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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
BILLS RELATING TO
LIBRARIES is SIGNED
Governor Approves Establish.
ment of County Systems

SACRAMENTO, April 12.-Governor
Gillett signed the following bills today:
1876. Sackett-Providing for the es-
ia blishment of county library systems
Assembly, 1451. Hans-Permitting
Incorporated towns TO establish public
Assembly. 23s. johnson of Sacramen-
to-Amending the municipal library
senate, 500, Black--Relating to school
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
EARTHQUAKE IN LIMA
STOPS ALL CITY CLOCKS
TembIor Is Accompanied by
Subterranean RumbIings

LIMA. Peru, April PA severe
shock was experienced here at five
minutes past 8 this morning. The
movement was from east to west and
was accompanied by subterranean rum
blings. No casualties resulted here
The quake was attended by dense fog
and clouds of dust The cornices on
several buildings were thrown down
TO the streets and clocks all over the
city were stopped The shock was
felt also at Callao, Barranco and Choir
ri
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
Recorded at Albany

ALBANY. N Y, April 12-An earth
quake of distant origin was recorded
by the seismograph in the state mu-
scum Saturday. The vibrations trav-
eled In an east-west direction and
turbance 5000 miles or more away.
They began at 2:06 p. m. and lasted
until. 2:30 D. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
no You Know

That many have made themselves COM
Portable and independent for life bv in
vesting In small business In a grow
ing community? 1t grows wifi tie
nefghborhood.s Look in the Business
Chance columns of today's Call and see
if there is not something there for Won,
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13

~. S. TO BUY ARMY CLOTHING -wasbinr-
ton, April IL. Bids will be opened In the off5re
OF the quarfcrmasfer general within the next
week for the largest consignment OF army cloth
Ing ever purchased in time of peace. The con-
tract will aggregate about $4,o0o.0oo. represent
ing years supply.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13

BROTHERS FIGHT - Edward and Thomas
Cummings, brothers, while drinking beer in
their at Twenty-sixth and Capp streets
Sunday night, had dispute, and Edward struck
Thomas the chin Thomas retaliated BY
striking Edward with a beer bottle cutting of
part of his ear. Thomas arrested for as
saut with deadly weapon and Edward for dis
turbing the peace.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
LOT IN PRODUCE DISTRICT
is SOLD FOR $50, 900
Alexander NoIfen Purchases
Property From G. JosseIyn

Harrigan, Weidenmuller & Rosen-
stirn were the agents in sale con-
cluded yesterday of a piece of improved
property in the east line of Front street
between Washington and jackson.
The lot is 42:6x65 feet and the improve
ments consist of one story brick
building and basement. The seller was
Charles Josselyn, ship chandler. Alex
ander Noiien ouylhSh ~ Inc property
produce district. brought $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
urrIr 1rcrIrRE ON GREECE

WILL LECTURE ON GREECE - Berkeley
April 12.-Before the Newman club. the
Catholic organization of the students Of the
university, Prof Edward Bull Ciapp head Of
the Greek department. of the university. viii
lecture Modern Greece tomorrow evening
at the clubhouse In Ridge road.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13
Payne Appears Relieved
House Not Restricted

WASHINGTON, April 12.-That the
present session Of the house called to
enact tariff legislation is not restricted
to that subject was the decision of
Speaker Cannon today
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-13

Your choice OF our entire line of the best grade
ten wire Tapestry Brussels Carpets. One dol
lar the yard. sewed, lined and laid on your
floor. Smiths, Sanford's Xxx, Hartford's, Dob
sons Crown-these are some of the famous
brands you may choose from.
The Washington times., 1909-07-22
STILL IDLE.
STRIKERS STUBBORN
Steel Workers Voted to Re-
turn Today, and Then
Rescinded Order.

BUTLER, Pa, July 22.--The big plants
of the Standard Steel Car Company. AT
Newcastle, Are closed today, although
the strikers on Tuesday voted to re-
turn 70 work. When the State con-
stabulary was sent to Newcastle, where
trouble was feared, the foreign work
ers resCinded their action voting to call
of the strike. AS a result, the main
plants are idle today. The few Ameri-
can workmen who entered this morning
returned to their homes when they
found operations could not be resumed.
Trouble is feared at the plant, as Pres
ident j. NJ. Hansen has issued this
utimatum:
Return to work under the old terms
or not at all. We viii adjust griev-
ances growing out Of the collection of
back rents. but the company makes no
concessions"
Rev. Father Beccewski, who was
largely responsible for having the strike
called off Tuesday, is urging the men
to go back TO work. but they are not
inclined to do so, unless they are grant
ed a wage increase, which thew de-
manded at the big mass meeting last
night
The Washington times., 1909-07-22
JAUNTS
FOR DISTRICT MILITIA
Colonel Smiley Assures Guardsmen That at Least One
third of Time During New England Naneuvers
May Be Devoted to Recreation.

To relieve the overburdened of those
District Guardsmen who have been lab
oring under the impression that in the
coming maneuvers on the New England
coast they would be subject TO the most
rigorous regular army discipline and
deprived Of everything that smacked OF
recreation, Colonel Smiley, adjutant
general Of the District militia. this
morning broadly limited that the men
would be permitted to have a few 10y
rides" In short, he admitted that New
England at this season has certain at
fractions not embraced in military ma
neUvers and added that if the guards
men were real good they would be per-
mitted 10 take sightseeing trips in and
around Boston.
Colonel Smiley's announcement came
as the result of a visit Of a deputation
Of company officers, who said that their
men had spent many anxious moments
recently because of the current impress
sion that this summers movement
against the New England defenses.
The Washington times., 1909-07-22

although styled mimic warfare,
would be too strenuous to permit of
rest or recreation. Their men, the
officers explained, were considerably
wrought up over the prospect of "all
work and no play" and they wanted
some official assurance that such would
not be the case.
To set their minds at ease, Colonel
Smiley said:
The men viii be given at least eight
hours, or one-third of their time, in
rest. During this time there will be
absolute cessation from duty. While
military discipline viii be maintained,
their lot viii not be one of drudgery.
And, moreover, they win be'allowed to
enjoy few sightseeing trips around
Boston when the maneuvers are over"
The long-loOked-fOr Instructions from
the adjutant general at Governors Is
land, n. Y, regarding the equipment Of
the District Militia reached Colonel
Smiley this morning. Copies Will at
once be distributed to the company Of
fCers for the information of the guards
men. The men viii wear the regulation
khaki uniform with olive drab shirts
They will be armed with the new
Springfield rifles. Each militiaman viii
carry a blanket roll, consisting OF half
a shelter tent blanket, inclosed in which
will be his personal toilet articles In
addition, he will have his haversack
canteen. and 100 rounds OF ammunition
Before the men embark, rations for the
sea trip. for one meal ashore and one
days haversack ration, will be issued.
Field officers will be allowed TO carry
forty pounds of baggage each, while
officers below the rank Of MAJOR viii be
allowed thirty pounds each.
The company cooking equipment Will
consist of the regulation field stove,
otherwise known as a "buZZycot. For
those companies without enlisted cooks,
professional cooks will be employed,
According to the latest information
regarding the part the District militia
will take in the maneuvers, the local
guardsmen will be part of the red, -
or attacking army together with the
militia Of New York md Connecticut.
The blue" or defending army, will
consist OF the Massachusetts, militia
and the Coast Artillery.
The Washington times., 1909-07-22
TWO CHINESE GIRLS
MAY HAVE ELOPEO
Police Think Missing Young
Celestials Went Off With
Mission Chinese.

NEW YORK, July Emission Chi
nese are blamed by the Gotham police
for the mysterious disappearance of
two Chinese girls, both daughters Of
wealthy Oriental merchants Of New
York.
The girls are Chin Fung Icy, fourteen
years old, ana Moi Yum Toy, sixteen.
Chin FUN Toys father is Chin Hunt,
while Moi Yum Toys father is Moi S
Pighe.
The girls have been in America but
three years, and their fathers had ON
ployed Miss Mary Benta, "a mission
worker. TO teach thcm English.
On July s. there was a Chinese picnic
at Patchogue, L. l., attended by the
Mission Chinese, and Miss Benta took
her wards. There the girls met two
young Americanized Chinese mission
men.
Returning. to their home. the girls
appropriated the contents of the FAM
lily savings banks and disappeared. The
police believe it is an elopement.
The Washington times., 1909-07-22
5000 Men Idle.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 21.-The stu
alton at McKees Rocks, where 300
workmen Of the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany's plant are on strike, remains
practically unchanged today Although
there have been numerous rumors of
the coming of men 20 fill the places of
the striking workmen. 10 new men
have arrived.
Unless officials Of the company make
good their promise to import strike
breakers, no more violence is expected.
Although several members OF the State
eonstabulary are guarding the big plant
their presence has not been necessary.
The Washington times., 1909-07-22

prize Offered by the London Daily
Nail.
Favorable weather and a dying
down OF the wind is all that is delav-
ing two of them. NJ. Bleriot sits bv
the side OF his mOnoplane at Les
Banques, while Count de Lambert is
waiting at Wissant, momentariIy ex-
pecting to be able TO make the dash
across the channel.
n. Hubert Latham, whose fight
Monday ended in his being thrown
INTO the channel. has had his mono
plane repaired, and expects to be able
TO start tomorrow.
There is a keen rivalry between
these three avfatOrs, and they will
take almost any kind OF a chance.
L2tasm and Bleriot both use
monoplane atrship, though Bleriot's is
much smaller than the one used by
Latham. Count de Lambert has two
aeTOplaneS 81 made by the Wright
brothers, and he is confident that hts
machines have more stability and
lying power than the mOnoplanes.
The Washington times., 1909-07-22
AER0NAUTS EAGER
TO RISK THEIR LIVES

CALAIS, France, July 22.-Three
daring aeronauts are preparing 70 risk
their lives In efforts to fly across the
English channel TO win the $4,000
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23

half lengths with large head on one
end and thread nut and broad washer
on the other.
A solid, level foundation is first
built, on which a circle the size Of the
silo is drawn. The door-posts or
frame, is then stood up at the proper
place and securely stayed. Slaves
are then placed on around the circle,
staying each one temporarily by tack
ing old barrel slaves horizontally
across it. When one-half around the
circle, the binding-post, which has pre-
viously had as many five-cighths-inch
holes bored in 1t as both door-posts,
is stood up in place Of a stave, then
on around until the opposite door-post
is reached. Hoops are then thrust
through the holes in the right door
post, on around to the binding-post,
through 1t and turned up tightly.
The left side is treated the same
until all the hoops are in place. AS
a finishing touch, the inside OF silo Is
Daukeu up Will SSnOAI' AuoNAo SAAS
bottom somewhat kettle-shaped and
insuring an absolutely tight joint be-
tween the cement and the ends Of the
slaves. The door-posts have grooves,
two by two inches. rabbetted out OF
the inside corners, into which the
ends of the boards used for doors At.
These doors NAV be made of any
straight-edge boards Of even thick
ness, laid double with paper between
them, the edges breaking joints. This
silo can be well built without skilled
labor, and for about one dollar per ton
capacity. This plan has been fol-
lowed by all who have seen them IN
use, and in various states, and always
gives satisfaction.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23

taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what 1t would do,
and am restored to my natural
health. Mrs. ETA DONOVAN, Box
200, Willimantic, Conn.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi.
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe 1t to themselves
to at least give this medicine trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands Of others, and why should 10
not cure your
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
LIVE STOCK RAISING.

When one has young pigs and
breeding stock to care for he must
think further than merely what food
will fatten most.
Feeding without care is useless.
Give the COW sunlight; It has its place
In the economic production OF milk
lust as we'll as good food.
II you haven't hog pasture 1t viii
nay to fence on a corner Of the clover
meadow for them. The hogs will get
more value for you out Of the clover
than It would be worth in the form of
hay, and save the harvesting Of It.
II whole oats are scattered very
tbinly on a floor and the brood SOW is
allowed to feed on them she will get
enough to keep thrifty, while not get
ting enough to grow fat. This also
keeps her busy and contented.
A successful dairyman feeds bis
COWS this excellent balanced ration:
Glover hay and corn fodder, all the
COWS viii eat up clean. for roughage;
for grain, peas and oats. ground fine,
and bran in equal parts by weight,
and feed one pound of grain to three
ar four pounds of milk. with 16
pounds Of sugar beets a day.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
CONTINUOUS DOOR IN A sILu
Plan That Works Admirably and BY
Which Adme Of Convenience
and Durability Secured.

Some years ago, when building our
second silp. ! cast about for design
that should unite the good points OF
the circular silo with the conveniences
Of the continuous door Of the square
silo. / finally hit upon a plan which
works admirably. and by which the
acme Of silo convenience and dura.
bility is secured, writes r. Walker
McKeen in Rural New Yorker. The
illustration explains the plan quite
well. The material used may be any
good lumber, fairly free from knots
Mine Is made of hemlock.- others near
by are made Of pine. Slaves the de-
sired length are sawed two by four
inches, and for inside silos they need
be neither planed nor beveled. Two
doorposts. six by six inches. are
framed together by being dropped on
to a short sill and by dropping a plate
on top. Additional strength is given on
putting bolts through just above the
sill and just below the plates, and In
silos more than twenty feet high an
additional rod may be put through
the middle of the posts. Another sim
liar post, called binding post, is pre-
pared to stand on opposite side Of silo.
The doorposts have five-eighths incl
holes bored through them, leaving
Just two inches space between edge Of
hole and inside of post. These holes
are for the hooks. the first ones being
as near the bottom as possible, the
second IS inches above. and the third
one "a inches above the second. SO on
extending the distance as the top is
approached, using ten hoops on a 20
foot silo. The illustration shows 20,
but this is a mistake. The hoops are
made of one-half-inch round iron In
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
VALUE PAINTED ON.

Well painted is value added wheth.
or the house be built for one thousand
dollars or ten thousand. Well painted
means higher selling value, and high
er occupying value = for there's an
additional pleasure in living in the
house that is well dressed.
National Lead Company assist in
making the right use Of the right
paint by sending free upon request to
all who ask for It, their "Houseown-
ers' Painting Outfit No. 49," This
outfit includes book Of color schemes
for either exterior or interior paint
ing, a book of specifications and an
instrument for detecting adulteration
In paint materials. Address National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Build
ing, New York City, and the outfit
will be promptly sent to you.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
Care In Preparing Food.

In recent years scientists have
proved that the value Of food is meas
ured largely by its purity; the re-
suit is the most stringent pure food
laws that have ever been known.
One food that has stood out promi'
nently as a perfectly clean and pure
food and which was as pure before
the enactment Of these laws as 1t could
possibly be is Quaker Scotch Oats;
conceded by the experts to be the ideal
food for making strength Of muscle
and brain. The best and cheapest OF
all foods. The Quaker Oats Company
10 the only manufacturer Of oatmeal
that has satisfactorily solved the prob
lem Of removing the husks and black
specks which are so annoying when
other brands are eaten. II you are
convenient to the store buy the reg
ular size packages; II not near the
store, buy the large size family pack
ages,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
ALARM CLOCK CAUSES HAVOC
Creates Much Amusement for Passen
gers on Street Car by Sounding
at Wrong Time.

There was once q nice lady who
went down to the store and bought an
alarm clock so that she could wake up
early in the morning and her children
wouldn't always be late to school. The
man at the store was very polite, and
he wound 1t up for her and set 1t on
and 1t made most terrific racket. The
lady said she'd never be able to sleer
through that, so she bought 1t, and the
man put It in box and wrapped 1t ur
in paper.
The lady started for home and goi
into car. The lady opposite her had
q little fox errier on her lap with q
pink ribbon on his collar. He was sit
ting there just as quiet as a Teddy
bear. Next to her was lady with 8
little boy who was eating little
round cake. The fox terrier was watch
ing his hand go up and down to his
mouth, hoping there would be some
left for him. That was why he was sc
good.
1 Suddenly the peace and quiet Of the
car was broken by a sound-a loud
insistent, penetrating sound. 1t came
from the package the lady was hold
ing. It was the alarm clock, which
was going of as hard as 1t could
Then the little dog jumped to his feet
and barked furiously at the package
and the little boy was so frightened
that he dropped his cake. which rolled
to the middle of the floor. Then like
fash the dog. jumped from the lady's
lap and gobbled up that cake in about
three-quarters of a second, whereat
the little boy wept long and loud
Meanwhile the clock kept on unweari
ly and all the people in the car turned
round and stared, till the lady had tc
unite the strings and unwrap the par
Gel and turn off the alarm. The clock
stopped ringing. the dog stopped bark
ing, and the boys mother gave him
another cake, so everything was
peaceful again.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23

strike the animals directly in the
eyes. Light is best admitted from
above and behind the animal. An ex-
cellent method of admitting light is
by means Of the Sherringham window
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton. The window is hinged at the
bottom and opens inward at the top.
and serves for ventilation as well as
light. Abundance Of light for stables
is important hygienically. as direct
sunlight destroys many germs, is a
good drying agent. and adds a cheer
fulness that is greatly to be desired.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
Crossing Not the Best.

II you have scrub stock and get a
chance to cross 1t on thoroughbreds,
do not hesitate a moment; that Is the
best. But many farmers get an idea
that It is good to cross thoroughbreds.
We doubt it.. In fact, we do not be-
lieve It is. We agree that good re-
suits have been shown from such
crosses, but as a rule in such cases
an experiment is at stake, and the
cross is given the best possible oppor-
tunity Such crossing is contradic-
tion of the long and patient efforts
that were required to build up the
breed. and 1t cannot be good policy
IN tear down what has been done.
First crosses may show up well, but
degeneration almost Immediately fol-
lows. and If crossing Of thoroughbreds
of one variety upon thOroughbreds Of
another were to become the rule, it
would not be long until all would be
scrubs again.
To cross thoroughbred varieties
may crafty a desire to experiment,
but it can add nothing to permanent
good results.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
Not Ambiguous at All.

The donkey is-or has been-asso
ciated with party politics in other
countries besides our own.
In one Of England's elections can
didate for parliament, the late Lord
Bath, called attention to himself by
means Of a donkey over whose back
two painters were slung, bearing a
ribbon band OH which was printed:
''Vote for Papa"
1t must be added, however. that in
each pannier stood one Of Lord Baths
daughters.-Youth's Companion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
How State Rooms Wore Named.

When they first had steamboats, on
the Mississippi river they had no
sleeping rooms on board. Later a
bright captain conceived the idea of
having the rooms named for the
states through which the boat passed.
This proved such a success that trav-
.elers always made a rush for the
rooms named for their avn states
and much consequent trouble arose.
Finally the state names were dis
carded, but that was the beginning
of the stateroom. On some steamers
today the name Texas" clings to
one room, but it is the room where
the crew eat and travellers are not
particularly interested in it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23

shown in the illustration, connects its
rear wheel by pulley to the coffee
grinder, and stations boy at the
hopper to pour the coffee in, says
Popular Mechanics. He then mounts
the bicycle and begins to tread slow
~, as If climbing a steep hill then
gradually increases his speed and
bends low over the handle bars until
the coffee mill is fairly humming.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
WINDOW LIGHT IN STABLE
Sunlight 10 Of Much Importance a. u
Destroys Germs and Adds to
Cheerfulness.

Mumford and Mayo. discussing the
lighting and ventilating Of stables In
the Cyclopedia of American Agricul-
ture, lately issued by the Macmillan
Company Of New York. make the fol-
lowing suggestions:
Stables should be well lighted and
80 arranged that the light will not
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23

Walk upBA LIFTS
without stopping
on the way. !
tried three differ
emit doctors and
each told me some
thing different. I
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to SUI
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
mVhealth. I began
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
Silver Lining.

wife treading) = Here's another
case Of o bachelor going wrong. The
cashier OF a bank, aged 40, has been
sent to the pen!tendary for Is years
for embezzlement
Husband-WelI. he's in luck.
WiIe-Whp, how do you mako that
cut?
Hushand-He'u hsve a quiet, peace
fuI time OF It unit he gets out-chCD
ae'n be 100 old to marry.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-23
A snsnlcinus slIence.

Howard was only 20 months older
than the baby. He had somehow
come to realize that Elwood, who
was creeping, was more likely to be
in mischief when quiet. One day he
called to his mother with great deal
Of anxiety in his little voice: NAM
ma, hear Elwood keeping still."-
The Delineator.