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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
WELSH NOMENCLATURE
TOO MUCH FOR TOURIST
Dialogue With Shepherdess IL
Illustrates Odd Names

Welsh correspondent, after read
ing the note on the Beauties of No
menclature' in this column yesterday,
considers that the principality can go
''one better in terminology than the
German srenderings of the materials
for coloring matter there given. He
sends us what purports to be a dia-
logue between a tourist and shep-
herdess. which. to say the least, ought
to establish the claim of Wales to
pre-eminence in the beauties of no
menclature, says the London Globe
Here is the proof:
Tourist: Good morning. my pretty
maid. Whose sheep are these p"
ronwy Cadwaladr, sir" Tourist: "Oh.
a very nice name. too. And where does
he live?'' Shepherdess. AT Tre'rge-
ifrgwylltion" Tourist: Have you
been much from homer Shepherdess:
only in Anglesey, sir: went with
my mother and my sister from Liam
erchymeddymmondo, and from there
to see Cregiau Crugyll, and came back
to Llanfairmathafarneith and then
-" Tourist: Hold hard; let me
breathe a littlei Well, where after
ward?" Shepherdess: We'll, my brother
had to go back to Chawarel Cae-
braichycafn. and my sister to Liam
aelhaiarn, but on our way home we
went to see the little church by the
river-such funny old fashioned
church, sir Tourist: Where is it? I
mean what parish?" Shepherdess: I'm
LIanfairpwllgwyngy chwyrn-
drobwlltysiliogogogo Touris t:
Mercy on us, That is enough, How
ever shall l find such placer"
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
ISLANDS VEGETATION
RESTORED BY NATURE
Volcano Swept Land Is Once
Again Fertile -

April 26, 1888, the island of Krakatoa.
IN the strait Of Sunda between Java and
Sumatra, was the scene of a volcanic
eruption, and half of the island was
blown away in the greatest explosion
known TO man, says a writer in the
Boston Post.
The surface was changed from a
beautiful tropie forest to waste of
volcanic ash and pumice, destitute of
all life. The island is y miles from the
nearest land and % from the nearest
point Of Sumatra. the most probable
source of seeds, but nature has restored
luXuriant vegetation, including trees
so feet tall
The return Of the plants has been a
matter Of such Importance and interest
10 bOtanists that the story is given in
new book by Prof A Ernst Wind
blown spores seem to have begun the
work, and in 1890 the surface had be-
come largely covered with blue-green
algae. which We're preparing soil in
which a few ferns and grasses had al
ready taken root. while towering plants
from sea borne seeds had begun to ap-
pear on the shore.
In 1897 the species had increased to
50 seed plants and u higher crvpto-
grams, portions of the ground being
covered with green. Since then the
progress has been marvellous and the
south side of the island is mostly a
mass Of green. with fruit and seeds OF
land plants on the beach, a forest Of
cocoanut palms. screw pines and figs
farther inland and a jungle of grasses
reeds and vines beyond the forest. II
is estimated that SO to y per cent of
the seed plants has been brought by sea
currents, 10 to 1s by birds and 1e TO 80
by winds
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
LAUNCH ENGINEER
BURNED TO DEATH

An explosion OF gasoline fumes in
the engine room OF the launch Ne
vada caused the death early yesterday
morning of Pete Figari. the engineer
in charge of the boat Figari was %
years of age. He leaves a widow. but
no children. He has been engaged in
running gasoline launches for 10 years
and was well known along the water
front.
The Nevada was owned by James
Wilder and was engaged in towing
scow schooners up and down the cham
mel. Ffgarf went on board shortly aft
er o'clock yesterday morning. The
engine room had been closed all night.
and without waiting for the fresh air
to displace the fume laden atmosphere,
Figari started his engine.
A terrific explosion blew Off the deck
of the launch and filled the air with
pieces of machinery. The launch i'm
mediateIy burst into flames, in the
midst of which stood Figari, stunned
and unable to help himself. The fire
department was summoned. but could
do nothing for the engineer, who was
roasted TO a cinder.
Nels lessen, captain OF the launch
Uncle Sam, who boarded the Nevada
at Figarfs request, to cast off the lines.
saved himself when the launch burst
into flames by jumping overboarS
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
USE QUEER METHOD IN
BUYING BURMA RUBIES
Dealers Classify Stones and
Trade by Gripping Hands

Oriental merchants have business
methods which would arouse the Won
der of the New York store keeper. Per-
.haps the most peculiar methods are as
sociated with the sale of rubies in
Burma, says the New York Sun.
The prospective purchaser takes a
seat near a window and has before him
a large copper plate. The sellers come
to him one by one. and each empties
upon this plate a little bag of rubies.
The purchaser arranges the gems all
in separate little heaps, in order that
he may set valuation upon them.
He first divides them into three
grades according to size. Each of
these three groups is again divided into
three other piles, according to color,
and each of these piles in turn is once
more divided into three groups, ac-
cording TO shape.
Artificial light is never used in the
examination of rubies, the merchants
believing that full sunlight alone is
capable of bringing out the color and
brilliancy of the gems All sales must
be made between the hours of a. m.
and 3 p. m. and the sky must be clear,
so that nothing can dim the radiance
of the crimson stones.
The copper plate is brought into
requisition in more ways than one. The
sunlight reflected from it through the
stones brings out, with true rubies, a
color effect different from that of
spinels or tourmalines, which are thus
readily separated Many spinels bear
a close resemblance to the ruby, but
this simple test made under the keen
eye of the oriental never fails.
When the various stones have been
segregated the buyer and seller begin
an odd method of bargaining by signs,
or rather grips, in profound silence.
After agreeing upon the fairness of
the classification they join their right
hands covered with a handkerchief or
the flap of garment. and by grips
and pressures understood among these
dealers they make, modify and accept
proposals of purchase and sale. The
hands are then uncovered and the
prices are recorded.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
GOWNS SHOW CHARACTER
AND HABITS OF WOMAN
Care Over Little Details Insures
Neat Appearance

There is a proYerb to the effect that
fine feathers make fine birds" Would
II not have been as near the truth to
have said. You can discover the habits
of birds by the kind of plumage they
wear What is true of birds is true of
people, great deal of a woman's char
acter is unconsciously expressed in her
clothes, vs. the Washington Post.
The woman who thinks of little
things about her house. her table or her
garden viii think of the little things in
regard TO her clothes. She is the woman
who is careful of details. She may not
have things beautiful around her; she
may select the wrong color and the
wrong material for her dress, but she
can always be counted on to be neat
Take the woman who never makes up
her mind; she is sure to show it in the
way she dresses. a woman on her way
TO Europe last summer was undecided
until the last minute whether she
should travel in her black or her tan
shoes.
The result was she Travelled in one of
each. for while she was coming to de-
cision one tan shoe got stored in her
trunk and sent down to the steamer
When the hour came for sailing she
had 10 appear. like Pierrot in the cir
Gus, in shoes that did not match
Then there is the woman who is sup
PcSSN ~ ~ SASNtAs anu Yet 10 80 Olleil
badly dressed. 1t is not because she is
superior to clothes: no woman fails to
want to appear well dressed. But the
clever woman thinks in a big way
without understanding the importance
of little things or their relation to her
self She viii start out with a good
idea for a dress of beautiful color and
material, but she may still be badly
dressed because she has not thought
whether her costume was suitable to
her own appearance, and she has for
gotten all the little things 20 complete
her toilet.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
MUSSULMAN ART TO
BE SHOWN AT MUNICH
Exhibition Will Demonstrate Its
General Development

Next year an exhibition will take
place in Munich devoted to Mussulman
art. The following epochs will be rep
resented: Art under the caliphs down to
1858; Moorish art in Spain and in the
north of Africa TO 1900; art in Sicily
to 1900; Persian art under the domina-
ton: art in Turkey from 400 to 1900
Exhibits viii show the influence of
orientaf~art upon Scandinavian art in
the middle ages. The influence of
Persia upon art in Russia and Poland
viii also be shown.
What Italian art owes to Turkey will
be made evident, and the obligations
of Turkey to Italy will also be seen in
the exhibits Turkeys influence on
German art viii likewise be shown.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
DISPUTED SPANISH
WORDS CAUSE tilt
Lawyers in De Layeaga Will
Fight Clash Over Meaning
of "Criatura InOcente"
Aged Mexican Woman Takes
Oath That Testatrix Was
."ShOrt of intelligence"

Questions of the Interpretation of
Spanish words are becoming increas-
ingly important in the contest of the
will of Maria de Laveaga. In the
deposition of Norberta Martinez, an
old Mexican woman, read yesterday,
the testatrix was referred to as ''eria-
tura inocente" Immediately there was
a dispute-not learned, but bitter-be-
tween the attorneys as to the meaning
of the two words. At length opposing
counsel agreed "criature" means in
FAINT; but as to "inocente" no mutually
acceptable translation could be found.
The contestant declares 'fnocente"
means simple, while the proponents
translate it as innocent Scholars in
the Spanish language win be called as
witnesses to settle this and similar
differences.
Norberta Martinez swore that Maria
de Laveaga, with whom she was closely
associated in the years 1SS2-3-4, was
very simple-like an infant and with
out decision-and that she did the first
thing which came to her mind. She
was very short of intelligence" the
witness said further A teacher was
employed 10 try and leacn ner TO write,
but she was never able to learn. The
only writing of Marias the witness
ever saw was like the writing of an
infant-it commenced high up and
ended low down, the letters being large
and far apart
Miss Josephine Genevieve Cebrian,
who admitted writing a letter to Nor
berta Martinez suggesting how she
should testify, was under cross exami-
nation during the morning session.
Asked by Attorney PiIlsbury If she had
not accompanied Dolores Guerrero to
the postofice for the registration of
letters, she answered:
Maybe I did and maybe 1 didn't"
Pillsbury complained that he was
not being treated with respect, and
Judge Coffey warned the witness that
was not a proper manner in which to
answer the lawyer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
WOMEN TO ASSUME
CHARGE OF HOSPITAL
Dr.. vowinckel and Present
Managers Ready to Yield
Possession of Institution
Supervisor d'Ancona Secures
Assurance Of Cooperation
From Attorney Nelson

No stumbling block is in the way
of the organization of the Califor-
MIA Woman's hospital by the board OF
lady managers, according to the views
expressed by Attorney William Met
son in conference with Supervisor
d'Ancona yesterday. Dr. Vowinckel
and the present managers are ready
to give possession as soon as con-
venient
Acting for the city, D'Ancona yester-
day sought to arrange the details Tor
the further operation of the hospital
in line with the boards direction that
the eight free beds should be main
tanned in lieu of rental for the city's
ground.
Metson and Doctor Vowinckel. Dan
coma said, were willing the hospital
should be carried on by others and
would cheerfully facilitate the taking
over of the equipment and good will
of the institution.
D'Ancona announced that the city
had no desire to assume possession of
the ground and buildings provided ar
rangements could be made for the man
agement OF the hospital.
"Of course, the city does not wish
to interrupt or embarrass the oper-
alton of the hospital" said the super
visor It would not be decent or
profitable to close the institution. All
the city wants IS that the free ward
shall be maintained satisfactorily ahd
that the health department shall have
general supervision over it.
Attorney Metson seemed entirely
willing to assist in every way in pro-
noting the good of the institution un-
der whatever auspices it may be con-
Quoted, He and Doctor Vowinckel. l un-
derstand, will be glad to turn over the
equipment to their successors along
with their own and the institution S
good will and name"
Attorney o. K. Cushing stated that
Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding and the
other women who had been interested
in the mana cement of the hospital
were organizing to carry forward the
work, but that the plans were not ad-
vanced far enough to be made public.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
Personal Brevities

b. F. Porter Of Eureka is registered at the
Manx.
Governor James n Gillett is guest at the
Fairmont.
Mr. and MRS. W. NJ. Fisher of Naps are guests
at the Manx
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Kilborn of Reno are at
the Fairmont.
william Faulkner of Los Angeles is registered
at the Stewart.
General j. A. Barry and Mrs Barry are guests
at the Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hope of London are guests
at the ST. Francis.
p C. Thede a lumberman of MADEIRA, is stay
ing at the Fairmont.
L. A. Crandall an oil operator of Los Angeles,
Is at the st. Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.. Boyle OF Pittsburg are
guests at the st. Francis.
]. V. Priest. mining man Of Tonopah, is
staying at the ST. Francis.
S. A. Campbell, collector of the port of Eureka,
is staying at the Argonsut.
George d. kellogg, a fruit grower Of New
castle, CAL, is registered at the Argonaut.
J. l.. Workman, the discoverer of National a
mining camp In Humboldt county, Nevada is a
guest at the st. Francis.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
WASHINGTON TOWNS
ISOLATED BY FLOOD
Railroad Tracks Washed Away
and Bridges, Houses and
Farm Produce Destroyed
Four Townships Under Water
and Barns Float Into
Puget Sound

BELLINGHAM. Wash. Dec 2.-FoI
| three days Bellingham and northwest
| Washington have been cut off from
communication with the outside world
| by floods, boat service. alone furnish
Ing connecting link No trains are
| moving except between this city and
Burlington, 20 miles south, and service
can not be restored inside of week.
Rivers are falling and some estimate
of the losses can be obtained
The loss to the railways will exceed
s1,00o,o00. Whatcom county9Ioses $780,
600 in bridges alone. F,,erndale losses
aggregate $4,000, two mills, a<schooI-
house and II residences having been
destroyed.
Bellingham's washed out bridges.
sewers and water mains cost $4,000.
RAILROAD TRACK DISAPPEARS
Five miles of Northern Pacific track
In this county has disappeared, even
the grade being obliterated. Linemen
are reconstructing the telegraph line,
following the right of way by the
bitches.
The steel drawbridge on the Great
Northern at Ferndale must be replaced
~ AAAAOs' VI cat ITiCk De-
tween Burlington and Mount Vernon
in Skagit county is gone. South OF
Mount Vernon 20 miles of track is stin
under water
The Anacortes branch of the Great
Northern has lost half a mile of grade
at Avon, while mile of track has been
washed away at Whitney. Practically
the whole of 40 miles of the Rockport
branch of the Great Northern must be
reconstructed. The right of way be-
TWEEN Lyman and Hamilton must be re-
located for a distance of five miles, At
Hamilton the depot was carried from
the south side to the north side of the
tracks.
FOUR TOWNSHIPS UNDER WATER
Fonr townships of farm lands in
Skagft county are under water caused
by the breaking of the dikes at Mount
Vernon. Laconner is under seven feet
of water and in places on the bottoms
the water is three feet deep.
Laconners loss is placed at sI5O.OOO
Stocks of goods were destroyed. and
two warehouses filed with grain and
hay collapsed and slipped into the
flood.
In the country north of Laconner
1000 head of cattle were drowned.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
ATTORNEYS FOR MINER
DECLARE CLIENT INSANE

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 2.-Attorneys for
Albert Ryan. the organizer for the
western federation of miners. who will
face two murder charges in Judge
Davis court next Monday, will ask that
their client be examined as to his sanity
before the charges are heard. Their
assertion that he is hopelessIy insane
will be backed with depositions from
Nevada Arizona and other states.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
SUPPOSED LEPER is
ARRESTED AS MENACE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. John r.
Early, a former soldier, who is de-
clared by some authorities to be a
leper, appeared in Washington last
night and today circulated freely about
the city. This afternoon he was ar
rested as a menace to public health
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
CORN SHORTAGE CLOSES
ALCOHOL DIGTILLERIES

CELAYA, Agnasealientes. Mex, Dec.
1.-TWO alcohol distilleries have been
forced to close owing to shortage Of
corn, throwing 500 employees out of
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03

while 100000 sacks Of oats and 5000
tons of baled hay are a total loss One
barn containing hay was found floating
in Puget sound by northbound steam
er yesterday. The loss to the farmers
here is estimated at 100000 in live
stock hay and grain.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
Rains Stop Victoria Trains

VICTORIA, B. c.. Dec. 2.-Torren-
tiaI rains during the last so hours
which still continue, have caused
floods on Vancouver island and IA
washouts on the Esquimalt and Ma
naimo railroad. all trains on that road
being annulled in consequence.
The train which left Esquimalt Sat
urday morning is still stalled in Lady
smith.
Fire engines are pumping water
from the basement of the Julian hos
pital. Water mains were broken by a
landslide north of this city. The sew
ers have been blocked
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03

WOUNDED BOY RECOVERING Oakland. Dec
Fred Harvey. a 6 year old boy who was
accidentally shot 10 days ago by his father,
]. E Harvey of Alvarado. Is now convalescng
in the Alameda sanatorium. and his physicians
believe that his recovery is assured.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
rRoUBLE OVER RING

Trouble OVER RING Ferdinand Caceiatore
N352 Montgomery avenue. obtained a warrant
Yesterday for the arrest OF Nicola Colabella on
charge Of embezzing a diamond ring valued
S10l
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
Gas Bills Reduced

And your gas service taken care of for
a small monthly charge.
Gas Consumers Association
Phone Franklin w 467 O'Farrell ST.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-03
HEAVY Snow in Tacoma

TACOMA, Dec. 2.--Facema is blan-
.keted by nearly a foot of snow. Street
car traffic is almost at, standstill and
light and telephone wires are down.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-23
"Lagnisppe."

'Lagniappe," New Orleans Gus
tom, dies hard. Ayear ago the retail
groeers of that city agreed that they
would refrain from giving a bonus or
present to customers. as 1t was a
burden they could not support, but
since then some two hundred of the
retailers have resumed the practice
The others now say they will boycott
the wholesalers who sell to the retail
ers who have violated the agreement.
The seat of the trouble, however, is in
the habit of expectation that has long
been cultivated in the customers.
Give me my lagniappe." il regarded
as legitimate demand. and the lagni-
appe is not held to be a gratuity or
gift. but a commission earned by the
purchaser for having conferred his or
her patronage or the patronage of the
family the purchaser represents.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-23
GOOD OLD WORLD, AFTER ALL
Let the pessirnist Read This and Get
Into Better Frame
Of Mind.

This is good world. Its growing
better every day. We can't say this
| often enough or strong enough. for
it is not only recording a fast but it
is getting behind the cha-iot of
progress and giving it push our
selves.
Rich mems sons are not ali round
ers" because few SINCE their wings
In the white lights. Most of them set
about mastering the intricaeies OF
dads business SO they ease his shoul-
ders of some OF the strain and get in
trim to take 1t all themselves, some
time. Others. still more independent,
strike out for themselves
Rich mems daughters are not all
brainless and snobbish and extraya-
CANT For one that runs away with
chauffeur there are thousands who
go to college and come out OF it noble
women.
And the poor do better, with less to
help them. Most boys put their necks
in the family hearness and help pull
with their fathers. 1t is the girls.
however. who pass them in this serv-
ice. Ii the average girl elects to stay
at home-and the one serious point of
criticism is that not enough do--she
doesn't have to write abroad for ad-
vice to ease her mothers grind And
II she goes into shop or Office or fac
tory, the mother often gets the sealed
pay envelope at the end of the week
and doles out the spending money to
the girl who earns it. More girls
than the world knows about, or, know
ing, praises as 1t should. put aside
their chances for home OF their
own TO keep that of their mother Sc
cure. g.
It's a good world and the over
whelming majority of good girls not
only help to make it so. but brighten
1t as well.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-23
Notice Of Adjustment Day

Estate of Fannie S. Deweese Deceased.
The undersigned, having been appoint
ed Administrator of the estate of Fannie
S. Deweese, late of the County of
Clear Creek in the State of Colorado,
deceased, hereby gives notice that he
will appear before the County Court
Of said Clear Creek County, at the
Court House in Georgetown, in said
County, on Monday, the 25th day of
October, A. D. 1909, at the hour of
1880 o'clock A. NJ. of said day, at
which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re-
quested to attend for the purpose of
having the same adjusted. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the under
signed.
Dated at Georgetown, Colorado,
this 23rd day of September, A. D.. 1909
LEANDER N. DEwEEsE,
Administrator Of the estate Of Fannie
S. Deweese, deceased.
ROYAL r. GRAHAM, Attorney.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-10-23
ACTOR A MAN OF RESOURCE
Saved Cab Fare and at the Same Time
Got Even with Unkind
Critic.

District Attorney Jerome OF New
a resourceful lawyer,
Get him in a hole" said Mr.
Jerome, 'tand he is out OF 1t the very
next second. He is as resourceful as
an actor | recently heard about
This actor. at two or three o'clock
one morning. got In taxicab to drive
home. and when almost there discov-
cred that his money was spent. He
had nothing for cab fare.
"A famous physician lived near by
and the resourceful actor told the
chauffeur to stop there. Then he
jumped out, rang the physicians night
bell and screamed up the tube In an
agoniged voice:
doctor. our baby, 1t has swal-
lowed its rattle, Quick. I've got a
taxicab waiting
"IIl be down at once said the doc
tor.
And he appeared at once. an over
coat over his pajamas. and case of
instruments under his arm.
THE actor bundled him into the
taxicab.
ITO 81 West Steenth street, he
said to the chauffeur I'll go on to the
druggists
And the actor walked of chuck
ling. for the address he had given was
that of an old maid dramatic critic
who had dared to roast his last play"