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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-23
At last a player piano operating the
Entire Key Board without fatigue
to the performer.

Heretofore Player Pianos have either been
limited to the use of only sixty-hve out of
the lightweight notes of the piano, or, if
they played the entire range of the piano
keyboard, were such tax upon the muscles
of the legs and ankles that the fatigue of
operating them greater than the pleasure
they afforded
Every one knows that the really beautiful
pieces of music require the entire keyboard
of the piano for their proper execution and
that in rewriting them to fit the sixty-6ve
note player much of the brilliancy of the
original music had to be eliminated.
The Objectionable fact that Player Pianos
only operated sixty-6ve out of the eighty
eight notes overcome some time ago by
the introduction of eighty-eight note players,
but it was only with the perfection of the
eighty-eight note Farrand-C d-Cecilian that both
EASE IN OPERATION and the playing of
the entire keyboard were combined.
These instruments are now being demon
strated upon the seventh floor of our building
Kearny and Sutter sts, at Our store at 1855
Van Ness av., and also in our Oakland
store, and are well worth seeing. They sig
Nifty radical Improvement in Player Pianos
and should be thoroughly investigated before
any other Player is purchased
Ultimately all Player Pianos will play the
eighty-eight notes, but all will never be easy
to operate, and any instrument that COM
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-23
pIauAD orFEREp HONOR

PARIS, Oct. 22.-Alfred Piquad, who
was director general of the Paris expo
sition of 1900, has been offered the
portfolio of minister of marine In sue
cession to CASTOR Thomson. who re-
signed last Monday
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Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page Is.
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Pazo Ointment is guaranteed TO cure any case
of ffctling, Blind. bleeding Protruding Piles
in TO II days or money refunded. soc. .
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THIS LABEL
The sun., 1908-11-08

The Virginia, which is 10 mcie journey
across the Atlantic next spring. Is there,
Workmea ere ove:hGrling tho craft end
rivets that are weak ere being replaced
so that she may be stencil end sound for
modore E, C. Benedict end on which
Pre- 'ident Cleveland mcdc meny cruises,
is also being overhnulei,
Tho only sdexhee' ste,n yacht in
these waters. the Ch--mory, owned by
Chrrle, G. Cater, is carefully boxei over
end looks like cnything but e comfortable
end speedy crcft She ives formerly the
Cle-mont end was modelled Gfter the
Hudson Rive. steiner Now YORK which
was burned only few deys ego,
One Of the most attractive yachts st
this besin is the schooner Queen, the
faste,t schoone- thTt HIS boen built,
She looks like anything but e Queon now
Her white sidcs ERE dirty and stained with
the bls.ct veto: OF South Brooklyn.
Her masts are already weatherbeaten
and all the varnsh that glistened in the
summer sun is gone. She has had all
her rigging taken of and now only the
hull with the two lower masts is left Of
the handsome craft that sailed so well
in the summer.
Near her is the same owners steamer
Celt and the sloop Yankee. a crack 70
footer built by Herreshoff. The big three
masted auxiliary Alcyone. the steamer
Wanderer. the auxiliary Invincible. the
flyer Arrow and the steamer Riviera are
among the feet stored here.
To lay up yacht takes lots Of time.
The owner will decide when 1t is to go
out OF commission and at that hour his
flag will be hauled down and gun fred.
The owner will then have his personal
belongings, such as clothes. bric-a-brao
and small articles that have been used
to make the interior Of his craft attractive
sent to his home. and the captain and crew
will take the yacht to the basin.
The stewards will at once get to work
at the interior fittings and furnishings.
All hangings, draperies, cushions, rugs and
carpets are taken up, cleaned. folded and
stored away, generally in some store
house on shore The crew is set at work
The sun., 1908-11-08

When the yacht has been stripped and
covered house is usually built over the
deck so that the rain and snow cannot
beat against the deck and deck houses,
and then all is snug for the winter. Two
men are usually left on large vessel
to watch it and see that nothing happens
and that nothing IS stolen, for even when
stripped there are still lots of things left
that might easily be removed and are
worth stealing.
Usually on large steamer the captain
and the engineer are engaged by the year.
and it is part Of their duty to watch the
vessel while it is laid up. They don't
live on board. but Gs a rule make daily
visits to their charge. the watchmsa
are often selected from the crew. Tney
live on the vessel day and night Thirty
five or forty dollars a month and their
board is what they are paid
With sailing craft the method Of
The sun., 1908-11-08
WITH The COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS IN THE FIELD or SPORT
IN EAST AND WEST.

4 New Conference Idea to Bar "tthietic
Immigrants" From Representing Col
IeEe They Change TO-Amherst's s
Swimming - Crew at AIinnesota: =:
The Western Conference intercollegiate
Association is the eeat of reform in COL
lege sports. Many Of the laws enacted
In that association later have been adopted
In other sections. An altogether new
thing now Ia proposed and by A. A. Stagg
Of the Univ ersity Of Chicago. He wants
to haze the conference include what is
termed an immigration plank in its plat
form. This Is to bar from taking Fart
In sth' etcs ct the second institution men
who come from another college. The
present equation is that men coming
from another university must be in resi-
dence for an academic year before they
tel me eligible. ard then may not pay
II they have had three years Of varsity
competition in ,leir first institution.
0eHeraly, however, there is 10 objection
70 a aman who has become eligible proper v
through his year of residence taking part
In sports
The one year rue ia designed TO har
the athletic tramp. In Other davs some
men tried as mlny Gs three colleges in
turn. leaving one 20 60 to another as they
saw fit Under the Cd system. or ,ack
OF system, they became e.igib' the mo-
ment they paid their fees in the college they
entered. II was very bad thing indeed
because il led to al sorts Of actual cor
ruption. 1t was the sort Of corruption
that could not be proved in many cases
especially where the athlete in question
was supposed 10 have enough money to
put him above being bought But ii
worked out in many cases just as If the
man were a professional bail player
trading his allegiance for interest and
conducting himself in sport altogether as
IN he were a pro and nothing e.se
Later on when the Gemand for some
reform that woull put an end TO this
became strongest the one year rule " as
put IN force. This, together with the
freshman rule, put an end. il is assumed
to the old type Of floating However,
u 10 within the possibilities that a man
good enough To re valuable to college
athletic association might even be main
tanned 4 year in the institution, with the
surety that eventually he would take his
place on the varsity team in the particu-
lar sport IN which he excelled TO an extent
10 make II worth while to keep him on,
This possibility. slight though it may seem
to some folks who do not know how zeal
n,as alumni are in behalf Of the athletic
prestige Of the:- universities, makes a
suggestion like that Of Prof Stagg very
significant and interesting.
KEEP THEM OUT ALTOGETHER.
Prof. staes purposes to have these men
kept out OF sports altogether. II they
The sun., 1908-11-08

summer homes near the water have their
yachts hauled out on their own property
and leave them standing on the shore
until the next season. The Hanan
brothers, who own the sloops Aspirant.
Seneca and other craft, have houses at
Port Chester. They haul their vessels
out on their own ways and have a store
house in which to keep sails, spars, rig
ging and fittings.
Very small craft such as catboats,
are first dismasted. then hauled out
and turned over on the beach. Some
times they are covered with canvas, but
often are merely treated to a coat Of
vaseline. which keeps the planking from
drying when exposed to the weather, and
then in the spring, when refitted, this
vaseline is scraped of and the wood is
as smooth and clean as when first built.
1t costs money to lay yacht up. The
cost for small craft is about so cents a
foot Of length. and length is figured from
the end Of the bowsprit II that spar is
left in to the extreme end aft. A craft
that measures 90 feet will consequently
cost $50 a month to lay up.
Then there is the cost OF hauling the
vessel out OF the water, which varies
according to it's size, and the cost Of
storing spars, rigging, sails and fittings
depends on the amount of space required
for all these things.
1t is the same with a large yacht
that floats in basin all the winter. Then
there are watchmen to be paid and in
surance charges and other little things
that keep the owner constantly drawing
on his hank. The big steamer Aztec is
laid up at Greenport. This yacht is one
OF the largest built in this country. She
has handsome fittings, upholsterings
and draperies and many finely built
small boats. 1t is said that she costs
81 500 month while she is out OF COM
mission. Yachting is costly luxury
not only while the yacht is in commits
sion but also while it is not in use.
The sun., 1908-11-08

on the rigging, spars and deck trimmings
and the engineers tackle the engines
The running rigging is taken down and
carefully overhauled and stored away.
The standing rigging is overhauled and
some Of il taken down, just enough being
left to keep the spars in place. II the
yacht has topmasts these are lowered.
Then all brasswork, mahogany rails
and matches are carefully covered, 30 that
they shall be thoroughly protected from
the weather. With the engines there
Is Just as much careful work to be done.
Every part has to be examined and
carefully covered with oil or vaselne to
keep it from rusting and then many parts
are wrapped to protect them from damp
ness and weather for the engine in fine
steam yacht is as delicate piece Of ma
chinery as a watch and very little damp
ness will ruin it. Finally a cap is put
on top Of the smokestack.
The sun., 1908-11-08

laying up is little different Yachts
like the Reliance, Constitution and Co.
lumbia are hauled out Of the water and
stand on ways The Reliance and Co.
lumbia are at City Island, the Constitu-
ton is at New London and the Shamrock
III Ia at the Erie Basin.
Their masts have been removed and
houses built over their hulls to protect
them from the storms. Their spars are
carefully wrapped in burlap and stored
away, The rigging is just as carefully
protected and the blocks are examined
thoroughly and stored away, each piece
being labelled. The sails are all we'll
dried, folded carefully and put in the
storehouse.
Small craft are often kept under sheds
especially if they are built of mahogany
or cedar, or IL left out in the open they
are covered with canvas.
Many owners Of small craft who have
The sun., 1908-11-08
EARLY ADVERTISEMENTS.
One OF the First n Handful Caxton Got
Out In IAsO About '.Pyes,"

One Of tho first English printed ad
vertisements was handbill or poster 10
out by Caxton in 1880 an9 reading: aPye
- OF Salisbury good and chep,
- II it please any man spirituel Or tenn
porel to bye
This was not bakers advertisement
Caxton had printed -Pyes' or clerical rule,
telling how the clergy at Salisbury deal
with the changing date OF Easter; and a,
the clergy could read he was bold enough
to print advertisements OF his sPyes.
For two centuries after it was intro
duced printing which should have boomec
advertising-if advertising depended pri
marily upon printing-had little or ne
effect upon It, The public had to be-
reached by the rebus over the shop, tte
public criers in towns and by bows in from,
Of stalls calling What dye lack, MASTER
What dye lackP"
Even public notices posted in catbe.
drals and other freQuented piacos vere
seldom printed says a writer in Svstem
SO few copies were required for the few
readers that they were cheaper hand
written.
And even the newspapers. when the
civil wars in England In the seventeenth
century brought them forth and thew
began TO develop readers, had an eI-
traordinarily small effect in developing q
advertising
Book notices. rewards for the arrest
OF runaway servants and thieves and the
announcements OF quaoks began to ap-
pear about 1852. And a little later the
germ OF modern advertising began TO
develop in the Mercurius POliticus. the
Kingdoms Inteiligeneer, the ,1rbiiek Adrer-
t'ser and others in an effort to introduce
tea, coffee and chocolate into England,
thus:
Tea: THAT excellent and b. all pby-
sitians approved China drink called by
the Chineans Teha, by other Nations Tay,
alias Tee"
Coffee: THE grain or berry called
coffee, growing only upon little trees in
the deserts Of Arabia. Brought from
thence and as drunk generally through
out all the Grand Seignor's dominions. IL
is a simple, innocent thing composed into
a drink"
And chocolate: aAn excellent West
India drink called Chocolate
The contrast between popular depend
ence upon advertising then and now
cannot be better shown than by the
experience after the great London fire.
out by fire. The printer Of the London
Go,et(e, with almost prophetic acumen,
offered his columns for notices OF new
locations OF shops. But though practically
every important shop in the city was
moved there was absolutely no response
to this offer. The old locations had never
been known through the newspapers, 90
why should any one look there for the
At the present time after large FIRE
In an American city the newspapers are
filed with notices OF the new locations
and restorations OF business
The sun., 1908-11-08

now she is moored very close to tho Mona,
which sho detected In the frat race for
tho LyAstrata CUP. Another big steamer
close by the KenGwha Is the TuscaTora
owne1 by Mrs. o. B. jennings.
The Sultana owned by Il. II Hartman,
Ia three mastei craft end Is soon on tho
lot Of the basin. rnd noar hor Is tho Heida
owned by NIX FloiEchmG mn, End Endy-
mion, owned by George Lrldor, Jr.
A fSir estimate Of tho value OF the
y51hts 30 plsinly in sight from the club
hoi re would be $ioOOOOO. Thoy ere the
h7se't en1 most palGtial in tho b'Sin.
1t Is not overestlmc ting things to scy that
tho valuo OF ell the yechts in the Mrrine
Basin Is moro than Si0,o?o .02).
AT Te5o's there are several large craft.
The sun., 1908-11-08
Never Worried Herself About Husbands
Name.
From ire Philadelphia Inquirer

From Ne PHILADELPHIA inquirer.
In declaring that she never knew her
husbands first name Mrs. Esther Eiemsn
OF Monroe street createu IaughGeY ~ the
central police court
Il have always called him Pop from
the first day married him. and as he did
not object ] never worried myself about
his hrst name, said Mrs. Nieman. who had
her husband arrested on the charge OF
failing TO support her.
The accused husband by direction OF the
Magistrate was Induced TO tell his wife 3
full name.
Certainly. I'm glad to do It," remarked
the defendant but think my wife has
fnown right along that am Jacob Nieman.'
The sun., 1908-11-08

meet Cornell this season, although as
Pennsylvania dropped the local college
1t doesn't look as II 1t could make effective
competition for the Ithacens. For lack
OF something nearer the IthacAns might
take on one OF the middle Western COL
leges
The sun., 1908-11-08

organs are employed by this exercise.
The tonic effect OF pure water on the skin
is inestimable and it is possible to get
of time, and this of course Is import rtant
TO the busy student.
Since the opening of the natatorium
TO students in the fall Of 1905 the results
OF swimming in the way Of development
may be looked upon as truly remarkable.
In the class of 1910 there were forty six
swimmers and the result of six weeks
swimming three times week Of one-half
hour periods is as follows.
The sun., 1908-11-08
ROWING AT MINNESOTA.

ROWING AT MISSEsoTA.
There have been attempts before this
to introduce rowing at the University Of
Minnesota, but the efforts generally have
not got very far This season, 1t Is pre-
dcted confidently by those interested,
no further than to organize a freshman
eight, The idea is that rowing, once
started. will be developed until varsity
crew is produced to compete against Wis
consin, the only other college in the sec
tion interested in aquatics. The question
is left aside as being look rather too far
into the future.
The Government dam at Meeker Island
is about completed. and this ould give a
fine, smooth course for the oarsmen. One
thing that has given the impetus to the
plan for crew, outside Of having better
course than was possible before. is that
there are several men in college right
now who have rowed on the Minnesota
b. c. crews in important races. Among
these are Robert Nelson, stroke, and ID.
J. Payne, bow, Of the Minnesota B. c.
field, and Reginald Mccarthy and Judd
Foster, club oarsmen of prominence.
There is plenty OF money to be spent
on rowing at Minnesota, because the
athletic treasury is full, There is much
enthusiasm over starting the now sport.
ne bOpneTS DeHeNe tney VIII not nave
much trouble to get capable coach,
although that is by all odds the greatest
difficulty they will have. However, il
they purpose going into the game with
real interest they ought TO be able to get
some one who knows about rowing. 1t
has been a sort of dream and a matter
often reported that there would be crew
at Minnesota. but this time il looks as il
IL were something better than a report.
YlIE-COpGRII, ENTENTE
Some persons are taking the dual cross
country race between Yale and Cornell
as the forerunner of dual track meet
between the two colleges some time soon.
There isn't great chance OF that appar-
emily. because Yale meets both Harvard
and PRINCETON in dual games. and to add
Cornell looks like too much OF an
undertaking. Cornell has had only one
meet Of late that with Princeton. which
has not been an extraordinarily good
test recently. Cornell Is looking for
some one. and prefers Yale or Harvard.
Harvard, besides the meet with Yale.
has Dartmouth on the list. and that makes
1t hard for the Crimson to undertake any
more. There isn't any college but Penn
sylvania In the Cornell class.
II may be that Columbia will try to
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-06-26
VOLUME XVIII
Bourbon CircSit Court.

Court opened Tuesday morning with
Tho call of the case of Hattie Hutch
onsft Hill. etc., against Mary F. Hedg-
- executor. The case is to set aside
Go will of MARY {. Hedges, who was a
Ger of Mrs. Hili. The case is being
utterly contested and will take up ali
~ the remaining t;ne OF this term Of
The Court. The trial is attracting a
iarce number OF lady snecta tors.
The propounievs OF the will are rep
resented by Col: J: R. Alien. Of Lex
Noon. Col. r. B. Franklin. of Frank
f f Mcmillan & Talbot, Ray Mann,
Of Louisville. and Judge Harmon Stitt,
while the contestants are represented
nv Hon. c. J. Bronston. of Lexington.
and Walton, Dickson & Walton.
the examination or witnesses have
been long drawn out by both sides and
riCbt sessions of Court Will have to be
held to complete the case at this term
as Judge Stout has stated that he will
he compelled to adjourn Court Satur-
dav night.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-06-26
Bourbon Fair Officers Getting
Busy.

The Directors Of the Bourbon County
Agricultural Svc.sLy met tuesday In
the county cc'Ivt room in the court
house ana l-iaae II! preliminary ar
ranrements for a great fair to be held
September 10.
President j. NJ. Hall called the meet
ing to order, and in the ahs..nce of Sec
rotary e. A. Weboer On account of i'll
ness. Director F. .. Lowry acted IS
Secretary.
The first business Of Importance was
the selection of the various exhibits
and determining the value of the prem
iums. An amendment TO the rules of
the society was passed prohibiting the
moving of premium show stock from
the grounds OF the society without
first obtaining the consent of the presi-
dent and vice presidents. The poultry
list was not passed upon. being referred
to the committee in charge with full
power to act.
Several new premiums are to be con-
tested for this year, among which will
be the contest for the best fat man
rider. No one under 220 pounds will
be eligible to entry.
The committee in charge of amuse-
mentS for the week of the fair report
ed having made contract for daily
balloon ascension by one of the most
noted aeronauts in the country. The
committee also reported the closing of
a contract for the famous Webber
band, of Cincinnati, who will furnish
music during the week of the fair.
The catalogues, which will be print
ed in this Office. will be rushed to COM
pletiOn just as soon as the copy is
handed in.
The outlook for the Sixty-third An
nual Bourbon FAIR is indeed promising
and we predict one of the largest at
tendance and best fair that has been
seen in Bourbon for years.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-06-26
Country Residence Burned.

While Mr.. c. j. Daniel was waiting
at the internrban station Wednesday
evening for the z o'clock car TO arrive,
expecting some guests, he was notified
by phone that his home was on fire.
Driving rapidly out Of town, Mr.. Dan
lei reached his home as fast as his horse
could carry him, it being three miles
out, on the North Middletown pike,
only TO find it in ashes.
All of the clothing of his family and
all household effects, except a piano
and few chairs. were destroyed.
Mrs. Daniel and a woman who lives
with them were at home, being busily
engaged in the hen house, which is
situated in the chicken yard near the
house. One of them happened TO look
toward the house and saw it in flames.
1t is supposed to have caught from
the kitchen fiue, as that portion of the
house was first noticed to be burning.
The parlor was the only room that
could be entered by them on account
OF the smoke and flames and by hard
work they managed to save the piano
and few chairs.
The place belongs to Mr.. L. J. Fret
We'll, OF this city, MS old home, and
was insured for 81, 800.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-06-26
Good Day for Parsons.

Ten convicts in the Frankfort peni-
tertiary were pardoned late Wednes
DAY afternoon by Acting Governor W.
81. Cox and were released yesterday.
They ore members Of, what the guards
at the prison call "Cox's Army" with
one exception, George West, who mas
been prisoner for twenty-five years
without mark against him.
Nine of the prisoners pardoned are
crippled or diseased and four are
blind. This is the largest number of
convicts pardoned at one time in the
last thirty years, or since Governor
Blackburn turned loose one hundred
and fifty at one time.
The pardOns were granted at the
instance of Col. E. E. Mudd, the war
den, and DR.. Joseph Barr, the prison
physician, and Governor Cox, when be
made short talk to the pardoned
convicts, told them that their release
was due TO the kindness of heart OF
the warden and the physician.