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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
EMPLOYMENT wANTED-Male-Con.

EMPLOYMENT WANTED-Male-Co
AUTOMOBILE mechanic with long and practical
experience wishes position. Address box AZ,
Call office
BAKER-Experieneed on bread and cake;
straight dough potato ferment: city or c0un-
try. Address box 434. Call office.
BOOK KEEPER, expert accountant. business
getting correspondent (S6) able to install and
carry out modern labor saving systems. auditor.
office manager, good penman, up TO date. thor
oughly experienced. exceptionally quick and
correct. seeks responsible position at reason
able salary: clean record. highest local refer
enees II, 4l4 Duncan ST
o,rbh KEEPER and cashier. experienced. reli-
able best references, bonds; can invest 5000
F. s., l106h Turk st.
CONTRACTORS superintendent; wide expert
enee in general railway construction, concrete
reinforced concrete. piling. ETC.; executive
ability; speaks Spanish and Portuguese: best
reference; Will go anywhere; will be here un-
til Feb. 20. Address box 49T. Call office.
CAPABLE man who thoroughly understands book
keeping and accounting in all its branches Is
desirous of securing clerical position; have had
years experience in the insurance business; !;
best OF references and satisfaction assured
Box 145, Call office.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
The Calls Form Chart Of Races at Emeryyille

handicap
onday. Weather
esiding Judge Richard Dwyer
purse
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16

SANTA ANITA PARK. Feb. 15.-Seventietl
day of the winter meeting of the Los Angelo
racing association. A. w. Hamilton, presiding
Track good.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

the direction of J. T. Higgins. chief Of tire de-
paItmcut Of preparation ana exhibition of he
museum
We took photographs Of the ruins i'm Mex-
leo" said Mr. Higgins. and from a., yaIi1us
designs "" made scale from Known measure
ments. By the scale mad- patterns Of each
design. From the patterns secured in that way
We had wooden models made rrIreScnti1G each
jnint in its proper relative Position and then va
made models some i'm plaster aGJ others in glue.
from which We casts IN cement and plaster.
These We're put in place and lacked by rein
forced cement or iron framework
For the roofs o. tho three rooms. or patios.
We took real logs and made rupuIds from them
and out cement casts. These were Iainted
90 represent wood. to avoid hJv;ug; inaanmabIa
material The smaller pieces between the logs
We're made in the same way.
1t is interesting 70 know that the quarry from
which the building material of the Militia struct-
urcs was originally taken was porovis sandstone
1uarried with harder stoned implements Each
piece Of stone was cut and ground 70 fit It's as
signed place. and vas cut So accurately that
without the of Elortar between there is not
n loose stone.
In the construction Of lie west patio Of tina
restaurant there were originally about fifteen
thousand separate pieces Of stone used. and il
the panels about eishty-ore thousand pieces.
More than one hundred thousand stones it is
estimated. We're used in The construction of tho
other two rooms. In the construction of the
whole original groups of the Militia structures il
has been conservativcly estimated that at LEASE
one milton separate pieces of stone We're used
by the ancient builders. - closely Were they
put together that there Was not room To slip
even sheet of letter paper between the Joints
Of the stones
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
HERMIT LIFE S1VED HIM.
SOLITARY Islander Has Equipped
Uorr 5rifh odd Electrical Dcriccs.

. nrstty little island in the Delaware River
-, ,iyes and has lived for nearly a quarter
ceutury one of the most interesting her
a IN The world Nearly twcnty-four years
lanes : Mills Was forced to the conclu-
-, nat he would look on the green fields and
-, bluc Sky for only "a short time longer aud
-, IN, daisies he admired 50 much would soon
--,,e thcir da.nt, heads above his grave lie
asa .siy sick man, MAS Willis. and dcspaired
fr,.tre Vcn Hut ne loved the open air, the
..-.i and The freedom OF the lonely hills. He
.,e,eht i over and decided that il he was
,,,r-ed 3D. die hc would like the little remainder
u mis- l..,. as close 10 nature as possible.
an AUGUST 30 tWouty-four years ago Willis
.,.,l ACROSS u ;hc ltuc island that has been
81, home ...r since. lic intended 10 make il a
..s uco'a. oscWug "trip and had he ended the
,sp e.a'., eajaam on ue island 10y succumbins
81, ac s.. .'>...- shat then afflicted him il would
have b.e0 r' matter II surprise 10 amy one Who
,-ew t". Eut he got along remarkably well
,r t.r .-...a so Wcll that hc decided 20 give up
DIS business n Philadelphia ana live there for
.t, I..t .. lis Etc. llo didn't believe that il
would l.. a ions lfr. but tho island has been
r-al r.-. Il1cc OF restoration t. Willis and he
is On |..r lcalh To-day than ever before in
ss Dr.. Ana hn never WAS happier or more con-
'.a..' ,h Ls Dot than hc Is to-day after near
,ra ..rt.. oi >.atLry of his Robinson Crusoe
a r.If.Ikablr featgrc or The hormits life
rr -.n island is thc home he has erected
ana r.rrd up for himself there There are
-.r. t...n 10 separate electrical connections
70 t'. '.Fe tUo-.oom bungalow. When one
.a,.. ... knob ,r are front door all the lights
oi t.. l-S ro'n. about ten in number.
-. .ut. and i,o nis alarm bells begin to ring
lrI .a.l1ae uuul Dc opens the circuit Willis
r fIH. .- ae is SHOW ing his house u a visitor.
20 O. r.- medicine cabinet and open the door.
sarrT...-g az the lights are ariow. Next he
MD proceed from one object 20 another. lift
q pipe ..-. and a gong VIII ring: a book is
moved ,H rr a2I OF goes ben. Place a .aara-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

century they appear 20 have been occupied oy
Zapotec Indians
This Mexican restaurant viii also serve the
purpose of Mexican exhibition hall. which tho
museum has long desired IL will be equipped
with furniture patterned after the ancient Mex
lean designs in store seats. there will be Mex,
lean dishes and there is talk of having wait
resses dressed in the Mexican costume of %
day.
The work of installation has been done under
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
TLESS.

II rrusor. formerly manager Of the Savoy
Hotel in Loni"9. discussing success with a re-
porter said.
Success leaving asd, thorough pra teal
ability. hich ~" nay take for grautcI-success
depends on tact. on sympathy.
III Illustrate this with ar episode
n Manchester man took his wife to the Pal
ace Music Hall The Paltcc girls came ON and
did their notdbl" iansc aux iambes dams Fair
"r dance of tho upiiftcd limbs as one might
say IN English
The Manchester woman. regarding; this
dance. shifted
Well, that beats me- she said
without either SympIth' or tact her hus-
band chucllrd.
You brt it Dies"
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

g., N'H,h acts as a negative force. The, ,ho
a,oN,.,e,l p'a0ea on plate that is charged with
-, 10y making positive force, and as soon
NJ. w., steps on The plate he is eiectrocu,cd
this manner seventy rats in
Another device that the borr,i, ,,,
.'ook Fashioned of tin cans. which ro,.o,,.o -.
,'ii'S standing still. This clock can no 60, -
ul'' al any hour it will ring a ten-inc, ron..
ana turn on all the lights. when Mr. wiris l,S .na
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

supervision Of Dr. Hermon 9. Bumpus. the
director, three rooms have been decorated ac-
cordng to the designs of the famous Militia ruins.
in the State Of Oaxacst. Mexico about tWent.
miles southeast Of OaXaca city.
The ruined structures % Militia, built of adobe
and stone. and ornamcuted with mural paint
ings and mosaic work produced 10y stones set i'm
cement. are better preserved than those 81 any
other group in Mexico proper. The origin and
purpos.. of the buildings unknown. At the
time Of the Spanish conquest, in the sixteenth
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

O'. H '.a wrong pile or in the wrong spot on
'a" .Iar. and immediately you learn Of your
-.-'.E - "A tvo-iuch gong being set going
N't. .rg .hai- take down The broom. try 70
''.'. .a. a-units umbrella or open his ice chest,
.al .-'u--- If The beautiful island is shat
'..t .s -ar sharp ring Of gong. The hermit
..H.. al delight in this feature Of his hsmc.
~. -r a. r1l trap is another Of the her
'- ..~.pl-'y d.yis-d contriyances. In order
.' ... ana kiu the pests willis constructed
.tt .r.rr5eh O. which is over a lad sur
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

10 bed he need not put out his lights, for as
soon as he touches his couch out go the lights
and down come the window shades. When he
gets UP in the morning go the lights and up
20 the window shades.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
THAT WHEEZY SOUND.

say" inquired the boy next door. of the
little girl whose father suffered from asthma,
'N hat makes your father wheeze sor'
i guess us one OF his inside organs pla wing.
Puck.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
DINE MID MITL.4 RUINS
rms UW Soon BE Possible IN Nat
ural HistOry Museum.

Ono VI inc most novel and picturesque res
'dur'hts In the United States viii soon be omen
10 'he public in the east basement Of the Ameri-
can Museum Of Natural History. Under tho
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Cotton Market

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Hutton's wire says:
Prices were again very firm. but the advance
was not pronounced and the trading light.
The cables were very disappointing, but no at
tentlons or next to none, was paid to the condl-
tion Of the Liverpool market or TO a very bearish
statement regarding the condition of the trade
in the Lancashire district.
The into sight figures were bullish. The
estlmate OF a morning trade paper of 1O,6l5, ,OOU
bales for the crop made up from estimates given
by southern interests also had bulish erect on
sentiment and the deductions made from the
reports that the government figures next
week would be bullish.
J. f. Taylor Of the National ginners' asso
citation gives official figures as S,sS4. 600 bales
glnned 10 December I. Spinners' takings. 3s5.-
900, against $4,000 last year. Hesters into
sight pointer calls for 342. 600 to 352 900 bales.
and 463, 600 in 1907
FALL RIVER, Dec. 3.-The report Of the de-
hyeries Of cotton for the first quarter of the
cotton year proper was issued today and shows
that for the last three months 100, 755 bales
have been received in this city, for the mills.
Total for the corresponding period last year was
Jos, 1872 bales last month 569l2 bales were re
ceYed here, against 59.905 for November. 1908.
The high price has prevented manufacturers
from purchasing freely.
LONDON. Dec. 3.-Anslysis of the Lancashire
spinning trade for the year ending November Sc
by Tattersall OF Manchester shows the largest
loss IN - years SiKty-eight of the 81 hrms
whose trading results were analyzed show an
aggregate loss Of E.3 903 The remaining IA
announce profit. Spinners Of American cotton
have run on short time by stopping on Satur-
days and Mondays since the beginning Of July.
and il is expected VIII continue until the end
Of February.
Spot cotton closed quiet points higher. Mid
ding uplands l4I5c; middling gulf l5c. Sales.
hal
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of The Pacific
Speciol Dispatch 10 The Call /

PORTLAND, Dec. 3.--The French ship Theirs,
Captain Quatrevaux, 2.25l tons register, has
IT is under charter TO Baffour. Guthrie Co.
TO bring cargo of cement and general freight
from Antwerp. The Thiers sailed September 20
from San Francisco for Ipswich with cargo Of
barley and il will not arrive here until next
July or August.
with $50 tons of cement and general merchan-
disc the steamer Casco, Captain Ahln, arrived
here tonight.
with full list of passengers and about 1000
tons OF freight the steamship Rose City sailed
this afternoon for San Francisco
The steamer Tallac, Captain Hansen. cleared
at the custom house this morning with 1,9i5
tons of wheat and 100000 feet of lumber for
San Francisco.
The German bark wandsbeck will leave to-
morrow morning, CARRYING i3s,5S3 bushels Of
The British ship Neotsield, Captain Evans,
cleared this afternoon with about 112.000 bush
grain carrier 10 the west coast this season.
With full list of passengers and about
Clara sailed tonight for San Francisco direct.
ASTORIA, Dec 3.-The steam schooners
Rainier and Cascades. with cargoes of lumber
for San Francisco. went to sea this morning,
The steamer Alliance arrived this morning
from Coos bay with freight and passengers
The three masted schooner O. a. Thayer.
with a cargo of lumber for San Francisco. was
towed 10 this morning
The German ship Parnassus. with cargo OF
grain for Europe has arrived down the river
The Norwegian steamship Christan Mikkel,
sen with cargo of lumber for Shanghai went
to sea Thursday evening.
Towing loaded ships from Portland to the
mouth of the Columbia IS line of work
which has recently been assigned 10 the tender
John AIcCracken. belonging to the port of
Portland. With the schooner G. A. Thayer,
lumber laden for California port. the Me
Cracken left down today. Its first towing of
this sort was performed the ether day. when
ii took the schooner w. H. Smith, carrying a
carge OF lumber from Portland to Astoria
Los ANGELES, Dec. 3.-Arrived--Steam
schooner Aurelia. from Eureka. steam schooner
South Coast. from Little river: steam schooner
Chehais from Grays Harbor; schooner Irene
from Columbia river.
Sailed-steam schooner Daisy Freeman. for
W'iIlapa harbor; steam schooner William
Murphy for Eureka; steam schooner Wash for
Everett: schooner Louise, for Umpqua river. in
ballast.
TACOMA. Dec. .-sailed-schooner winslow.
for San Pedro.
SEATTLE, Dec. 3.--Arrived--Steamer vic.
toria from Valdez: steamers Watson and
Queen from San Francisco.
Sailed Steamers Argyll, Governor and Mon
tara for San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Los AnreIer NIarkets

IlS ANGELES. Dee. Eastern eggs sold
lnder thc onoteG prices fiie produce exchange
today Local eggs are firm and no drop in
prices is anticipated. Cheese receipts were un-
nsusiiv heaFy. bnf the local product nearly
exhausted ane prices were not-a fected. There
na> little demand f0r butter.
Eers-pis 81 produce 81 Ios Ang les were: Eggs.
GS cssss. hnffer. - ,03e pounds cheese, !. 1872
l,euis, pot iieS. .osl sacks: onions. 10 sacks;
heans. ff9 sacks: sweet postafoes. 269 sacks; ap-
piles 30 boxes.
iaggsu Extra seletas. 5.cs local ranch canded.
fr-ts-- sic count aSc; eastern fresh .5c
-fnrsee packed cxfras. 3oc
i;ifffr-et'rcarserN extras s5c, Creamery fifsis
80 tsc- eastern creamery extras, 81 iac: cooking
buffer DC
tEcese-Northern fresh. 20c; easfern singles,
1sc. eastern twins. I9Ml9i5e; eastern c1eddars
lses eastern longhorn. 2Oc: eastern daisy. zoe:
SEiss imported. 12c Swiss. domestic. 23c; brick
cream. poe; linburGer .0H21c; imported Edam
case of l., SS@9; Oregon twins. 1Se; Oregon
daisy. 19e.
Beans fper csll-No. pink. s.. .25a4.35. No.
! lima S4.40Qs.50 Lady Washington. 81 25m
6.5O; small wisite, $1,000 $50; blackeye S4T5:
CarFanzss S8-5o lenffis. 81.
Potatoes (per ctD-Salfnas. Sl.50@l 60: High
lands 81 i0G 25- WafsODgille. 81 50d1 TO:
Oregon. 81. l.400l-50; sweets, yellow, s1s5Q go
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04

about the Pacific ever since, menace
TO navigation.
The Sequel. Captain jameson, bound
from Callao to Puget sound, went
ashore January %, this year, on Sea-
off by the Canadian life saving crew.
Captain Jamesons wife and child We're
killed by falling spars. Their bodies
Another dispatch received from the
north yesterday explained the wreck
age reported TO have been found by In
dians near Clallam as having come
from the Argo.
Peru In From Lower Coast
The Pacific Mail liner Peru. Captain
G. S. MacKinnon. arrived early yester-
day from Panama and way ports with
% passengers, 1,562 tons of cargo and
encountered fine weather nearly all the
way up the coast until Thursday night,
when strong northerly wind reduced
the liners speed several knots an hour.
The greater part of the cargo was
from New York via the isthmus of Pan
anna. From the lower coast was a
small shipment of coffee. The passen-
gers included:
Isabel Stephens, Gustav Lamm and
wife, w NJ Butler and wife. Mrs. p.
Campbell. n. Clement and All Chin and
wife.
Enterprise in From HiIo
The Matson navigation companys
steamer Enterprise arrived early yes
terday morning from Hilo, with few
passengers and a cargo which included
5.040 bags of sugar. 1882 cases of
canned pineapples, II punches of ba-
nanas and a racehorse, the latter the
property of John ORourke of Hilo. The
Enterprise encountered fine weather
until within 275 miles of this port.
when a norther was encountered which
developed a velocity of more than so
miles an hour
Luriine sails for Honolulu
The steamship Lurline, Captain Wee
den, sailed yesterday for Honolulu with
54 passengers and a cargo of general
merchandise. Among the passengers
were Paymaster E. A. Mcmillan and
Pay Clerk @. A. Wilcox, who are en-
route to Guam. They will wait at
Honolulu for the transport Logan.
which leaves here Monday.
Winter Front Notes
The German steamer Erna sailed De-
cember from Salina Cruz for this port
by way of San Pedro
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1864, 900 feet
The Kosmos liner Setos cleared yes
terday for Puget sound.
No Hope for Marietta's Men
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Absent from
their ship for nearly seven days asd
nights the five members of the deck
crew of the gunboat Marietta. now off
Port Limon, who We're driven to sea in
helpless whaieboat last Friday night,
SILL dit hnlOuilu fTdctlcdllN all nope
of their recovery has been abandoned.
Power SIeops Buffeted by Storm
AVALON, Catalina Island. Dec. B.
Reduced to little more than hulk
the power sloop Emma with two fisher
men, ]. II. Anderson and p. Nelson,
aboard, drifted in here today after hav-
ing been at the mercy of sea and wind
for so hours without rudder or sails
The sloop, bound from Ensenada to
San Pedro, exhausted its supply of
gasoline 20 miles from port 4 gale
which the men said struck the boat
early Wednesday tore away every
stitch of canvass aboard, while heavy
seas wrenched off the rudder, but by
rigging a sweep with a piece of plank
and a fragment of mast Anderson and
Nelson managed to work the disabled
era fit toward this port. Their food and
water supply were exhausted when
they arrived.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Tiour ANA rnrinnceous Goods

Tho millers arc rather looking for an advance
81 d0ur prices the first of the coming week
The uarkef Is firm.
fiCur-California family extras, S6-2otgo.6 6t
net without discount bakers extras, 81. 2G90.6ei
superfne, S5tI5-30; oregon and Washington per
Dbl. S5.3oGJ5.50 FOR family. bakers and patents
and 81 50 Tor cut on; Kansas patents, So.2o q
$50. 90 straichts. sac G6.30; Dakota patents,
$50: 90 straighs $3.50 per Dbl.
tarinsceous GOods-Prices in 100 10 sacks. net
cash, no discount, are follows: Graham hour.
s5 per Ice lbs; rye dour, $3.50. rye meal, S3.oei
rice -four, 81. corn neal. $3.50; extra cream do
$5.2V; oat meal 81; cat greats, 81: farina, -
hominy, $3.50; buckwhear -four, $3.50; whole
wheat 1our. So 40: rolled oats bhl S6.5od I, IN
SACKS s. 06.50; extra cream do, 81 in sacks and
$50 in barrels rolled wheat bbls. $3.50, iu
sacks S3.75dz pearl barley. $40; split peas.
boxes. IS for yellow and 500 Tor green per loo
pounds.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
ssuow on ground IL inches.

SSuow on ground il INCHES.
The following maximum and minimum temper.
atures reported from eastern stations for the
previous day: Chicago, 4S-4i; New York, 40-36;
Omaha, 36-:'2.
SYNOPSIS
An area of high pressure from British Coum-
ba has caused colder weather over the entire
Pacific slope. Temperatures are 10 degrees below
the normal throughout California and - degrees
in Nevada ard Oregon Conditions are favorable
for heavy frosts Saturday morning throughout
California. and orange growers have been warned
to smudge aud fire early. The relative humidity
at Red Bluff was 40 per cent and at Fresno n
per cent. The river at Sacramento reads ISIS
feet and falling-a fall of over tive feet in "a
hours.
Forecast made at San Francisco for the 80
hours ending at midnight December >, 1903:
san Francisco and vicinity-Fair Saturday,
With frost in the morning; light north wind,
changing to south.
Santa Clara raley-Fair Saturday heavy frost
in the morning; light north wind
Sacralnenio yalley-Tair Saturday, heavy frost
in the morning: light north wind.
San joaquin yalley-Fair Saturday, heavy frost
in the morning, orange growers should fire; light
north wind.
Los Angeles and vicinity-Fair Saturday heavy
frost In the morning, orange growers should FIRE;
light north wind. A. G. McADIE,
District Forecaster.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Hay nnd Feetl.tnn.

At ocscEiUfiOns under this head remain un
chsnecd Hay continues dun.
Brsu-S29a3o per ton Tor white and S2s.50g
4e for red
Middlings- $50. .50dST.5o per ton.
shorts S3l SOC So per ton
FeedstUffs-Rolled barley $3i032 rolled Ga 4
Tor feed, S53 900 "a. so: mixed feed, S2SdS3 for
average ots; cilcake meal, in 20 ton lots S39 80.
in 10 ton lots $40 IN ton lots $1,000, small
lots S5l; cocosnut cake or meal at mills, $25 IN
20 and 10 and $3.50 in 8 ton lots; Jobbing, $26;
corn meal. S37a3S; cracked corn, S37 ass; al
fslfa meal and meslfalfs. jObbing lots $24, car
load lots S25 per ton; red star alfalfa meal, SO
Tor carload and SIS for jobhing.
Hsy-Whest, $I4GI9; wheat ana oat S13Gl7;
tame cat. Sl2ml6; volunteer wild cat, Sl0@I4;
alfalfa, S9@I2; stock hay. $7dl0 per ron.
StraW-50N N65c per. bale.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04
Hides. TnIIow. Wool and Hops

NT0os-IuIIs and Iranls soII aH0IL Ia7dIc nn-
der quotations Heavy salted steers, ISiac; me-
dium. l3c- light, i25ac; cowhides, l2szc f0r
heGFT- l2iec for light; stays. 9lac; sslted kip.
hide, 2fc. drv kip. 56c: dry calf a5e: drT veal.
DC; sheepskins. shearlincs 20G 40c each; short
wool. 50NT5c each; medium. 1JcdSi each; long
wool. 81 .25fIl 10. lambs. 25GT5c: hOrsehides,
salt S2-25Et2-J0 for large aud 81 -5od2 for me
dim. 45ca 81 for snail and 25N50c for colts:
hCrsehides dry. S2M225 for large and 1.2542
Tor medium. 50cdsi for small and 25d50 FOR
coils; gOstskins, prime angors. f5cMSl; large
hair goats, 3Jc; medium 20c; small ga l5c;
Mexican deerskins. 81 \ a 3Se: dry sslted do, %
ar gc; picked do. 304371ac.
Isllow-No. ! rendered, 50JAc; No ,, "A
4i-c; grease, 26r51ac.
Wool-Fall clip: Northern free mountain. Ia
l5cs Humboidt and Mendocino, l3dl5c; south
EN-, more or less defective, 712QSkc; fail
lambs, SQioc Tor southern and l2G15c for
northern.
Hops-Deslers quote 2oa2sc for crop Of 1909