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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
BENEFIT FOR PARISH
LARGELY ATTENDED

Before an audience which taxed the
seating capacity of the Chutes theater
the benefit for the Star of the Sea par
ish was given last night under tho IS
pices OF the Children of Mary sodality.
An excellent program. conslstl4s of
specialties and musical numbers, was
rendered Among the musical features
the violin solos of Miss Carrie Goebel
Weston proved exceptionally pleasing,
The Irish dancing of the Allen sisters
was another number which caught the
audience. Billy Hynes was on the
program and his latest stories made a
decided hit.
A brilliant little playlet, The Klep-
tomaniac," was eleverly presented by
an exclusively feminine cast under the
direction of Miss May Nannary Daley.
Under the leadership of H. von der
Mehden. the military band of the First
regiment League of the Cross Cadets
played several selections.
Much of the success of the affair was
due to the following members of tho
sodality, who made very attractive as
well as very efficient ushers:
Miss Stella williams Miss Katherine Mortar.
Miss Hazel Scanlon ity
Miss Margaret Baker Miss Margaret Burschin-
Miss Ethel kerrigan sky
Miss Tessie McGushin Miss Anna Leonard
Miss Katherine Hanley Miss Ruth Jansen
Miss Nora Hanley Miss Agnes Bose
Miss Anne Hanley Miss Kitty Ear
Miss Eva Winslow Miss Deiphine Farmer
Miss May Yandrs
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
TWO MEN ASSAULT GIRL

Policeman I. j. McSheehy arrested Thomas
Newhurgh and Alfred Sullivan last night ana
daughter of Michael Dolan, special policeman
of 2Ss Commercial street. The two men had
taken Miss Dolan, her younger sister Edna and
Miss Lena Nichol to the beach, but the younger
girls had left the party to 70 home. About .
o'clock Officer McSheehy heard screams near
Investigation he found the Dolan girl struggling
with two men, The accused were taken
tinue book.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
SCHOOL TEACHER WEDS
ST HELENA PHYSICIAN
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NAPA, April 2S.-Miss Emile Ehl-
ers was married to DR.. j. l.. Arbogast
yesterday at the home of the bride
mother, Mrs. Anna Ehlers. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. James
Mitchell of the Presbyterian church of
ST. Helena in the presence of num-
Der of relatives and friends. The bride
taught in the Napa grammar school
for several years and the bridegroom
is physician of st. Helena. The
couple have left for tour of New
York, Washington, Chicago and other
eastern cities
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
AUTO SPIN FoR ADMIRAL

PASO ROBLES, April 2S.-A bright,
warm day tempted Admiral Evans to
take an automobile spin over the oiled
road to Templeton and beyond. He
was accompanied by Mrs Evans and
DR.. p. E. McDonnold- On his return
the admiral felt well and strong and
spent an hour on the veranda. He is
making wonderful progress and his
presence at San Francisco is practical
ly certainty.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
PENSION BILL PASSED

WASHINGTON. April 2s.-The pen
sion appropriation bill. carrying $163,-
053,000, was passed by the senate in
four minutes today just before ad-
journment. No change was made In
the bill as it came from the senate
committee.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
FOREST FIRE RACES
IN NAPA REDWOODS
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

NAPA. April 2S.-Fierce forest fires
ragged all today in the Napa redwoods
and along the boundary line between
Napa and Sonoma counties. A strong
north wind famed the flames, which
destroyed much feed and dry brush.
Many residents of the two counties
ipined in the efforts to stop the pro-
gress of the flames by back firing and
in other ways.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
REDoNDo PORT OF ENTRY

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-Upon re-
quest of Senator Flint and after inves-
tigation the treasury has issued an
order making Redondo a SUPPORT of
entry in the customs collection dis
trict of Los Angeles. The order specifies
that Redondo shall also be made an i'm
mediate transportation port of entry.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
JAPS SWELL FLEET FUND
Add $102.SO to Former Donation:
Total Fund Now sos. .2I3.5O

japanese of this city through their
representatives. t. G. Walker and T.
Kuma. OF the Japanese Association OF;
America. have added s102.S0 to their
former donation OF s2.47s-50 for the re-
ception Of the fleet. This makes to-
tai Of s2.579-30 that has been con-
tributed through the efforts OF the
Japanese association. Other subscrip-
tions yesterday amounted to s327-50. as
follows.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29
BUYS Guided STONE

Mieel Miecovich. proprietor OF a restaurant at
Pacific and Mason streets. obtained a warrant
from Police Judge Weller yesterday for the ar
rest OF John Zoial on charge of petty larceny
He alleges that April Zoial sold him a gold
nugget valued at $50 for S25 and later he found
the supposed nugget gilded stone
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

Grocers will be held today at Shell Mound
park. A. band will be furnished. Dancing
and games for prizes offered by the whole
salers will be a feature Of the day The
grocers will close their stores at noon today
to attend the picnic.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

and without pain. Sold at $I.oo Der
bottle by druggists. Our book of priceless
value to all women sent free. Address
sRADFIELD REGuI AToR CO. Aaanfa. a.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

pliable all the parts. and
assists nature in its sublime
work. BY its aid thousands
of women have passed this
great crisis in perfect safety
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-29

bending over the era
which the expectan
ever, is so full of 4
she looks forward tc
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

saucy response, tempered by r',nling
laugh.
"But the house is on fire." expostu-
lated Harvey.
Not at ALL" declared Amy. what
gave you that idea?"
She eyed him sharply and moved
away. His face was scratched and
bleeding. his hat was titled at most
rakish angle, and his wild look and la
bored breathing testified to his mental
excitement.
II saw the flash of an explosion and
the glare of flames, and hurried to
your relief" explained Harvey.
"Then you do care" cried Amy, sin
spite of what you said this after
noon"
Il had forgotten this afternoon" he
answered simply. 81 only knew that
you were in danger"
"And you came to my aid" she said
softly, but her voice grew sharper as
she added. "And did you purpose wait.
ing until l cried for help and spoke
INST bNAOiO yOu ACoNuCo Liz
81 told you that I had forgotten
that" he said reproachfully. 81 did
speak first, didn't ~
"You did," she admitted, "and for
that l shall tell you what the fire was.
1t was a combination of flashlight and
red fire. 1t was Teddy trying an ex-
pertinent for those private theatricals
the boys of the school are getting up
1t was realistic fire effect even to
the smoke. There was too much of
that. We had to open all the windows,
and l am going out skating to keep
warm"
"And l have had all my excitement
for nothing?' he asked ruefully.
GAS usual" retorted Amy, "just as
told you this afternoon"
81 admit it, said Harvey humbly.
MAY l come skating with your
''The ice is Free" was the ambiguous
reply. 81 hate to put ON my own
skates"
"I'll get my skates and be at the
lake by the time you are" was the
joyful response as Harvey went rush
ing down the hill again.
For a moment Amy leaned against
the fence and watched the hurrying
figure. She was very fond of Harvey
in spite of his impetuosity, and a smile
played about her lips as she slowly
made her way toward the lake.
Harvey was already there, skating
up and down impatiently, and as she
came down the bank he knelt to adj
just her skates.
'I'm sorry that I was such a fool
this afternoon" he said humbly as he
tugged at the straps.
SIN sorry you were, too" was the
uncompromisingly reply.
'If you had been burned to DEATH"
he went ON with a shudder 81 never
should forgive myself. It's taught me
a lesson"
"I'm glad it has" said Amy. Then
something in his utter humility of
speech and attitude touched her.
"Will you keep a secret if l tell your
she demanded. Harvey nodded.
81 was coming to ask you if you
wanted to go skating when | met you,'
confessed Amy.
Harvey looked up, hope Illuminating
his face. The red lips were very near
his own, so--forgiveness was sealed
with kiss.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
FOREST FIRES.
The WatchfuI Rangers and the Way
They Fiaht the Flames.

The WatchfuI Rangers and the Way
They Fight the Flames.
In almost any of the western noun
tains the traveller sees the fire warn
ings of the forest service, and he is
likely to meet some of the rangers.
You will find them crossing the high
Sierras in California, in the Crazy
mountains of Montana, among the
Olympics in Washington or following
the old Apache trails along the mesas
in Arizona. Wherever he is, the ranger
keeps keen lookout for the smoke Of
forest fires, and in the clear western
atmosphere even a little smoke column
can be detected from afar. AS soon as
he discovers 1t the ranger takes his AK
and shovel and goes as only western
horse and rider can. Many small fires
are stopped by this watchfulness, but
there are others which take many men
many hours to subdue. A fire in
chaparral so thick that man can
hardly force his way through it and
parched by six months of drought
makes hard and trying fighting. Then
there are fires in the big timber among
the dead trees of old windfalls and
overhead fires that spread faster than
man can run. If unchecked, they
will burn for weeks over thousands OF
acres of timber.
And all this destruction may be caus-
ed by a carelessly left campfire or a
match dropped from horseback. The
sheep men used to set the forest on
fire purposely, for the year after a fire
the burned acres yield fine forage.
Happily this practice is discontinued.
Sparks from locomotives now set more
fires within the national forests than
any other cause. Camping parties are
the next worst offenders. Indians.
stockmen, miners and lumbermen who
travel continually in the forests very
seldom leave campfires to spread and
do damage. They know too well the
results. For time almost every year
the citizens of Portland, Ore, lose sight
of some of the great mountains around
the city on account of the smoke from
the burning forests. There is little
doubt that since the white man settled
In the west more timber has been use
lessly burned than has been cut and
used.-Arthur w. Page in Worlds
Work
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
YEAST is A PLANT.
But 1t Can Be Seen as Such Only
With the Microscope.

Dut ~ Odn Dc OSSH as OUCH Only
With the Microscope.
Yeast is small plant which can be
seen on''- III the aid of the micro
scope, Good Health. There are
two varieties, wild and cultivated, for
these tiny plants can be improved
through cultivation, as larger plants
can be.
Firms which make yeast for the
market must grow these plants quite
as carefully as the florist grows his
flowers. Care must be taken that they
do not become mixed with other varie-
ties, therefore destroying the culture.
In some laboratories where yeast is
grown two separate buildings are kept
for this purpose. These are both care
fully disinfected. and if 1t is found
that the yeast becomes contaminated
in one building the culture is started
anew and the other building previously
disinfected before moving into it.
This plant, like bacteria. requires
warmth, moisture and food. The mate
rails out of which the bread is made
should always be warmed, and the
dough should always be kept in a
warm place. The temperature most
favorable is about that of the body, a
little less than 100 degrees.
There is always considerable mois-
ture in bread and plenty of food for
the plant The food which it requires
is sugar. This it obtains from the
wheat, there being some sugar in the
four and more sugar is also formed
from the starch.
AS the yeast plants feed upon sugar
they break it down into two sub
stances, alcohol and gas known as
carbon dioxide or carbonic acid gas.
AS the gas is formed it is held by the
gluten, which Is very elastic sub
stance. When the bread is put into the
oven the heat expands the tiny bub-
bles of gas. causing the bread to rise
or to become much lighter. The alco-
hol formed, being a volatile product.
passes off into the baking.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
The Old Round House.

st. Albans is said to possess the old
est inhabited house. This distinction
is said to belong to the old Round
House, now the Fighting Cocks inn,
which stands close to the river Yer
1t is a curious structure-of octagonal
shape-of early Saxon origin. having
been built as boathouse to the ancient
monastery founded at ST. Adams By
King Oflia about the year 705, and is
thus over /, 100 years old \ subter-
ranean passage. now blocked up. runs
from the basement to the ruins of the
monastery, a distance Of about 200
Yards. There is a shed ut the back Of
the house where il is said. Oliver
Cromwell stabbed his horse, himself
once sleeping under its roof 'Iuring tho
civil war Westminster Gazette.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
PITFALLS OF ENGLISH.
Dur Puzzlins Language and Its Words
of More Than One Meaning.

OF wore nan one meaning.
OF all modern languages English Is
undoubtedly the most difficult to &C.
quire. In addition to the ordinary
pitfalls of forms and idioms that en-
trap the foreigner struggling for mas
terry of a strange tongue, there is one
so peculiar to ours that nothing even
remotely similar presents itself in any
other language, whether ancient or
modern.
This is the paradoxical word, the
word which has two meanings diamet-
rically opposed to each other. 1t is
not enough that, with all the wealth
of words borrowed from half score
of other languages, we must impose a
double and often multiple burden on
some poor little monosyllabic word
like get" for instance, whose mean
ings are legion. Our language must
needs confound the student at the
gates with the paradox. To give a
few examples:
The word ''let" means to "allow"
or permit" and likewise to "pre-
vent" hinder or refuse" meanings
Numerically opposite. 81 will let you
do it, in the former sense is hardly
more common in use than the phrase
without let or hindrance," and
Shakespeare has it, "By heaven, I'll
make a ghost of him that lets pre-
vents mev'
"Cleave" means to split asunder as
well as to adhere" or "bind" closely.
Scott makes Marmion threaten to
"cleave the Douglas head" while
holy writ enjoins upon the husband to
"cleave unto his wife"
Another example is "lurid," which
means both dull red" and also a
pale green" hue, tints that are exact
~ opposed in the scale of color. While
the former is the more common mean
ing, the latter is more scholarly cor
rect, as the word is derived through
the Latin from the Greek adjective
meaning ''greenish hued."
Again, we have fast A horse
that is fast may be in rapid motion
or standing tied stock still In either
sense, whether of motion or immobili-
ty, the word emphasizes the idea.
Examples of this bewildering pit
fall of our tongue might be multiplied
indefinitely. 1t may be said of the
English speaking world as it was said
Of the old Romans-that their suprem-
acy is due to the fact that they do
not have to learn their own Language
Chicago Record-H Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Cairo Named For a Crow,

Cairo received its name from the &C.
cidental settling of crow upon Ger.
tain string. The naming of the place
dates from the year 969. when Goher,
a Tunis general, invaded Egypt and
prepared to found new city there.
"The architect, having made arrange
ments for laying the first stone of the
new wall, waited for the fortunate
moment, which was to be shown by
the astrologers pulling cord extend
ing to considerable distance from the
spot A certain crow, however. who
had not been taken into the council of
the wise men, perched upon the cord,
which was shaken by his weight. and
the architect, supposing that the ap-
pointed signal had been given, com
menced his work accordingly. From
this unlucky omen and the vexation
felt by those concerned the epithet of
Kahira fhe vexatious or unlucky) was
added to the name of the city, Masr
ell Kahira, meaning the unlucky city
Of Egypt" Kahira in the Italian pro-
nunciation has been softened into Cal
RI
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
------------------------
COMING to His Title,

Titles have rarely been conferred up
on native Americans by European SOW
ereigns, but several have succeeded
to titles by Inheritance. One of these
was Sir John Davie, the first town
clerk of Groton, Conn.,, who was grad
uated at Harvard in 1851. The story
of his reception of the news Of his
succession to baronetcy is told in the
pages of I'm Old Connecticut"
One day Davie was hoeing corn on
the plains in company with John Pack
err neighbor. both men in homespun
and barefooted. with their sleeves roll
ed up to their elbows and their trousers
up to their knees. when stranger
clad In the latest London fashion APP
peared and asked the official If he were
John Dayie.
Eyes" was the reply.
"Then l salute you, Sir John Davie
of Greedy Park. Devon said the WIS.,
itor.
Tradition says that the new baronet
finished his row-he was hoeing on a
wager with his fellow worker-then he
accompanied his visitor to the brown
homestead, treated him to cake and
wine and learned the whole story
how his uncle, Sir John Davie, Bart,
had died without male issue, leaving
his nephew sole heir.
In a short time the Poquo9ock farm.
err exchanged the brown farmhouse for
an English estate lie never forgot
his native land however, and always
retained his interest in Groton He
aided the settlers TO build their new
church and when it was finished pre-
senied it with a silver communion set.
He also made gifts to his relatives and
was one of the early benefactors Of
Yale collcga.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
MoAH's RAVENS.
q knotty Question Answered by a
Blacksmith Preacher.

DidCNSUItLH FTcdCneT.
Many years ago there lived ia one of
the mountain counties of Tennessee a
blacksmith who to his reputation for
honest work during the week added
that of being powerful exhorter on
Sundays. Held in high esteem by his
neighbors, possessed of a sufficiency of
this worlds goods for that primitive
community. he seemed to have solved
the question of terrestrial happiness.
but the thorn in the flesh is indigo
nous to all chimes and conditions, and
for the blacksmith it grew in the per-
son of one Tom Bradley, tall. lank
mountaineer, who was AShe wit and
wag of the neighborhoocIn who also
occupied the unenviable position of
skeptic in that orthodox community.
Tom delighted to prod the smith with
certain inexplicable Biblical state
ments, and these encounters sometimes
resulted disastrously for the exhorter,
causing him much h. liliation and
making him, as he said. 'wrassle in
prayer and cry to the Lord and spare
not"
Once at the yearly camp meeting the
old man was giving his experience"
In the tone and manner that were con-
sidered devotional in those parts. my
brethren, ah," he, said, "as l was
a-standin' in my shop an gittin' ready
to shoe Billy Hite's old gray mare ah
long come that son of a gun Tom
Bradley, ah. He asst me eff l believed
everything in the Bible, ah. l said
everything from kiver to kiver, ah
Believe that yarn about Noah bein'
shet up in the ark with all them diff
ferent sort of critters, ali? seize. Isl,
I done swallered Jonah an the whale,
ah, an l want a-goin' to gag at Noah,
ah.' Well seize, ah, EFF that raven
Noah sent out got lost, ah, where did
all these here ravens come frum, ah?
Brethren, thought fer minute, ah,
that old Satan had got the underholt
on me, ah, an was about to thoe me,
All; but, thank the Lord, ah, l Jest
thoed back my head, ah, an the sperrit
of knowledge plum filed me, ah, an
SEE, seZzi, 1T was the old he raven, ali,
that got lost, an the old she raven
was a-settin' on five eggs in the nest,
ali, an that's where these here ravens
come frum, ah.'
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
THE OPERA.
IL Appears to Have Originated In Italy
In the Year 1900.

~ FNPRCdiS " tidNC III italy
In the Year 1900.
The way Streatfeild, author of 1.-THE
OPERA" traces the development of OPP
era through the centuries is most clear
and concise and leaves you with the
impression that upon the matter of
history, at any rate, he is master of
his subject. Opera, 1t is shown, was
the result of an attempt made by
some Florentine amateurs to revive
the lost glories of Greek tragedy. They
failed to get back to the conditions of
Athenian drama, but in failing they
unconsciously laid the foundations Of
a new art form which soon worked
Itself into the affections of the peo-
pie. The beginnings of opera might
be said to date from the year 1000,
when public performance was given
in Florence of Peri's "Euridice'' In
honor of the marriage of Maria de-
Medici and Henry ". of France This
work consists almost entirely of ac-
companied recitative, which was the
invention of these Florentine reform
ClS, anu lut fOlCeS were dccOUlDduleu
by ''violin, chitarone "a large GUITAR.
Ira grande, Into crosse and gravicem-
balo or harpsichord, which filled in
the harmonies indicated by the figured
bass" 1t is interesting to know that
in this very primitive work the COM
poser tried to follow as closely as pos
sible in his music the ordinary infiec-
lions of the speaking voice. Monte
verde, who was contemporary of
Peri, but whose first opera was pro-
duced some seven years after "Eurid-
ice." made similar effort to recon
cile music with speech, and many
years after Gluck and still later Wag-
ner tried to do so, and it is amusing
when one knows how far in other di-
rections music as an art and opera as
a convention have progressed since
1900 to think that old Peri was prob
ably closer to the Debussys and Rey-
naldo Hahns of our day than all the
great men who have come between
New Age of London.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Because Washinston Is Dead.

One of the most impressive of the
ceremonies prescribed in the chapter
on "Honors and Distinctions of the
United States navy regulations is that
to be followed when a vessel of the
navy, on its way up or down the Po-
tomac river. passes Washington's tomb
at Mount Vernon. Unfortunately the
observance of this ceremonial is limit
ed to smaller ships. as for such only
is the Potomac at this point navigable.
The smaller cruisers and gunboats that
occasionally visit Washington for pres
idential inauguration or similar events
observe the ceremonial so strictly that
it would seem through infrequent oc-
currence it gains in interest. When
any naval vessel approaches Mount
Vernon the marine guard and the band
are paraded, the ships bell is tolled
and the colors half masted When op.
posite Washingtons tomb the bugles
sound taps" the marine guard pre-
SCENTS arms, and all officers and men
stand at attention and salute.-Har-
per's Weekly.