Prison by Acting Police Judge
Geary, IS was William Paeet. who
stole q bicycle from s. o. Wolfe VII
liam Jones acknowledged that he had
stolen fifty pounds OF brass from the
Oakland Traction Company and was
sentenced to term OF six months by
Police Judge Samuels.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

The English cities enjoy less home
rule than do the cities OF America
They have to go TO Parliament for
every little thing. And Parliament is
very cautious in the things 1t permits
the city to do This is particularly
true of London. For the things the
County Council wants to do hurt the
big interests in control of Parliament.
Almost all Of the 121 square miles upon
which the city Is built Is owned by the
dukes of Westminster, OF Bedford, OF
Portland and a few other parliament
ary landlords. They will not sell their
lands. but let them out on lease. And
the tenant has to make the repairs.
maintain the property and pay ali the
taxes, too.-November Scribner.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
FIGHTs sTREEr oPENING

OAKLAND, March 16.-E. Q. Turner.
superintendent OF Streets in Berkeley,
was made defendant today IN an in
junction suit brought by Mrs Margaret
J. Sflvershield TO restrain him from pro-
ceeding TO widen Allston way, from
Dana street to Telegraph avenue. IA
accordance with a recent resolution OF
the Board OF Trustees OF the college
town Mrs. Silvershield owns property
on Allston way, near Telegraph ave-
nue.. She declares that the widening OF
the street viii damage her property to
the amount Of $4,000, but that the au-
only S6450.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

The Weather Bureau of the Depart
ment of Agriculture issues an icono-
elastic bulletin in which 1t states that
long-range weather forecasts as based
on the position of the planets, phases
of the moon, stellar influences, or by
the observations of animals. birds and
plants, have no legitimate basis. This
all means that the traditional ground
hog. goose bone, changes of the moon
and other time e-honored weather indi-
cations as a matter of fact have moth
ing to do with the weather, and there
fore must be eliminated from the cal
culations of the farmer who wants to
be up to date.-Farming.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
CANADIAN RAILROAD ACTIVITY

According to report by Consul E.
N. Gunsaulus of Rimouski. British
North America had only hfty-five miles
of railroad In 1850, and in 1906 not less
than $4,000 miles, with construction
proceeding at so rapid a rate as to
warrant the belief that Canada is soon
to be covered with complete network
of railroads in all it's parts. Last year
fully $4,000, 900 was expended in new
roads, or in adding to old ones, or ap-
propriated for roads to be built. Prac-
tically every line in the country is
adding to its mileage and to its gem
eral equipment, particularly rolling
stock.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
ROBBED ~ CONFIDENCE MAN

BERKELEY. A-arch 1.-THE police
believe that George Mellar. a con-
idence operator. who has several
aliases. Is the thief who tricked Thomas
TriklSis. a Greek, out Of 5000 yesterday.
Chief NOllmer has ascertained that
Adellar accompanied Trikkis from Point
Richmond TO Berkeley and the two
were seen together at about the time
Trikkis says he lost his money. The
Greek declares that his companion took
the money under pretense TO place IL
in a bank for the owner.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
hUToMoBrLrsrs AT WAR

OAKLAND March 16.-Joseph KIink-
enbeard, who owns and operates sew
eral automobiles, was arrested this
afternoon on complaint of VI. S. Ba-
con. another automobile owner. on a
charge Of having made threats against
his life The defendant is alleged to
have drawn a pistol during s. dispute
over the right TO occupy a street stand
When the warrant was served on
Klinkenbeard he was ~ IN bed and
bonds were furnished for his appear
ance.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

TEANsTER ENDS LIFE. W. Skaggs
teemefer committed suicide IN n lodging house
at 8f7 Clay street yesterday afternoon. He
fook a room az the place and went 10 bed
Iafer Lizzie Fitzgerald. a chambermaid, smelled
qae and summoned assistance. The door was
broken IN and the man found dead. Skaggs
rived from the Philippines about three weeks
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

The Whitaker & Ray Co.. booksellers at 141
Grove st. lat Van Ness. Wholesale and retail.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13

and umbrella hat. is one OF the sights
of Japan. some Of these pilgrims are
mere menGicants. who go about from
house to- house tinklng their bell In
front of each. and generally. in rural
parts at least. receiving from the house
holder a rim or two "a rim IS one-twen-
tcth OF cent?. These pilgrims have
their outer garment stamped ia red at
each shrine they visit. the most coveted
probably being that from the top OF
Mount Full The pilgrims may be roughly
divided into three groups. The first con
slsts Of these professionals. or mcndi-
cants who are little different from
tramps
The second includes those who are
sent as representatives, Of a neighbOr-
hood on a tour Of the important shrlnes:
and the third is made UP OF those who
go forth in bands az their own expense
for pilgrimages to some one sacred
place, usually near at hand. Pilgrims
travel third-class at one-half the regular
rate, with oocsionaly further concessions
TO crowds. which makes 10 possible for
them 10 cover some stretches at the ia te
Of less than one-hfth OF q cent a mile.
This sort of piejy ana plain Anglo
saxon morality are 10y no means iden-
tical. a pilgrimage Is more or less Of n
picnic. The stock Of merit acquired
thereby is sufficient excuse. IL excuse
De needed. for any lapses from virtue.
Thus 10 comes that u white light upon
tho character of japanese religion is
thrown by conditions at points OF popular
pilgrimage. At Kuwano. TO cite par
uculars. the famous Buddhist shrine ia
Use. eight az the thirty-two streets are
devoted exclusively 90 the social evil.
Namada, the seat Of the imperial shrines.
contains 600 inns. 400 of which are of a
character thar would cause fnars o., Ia.
raidcd We're they situated i'm "A well-or-
oercd American community. AT Kioto
] found The quarter devoted to licensed
vice cheek 10y jowl with one Of the most
famous temples. For chat matter. the
head ~ one OF the Buddhist sects. who
lives az Kioto and is a relative OF tho
| EMPEROR has forty concubinez Ehexeas
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sons from committing suicide by leaping
Off. as had become quite the fashion.
Tho largest whole bell in the world is
being hung IN this temple area. It was
cast ar tho time Of the osaka expo
s'tion two years ago. and 1000 Budd-
hist priests We're present. which is about
one-tenth OF the total number in the
empire. Report went forth that. fol-
lowing an ancient custom. young maid
en- was wanted 20 propitiate the gods
by throwing herself into the molten metal.
and young woman really presented her
self as an Offering. but OF course the
authorities would not permit the sacrifice.
This bell which is second 20 the broken
bell at Moscow in size. was made Of gifts
OF swords and ornaments and money.
and has a tone Of more than ordinary
richness. All Buddhist temples contain
large bells and their sound is soft, deep
and musical.
One other phase of worship at this tenn
PIE is the pond full OF sacred turtles. It
Is a pious act TO feed these with the
pink rice balls which "a priest sells. Here
7 enIOycd the sensation OF being an An
drew Carnegie. for the purchase Of half
nickel's worth OF the food (abOut q
quarter OF a peck caused the wondering
natives to exclaim. "Oh. see, Here is Il
very rich mani
The hundreds o. turtles race and fight
for the bouyant balls. and then beg for
more. This feeding OF the living crea-
lures that are called sacred Is a pleasant
form Of religious devotion. I have fed
wrigging cells 60 sacred cranes (the cells
were not sacred, and had no rights.
beans to sacred horses. rice to sacred
fishes and have paid few coppcrs Co
see a. dancing priestess go through her
slow, graceful posturing and gasturng.
without moving her feet Certainly woc-
ship at popular shrine or temple can
scarcely be called monotonus with an
these diversions. and The various booths
for the sale Of souvenirs besides
Pilgrimages as a Picnic.
The White robed pilgrim, with his bell
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Arabs and LEWIS.

AS CD the Arabs. these came in with
the Mohammedan invasion. many centu-
ries ago. and they have mixed more or
less with the Berbers There are three
or four millions of them. Some are no.
madic Bedouins. living in the oasis Of
the Sahara or on the edge ~ that desert
and large number are farmers on the
rich plains Of Morocco. Arabs are also
found in the cities
The Jews number something ike two
hundred thousand. They live in all cities
and here and there in the villages. They
are the real business men Of the coun-
try. doing most OF the banking and hav-
Ing tile chief wholesale and retail shops
Many Of the chiefs Of the large tribes
have Jews 20 finance them. and they
also lend money 20 the Moorish officials
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1t looks as II the shrine We're part OF
the college equipment
BY r0adsides cvcrywchere one finds
idols. some new but most worn lv as..
Occasionally deNotse puts o. muslin
dress or hat on one idol. seeing uota.u-
lncongruols iu tlc act BUT then NOT %
few Of tne ancient temples contain eI.c-
trlc boils and incandesccnt lights which
are suiurleuuv anachronistlc. Whom r
have tried 20 learn the identity OF uartI-
GUAR way Side GODS and snrines au over
Japan. have invariably been told tl1t
the people do NOT know. SET tleIr sr0. --
tors worshipcd Thorn. and SO uu-t t....
one OF tho commonest objects OF Worship
is the FOX. orr toN god. which is a species
OF witchcraft. or countless sun.r.t.rI-
lions ~ the frequently recurring matsuri.
or reigious festivals. ANA OF the tllho-
rate decorations OF the grcat temples.
there IS not space 90 write.
Ny candid opinion is THAT. willie ne
sincerity of many Buddhist auI Shin
toists may NOS Dee questioned. t.e ono
vital and increasing religious fo.ce n
Japan Us Christianity. While visiting I-s
] attended "a missionary preaching sore
wee, ana among moro tNau IIH persons
present was an old woman who had been
eighteen years a. Christian
She told how ta- missiona. aad f1rm-
criN been stoned when Iic Went there.
ard how She herself bad been bitterly
prosecuted Sow al is changed. At the
seat of tne imperial -.rues Christianity
is listened o. respectfully and accepted
hr am increasing number THAT same
sort or thing is eoIn- on al over Japan.
Priests AMI priests families are become
iug Christians ana oven preachers. The
Christian prnrastuda is carried ora at
tue big temple festivals. Hundreds or
school teafuers iId other governments ofh-
c'ais nave become Christians The
student class seems 20 Dee giving more
attention to christianity than go aay
other religion. Th- native believers whom
J have mot manifest "a happiness aai
oarncstness which are couspicuo.sir
lacking In The case OF adheronts of che
otAex eIeeds. IA wora tbGIe 10 4 ~
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MllMAMEM8W8ESMZ1- \

only bare fields or the crops
ln the pasture lands the sheep goats.
piss and other animals are herded. watchs
cd ny "a shepherd. who is often emplove6
hf several farmers at So much for each
animal. tine hocks thus feeding together.
AZ nient Doe drives them all TO the village.
and cacn animal makes a boe-line for is
own individual home. No one woula
t-inN OF leaving even q goat outside the
GOWN after dark for fear Of thieves.
These are the conditions within a mills
~ lHnsirr the chief seaport OF Morocco.
i'm the interior they must he far worse
There many on the families live in tents
bur au are on the constant lookout AGAINST
thieves and hrigands. and nearly every
tribe is at war with its neighbors.
often "a half-dozcn or more OF the Wiz
lagos make mp the home Of one tribe,
They are governed by a chief who COLI
lects certain taxes. and who acts as their
leader 'n tnoir war with the other tribes.
This Us the condition throughout the whole
empire. which Is rather am aggregation OF
Wild pastoral ANA agricultural tribes than
% Kingdom or empire. I'm our sense of thu
word. Each tribe cares only for itself
and its own particular country. and thera
Is. I ann told, no such thing as regards
Morocco as whole. The only binding
cords among the tribes are those Of re-
u-iou. They arc fanatCal Mohau7yuedans
who hate the Christian and all that be-
longs to him. They want nothing 20 do
uits uim ana resent his presence here.
Speaking Of the hatred OF these people
for foreigners. and especially % that
which exists among the mountain tribes.
I heard the story to-day OF young
SrHuarl who flowed not wisely but too
WE'LL" This young man was spending
some time ODD the neighboring town Of
retuan. when he happened to spy In ths
market ONE day a. beautiful Berber girl
uf one 90 the AMER tribes OF the Fin
mountains near hv. AS he looked ia
loved. ANA bv carefully prosecuting his
attentions from market day TO market
day he was able TO make the girl enter
into a. Irritation with him. At last his
passion grew TO such an extent that hs
followed hcr to her village and there
proposed rrerrase. The tribe answered
linn hy taking possession OF both him
and the SIM and stripping them almosr
to tho skin. Each was then gagged and
securely tied to one Ok two trees, one
ou either side OF q bride path. at a
place NOT Jar from Tetuan and left there's
until they starved TO death. As the
story goes they were so placed that their
..syas could look lowe 10 eyes that spaka
again." bat AS hunger came on their
love turned 20 anger and they miserably
persisted.
FRANK C. CARPENTER.
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Every Moroccan city has three parts
one belonging TO the government. where
the officials live. another containing the
stores and homes OF the Noors, and tie
third the quarter Of these despised Jews
There are but few large towns in the
country. but all arc of about the same
character being made up OF box-like fat
rooted buildings ana surrounded 10y walls
The most important city IS Fee. which
lies 40 .liles south OF here. Tt con-
tains 10000 people. and is the chief capt
tai. Another capital Is Marrakech. which
contains 60000. and a third is Mekinez
which is OF about the same size. The
sultan lives in all Of these places during
tho year. lie is now at FeZ and viii
probably be there for some months lie
carries his court with him. but leaves
a relative IN charge OF a capital when
he leaves ~. I understand that he also
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Among the White Africans.

You can know nothing. however. about
t.e situation until You consider the peo-
ple. These Moors are not Ike our negroes.
whose ancestors came from below here
across tho Sahara in the lands bordering
the Gulf 81 Guinea. Those people are
black as your boots. and as barnarous as
amy tribes on the face Of the earth.
They are low in intelligence ana are ter
rihlv debasel. These have brains which
VIII compare with our own. They are
Mohammedans who believe In Allah end
the prophet. They are white and they
wear clothes. Some OF them are as well
dressed as any Christian gentleman. and
their clothes cost more than ours They
have gowns OF the finest wool. under
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VIII raise the sans crops as California.
These foot hills OF The Atlas mountains
might be tho chief fruit garden o. Europe
and there are great plains in the south.
which viii raise tle best of whea-. barley
and corn. Even the mountainous parts.
and they are many. are covered with pas
lures and The people now rear thousands
OF sheep. cattle and goats
Srain gets most q her meat from No
rocco ana as ] look ont OF my win
dow 7 can see them unloading uoatioads
of.1ceves which Will be carried across q
a4lbraitar The cattle are taken ogt 90
Gle boats Gre "a curioi3s way. Tho water
SIS go shallow that lighters cannot come
o. the shore and the beasts have 20 wade.
There are no landing arrangements ana
each animal Sc priei oct hy n long beam
which is thrust under It's belly while
u 81 held FAST by two sailors head and
tail and stretched taut.
AT just tile right moment f1u- other
Moors. standing outside the boat in the
water. press down on the opposite end
90 The beam. raising tho steer into the
air and letting o. slide down into the sea.
u goes IN with a splash. comes up gasp
iug and Is Jed out 20 the s-0re Dy q
rore tied 20 tz horns
Tho sheep here arc as fine rs any So
spain. and this might ho one ~ tie great
WOOL producing countries of The world. ]
arm told that the land IS rlch in minerals.
and that 81 has gold. silver. copper and
COAL GCoi0gicailv. &c Sc part ~ the
Spanish peninsula which has long been
furnishing minerals in great quantities.
Morocco has. however. never been pro--
pected. and no one knows what it COM
tain0
Think Of n country six times as big
MS Ohio which has not one road nt for
wagon or auw wheeled vehicle n saw
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has p palace In each OF the ports. I
have seen the one az Tangier. It is shah
by.
me chief ports ~ Morocco are eight in
number They ran along the Atlantic
and Mediterranean coasts. This town az
RANGER is about the largest. IL has 0ftv
or SIXTY thousand people. Tctuan farther
eastward on the Mediterranean. covers
more space hut 30 has "a smaller popu-
lation Along tho Atlantic farther south
are Laroche. Rahat Casa Blanca. AIaza-
gan. san and Mogador. All OF these are
white towns surrounded bv walls and
made or ooN-shaped white houses OF brick
and stucco.
Morador has about 900 population. and
or these 10000 are Jews. The Jews have
been making great deal OF money there
and SOME Of them have been gradually
moving out OF the MelIah and renting
houses I'm the Moorish section OF the town
This. 7 am told. was tho cause OF the
rebellion which broke out in that quar-
ter few months ago The chief Of
one ~ the Mohammedan tribes nearby
was called I'm and he drove the Jews
back 20 their own quarter. telling them
they should know their place and keen IT,
Mogador is tho port for Narrakech the
southern capital. and &c formerly had q
great caravan trade with Timbuktu The
cameis We're loaded there and made their
long march across the Sahara to the
upper Niger. The place is now shipping
goat skins % the United States and
many am American lady pulls ON a kid
shoe every morning made OF hide from
Alogad0r. There are 2fJ Europeans living
az that port. consisting Of English. Ger.
mans. Italians. Swiss. French ana Span
idrds
Nasazan has 1900 inhabitants. ono
third OF wn0n are Jews. Iarache has
800. Of whom 200 are Jews. and here
IN Tm.S.er The Jews are more i'm num-