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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-18
HOLIDAY EDITIONS
READY FOR PUPILS
Tom Cat" VIII Amuse Oakland
Students With Its Many
JOsEeS
Ola Podrida, the Berkeley PUB
IicatiOn, Will Contain Many
New Features

OAKLAND. Dec 17.-The Christmas
number OF the Tom Cat, the josh paper
Of the Oakland high school students.
will appear in the school court at noon
tomorrow. Preparation OF the edition
has been made during the last two
months and many cartoons and hlustra-
tions by school artists viii embellish
the paper.
Tie editorial staff consists of John
Roberts '09. editor; Edith Anderson 10,
assistant editor; George Leber 'OS,
Dorothy Burrus 10. Tison Harris 0s
and Valma Hardy '09. department edi-
tors: Fred Mills 10. Edith Pelton 10
Lillian Eccleston '09, Stanley Merritt
90. Alexander Dingwell '09 and Stella
Rucker 10. associates
The artists are Stanley Larabee II
Ed Kitto 10, Talbot Black '09, Harold
Newsom 10. Bob Starr II and NJ
Osamee 10
The business manager is Edward
Veitch 'o9. with his assistants, Herbert
Saiinger -oS, Gardner Beach 10, Baldwin
Gray %. Andrew Smith '09 and Geof-
frey Eav0 -OS
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-18
SOCIALLY
CHARMING, TOO

A Well-Devel0ped Figure, Ex-
quisite Bust Proportion, Well
Rounded Arms and Neck,
Make HOmely Women At.
traetive.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-18
Ola Podrida Today


BERKELEY, Dec. 1.-THE holiday
edition Of the Ola Podrida viii appear
at Berkeley high school tomorrow
morning and il promises to be an excel
lent production. The staff has been
collecting material since the first of
the term and will introduce many new
features in addition TO the usual de-
partments. The final is primarily rep
resentative Of the graduating class, but
this number viii have photographs COW
ering all OF the school activities for the
past term
During semester the staff has raised
the periodical from insignificance to the
foremost ranks Of high school journals,
and this final bids fair TO excel them
ALL Following are the students whose
efforts have brought the volume to COM
pletion:
Editorial stan-George Macdonald,
editor in chief: Ray Randall 09, assist
ant editor; Roy Barrett '09, Miss Sarah
Hammond 90, Aubrey Drury '09. asso-
ciate editors; Lee Patterson '09, Brevard
Sinclair 10, Raymond Martin '0S, hu-
morous department; Alfred Hartley '09,
football editor; Fred Allen '0S, track
department; Daniel Drake '09, basket
ball and swimming departments;
Charles Thomas '05. alumni notes; Ed
Steel 'O9 Miss Mabel Alverez, Lloyd
Rollins. Joseph Jacobson. Clarence Lo-
can oS Richard stevens Il, staff ar
lists.
Business staff-Frank Agar 90. man
ager: Albert Schwerin. Eugene Frick-
stad. Malcolm Sinclair, Carl Replogl. as
sistants. +. T. Dooley, staff photogra-
pher-
Class is Graduated
BERKELEY, Dec. l7.-Before a
large audience IN the Berkeley high
school - members Of the graduating
lass were given their diplomas to-
night President L. p. Lewis OF the
board of education presented the
diplomas and Prof. Edward Bull Clapp
head Of the Greek department Of the
university. delivered the graduation
address. entitled To the Graduates
cxhorting them TO live up to the best
traditions Of their school life. Rev
~. 6. Matthew pronounced the invoca-
tion and several musical numbers
added 10 the program Of the evening
A majority Of the graduates of the
school viii enter the university either
in January or next August The lasi
social event Of their high school days
viii take place in the ballroom OF
Masonic temple tomorrow, when tht
senior bali Is held.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
A BIunder.
(Original.1

[OriginaLl
 When left home for Miss Harmon's school for girls my father lived in Illi- hois. When I was graduated he had removed to Bankton, N. Y. He gave me the street and number. but he was lawyer. and lawyers were in those days proverbial for their wretched handwriting. so l found it difficult to make out the address. As near as l could come to deciphering the name of the street 1t was Lafayette. This was not correct It was Sabele street Leaving the station on my arrival, l 'ooS cab and told the driver to take me to DO Lafayette street When saw tue house was surprised that my iather could afford to live in it. I had ieit two story frame cottage in the west to come to four story stone front house in the east
 paid the coachman and, going up tue stoop rang the bell A maid came to the door whom l had never seen, anu told her to tell mother that had come from school. She asked me whom cue should say had come. I told her ner daughter, of course,' and, going .u'o the drawing room, looked about .ne ut the handsome furniture, still "onuerlng how father had been able to r"ehase 1t. The maid went upstairs '" make the announcement.
 waited quite long while for her .e'urh' When she came down she told ne mat no one was at home except my .aouer, who had recently had a eata-
 removed from one of her eyes and was obliged to remain in a dark room. was surprised, for had not been in- mmed na or there being anything the saa, ,'er With her eye, and as the maid sta, 'u l was to go up to her ran up hns and through room that had een darkened so that one entering my ,,sai 'ners room should not let in any na sa. The chamber occupied by my I,, 'ner was so dark that could scarce s,, see my hand before my face. I oan ' Know which way to turn till she aleu me- and even then I went in the Ons direction till she had done so +iia' times. Then I found her sit aros Il ah easy chair and put my arms 'touhd her neck.
 writ, ny child" she said. "why did you rome us that you would come tomor- von Tour brother would have met 'Uu at the station"
 baa was startled. My mothers voice tror,S STnahged. Could it be that her
 ''e With her eye had broken her
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
HER IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA
Ellen Terry Pleased with Everything
 But Steam Heat.

The first institution in America that distressed me was the steam heat. It is far more manageable now than it was, both in hotels and theaters, be- cause there are more individual heat. CTS. But how I suffered from it at first I cannot describe 1 used to feel dreadfully i'll, and when we could not turn the heat off at the theater the play always went badly. My voice was affected, too At Toledo once it nearly went altogether. Then the next night, after good fight, we got the theater cool, and the difference to the play was extraordinary.
 If did not like steam heat I loved the ice which Is such a feature at American meals. Everything is served on ice. I took kindly to their dishes-their cookery at its best is better than the French-and I sadly missed planked shad, terrapin. and the oyster-at its best and at its cheapest in America-when I returned to Eng land.-Ellen Terry, in McClure's.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
MEN WHO OWN MANY DOLLARS.
List Of MilIionaires That Is More or
 Less Authentic.

The list of the richest men of the United States, given below, was com piled by a New York state bank: J. D. Rockefeller, $500, 0,000000; Andrew Carnegie, $300OO0,O00; w. w. Astor, $900, 0,000000; J. F. Morgan, $15O,0 ,00O,- 900; William Rockefeller, $1OO,OGU,- 900; H. H. Rogers, $100,00O,0OO; w. K. Vanderbilt, $100,000,000; Senator Clark, $1OO,OOO,OOO; John Jacob As tor, $1O0,OOO,0OO; Russell Sage estate. $S0, OO,0OO; H. c. Prick, $80,OOO,OOO; D. o. Mills, $75,000,0OO; Marshall Field. Jr., $75 ,OOO; H. M. Flagler. $60 0,000; J. J. Hill, $60,0OO,OOO; Oliver Paine $50,000,000; J. H. Hig- gins, $50,O00,000; Harry Field, $50,- 100000; H. o. Havemeyer, $50, 100000: Henry Phipps, $4OOO0,o0O; A. G. Vanderbilt, $40000,000; Mrs. Hetty Green, $4O,0OO,OOO; Thomas F. Ryan, $40, 090; Mrs. A. w. Walker, $35,- O00,O0O; George Gould. $35,O0O,0oo; J. Ogden Armour, $30000,000; E. T. Gerry, s30,000,00; Robert w. Goelet. $30,000000; J. H. Flagler, $30,O0O, 900; Claus Spreckels, $30,000,000; w. F. Havemeyer, $30,0O0,O00 Jacob H. Schif, $25,000,000; P. A. B. Widener, $25,00000O; George F. Baker, $25,' 000,00; August Belmont, $2O,000,' 900; James Sttllman, $20,0OO,OO0; John w. Gates, $20.000.000; Norman B. Ream. $20,OOO,OOO; Joseph Pulit' ger, $20,000,000; James G. Bennett. $20,0O0,000; John G. Moore, $2O,OoO,- 900; D. G. Reid, s2O,OOO,OOO; Freder- ick Pabst, s2O,OOO,OOO; William D. Sloane, $2O,0OO,OOO; the late William B, Leeds, $20,OO0,O0O; James P. Duke~ s2O,00O,00O Anthony Brady, $2O,oOo,' 900; G. w. Vanderbilt $20,000,OO0; F. w. Vanderbilt, s2O,OO0.OOo.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
Carried Off bY Bandits.

When travelling by train from Oroya to Lima, in Peru, the passen- gers were held up at Galera, 15,000 feet up in the mountains. by fully armed band, who took some of the travellers as hostages. Fifteen sol Siers who were in the train were dis. armed, four being wounded and one shot in cold blood because he would not hand over his rife to the mis. creants, who had taken care to cut telegraphic wires and blow up bridges, while the railway staff became servile tools to the brigands. Rev. A. Miles Moss, another clergyman and a party of six friends were for some time prisoners in the mountains, but in due course the Peruvian government troops sent from Lima effected their release.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01

Paris Pattern No. 2391, All Seams Allowed.-This stylish skirt is a nine gored, plaited model, made with three forward and four backward-turning plaits at each side, and closing under an inverted box-plait at the center back. The two front plaits are each ornamented with four large pearl but tons, and the skirt is adaptable to thin serge, flannel, Panama cloth, khaki, linen, duck or any of the washable ma terials. The pattern is in four sizes IA to IF years. For a miss of 15 years the skirt, made of material with nap, requires 73s yards of material 20 inches wide, A yards 36 inches wide, 31a yards AZ inches wide, or 2A yards 54 inches wide; without nap it needs 6A yards 20 inches wide, four yards 36 inches wide, 3A yards 42 inches wide. or 2A yards 54 inches wide.
 To procure this pattern send 10 cents to Pattern Department" of this paper. Write name and address plainly. and be sure to give size and number of pattern.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01

Charlemagne, the various stops and symbols being designed by Warne- fried and Alcuin.
 The present system of punctuation was introduced in the latter part of the fifteenth century by Aldus Manu- tius, Venetian printer, who was re- sponsible for our full stop, colon, semicolon, comma, marks of inter rogation and exclamation, parenthesis and dash, hyphen, apostrophe and quo. tation marks. These were subsequent ly copied by other printers, until their use became universal
 Most ancient languages were inno- cent of any system of punctuation. In many early manuscripts the letters are placed at equal distances apart. with no connecting link between even in the matter of spacing, an arrange ment which must have rendered read ing at sight somewhat difficult.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01

told him my story, and he replied that his own sister. who had been away from home on long visit. was expected the next day. He insisted that l needed luncheon and ordered one, and while I was eating it he tele- phoned for q carriage When it came he got in with me and began a hunt Tor me for my home. My fathers name was not in the directory. but I told my new found friend that he was an attorney. and. driving to the office of one of the profession, we learned the address. Ten minutes later was with my own family.
 The family into which I had blun- dered became my intimate friends. The daughter called on me. and the son has been so attentive to me as to- we shall see.
 FLORENCE NORTON.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
Food Preservatives.

The manufacturers claim-that the preservatives used fin the food prod ucts are harmless, has suffered a shock in the recent investigations of Dr. Wiley and the bureau of chemis- try.
 The manufacturers base their claim upon the fact (which is not disputed) that much of the acids used in food preservatives occur in the natural product-notably cranberries, which
 contain a large amount of benzoic acid. The proof of the puddin' is in the eatin and we who do not follow the chemical intricacies of the case, are inclined to call it victory for the bureau, inasmuch as Dr. Wiley's test proved to his satisfaction that the acids were injurious. The manufac- turers, however. have little to com plain of since the bureau recommends changes which may be easily made. There Is not a single article of food preserved by means of benzoic acid or benzoate of soda which cannot be pre- served in perfect condition without the aid of chemicals. It means simply a higher quality of raw materials, and greater care and cleanliness in man. ufacture.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
Rats on Railroad Train.

A traveller by the night train from Peterborough to Grimsby complained that while dozing an animal of some sort had run over his face. The rail way officials did not take serious no- tice of the complaint until the next night, when another passenger made a similar complaint. Then it was dis covered that the train was infested with rats and it has been taken off so that it may be cleared of the pests London Standard.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
AND DEPOSITORY

faculties.
 There's some mistake about that, mother dear" I replied. "I wrote that I was coming on Thursday. Thursday and Friday by a bad writer may be made to look alike. Perhaps there's where the error lies"
 was about to speak of her trouble when l heard the door of the ante room open and shut. Then the door of the room I was in opened. some one hurried in, and a mans voice said:
 Where are you, sisT'
 "I'm here"
 "Ellen told me you'd come. and come day ahead of time."
 My brother Tom, ten years my senior, never called me anything but Isis" and "sssey," but there was some thing wrong with his voice l had no time to wonder what had caused the change when I felt myself clasped in two strong arms and lips pressed against mine.
 What's become of your beard?" asked
 Beard 1 never had one. We've been counting on your coming. Moth CT is shut up for the present, but she'll come out all right. The doctor says she may have the light in one week more. Awful glad to see you-I mean to feel you. ha, ha, Can't see any thing in here. Have to rely on the touch" And he gave me another good hug and several kisses. But come out into the light. I want to see how you've improved. You won't mind. will you, mother?"
 Not if you don't keep her too long"
 Putting his arm around my waist, he led me out through the anteroom, and, opening the outer door, we stood on the threshold between the room and the hall.
 say we stood there, and so we did. We didn't get any farther, at least not just then. Never were two people more astonished, bewildered. We were en- tire strangers to each other.
 "Great Scottv' was his exclamation.
 "Heavensr was mine.
 He dropped his arm as if 1t had been shot and quickly drew away.
 How in the name off,
 T must have-got into-the wrong At this point he regained his eQua- nimity. If you're not my sister, you're certainly worthy to be any ones sister At any rate, I'm happy to make your acquaintance, even by mistake. though I assure you I don't usually on so slight an acquaintance-
 He paused, and my face flushed crim- son.
 "Come," he said reassuringly, tell me how 1t happened.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
STRANGE CAPTURE OF SALMON
Incident Proves That Belief of Some
 Fishermen Is Wrong.

Fishing a well known river in Nor way this June, one of the tenants of the fishing lodge opposite ours caught a fish of 29 pounds in the morning and lost another, his spinning line being broken by the rush of heavy fish. Fishing with prawn the afternoon of the same day, the same angler, in the same pool, got into a good fish at his first cast. After a long fight the fish was gaffed and landed. Then was re vealed a strange state of things. The prawn tackle had never touched the fish; in fact the hooks were foot or more from it. They had caught in the cast which had been lost that morn- ing. and was now twisted into knots and tangles, no doubt by the salmon endeavoring to get rid of the treble Norsk cast and hooks. The line had been got rid of. AS the prawn swung down the pool it had grappled the lost cast still attached to the salmon, and fish (33 pounds), cast, and tackle were recovered. We watched the incident from the road and crossing the river handled the recovered cast. Many maintain that salmon once hooked and played for any length of time leave the pool.-W. H., in London Field
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
DEVICE OF VENETIAN PRINTER.
Aldus Manutius Author of System of
 Punctuation.

Punctuation by means of stops and
 points, so as to indicate the mean ing of sentences and assist the reader to proper enunciation, is ascribed
 originally to Aristophanes, gram marian of Alexandria, Egypt, who lived in the third century B. c. What. ever his system may have been, it was subsequently, neglected and for. gotten, but was reintroduced by
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
The News National
 Campaign Fund

Wm J. Bryan, the dem ocratic nonnee for oe si den has asked the democratic newspapers of eation to- a sst in raising the required amount of money necessary for legitimate campaign purposes. The News therefore will receive and forward all amounts sent in it's care The following have contributed the amounts opposite their names
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
Worlds Biggest Dam.

The lake formed by the construction of the Assuan dam across the Nile is the largest artificial body of water. but this will be outstripped by what is known as the Engle project by which the waters of the Rio Grande are to be impounded for the benefit of the farm ing interests. The dam will be of con. create, built between the bluffs oi solid rock, and its base will be 65 feet below the bed of the river. Its top will be 19O feet above the river bed. and it will be 1,150 feet long at the crest. At the bottom the construction will be 1S0 feet thick and 20 feet at the top. This will make reservoir 175 feet deep and 45 miles long, cover ing 3S,400 acres of ground. The water supply derived from this work will irrigate 100000 acres of land located in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. The cost of the work will aggregate $7,200,O00.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01

First Sufferer-And to think that when we were boys we wanted to go to sea
 Second Sufferer-For goodnsss sake don't bring up childish memories now.
 First Sufferer-I ain't get anything else to bring up
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01

A woman never knows how weak the flesh is. and Tow easy it is to yield to temptation, until she goes to millinery opening.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01

It is the tragedy of life that the 1t is to get away from us, and the easier it slips between our fingers Dorothy Dix, in Chicago American.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
CUPS.

It is not necessary, because your guest of honor is chiropodist, to have corned beef for dinner.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01

The average girl weds, not because he Is good enough for her, but because he is too good for any other girl to get
The Prescott daily news., 1908-10-01
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SAL AND THE SAP.

0 IGH up in maple tree
 l hard robin trilling; N1N IT Said he: "I know a bit CC AaxII of news
 : :. ' ! ] !. ! !. ; ' ' ..' < ; ; ; : : REGA}u That is just simply kill hH ing. 1kAN.ANS4 This morning. while I sat VNk(N up here
 kIPMl Right on this very limb, " WV Who should stroll up but E WA\ Johnson's girl N .MvA With their next neigh rl7&aN 1/0 Dor, Jim; .s.s V".F Jim paused and said: o. This maple tree MI N.T Will be just right to VI &Y tap;
 This fall-if I had wife
 to help,
 I'd boil some maple sap For chilly mornings, when a fellow Wakes up hungry-cold; l tell you, batter cakes and sirup Taste as good as gold I'll get the sirup, Sal, if you" But I'll not tell the rest It wouldn't be polite" and Robin Flew back to the nest.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-01-24
Post Falls.

Mrs. Theodore Dittemore died al
her home 10 Post Falls at LILO O'Clock
last Saturday morning, aged Is years.
She had been suffering from erysipe
las and heart trouble, and considera-
BILE uneasiness had been felt by her
numerous relatives and friends
Funeral services were conducted al,
he residence Sunday at 2 O'Clock.
Deceased was one of the pioneers o.
he Spokane valley, having resided
for a number of years at Hayden lake
She leaves husband, son N. r.
Dittemorc) and grandchildren 10 Post
Falls, and several grandchildren an
great. in Occur d'Alene
A. j. Shanks and John Young are
soliciting and interesting local capital
N the stock of canning factory to
be located at this place. A. N
Martin will donate an acre of ground
to the enterprise If it nIareralizes.
The young ladies of the town gave
! very enjoyable leap year party IN
Shern's hall Fiidav evening. The
bachelors were loud in their praise Of
he ladies As entertainers and partlc.
niarly pleased with the music and
dainty luneh sprVp1 al - p;rlnrk
The |, cal high school basket bal
leans (boys and girls) are 10 play lhe
high school teams of Occur d'Al lent
at Coeur d'Alene Thursday evening,
Jan. %
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-01-24
within THIRTY DAYS
|. {. ". N. to be Completed
to Mcguire.
JOIN TO ELECTRIC ROAD.
Will Greatly Improve Travelling
in This County.

Within a month the Idaho &
Washington Northern railroad ex-
poets to run its trains directly into
Spokane over the Ceur d'Alene &
Spokane electric road, making
connection with the latter at
Mcguire, a short distance west OF
Post Falls.
Material is being assembled for
the completion of the l. & w. N.
between Grand Junction and
Mcguire, a distance of one and
one half miles. The grading has
all been completed and is ready
for the steel which can be put
down in day. The new road
will then, it is said, put on four
trains day each way instead OF
two, as at present. 1t will then
be possible for people to travel
from one end OF the county to the
other and back in the same day
without Inconvenience of any kind
and without going out of the state
as was the case prior to the build
ing of the Idaho & Washington
Northern.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-01-24
New Suits Filed.

A suit was begun in the district
court on the 10Th, by the Exchange
National bank of Coeur d'Alene
against Neustadter Bros. of Ore
gon and the u. S. Fidelity &
Guaranty Co. of Baltimore, Md,
for $1,000 damages and costs. The
plaintiff alleges that some years
ago when the firm of Lange &
Wunderlich failed in Coeur d'Alene
the plaintiff lost $500 on the sale
of the goods owing to certain
restraining order secured by the
defendants. The actual damages
asked for amount to $500, but to
this is added an attorney fee OF
5000.
Lola Lyons, by her attorney
Bartlett Sinclair, asks for divorce
from Patrick Lyons on the charge
of extreme cruelty The couple
was married in Minnesota in 1904,
and has residedin kootenai county
Idaho, three years.