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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-30
HoRsEs. HARNEss AID WAGoNs


AAA-Horse. buggy. harness. $25 up; horse
wagon. harness. so up; horse. saddle, bridle
SIS up: buggies, SO up; wagons. SIS: harness
S25 zap; camping rigs. complete. $45 up; pack
saddles, SIS up: ladies' and gents riding sad
dies 81 up; I'll surprise you when It comes to
cheapnesS. 80 head OF horses, mules and ponies
constantly on hand for sale or trade; auction
sale Saturday. Aug l, at IL a. "a. 565 4th st,
Oakland.
MONEY made daily. and Call Want Ads help to
make IL. Advertise yOur wants; make them
known 10 the public through Call Want Ad.
An Investment. not an expense. For full par
ficllars read Call Want Ads daily
3 TON spring wagon. harness and team; all IN
good condition; price 5000: also I wagon; ca
pacity 3. .O00 lbs 1000 Green st.
STYLISH rubber tired trap for small horse:
used about ten times. 1899 Jackson ST., Oak
land see coachman.
FOR Sale Wilkes driving mares: fast AMI
stylish: buggy. surrey and harness if2O
Pleke ST.. Berkeley
GOOD horse for business buggy; loo pounds
Western Aeat Company, Oakland, Cal
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MARIN COUNTY REAL ESTATE


TERMS. Is CASH, BALANCE $40 MONTH
TAMALPAIs Valley is being sold in at
$3.50 an acre and up. Tamalpais Valley is
view OF mountain and bay. few years Ago
acres in the Berkeley hills sold for few
hundred dollars. Today they are worth thou
sands of dollars Today. acres in Mill Valley
one mile distant from Tamalpais Valley, are
worth from $4,000 to $4,000. Remember that
suburban hard TO get. We are bul-
ing roads and laying water TO every lot. Elec-
.~tric light and telephone service assured.
half hour schedule This is probably your last
chance to get beautiful acre homesite within
miles of San Francisco for a few hundred
dollars We have sold 125 Of these lots in
the last few weeks. Investigate Tamalpais
trated booklet CRANSToN. BELvEL &
DWYER. 5T3 California st. Phone Keany
419S.
S175 each, San Anselmo; 2 beautiful wooded lots;
superb marine and mountain view; 90 foot
frontage water street work, etc; minutes
walk to station; snap. H. F. MANN, opposite
depot:
REDWOOD CITY REAL ESTATE
VILLA tract. 40 TT. frontage. $3.50 up; 10 per
cent down. $40 per month"; no interest; no
taxes; macadamized streets, curbs, water and
sewer free to purchasers; warm enwaee otiit,eS e1
c. r. WILCOX & CO.. s27 Golden Gate av:
OIL AND OIL LANDS
PROVEN oil lands for sale and lease; transpor-
tation ample; terms reasonable. GhAhAM x
HAILSTONE. 500 Pacific bldg. ). r.
SAN ANsELMO REAL Estate
$ST5 cash; sacrifice; owner going east swell lot.
20 foot frontage 100 feet deep; grand view;
shade trees; water; street work, ETC.; min.
walk to station. Box 200. San Anselmo.
FOR choice suburban home sites see San Ra-
fael Heights; sewer, water. wooded Iots 0O
feet to two acres. ATTHoWE STUDLEY,
San Anselmo.
SAN RAFAEL REAL ESTATE
FOR sale-San Rafael cottage and barn; No.
Latham st.
HAYWOOD COLONY
WRITE to w N woodson Corning CAL. for
MoNTARA REAL ESTATE
MONTANA
GRAND EXCURSION on new Ocean Shore
railroad to Montara and return, including diu-
ner, 81; new houses, new hotel. new side
walks; large lots, acres ;fwill build houses for
home seekers easy terms. MtNrAKA Of
flee. 26l Van Ness av. San Francisco.
SANTA CRUZ REAL ESTATE
RANCHES, 2 a. up. improved; town property.
lots. r. u. Parker. 123 Pac. nv.. Santo CIV
. BUILDINGS TO LEASE
BRICK building. 7OxS5. with concrete floor,
water tanks, oil tank. steam boilers, engine,
deep well stable, with IL stalls; frame wagon
shed; rent very reasonable. Inquire WUN-
DER BREWING co.
TO lease-Loft, 45xl27. $125; basement, 6OxsO,
S50 store ground floor, 2Ox65, $50: loft. 45x
95 $50. will subdivide $25 upward. Phone
4306: o: P. DOWNING & CO. 81 Main st:
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HALF MOON BAY REAL ESTATE

- 2. s,,-,s
Coney Island and center OF actiyitiesi 20 foot
lots to acre villa Sites 500 to 5000: aerms 10
Puit. ALEXANDER MACklE, ia Market 81.
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ELECTRICAL TREATMENT

A-DR. PIERCE, only licensed ladies' specialist.
our treatment Is pleasant, safe and sure Don, :
trust your health to dangerous drugs or even
more dangerous operations. You can pay IN.
tie down. "A Sd st. near Call building: 10
a. m. 10 p. M: Sundays till Q ~
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HorELs-Continned

MARLBORO. 1914 Polk near California. / bloel
from Van Ness av.--Just opened: new. moderl
rooms: all conveniences; from $3.50 up per wS
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OSTROM TRACT
TEN and 20 acre tracts $50 and up; terms,
25 per cent down, balance in four annual in
stallments; select either bottom upland,
both.
THREE RAILROADS
Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Northern
Electric.
The upland is a red, sandy loan, with a
sandy, clay loan subsoil; the bottom Is d
chocolate sediment loan There is better
Only few places where the soil is less than 6
feet in depth. Two electric power lines. Two
railroad stations (Ostrom, S. p. Anderson,
n. e.. One hours ride from Sacramento on
Northern Electric
Write for further particulars
w. r. NOBLE & CO.,
1015 Sth ST., Sacramento Main 1876.
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OUR BIG DITCH

NOW COVERS 25. coo ACRES
of the very best land in California and later
ais have been run to each 40 acres; 1907 prod
ucts were: Alfalfa. $50 to SIS per acre. prunes
and pears, $3.50 to $515 per acre; oranges, $3.50
10 $1,000 per acre; every vegetable, fruit,
grain grass does well here; well drained !;
very healthful; no malaria Glenn and Colusa
counties; west side OF Sacramento river
Our special offer to close out the Boggs tract
Is l.56 per acre per month, including taxes
and interest on our best 500 land; Join our
excursion Saturday afternoon. Write for book
let. C. NJ. WOOSTER CO., 702 Market ST
Office open Wednesday and Friday evenings
after O'Clock
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FOR sALE-NIIsceIIaneous

SHOES for everybody; convince yourself by
calling; baseball given away free with
every purchase for 10 days only; prices almost
cut in half.
All IS shoes. =. SO. All So shoes :. 81 20
All 81 shoes. - $3.05lA s.. 80 shoes. {. 81 90
All $3.50 shoes 50. 70l
Repairing done at short notice NJ. n.
ELIAS, go McAllister St bet. Laguna and
Buchanan.
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COUNTRY REAL ESTATE
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE
ALFALFA FARMS
PLANTED AND IRRIGATED
s1.50 Down, $3.50 Month.

We offer 8. TO- 90 and 40 acre farms planted
to alfalfa and cared for by us; proceeds Of
crops credited your contract of purchase;
under irrigation; in Glenn county. miles
from Willows, the county seat; on easy terms
of payment. $1.50 down and $1.50
per month. Write us. telephone US
or call at the office for circular, giving full
particulars.
ALFALFA FARMS CO.,
403 Monadnock Bldg, San Francisco.
Telephone Douglas PISS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-23

The Chinese boys were very fond OF flying Kites,
and as soon there was any breeze they were out
at play In the palace Dumping saw some I'M
men>e kites ot odd shapes bigger than men He
asked the people by signs to Av them They an
swcrcd by Signs that thcv needed much more wind
Vt last, one day there 4 strong breeze; the
big kltes "~re taken GUY, and Dumping de-
AEhted 10 see great clouds high up IN the sky.
"0h il could only get up to them" he Thoughts.
The men sent UP the big kites. One OF them
pulled hard that II took TWO men To hold il As
soon a. it was v7 a long way in the sky-amoSt
- the clouds, II seemed 10 Dump!lng,-they tied 1t
lTmIy t" a roSt. !hen they came bowling 10 Dump
.i:i1 10y : ' 81 nc I'll s'';" nun I I,"' they had
-''-' '-.s .''H I"e invite" MN |" ieeI now
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sail away to some distant savage country he knew
that he Gould never get back He might even go TO
CHINA, ne thought, away to the other END OF the
Po6r lost Bu1n ns@ tried hard to keep awake but
he was tired from SO much excitement and such
unusual exercise, and his eyes closed in spite OF all
he could do keep them open. The cloud was soft
and comfortable, at last he fell asleep
The was shining brightly when he awoke. He
looked down from his cloud where he was
All below him was great desert of rocky plains;
burnt and dry from the heat OF the sun. Here and
sionally man or two; but they looked very foreign
to him.
And now Dumping discovered that he hun
cry And the sun became hotter and hotter. He
crawled down into shadowy nook OF his cloud TO
try to keep cool. While he sat there rejecting
over his nishap and wondering, where he could get
breakfast. he discovered that his cloud had grown
smaller while he sleeping. And even now, as
he looked, it seemed to be breaking up. It also
became thinner and more transparent, and he
surprised find that he could almost see through
it, The HOT drying 1t up
In the Of a few hours, though to Dump
ling seemed much shorter time. the larger part
OF his cloud had melted before his eyes Here
ii it disappeared entirely?
He longer could move about it with safety
a Ut And nov he notced that the remnant Of the
clo"d also getting nearer to the earth all the
III it only holds together till I get there" he
though, to himself. But he very much feared that
safety. Now Re saw houses, plenty OF them. He
was Just great city he could see it stretching
away N every direction. And what strange houses:
He had the like before. They were =
such odd shapes, like great wooden tents, and az
brightly colored
"Pcrhaps it S China" he thought.
Here the cloud began breaking up in most
alarming manner. Piece after piece broke off and
melted away into the air Dumping scrambled
from each shifting piece another and held for
d~a- life. But they kept growing thinner and thin
rc- To his horror. he found that his feet went
through and lett holes. He felt that Re must soon
fall unless things changed az once But the sun
grew hotter and hotter. and the cloud still melted
sinking. Es tiled to hold to the last lump
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head and bewiIdered hm'hat he..forgot to let go
Poor Dumping wished he had Mt come there
OF his own free will. And he did get away; for the
! balloon suddenly again dragging him
the clothes-ines. They broke. and away he went
with several of Mere segles best sheets and table
Come back. come back you thief" she shouted
Dumping would have LIKED only too well to
Another strong. gust of wind, and away they
sailed, this time high above the houses Dumping
seo ms ss Other boy 0n G9o
watched him sail away.
selves keep from falling the basket rocked
dangerously, shaken by every sQuaIl And they
eonld not pull Dumplng in as they had intended
his eyes he saw. beneath him. the village, looking
like collection OF tiny toy 1885, The boys
Oh, dear he though LOW shall I ever get
DOWN.
But higher ard still higher few the balloon
Soon they were among the clouds. These looked
temptngly soft to Dumping,
along ike tail t to KITE it he ad And the S ore
he thought about the clouds, the more he liked the
idea of trying one At last big round cloud just
~ We mind to drop down on it.. he said to
o he r6 5pf ne sn GA hu his hands OF on
Ihe temptati9n was too great to resist Dump n
air. Wine the sheets were released and whirIcd up
and away. He alighted in the middle OF the soft
cloud without shock; it felt like featherbed He
was delighted: il was 50 much more comfortable
than the e:d OF rope. The balloon soon d;sap-
reared. sill going up, up. and he found himself
alone.
Nov this is very we'll SO far" said DumoIins;
Hhut how shall get home in time for support"
he crawicd over TO the edge to look down but
al &C could at first more clouds.
nd, 10 his surprise, the all seemed TO be soins
n different directions. At last, between them. ne
saw nc ear.h far down below. "On II never set
ba-i: in time" re thought.
=. he looecd the land seemed 20 slide away t-o,n
beneath him. Fer While he could understand
t,is: but he discovered the reason-hs cloud
was aioviag along al the time. And now he be-
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Of cloud, bat it vanished in his arms. He shut
lis eyes for he knew that now he was lost Down.
down he rushed through the air. Thud! He had
struck something. Crack! crashG 1t gave way
Splash! Dumping had landed ,
and shouting made him open his eyes. He looked
Up. Above him was hole which he had made
ing in the middle OF big fountain. Now he under
God why he not hurt. He looked about him.
Strange people shouting and waving their
Lands. Some were their knees, though
shipping before him
,o NJ, the f5d q IT. the sun they sea s t has
Dumping Of 1.-THE water They took off his wet
clothes and put rich robe around hrm; then they
sat him on fine cushions and brought him all sorts
Of strange food and drink which they placed before
him Then they Frustrated themselves at his feet.
while musicians beat gongs and sang what seemed
tuneess songs.
Dumping was bewi1dered that he forgot to be
frightened, But when the food was presented to
him he remembered that he had had dinner the
day before, nor breakfast that morning, He forgot
everybody in his hunger and until he could
And those who watched him said to one another
that he must be god for human being
Next he looked about him. What strange men
these were; He had never seen any such before
wonder if I m in China" he thought
He asked where he was, but of course they could
understand him
They are Cinnamon" he thought
He is god,1 they thought HE speaks oeles-
And d' again they Bowed Do down n before e him,
Dumping had fallen ehrOugh the roof OF the
PRINCES Palaoe To every one OF course it was sv-
knew well that no ordinary person lived in the
clouds. The prince gave up his best throne 10 HIM
gods had done him.
Messengers were sent runrrng through the city
to announce the wonderful event: and soon the
people came in multtudes to the Child OF the
Sun Dumping carried the temple on a
golden throne, while all the populace Of the city
fell down on their faces as he was borne before
them
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THE LIGHT OF THE FREELY.

What pleasure it is to watch the brilliant inter
n1ittent sparkling OF the hrefies over the lawn
in the shrubbery! On warm evenings in sum
the vanishing and reappearfng OF these innur-
cradle little lights is very beautiful
These so-called "irefies" are flies at all Blu.
beetles that have soft-shelled flexible wing-covcs.
instead OF those that are hard and she'll meta
like. is usually the in the beetle family,
There several kinds of the lightning beetles
in different parts of the country. In our common
FREELY. the two end joints at the rear OF the bod
of sulphuryellow color. From these III
strange, bright, phosphorescent light is given
1t is produced by the action OF the nervous system
at the viii 81 the insect upon peculiar formation
OF microscopic cells at this part OF the body.
A famous FREELY OF Brazil is called the cneaja. n
tropical countries there is large FREELY called
the Pyrophorus, that gives steady light. not flash
ing like FREELY, and is brought alive to the
United States and sold as q ornament.
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boys ran eagerly!fO the rope7 but tRe baoon Was7
going too fast, and they unable hold it.
flake a t1rn around that post" called one of the
men from above. But before the eager boys, tug
cling with all their might, could do they
asked, sudden gust lifted the balloon, and they.
carried off their feet dragged along their toes
barely touching the ground
"Let go, let go!" shouted the men, alarmed lest
the boys sho uld be hurt. The boys, now somewhat
frightened lat the rope slide through their hands,
md tumbled and rolled on the ground, unable to
stop themselves But Dumplng, as always. was too
Slow the last TO- take hold he was nGT the last to
he was, making up his mind to do so, the balloon,
freed from the weight of the other boys with
"a jump, carrying him high up from the ground.
stop, hold on stop! T want get down. cried
poor Dumping, very anxious to let go. But
the men above cried him to hold on for dear
life, for they that should he fall from such
height he would surely be hurt, and perhaps seri-
ousiy. So D,rrrtpling set his teeth and held on
At last. quite low down, he found himself drag
ing across Mere Segle's garden The linen was
hanging out on The lines dry Now was Dump
ng's chance he decided drop; but JUST as he had
come to this conclusion, sheet happed around his
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- inF dyiot
A. bal ings coud rapd
anngo the wood ngc
ouard h a
"a aloon aig
the occpan 81 dropped a e
Aongto tnnto ma
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PONE-BREAD.
By GRACE MACGOwAN COOKE.

Little Bobby Black.
He's a-singin' for a snack,
An what shall make him from de meal in de
sack
Go chunk up de FIRE wild piece o hick'ry wood,
Mix up de dough-
Pat il de hoe
An, sinner, did y taste hoe-eaks,
Oh, sinner did v ash-cake:
Ef y didn't y don know what's good
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him, he made signs when he wanted anything. and
everybody ran to wait upon him But after while
he grew very hOmesick and could think Of no way
to get back to his own village for he knew it must
be very far off
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

Delegate c. II. Johnson--Da Daniel
Gray. Johnson.
Delegate Powell--f3ryan. Daniel
Delegate Taliaferro--SSominee oil
Denver convention. except Roose
welt. Delegates to Ire uninstructed
Delegate +. NJ. Love-Bryan.
Delegate Stubbs-Bryan.
Delegate Chitwood-Bryan, Dan.
iel.
Delegate Jennings-Bryan, Dan.
lei. Martin.
Speaker Byrd-Bryan.
Delegate j. w. Williams-Bryan
Johnson, Folk.
Delegate Wilson-Bryan.
Delegate Wflhns-Gray. Daniel,
Bryan
Delegate Thrift-Bryan. Johnson
Delegate Powers-Bryan, Har
mon, Johnson.
Delegate Montague-Bryan, Gray
Johnson.
Delegate Wingo-Johnson, Cul
bersOn, Gray.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
THE PEOPLES FORUM.

Mr.. Editor: About a year ago
the restaurants ran by Greeks i'm
he city of Roanoke were wrecked
hy a mob and considerable property
destroyed A number of the rioters
were fined and imprisoned. and the
city paid the Greeks for the loss of
.heir property On the 18th of the
month Mayor Cutchin issued a pro
clamation addressed to the Greeks
Of the city. saying they must obey
the laws, and warns them If they
suffer damage in the future to their
property the city will not make
good the loss. He tells the Greeks
they must not take the law i'm their
own hands, and that they disregard
the Sabbath and care nothing for
the laws of the land
1t is evident the mayor considers
the patricians from the classic
shades of the Acropolis very "un-
desirable citizens" and having moth
ing in common with American lnsti-
buttons, and believes they are here
only TO fitch the Americans of their
iucats, and then return to their pow.
erty-stricken, barren country. and
i've like nabobs at a cost year
that an American workman spends
n Il week.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
HOW DEMOCRATS STAND
IN VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

Richmond, Va. Feb. William
jennings Bryan is the choice OF the
majority of the Democrats in the
general assembly for the presiden-
tial nomination, with Senator John
w. Daniel a good second
That is the result OF poll by the
News Leader which. while not com
plete. is fully indicative of the
choice OF the lawmakers. There
were many of the solons who said
they were too busy with their duties
making laws for the state to con
slider small thing like the presi-
dency. The News Leader asked for
hrst. second and third choice. but
few gave more than two. Hearst
and Hoke Smith got one each second
choice, while Woodrow Wilson got
one first; Judson Hartman, of In
diana, got two tlrsts, as did Judge
Gray, OF Delaware. while the latter
finishes third in the second choice
class. with Johnson, of Minnesota
leading as the second choice and
Bryan second in the same class. Gull
berson, OF Texas, and Chandler. of
New York, get one first choice
each, with Chandler the second
choice two and Culberson the second
choice Of nine.
one gentleman said that he was
for Grover Cleveland for the nom
nation, but he thought he would be
In such a minority that he failed TO
announce his choice.
1T is interesting to note that some
OF the members ignore Bryan en-
tirely, one gentleman saying boldly.
NO Bryan for me-" Others. men
who have been in many campaigns.
come cut for Bryan for first. third
ana second choice all the way
through. They do not want any 9th
or candidate. One senator SAYS he
Is Tor Bryan as the strongest candi.
date The choices as expressed at
THIS time are tentative only. tina
gentlemen nearly all expressing the
idea that it was as the situation an
Feared at this time and was as much
"a reflex of sectional preference as
that of the individual.
The replies of the queries of the
News Leader as returned to the Of
flee were as follows:
THE SENATORS.
Senator Gravatt-Bryan.
Senator Pedestrian.
Senator sale-Bryan.
Senator Thornton-Bryan.
Senator Walker-Bryan.
senator Lesner- Daniel first. GRAY
second, and Bryan third.
Senator Garrett-Bryan first. Dan.
lei second and Gray third.
senator HObbs-Daniel first. Rrv-
an second, Gray third.
Senator Keezell-Bryan
Senator Carter-Bryan.
senator Parks Daniel first. Brv-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
4 CASE OF
LOCAL INTEREST
FLAT TOP GROCERY co. WINS
CASE IN COURT OF APPEALS

In the supreme court of Charles
ton Tuesday, an opinion was handed
down in the case of the Pocahontas
Wholesale Grocery Co. VS.. J. A. Gil
Iespie and others from Mcdowell
county. The Flat Top Grocery com
pany OF this city was the appellant.
The supreme court reversed in
part and remanded in the case OF the
Pocahontas Wholesale Grocery com
Jany VS.. Gillespie ct ais, from Nc
powell county. Judge Miller wrote
The opinion OF the court, which says:
/. The officers return upon an
attachment is competent and legal
evidence to show proper service
thereof and that the property at
Jached is such as may be legally
seized under the writ, and CON
elusive evidence that everything has
been done necessary to constitute a
valid attachment
2. The giving of separate checks
at different tmes by one merchant
TO another, aggregating an amount
in excess of the Jurisdiction of
justice, is not alone sufficient to
show they were given for the same
demand, so as to defeat his jurisdic-
ton Of separate actions thereon.
3. Where, after several continu-
ances by agreement of the parties.
there being no appearance by either
party at the time TO which the last
continuance was thus made, the JUS
tice Of his own motion continues the
case from week to week for an ag-
gregate period Of more than three
months before final judgment, such
action, If neither party is present in
sistng on his rights under sections
$500, chapter so. code, amounts to
@ mere irregularity not to dis
continuance Of the case or an custer
of jurisdiction
Where jurisdiction by JUS
t.ce has once been gained, 70 viii not
Doc lost by such subsequent irregu-
.ar.-y. and bis Judgment can not.
on that ground De collateraIly att
tackled.
b Conditional and uncertain
agreements between counsel for the
parties respecting dismissal OF a
suit begun will not be- enforced so
as 10 avoid a judgment subsequently
recovered and involved in q coIIater-
aI proceeding.