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The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
SLANG VULGARIZES
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Decent Speech Being Discarded
for Worthless Hybrids

Our unfortunate readiness to adul-
terate the pure gold of the English
tongue with the baser metal of slang
and vulgarism has served to drag
down from their high estate many
words that have rendered long and
honorable service to decent speech, TO
distort the meaning of others and even
to create a glossary of worthless hy-
brids, not infrequently termed Amer
icanisms" The illiterate are never so
happy as when at large among words
and phrases that shine with the false
glamour of aristocratic birth, says the
New York Sun. Function" which
once signif1ed a ceremonial of state,
is now used TO characterize revels that
have no place in the court circular
House party" despite the halo given
il by Ouida and her school, has long
since been robbed OF even its dubious
standing and compelled to do service
in accounts of plebeian suburban dis
fractions. After a long course of Eng
lish as ii is now written we turn
with relief to the primer whose so
we do go up" and 10, the OK doth CO."
seem masterpieces of prose competi-
tion by comparison.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
TEACHERS OF -FOUR
COUNTIES ASSEMBLE
Members of Northern California
Association Are Welcomed
at Redding Convention

REDDING, Nov. 14.-Color and life
were added to Redding today by the
presence of more. than 500 teachers
from Butte, Tehama, Colusa and Shasta
counties, nine-tenths of them being
women.
The county Institutes of the four
counties were held apart in the Ma
sonic temple, high school building, Odd
Fellows hall and Jacobsons hall. the
respective county superintendent pre-
siding-Mrs. Murine Abrahams in
Butte. Miss Della Fish in Tehama, Mrs.
'Fillie l.. Laugenour in Colusa and Miss
Lulu E. White in Shasta.
Not half a dozen teachers were miss
ing from any of the four counties.
Butte had the largest number. $50;
Shasta 147, Colusa 66 and Tehama 120,
with others from outside counties.
State Superintendent Hyatt was present
and delivered an address.
All four counties will combine to-
morrow and meet as the teachers asso-
citation of northern California, with
Prof George w. Moore, principal OF the
Colusa high school, presiding.
The visiting teachers were given a
formal reception this evening in Ar
mory theater, which was followed by
military ball by Company d, Second
regiment, c. n. G.
Redding citizens are doing their best
to make the visiting teachers feel at
home. The teachers themselves ex-
pect to derive great benefit from the
enthusiastic gathering.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15

Here is home made remedy that
takes hold of a cough instantly and
will usually cure the most stubborn
case in "a hours. This recipe makes
a pint-enough for whole family You
couldn't buy as much or as good ready
made cough syrup for $3.50.
Mix one pint of granulated sugar
with u pint of warm water. and stir
two minutes. Put 2h ounces of Pinex
(5O cents WORTH in pint bottle,
and add the Sugar Syrup. This keeps
perfectly and has a pleasant taste
children like it. Braces up the appe-
tite and is slightly laxative, which
helps end a cough.
You probably know the medical
value of pine in treating asthma. bron-
chitis, and other throat troubles, sore
lungs. ETC., There is nothing better
Pinex is the most valuable concen-
trated compound of Norway white pine
extract, rich in guiaicol and all the
natural healing pine elements. Other
preparations will not work in this
formula.
The prompt results from this mex
pensive remedy have made friends for
1t in thousands of homes in the United
States and Canada which explains why
the plan has been initiated often, but
never successfully.
A guarantee of absolute satisfaction.
or money promptly refunded, goes with
this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex.
or will get il for you. If not, send
to the Pinex Co., Ft Wayne, Ind.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
DO YOU KNOW PENGUIN
EGGS ARE GOOD TO EAT?
Sure, Some Persons Consider
Them a Delicacy

The islands belonging to Cape Colony
and distributed along its coast, as well
as along the coast of German South
west Africa, are barren and rocky, bear
little vegetation and are merely i'm
mense rocks where human life can be
supported only by provisions from the
mainland, says Vice Consul General
George L. Foster, Cape Town.
These islands are divided into two
groups known as the Colonial islands
on the coast of the colony and the
Ichaboe islands on the coast of German
Southwest Africa. They are valua Bile
asset TO South Africa, inasmuch al they
produce large quantities of guano,
penguin eggs and a considerable num-
ber of sealskins, as well as some seal
oil.
The collection and sale of the guano
Is controlled entirely by the govern
ment agricultural department, and ex-
portation beyond the limits of South
Africa is prohibited. About 1000 tons
are collected annually and brought to
Cape Town, where the government de-
pot is located. From here ii is sup
piled direct to the farmers throughout
the country, who are charged about
$50 per ton when II would be possible
to obtain $40 per ton more by selling to
private contra ctors or exporting 1t to
England.
IN ddQIIlOn 10 Ine SudnO p1OQuCeQ Dy
the islands mentioned South Africa I'm
ported foreign guano in 1909 TO the
value Of $1,000. artificial manures
s142,42S, and phosphates s17s,2O4. Only
5000 pounds of artificial manures. val
ued at SO. came from the United States,
$50 pounds of the guano, valued at s5,
and none OF the phosphates.
The number Of penguin eggs col
lected annually from the islands is
about SOC, 900. These are sold by con-
tract to a Cape Town firm at 81 cents
per dozen. The demand for these eggs
in South Africa is not increasing, but
rather the reverse, as hens eggs be-
come more plentiful and consequently
cheaper. They can not be said to take
the place of fowls eggs except in
cases where the ishy taste Of their
yolk is disguised in cooking. These
eggs are considered great delicacy
by some
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
PLANS FOR COUNTY
FAIR TO BE HEARD
Stockton Mass Meeting Will Re-
ceive Report of Committee
Next Saturday
TSecciol Dispatch TO The Call

STOCKTON, Nov. IA committee
on organization in connection with the
movement for the revival of the old
time county fair has been appointed
following the recent mass meeting of
San Joaquin county residents.
The committee will meet next Friday
night in the chamber of commerce
rooms and report back at a mass meet
ing to be held next Saturday after
noon at o'clock in Judge c. ". Nor
tons courtroom.
Several plans have been suggested,
among them being that Of purchasing
the old racetrack property southeast of
town. Others favor the erection of an
auditorium in the city for the county
fairs and conventions. The farmers
and citizens of Stockton are unani-
mously in favor of reviving the agri-
cultural fairs.
Following is the committee ap-
pointed:
E. Powers Msnteca: William Schmidt. Tracy;
z. y. Pierce, Manteca: Hillard Welch, Lodi
J. A. Coley. Escslon: Charles Salmon. Lsthrop;
John y Tone. Linden: George Z. Lawrence.
Lodi: Charles Bryant. Clements; Henry Loren
zen. Banta: W. B. Mathews. French Gap; John
Dougherty. Lodi; NJ Van Gelder, Acampo; D. W.
Smyth, Copperopolis road; j. y. Jones. Carl
Steinbart. p. NJ. Young, J. ". Wiley, J. r.
Koch. c. E. Dean, d. B. Morrill,, R. B. oulla-
han. Stockton
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
STOCKTON WOMAN
GRANTED DIVORCE
Mrs. Ella Steinman Gets Two
Minor Children and Also
Property
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON, Nov. l4.-Ella Steinman
was today granted an interlocutory de-
cree Of divorce in her suit against
Charles Steinman and was granted Gus
tody Of two minor children and pos
session of. community property.
she testified her husband had treated
her cruelty. She recited occasions when
company. The couple had been married
% wears.
The divorce suit OF Tictress Raymond
against Alfred Raymond. son Of F. J.
Raymond, a. glove manufacturer, came
up before Judge c. W. Norton on an
application for attorneys fees and costs
Of suit. The husbands father took
the stand and testified that his son
was IN poor health and that, although
he had paid him se5 a month. he had
done so in order 10 help him support
his family. He added he did not in
tend TO 90 so any longer, as all his
son could earn was 81 a day. The
defendant also produced a number of
physicians certificates as TO his poor
health. Defendants father said the
wife knew Of his sons poor health
when she married him.
II was brought out, however, that
the defendant possessed property Of
considerable value. and the court or
dered him 10 pay the attorneys fees
Joseph Leon Murphey told Judge
Norton that his wife Nellie S. Muir
phey. had deserted him and he was
granted an interlocutory decree OF di-
Vorce.
A. W. Stowell was granted an inter
locutory decree of divorce in his suit
against Dorothy z. Stoweu. Desertion
was charged.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
SUICIDE STOPS WORK
ON MILL AND MINE
Reservoir Has to Be Emptied to
Recover Body

JACKSON. Nov. 14.-Because he Sc
lected the reservoir of the Argonaut
mining company as a place to end his
life, the mill and mine were forced to
practically suspend operations for two
days during the search for the body of
o. Johnson.
Incidentally, the owners of the mine
and the Pacific gas and electric COM
pany clashed over the expense of
emptying the reservoir, and it was only
after the Pacific company had agreed
to stand for the cost that the storage
pond was emptied. The body was re-
covered early Saturday morning.
Johnson committed suicide by jump
ing into the reservoir from a raft. A
brother of the drowned man, who came
here from Nevada, took charge of the
body.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
CAPTAIN GULLIVER HAD
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
Found Earlier Esperanto in
Lagado Academy

Dear, delightful Captain Lemuel
Gulliver! What a wealth of informa-
ton and instruction may be found in
your most entertaining book of
travels! Many of the inventions of
today seem to have been anticipated
in the strange lands that he visited
and of which he has left, as he him
self said, plain and truthful record,
says the Indianapolis News. He even
discovered a method of communication
which, by reason of its simplicity,
would put Esperanto to shame, a uni
versal language which any one could
acquire in few easy lessons and in
which one could become a master in
the compass of a single week.
1t was in the Grand academy of La
gado that he came across this earlier
Esperanto, the same institution, but in
a different department from that in
which he encountered that scientist of
meager aspect who had been engaged
upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers. the said sunbeams to
be put into Walls hermetically sealed
and let out to warm the air in raw, in
Eclement summers.
It was in the school of language in
the Grand academy of Lagado. where
three professors sat In consultation
upon improving the speech of their own
country. One project was to shorten
to one syllable and leaving out verbs
and participles, because, they held, all
things Imaginable are but nouns
The other project was more radical.
This was a scheme for entirely abol-
ishing all words whatsoever It was
held that since words are only names
for things, it would be more conven-
lent for all men to carry about them
such things as were necessary to ex-
he "a
to discourse upon. Captain Gulliver
admitted that in this scheme If a mans
business be very great he must be
obliged to carry a great bundle of
things upon his back unless he could
afford one or two servants to attend
him.
Il have often beheld," says this We
racious voyager, two of those sages
almost sinking under the weight of
their packs, like peddlers among us,
who, when they met in the streets,
would lay down their loads, open their
packs and hold conversation for an
hour together. But for a short CONVEX
sation a man may carry enough imple-
ments in his pockets and under his
arms to supply him. and in his house
he cannot be at a loss. Therefore, the
room where company met who prac-
tice this art is full of things ready at
hand, requisite to furnish matter for
this kind of artificial converse"
And in these words Captain CULVER
specifically set forth the scope of this
invention, clearly forestalling Volapuk,
Esperano, ct id genus omne:
Another great advantage proposed
by this invention was that it would
serve as a universal language to be un-
derstood in all civilized nations. whose
goods and utensils are generally of the
same kind, or nearly resembling, so
that their uses might easily be compre-
hended. And thus ambassadors would
be qualified to treat with foreign
princes or ministers Of state to whose
tongues they were utter strangers"
Surely the Esperanto of today offers
nothing to be compared to this in sim
plicity and directness.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
In the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys
SOUAW Man SHOT
BY HIS STEPSON
Youth Protects Indian Mother
From Abuse of Intoxicated
Husband

YREKA, Nov. 14.-Emmett Frazier.
aged 10. is in the, county Jail here, and
W. j. Brown, his stepfather, is lying
near death in his home at Happy camp
as the boys effort to protect his
mother. an Indian woman, from the
abuse of Brown.
The mother of Frazier became
Browns wife about IL years ago.
Thursday Brown returned home in
toxicated and is said to have abused
his wife. The boy took up the quarrel
and ordered Brown from the house.
Brown went to the Maddox saloon,
where Frazier followed. and the quar-
rel was renewed. Frazier fired two
shots, one taking effect in Browns
breast. Brown then started to leave
the building, when the youth fred
again, hitting Brown in the thigh,
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
BEST "ENGLISH" WALNUTS
IMPORTED FROM FRANCE
Government Secures Many
Hints About Cultivation

The best imported English walnuts
are those that come from France. They
are exported chiefly from Grenoble
and are known as Grenoble nuts. The
suggestion having been made that ex-
cellent walnuts could be raised in many
of our southern states. at a distance
from the humid and swampy coast
lands, the officials al Washington have
collected some interesting facts about
the cultivation of the trees in France.
They grow best at attitudes between
500 and 1900 feet. The young trees
are very susceptible to extreme heat
or cold. To maintain the quality of
the nuts frequent grating is practiced.
Perfect nuts grow only on the outer
limbs, exposed TO the air and sun, and
the inner limbs are kept trimmed
down. The trees are planted with
plenty of room about them and every
year or two the ground is dup up and
fertilized. The space between can be
utilized for pasturage or crops.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
COURT TO SETTLE
BLOCKADE BY S. P.
Northern Electric Will Fight
Legal Battle to Retain Dis
puted Right of Way
Especial Dispatch to The Call

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 14.-The dispute
between the Southern Pacific and
Northern Electric companies over the
right of way to the city water front.
which the Southern Pacific blocked
yesterday with switch engines and tons
of old machinery. will be fought out
in court. The old franchise of the
Northern Electric expires tomorrow,
but it is claimed an extension has been
obtained and that the connpany's rights
are protected The Southern Pacific is
blocking the electric company's tracks
on the ground of a grant of 1865. The
engines and junk are still on the
ground.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
COURTS MUST DECIDE
ELECTION CONTROVERSY
Supervisors Refuse to Throw
Out Votes of Precinct

STOCKTON. Nov. 1.-THE board OF
supervisors refused today to consider
2 request to cast out the ballots of
Woodbridge precinct on the grounds
that an hour had been lost during cleo
tion day because antiqUated election
supplies had been furnished the board
Of election. It was announced by the
board that the complaint must be
brought before the superior court.
The complaint arose when it became
known that the Woodbridge precinct
closed at 5 o'clock on election day in
stead Of o'clock. Old election supplies
were sent the Woodbridge board. on
which II was specified that the polls
must close at o'clock.
The result Of the election Of several
candidates hangs on the decision, as 4s
citizens lost their votes through the
error.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
LARGE AEROPLANE MADE
BY NAVAL OFFICER

The largest aeroplane in the world,
designed and constructed by Lieutenant
Seddon, r. N, is housed in shed at
Dunstall aerodrome Wolverhampton.
Eng. The aeroplane is double the size
of the Farman biplane, and is called a
tandem biplane." The area covered by
the planes is 2 thousand feet The
framework is entirely constructed of
iight steel tubes in place Of wire There
are two engines of so horse power.
actuating two huge propellers of the
spoon pattern.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
OLD SACRAMENTO RIVER
BRIDGE PIERS DYNAMITED
Remnants of Huntington Struc-
ture Are Blown Up
ISpeciol Dispatch 10 The Call

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 1.-THE rem
nants of the bridge Coils. P Hunting
ton built across the Sacramento river
in 1880 were blown to fragments today
with dynamite by the work crew which
is erecting the new railroad bridge
For years the piers of the old Hunt
ington bridge have stood out of the
water In the river channel, but as they
lie in the course of the new bridge they
were removed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
PLACER COUNTY FRUIT
CROP PLEASES RANCHERS
Five Organizations Represented
at Annual Meeting
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

NEWCASTLE, Nov. 14.-Fruit grow
ers OF Placer county are well satisfied
with the years work. At the meeting
here Saturday Of the Placer county
fruit growers association orchardists
were present from all sections of the
county and all report a good season.
Five county organizations were repre-
sented, those at Loomis. Newcastle,
Penryn. Roseville and Lincoln. There
were reports from officers, individual
experiences and a banquet was given
Saturday evening by the Newcastle
women.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
OFFICIAL RETURNS OF
PLACER COUNTY VOTE
Especial Dispatch to The Call

AUBURN. Nov. 14.-The official re-
turns of the vote in Placer county fol-
low: Johnson 1850, Bell 1903, Wallace
1904, Spellacy 1,542, Englebright LAS,
Raker 1858. Amendment l: Yes IA, no
1,245; No. II: Yes 1.037, no, 702; No. SO:
Yes 1,1O5, no 373; No. 3S: Yes S35, no
1928; No. Al: Yes 723. no 1,033 No. So:
Yes 1887, no 497; No. IA: Yes 1868, no
1856; No 80: yes 1920, no 347; San Fran
cisco harbor: Yes 1.167; no. 279; state
highway: Yes 1,1s0. no 4o6; India basin
Yes 97S, no 363; San Diego seawal1: Yes
878 no 423
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
MAN DROPS REVOLVER
AND is SHOT IN LEG
Homestead Mans Dash for a
Train Causes Injury
I SoecioI Dixpotch 10 The CriIl

Especial Dispatch 10 he Call
STOCKTON, Nov. 14.-While run
ming to catch a Santa Fe train yester-
day F. Bardon's revolver fell from his
pocket and was discharged. the bullet
striking his left leg and badly shat
tering the bone. Bardon's home is in
Homestead.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
1888 PAID FOR CAR
OF CALIFORNIA PEARS
Fruit Is From an Orchard i'm
Monterey
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SAC RAMENTO, Nov. IA record
price was paid in New York today for
a carload of California pears, the fruit
bringing s2,3S3. The pears were from
the Berwick orchard, Monterey and, al
though not the best that have been
sent east this year, sold for the sec
ond highest figure ever offered for any
pears in the New York market Six
carloads from the same orchard brought
$10,500.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
BURGLAR SENTENCED
FOR STEALING FOOD
[Speoial Di,patch q ~ Coll

NAPA. Nov. 14,-C. e. Peterson was
sentenced by Judge Gesford here today
10 serve Is months in San Quentin pen
itentiary for burglary. He was convict
q Of stealing health food from the fac
.orv Of the ST. Helena sanatorium. He
said that he had no money TO buy food.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
CUPID'S RECORD FOR
DAY AT STOCKTON
rS.,cioI Dispotch 10 The Call

STOCKTON. Nov. 1.-THE county
clerk granted marriage licenses today
as follows: Basilio Orsolini Of Oak
and, %, and Letizia Giometti of Stock
ton. %; Harry lie Verne Sisson, Oak
and. p. and Leah williams, Stockton,
%: Richard Roper. %, and Edith Min
thorn, 81, both Of Escalon.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
STOCKTON DELEGATES
LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH
Will Attend League of Cities
Meeting at San Diego
TS5ecial Dispatch 10 The Call

STOCKTON. Nov. 14.-Stockton will
be well represented at the annual con-
vention Of the League Of California
Municipalities, which meets this week
AZ san Diego. Those who departed last
night for there were: D. J. O'Keefe,
vice president Of the city council, anc
Councilmen Joe Gall, Nike Brisco and
Henry Eshback: superintendent Of
Streets Oscar E. Wright, City Engineer
Richard Tumelty and City Clerk Frank
Kuhn Mayor R r Reibenstein was
unable to attend. The officials will be
absent q week
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
LONG RIDE ON WATER
WAGON ENDS ABRUPTLY
Suit for Divorce Follows Spree
After Two Years Abstinence
Especial Dispotch 10 The Call

ISPccidt DI3pdfch 10 7 nc NdU
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 1.-two years
of abstinence from intoxicating liquors
was as long as John T. Brake could
stand and when his probation period
under the juvenile court order expired
week ago he went on a protracted
spree and is now a defendant in a di-
vorce case filed by Maud Brake. He
had been hailed before the Juvenile
court for not supporting his children.
He Is we'll known in Placerville and
Camino.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
PIONEER WOMAN is
CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. MoIIie WadIey Passes
Away at Lincoln
TSeeciaI Dispaieh . ~ Colll

FDpccloI DIsFlIcH 70 TIC NuII
LINCOLN, Nov. 14.-Mrs. Mollie Wad-
ley. for nearly half q century a resident
Cf this city, is dead after an illness of
several months. She was the widow Of
DR.. G. I. Wadley, a pioneer physician.
During the gold days the Wadleys lived
in several gold mining camps, and prior
70 his maria ge John Mackay, the multi
millionaire, was a boarder at the Wad-
lev home.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
TEMPERATURE SERVICE
STARTED FOR SHIPPERS
Will Know Conditions Confront
ing Perishable Goods
TSpcciol Dispotch to The Call

SACRAMENTO, Nov IA tempera-
ture service. by which the shippers OF
perishable goods may learn what tenn
perature is to be encountered for the
next 36 hours in shipping east, was es-
tablished today by Weather Observer
Taylor, under the directions of Chief
of the Bureau W. L. Moore. The Sac
ramento station will comprise the ter
ritory to the Utah line, or approx
mately as far as a freight train usually
covers in 36 hours. 1t will also extend
northward
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15

The island Of Cuba consumes 4oo,o 900
barrels of potatoes annually, more
than half of which Is shipped from
Canada, principally from the maritime
provinces of New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
Shasta County Returns

REDDING, Nov. 14.-Comp1ete cleo
tfon returns from, Shasta county give
Johnson LILA, Bell 1880, Wilson 3s7,
Wallace 1,571, Spellacy 1884. Con-
gressman first district: Englebright
1888 Raker 1867