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The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
DELIGHTS OF CHILDREN
SAME FOR CENTURIES
Museum Has Exhibits That
Would Delight Carlyle

The museum at Cluny has just
acquired exhibits which would have
delighted Carlyle. who laments that
histories as generally written give lit
tie or no idea OF the habits of the peo-
pie at different periods. the style of
dress, etc The new exhibits are a coll
lection of chiidren's toys. in bronze or
pewter, dating from the fourteenth
to the seventeenth centuries. The toys
consist OF household goods. plates,
dishes. goblets. cups, jugs. and knives.
spoons and ladies. Some have re-
.ligious significance. representing pill
grfms' badges, crosses and chalices.
others are of a martial nature, soldiers
In lead. swords. poignards, sword hilts
and halbards. Then there are symbols
of sport, small birds. hunting horns.
whistles and stirrups. So IT would
seem the delights OF children five CEN
turtles ago were much the same as to-
day.-London Globe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific

PORTLAND, Sept. 2J,-when il arrives here
from san Francisco. the British steamer Quito.
which win take out cargo Of lumber for Bal
four. Guthrie & Co.. win 90 on the new Oregon
drydock before commencing to load.
With passengers and freight. the steamer
Eureka. Captain N0ren. sailed tonight for Eu-
reka-
The steamer T. s. Loop. Captain Levinson.
cleared this morning for San Francisco wiz
400, 900 feet OF lumber
The schooner Honoipu. Captain Langfeldt. A.
shed loading $4,000 feet OF lumber az the IN
man Poulsen mills this afternoon and VIII san
tomorrow.
The steamers Carmel ClaremoDt and Hoquism
OF the Richardson line arrived II Astoria this
morning and their way up
With two gangs at work. the steamer Neder-
land commenced loading this morning az the
elevator docks, and the British steamer Earl OF
Douglass win start Monday az the Oceanic dock
With 200 passengers and 1900 cases OF cheese.
the steamer 1rxo arrived at Teak street dock
this morning from Tillam0ok.
After having had complete overhauling at
the drydock the steamer Alliance. Captain Par
sons. sailed tonight from Couch street dock at
her regular time
Los ANGELES. Sept. 25.-The Pacific Coast
eonpany's steamship City OF Topeka arrived to
night from San Francisco with freight and pas
seugerS and will clear tomorrow for san Diego
The steamer Hanaei arrived from San Fran
cisco with passengers and freight.
The steamer Excelsior cleared for Redond0-
The steamer Temple Z. Dorr arrived tonfk
from Eureka with lumber.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
MONEY RAISED TO
RESTORE MISSION
Sonoma Valley Woman's Club
Engages in Campaign to Re-
pair Old Landmark
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

SONOMA CITY, Sept. 25.-A rousing
mass meeting was held here tonight
for the purpose of raising funds for
the restoration of the old mission in
this city. Despite tie storm. large
crowd was in attendance apd more
than 5000 was subscribed.
Father Leahy, Attorney Robert
Toppe, Mrs. Laura Bride Powers of San
Francisco, president OF the Landmarks
league; Judge Emmett Seawell of
Santa Rosa and Fred Duhring of So
noma City werf among the speakers.
The meeting was declared in favor OF
seeking the passage of resolution
by the next legislature giving back to
the county the title to the old mission.
The money collected tonight will be
used in making immediate repairs
necessitated by the storms of last year.
Adobe brick will be taken from the old
Eldorado hotel, which was built about
the same time as the mission, and used
In the repair work.
The Sonoma band played several
selections and added to the enthusiasm
of the meeting.
Mrs. Alice Wagnon. secretary of the
Sonoma valley woman's club, recently
wrote Governor Gillett regarding the
mission and received the following let
ter, which was read at the meeting
tonight:
Dear Madam: Your letter of September .,
inelosing cards of the old Mission San Francisco
de Solano, has been received / am pleased 10
learn that the women have undertaken TO raise
sufficient money to preserve this old relic or
landmark. and hope you may be successful:
Several months ago took up the question OF
having commission appointed to look arter tue
care and preservation of the missions Oh Iau-
fornia and think this ought to be done am
sure you viii find people enough in California 70
contribute money for the purpose OF keeping
these old missions in repair. and would gladly
do so II a good commission was appointed TO take
them in charge
state and it seems that ought TO preserve
those that we have. Yours respectfully,
]. n. GILLETT.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
JAPANESE PRINCE
TRAVELS INCOGNITO
Son in Law of Emperor to Sail
From San Francisco Un=
der Assumed Name
Especial Correspondence of The Call

lopecidt correspondence OF he CdHJ
HONOLULU, Sept. a5.-Soncho Otani.
son in law OF the emperor of Japan and
hereditary prince of the Buddhist
church, who has been touring Europe
and America for the last three years
incogntto, and who is now in San
Francisco. will resume his rank and
titles upon arriving here next month
In anticipation of his coming the local
japanese Buddhists, of whom there are
10000 in the islands, are planning a
great religious celebration and well
come
While in Honolulu. Soncho Otani will
De the special guest of Rev. Imamura,
the local high priest of the West Hong
wanlf Buddhists, of which sect the
brother of the visitor. is supreme
patriarch. post to which he will him
self succeed
During the Russian-Japanese war
Soncho Otanf was chaplain general of
the japanese forces in Manchuria It
was decided that he should tour the
world 10 enlarge his experience and he
set out as a simple Japanese gentleman
Two years he spent in London and so
secret was his mission that outside of
the japanese embassy no one was
aware that a person of his rank was in
the British capital. In America he has
travelled for some months, including a
visit last month to the Alaska Yukon
Faciilc fair He intended to sail from
san Francisco, direct for Japan. on the
inner Manchuria, September 4. but was
unable to secure accommodations
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
SKIM KEROSENE FROM
THE CREEKS AND POOLS

with their wonted acute perception
of the possibilities of things. the Chi
nese have taken advantage OF the anti
MOSQUITO campaign in the French con-
cession to enrich themselves. says the
Siam Weekly News. One of the meth
DDS adopted to DESTROY the embryo nui-
sances is to pour kerosene on the waters
of the various creeks and pools, and as
a consequence most OF them now carry
a coating of oil. The Chinese. who do
not view the work In the same light as
the foreigner. have recently commenced
skimmfng the creeks of the floating oil
and Asing 1t for their own purposes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
/ FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR
MEDICINE PAINTED DARK
British Journal Says Cause Is
Increasing Good Health

Speaking of some Investigations into
the financial prospects offered by medi-
cine which 1t has undertaken the Brit
ish Medical Journal says: I'VE already
knew positively that the ratio of
medical men to the general popula-
tfon had greatly increased. and the only
reason for not at once concluding that
condition of relative overstocking
had thereby been set up was the pos
sfbfltty that it might be shown that a
community of 1000 persons today set
up a greater demand for medical work
than 1000 persons 2S years ago. We
now have exceedingly strong reasons
for believing that this is not the case,
the causes being an Increasing supply
and falling demand. and they have
haAn going on simultaneously"
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVED


Saturday. Sept 2Js
Stmr Ravalli. Nelson. 2s hours from Eureka
sl5. 600 feet OF lumber to Hammond lumber com
pany.
Saturday. Sept 25.
stn,r Del Norfe Sanford Crescent City.
Barge Three, Kirkwood. Port San Luis. in tow
tug DauntIess.
Stmr Mann Smith, Olsen. Coos bay.
DOMESTIC PORTS
SEwARD-Arrived Sept 2hStmr Yucatan,
from Seattle, and sailed for Cordova-
kETCHIKAN-Arrived Sept 25ESfmr Tam
pico, from Marble bay.
vALDEZ-Saiied Sept 24EStmr Northwestern,
for Seattle
wRANGELL-Arrived Sept 2s-stmr City Of
Seattle from Seattle
sEATTLE-Arrivsd Sept 25-stmr Cottage
City, from Wrangeli-
TAToosH-Passed in Sept 25-Br stmr. signal
letters r. p. s. "
BY UNITED WIRELESS
Stmr Admiral Sampson. Sept %. $50 D. m.
OF Point Reyes hence Sept % for Seattle
Stmr Colonel E. L. Drake. Sept 25 o. m
40 miles south of Blunts reef from Seattle FOR
San Francisco.
OCEAN STEAMERS
RoTTERDAA-sail Sept 25-stmr Moor
dam. for New York.
souTHAMPToN-Arriy Sept 25-stmr New
York from New York
Sailed Sept 25-Stmr St. Paul. for New York
HATRE-Safled Sept 25-Stmr La Touralne,
for New York.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
GOVERNOR j. n. GILLETT
is GUEST OF HONOR
Entertained at Elaborate DIM
ner Given by w. E. Darpie

OAKLAND, Sept. 25.-Governor ]. n.
Gillett was the guest of honor last
evening at an elaborate dinner, which
was given by w. E. Dargie at his resi-
dence, Boulevard and Twelfth street.
seventeen persons sat at table
Gillett was escorted to the Dargie
home upon his arrival in town and re-
mained until $50 o'clock, when he and
a number of the guests went TO Idora
park
Those who attended the dinner were
Governor Gillett, Lieutenant Governor Warren
r. Porter. Senator George C. Perkins Congress
man Joseph r. knowland, George W. Reed.
Joseph F. Carlston. Melvin c. Chapman. Dent
Wells, Victor H. Metcalf " J. Laymanee.
John r Cook, " II. High, Joseph f. Baker,
John Z. Corners and W. E. Dargie
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
NOVEL WRITER'S MAKE
ABOUT $4,000 A YEAR

1t is not believed, says T. P.ss
Weekly, that there are 90 novelists in
England today making a thousand
pounds year out of their novels. The
sincere novelist is the worst off of all
There are just four sincere novelists
in England today who are making over
thousand year, and they make it
by their other qualities. not their sim
cerity. The rest of the sincere novel
ists-the novelists who are doing sim
cere, valuable work-are not aking
thousand year, and they never will.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
LANCASHIRE LEADS
IN COAL PRODUCTION
Great Number of Persons Ems
ployed in Industry

Lancashire is one of the principal
coal producing counties in the United
Kingdom. The following statement
shows the number of persons employed
in the mining of coal in Lancashire,
the output of the mines, and the out
put per person employed:
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
GLEN ALPINE SPRINGS
HOTEL DEL MONTE

The following San Franciseans reg
istered at Del Monte during the past
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
WILL SOON DESERT
SUMMER RESORTS
Touch OF Fall Weather Finds
but Few Guests Enjoying
Rural Pleasures
PARAIso SPRINGS

Recent arrivals at Paraiso SPRINGS
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26

WILL TRADE PoR ALFALFA RANCH
)nc u thc very finest corner dwellings in Oak
land large lot over I00x225 feet. with a
depth # ia feet across the rear: f1e large.
modern dwelling Of : rooms: Gas and cleo
iTirifF. large hreplsrs. well kept garden :;
slightly Ffew: price $40. 600: mortgage $500:
ear sibGiVide property and get this in cash.
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26
sEBAsToPoL REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE TO EXCHANGE


BUA home IN Sonoras county: write for list
JOHN A. WILLIAMS. Sebastopol Cal
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-26

500 Elegant modern cottage. rooms,
ba;h. well located On sunny corner in Fruit
valc. street work completed. will exchange
for iof part payment.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26

a resignation. I'm not gutter. II
/ vas. Ia have thrown up this job
long ago.
I'm not saying a single word in
my own defense now The team is in
last place and there is no chance for
an argument. | suppose. | don't know
what Mr. Hedges wants 10 do about IL.
Anybody who wants 20 fad that out,
will have 10 go 10 him But they can
rest assured that. il relations are g,s
ing TO De broken between the ST. Louis
club and Jim McAleer. it's going 10 be
because they don't want me 10 run
their hall club any more.
II I'm not going To manage the S.
Louis club in the future. it'll be be-
cause I'm fired. Resign? Not on your
life. I'm not a gutter, most OF all
when my luck is going bad and things
are breaking the way they are"
So saying the game boss OF the
Browns pulled himself together. raised
his pain-racked frame from its recum-
bent position, told Graham 10 go ont
and do the best he could. and proceeded
to Go his own best 10 put a spinal col
umn into his luckless aggregation.
about 20 take the field for the real
NAV
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
Mrs. Johnson Isn't Worried
Over Boy Jimmie in Cellar

rough on the little fellows inquired
Mrs. Fan.
"Lordy. no." said Mrs Johnson, KICK.
ing cat into corner OF the yard.
"Ye See there's one or other OF them
eight boys allus hangin round thct
cellar door an one OF ems in there
all tn time. They seem t have a
sort OF an idee tibet there's somethiu
good, like jam an SIGH. down there
an they want TO get In
We'll. haven't you anything for
them TO eat down thcre?' asked Mrs
Fam much Interested.
'Lawsy, no said MIS-. johnson. hit
ting a stray chicken on the back Of
the head with a brick II keeps all
my jam an preserves an SIGH in ~
garrett. Thet boy OF mine. Hughcy
Jennings, knows. Ian sakes he's bean
proWlin aroun' up there for three
years or more. a-lickin' his fingers an
comm down with his face Lfickey.
bu' Jimmy don't seem 20 ketch on
nohow."
Well, how 10 you explain that"
asked Mrs. Fan
"You see it's Jest this away said
Mrs Johnson, as she threatened a
book agent with a mop handle Jimmy
has seen tibet there Joey Cautillon
looking so fat an he knows JOcy's
bin Twin I'm the cellar $50 long thet
he thinks thets th' place fer MIN"
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26

Along about February p each year
Hans Wagner, OF Pittsburg, gets a
letter that reads something like this:
Dear Hans. Enclosed Is a contract
for the coming baseball season. II
Is all blank. as you will see. Fill t
out 70 suit yourself. Hans, but Ia fix
Ing your salary please remember that
times are very bad still. We must
have you aud Will pay whatever you
say"
Hans gets the letter while he is
at the Office OF the independent steel
plant that he and his brother own.
He studies the statistics and finds
that &c., persons paid 10 see the
games at Pittsburg last year. Then
back goes this letter 70 Barney Drey-
fuss:
"Mein Iieber Barney: Yours chust
received. Times was pretty hard
here, too | hardly ever saw der rail
market SO bad. But maybe get away
this summer for a little while II you
pay me $4,000 l hate TO say this.
but what can do?"
This IS a fact-Hans fixes his salary
and expert opinion is that II is $4,000
month for six months
And here's the point: There are
lot OF Hans Wagners-big and little
i'm the baseball business, and any
undertaking that can pay such sal.
aries may be regarded as having
reached that dignity which entities II
20 be called an industry.
Most OF the baseball fans may not
know that there is such a thing as
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
ADDIE JOSS TELLS WHY.
An Indefinite Something Prevents .
Pitchers Repeating.

Adlie Joss. the Maps sterling right
handler, explained while In Philadel'
phia last week why pitcher cannot
work oftener than once every three
or four days
People sometimes talk about the
old-timers who pitched day after day
and frequently won majority OF
their games said Addie. AT that
time managers on all the teams were
accustomed 10 work their pitchers Oft
en-. so II was even all along. More re-
cent managers have discovered that
the pitchers arm Is dead the next day
after he has pitched. Some once start
ed the idea OF employing several pitch
ers and giving long rest between
games That forced all OF the manas-
ers 10 Go the same 10 compete success
fully with the team with several
pitchers
III try to pitch the day following
a game in which | have worked ! find
that my speed is apparently just rs
great can curve the ball, and
have good control. but they invariably
hit ne Something is missing. No
one knows just what, least OF all the
pitcher We all know what electricity
will do. but we never saw II. II Is
the same with the pitcher. Something
is missing We don't know what II is.
We express it by saying He didn't
have anything on the ball.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY OVER
BROWNS AND SOME OF ITS FEATURES

49,, -. .t,.h -, ,,.t,, ,t,,o
ny haHS. WhiCn "y"'' i'"" '''
'''' ~ 'n''"' ''e
OLeary's slide 20 second In tho sixth
was one % the days features lic sill
completely around wallace when Lob
bic had tho ball ia plenty OF time L.
MAKE the out
Tie Browns tllcd tho bases in the
opener on liofman's single GiiEgs
double aud pass 20 McAlccs' but
lanes l-tt - - -t-t--f--F sttf4 q swell dp+!-
bic play resulted
Rigorous ofnci1l scoring took n fIf
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
Postmaster Homer Warren
SHES al UnpiIs'5 lob

No umpiring for Postmaster Homer
Warren. of Detroit-not il he can help
1t. at any rate The mail carriers and
The clerks or the local postottice are
TO play a game Monday al Belle Isle
this being the second OF a series now
in progress between the various az
gregations OF postal employees The
carriers, through their captain. Paul
Hofrichter asked Mr. Warren 10 AZ
5itrate and here is his reply.
Mr.. Paul Honrichter,
Detroit PostoMce.
Ny Erstwhiie Friend -
| am in receipt or your invitation -
attend at an alleged game of baseball
al Belle Isle on Monday afternoon,
June 2S, at O'Clock. TO act as an un-
pire | remember once In the days oi
my youthful indiscretions when ! con
scented 10 fill such a position Ny rec
objection is that lasted two IN lings
My performance is still a sad memory
but at that | wish TO remark that IL
is my earnest belief that l was much
better umpire than either of those you
had on the field NJ your game last
Monday Candldly, | never expected
10 see either of them alive again, but
! thank you for the invitation 10 the
game and win be present. and Is the
official head OF the force 1 shall insist
upon the right 10 remove any or al
umpires II | am dissatisfied with their
performance
- With best iishes- fer beth Sides aRd
expressing the hope that you mag
pound out several good hits, i'm.
Very cordially yours,
HOMER WARREN,
Postmaster.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
BY EARL McCLOUO.
I'm St. Louis Starr

Say Mrs. Johnson called he-
npighbor, Mrs. Fan. do you know
that McAleer boy of yours IS In the
CELLAR"
Mrs. Johnson came TO the back door,
wiptng the dlshwater from her toll
roughened hands and smiling broad
~.
Law. sakes. Mis- Fan, she said. rs
tibet boy in there ct last? I've been
spectin 10 hear tibet he'd tallin' down
them cellar-steps an broke his neck
We'll, aren't you going 10 get him
out OF there" said Mrs. Fan.
For tn Ian sakes, no exclaimed
Mrs. Johnson. sweeping a long-eared
hound puppy of the back steps.
When any of my boys gifts IN tn
cellar. mostly let's en- sit out tn
best way they kin"
Don't you think that's kind OF
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS KY
IN THE LEAGUE RACE

Detroit took the seventh con-
secutlyo game from the Browns.
Summers out-pitching Graham
with men on base. The score Was
4 10 L.
Detroit pulled away bit as tho
combined result OF her win and
the defeats OF Boston and the
Athletics. and now leads b. over
loo points.
Warhop held Philadelphia 10
six hits and New York won cas-
ily. rapping Dygert and Vickers
hard Chase and Austin each got
four hits.
Washington and Boston divided
a double-header, Johnson trim
ming Wolter, while Arellanos was
too much for Groom and Gray.
No game was scheduled at Chi
cage where the Sox lay idle.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26

II is now pretty VOL settled that big
Criss thumb : broken.
Leapiug catches by the leaping In
feeders Bush and Oleary featured the
day
Both Har'zoll and Hoffman have sore
fingers as the result Of their collision
Thur'day.
Tho Browns scored their run IN the
tilrd on ID single by Jones ana dou-
bic hy Ferris
two fast double plays with Bush as
r. PIVOT. helped the Tigers out OF holes
TN the early stages
The fans % Ladoga. Ind, read the
American league returns with increas-
ing fpy those days
Griegs turned OF stop on Stanage
In tIIr seventh that showed him a I'm
lshcI seron1-saCkfr.
Ferris and MrAlcesc. who have been
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
BY TIP WRIGHT.

once upon "A time when Jesse Bur
kett was the boss hitter. some one
asked his receipt for making base hits.
hit EN- where they amt respond
ell the crab"
Not elegant English. but. certainly
the Veterans diction was emphatic and
the querist nearer did not require 4
diagram To catch his drift
| don't see many OF the stars OF to-
day hitting them where they amt
The art died with the passing OF Bur
kett. Thompson, Williamson and those
ball years ago Expressed with the
dircctness that marked BUrkctt's fam
cts reply, might say. There amt no
place hitters today
In the days OF 400 hitters. who
ruled before the advent of the four.
strike rule and the odious spit ball, I.
was easy for them To pull ball he
tween the fielders, or place II between
the I'm and outfiel1s
Pitchers have always gained the AS
tendency, No matter how severe the
imposts laid upon them and they have
been many. the pitchers have Away
managed 10 get the upper hand
Today thew have the batters prac'
tirally AZ their mercy. You don't hear
OF So.and.So placing a hit in right or
left. or of So-and-So placing the bali
Just out az reach OF the inhelders rs
was the case not long aeo Indeed,
tho batters consider themselves for.
tunate 10 hit the ball safe. without
regard 20 location
So Burkctt's admonition carries no
weight in this day Of modern baseball.
The man who can place hit once out
Of five times can command q largo
salary In any company. but, unfortun'
ately. he does not exist.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26

going hitless or nearly so. all week.
each broke into the slapping column
The look OF disgust on Grahams face
when Eddie Summers whockcd SAFE
one 70 center IN the htth was funny 70
see.
NcAleer got CAV on Thursday and
worked out his own indcld with the
result that he was ia worse shape yes
terday.
JTmmTd WTiliams takes hts bcucttHE
IN good spirit and was out pitching -
the batters yesterday IN the prelimin-
airy practice
Nobody has been doing any gont-Eet-
ting ut the expense OF Mr. Bus1 these
laws What "a terrific game the little
Hoosier is putting M!
II WaddeI gets back from the Grand
,,,,crtren in time he may twill to-
The Detroit times., 1909-06-26
AMATEURS SHOOT BEST
Four OF Them Tie for Grand American
and VIII Shoot or Today.

anu WIZ oUO0h wi tNOdy.
CHICAGO, June 26.-Today is get.
away day at the Chicago Gun club
and with four men tied for first honors
in the Grand American handicap. some
great shooting is expected.
AS a result OF yesterdays shooting
George Burns, Cleveland; William
Wittleaf. Nicholas, Iowa: John r. Liv.
ingston, Springfield. Alabama. AMI
Fred Shattuck. Columbus. Ohio. are
tied for the Grand American title.
, T he FfaFksHiea made scores OF &c All
the leaders are amateurs, the best
showing for professional being made
by Dan. Barstow, OF ST. Louis, who
scored 95.
The shoot-off OF the Grand Ameri.
can will be held this morning. the con.
testants 70 shoot at 20 targets at the,r
original handicaps.
The National Amateur and Profes
sional contests Will also be held today
Fred Gilbert is the present holder OF
the professional title and George Roll
OF Blue Island, H., is the amateur:
champion.