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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
BLINDNESS IN EGYPT
COMMON FOR CENTURIES
Defects Yield to Treatment and
Popular Education

Those who are acquainted with .'Dio-
dorus Siculus,' or those who have not
forgotten their "Herodotus," will need
no reminder that both these observant
writers were impressed by the defec-
tive eyesight of the Egyptians. 1t was
due to this cecity among the Crusaders,
in later times, that Saint Louis, pro-
fanely known as Louis TX, founded In
Paris the "Ouinze- -Vingts." the asylum
for the blind. Later still we find that
the soldiers of Napoleon. when in
Egypt. suffered from blindness Up to
1880 about 95 per cent of the people
suffered from ophthalmia of some de-
scription during some period of their
life, and at least 8 per cent were blind.
There are many contributory causes
for this state Of things-fies and popu-
lar prejudice being important factors.
However, things are changing. Oph-
thalmia is not prevalent among the
British soldiers. Skillful treatment
and popular education in the wide sense
of the word are overcoming the mala-
dies noted by the Sicilian and him of
Haiicarnassus.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
LENGTH OF CRIMINALS
ARMS UNDER NORMAL
Convicts' Reach Not a Great as
Supposed

A French scientist, Doctor Perrier,
has been investigating the question
whether criminals have longer arms
than the more law abiding members of
the community-that is to say, to what
extent, If any, they approach in length
of arm the negro and anthropoid ape
types. The results obtained are inter-
estine, because they indicate just the
opposite to what might have been ex-
pected
Doctor Perrier premises that in
Europe normally proportioned man
can stretch with arms extended about
2M inches more than his height, says
the London Globe Out of S56 prisoners
of the Mines prison who were examined
he found IL per cent could not stretch
their own height. e., had arms much
shorter than usual; In per cent the
measurements were the same and in
SO per cent the arm stretch exceeded
the height by from one to two inches.
or, in other words, their arms were also
slightly shorter than the normal.
Distinguishing next between the diff
ferent classes of crime some curious re-
suits are noted For instance, vagrants
who were put to the test were found to
have very short arms. Murderers had
arms of slightly short or normal length.
Those convicted of theft and moral
crimes approached more nearly to the
normal standard, while coiners, on the
contrary, were mostly remarkable for
very short arms.
Other results obtained are equally
entertaining, especially the fact which
the learned investigator had discov-
cred, that married criminals have more
normal proportions than the single
rogue. It suggests possibly that the
single man is born criminal while
the married man has been forced into
crime through circumstances, of which
his marriage may be one.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
WRITE FUNNY ANSWERS S
Questions Put by Regents at
Public Examination

Following are some of the answers
made by pupils of a high school in New
York state to questions put to them in
the regents examination:
Political rights are certain rights
granted only certain sexes
HE himself having advanced, caught
of the 10 mile forces of the enemy"
"A duty of the commissioner of agri-
culture is to conduct a constitution for
the betterment of agriculture
"A quorum is place in large city
where fish and other large wild animals
are kept"
''The Rough Riders were sporty men
riding on horseback.
Water flowing from a rock down to
the ground is called watershed
An elevated piece of land which has
sloping sides upon which the water
runs is called a watershed
"The relief of country is where an
other country takes it away from the
country to which it belonged"
THE relief of country means that
when the winter has passed and warm
er weather has come"
"The PATRON system was that any
one that came over here could have 16
miles Of water or "a miles of land"
'The PATRON system was where one
could have 1000 miles on one side of a
river or 500 miles on BOTH
according TO the PATRON system a
man ould have "a acres of land along
the river IL miles"
"A monsoon is a large travelling area
Of wind
Lava is mass of heated soot.''
"a liter is paper or dirt scattered
about
"Halos are caused by mixing light
with Impressed air and dust particle
THE voyage of Columbus resulted in
the founding of the Orenoa river
numbering is extensively carried on
in the United States, when they cut the
trees they catch the sap and make
sugar of it,
Japanese appears very dark COM
plected. They dress very peculiar with
their hair down their back in a brade.
Some of them dress very gay. They
dress very differently from we do
If you ever came in contack with
some fierce Indians you must endure as
much pain as possible"
Dewey was commander of Asiatic
China"
1T was the aim Of the Indians to get
all the skulls they could and put them
in their belts."-New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
REMARKABLE HERMIT
CRABS ARE FOUND
Indian Ocean Inhabitants Live
in Hollow Stem

The common hermit crab of our
coasts borrows for it's dwelling the
empty shell of whelk or other mol
lusc, retaining its position by means
of the rudimentary feet at the hind
end of it's unprotected abdomen and
putting out its well developed front
end with the walking legs, pincers,
eyes and feelers. One of the pincers is
larger than the other and acts as a
stopper to the mouth of the she'll when
the hermit retfres into 1t for shelter.
Some remarkable hermit crabs have
recently been discovered in the Indian
ocean, which differ from the common
hermit as regards the choice of a bor-
rowed habitation, says the London
Globe. One of these bottles itself up
inside bit OF hollow stem, like that
Of the bamboo, filing the cavity tightly
and sticking out it's great nipping
claws at the open end At will the
crab can bend these claws back and
with them plug up the end of the tube
as by a stopper.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
INSPECTION OF FRUIT
AND TREES RIGID
British Columbia Horticultural
Standard Is High

Consul General George y West of
Vancouver reports as follows on the
inspection Of nursery stock. the plant
ing of trees and the DEVELOPMENT of
the fruit industry of British Columbia:
The growth Of the fruit industry in
this province may be gauged by re-
turns OF imported nursery stock which
the provincial inspector of fruit pests
has recently transmitted 10 govern
fnenE The number OF trees and plants
Inspected at Vancouver was as fol-
lows during the first four months of
1910: January. $4,000; February. I6s.-
IS March, 767 ,I52; April. l.255.71S;
total 2.71S.O56. The inspector expects
tlIst the number of trees and plants to
arrive during the other eight months of
1910 viii bring the total up TO 1000. 900.
Every tree and plant is inspected as
IL passes through the station. This
entails a vast amount of labor. Owing
to this rigid inspection before the stock
is delivered 10 the buyers for planting
Ii the great Okanogan. Similiksmeen.
East and West Kootenai and the
boundary country. there is not trace
Of San Jose scab or the brown tail.
gipsy moth or codling moth. The i'm
portance Of this fact to fruit growers
can hardly be overestimated, as il en-
sbles them 70 guarantee the soundness
OF fruit 10 purchasers.
During the year 1909 there were i'm
ported into the city Of Vancouver 49,
l65 boxes Of apples, pears. peaches,
a2ricots. ounces and plums, which.
with the amount received from the
orchards located in the province, about
$4,000 boxes. shows a large consump-
tion Of fruit in this city and the
nearby country.
Apples have been grown successfully
~ an altitude Of $500 feet near Ross
land. tt is expected that there will be
shipment Of at least 1000 boxes of
fruit 70 the prairies this fall from this
province, and these shipments viii
come in direct competition with those
of the fruit grown in the states of
California, oregon and Washington,
which have in the last few years been
the principal suppliers of fruit, espe-
ciaily apples, to the provinces Of Al
berta and saskatchewan.
The inspection Of fruit coming into
British Columbia IS rigid and effect
lively enforced without partiality to the
section in which it is grown.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
FARMING? never
AGAIN, SAYSMAGEE
Rural Life Not for University
Professor, Who Has Sold
His Ranch

BERKELEY. Sept. 27.-The back to
nature call which Prof Walter E. Ma
gee, head Of the department of physi-
cal culture at the university, heard
and answered by the purchase two
years ago of 20 acres of rich farming
land near Walnut Creek, has had a re-
dictionary echo stronger than the first
summons. and now the well known
professor and clubman has sold his
white elephant and hied himself
back 10 this city. where he has pur-
chased q home at the corner of Chan
ning way and College avenue.
He still mourns the time and labor
expended in hauling is miles to Wal
nut Creek the famous old fence around
the old football field. painted and
carved by the students in allegorieal
representation of victories won by uni
Versity and classes.
" The old fence, as famous on the
campus as the North hall steps, will
he left al Walnut Creek dedicated to
the soil as a memento of the efforts
- OF the feeting farmer. The fences
:s1lich inclosed q wide expanse Of foot
ball field just west of California hall.
was the main feature of the farm
: home OF Professor and Mrs. Magee.
- The removal Of the fence, however,
was only part OF the energy spent by
The physical culture professor in the
msking of the model farm. He pur-
chased the property two years ago and
each Friday, loaded down with bum
dies. went 10 Walnut Creek, where two
days Of hard labor were expended in
developing the land.
Each holiday saw Professor and Mrs.
Magee toiling in the fields and every
spare moment from his duties on the
campus was spent in the tilling of
the ground and erection of farm
buildings
- Now the call Of the wild is but his
tory as far as Professor Magee is
concerned He spent the last summer
In development work, and when asked
about farming raised his right hand
and said Never again" The ranch
has been sold, likewise ali photographs
OF ii, and the only memory in the
mind OF the popular teacher is the old
football fence. which no longer occu-
pies its customary place on the cam
pus, but has been sawed and nailed to
form the Magee farmhouse
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
MYSTERY and FUN
At The ORPHEUM
Rameses in the Role of Egyp-
tian Necromancer Among
Programs Features

OAKLAND, Sept. 27-The new bill
at the Oakland orpheum this week is
fine show with an all star cast. There
is music for music lovers, fun for fun
lovers, drama for the serious and mys-
terry for the problem solvers.
Of all the excellent acts, there are
four that vie for first honors. Among
them is Rameses, the Egyptian, who
has production equal to anything of
Its kind ever seen here As a trickster
he presents puzzles that puzzle, and his
quickness and dexterity in this line of
work are remarkable. Especially is
this true in the burning of the fire god
dess, one of the most mystifying tricks
imaginable.
High Life in JAIL" as pictured by
William H. Sloan and W. H. Mack in
striped clothes. and four clever assist
ants, with a dog. is meant to bring
laughs, and gets them at every turn.
The Parsonage" with Miss Rose
Wilbur and Zellah Covington enacting
seven different roles, is another act that
stands among the leaders and is prov
ing a drawing card, while the Four
Rianas, two of whom appear as human
monkeys in an acrobatic act called "In
Africa, which keeps the fun up to
lively pace throughout, acquit them
selves with credit
Miss Lottie Duisserett is not only
splendid concert violiniste. but a chic
and dainty soubrete as well. She is
programmed for her violin work only,
and her little song and dance as a third
encore, come as a pleasant surprise.
"Jack, the Giant Killer" with big
George Auger, little Ernest Rommsl.
Caroline Hass and Sylvia Hearne, has
been retained, and continues to delight
both young and old.
The Bison four are all boys with
splendid voices and good idea of real
comedy. Their new songs, one of
which is "The Chantecler Rag" have
won indisputable favor. The Jack
Artois Duo, as clowns who perform
puzzling feats on the horizontal bars,
round out a winning program.
Next weeks headliners will include
little classic in slang by George v.
Hobert, called 'Dinkelspiefs Christ
mas" which was one of the big hits
last year at the Lambs Club GamboI in
New York; Waterbury Brothers and
Tenny. musical comedians and Lane
and O'Donnell, in a novel acrobatic
act, called Looping the Bumps
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
BAD LUCK OF FRIDAY
ATTRIBUTED TO GODDESS
Venus of North Held Festival
on Sixth Day

The bad luck supposed to attach to
Friday is said to be traceable to the
worship of the goddess Freya, the
Venus of the north, who felt herself
slighted If any one began a journey on
this, her festival. In punishment for
the dishonor thus brought upon her.
Freya was won't to direct misfortune
to assai1 the offender, so that 1t came
to be thought that Friday was an un-
lucky time to embark on any enter
prise In Walsf's "Curiosities of Pop
ular Customs" is told the story OF the
brig Friday of Wilmington, whose
builder defied superstition by giving it
this whimsical name and launching it
on Friday. He also sent II upon its
first voyage on the sixth day OF the
week. but on the succeeding Friday a
homebound vessel saw the hull OF a
brig pitching heavily in the trough of
the sea, while its crew ran about the
deck, butting loose the wreck of the
rnasts that dragged and bumped
alongside" This was the last seen of
the brig Friday.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
Straight Talk From the stomach.

Straight Talk From the Stomach.
The stomach does not talk like you
would like 1t to. bur you should listen
and you should heed.
When foul breath makes people turn
away from you, when pains and nausea
come and go before and after meals.
when gases distend your abdomen and
affect your heart. when false appetite
and abnormal craving comes TO you.
when the sight Of a meal makes you
sick and when many other events OF
like character happen. your stomach is
talking.
1t is trying to tell you that its peri
static or churning muscles are irri-
tated and UNIT for duty. that a1kali is
filing the stomach and digesting and
eating the membrane within, that the
juices are not doing their work and
consequently are permitting the food to
lie for hours, eventually decaying and
passing to the bowels, where such food
is absorbed in a poisonous state and
taken up by the Iymphatic system and
the blood.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will give
to the stomach all it needs. They will
ease up on the peristaltic muscles, they
dilute the alkali juices. enrich them
and digest the food when the stomach
is unable to do so.
Don't say they can not help you.
Why. these tablets will digest a hearty
meal placed in a glass tube, without
aid from the stomach
One grain of single ingredient will
digest 5000 grains of food 1t is due
your stomach TO reply to it's appeal
Send today for a trial package OF these
digesters. 1t will prove these tablets
marvels, and the answer will come
from your stomach Send US your name
and address and we will send you a
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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
NEWS OF OAKLAND BERKELEY ALAMEDA HAYWARD AND SAN IEDRO
KENDALL CHARGES
UNFAIR DEALINGS
Asks Court to Enjoin Board of
Education From Carrying
Out Contract

OAKLAND, Sept. 27.--Alleging that
he has been unjustly Disseminated
against by the Oakland board of edu
cation, A. Kendall, president of the
Pacific Coast lumber and mill com
pany, today brought suit to enioin the
board of education, its secretary. J.
w. McClymonds, and it's assistant sec
retary, r. B. S. York, from carving
out the terms of a contract made be-
tween the school trustees and the Ho-
gan lumber company.
Kendall brings the suit in his own
name as a tax payer, declaring that he
will be injured If the Hogan lumber
company is permitted to furnish sup
plies ana material to the school de-
partment at the price agreed upon. He
says that when bids were called for by
the board Of education last April he
put in the lowest bid, SS02.50. which
was rejected.
A part of Kendall's mill was blown
up with dynamite on the night of Au-
gust 90. He has had long standing
dispute with union men and employs
nonunion men. He said, in an afffdavit
he made today, that he was the victim
of a conspiracy because he hired non
union men and that the police depart
ment of Oakland was being used for
political purposes and as part of said
conspiracy" The affidavit was ad-
dressed to the board of police and fire
commissioners and was accompanied
by a request that the commissioners
investigate his charges and give him
chance to produce witnesses to prove
these.
AS supporting his contention he has
cited the actions of Police Inspector
Book. and Sergeant Sill on that night
He says that they refused his request
to station two policemen at his mill
after the explosion, saying that they
could not spare regular policemen, but
offered to provide him with two sub
stitutes if he paid them
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
EATING OF CURDS is
OFFER OF MARRIAGE
Curious Leap Year Custom Pre-
walls at Manche

An interesting ancient custom is OBJ
served in Manche at the harvest time.
When the work is on the point of
completion a sheaf of honor is made
and decorated with flowers, which the
farmer himself carries in procession,
surrounded by the harvesters. Two of
the party, under the pretext of sweep
ing the way. raise cloud Of dust. If
in the progress the procession meets a
stranger the girls offer him some corn
from pewter plate. If he accepts and
makes them a small monetary present
the girls kiss him. But the principal
ceremony is reserved for the repast, in
which curds occupy a prominent place.
When this part of the menu is reached
the girls each choose one of the young
harvesters and endeavor to force him
to take spoonful. II the attempt is a
success it is taken as an offer Of mar
riage on the mans part.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
SANITARY PRECEPTS IN
ANCIENT RELIGIONS
Sacred Books Contain Many of
These, Says Contemporary

The sacred books of most religions.
says the London Hospital. contain many
excellent sanitary precepts, which,
while based merely on an intelligent
observation Of nature, are often start
lingly accurate in their effectiveness,
as the following article will show.
The Journal of Tropical Medicine and
Hygiene points out that, so far from
being contrary to the religion of any
considerable section of the population
of India, rat killing is actually en-
Joined in their sacred books.
According to Hindu ideas. the yedas
stand on even higher authority than is
claimed by Christians for their bible. as
they are said not to be merely inspired.
but to have existed prior to the begin
ming of time. The following is trans
lation from Book VI, verse SO, of the
Atharva- -veda:
Destroy the rat. the mole, the boring
beetle; cut off their heads, o asvins.
Bind fast their mouths; let them not
eat our barley; so guard We twain our
growing corn from danger.
"Hearken to me, lord Of the female
borer, lord of the female grub. Ye
rough toothed vermin.
"Whate'er ye be, dwelling in woods.
and piercing, we crush and mangle all
those piercing insects"
The journal goes on to remark that
the destruction OF the nea and mosquito,
both piercing insects. is clearly enjoined
as well as that of the rat, and 1t is
certain that IL the Veda could be liter
ally obeyed by its followers, plague,
malaria and filariasis would be prompt
ly abolished from India and trypano-
somes cease to destroy its cattle.
This passage in the original Sanskrit
with a translation into the modern YER
nacular, should be incorporated into a
leaf1et for general distribution and in
troduced into any book prepared for in
struction in elementary hygiene for the
use of yernacular schools.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
PRINCE COMPARES BRIDES
IN CHINA AND AMERICA

The young Prince Tsai-Tao, during
his visit to America, says the New York
Tribune, welcomed criticism of Chinese
counter criticism of the customs of the
United States.
The prince, at fashionable luncheon
in New York, sat beside a lady promi-
nent in rich and rather fast set.
Prince" said the lady. II think it's
dreadful that in China bride never
sees her husband before the wedding
day"
N"Well" said the prince, with q grin.
here in America you never see him
after it"
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

The Berlin museum of imperial post
has recently made an important addi-
tion to its remarkable collection Of an
tiuuated and rare volumes This ad-
dating from the reign of Ptolemy Phil
adelphus, 259 years B. c., and relates
to the transmission of letters by the
ancient Egyptian postal service along
the Nile, and is said to be the first evf-
dence found of an organized postal
service.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
Listen to
Your Stomach
1t Gives Words of Most Serious Warn
ing and Appeals Aloud for Help.

When by over-eating and excesses,
poor cooking and imperfect mastiea-
tion, late hours and physical abuse.
your stomach is depleted Of it's strength
and lies irritated and sick. then it is
that this wonderful machine signals for
help and begins TO talk. Listen to it.
Sometimes ii says don't eat so much.
don't give me such work to do.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28
GRANITE
SHIPPED TO EUROPE

American granite is being shipped to
Europe. Not long ago 800 tons OF blue
granite from South Carolina were sent
70 Aberdeen. Scotland. It required IL
cars 10 transport the stone to Charles
ton, S. c, from the quarrfes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

Notwithstanding the duty of 40 per
cent a barrel, large quantities of apples
from Oregon. Washington and other
ada
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

Apples are greater luxuries in New
York than oranges. While single
oranges of the finest variety can be
bought for 5 cents. the best apples are
being sold for IL cents each.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

In response 10 an offer of 1876, 900
marks for the best plan for the en-
largement OF Berlin and its suburbs. 81
papers were received. The prizes were
divided among four Of these
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

There is no barren land in Manchu-
ria. Almost every acre is cultivated.
The yield of beans. the leading staple,
IS between 10000 .o00 and Is, 900, 900
koku give bushels) a year.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

In Switzerland education is both free
and compulsory. and such ample facil-
tiles are provided for all classes that
il1iteracy is almost unknown
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-28

A French writer predicts that in the
course of 100 years very few persons
will live in the cities. Cities will be
used only for business purposes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-04-05
No olvidels El Popular.

En- los U]timos vapores aca',a de
recibir ell Sr. A,n6rlco Salas G! mas
amplio y elesante surti<io de caIza-
do dc todas for1nas. Fl mas eXigenta
gusto halla en- Ell Popular cl calzado
que desee y para senoras, sehorlats
y ninas Sc encucntran ALI. Calzado
para bale, para boda, de colores,
negros, blancos, de todas formas y
de todos prccios. Esenclas flnas, es-
tuches para regalos, paraguas geno
veses, aguas de tocador, para cabs,
ca y para la barba, cremas para e
zutis, todo artlculo en- fin de Ia mas
esquisita perfumerla Sc encuentra
en- los elegantisimos aparadores de.
establecimiento dc moda de la ciu-
dad. Sc renueva el surtldo en- to-
dos los VapOres,