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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
PAROLfD CONVICT
WANTS FAIR TRIAL
Henry Baker Declares His InnO-
cence of Charge of Holding
Up Saloon

Henry Baker, alias Johnson, and Fran
els Melville, alias Harry Collins, both
former convicts, were held under $2O,-
900 bonds for trial before the superior
court by Police Judge Shortan yester-
day on a charge of holding up the
saloon of John Para. 733 Montgomery
avenue, Thursday night. Baker. who
was paroled in November while serv-
ing life term for numbering James
Bailey, a fellow convict in San Quen-
tin in 1891, insisted upon making a
statement, as an officer was in court
to take him back to Folsom for break
ing his parole.
Baker was sworn and vehemently de-
clared his innocence, pointing to the
fact that Para had at first failed TO
identify him and changed his mind only
when Joseph Brucia, his bar tender.
persisted in saying that Baker was
one of the two footpads. The most
damaging thing against Baker was a
watch belonging to Hans Hansen, a
customer in the saloon, which was
found in Bakers pockets when arrested.
Bakers statement was an ingenious
one. He said that he went. to the
coast to see Special Officer Sam Dag
6cIl, DOy ITleHus DuI MISSED nlnl-
Then he went to his boyhood home,
which he had not seen for the 81 years
he had spent in the penitentiary, and
while walking away from ii he met
Melville. They walked on together
chatting about the times they had in
the penitentiary, when the policemen
arrested them. Just before their ar
rest Melville had asked him if he had
watch, and when he replied in the
negative Melville handed him the one
the police found in his pocket. He did
not want to go back to the penitentiary
till he had square trial before a jury
to prove that he had not violated his
parole, and the judge promised him
that he would get what he desired.
Nathan Howe, another former con-
vict, was held for trial on a charge
of burglary for breaking into the resi-
dence of w. /. Sterett, 1895 California
street, February 25 1t was thought
that he might have been the drug
store bandit" but he was not tall
enough to answer the description.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
JUDGE SEXES STAMPS TO
ADD TO COLLECTION
Enthusiasm for Antiques Carr
ries Away French Magistrate

Some stamp collectors have learned to
enthusiasts will go to obtain a coveted
stamp, but when we hear of judges
exploits in the same direction it is
worthy of record. A Paris contem-
porary relates very unusual incident
that is in such an exalted station which
has just occurred in a case which M.
Bourgueil, a well known judge din
struction in Paris, is investi eating. 1t
is said that more than $4,000 stamps
have been forged-in fact, this number
has been seized. The story of our con-
temporary impugning the bona fides of
a venerable conseiller a la cour de
cessation, in other words, one of the
judges. will be found below.
While NJ. Bourgueil was sitting in
court recently the Judge entered and
expressed to the magistrate his desire
for a few words alone with him in his
private room There the judge con-
fessed himself an ardent stamp col
lector, with a desire to acquire exam
pies of forgeries For half an hour the
venerable councillor pored over the
stamps, and then he made a PROPOSE
tion, "Qui fit dresser les cheveuX sur
la tete de Nj. Bourgueil." Allow me to
take a few, l pray you. There are 50.-
600 there and no one would know if 1
took three or four.
Now, my dear colleague. shut your
eyes. The Mortified magistrate seized
the stamps and put them out of the
way. NJ. Bourgueil. relating the story
to some friends, said that he was in
fear that the judge, with trembling
hands and flashing eyes. would have
attempted to carry off his coveted spec
linens by force. One would have
thought, however, that the judge could
have possessed his specimens in the
ordinary way of purchase, had he so
desired.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
LURLINE BATHS ARE
BEING PERFECTED
Many improvements Made Since
Opening to Increase Pleasure
of ThrOngs

Life and hustle. hammering and noise
prevail at the Lurline baths. together
with the shouts and laughter of the
people enjoying the luxury of a swim
in the lukewarm salt waters. While
the building itself has been completed
for some time. it was only after every
thing was in thorough running order
that the little defects and faults be-
came apparent. and it is these that are
being remedied TO place, the baths
among the finest of their kind in the
United States.
Marble slides are being put in. in
place of the old glass ones, which
We're inclined to chip and scratch.
high glass railing has been built
around the iron one along the sides of
the tanks, so as to afford those on
the lower landing the chance of watch
ing the aquatics without danger of be
ing splashed. while the new cement
work of tanks and passage ways adds
the perfecting finishing touch.
When speaking of the late improve
ments yesterday, G. G. Prior. manager
of the baths. said they were endeavOr-
ing to bring the place to a state OF per
lection.
Our water supply system" he said,
could not be improved upon. II is
run under a perfect system of hltra-
tion. being filtered out at the beach
when first pumped from ihe ocean, and
refltered before il reaches the heater
and supplies the baths. IL circulates
completely around the tank. gOing out
at the lower end, so that il may be said
to be in perpetual state of motion and
circulation. The water is never al
lowed TO remain in a day. or an hour;
il is always fresh. always changing
and has been examined by well known
chemists to show it is pure. Our fltra
tion system takes away none of the
saline qualities of the ocean water,
but. by holding back the impurities
makes it even better and more health
ful
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
MAY ALLOW DANCING

The development of the water powers
ia California has helped boom the state
bv bringing in new industries and help
ing old industries with plenty of cheap
electric power available.
The - principal crops of this country
show q valuation of $4,000, 100000.
The United States annually exports
more spirits of turpentine than all the
other countries of the world-l6,0 ,0O0,o 600
out Of $4,000. 900 gallons.
new fertilizer is now being made
in Norway from the mortar from puri-
flying the sugar liquid. which was for
nerly dificult 10 dispose o.
or tile worlds stock Of money $1,000
00o 600 is gold. $500. .000.o .o0e silver and
s4.333.333.333 uncovered paper
Akron, O., is now the home of j rub
Der factories. The total capitalization
Is about 5000. 600. These companies
employ between 1900 and 1900 per-
sons.
The sudden demand for popular edu-
cation in China is shown by the fact
that the school attendance in one prov
ince has increased 5000 per cent in
five years.
In 1887 the wheat crop of California
was more than three times greater than
that Of Kansas. Last year the Kansas
crop was seven times greater than that
OF California.
For the purpose of promoting the sale
Of German goods abroad. instruction
courses for cultivating the artistic taste
OF store keepers and their salespeople
have been instituted in Berlin.
In Massachusetts tree planting is sys-
teinatically conducted along the public
highways.
The average load Of nectar carried TO the hive
hy bee consists Of three-tenths Of grain
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06

With the assis lance of Messrs. II.
dOsmont and NJ tpilliard NJ. Pavie,
French photogra pher, has succeeded in
obtaining interior photographs in colors
Of nature by the use of magnesium
light
a writer in the Observation-Disclosures
Anzeiger cites many incidents to show
that electricity was not unknown to
the ancients, and that George Ebers'
suggestion in a novel that the Egyp-
tians made use of lightning conductors
was wei founded. instruments much
like the modern heliograph were also
used.
London has $500 taxicabs.
Germany has 100000 trained SOL
diers.
France recently launched the largest
submarine.
Germany frowns on skyscrapers or
anything approaching them.
Each railroad tie treated by the oil
process takes up about three gallons
of oil
The portion of the city street which
is subjected to the greatest wear is
that Immediately beside the car tracks
There were 40 boiler explosions in
this country during 1908. There is one
greater record. The fatalities num-
bered 2S1.
Australia will borrow So 600 OOG for the deveI-
opment Of railroads. mines and public works
The collection Of pound of nectar requires
% 600 foraging expeditions by the bee
the level of the sea.
Every year shows a decrease In the number Of
convictions for drunkenness in the British isles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
FINED FOR ATTEMPT TO
DODGE THE HEAD TAX
Loan of Citizens Papers Costs
Brothers SIOO Each

For trying to cheat the government
out of 81 head tax. Judge de Haven of
the United States district court yes
terday placed fines of 800 each en-
John V. Alvis and Manoel Pedro Borba.
Stanislaus county ranchers. The men
are natives of Portugal. Avis who is
naturalized, lent his citizenship papers
to Borba who is not, so as to save
Borba the 81 tax on returning from a
visit to his Portuguese home. They
pleaded guilty and paid the fines In
court.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06

The public debt of Germany is now
13.S37.500, made up mostly of and
~ per cent bonds.
Duluth, at the head of Lake Superior.
has the greatest mineral tonnage of any
port in the world.
The first national English Thanks
giving was on September $. 1858, for
the defeat of the Spanish armada.
The German army is using paper ket-
ties. which are said TO be of Japanese
invention
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
PROPOSES TO IRRIGATE
MESOPOTAMIAN VALLEYS
Pishon River Reservoir Would
Reclaim Millions of Acres

To restore the Garden of Eden sounds
like bold enterprise, yet a plan sug-
gested by Sir William Willcocks, the
English engineer who built the A nan
dam, makes the project sound entirely
feasible, says the Boston Transcript. 1t
1t Mesopotamia, the land between the
rivers Tigris and Euphrates, with which
he is dealing, and he purposes to turn
the surplus waters of the Euphrates
into the River Pishon and to carry
down the delta a great canal, which
would not only bring back the product
iveness of several million acres of land,
but would Guard the region from the
overflows of the Tigris.
Had Noah been a hydraulic engineer,
Sir William adds, he might have saved
his country as well as his family, by
constructing the Pishon river reservoir.
But that would have involved historic
losses as well as gains. 1t marks a
definite step in the worlds progress
that the work Of reconstruction should
now be undertaken by the Turkish gov
ernment, which thereby demonstrates
it's real reform to broader views and
more intelligent ambitions.
To build this canal, which will double
the cultivatible area along the Euphra-
tes, will take three years and cost
81 900, 900 or less. experimenting it, Sir
William proposes a railroad from Bag
dad to Damascus, costing S11,000,000,
which would open the way to the Medi-
terranean, the natural commercial out
let of Mesopotamia. Such road seems
TO be demanded because the irrigation
scheme will impair the navigability of
the river. And even before the in
creased wheat harvests are ready for
transport there will be freight to carry
and passengers to convey-Mohamme-
dan pilgrims visiting holy places, and
tourists who will feel. probably, more
interest in the arabian Nights coun-
try than in the cradle of the race
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
MACARTHUR TO
SPEAK ON LABOR UNIONS

The Moral Basis OF Labor Unions
will be the subject discussed by Walter
Macarthur at Bethany congregational
church i'm Bartlett street, near Twenty
fifth tonight. The address is one of a
series on unionism arranged by the
young people of the church. The other
speakers for the following weeks will
include Charles a. MurdOck and Rev.
DIR. Charles r. Brown of Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06

Iceboats have long been in use, and
now German inventor has patented a
simple sail vehicle, which makes fair
progress over good roads,
The board of trustees of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania has authorized the
establishment of a bureau or institu-
ton of German American research.
A monument was recently erected in
Nuremberg, Germany. to the memory of
Peter Henlien, who first substituted
springs for weights in the clock and
made the watch possible.
100000.
At last reports there were 6l,l5S
postoffices in this country.
The Turkish turban contains about
20 yards of material.
The history of life preservers goes
back to ancient times, the Romans
having made cork Jackets.
During the last summer extensive
experiments were carried on with anti
staubit. to prevent dusty roads in
Chemnitz.
The Yukon territory now has feet
of 1e gold dredges, or ships, as they
are spoken of by the miners, and five
or six more are being equipped.
Cork, cut in very thin sheets and
treated to remove all resinous matter,
is being used in France in the making
of waterproof garments and hats, caps
and shoes.
The rent payable by the Munros of
FOULS is SNOWFALL, which must be
presented at any time of the year upon
demand. This condition is not so hard
to fulfill as would appear, inasmuch
as Ben Wyvis. upon which there is al
ways snow, i'll situated on the FOULS
lands.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-06
OIL BROWNS OUT VAIL
OF SPOOK ON FERRY
All Hands Feel Creepy Till Mys-
terry Is Explained
nnh-nn- -n,,-nnfl,

''Oh-ou- ou-ou,
1t rose and fell in a mournful wall
through the heart of the vessel. 1t
began low down the scale and rose
gradually till it was a high howl of
anguish, dying in a heart scraping
moan, says the New York World.
The passengers on the upper deck
of the Manhattan, one of the Staten
island municipal ferry boats, looked at
one another nervously. An old sailor
on a bench said
Just so / heard it the night before
the Brazilian Empress foundered off
Hatteras, with all on board except me,
lost l heard it-there it is now.
1T comes from the center OF the
boat" said a woman.
'Oh-ou-ou-olf." II rose in shrek,
and several passengers got up and
rushed out to the rail and looked over.
The sailor got up, took chew of
tobacco and went below. Several fol-
lowed him to the lower deck.
1T was just such a pleasant, sun
shiny day when the Brazilian En-
press" he began again, but another
wall of the ghost voice stopped him.
This time a deckhand came out to see
what the crowd was looking a among
the horses.
He heard the wall, too, looked puz-
zled and lifted an iron door into the
engine room.
+ Hey. Bill" he called. That tiller
is squeaking again" There was faint
ra tile of tin and then the voice of the
lost soul spluttered, gurgled and died
out.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
THE SARGkSSO SEA.
Mystery Of These Weed Covered Wa.
tiers In the Atlantic.

The Saragossa sea owes it's exist
ence to the great ocean rivers that
encircle it. On the charts this huge
system Of ocean rivers forms an ir-
regular circle. In the center of it is
a great ellipse more than 1000
miles east and west and 1000 north
and south. 1t is like a vast lake in
the center of the Atlantic, but n
whose shores are ever moving
waters instead Of stable land. 1t is
like the calm center of an immense
whirlpool. The far of deep sea cur
rents that sweep around it's circum-
ference do not disturb the stagnant
waters within its boundaries. These
weed covered waters are forever
placid, except at are intervals when
some vagrant storm swoops down
from the heavens and ruf1es their
surface. The atmosphere above is
usually as calm as the seas below.
The great rivers of the air, the
trade winds, pass this region by.
All sorts Of small aquatic and in
sect life flourish around the borders
of the Sargasso sea. There are num-
berlcss varieties Of fish. molluscs,
shrimps, crabs and water ffeas. AL
most invariably this life takes on
the protective color Of the masses Of
yellow weeds in which il lives.
Some of these inhabitants of the
Sargasso sea are found nowhere
else. There is a transparent shrimp
that has wondrous eyes on the end
OF long pedicels. These eyes are
many faceted and each facet sheds
a brilliant grecnish light and spark
les like a splendid gem. The water
feas arc extraordinary also. Some
are totally blind, while others go to
the opposite extreme and are nearly
all eve. Even the fishes are UNIQUE.
There are some that build nests in
which to hatch their Young They
form the weed into huge balls about
tho size Of a Dutch cheese TN" fish
binds these together with gIutinous
threads which it exudes FROM its
body. These threads arc so strong
that a man cannot pull them apart
with his hands. One explorer who
brought up in a net one of thes" fish
nests found six small fish inside
Thaddeus S. Dayton. in Harper's
Weekly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
Wins of Esrnou. Singers

Nine. Scalchi was in a very sad
way if she met any n who squlnt-
ed, and she would 60 through a
whole host of evolutions to rid her
self of the evil spell.
Mario's foible was smoking, As
smoking was forbidden at the thea
ter, he would never sign Il contract
until the clause which made hm an
exception to the rule was inserted
He would have his valet waiting in
the wings with a match and a rigar
and would rush of the stage. take
a few whifs and then return Ia a
tender love scene The cigars that
he smoked cost him half a crown,
and he never more than partially
finished one Even the street hoys
in London knew him, and when
they followed his carriage, cheering.
he would have a handful of CONS
ready to toss to them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
The Eskimo Doc.

The lot of an Eskimo dog is a
hard one. In the first place he has
to earn his living by drawing
sledges. In the next place food is so
scarce that a dog is usually hungry,
often hungry enough to eat his har-
ness, or, indeed. any bits of skin
and leather he can find. To prevent
this the men rub the leather cords
with tar. But in order to live at all
an Eskimo dog has to fight his way.
Whenever a pack Of dogs get to-
gether they fight. The weak ones
are driven away or killed, The
strongest and fercest one. who can
thrash any or all of the others, is
known as the king dog. He has the
best place to lie on and his choice Of
the food. A single grow from him
is like a growI from an emperor
whom all are ready to obey.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
CANDY OF OTHER DAYS.
A Packet Of Sugar At One limo Was .
Costly Present.

SSWSy FEOeVVS
Before the general use of sugar
it is evident that the varieties Of
sweets, as We understand the term,
must have been limited. Even when
sugar became known its price-ac.
cording to some authorities. equal
to about $3.50 II pound of II mon
ey-must have made il the luxury
of the wealthy. 1t is true. how,
ever, that there are in use today,
though in different combinations,
very many Of the ancient eGuiva.
Tents for sweets. The various deli,
cacies Eau miel ct piStaChr" are
only another form of the honey and
nuts or almonds OF which the par-
lest records tell MS. 1t is also prob
able that the candied fruits pspe-
ciallv in evidence mt this time diff.
fer only slightly from the melipek-
ia and dulciaria Of tire Greeks and
Romans.
But when sugar came into gen
eral use sweets hlossOmed forth in
a thousand varieties. Indeed. thou.
sand is scarcely the word. il we
are to take the word Of the Span,
ish confectioncr's play in Beaumont
aid Fletrher's play. who declared
that he could teach sugar to slip
down your throat in a million
WAYS" Other old ]dramatiSts give
us here and there illusions to the
taste for sweets that came in with
the time Of elizabeth.
One of the servants of old Capu-
let bcgs his comradc to save him a
piec" Of marchpane. There are not
wanting authorities to assure us
that the ''prettv little k~ickshaws'
that Swallow. justice Of the peace,
badc to be brought into the arhor
were "A recognized description OF
sweets. In other writer's of the
times We meet with constant refer
enccs TO kissing comfits," and we
learn that these we're not. as the
name might Indicate, twisted up in
colorod paper ard called Kisses
such as arc still to be found in old
fashioned candy shops in our own
country. but that they partook
rather Of the nature Of our arc
matte cachous. Even the 'swpct po-
tatO"s" so affected bv Falstaf were
not improhah'y more or less what
wc now cal crvstallizod and were
eaten much rs we cat preserved
ounces and apricots.
4 packet Of sugar vas ut one
time y costly rr"s"rt ~ max" even
to ROYALTY. History tells us Of the
''comft box" that tho great Guisc
missed as II" was "nticed TO his
DOOM Ilarpcr's Weekly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
A Crimp In Her Conceit.

At a certain church it is the
pleasing custom at a marriage for
the clergyman to kiss the bride aft
er the ceremony. A young lady
who was about to be married in the
church did not relish the prospect
and instructed her prospective hus-
band when making arrangements to
tell the clergyman that she did not
wish him TO kiss her. The bride
groom did rs directed.
We'll, George" said the young
lady when he appeared, did vou
tell the clergyman that ! did not
wish him to kiss me-
ooh. yes"
And What did he say?"
"He said that in that case he
would charge only half the usual
fee"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
Historical ~aqme

Steadying himself with difficulty,
Lord Byron made his way to the
rail OF the vessel, for the sea was
very rough.
At short intervals as be leaned
over the rail he apostrophized the
mighty deep in the jerky, staccato,
emphatic manner of a man intense
ly in earnest and pressed for time
in which fully to convey his senti-
ments.
"There" he said feebly; 81 feel
a trile better. Still, / ~oughtn't to
kick. | once wrote Roll on, thou
deep and dark blue ocean, rollr-
and she's rolling, all rightP"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
IN Eszaeerated Report.

Tir tlmIr doctor had been sum-
monrd hastily and he climbed the
tenement ~>tairs with IA grave face.
A wonan Was awaiting him in the
doorway If 4 fat.
Il understand little Tommy has
swallowed II quarter" he said.
"Wh"r" = l";"
ooh, d. tor, I'm glad TO tell you
wev" rrsi" a mistake" she said
blith"Iy. 1T wasn't "A quarter after
all. II ~ only a nickel"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
Effects Of Gales on Lakes.

The tidelike effects Of gales on
lakes having no ordinary tides is
very considerable. In the Caspian a
gale will raise the water On one side
six feet, causing a total difference
of level Of twelve feet; in the Bal
tic easterly gales will produce a
change Of eight feet, and in Lake
Erie heavy gales occasionally cause
a difference of level Of more than
fifteen feet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
THIS IS n YEAR

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You can get three free copies by send.
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-10-13
r.. That He Meant,

Gl.-: many mcn NOWADAYS
MAR" r"r ".a"cr. You wouldn't
r-ar"" ~r" ~: money, would Yea.
dnar"st:
u" tat nrtnainhctivl- N,o. dar-
ling, ~a"'d"'t marrv Won for all
tho NO g IN tho vorld.
She-~t.h. YOU horril, horrid
wretch