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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10

= - year 1906. a year characterized
in several regions OF France by great
droughts, has shown that the "Solanun
Commersoni Violet" possesses ca
pacity of resisting excessive dryness
hardly less remarkable than that OF re-
sisting frost
Information lately received from diff
ferent countries confirms q former ez-
perience that, exposed to the open air,
1t can bear without injury a frost OF
degrees below the freezing point. The
potato ought to be dug when the
plants vegetation ends, which ig indi-
Gated when no new leaves are forming
at the extremity OF the plant and when
the stems at their base assume light
yellow color.
Under all circumstances it is desira-
Bile, for the better conservation OF the
potatoes, to take them out OF the
ground when the growth of the plant
ceases, without waiting until the stems
become dry, thus avoiding a decrease
of starch in the potato or a new ger
mination and growth which would take
place in very dry soil after rainy
weather, both equally harmful phe-
nomena 1t is best to remove carefully.
level with the potato, any suckers
(stoles) still adhering after digging.
since the new crop has been fully gath
cred the price has been much reduced
and now rules at 10 cents a pound in
quantities OF 55 to 110 pounds and IL
cents a pound in quantities of Ill to
220 pounds. The potato is shipped by
quantities of not less than 25 kilos (55
pounds)-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
Verse Current in the
Country's Press
PEARY POLAR EXPEDITION
"a British Tribute.)

"a British Tribute.)
rAIL, Peary. hail: Back from the
- yoiceless Vast.
That calls the bravest deeds on
earth.
Calls with a very trumpet's insistent
blast
And claims from man his utmost
worth.
We from this island home have sent
In thrice a hundred wondering years
A Viking brood on conquest bent.
And Britain still their footsteps hears.
Offspring of Frobisher and Drake
Kinsmen of gallant Greelys band
For our beloved Franklin's sake
We stretch a congratulatihg hand
To one strong man-foredoomed TO
leave
The secret of the pole unread,
Yet blest by subtlest Fate to weave
And garland green to deck his head
Aye, greener from the stern intent
That turned unfaltering followers
back
From pressing whence Ideal meant
To cross the meanly distant track
That lay 'twixt thee and life's Desire,
Thou self sufficing iron soul.
Who greatly faced the Ice Kings ire
To fight the foes that guard a Pole.
Who broke the record farthest North!
We home tied. burnt by Envy's flame.
Fain to the winds would blazon forth;
Let Peary's rest with Hudson's name.
Edwin Ainsiey.
Dublin. Ireland. Dec. s, 1soS.-New
York Herald
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
THE FISHERS BOY

NY life is like a stroll upon the beach
AS near the oceans edge as I can go;
My tardy steps its waves sometimes
oerreach.
Sometimes / stay to let them over
flow.
My sole employment is. and scrupulous
care,
To place my gains beyond the reach
OF tides
Each smoother pebble, and each she'll
more rare,
which ocean kindly to my hand con-
fides.
have but few companions on the
shore:
They scorn the strand who sail upon
the sea;
Yet oft I think the ocean they've sailed
DER
Is deeper known upon the strand tc
me.
The middle sea contains no crimson
dulse:
It's deeper waves cast up no pearls tc
view:
Along the shore my hand is on its pulse
And I converse with many ship
wrecked crew.
Henry David Thoreau.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
French Steel Trust
Advances Prices

~ ONSUL ]. c. COVERT OF Lyon
advises that the rolling mills of
L the center and Loire districts OF
- France have sent out a general
circular giving notice that they will
charge / franc U9.3 cents) per hundred
Kilograms (220 pounds) for iron over
and above the ruling and special prices.
They also give notice OF rise of I
franc per hundred Kilograms in stand
ard quotations for iron merchant bars.
standard and special shapes in steel
bars, band iron ties. sheets and plates
and in general for galvanized iron and
for stamped and figured plates. The
circular says that the mills which
make this announcement have an un-
derstanding with all the other mills
in France. It Is what in the United
States would be called trust, but it
excites not the least comment in
France. as 1t Is considered proper that
the great Industrial concerns should nx
their prices according to their own
IDEAS
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
Switzerland to Reduce
Duty on Sugar

+ SPECIAL agent Of the Treasury
~ Department, writing of the new
"A customs treaty between Switzer-
land and France, says of the ef
feet that viii follow reduced duty on
sugar on certain Swiss industries
The duty on sugar imported into
Switzerland was reduced from 100 TO
francs for raw and cFystallized sugar
and from to $50 francs on sugar IN
cones tone franc-19.S cents) Ihe
Swiss sugar import was last year about
100000 kilos Il kilo-2.2 pounds). OF
which 19O,451 came from France, 1s7.-
1872 from Germany, and 39S,397 from
Austria The financial loss accruing TO
Switzerland from this reduction or duty
amounts to about 100000 francs
($3s6.00O). The small Swiss sugar In
dustry Gin Aarberg, near Berne) VIII
also suffer.
Besides the sugar consumers, those
industries which use sugar in their
manufactures enjoy special advan-
tage: for instance, the milk-condenSin
factories. those OF children's food, con-
fectionery, and especially the chocolate
factories, These requested oS the Gov
ernment the return OF the duty on the
sugar used in the manufacture OF con-
densed milk, which request was re-
fused.
-'By the reduction (s9 f-s per cent? on
sugar employed IN these industries the
chocolate industry especially receives a
strong support, which will make this
article much more capable OF export.
The consumption OF chocolate in Switz-
erland is very considerable, being
valued at over 100000 600 francs, or
about 31S francs per capita per annum-
An increase is hardly possible On this
account the export is forced in the most
intense way. The competition in mass
goods has so grown that this merchan-
disc is sold almost without profit.
Advertisement and propaganda,
often in grotesque form, attracts the
notice OF the world at large to Swiss
chocolate. Fanciful and tasteful pack
ing serves the same purpose BY the
production of fine and choice qualities
all efforts are directed to the making
Of the best and OF continual novelties
Special efforts are made for the Amer
lean market. If American chocolate
manufacturers now take pains to i'm
prove their quality. to make their
packing more elegant and convenient,
they have the means in their hands to
reduce the import to a minimum"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
JUDGMENT

When she lay dead.
The many looked upon her face and
said:
THE life is gone so filled with shining
deeds.
So full of ministry to human needs;
And we who loved her are bereft;
What have we left?"
When she lay dead,
A man looked sternly on her face and
said:
THANK God. the evil of her life is past
What I have known the world would
know at last.
Now all is silence, peace: for me-
I shall be free
When she lay dead.
The great God looked from his wide
heaven and said:
only the one who made it knows the
whole
OF strength and weakness in a human
soul
Cease. then. thy wonder; peace; let be-
Leave her TO me-.
Grace Duffield Goodwin.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
Answers to Queries

SOUTHERN HOTEL FIRE-Sub-
scriber. City. The FIRE which destroyed
the Southern Hotel. ST Louis, occurred
at midnight, April j. 1877.
MARRIAGE-A. +. s.. City. The, laws
OF California relative to marriage are
to be found in the Civil Code. There is
no common form of marriage ceremony
in California.
LUCRATIVE POsITION-Subscribe
City II a young man. only 22. who
speaks English and Italian. wishes to
secure a lucrative position. we suggest
that he insert an advertisement in the
columns OF The, Call. stating his quail
dcations.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
In the Joke World

Baker-How long have you had that
horrid dyspepsia?
Barker inherited my fortune in
1900.-Life
Knicker-How did Whackum qualify
as a railroad expert
Bocker-He once caught train by a
timetable.-New York Sun.
Kind Old Gent-What do you mean
by saying your occupation Is gone?
Soulweary Samuel-They've pulled
down the house used to lean against
Ally Sloper's Half Holiday.
Pater-Well. my boy, so you have in
teryiewed your girls father, eh. Did
you make the old codger toe the mark =?
Son--Yes. dad. l was the mark
Boston Transcript
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10

REVENUE-H. B. p. City. The Unit
sd states revenue receipts in 1885 were
ses.osz 2ss In 1906 the amount was
s1f3,ss4.o55
DELMAS-M- r.. Oakland. Cal. a
frenchman pronouncing the name of
Delmas, the attorney. will say Del-mall,
and English speaking persons Will pro-
nounce 1t Del-mass.
BoST0N'S BIG FIRES. City The
big fire in Boston. Mass. occurred
November 3, 1872. 1t burned over six
ty-flve acres OF territory in the very
heart Of the business section, destroyed
446 buildings and involved loss or
about $76.o0O.0e0.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10

grown up spontaneously
IT volunteer crop As observation goes this Shaw sent
ment noisy overwhelming Mr. Shaw has filled difficult
office with credit but him President
that the wicked Democrats would be
the temptation begin his name with capital
but derisive p
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
Potato of Uruguay
Resists Drought

EPORTING on the Uruguay po-
tato, Consul Oscar Malmros Of
Rouen states that the crop OF the
year 1906. year characterized
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10

SPECIAL agent OF the Treasury
Department, writing of the new
customs treaty between Switzer-
\ land and France. says of the ef-
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
WOODEN LEGS PROVE PERIL.
Also Prove Blessing to Aged Man Who
Is Stuck In Mud.

Indianapolis, Ind.-Fletcher McClain,
SIS years old, was saved and also held
prisoner by his two wooden legs when
he fell from bridge with the horse
and buggy he was driving.
McClain fell apart from the horse
and buggy and shot downward. fee
pegs" foremost, the wooden pedals
penetrating the muck knee" deep.
And there he stuck, saved from injury.
but quite helpless.
There was no one within hailing
distance and the old man pulled and
pulled and pulled. Finally persever-
ance won. With a loud smack the
right foo-"peg" came again to the
upper air. The other followed and
McClain stumped off to bed mile
away, leaving his horse and buggy.
McClain lives near the Columbus
Traction line. He was following the
right of way when he came upon two
bridges. Unable to decide In the
darkness which was for cars and
which for the rigs he chose the wrong
one. The accident followed. Later
in the morning the police arrived in
answer to summons and found only
the injured horse, wrecked vehicle
and two holes in the ground where his
fee-"pegs" had been.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS.
Recent Attempts to TabuIate the
Beasts That Perish.

Every now and then some natural
list endeavors to make an approximate
numerical count of known animal
species. This kind Of attempt is sure
ly not without interest, but it must be
acknowledged that its results are very
uncertain. We are far from knowing
all species. and there is yet delight
full prospect ahead for those who love
systematic zoology and for biologists
who bestow mutual honors by giving
each others names to some animal
hitherto unknown.
AS Nurmann remarked to a recent
meeting of naturalists at the museum,
to which he presented his Catalogues
Mammalian" the species of rodents
known in 1880 were only $40 in num-
Der; now they are 1900. The num-
ber has thus. at least, doubled in 27
years The number of living species
of this creature now known Is about
1900. divided among 100 genera. This
family is the most numerous of the
class of mammalia.-Wissen fur Ale.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
BABY IN TERRIBLE STATE.
Awful Humor Eating Away Face
Body Mass Of Sores-Cuticura
Cures in Two Weeks.

my little daughter broke out all
over her body with humor, and we
used everything. recommended, but
without results. called in three doc
tors. but she continued to grow worse.
Her body was mass of sores, and her
little face was being eaten away. Her
ears looked as If they would drop off.
Neighbors advised me to get Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, and before l had
used half of the cake of Soap and box
of Ointment the sores had all healed,
and my little ones face and body were
as clear as newborn babes. l would
not be without it again if it cost five
dollars, instead of seventy-five cents.
Mrs. George ]. Steese. 701 Coburn St.,
Akron, O., Aug. 80, 1906"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
sPANks GROWN DAUGHTER.
Miss Pauline Law, Spinster Of Thirty
five, Is Chastised.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Miss Pauline Law.
aged So, who lives with her father.
William Law, on Friendship avenue,
went out the other night without tell
ing her father where she was going
and remained out until one o'clock in
the morning. When she reached her
home her father was waiting for her
in his slippers. Her father is 65
years old, but he took off one of his
slippers, placed Miss Pauline across
his knee and spanked her in the most
undignified manner. Miss Pauline had
him arrested for assault and battery.
The next afternoon the case was
heard before Magistrate Kirby, the
father was discharged, and the costs.
amounting to ten dollars, placed on
the young woman.
Your father has perfect right to
spank you as long as you remain un-
der his roof If you are disobedient," +"
ruled the court.
Miss Pauline threatened to take an
appeal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
TAKE THEM OUT
Or Feed Them Food They Can
Study On.

When a student begins to break
down from lack of the right kind OF
food, there are only two things to do;
either take him out of school or feed
him properly on food that will rebuild
the brain and nerve cells. That food
is Grape-Nuts.
A boy writes from jamestown, n. Y,
saying: "A short time ago l got into
a bad condition from overstudy, but
Mother having heard about Grape
Nuts food began to feed me on it. 1t
satisfied my hunger better than any
other food. and the results were mar
velous. ] got fleshy like a good fell
low. My usual morning headaches
disappeared, and found could study
for a long period without feeling the
effects of it.
My face was pale and thin, but is
now round and has considerable color.
After | had been using Grape Nuts for
about two months l felt like a new
boy altogether. / have gained greatly
in strength as well as flesh, and it is
pleasure to study now that 1 am
not bothered with my head. / passed
all OF my examinations with a reason
ably good percentage, extra good in
some of them. and 1t is Grape-Nuts
that has saved me from a years delay
in entering college.
Father and mother have both been
improved by the use of G~ape-Nuts
Mother was troubled with sleepless
nights and got very thin, and looked
care worn. She has gained her nor
NAL strength and looks, and sleeps
well nights" There's a Reason"
Read THE Road to Wellville" in
pkgs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
Everything Bad.

A prominent planter recently had
occasion to visit some of his holdings
in southern Arkansas. The land was
situated several miles from a railroad,
and it was necessary to finish the
journey in buggy. So he took a
friend with him and started out.
After traversing several miles Of
sparsely settled country, they came
upon farmer plowing corn on the
side of hill. The planter, wishing
to appear civil to his neighbors,
stopped his horse and yelled at the
man, who came to the fence, mopping
his face with red bandana.
Good morning"
"Mornin', mister!"
you live here, / suppose?"
"Yep."
"How's crops?"
Fair to middlin'."
That's bad hill you're plowing."
Il know it. Bad hoss, pullin' tn
plow, bad plow, bad everything"
why, you talk like you were the
poorest man in Arkansas" laughed the
planter.
81 amt, though was the response,
as the young fellow smiled good
naturedly. Another feller owns half
O. this crop"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
sIaDs TRAVEL ALONG ROUTES.
All Have Not Same Ranse-swaIIows
Great Distance.

The routes by which birds pass to
and from one country to another in
spring and autumn are regularly fol-
lowed. One great thoroughfare. Of
course, is in the spring from south to
north. and conversely in the autumn
from north to south; another is south
east to northwest; a third southwest
to northeast, with the return into the
same starting points. says the Scot
man.
The great southern wintering region
Is south of the north of Africa and
extends to far beyond the equator,
and from 1t, under the breeding in
stinct in spring. birds hurry away to
disperse themselves over the wide
spreading palaearctic or northern
lands. which extend as far. In the
case of some species. as a long way
within the arctic circle. South of the
equator during the northern winter
the migrants fly toward the south pole
to breed. The seasonal range limit
of some of the northern breeding
birds is enormous-several extending
from Patagonia to Greenland.
AiA ihi6idt nave uOL luc
same range; some fly longer, some
shorter. distances. The best known
of all the birds of passage. the swal-
low has one of the longest ranges
from 1000 to 10000 miles. In this
extended range are also included such
birds as the gray plover, the knot, the
pectoral and curlew sandpipers and
the Asiatic golden plover.
The longer range-from 5000 to
1000 miles-includes such well-known
birds as the cuckoo. the corncrake,
the sedge warbler, the greenshank;
the moderate range-from 5000 to
5000 miles-embraces the turtle dove,
the crane, lapwing. mallard and jack
snipe; the third range-from 1000 to
1000 miles-such birds as the wood
chat shrike, the stone curlew, the
woodcock and black tern and in what
is called the restricted area-with a
mileage of 1000 miles downward
there are the waxwings. several gulls
and the elder duck.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
ADVICE TO VICTIMS
TELLS READERS HOW TO cuRE
RHEUMATIsM AT HOME.
Directions to Mix q Simple Prepare.
tIen and the Dose to Take-ovsr.
comes Kidney and Bladder
Trouble Promptly.

There Is SO much rheumatism every.
where that the following advice by an
eminent authority, who writes for read
ers of large Eastern daily paper, will
be highly appreciated by those who
suffer:
Get from any good pharmacy one
half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion,
one ounce Compound Kargon, three
ounces of Compound Syrup Sarsapa-
rilla. Shake these well In bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after each
meal and at bedtime; also drink plenty
of good water.
1t is claimed that there are few vic
tins of this dread and torturous dis
ease who will fail to find ready relief
in this simple homemade mixture, and
in most cases a permanent cure is the
result.
This simple recipe is said to strength
en- and cleanse the eliminative tissues
of the Kidneys 30 that they can filter
and strain from the blood and system
the poisons. acids and waste matter,
which cause not only Rheumatism, but
numerous other diseases. Every man
or woman here who feels that their
kidneys are not healthy and active, or
who suffers from any urinary trouble
whatever. should not hesitate to make
up this mixture. as it is certain to do
much good, and may save you from
much misery and suffering after while.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
FINDS $500; RETURNS 1T.
Man .sroksr picks UP Roll on strest
Car.

New York.-If Dfogenes had been on
earth wandering about Sheepshead
bay the other night in search OF an
honest man his search would have
ended successfully had the rays OF
his lantern rested on Stanley French.
The latter, a resident of the village
by the sea. found $4,000 in a train
which was travelling from the Belmont
park track Fifteen hours later he
returned the money to It's owner.
Henry Mcdaniel. a trainer OF race
horses. The horseman gave French
reward Of $1,000.
French was broke" He had not
won a bet for nearly two weeks-he
is betting commissioner at times for
Brooklyn poiitician-and the pros
pect of a hard winter was staring him
in the face. He could have kept the
money without fear of detection, too,
for his wife was the only one who
knew he had found 1t.
According to French's story. he
went to Belmont park just one dollar
Strong" as he put 1t. After paying
his fare from his home to the track
anu DuylnS program, thciO
on his person only few small coins.
With the philosophy of his kind, he
left the track without laying bet,
and boarded car bound for home.
The car had not Travelled far when
French had occasion to rub his leg,
which had fallen asleep. Reaching
down, the first thing that met his eye
was a roll of bills. Picking up the
roll and without counting the con-
tents, he pouched 1t.
Arriving home he showed his wife
the wad.
What do you intend to do with it?'
she asked.
Return it." French replied.
A canvass of his sporting cronies
next morning easily yielded the infor-
nation as to who had dropped the
money
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
GIRL FINDS A SWAMP FREAK.
VIII Strive to Rear Queer Looking
Animal on Nursing Bottle.

vineland, N. ia peculiar animal
was picked up on the banks of the
Maurice river swamp by Miss Flor
ence Hoffman. Some think 1t resem-
bles cross between an otter and one
of the wild dogs of the region; others
think 1t is a mixture of fox and dog.
while still others think it simply a
freak wild dog.
The animals hind feet resemble
those of bear, and its fur. which
grows the wrong way. suggests that
of the otter. It's claws are sharp and
it strives to burrow in the ground
continually.
Miss Hoffman has secured a nurs-
ing bottle, and will raise the wonder
on milk.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
Taken at His Word.

Master Walter. aged FIVE, had eaten
the soft portions of his toast at break
fast, and piled the crusts on his plate,
when / was a little boy" re-
marked his father, who sat opposite
him. Il always ate the crusts Of my
toast"
did you like them?" inquired his
offspring. cheerfully.
Yes" replied the parent
you may have these" said Master
Walter, pushing his plate across the
table.-Harper's Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, a. they cannot reach
the seat OF tho disease Catsrrh ia blood consti
tutonal disease and in order TO Il must take
internal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken In
ternaliy and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Hairs Catarrh Cure is not quack medi-
cine. IL prescribed by Of the best physicians
in this country years and h regular prescription
IL - composed of the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purners acting directly the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination of the
two ingredients s what produces such wonderful
suits in curing csarrh. bend for testimonials free
FIJI. CHENEY CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
Pastor Plays for Dance.

Detroit, Mich.-With the pastor,
Rev. w. H. Bill. at the piano furnish.
ing the music, the members of the
Church of Our Savior INDUCED in a
dance in the church building. The
dance was the windup feature of the
harvest home celebration.
Dancing Is wholesome amuse
ment when the environment is proper"
the pastor said.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
Rcciprocity.

Every father thinks he has the
finest baby in the world"
Yes" answered the cynic, "and
once in awhile, but not nearly so
often baby grows up to think it has
one of the finest fathers in the
world"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31
Double Protection.

81 WISH" lady recently said to her
husband with what Punch discreetly
terms considerable emphasis" Il
wish you wouldn't always sit on the
piano-stool when we have company.
Everybody knows you can't play a
note"
Neither can anybody else when I'm
sitting there" returned the sage
Youths Companion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-10-31

beautiful girl always gets ahead.
or course, not everybody Is born beauti-
full, but almost every woman can i'm
prove her looks and complexion by
taking Meyers sulphur. Arsenic and
Iron Complexion Waters. It's the best
tonic and blood purifier. Produces rich,
red blood and clear healthy complex
ion. 25c and 50c Sent by mail. Mey
er'a. 2b57 Humboldt st. Denver.