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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
LABOR

The union labor committee in San Jose has
completed arrangements for the reception of the
state federation Of labor Page A
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
MARINE

British tramp IS driven back and salmon sbips
are badly battered by hurricane from the
north Page AZ
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
SUBURBAN

Mystery OF night fight OF sirships puzzles the
peopie OF Berkeley Page IL
Neuman Jones. former eminent LAWYER is
jailed as burglar but released. Page II
James Jackson wounds two men and lis pur-
sued into Berkeley hills by posse. Page II
Stanford students arrange 10 stage clever com
edy in December. Page x2
smelter for reduction of ores installed at Stan
ford university. Page 2z
Nile club will hold annual midsummer jinks in
Piedmont park October ]. Page 40
Two marriage licenses issued In same week TO
one man mystify Oakland authorities Page "a
Elks appoint many committees for carnival at
Idora park. Page 81
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-01

Here is sandstone block fireplace made of the ia
sandstone from the original Tenino quarries The
Carnegie Library of Seattle built of this sandstone The
State Capitol building Olympia is built of this sand
stone The Calvary Presbyterian Church of San Fran
cisco; Portland High School of Portland Oregon;
Methodist Episcopal Church of North Yakima, Wash
ington; First Christian Chruch of Tacoma, Washing
ton; Women Woodcraft Building of Portland Ore
gon Library building of Portland Oregon the First
National Building of Boise City Idaho and the bank
building Hayes and Hayes of Aberdeen, all built
this famous and unapproachabe rock Some of this
rock almost fine to be used building material.
it fine be jewellke in the closeness
grain beauty of it's uniform color Of this
rock making replaces of especial and
proved designs artistic architectural
ception by skill of the artisan We going
popularize this fireplace Complete in detail,
erection these frepacs of these most
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high you want to pay. Any set them
The of setting them up in home is ttle
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you expend the slight effort necessary the writing
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you will your and address the
neighbor who may be interested
having send a catalog together with a letter to
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make it attractive enhance it's material
make home like a home Write this postal
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in big type this page. Do this. Do it today
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-11-01

Out in the orchards the leaves turning yellow and
brown; rain, and then, paers the roof and
drops naturalization from the leaves About the
house. through the lattice comes the mourn
full Winds and under the doors through
the crevices windows, the first chilly touch
of the winter days The has SET Nature is STILL and
trip the children The stove is good enough
for them, doubt But if you remember, as we remem
ber early days of youth and the wide frepaces
with the flames laughing the chilly touch of the
autumn evening" merrily dancing cheeriy glancing up
old chimney places will realize that home
with lacks something of that early
time.
We will be glad to tell you how can bring back the
contentmen peace the pleasure of your youth and
again; will be glad to tell how may
the CHEEKY glow of fireplace in your home. You
will do this for you absolutely free You under
obligations to if you write letter. We want
to write this letter today. Do it
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
THE TRAGEDY IN PORTUGAL.

SO far II II not clear whether the mur
der OF the King Of Portugal and the
Crown Prince was the ou'growth # y
revolutionary plot or anarchy Ia view
of the troubled state OF internal polite
il might have been the first, although
such is the malignant and constant
menace Of ansrchism that it may at any
time be responsible for the killing of any
agent of government.
Whatever revolutionary spirit may
have existed in Portugal uf late was due
largely to the policy Of the slain King
himself Last year when the Parlia
ment stood in the path of certain legis
lstion which he and his Prime Minister
desired, he prorogued the body 1t war
bis purpose 10 do his own legislating.
He would establish by his royal decree
what be could not get from Parliament
His method was the familiar method of
ambitious, self assertive sovereigna.
Carlos at once aroused the popular
feeling by his assumption Of authority
contrary TO the spirit Of the Portuguese
Constitution. OF all periods Of the
worlds history the present is the least
propitious for absolu,ism, The tend.
sncy Of the whole race is toward free.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06

AT meeting of the Chicago Fedora.
ton of labor last Sunday Socialist by
the name of Siskind precepitated trouble
by the introduction Of resolution de.
manding that the government build and
operate factories for the production of
employment ~ high wages, and after.
ward by expressing condemnation of
the unions because of their doing moth.
ing for the unemployed. This roused
Unionist Thompson who took the floor
and among other things said
IF Democrat or Republican or any
fanatic took up the time Of this
body talking politics be would be thrown
out. Yet we have this Socialist bunk
every meeting while the unions are
raising wages, reducing hours and doing
something practical for the workers MI
the time, we are constantly attacked
here by politicians who tell US to vote
the Socialist ticket and everything will
be lovely. when they say the unions
are not doing anything for the workers
they lie aud they know it. Let the So
cialists point to a single thing they have
done for the workers except Islander
them"
1t is very apparent that this man
Thompson takes no stock in the lovely
theories and fine dreams Of our Social
istic friends
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
PROFESSIONAL
BEST man

Il have ceased to be a society but
terf1y and am now professional best
man." said an upper West Side young
man at his club the other night. You
never heard of professional best
man? That may be perfectly true, for
am under the impression that | am
The inventor and patentee Of the idea.
| have made it pay, too, for in addi-
ton to the usual handsome present
that the best man receives from the
bridegroom, | charge fee that keeps
me well supplied with clothes, pays
my club dues and keeps me in pocket
money.
"You know that the one thing that
everybody connected with a wedding
wants is to have the whole affair run
smoothly from start to finish. Any
hitch is likely to get on the nerves
of the young couple and not few pa
rents dread some mistake or delay
that will make the ceremony or the So
cial functions that precede and fol
low the ceremony ridiculous. And so
such nervous people are willing to pay
a handsome fee when they feel as
sured that nothing of an untoward
nature will occur 1t was this idea
that laid the foundation to my present
opulence.
Il was popular in society and spent
money lavishly on my friends. The
result was that for several months
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06

was selected to act as best man for a
number of important weddings, and
soon found that the expense attached
to such events was move than my
purse could stand. About two years
ago 4 man whom | had known a long
time asked me to act as his best man.
and | farnkly told him that nothing
would please me more if | could af-
ford it. but that financially was down
and out. | told him that besides the
need Of new evening suit for the OC-
casion it would cost me from $40 to
$50 to give his bride wedding gift
that would be proper for such an af-
fair. AS a mere guest | could wear
my old dress suit and send her a $40
gift, and no one would think the worse
of me; but as best man | would be
dubbed cheap John if | tried any
such trick.
The man who wanted me as best
man talked it over with me for long
time. He said he wanted me to stand
up with him because he knew that |
had handled dozens of society we'd
dings of Importance and that in every
case the affair had gone off with sue
cess. Finally he made a proposition
to me. He figured out what my eX-
penses would be and then added 500
to the sum. He offered to pay me
this amount If | would be best man,
and guaranteed to keep the matter
secret. This gave me an idea, and
I told him | would accept his offer,
but with the provision that he was not
to keep the story of my fees secret
after the wedding. | saw that if a rich
man like himself was willing to pay
for aid at the crucial moment that
there would be others who would want
my services.
Next morning | received a check
me this diamond scarf pin | am wear
ing. In return | made his wedding the
success of the season Everything was
done in the best of style, every guest
was loud in praises of the affair, and
not until six weeks later, when he re-
turned from his honeymoon, did he
breathe a word about my part in the
, transaction And then he very wisely
Disseminated in telling about my fee.
In the first place he told some wealthy
young fellows who were contemplating
matrimony and in the second place
he said that my work was worth far
more than he had paid for it. So the
result was that | have had a fairly
good two seasons. And | am enjoying
a social life that | could not remain
in if it were not for my fees
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
THE SWOLLEN PENSION ROLL.

Representative Keifer, of Ohio, chair
man of the subcommittee on pensions
Of the House Committee on Appropria-
tions, has announced informally that the
committee will recommend a pension
roll of $3.50, 600, 600 for the fiscal year
ending June 80 1909 This will be about
s., 600 coo in excess of the pension roll
of the present fiscal year.
Thus the pension drain keeps up, aud
instead of diminishing in volume wakes
greater and greater. The pension out
flow began in 1888, when the disburse.
ments amounted TO fi,025, 1879 In 1870
the disbursements were S27 $50, Sll; in
1890 they were $lO6, ABB $50; in 1900 they
were Sl39. 3sl522; and in 1907 they AZ.
gregated Sl3S, 030, S04 1t wonld seem
that IA the years passed the number of
claimants to pensions would fall off in
number, for invalds die, old men do
not live forever and in the course of ma
ture the lapse of time thins the ranks
of any class The penioners, however,
seem TO take u new lease on life; At
least 10y some miraculous circumstance
they seem to grow steadily more aud
more numerous For the maintenance
of them we observe that the Pension
Committee Of the lower house is ready
to have $3.50 600, 600 appropriated for I e
next fiscal year. Elk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
GOOD BYE.
Goals at NeWc astle.

n FISH is the greatest brain food,
as scientists have said, then Boston
is in a fair way to outstrip the rest or
the country in brain development with
out half trying In recent two days
there were brought to T wharf
the greatest fish mart Of the coun.
try-more than two million pounds OF
fish, including large and small cod
paddock, hake, pollock, halibut and
various other species of the deep
This enormous catch has been brought
by 100 schooners, round numbers, 6a
of which arrived on one day and the
remainder the day following.
Granting that the feet of 100 schoon
ers average 20 men to the vessel
(Which probably is high estimate)
and the average sum coming to each
fisherman, outside of the captain, is
about $40, representing from five days
to between two and three weeks az
sea. OF course the sums vary, accord
ing to the vessel, the catch and the
time spent at sea. Some schooners
brought in as high as $4,000 pounds
and some little more than 5000; some
had five men in the crew and some 25;
some caught plenty of large cod anC
some very few.-Boston Transcript.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06

at Samoa, Tasmania, New Zealand,
Australia, New Guinea, then up through
the Philippines to Japan, Korea and
China, and 40 on to India After this
is to come Europe, the Atlantic Coast OF
America, and San Francisco again, via
the Horn
The Shark is forty five feet on the
water line weighs thirty tons, and has an
auxiliary gas engine, which, getting out
of repair, caused the delay that has occa'
stoned so much worry. The engines are
now being overhauled at Papeiti. The
boat, as originally planned, was to cost
81, 600. She actually cost about $25, O0O
before she left San Francisco, six months
late, the terrible increase in cost being
due to the earthquake and fire and to
the subsequent scarcity Of labor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
A Word to the Wise.

corporation conducting a series
Of quick lunch places accords con
spicuous position to placard reading
as follows.
"A Suggestion-Perhaps a large
number of our patrons who daily raw
or us with their money, instead OF
taking luncheon at II o'clock could
Just as conveniently come at 12:45
p. M, and thus find more comfortable
seats; or they might arrange to fix
100 as lunch time, and thereby be
afforded still more elbow space
Managers at several of the branches
situated in business sections are au
thority for the statement that since
the advent of the signs the high moor
attendance has been larger than be
fore.--N. Y. Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
Beware of Ointments for Catarrl
that Contain rlercury,

~ mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of ,m'l aud completely dera ge the
stool .,-n,m ,vh"" "uirriuE il through
t. .u,. ~. .N.,.u -lrfAces Such Tt
lei n ,ull ..v., h. used except on pre-.
scripuor- from repn able physicians a
the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac.
turrd by f. J Cheney q Co., Toledo,
O., contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces ot the sy-
tenn In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be
sure YOU get the genuine, 1t IL taken
internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
FL Cheney q Co. Te-timonials free
Sold 10y druggists Price Zoe. per bot
tie.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
ton
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
Familiarity Breeds Success.

IAN exchange says colored citizen
was brought before the police Judge
charged with stealing chickens. He
pleaded guilty and received sentence,
when the judge asked him how he had
managed to lift those chickens right I'M
der the window of the owners house
when there was dog loose in the yard.
Hit wouldn't be no use, Judge said the
negro, to try to splain dis thing to 20
all. Eff you was to understand it You
like as not would get your hide full of
shot and not get no chicken nuther. II
yo want to engage in any rascality, yo'
better stick to de bench whar yo is ia
miliar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
The Power Of Habit.

The power Of habit was strikinglv
illustrated not long ago in Philadel-
phia shirt waist factory. One woman
who had done nothing but sew up the
seams Of sleeves for four years was
taken OF that particular job and was
asked to run up seams in the body
OF the waists She complained that
the change made her so nervous that
she could not work
but what is the difference" asked
the foreman. There is nothing bat a
straight seam here, just the same as
you have been used to"
Il know" replied the woman, with
true feminine logic, but it isn't
sleeves"
And it did indeed prove TO be fact
that owing TO her four years of steady
work on sleeves 1t took her fully that
many weeks To overcome her nervous
ness sufficiently to run the machine at
her accustomed speed when sewing
another part OF the waist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
dom from Monarchistic rule.

dom from Monarchlstlc rule.
The unrest of the Portuguese people
upder his manifestation of autocracy
WAS inevitable. 1t was thoroughly log
ical that there should be much talk of
revolution. Plots to overthrow the dy'
nasty and even the Government, what
ever may have been the prospect OF sue
cess, were bound to turn up. AS mat
ter of fact, there is little chance OF a sue
cessful revolution in Portugal, as there
is little chance of a revolution in any
European monarchy if the purpose OF
the revolution be to construct repub-
lie on the ruins of monarchy. In the
instance of Portugal there is an under
standing with Great Britain whereby
the latter undertakes to safeguard the
monarchy from any internal movement
against IT, In the case Of other Europ'
can monarchies it must be remembered
that the various dynasties that sit upon
thrones are very closely related by blood
and marriage. What threatens one
branch of this extensive family threat
ems the others. An attack upon the
monarchical principle In Portugal, Tor
instance, is an attack upon the principle
which prevails in the German Empire;
hence, it behooves the German Empire
to suppress any movement against that
no rppVanant
appear. Only a general European cat
acIysm, such "a marked the days OF Ma
poleop, could threaten the monarchical
grip upon Europe. But whether revo'
luton might succeed or not the revolu'
tionary spirit may easily be at the bot
tom of the assassination Of Portugals
King, and other members Of the reign
ing family. Rebellion against tyranny
is very apt to strike at the person OF the
tyrant.
The ever present hatred Of the anar-
chiet for every conceivable form of gov
eminent and every possible agent of gov
eminent comes from his peculiar belief
that every individual should make his
own law. His doctrine clashes with the
exalted and Deneficent doctrine that
every individual is entitled to civil lib
ertv-which is defined as natural liberty
so far restrained as may be necessary
for the welfare of society To the an
archist society means nothing. 1t Is
everybody for himself, without law,
without agents of law, without govern
ment. That is why the anarchist kills
kings and presidents and princes and
policemen. Every such deed of an an.
archist il futile. 1t does not destroy
which is the institution
which the anarchist actually aims at.
lie kills human being but government
and law continue in power, Every sys-
TEN of government provides a way for
succession in Office. There ID always
someone to take the mantle of the offic-
er killed King Carlos of Portugal was
slain and the prince next in line was
slain, but still there reigns the King of
Portugal.
After the excitement dies down it may
be that the stern methods of Carlos will
be relaxed by the new regime, for the
killing of King and Crown Prince may
not be without its lesson for their sue
ceesors, ont there will not follow II re.
public nor the end of government in
Portuguese territory"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
JACK LONDON SAFE.

The specialcorrespondent of the WON
ANS HOME COMPANION in San Fran
cisco has photographed the following
message in regard to Jack London:
''San Francisco, Jan 81. l09S
Jack London and wife arrived ON the
Mariposa, safe and we'll Shark laid
mp for repair4."
London's bankers in Oakland, despair
irg Of his safety, recently recorded the
mortgage against his hom- at Glen FL
len which was drawn last April in or.
der that the adventurous writer conld
obtain funds with which to fit out the
Shark 1t was understood that the
mortgage WAS to be held without being
recorded AZ long as London's safety
seemed assured. The action of the ban k
WAS taken as an indication that its of
ticers feared he met disaster
Jack London left Hilo, Hawaii, on
October eth for Tahiti Of the Society
Islands on his voyage around the world
for the WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION in
his little ketch.rigged boat the Shark.
He should have reached Tahiti by thu
first Of December, and it WAS feared that
some serious accident had befallen him.
With London in the Shark were his wife,
James l.. Warren, who il captain, Mar.
tin johnson, the engineer, one sailor and
two Japanese servants.
London intends to spend seven years
on his voyage around the world describ
| ing for the WOMAN'S HOME CoMPAN-
ION the life aud customs aud countries
Of the strange people be meets. From
the Society Islands he expects to touch
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
Lucid, But WRONG.

When the steam engine was invent
ed a learned Englishman wrote book
in which he set forth his theory that
it would be impossible TO propel YES
sci across the ocean by steam power.
The writing was lucid, the reasoning
was correct, but the premises were
wrong, and the first volume OF this ex-
cellent work that came to America
was brought over in a steamboat,
thereby demonstrating that one fact
may carry away . volume OF theory.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
Waitress Query Is Relevant.

II don't know whether the pompa-
doured young lady who brings me my
breakfast has been listening, or
whether she thinks for herself" says
the young man who takes his meals in
a restaurant, but she's getting to be
almost funny. Yesterday | ordered
liver and bacon and then waited and
waited till I'd committed everything in
my morning paper to memory. Come
hither,' ! said to her. ] gave you my
order half an hour ago. Do | get
that l,ver?' She stopped chewing gum
longer than | ever knew her to do be
fore. You get it, said she; but there
were two orders ahead of yours. You
don't want your liver out of order. DO
your"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
IN DRY GE0R GiA

II never seen de oil kunnel so inter
ested in DE- railroad schedules as since
Georgy broke ont wild prohibition, y
said Brother Dickel "W'y, he KEEP de
teleform red hot all day long teleformin
ter know eff de trains is on time; an
wen dey wuz three hours late you
couldn't stay aroun' de house fer him!
Dat man used some cusswordS dat |
amt hrarn befo' since Freedom. But
all of sudden he quit-atter he had
de teleform took out, an, toll 'um he
never wanted fer ter see its face or hear
its voice in his hous agin, Den | AK
him: How come you amt akin about
de trains now. kunnelG'
Dunno.
Dat man wink his eye at me, an
say;
Uncle Dickey, got tired er de in.
stallnent plan; | made one train fetch
me two bar'lsn Atlanta Consti ution.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
charity's Biggest Achievement.

The highest achievement of char.
ity is to love our enemies; but to
bear cheerfully with our neighbours
failngs is scarcely an inferior grace.
1t is easy enough to love those who
are agreeable and obliging, but to
love one who is cross, perverse. tire.
some. is as unpleasant process as
chewing pills Nevertheless, this, the
best way of practising IT, is to put our.
selves in the place of him who tries
us, and to see how We would wish
him to treat us If we had his defects.
We must put ourselves in the place OF
we buy. If we want to deal fairly
Francis de Sales.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY e, 1908.

Premier Franco of Portugal has re-
signed and an entirely new ministry has
been chosen. The premier has been
considered directly responsible for the
political turmoil which resulted IN the
assassination of the king, and his with
drawsl from power is regarded as hold
Ing promise of political tranquility.
According to reports reaching Paris
Franco is endeavoring to flee from Port
ugal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-02-06
This Is No Joke

Il advertise when business is dnll,"
boosted the first dealer. What do you
Dc when business gets Slow
I've never had to meet such cOndi.
tons" answered the second dealer, on
ace, | advertise all the time.