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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
Answers TO Queries

MoURNING-A. S.. City. What is the
latest color for mourning?
Black, as usual. But there are some
people nowadays who while in mourn
ing wear gay colors with black bras
sard on the right sleeve.
ENLISTED MAN. v. r.. City. Can
man enlisted in the United States
navy who has been on Yerba Buena
island for two years register and vote
In San Francisco?
He can If ,at the time he enlisted he
was a qualified resident of San Fran
cisco, otherwise not.
CATARRH-A. R. t. c., San Jose,
Cal. Please give one or two remedies
for catarrh.
This department does not prescribe
for ailments. Consult a reputable
physician, who after examining into
your condition will be able to pre-
scribe for you according to your con-
dition.
TATTOO MARKS-H e. c., City.
What will remove tattoo marks?
The following is given as method
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

TO remove such marks: First rub we'll
with salve of acetic acid, then with
solution of potash, and finally with
ilyurochiorlc acid" Such. however.
should not be used without instruc-
lions from a reputable medical man.
uVENILE COURTS-S., City. What
IS the law relating to Juvenile courts
in California?
Ihe law is too long to give in this de-
partment- You can find 1t in the
statutes of 1905. page sos, ct seq. to be
seen In the reference room of the free
pubic library on Hayes street near
Franklin.
POPULATION-J. B., City. Please
give the figures of California's popuIa-
ton and the exact number of its Amer
lcan citizens. (2) What is the pop
ulation?
Ihe estimated population of Califor-
MA is 100000. The number of Amer
lean citizens cannot be given at this
time, as there are no figures and will
not be until the census Is taken in
1910 Cd The estimated population of
the United States is SS,912,0oo.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
Frantic Search of
Society GenealOey

about the engaged ones ana sss
sleeping almost strange SEN
cher It's this question gengy na
who's who, when an
detail these days since e
the the blue book ana When
the sod else moved 70
these dependable historians Is
lady hnds hH
y dorbel before she up or wnn sne
in telephone overtime But woe 10
card and describes the grand
daughter OF old s
Her prestige an oracle OF the past
is Hdeadfo forevermore
Mrs Walter Dean Mrs Lansing he-
the hunter OF the pe
Hitchcock long since passed
everybody and made mistake IN even
Major Rthbone also authority on
pdgrees Mrs Eleanor Martin IS not so CERTAIN her
always been defective The curious nlSe
people
be
appeal The seriously Scared by the
earth
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The Smart Set

hardt Miss Amalia Simpson. Miss Elena
Robinson and Mrs John j. Johnston.
Miss Smith returned few months ago
from Europe, since which time she has
lived at San Anselmo, and her friends
here are glad that she has decided to
spend the winter in San Francisco. She
will be numbered among this years
debutantes.
Gordon Armsby. who has been at
Santa Barbara for several weeks past,
has returned to San Francisco.
Miss Amalia Simpson is the guest for
few days of Miss Marian and Miss
Harriet Stone at their home, Elmhurst,
in Oakland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Coleman, who
motored down to Del Monte for the ten
mis- tournament. have returned and are
again established In their home at Bur-
hnghame. where they will probably re-
main during the winter.
Recent arrivals in San Mateo are Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin Lombard OF Port
land, who will spend the winter in the
attractive home formerly occupied by
George Cameron in Ell Cerrito. Since
Mr.. Cameron's departure for Europe
John Davis and his little daughter. Miss
Davis niece, Mrs. Louisiana Foster
Scott. has been frequent visitor there
during the past few months.
Miss Violet Damon. an attractive girl
from Honolulu who has been visiting in
Berkeley for several weeks, left sun
day for Boston, where she will pass the
winter months.
Mrs. Elkins and her son, FELTON, Ell
kins. who have been the guests for
several months of Mrs. EIkins' father.
Charles n. FELTON,, at Menlo Park. left
Friday for Philadelphia, where they
will spend the winter months.
Mrs j. Leroy Nickel and Miss Rea-
trice Nickel left Tuesday last for New
York, where Miss Nickel will enter a
finishing school. Mrs. Nickel will re-
turn to her home at Menlo Park about
the middle of October.
Miss Marian Marvin will be hostess
at an informal tea this afternoon at her
nome on Vallejo street The guest OF
nonor will be Miss Natalie Hunt, who
with Miss Harriet and Miss Marian
stone will leave tomorrow for New
YORK. Not more than dozen girls will
be present.
A tiny. bouncing girl was the sift oe
the stork yesterday to oscar Cooper-
son OF Justice Cooper and Mrs. Cooner
VINO was the popular Anita Harvey.
daughter of J. Downey Harvey.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

from the asking the federal for help and
TRUTH the work big for unassisted
AS for the denuded lands doubt whether the
states would take them unless there might be
it for somebody We know how the have suffered the
mountain powers be seized by exploiting corporations
These priceless privileges the property Of the whole
people, and they have been taken without any compensation
to the original owners.
The national government is, the whole free from
petty politics than the administrations The
seeking improve local conditions this regard
slow Until that improvement the policy should
limits possible and above ALL keep them anything
of industrial enterprises The large
would be fine find easy jobs for lazy politicians
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
lmpertinent Question No. 68
How Were YOU Sfunq?

ror the most original wte answer to this question:
6neier the beter-Ihe Call Will pay FIVE DOLLARS
Tor the next five The Call will paw ONE Dol
LAX EACH Pnze winning answers will be printed Dex,
"Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once ML
your answer short and SEND 1T ON a POSTIT
GARD to - ~ Ill
lMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL.
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WEIGHT OF A wHAIE

me largest or all mammals are nor
the elephants. but the whales a Ia-.1s
elephant weighs about six tons. but me
largest whale reaches the immensa
Welsht or 100 tons and would furnish
-FOUR carloads of flesh and blnhher
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Biographers Forgot
Actress Husbands

p q
Actress Husbands pnerd in print nent passing
None of the published notices OF her
gave husbands As remember the roll call she
He died Hartley Aus
probabilities
oubrette married Tobn
Their exploited the
brought completion He Vallejo
boy Tobins through the divorce Then
Assembyman Bartlett
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
Child Puts Coins
Upon Postal Cards

shock
asked did the on?'
h n he mail a the corner"
What maste boutt?
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
The Irlsiider' !
Tells of the manner in which society reporters
hunt local historians with the family
trees of residents now in the inner circle

:, HE rush of engagement announcements
has kept the society scribes and news
gatherers on the jump for the last four
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

Mrs. Elkins and her son. FELTON, Ell
kins. who have been the guests for
several months of Mrs. EIkins' father
Charles n. FELTON,, at Menlo Park, left
Friday for Philadelphia, where they
will spend the winter months.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

Mrs. ]. Leroy Nickel and Miss Rea-
trice Nickel left Tuesday last for New
York, where Miss Nickel will enter a
finishing school. Mrs. Nickel will re-
turn to her home at Menlo Park about
the middle of October.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

A tiny. bouncing girl was the gift OF
the stork yesterday to oscar Cooper.
son or Justice Cooper and Mrs. Cooper
VINO was the popular Anita Harvey,
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

Miss Violet Damon. an attractive girl
from Honolulu who has been visiting In
Berkeley for several weeks. left sun
day for Boston, where she will pass the
winter months.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15

Charles H. White, who has been
! chief clerk of the Southern Pacific
Office in Los Angeles. is in the city on
a short visit.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
Lost in Alaska

We hurried down the slope and were quick
ly within hailing distance of the quartet, who
were approaching from the opposite direc-
ton.
Both Tom and ] were now sure that the
party were from the Concord. 1t was made
up of old Bill, the mate, sailor named
Tompkins, and Captain Beansoe himself.
All three of us waved our caps and shout
ed. and the other party quickly recognized
us and responded.
Not long after we were shaking hands and
laughing over our adventure. serious though
it had been. Old Bill fairly Rugged Tom
and me. 1t seemed that the remainder of
the crew of the wrecked whaleboat got ashore
lust above the inlet, and all quite near each
other.
A few hours later couple of boats from
the Concord came feeling their way through
the fog and took the castaways off. Captain
Beansole had finally ended the whale and
had sent the boats to pick us up.
The captain, who was deal more impetu-
GUS and thoughtless than he was intentional.
w cruel. was very anxious over Toms and
my disappearance.
He had brought the Concord into natural
cove above the inlet, and since early morning
he and most of the men had been searching
the shore for us two boys, just as we had
been searching for them.
Beach, the trapper, went aboard the Con
cord with us, and the captain presented him
with five pounds of tobacco, and some New
York papers only nine months old.
The trapper was very sorry to part with us,
for he admitted to Tom and me that being
with white folks" once more made his life
in the wilds seem very lonely.
He made Tom and me keep the skin suits
we were wearing to remember him by, and
we have them yet.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE FIVE

Beach proposed to take a look at his traps
on the way, and told us each to pick out a
firearm from his rather formidable armament
and take it along with us. as something
might happen that we'd need Them
What boy would refuse to handle gun,
even if there was no shooting in prospect!
So Tom and accepted the invitation gladly.
We followed the shore OF the inlet around
To it's northern side. Beach stopping every
once in while to examine his traps. This
was before that part of the country about
Mount st. Elias had been hunted out, as it
has been now to a great extent, and the
amount of Beach's catch that morning was
something surprising.
Our search was unsuccessful all that fore
noon, although it was extended to some dis
lance beyond the inlet. Beach had already
proposed that we stop for dinner, when Tom
startled both the trapper and myself by a
loud shout
We had reached an eminence overlooking
deep hollow. through which ran a clear,
sparkling mountain brook. On the opposite
slope of the hollow the figures of four men
were clearly outlined.
"There they are! there they are!" shouted
Tom. and was about to break into a run down
the slope when grasped his arm.
"How do you know who it ISL" 1 demand
ed They're too far away for you to see.
They may be Indians"
They're not Indians, interposed Beach;
"but l don't know who they are.'
Don't you suppose know old Bill Tim
minis when see him?' cried Tom.
Come. let's 40 down and find out who
they are, but all keep together" advised
Beach.
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EARLY sPRINGTlDE

The year has changed; three months ago
Twas winter time; the trees were bare,
The fields were still enwrapped in snow, 5.
At night white mist filled the air;
70 song-birds futtered through the hedge,
The frost made bold the timid fox;
Iong icicies weighed down the sedge.
Close gathered stood the shivering focks.
but now along the rivers banks
There buds the creamy meadowsweet;
ind iris flags in glittering ranks
Wave gently as the breeze they meet. !.
though tits but spring, the soft south wind
Blows warm as if 'twere pleasant June;
,ome, hoist the sail; we've left behind
Cold winter-summer's coming soon.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

entered upon his nautical career under a, bat
tle-scarred veteran, distant relative. who
bore the same surname as himself.
With this navigator, who was alike trader
soldier and sailor Columbus was unconscious
" being trained for the great work before
him.
He is described at this period as, tall,
auburn hair and a complexion as fine as that
of a girl. Dress this slim, agile figure. in
trunk hose. a short doublet or pourpoint,
with the sleeves slashed SO. as to show his
white shirt of fine needlework, and the Shout
ders we'll padded out, place tall cloth cap
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upon his head and pair of broadtoed shoes
on his feet, and you will see something how
first voyage.
The life of sailor was filed with danger
and hardships in those days. The Mediter..
ranean Sea was the highway of corsairs and
Adventures as well as Of the maritime mer-
chants.
The feudal italian states and republics
were generally at war with each other, and
their squadrons were continually securing the
narrow MAMA source of annoyance or danger
to other ships
The expeditions of commerce resembled
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
INDIAN HONESTY

One of tle Indian boys at Hampton, Vir.
ginia, did not like to take his medicine, and
his nurse agreed to pay him so much every
time he took it, At first he was pleased with
this arrangement, but one evening the nurse
found that he had made no marks on the
card where he kept record of the number of
times he had taken medicine. She asked what
it meant, and received an explanation from
which many white boy might learn lesson,
and spare his mother much trouble and an
noyance:
4 me lay here all day doing nothing; ysu pay
me for it-not right Me take medicine: me
not take money"
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n Copyright by James Elverson.
MHN the beautiful old city Of Genoa,
HHh Italy, there is standing small
wooden house, antique and quaint,
M@oH as it may well be. 1t stands in
retired street, and the windows are
high and narrow, which makes the
&bns verv dismal.
IN the front there is an inscription, in
lin, which says:
No house more worthy! Here, under his
&her's roof, Christopher Columbus passed
boyhood and youth"
The house is at present owned by the mu-
Rpal government, but during the mooie
the fifteenth century it belonged to an IN
fstrious and well-to-do wool carder-weaver'
y some-named Dominica Colombo.
tAround him lived many others-wool-comp
r and weavers-for this quarter was whony
2cupied by workers of wooden cloth. his
tte's name was Susanna Fontanarossa. lheir
pest son was the future discoyerer OF Amer
1t is not probable that Columbus was born
this house, neighboring village claiming
pat honor; nor do we know the exact year
I his birth, some historians placing it at
f35, while one sets it as late as 1441. But
}ere is no doubt that the little Christoforo
tred with his father in this house, wrought
y his fathers trade, studied his lessons and
Seamed his first dreams of ambition here In
bis very place, among the weavers and wool
Arders of the great maritime city.
yYoung Christoforo Colombo-or, as we like
better in its Anglicized form, Christopher
folumbus-had two younger brothers and
inc sister, and like all children of the middle
Masses at that time. they had to work for
living.
\ We can imagine the boys sitting in one of
3aocQ oil ar nm
mime before the door, carding wool on one
Nf those rude frames such as can only be
zen now in the antiquarian collections, and
he can imagine them, too, running down to
NE extensive wharves and watching the ships
lbming and going, for the Genoese merchants
Uhd sailors were among the most enterprisng
q the world.
III Very likely, on holidays, Christopher and
Ms brothers, like the bare-legged Genoese
4ds of today went out in the harbor in
Npme fishing craft, and in this way he must
ave first learned how to navigate vessel.
III He could never have dreamed, however, as
Ne mingled among the gray bearded sailors,
3nd listened to their stories of wild adven-
1lre, that he himself would one day be the
Greatest of all the worlds great sea- cap
2ips.
lThe good woolcomber was ambitious for
9is eldest son, and so. at proper age, Chris
lIopher was sent away to school at Pavia,
Ehere there was a famous university, and
khere young Columbus made good use of his
FINE
4 He learned Latin and made considerable
Progress in mathematics and the natural sci.
fnces. He also learned to write good hand
Ind to draw maps and charts-accomplish-
&ents that were of great use to him in after
ears
u He could not have attended school a. great
While, for before he was fourteen he was back
AZ Genoa helping his father; but not long.
fhe sea seemed TO have had an attraction
Tor him from his earliest years, and he now
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

sedately along and kept out of everybody's
way showed that he was as intelligent as
handsome. In fact. you would hardly have
known there was a dog in the store, until
the young lady having made her purchase,
the shop-girl put the check and the money
in wooden ball and sent it along the cash
railway"
At the first "whiz'' the dog pricked up his
ears, and the next instant he started after
the ball as if he were morally sure it was
some new kind Of bird.
Past the crowds of buyers. in and out and
between hundreds of people, the pointer
dashed until the ball disappeared from view.
Then he looked puzzled and then Inundated,
and was coming back to his indignant mis-
tress when the ball came whizzing on its re-
turn trip.
This time the dog expressed his feelings by
short yelps as he flew after his game, and
this time he took the short route along the
counter and fetched up in front Of the shop
girl, leaving behind him a trail of dismayed
shoppers. Then the ball was given him to
investigate, and more disappointed dog was
never seen.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

i ttom of the vial and the cork must be push
u in tight.
4 Now, If you blow into the tube, the air will
Ne compressed in the upper part of the bot
he, and when your lips are taken away, a
title fountain will play from the tube for a
hort time.
That is one way. Another more scientific
bid pleasing method is as follows:
Take glass jar, with the mouth large
Enough to go over the small VIAL and heat
he inside over the fame of lamp or candle;
lace the small vial on plate upon several
Ryers of plotting paper, which have been
baked in water for a moment; then take
be heated jar and inyert it over the vial,
fessing it down as tightly as you can upon
be blottirgpaper, and watch the result.
When you heated the inside of the jar, the
u inside was expanded and partly driven
ht. The blottingpaper makes a hermetical
bint, and the jar contained in the upper
fart of the vial forces the water up through
|he tube to the bottom of the jar, and it
|alls in a little cascade down the sides.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
A Disappointed Dog

YOUNG lady came into one of our
large city dry goods stores the 9TH
er day, on a shopping expedition,
having for a companion a large,
handsome dog. He was a pointer,
and the manner in which he trotted
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
Miniature Fountain

AXE an ounce vial and fill it three
quarters full of water, then make u
hole in the cork and insert a small
tube or a stout piece of straw. The
opening must be as small as possible,
the tube must reach nearly To the
Douglas Island news., 1908-04-08
A New Start.

The election is over, with it's attend ant quarrelings and bickerings, and the people of Douglas are safe in the assertion that the business of the city will be in the hands of good conservative men for the coming year. It is now good time to take a new start, and every body lay aside past prejudices and join together for the purpose of making our town once more the abode of peace and good will. Why not let bygones be bygones, and, with determination to make the best of existing conditions, begin to build up instead of tearing down. We have here many natural advantages, If we will only see and appreciate them. The hard times of the States do not affect us here. Work at good wages may be had. Rents are moderate and the sum- mer time is coming, when Douglas Is- land is transformed into a beautiful park, with meadows covered with flow CTS and the hills abOundiug with luscious fruits to be had for the taking. Then why should we not be happy?
Douglas Island news., 1908-04-08
Two Kinds of Strategy.

Senator Ankeney, of Washington, is candidate for reelection, and bis op- ponent is Representative Jones, one of the three mem bers of the house from that state.
 Ankeney thought he must do some thing for the'Puget sound country to help along his canvass, and after great deliberation, decided to introduce a resolution in the senate asking whether the navy department would look with favor on the stationing of three sub- marine torpedo boats in the Sound waters as a means of protection for that coast. He put in the resolutions and that afternoon saw some visitors from Washington, who are his friends.
 q did a good thing for Washington, this morning." said Aukeney with ill concealed pride.
 "What was it?" asked the friends.
 "Why, 1 introduced a resolution ask ing whether the secretary of the navy thought it advisable to station three submarines in the waters of Puget sound, and if he does I'll introduce a bill making an appropriation for the boats. All I want is to hear from the secretary. l guess that will make Jones mad because he didn't think of it."
 "Didn't think of it." shouted one of his friends. "Why, when we were over at the house this morning, Jones told us he had put in a bill appropriating five million dollars to build five sub. marines for our waters, and he didn't monkey around waiting for informa- tfon. either."-Saturday Evening Post.
Douglas Island news., 1908-04-08
NOTICE.
Anybody holding any cream jars be- longing to the Douglas Dairy, please return and oblige. Jos. TRUDGEON.

You may think you have had hard time in the world, but if you are boy you have an easier time than your father had, and if you are girl your mother can tell of hard times that you know nothing about. You dress better than your parents did at your age, you live better, you work less, and your pay is more, and your opportunities great CT for becoming something some day. Your life is easier in every respect than theirs was. The lives of your children will be easier than yours. But it does not follow that you will amount to more than your father, or that your children will some day be greater than you are.
Douglas Island news., 1908-04-08

The Hasey case is now we'll under way in the federal court at Juneau The jurors who were sworn in late Sat- urday evening are as follows: Alex White, Oscar Holm, Jacob Pittinger, Chas. ". Taylor, Chas. Carter, Win. H. Smith, L. D. Calvin, A. H. Ross, R. M' Chesney, Emmet McKanna, John Ken nedy and k. M. Bales.
Douglas Island news., 1908-04-08
U. s. CUSTOMS Collector, Clarence L. Hobart, Juneau.
IT. S. COURTs

U. $. COURTS
 Division No. 1.-Royal A. GunniSon, judge; c. c. Page, clerk of court; Harold Lull, court stenographer; John J. Boyce, us. district attorney; James M. Shoup, U. s. Marshal,
 Division No. 2.-Alfred s. Moore, judge; John H. Dunn, clerk of court; Henry Nj. Hoyt, U. S. district attorneyI Thomas Cader Powell, U. S. marshal.
 Division No. 3.-James Wickersham, judgei Edward J. Stier, clerk of court: George A. JefPries, court stenographer; N. V. Harlan. U. S. district attorney: George c. Perry. U, s. marshal.
Douglas Island news., 1908-04-08
The Douglas Island News.
THE LOCAL FIELD.

Tt cometh, the day after niGht-time, The sunshine after the rain, The golden sky after the tempest, Happiness after sharp pain; There's hope-star gleaming and glowing Though hidden in yapory mist, There's beautiful, pinnacled city, Away in the blue amethyst; And the mountains burst out of shadow, When their brows with sunshine are
 kissed"