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FROM CHILDLAND.
Wit and Humor Out Of the Mouths o.,
Little Ones.

Little Ones.
was dining with some friends OF
mine whom had not seen for, some
time, and the little daughter of my
host was seated at my left. During
the meal turned to her and asked her
name. She blushed rosily and hung
her head upon being addressed by a.
stranger.
Her papa said, Cant you tell tho
gentleman your name?"
"Patience Wallace" the little one
made reply.
"And how old are your" I asked.
"Four years old at IL p. M"
I have thought OF this quaint reply
and laughed at it many times since.
Louise was blue eyed. golden hair.
ed child seeing her fourth summer.
Her grandpa was churchman and a
Bible reader, SO, the child had been
told who sends,Sthe flowers, the sun.
shine. the rains, etc.-God. Az is the
custom, during dry weather the grand
pa would put the hose on and sprinkle
the lawn and even the street, but at
this particular time there had been
many days Of rain.
One morning her mother pushed up
the shade Of window in their bed.
room and said, "Oh, Louise, the sun Is
shining, and the day will be fine,"
whereupon Louise remarked In her
slow, serious manner, "Nen bod won't
have his hose out today. mamma"
A few days ago a kindergarten
teacher in this city was explaining to
a class what 1t meant to be 'knight."
The children listened with close atten-
ton while the teacher explained that
"the knights must learn to suffer and
not complain. They must learn to be
tired and keep on working They must
learn to be hungry But before she
could finish the sentence four-year:
old girl exclaimed contemptuously:
"Oh, Miss Edith, learned that the
first day was born"
Ruth, aged three years, had been
presented with small silver knife
and fork, Of which she was proud. She
used them at the table in such way,
however, as to bring constant reproof
One day when she persistently put the
knife In her mouth in spite Of her
mothers reprimands she was told
GROSSLY that the knife would be taken
from her and that no one would love
her. Like fash she replied, 'Tf you
loved me as love you, mamma, no
knife could cut our love in two."--Chi-
cago Tribune.
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Fair WARMING.

Buttinski-How did you catch such
an awful cold?
Knockoutski-Colds are contagious,
you know. caught mine asking other
people how they caught theirs.-Bohe-
mian Magazine.
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a Give Ava,

Husband the morning after spree
to his wife)-Do you mean to say that
you think those zigzag marks in the
snow are mine?
Wife - Don't prevaricate, Hans! I
have measured them, and they are ex-
actly the same number as your gloves
and boots.-Fliegende Blatter.
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A Modest Man,

~ Wodoet Man.
There's the man behind the gun
When the battle bugle blown,
And the man behind tho plow
Where the thriving wheat crop
grows, 81. H st -
And the man behind the throttle
AS his engine onward goes,
But, as for me, I'm Just plain Brown.
The man behind his nose.
NE -Lippincott's Magazine.
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A Rudded Pecan rroe.

The sixth year is conceded to be
the age when a budded pecan tree of
good variety will begin to produce re-
munerative crops. Many trees will
bear before that age Gardening.
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Divorce Not Reeoon,zes.

Divorce Not Recognized.
"The old mans got his immigration
papers, amt hef' 9E#
Yes, but the old lady's waitin' at
the station where he takes the train"
ATLANTA Constitution.
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I'm glad I'm not like gran'p is,"
Said little Matty Mace,
Zoos I should never, never know
Just where to wash my face"
--Gentlewoman
Nothinn Dninn.

Dearest" pleaded the sentimental
youth, Hmarry me and will lay the
whole world at your feet"
"Oh, forget It," rejoined the practical
maid. tits already there"- Chicago
News
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The Courier-the best--$l per year.
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MT. Bumblepup-I must apologize for
coming in ordinary evening dress.
Hostess-Well you really have the
advantage Of us. We're all looking
more foolish than usual, and you're
not-Punch
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BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY co.

BETWEEN BELToN AND wALHALLA.
Time Table No. 14-In Eject May 8, 1907.
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All county news in The Courier.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
SAN JOSE CARMEN AND
COMPANIES END DISPUTE
Recognition of Union and Gradu-
ated Scale of Wages Satisfac-
tory to the Union

not strike today At the final meeting
between the companies and the men
last night compromise was Effected
as follows:
First. recognition of the union by the
companies; second, the rate of wages
will be "a cents an hour for the first
year of service, % cents AM hour for
the second and third years and rs cents
an hour for the fourth year and there
after. The maximum number of hours
will be ten daily and the minimum
nine. The agreement is to continue
in effect for period of two years
from today.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

John Perry Jr, founder and first
president of the San Francisco stock
and bond exchange, died Friday after
noon at his apartments in the Hotel
Carlton, Berkeley. Mrs. L. Kimber. his
only surviving relative. was at his bed
side with few old friends when he
passed away.
Perry, who was 80 years old, had en-
joyed good health up to about two
years ago, when his advancing years
brought complication OF ailments.
Perry was born in Wolfboro, N. H,
April Is. 1915. After graduating from
Harvard he went to. New York and
bought seat on the stock exchange
there When the Boston stock board
was organized in 1852 he sold his seat
on the New York board and became one
of the charter members of the Boston
exchange.
He came to California in the early
sixties by way of Panama, and was one
of the most active traders In the pit
in San Francisco until the San Fran
cisco stock and bond exchange was or
ganized in 1881. Perry was the first
president of this board and retained the
office for Is years.
Perry was a typical eastern gentle
man of the old school, and his courtly
and considerate manners made him a
liked and distinctive figure in the early
business life of San Francisco. His
first big trading venture here was the
buying of municipal scrip. which was
at the time far below par. This he
exchanged for Boston bonds and real
lied largely upon the investment His
brokerage Office at all Montgomery
street was for many years the rem
devious of San. F'rancfsco's pioneer
captains of industry.
Perry retained his interest in active
business after the conflagration. For
time he moved to Berkeley, but the
lure of San Francisco brought him back
again and impelled him to reopen his
Office here in less than six weeks after
the fire. Considerable capital was at
tracted from Boston for rebuilding
purposes through his influence.
Funeral services will be held this
Unitarian church. which Perry helped
church celebrated its : fiftjeth ami
the only surviving charter member OF
the congregation.
Brokers and other business associ-
ates of Perry will attend the funeral
in body. The pail bearers will be
Judge John Curry, J. B. Stetson, Frank
Symmes, Charles Murdpck, J. Barth, G.
st. Stoat, Frederick Pickering and A.
M. Blodgett.
Members of the stock exchange ad-
journed yesterday without transacting
business in honor of the memory of
Perry:
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
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WONG HENS DREAM OF
welded BLISS LANDS
HIM IN PADDED CELL
Celestial Writes to Bank
Officers to Help Him
Find White Vile
PENS MANY LETTERS
Men of Finance Object to
Plan and Mongolian
Is Arrested
PENS MANY LETTERS

Wong Hem is humble Celestial
laundryman with a shop at 1888 Com
mercial street. For weeks and months
Wong has been lonely. He brooded
about his isolation and
about a month ago came to the con-
clusion that life would be one expanse
OF bliss II he could manage TO win q
pretty white girl whom he might call
his own for the rest of his days.
After figuring the matter OUT wong
concluded that the officials OF, the Ger
man savings and loan society would
help him In his plight. Accordingly ne
addressed a communication to them
asking for their aid in his search TOT a
beautiful white maiden who might
learn to love him in time.
For some reason the bank omcers
did not appreciate the fact that. their
great financial institution was being
mistaken for a matrimonial agency by
a son of the F1owery Kingdom They
were willing. however, to overlook the
first two or three letters which the
iovelorn Mongolian penned. but when
the missives were showered upon them
daily they decided that Wong was de-
ficient in a proper mental balance.
Accordingly Postal Inspectors O'Con-
nell and Mccain were notified and they
gathered Wong In yesterday afternoon
while he was ironing pair OF patamas.
The postal inspectors were unkind
enough to believe that Wong was in
sane instead OF In love. and they lodged
him in a padded cell in the detention
ward OF the central emergency hospital,
where he will have ample spare time
to dream Of nuptial bliss while the in
sanity commissioners prepare to send
him to an asylum.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
DECLARES RATES WILL
NOT BRING EXPENSES
Corporation Petitions Cir
cult Court to Annul
City Ordinance

The Spring Valley water company
lied suit yesterday in the United States
sircuit court against the city and
county of San Francisco and the board
" Supervisors to declare the water rate
ordinance of March IL, 1907. null and
botd and to restrain the defendants
rom putting the ordinance into opera
Hon. This made the fourth suit OF
similar nature filed in the court. the
ordinances Of I9o3-4-5 having been sus-
bended by order of the circuit court
The company sets forth that before
The end of the fiscal year ending June
lO. 1903, it viii be required to pay
k375.Oo0 taxes; that its capital stock
Is s2S.O0O0 0O0 divided into 2So,000
shares, owned by 1,Se0 persons, and
that the ordinance of March II, 1907,
Is identicaIly the same as that of
March. 1906. The company asks that it
be allowed an income of per cent out
tide Of operating expenses and taxes,
and an annual percentage for deprecia-
lion Of its plant, and that the value OF
his franchise and of its Established and
growing business is and should be q
part OF such actual value and should
be added 10 the value of the property.
It IS declared that since the confla-
grafton the average consumption OF
ts 10000 gallons daily. and that prior
10 that time it ranged from 32.Oo0,0eo
10 8. 0OO0 600 gallons 1t is claimed also
that the supervisors fixed the rates
arbitrarily and at random; that under
This ordinance the gross receipts of the
company for the fiscal year 1S07-S
WOULD not be in excess Of $1,521,000.
Ind that after deducting operating ex-
penses and taxes there would remain
l3s6, 600 as the total gross income,
While the amount of coupon interest at
per cent upon the bonded indebted
hess is ST14,S60, which viii necessitate
an increase of the bond issue by
81 ,OOO, 600 at the same rate of interest
Il would require $4,000. more per an
mum TO pay the coupon interest and
make deficit Of SS3S.ooo per annum
bn fixed charges alone without any
compensation TO the stockholders for
that fiscal year.
The complaint claims further that
The corporations term of existence ex-
tends so years from April %, 1903. It
tsks that the ordinance be declared null
and void and that IL should be allowed
b rate sufficient TO pay the operating
Expenses, taxes, an annual sum for de-
preciation- and in addition per cent
per annum upon its property in actual
use in supplying water to the inhabi-
tants Of this county. 1t also is de-
elared that the value of such property
In actual use in supplying water is
s44.3O7.I62. 1t asks further to be al
lowed $7,5OO.OOo for property purchased
for reasonable immediate use.
Judge Van Fleet issued an order
commanding the defendants to appear
IN court on June 10 and show cause
why the injunction should not be is
sued.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
APPEALS TO HENEY TO
LOCATE MISSING MAN
Miss Howard of Memphis, Tenn, Is
Anxious for the Safety of John
Frank Martyn

Assistant District Attorney Heney re-
ceived communication yesterday from
Miss NJ S. Howard Of Memphis, Tenn,
asking him to make an attempt to To-
cate John Frank Martyr, prominent
business man of that city, who arrived
here on May 2. Since that time trace
of him has been lost, and his relatives
are anxious concerning his where
abouts.
Martyr was in delicate health and
came to this city from Hot Springs.
He wrote to his relatives from San
Francisco on May 2, stating that he had
arrived safely and promising to dis
patch another letter the following day.
This he didn't do. His relatives COM
municated with Chief of Police Dinan.
but the latter was unable to find the
missing man. 5eS
Martyr is described as being feet Q
inches in height and 35 years old. and
has dark hair, slightly tinged with
gray. His relatives fear that either he
was suddenly stricken or met with an
accident.
Any Information concerning Martyr
will be thankfully received by Miss M
S. Howard. 376 Lauderdale street,
Memphis, Tenn.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
APPROVES PAYsoN'S STAND
Federated Committee Says That the
Water Company Is in the Right

The Spring Valley water company has
passed its troubles squarely up to San
Francisco. Either the city will. pay to
the water company about double what
the budget sppropriates or the corpor-
alton will not continue its work of ex-
tending conduits and placing adequate
water supply at the disposal Of the city
for fire protection. domestic use and
sewer flushing. The rpembers of the
federated water committee, to whom
the letter from Captain Payson. presi-
dent of the water company, was ad-
dressed. say that the contentious Of the
message cannot be gainsaid.
The Spring Valley faces a deficit of
$1,000 If the 1902 rates were made
effective, and 100000 If the rates
adopted last March were enforced. The
company refuses to stand for this and
says that IL will discontinue all exten-
sion work and even then face a loss at
the end OF the year.
Regarding the water, company's COM
nunication to Colonel Heuer, Isador Ja-
cobs and c. H Bentley, both members
OF the federated water committee, said
last night that the stand of the COM
pany should receive public approval
Bentley said:
II believe that President Payson is
sincere in his statement OF the case,
and the rest Of the members of the
committee were similarly impressed
when he appeared before us some time
ego. The situation is worse than
alarming and something must be done
ct once. ] believe that it would pe
wise TO charge the citizens, as well
as the city, more for water If 1t can
be done II will be remembered that
last February. when the supervisors
further reduced the water rate II was
than suggested that the reason could
be found in the fact that Spring Valley
refused to come through" as other
large corporations had done. The su-
pervisors were getting even, ii was
said, by reducing the revenue of the
company The rates paid IN this city
are low. A raise to the consumers, il
il could be made legally, would help
make UP the deficit OF which President
Payson complains. and would enable
the company TO obtain a fair profit A
meeting viii be held by the federated
water committee in the near future 70
see what can be done TO remedy this
alarming situation"
Isador Jacobs. in approving of Pay
sons letter, said that he thought the
problem was most grave.
1T calls attention. he said. ito the
efforts to secure the Tuolun1ne upper
waters as an auxiliary supply for this
city James =. Phelan is now in Wash
fngton and a part OF his mission is
TO see II federal permission may NOT
be secured to get water rights there
The city must put the Spring Valley
company on its feet Think what would
happen should a big fire start The
company, moreover, has a right "a
make a profit The rates now in force
Go not yield sufficient revenue. and
President Payson's stand is well
taken
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
MAY PROTEST TO JAPAN
ON COMING OF ALIENS
Secretary Root Considers
Plan to Complain of the
Illicit immigration
SPECIAL p1spArcH TO THE CALL

WASHINGTON June 1.-Secretary
Root has under consideration the filing
Of an emphatic protest with the Japan
ese government against the repeated
and systematic violation of the Amerf-
can immigration law by Japanese sub
1ects. The state department has dis
covered a conspiracy to get into this
country large numbers OF Japanese in
fagrant violation Of existing laws. The
administration fears that the relations
between the United States and japan
may be seriously disturbed II the Unit
ed States immigration authorities are
called upon to summarily stop the IL
licit streams OF aliens coming oyer the
borders.
At the very moment that Embassador
Aoki was informing President Roose-
welt and Secretary Root that the Jap
anese in San Francisco must be pro-
tected from attacks, hundreds OF sub
jects Of Japan were plotting to gain
entrance to the United States in VIOLA
tion OF the laws. They have been
smuggled over the borders by the hun
dreds and thousands.
Commissioner of immigration Sar-
gent received word yesterday that 1000
Japanese aliens were waiting on the
get across the line. The frontier is
like sieve, and the Japanese are
streaming in at every hole. They are
coming secretly from Mexico and from
Canada, and openly with forged papers
through Seattle and San Francisco.
This latter feature is the one that has
aroused the special interest of admin
-istration officials.
Immigration officers at San Fran
cisco were surprised recently to. find a
lot of Japanese coming In with direct
passports. That is to say, they had
old papers permitting them to. leave
Japan direct for the United States.
Until the dates were looked up it was
supposed that the Japanese government
was playing sharp trick on President
Roosevelt. Under the terms of the ex-
clusion law the president can keep out
only such orientals as have passports
to the island possessions OF the United
States or to other countries. and who
then seek to come in here. The Japan
ese government may at any time issue
passports direct to this country and
there is no law to keep out the little
orientals who are provided with such
papers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02


Mrs. Fiske's engagement at the
Colonial theater commences Monday
evening, June 10, and is limited to one
week. Her vehicle this season is The
New York ydea," comedy by Langdon
Mitchell. It was a big success in New
York and other eastern cities this sea-
son. and San Francisco gets 1T in the
height of its popularity and with the
same cast that acted, 1t in New York.
1t is a satire on the smart set Of the
metropolis and treats particularly of
the mania for divorces for trivial
causes. Absolutely asmodern play. it Is
said to give Mrs Fiske the most de-
Iightfu1 role she has had in many sea-
sons. There are fine parts. too, for
John Mason. George .Arliss. Charles
Harbury. Marion Lea. Ida Vernon,
Blanche Weaver, Emily Stevens and the
others of the Manhattan company
From Mrs. Fiske's many successful
engagements here it Is Judged that
local theater goers- will see next week
the most finished acting that the Amer
ican stage offers. Just as Mrs. Fiske is
recognized as among the foremost
of American actresses, so is the Man
haitian company admitted to be one of
the best balanced and most effective in
this country. n -5s-W '...-.s
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

present rates, or $500, 900; IL the ordi-
nance of February last can be enforced.
Very respectfully yours.
All. PAYSoN,
President
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

Skaggs Springs today seriously Ill and
taken to the home of his daughter In
this city. Captain Bruce is suffering
from the effects of stroke.
He fs well known in the shipping
world and Is a man of considerable
wealth He is one OF the owners of
the Hunters point dry dock and is in
terested extensively in shipping prop
erty.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

CHARGED WITH RoEBERY-Chzrles 4.
Hellsten booked at the city prison yester-
and q companion knocked down and robbed
". A. Klotz. stevedore- In Steuart street near
Mission late Monday night Kiotz positively
identities Hellsten one Of bis sssaflants.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
Candy for the Trip

Get box of Old Fashioned Chocolate
Creams for the trip at Geo. Haas &
Sons new store. 2S Market street. near
the ferry.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

CAPTAIN BRUCE SERIOUSLY ILL
BERKELEY, June Captain James
H. Bruce of the Firemen's Fund insur-
ance company was brought from
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
Spring Valley Sues and Shows Needs

FHE Spring Vdey ater brings suit in the United States
have set by supervisors nucd and open letter TO
supply tells of its impoverished condition
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02
SEE YosEMITEi

Yosemite railroad now open. Write
o. w. Lehmer. traf. mgr, Merced.. Cal. .
Washington State journal. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1907-1911, 1907-12-26
His PrOfessiOn.

In the midst of our tea-drinking II
the little Partisan restaurant, say
Miss Betham- Edwards In an accoun
of Home Life in Fance." a gentle
manly Individual wearing a tall ha
and frock coat entered. and after ,
short colloquy with the young master
passed out
you would never guess that gentle
mans GRAND" Marcel said, smiling
as he reseated himself at the tea-table
"He looked to me like a rather dis
tinguished customer" replied. "Som'
government functionary on half-pay. o
an owner Of bonds"
Marcel smiled again.
THAT well-dressed gentleman, then
supplies us with toothpicks which hi
wife makes at home. He calls once {
month, aud our orders amount to abou
20 cents a day. dare say he and BIZ
wife between them make from six T.
eight dollars q week, and contrive I,
keep up appearances on that sum.
Is an instance Of what one calls gid
cd poverty"