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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Note and Comment

1t was to be expected that the de-
liberations OF the international opium
congress should end in smoke.
: In France a dress maker has been
appointed a Judge 1t is to be hoped
that none of her decisions will be cut
on the bias.
Judge Trout has decided that an
alleged heir to an estate in dispute in
his court never existed. There are
many heirs who could not exist long
were it not for the estate they in
herited.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

The teacher who whipped two of
his girl pupils because of their bad
grammar seems likely to find that he,
too, expressed himself the wrong way
1t now is in order to- speculate upon
what weapon will supplant the big
stick and whether or not the Billy
elephant will succeed the Teddy bear.
The Aero club doubtless realizes
stfat the great advantage of balloon
ing lies in the fact that it takes less
gas than is needed to promote a prize
fight
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Many Fairs Held in Siberia

The fair holds an important position
in the commercial life of Siberia
though not strictly speaking within the
limits of Siberia. the great annual fair
OF irblt is held so near the borders that
IL serves IS a vast mart for the ex-
change of Siberian products with those
OF Europe. In Tobolsk government 507
annual fairs are held. in Tomsk 6S, in
feniseisk 1S small ones, and in Trans
baikala Qrkutsk and Yakutsk) from
to -.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Siberia Has Large Forests

The vast coniferous forest zone o.
Siberia Is yielding ever increasing
quantities OF timber. On January /
1906, the state forests of Russia in Asia
included S6I,945,497 acres, exclusive o1
the Amur region, which had 288,T42, ,00t
acres; total 650,6S7,497 acres. The tim
ber industry has scarcely begun to be
developed in Siberia.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
lmpertinent Question No. 81
What Was the Sweetest Moment Of Your Life7

For the original wifest answer to this question
bnefer the better-The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS
For the next FIVE The Call will paw ONE Dol
LAR EACH. Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once AaL
your short and SEND 1T ON A POST4T
GARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

and without any draft The difficult and
expensive problems of creating light heat power would be
solved stroke 1t may be stuff that made Of but
modern science applied the American
way OF making such dreams. If told man
forty that the would make his
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
The People
Want the
Facts

series OF years have drawn large salaries for duties which
wholly unfulhlled
that the effort 10 call these officials merely politics.
That IS the customary OF delinquent republican
OF California afford take the defense derct
officials identify itself Therefore if Senator
Campbell able produce facts that show neglect duty
Commissioners Irwin and Sunmerand will be grave partisan
mistake TO attempt suppression of the truth
The fact that Campbell is democrat figure The
question IS Shall the republican party shoulder the Irwin
and Sunmerland? We do know whether Mr.
proof against these commissioners but if the inquiry stopped
by the majority OF the Legislature that suppression will put
republican the defensive and in the
and Summerand Let the truth be If Summer
land have defense make let them be heard If they have
been guilty OF official misconduct the payers of California
thirty have paid something like $4,000 salaries and
OF the commission without getting any of
for the money ought to be informed of the facts
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

candidly expressed belief OF Senator Wright
that money was being used and bribes paid
to defeat the proposition. The people OF San
Francisco at the last election, notwithstand-
ing the vigorous money fight made in opposi-
ton, favored the project BY a q to / majority.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

He attitude of certain members of San Francisco eps
ave delegation relation the sas creek project as re-
ported from Sacramento strangely suggestive view OF the
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

PEAKER CANNON makes impassoned partly abusive
defense Of the house rules reply certain criticism printed
- in magazine. Uncle Joe is better calling names
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

ton No more serious indictment lies against
the state government of California than the
fashion in which the neglect OF duty by this
body has come to be regarded almost as a
joke. 1t is a grave offense against the com
monMealth that officials should for a long
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

SEEMS unfortunate that the neglect duty by the
railroad commission should long
for want
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

The delivery of London's milk rt
nuires $500 horses
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

than at argument. Indeed, he is lamentably
weak in defense. Chiefly he. finds the rules
perfect because. in his opinion, they have
stood the test of time. 1t is not difficult to
understand why the house rules commend
themselves to the speaker. They are, in fact
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02
Electricity
From the
Sun S Rays
cngine was } invented.

engine invented The steam engine wastefu
power manufacturing electric by present
processes greater than the power
has far developed his he is able
to light Somervle with lamps supplied
from his battery where he acumuates the
energy by the suns The instrument which he
light electric cheap mechanical device
costing $780, and simple of operation Even invention
further development would the
problem Cheap and Independent lighting for homes and
factories Besides the created sufficient for the operation
OF small power plants
ii will do be sangune about the promises
~ inventors Coves discovery fail practice come
81 RI epectation idea have
for long insisted that such process
before long Imagine then, the potenates sun
If California manufacturing and storing power and light small
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

Something OF this sort has been the dream OF
science for more than score of years. and ii
Mr.. Cove has in fact discovered an effective
process for this purpose it means more
important revolution of industrial life than
anything that has happened since the steam
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

= GORGE s. COVE, residing in suburb of Be
declares that he has discovered process by which
- rays be directly converted into electrical enere
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

Mrs. Alexander Morrison OF Sacra-
mento Is in town for few days and
is a guest at the St. Francis. During
her brief visit In the city Mrs. Alex
ander will be entertained at a round
Of informal Affairs
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

Miss Jean Tyson accompanied by her
parents Mr.. and Mrs George TYSON.
Will leave April I for Europe ana viii
pass the summer in travel They in
80 eaNlng cruise on the Mediter-
ranean and will be away for xeve~sI
months. a
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

DIR. and Mrs W. r. CIunesS. with the
Misses Cluness. will leave town this
week for the early summer and will
open their home in Alameda
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-02

Mrs. Jerome Landheld Is suffering
from slight Illness and is conaned to
her home in Berkeley for a few days.
A little later in the season Professor
and Mrs. Landfeld VIII take a trip to
Mexico
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-08
RED is MANS COLOR
HAS PLAYED IMPORTANT PART
WITH ALL RACES.
In ieaiy Red Has Long Been the In
eIsnia of the Male, and elue of
the Female Luck in
Auburn Locks.

The partially for the color red ma,
not De mere chance, for it has played
an important part in the art and deco.
ration OF all races & zsf. aud to /,
are attached many old superstitions.
In our earliest forms of art we learn
r tnat various colors had special sig.
alhcance, generally in Distinguishing
lhe sexes. Striking examples cf This
custom are found in Italy, where rcd
was the insignia of the male and blu
OF the female.
1hls explains why in the old paint.
lngs we find the Madonna and othc,
blpl1cal women always in the latter
color, while the apostles and mascu.
line saints wore red. Even to day in
Rome and some other sections of
Italy, says Harpers WeeF'v, the sps.
clal color of its sex is pinned to the
dress of the child at the time of ban
tiSm.
1here still remain many curious
superstitions concerning this interest.
lhS Color. For instance, a great aver.
sion to red hair exists among Tie
peasants Of England and Wales anG
otten the presence Of person with
auburn locks is considered un!'icxy.
When fisherman of northern EnE.
land is mending his tackle the al.
proach Of red-haired individual is
solemnly believed to presage iii for.
tune unless the end of the line or act
Is Immediately passed through a flame.
In olden time the efficacy Of red as
cure-all for disease was strictly fol.
lowed, and this superstition has net
enllrely died out. The physician to
EDWARD ii. Of England, John of Cad.
deston, tells us that he brought, abdu!
complete cure for. one of the royal
princes who was suffering with small
pox by surrounding the sick bel
with various RED hangings, wrappia :;
the patient in red blankets, covering
MIN with a scarlet counterpane and
administering red mulberry wine.
In the west Of Scotland and In the
West Indies 1t is customary to wrap
a Dit or red cloth or flannel around
cnildren's throats to ward off the
Wnooping cough. In the early part of
the last century London shop in
Fleet street sold pieces of red cloth
to those suffering with scarlet fever.
the supposed remedy lying not in the
fabric but in the color.
In New Zealand the house in which
death has occurred Is painted with
this color to keep out the bad spirits.
and the path of the funeral procession
Is blazed with streaks of red to pre-
vent the demons from following. Even
now the Chinese plat their children's
hair with red silk to ward off the In
huence of evil spirits.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-08
Woman Pastor Of Church.

Rev. Gertrude Won Petzold, pastor
of the Free Christian church OF Lei.
cester, Eng, has accepted call to the
pastorate Of the Unitarian church OF
Streator, I'll. She is the first. woman
preacher appointed to any church in
England. Miss Won Petzold, who is 80
years old, was born In Prussia. She
spent four years at Edinburg uni.
versity and three years at Oxford, and
was ordained in 1904.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-08
UnQratefuI Parrot.

A parrot belonging to King Henry
VIII. one day fell out Of the p@.ace
window at Westminster into sihe
Thames, and remembering a cry ,;.2t
she had heard, called out: "A boat. a
boat, for twenty pounds!" A boatman.
hearing her cry, came to her rescue
and took her to the king, claiming the
reward Polly had offered. The king
said he would give whatever s,ttn
Polly should now say. But when she
was asked she very ungratefully cried:
"Give the knaye a groat." ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-08
ALL HAVE MEANING
TRACING ORIGIN OF BRIGHT AND
APT SAYINGS.
In Common Use, Yet 1t Is Doubtful
IT Many Know the Circumstances
Connected with Epigram
and Slang.

We all have slowed away i'm the ton
drawer of our brains odds aud ends Of
apt sayings. very convenien, when we
wish to give bright touch, a chic
turn, to our dull, everyday speech
yet In using them few of us have the
remote idea where they came from
whether the case in point be a bit of
OLD lace epigram or an up to-date twist
or slang off bargain counter.
When we accuse the greedy member
OF our family of taking the lions
share" we are borrowing the naive sar.
casm OF Aesop's fable, where at the
END OF joint hunt the animals wish
TO divide their booty, and the lion
claims one-quarter of the spoils by
right or prerogative, one for superior
courage, one for his dame and cubs
and 'as for the fourth, let who will
dare dispute 1t with me-"
To Spain we owe that delightfuIlv
wicked slogan: Every one for himself
and the devil catch the hindmost,"
You no doubt remember that at one
time his Satanic majesty kept a school
OF magic at Toledo. At the end of the
term the graduating class ran through
a long subterranean hall, the president
Of the school being entitled to the
hlndmost If he could catch him. AS
the one caught was forced to take a
postgraduate course, it would have
been distinct advantage, had he not
been obliged to barter his soul for the
privilege
When we plume ourselves with some
pretty ostrich tip Of flattery few of us
know that the expression "a feather in
your cap," arose from a custom of
Woodcraft enthusiasts, and that in
Scotland to-day the one who kills the
hrst woodcock plucks out a feather
and proudly wears 1t in his cap q
However flIppantly we may haunt
the phrase. Oliver Cromwell gave It
dignity of thought and diction when
he declined England's offered crown.
Royalty is but feather in a mans
cap" he said; ''let children enjoy their
rattle"
AS pure-breed game cock has only
red and black feathers, and cross.
breed is known by white feather In
his tail, ito show the white. feather"
forcibly pictures cowardice, since 1t is
averred that the least impurity of
blood destroys the birds pluck.
While In the barnyard, we must loi-
ter long enough to clear up the mys-
terry Of being "as poor as Jobs tur-
key" for the elusiveness OF this bird
has no doubt tantalized many a search
er of Scriptures who had not paused
to consider that turkey is as much
an American institution as the eagle
on. our coins.
With the unfortunate patriarch's
poverty in mind, Judge Halliburton
the British-American humorist, Sam
-Sltck-created Jobs turkey from his
own vivid imagination, describing the
bird with only one feather in his tail,
and of 30 weak.knged q constitution
that he was obliged to lean against
the fence to gobble.h '.' .'.-
..'..- - ----s--~-ssS~-A-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-08
A Peculiar. Wrench

OF the foot or ankle may produce q
very serious spraln.a A sprain Ia
more painful than q. break. In all
spraius, cuts, burns and scnlds Bal
lhrd's Snow Lihifhent is the best
thing to use. Relieves the pain in
stantly, reduces swelling is a perfect
antiseptic md heals rapidly. Price
25c. soc and 800 Sold 10y Elko
Drug Co. sr... .s....... 2.;...r.N
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-08
WaYslde Condolences.

mo, friend, I amt no hobo nor vag.
I'm Jest walkin' around de world on q
$4,000 b"t."
J. "Im glad ys told me dat, pal, fer
I'm merely leadin' dis kind Of a life
to gather material fer a book on
tramps, an was about to set ye down
fer a worst type Of bum"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-08
A Vital Pom,

The most delicate part OF a baby
Is it's bowels. Every ailment that
1t suffers with attacks the bowels al-
SO endangering in most cases the life
of the infant McGee's Baby Elixir
cures diarrloea, dysentary and nll
derangement of the stomach or
bowels Sold by Elko Drug Co,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-05-27
Murdsr Results From Quarrel at Roanoke

Roanoke, Va. May 25.-Scott Lewis,
a well known plumber, was killed today
as a result of fight with Foreman Par
rish over the repairs to the general
Office building Of the Norfolk and West
ern Railway, which was recently dam
aged by fire. The men quarrelled over
the work when it is alleged that Lewis
was struck by Parrish, who followed up
the attack, knocking him headforemost
down the steps. Lewis skull was
crushed and he died few hours later.
A warrant has been issued for Parrish
but 30 far he has not been apprehended.
Lewis was In the employ of a local
plumbing concern and was engaged in
placing the plumbing work in the new
building. Lewis is survived by widow
and large family, one daughter being
the wife Of Chief McFall, of the Roam
oke fire department.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-05-27
The Poll Tax List.

The county treasurer, H. p. Britain,
has about completed list of the voters
who have paid their poll taxes in time
to vote at the election next Fall. It
will be delivered to the county clerk by
the lst of June, and he will have ten
days to print the same to be delivered
to the sheriff for posting as required by
law. We will give our readers due no.
tice of the posting. Then the voters
should take the trouble to see the list
as posted and see if their names are
written thereon. Mr.. Britain has
made every effort to make the list as
perfect as possible, as it is his desire to
see that every qualified voter is not de-
prived of his franchise. Where there
are thousands of persons to be listed it
is not only possible but probable that a
few errors will be made. If there are
any such on this list he will have them
promptly corrected when his attention
is called to the matter. So, do not fail
to examine the lat when it ia posted.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-05-27
Circuit Court ProeesdInqs, ,

Judge Kegley opened the Spring term
of the circuit court on Monday, and
since then the court has been constantly
occupied with the Commonwealth g
business. A regular grand jury was
empanneled, which made ID indictments
for felony and 10 for misdemeanors,
On Tuesday trial of the case of the
Commonwealth VS.. George Cregger
was begun and on yesterday afternoon
was concluded by the jury finding the
accused guilty and giving him one year
in the penitentiary. On last Thanks
giving day, at shooting match at Falls
Mills, Cregger struck Edward Bell over
the head with gun, crushing the en-
tire left side of his skull. Bell was
taken to Bluefield where DIR. Scott, as
sisted by DR.. ]. M. Sheppard, of Falls
Mills, performed fine operation which
saved the life of Bell, but his brain was
so injured by the blow that his tongue
Is paralyzed and his mind is gradually
giving way. The wound was given in a
mutual quarrel, and consequently the
jury found Cregger guilty only of un-
lawful woundinR.
The case of the Commonwealth va.
". Il. Crabtree, for felony, will be call
ed up this morning and as soon as it is
disposed of the case of the Common.
wealth vs.. James Lawson will be called
for trial
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-05-27
HAS STRANGE POWERS.
Mr.. MaStin'S Story OF a Remarkable
Franklin County NEGRO.

Rev. ]. T. Mastin, of Richmond, sec
retary of the State Board of Charities
and Corrections, is responsible for the
following story of forty-four year old
negro in the Franklin county almshouse.
This man, who has been an inmate of
the almshouse for % years, is deaf,
dumb and blind. But for all that, he
moves around in a fashion that would
almost put Helen Keller to the blush.
The negro goes wherever he pleasea
and never butts into anything. He is
the almshouse wood chopper and cut
ter, and attends to these duties with a
degree of system and punctuality which
is well worthy of imitation. Not only
does he cut and split hewn timber, but
he also goes to the woods, half or three
quarters of mile away, and brings
down the forest monarchs with an axe,
which he wields like an ebon Hercules.
When the timber is felled the deaf,
dumb and blind man brings it back to
the almshouse on his shoulder and sees
that it is properly piled and corded. His
eye for measurement-that is, if blind
man can be said to have an eye for any
thing-is very exact. He cuts every
piece Of wood the same size.
"How he does all these things" said
Mr.. Mastin, sis more than can under
stand. / almost hesitate to tell about
them lest you mistake me for Mum
chausen. But what relate is actually
so. have seen this negro move about.
His lack of sight does not seem to in
convenience him in the least In going
through the woods and fields he finds
the path without the slightest difficulty
and keeps clear of all distractions.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-05-27
ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGE.
George Graham Arrested as Accessory
to Killing Of Mr.. T. & George.

George Graham, a young white man
about thirty years of sge, was lodged in
the Tazewell Jail on last Friday, charged
with being an accessory to the killing of
Mr.. I. E. George, clerk Of Tazewell
county, the details of whose tragic death
are familiar to almost every person in
this section of country.
The arrest of Graham was based on
statement made by one John Bailey. a
well known Bluefield police court char
acter and who is now serving a term in
the Princeton, W. Va, Jail for some
minor offense. Shortly after Bailey had
given it out that he knew all the facts
connected with the killing of Mr.. George
and that Graham and another man
whom he did not know had committed
the crime, the authorities at this place
were notified and an investigation of
the statement made by Bailey was at
once begun. Graham, who is a coke
puller and well known throughout the
Pocahontas coalfeld where he has
worked for the past ten years, was soon
located at one of coal operations on Tug
River, in Mcdowell county, W. Va, and
placed under arrest, brought to Taze-
well and lodged in jail.
The statement made by Bailey is cor
roborated by a fellow prisoner, EstiD
Jones, but is refuted by Katie Cloud
and Jim Jones, both of whom Bailey. in
his statement, claimed were eye-wit-
nesses to the tragedy and would verify
what he had said. These statements.
conflicting as they do, only serve to
complicate matters the more and causes
the public to view as mere fabrication
the story told by Bailey; many believing
1t to be only ruse of the latter to en-
deavor to make his escape while enroute
from Princeton to Tszewell to testify in
the case, while others think it scheme
OF Bailey's to get even with Graham
for having at one time 10 his life appear
ed as witness against him.
The Tazewell authorities are going
about the investigation of Bailey's state
ment in a calm, business-like way; work.
ing out each clue with the utmost dill
gence and research, as equally deter
mined that no innocent person shall suf-
fer as they are that the guilty shall
sooner or later be punished.
Graham, who is a native of Mont
gomery county, Va, is about thirty
years Of age, five feet nine inches high
and weighs about one hundred and sixty
five to seventy pounds; of unlearned
mind and scarcely above the degree of
mediocre IN intelligence. For the past
ten years he has worked as coke puller
at various points in the Pocahontas coal
fields, and is considered by those who
know him as harmless and inoffensive
character.