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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-21
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVED


Thursday. October 20
3: :45 p. M, o. S. stmr Sequoia. Bowman, from
6:15 p. M. stmr j. ]. Loggie Johnson 20 hours
from Eureka; $4,000 feet lumber to j. R. Hanify
1926 a. M. stmr Tampico Scoby. III bours
from Seattle; merchandise to Pacific Coast steam
ship company.
2:20 a. M. stmr Daisy Freeman, Stanbourg. So
hours from Grays' Harbor; 100000 feet lumber to
Hicks & Hautmann
800 a. M. stmr Iakme. Malmgren, So hours
$3.50 a. NJ. stmr Pomo, Lleland, IA hours from
Albion via Point Arena II hours; passengers and
a. m, stmr Geo. w. Elder. Jessen 81 hours
from San Pedro; passengers and merchandise to
5:45 a. M. stmr Shasta, Hansen, 45 hours from
San Pedro; ballast to e. h. Wood lumber com
pany.
$50 a. M, stmr Gualala. Martinsen sc hours
from Redondo Beach; ballast to F. Linderrnan
5:55 a. M; stmr State of California. Gielow. 1s
hours from. Eureka; passengers and merchandise
to Pacific Coast steamship company
1880 a. M, stmr Iaqua. Self 21 hours from
Eureka; 100000 feet lumber to Eastern redwood
Ii a., m. stmr Tiverton. Dettmers. Sc hours
from, Ludlow; $4,000 feet lumber to Pope & Tai
ITO a. M, stmr Mandalay. Lofstrom 40 hours
from San Pedro; ballast to HobbS. Wall & Co.
1910 a. M, stmr Vanguard. Odland "a hours
from Eureka; 100000 feet lumber to E. ]. Dodge
& Co.
Astoria: ballast to Standard oil company
1:l0 p. M, stmr Prentiss, Iverson "a hours
from Eureka; 100000 feet lumber to Pacific lum-
1:3o p. M. stmr North Fork, Nelson. q hours
from Eureka 100000 feet lumber to Charles Mel
son company.
$50 a. M. stmr Yosemite. Reiner., 3s hours
from San Pedro; ballast to G. R. Mccormick &
$50 a. m, stmr Arctic, Herman. 113 hours
from Port Angeles; 100000 feet lumber to Pope &
1890 a. M. Br stmr Queen AmeIie. Harris 4
days from Nanaimo; ballast to Balfour, Guthrie
I:45 D. M. schr Monterey, Kelly. 12 bours
from Monterey; 10000 barrels oil TO Associated
transportation company; in tow tug Navigator
$40 p. M, stmr Grays Harbor, Anfindsen, %
hours from Santa Barbara; ballast to Sudden &
oni's'eAs'-' SAILED
Thursday. October 90.
2:3o p. M, stmr Shasta. Hansen, Columbia
$40 p. M, schr Mabel Gale, Macleod Port
4:25 p. M. stmr Noyo Swanson Fort Bragg.
p M, stmr Rainier, Lundquist. Astoria and
5:a5 p. M, stmr Gualala, Martensen. Delmar
landing.
s.4s D. M, stmr Argyll Dickson. Portland.
5.45 p. M, stmr Mandalay, Lofstrom, Crescent
a.so D. m.. stmr Elizabeth, Olsen. Bapdou.
4:30 D. m, stmr Albion, Nyman, Stewarts
pA p. M, stmr Bowdoin. TIbbetts. Eureka.
Ais D. m, stmr Fair Oaks, johnson, Puget
sound.
iI:25 a. M. stmr Santa Rosa. Alexander, San
ia ii q. M, stmr Yosemite. Reiner. Seattle.
II:2O a. m, stmr Santa Clara, Mcclellan En-
7:2o a. M. stmr Santa Maria. Curtis. Port San
Luis.
1880 a. M, stmr WesSrner. Kelly, Grays
HarboE.
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EASTERN STATIONS
SYNOPSIS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS

The West Indian storm has moved northward
along the coast. causing heavy rains from the
Virginia capes TO New York. 1t will now pass
to sea. The pressure has risen rapidly over
Texas and the gulf states and also over Michi-
gan and Ontario 1t has fallen half an inch over
Alberta and Saskatchewan. Rain has been gen
eral from Texas northeastward to the Mississippi
valley. West of the Rocky mountains the wealth
er has been fair The temperature has fallen
from II to q degrees throughout the lake re-
gion and from 16 to "a degrees along the west
gulf coast and In the lower Mississippi valley.
Throughout Florida and the south Atlantic states
the weather Is clear and pleasant In California
the temperature will fall slowly and there will
probably be fog along the coast The relative
humidity at Red Bluff was 4s per cent and at
Fresno % per cent.
FORECAST
San Francisco and vicinfty-Cloudy. cooler Fri
day, with some fog: moderate southwest wind.
Santa Clara yalley--Fair, cooler Friday; light
north wind.
Sacramento vaIley-Fair. cooler Friday. light
north wind.
San Joaquin valley-Fair, cooler Friday; light
north wind.
California south of the Tehachapi-Fair. cooler
Friday; light north wind. changing 10 south.
A. G.. S1cADIE. District FoTecaster.
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WATSONVILLE ESCAPES
A DISASTROUS FIRE
Engine Breaks Down, but Calm
Prevents Spread of Blaze
Especial Dispotch 10 The Call

WATSONVILLE, Oct 20.-A fire this
afternoon destroyed the annex to the
Hoffman lodging house and for a time
threatened the destruction of the city.
The blowing out of a fue on the ire
engine left the fire TO be subdued by
weak city water pressure The entire
absence of wind and slow progress OF
the flames in the redwood building in
two hours won the victory for the fire.
men.
two weeks Like the former one the
blaze started frpm an explosion Of oil
The damage will not exceed $4,000.
with $4,000 insurance The building
belonged to the Porter family and was
leased by Ernest Ewig.
Fire engines were started from
Salinas and San Jose. but were turned
back
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SHIPPING NEWS OF COAST
Items of Interest to Mariners
of the Pacific
FSpecial Dispatch 10 The Cali

EUREKA Oct 20.-Steamers William n. Mur.
ply departed this afternoon for southern Cali
fornia ports with full cargo of redwood lun1-
Der.
The steamer Acme is expected to arrive late
this evening with small cargo Of miscelIaneous
freight and a consignment of United States mail
The Acme will fbad redwood lumber for the re.
turn trip.
One of the largest and most valuable csrpoes
of redwood lumber exported from Humboldt hay
in the last seven years, bound TO South Africa,
viii be taken ON the Hammond company S
delivered on the Columbia river to two ships
which viii carry it TO its destination. The Ne
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BY United wireless

thursday, October 20.
STEAMER w. S. PoRTER-From Monterey for
Honolulu; Oct. 10. p M. 469 miles from
Monterey; strong northwest wind; rough sea-
STEAMER ADMIRAL SAMPsoN-From Seattle
for San Francisco Oct. 20. $50 A. M, off
Willapa; fresh northwest breeze moderate sea
STEAEER MARIPoSA--Hence Oct Is for Ia
hiti; Oct, 10, p. M. 450 miles OF San Fran
cisco lightship strong northwest wind and
rough sea; barometer 29.95: temperature So.
STEAMER KoREA-From Yokohama for San
Francisco via Honolulu; Oct. 10 D. M 9 700
miles from San Francisco In latitude 23 "a
north. longitude l66 "a west.
JAPANESE STEAMER TEEYo MARU-From
Honolulu for San Francisco Oct. 10, o. M
521 miles from San Francisco
STEAMER AsUNCIoN-From Portland for San
Francisco: Oct. 10. $3.50 p. m4 80 miles north
of Point Arena; will arrive at San Francisco
8 a. M, Oct. 20. passed British steamer Queen
Amelie. from Victoria for San Francisco
STEAMER GOvERNoR-From .San Diego for
San Francisco: Oct. 20. S p. m, 8 miles from
Hueneme: calm; smooth sea and clear: barono-
eter % So, temperature 66.
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CaIifornians on Travels
(speeiaI Dispatch TO The Cali

NEW YORK. sOct. 20.-Californians
have registered at New York hotels as
follows:
San Fraucisco-L. W. Newcomb, Waldorf As
toria Mrs Folger, Hoffman house; J. G. Dunn,
Hotel York; A, E. Edwards, Hotel Navarro; z;
II Gross Grand hotel; G: Terry. Continental
hn.af. Mrs W J. Bricker, Great Northern hotel
n Hanak. King Edward hotel; S. Pope, Mrs. 5.
Pope. Hotel Seville; \. s. Dodge. Grand hotel;
sxpE 1fterson. Grand Union hotel; II. H. Wall
sng park Avenue hotel; ]. O. Hayes, Hotel
Gerard. H. f. Murray. Hotel Seville
oe tngeles-Mrs. B. G.. Lathrop. Murray Hill
hotei, Miss L. Lally, Hotel Algonquin; F. s.
Pose. Hotel Gerard; L. Fl. Mayor. hermitage
ps.s.dena-Mrs L. i. Frisk. Hotel Wolcott-
aatIsnd-Airs D. NcNee, Miss &. M. McNee,
Martha washington hotel.
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DAMARA'S REPAIR
TO COST FORTUNE
Survey of Freighter That Was
on Rocks Reveals Exten-
tive Damage to Hull

HE survey made
yesterday of the
B ri t 1 s h freighter
Damara on Hunters
d o ! n t d r Y d Q c k
brought little com
fort to the under
writers. What the
reef off Fort point
did TO the hull of
the big tramp was
very like the work
of a small boys s
boot on an old tin
can. The heavy steel
plates were bat
tered and bent and
dinged, and in one
place a hole about
six feet In diameter
showed where a
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Army Transports

The Buford is in port.
The Crook is at Manila.
The Dix bound from Manila for Seattle ar
rived October at Honolulu
The Logan sailed October Is from Manila
The sherman. outward bound, sailed October
II from Honolulu
The Sheridan is in port.
der repairs.
The Warren is in the Philippines.
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pinnacle rock had showed its snout
through the metal skin. Through this
opening the second bottom could be
seen. It(was the fact that the ship had
a double bottom that made 1t possible
TO save the vessel, as the outside bot
tom was leaking like colander.
When the dock had been pumped out
there still remained many tons of water
in the hull, and the numerous squirting
fountains through which this leakage
escaped showed that the damage ex-
tended over a wide surface.
On the starboard side forward the
bottom plates are badly ydented, and
from anidships aft on the port SIDE
washboard. Practically the entire bot
tom of the ship will have to be re-
newed and the cost of the repairs Will
exceed. it is feared, 100000. There was
than half the 1900 tons of barley with
which the ship was freighted was
ruined.
The Damara, is only, about months
old, and when launched on the Clyde
was considered the finest type of up to
date tramp. The repairs will be made
at this port
All the Bidders We're Unanimous
At Yesterdays meeting of the harbor
commission bids were opened for the
annual supply of fuel oil. The bidders
had been invited to divide their bids
into three parts and to name a figure
year, for two years and for three years.
The Associated oil company agreed to
supply the liquid fuel In lots of 1000
barrels for one year at So cents a bar
rel. for two years. at So cents a barrel
and for three years at S5 cents a barrel.
The Union oil company, which had the
contract last year at 81 a barrel. du-
plicated the Associated oil compapy's s
bid, and when the Standard oil com
pany's bid was opened it was found to
agree in every particular with the other
two.
Were in the hands of coincidence y
said Commissioner Dennison, and l
move that we leave the awarding of
the contract to the goddess of chance.
and the first time they matched each
of the three dollars showed up a head.
In the second futter President STAFF
ford's coin. representing the Union oil
concern. The state uses about 1000
barrels of oil a month on the belt rail-
road and dredgers. By the use of oil
the cost of fuel has been cut in half.
Under the new contract it will be $50
a month less for the coming year than
1t was last year.
The. contract for supplying. the state
with lumber for use along the water
front for one year was awarded to N.
H. Hickman.
Long Race Has Close Finish
The barkentine S. G. Wilder, Captain
Jackson, and the bark Andrew Welch,
Captain Kelly, left Haw allan ports the
same day and before sailing the skip
per of each windjammer made VOW
to beat the other fellow to the Golden
gate. The Wilder. from Mahukona, had
a greater distance to travel than the
Welch from Honolulu, but the Wilder
anchored off Meiggs wharf at p. IN
Wednesday evening. the winner of the
race. The Andrew Welch was close be-
hind and came to an anchor at $40 o
m, loser by two hours and a half
Except for this difference they both
made the run in IA days.
Santa Rosa Carries Many Passengers
The Pacific Coast steamship com
pany's Santa Rosa, Captain. Alexander.
iled .I.a1r A.
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Portland Ltvestock Marked

PORTLAND, Oct. 2o-Cattle-Receipts, 300
head. market firm Beef steers. choice. S5d
80; beef steers, medium, s450d5; choice
spayed heifers, S4-50d4.75; choice beef COWS.
81 .25d 4 80: medium beef COWS. s.. 3.25d4; com
mon cows. seas so: bulls. S. 50d4: stays. $40
$50. calves. light S6.T5@7. heavy S3.75@5-
Hogs-Receipfs. 500 head; market weak. Top,
S9.75 fair 10 medium, S9-50d9.75.
Sheep--Receipts. none; market steady. Best
vsiiey wethers. So .25d3.5 90 fair TO good wefh-
ers. S3d2. %: best medium wethers, S474. Is;
hest valley ewes. S3Q3. .50:- lambs. choice me-
dun s5d5-25. choice valley S4.z5G5.
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NEWS OF THE OCEAN
Tonnage EnGasements

The French ship Thiers, which arrived at As
torta on Wednesday. was chartered prior 70 ar
rival for wheat from the Columbia river TO the
United Kingdom. usual options. at 27S Cd. with
additional oetion OF Bordeaux -Havre range at
2Ss Cd
The schooner Transit Is chartered for lumber
from Fort Bragg to Salina Cruz at $6-2
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New York Metal Market

NEW YORK. Oct. 2o.-Standard copper was
dull; spot October. November, December and
January. II 3od Il. 6oc. London dull; spot.
f56 1851 futures. f57 15s. Arrivals reported at
New York today were 24o tons. Custom house
reports show exports Of 15.1s2 tons so far this
u. .sT11 13c eIectrolyte. 12.T5@12. 77ise; cast
Tin was nrn: spot. 81. .3o@3sc; October. 81 Ia
037 5oc: November 30. 7od3I. 25c: December.
80. 30m37c; January, SO. 15G SO. 75c. London was
strong. with spot quoted at f179; and futures al
E16G los,
Lead was steady, With spot quoted at 400
445c New York and at 4.2504. 4.30c East st.
Louis. In London spot was quoted at f13 5s
Spelter was steady at 5.5o@ ) .e0c New York
and at 5.4aMS.5oc Fast st. Louis. In Lenden
spot was quoted at f24.
Iron--Cgeveland warrants 4as Cd IN London.
Locally iron was quiet: No. / foundry northern,
Ne. ] foundry southern and Ne I foundry south
ern soft. slb,!5@le25; No. foundry neTtheTn
si5.25di5.75.
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Change of Master.

Schooner Heckfa-Late master, p. SOderman,
present master, A Larsen
Steamer Standard-Late master, z. PaulsOn:
present master, j. Mc(fuire.
ENROLMENT
Schooner Annie E-H- W. Brantenberg, mas
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Cl.icago Dairy Produce srarr.et

CHICAGO. Oct. 20.-Butter, steady cream
cries. - G29c- dairies 23M27c. Eggs steady at
meik. cases Included. lSt2 G21 i5c; frsts. 24i2c;
steady: daisies laGI5Isc: twins. 6dI4isc:
Young Americas, I5@i5isc; lqnghorns. l5A a
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sierra's Large Passenger List

The Oceanic steamship company,s
liner Sierra, Captain Houdlette, which
will sail tomorrow for Honolulu, will
take about 130 cabin passengers and a.
large cargo. Among the passengers
will be many well known Honolulu
people, including Mrs. William Giffard
Mrs. A. F. Cooke and Miss Juliette
Cooke, p c. Jones, H. F.. Damon and
Mr. and Mrs. George Chalmers
Water Front Notes
The Japanese liner Tenyo Maru. Can
tain W. c. T. S. Filmer, is due TODAY
from the far east and is expected to be
off the barge Office about 10 o'clock this
morning.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 3.029,000 feet
The liner Korea, homeward bound
from the far east, was 2.700 miles from
here at o'clock Wednesday night
The Pacific Mail liner city Of Para
is due today from Panama and way
ports.
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COMMERCIAL NEWS

good attendance and the demand was fair but
prices generally declined per cent. A rev me
merlaes were fraction higher:
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Weather Report
DATA

United States Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau. San Francisco. Oct. 20. 1910.
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Naval storer-rurpentine and Rosin

SAVANNAH. Oct. 2o.-Tnrpentfne firm at
1Tssc sales. 342; receipts, 37T shipments, Pas
stock 19.0TS.
Rosin firm; sales, none; receipts, 1895 ship
ments. 722; stock. CO .9G6. Quote; 3. So 95I6i
D. s6O5d6.OT1s; E. se.20: r. se.35Gs.374i q,
s6.4oGe.42k; H, S9.42lk d6.45, l. s6.45i K,
$G47tsi NJ, $3.50; y. so52ih: VIC, $3.50, WV,
Sis.
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latest information can always be obtained re-
garding lights. dangers TO navigation and mat
ters OF interest TO ocean commerce.
j. c. BURNETT.
Lieutenant. U. S. N, in charge
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st. Lauis wool market

ST LOUIS. Oct. 2n.-Market steady. Medium
grades cenlbiag and clothing. 23M24c light
hne. 19G2Ie, heavy fHe, 15@l7e; tub washed,
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London Wool Sales
LONDON. Oct. 20.-A sale Of 200 bales OF
eAseS skins was held here today. There Wa .
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Time Ball

United States branch photographic office. Ner-
chants Exchange. San Francisco. October
20. 1910.
The time ball on the roof OF the Fairmont
hotel was dropped today exactly at noon. Pa
cihc standard time (12Oth merldian). or at Sh.
06m. 60s. Greenwich mean time.
]. C. BURNETT.
Lieutenant. U. S. N. in charge
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PIER DIRECTORY

fOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
To ARRIVE
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SALES
Auction Sale Wednesday, Oct. Is

TENTH AND BRYANT STREETS
100 head Utah Mares and Geldings. weight
from 1.1O0 10 1.5OO lbs; so head are unbroke; 40
head are gentle broke. single and double. 10
head Horseshoe Bar Mares aud Geldings. broke
double. weight 1000 10 400 lbs.N These are the
low. blocky built. heavy boned kind. AS every
one knows horses from Utah are the best that
come to this market
1000 lbs.
Stock be seen at Horan's Tuesday. 0cto-
Der 25. Sale Wednesday. 26. at II a N.
E. STEWART s Co. Auctioneers.
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% BIG AUCTION :

OF large horses and mares: also wagons and
harness. SATURDAY, Oct. %. II a. m. $50
4th ST., Oakland. Outside stock sold on com
mission. j. W. MEDEIROS. auctloneer.
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Long Race Has Close Finish
SANTA Rosn carrie.
Many Passengers

The Pacific Coast steamship com
pany's Santa Rosa, Captain. Alexander.
sailed yesterday for San Diego and way
ports with large number of passen-
gers. Among them were:
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U. ,. Branch Hydr0grnphfc Omce
A branch of the United States hydrographic
office. located in the Merchants Exchange is
maintained In San Francisco for the benefit OF
Mariners without regard TO nationality and free
OF expense. Navigators cordially invited to
visit the office. where complete sets OF charts
hand for comparison and reference and the
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Cargo Of Br stmr Damara. now at Hunters
point drydock will be discharged in barges to-
morrow and be taken to Mission dock.
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NV ORLEANs, Oct zV.-SPoI c0rtV1
Middling. I4asc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
Turgenieff and Nine. Viardot.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Not the least interesting circum-
stance in the career of the late Nine.
Viardot was her friendship for Turge-
nieff, whose acquaintance she made
when as Pauline Garcia she came to
ST Petersburg to sing in 1916. She pos
sessed in those days a magnificent
bearskin with golden claws, and her adj
mirers were privileged to come
to her dressing room and sit one on
each of the claws and tell her stories
during the entracte. In this competi-
ton Turgenieff outshone all his rivals.
and his mother was very much alarmed
lest he should end by marrying the
diva, whom she described as that con-
founded Bohemian woman"
Turgenieff remained bachelor, as
Pauline Garcia married her business
manager, but the novelist and the sing
err continued to be Intimately associated
until the day of the novelist's death.
He followed her and her husband to
Paris, he accompanied them on tours
In the French provinces, he settled with
them at Baden. They sent him to the
seaside when they wanted lodgings en-
gagged He carried Nine. Viardot's mu-
sic when she went out to sing, and he
carried her husbands game bag when
he went out shooting. 1t is said that in
the end he realized that he had been
making himself ridiculous. and in a
fit of passion at the discovery threw
an inkpot at Nine. Viardot; but that
story rests upon rather doubtful evil
dence.
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Famin, Architect.
From T. P.'s Weekly.

y
Nine. Harson, the old lady of ninety-six
who died a few days ago at her residence
on the DUAL dOrleans, Paris. was in her
younger days the reader and confidential
friend of the Duchess de Berry. the niece
Of Louis XVI, who romantically attempt
ed to forlent a royalist rising In 1882.
still more remarkable link with the
past" was Charles Famin. who died at
Chartres January is. at the age OF 1ol.
He was the grandson OF the last ''eche-
vim" or sheriff Of the city of Paris Q1s9.
while his mother was descended from
Natter the famous painter of the epoch
of Louis XIV. NJ. Famin. his father. was
architect to Napoleon ], and when he
was restoring the chateau of Rambouil-
let. little Charley used to play freely in
the imperial courtyards. II was on one Of
these occasions that the emperor, passing
by, noticed the youngster and picked him
up and embraced him. In after years
Charles Famin followed in his fathers
footsteps, took the prize Of Rome" for
architecture and lived at the Villa Medicis
with the painters F7andrin and Hebert
and the musicians Gounod and Ambrose
Thomas Active to the last. he took
lively interest in architecture and arch
eology. and was over ninety-five when he
defended himself with a vigorous and
trenchant pen against certain criticisms in
connection with the demolition OF build.
ings around the famous cathedral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
THE CARE OF PARROTS.
Proper Food and Cage-Teaching
Bird to Talk.
From the London Daily Mai

From the London Daily Mail.
A parrot from time immemorial has
been the pet and plaything of men, wom-
en- and children, and chiefly beloved
one knows not why-of royalty, prima
donna and eminent men of science 1t
is well known that parrots attain a
great age. and there is still one living
that belonged to George w, and he is
far from being the oldest bird in Eng
land!
who has gained considerable fame in the
consulting room of famous London
nerve specialist, and calls upon the pa
tients to kiss him quick and "have
done with it, and has even been heard
to murmur fine girl after the exit of
a lady from the room.
Whether parrots do or do not know
what they are talking about is moot
question, but the writer of these lines
has at least had personal acquaintance
with one parrot who had glimmerings
of sense.
To leave parrots in particular for par
rots in general the question arises:
What is the best way to treat them?
AS to their food. it should be seeds
canary, hemp (but not too much). mil
let. boiled maize. linseed. rape and the
like. Bread soaked in hot water is
good. given twice day. and fruit in
moderation and in variety is wholesome,
such as grapes. apples and pears, an
occasional raiSin and lettuce.
Gray parrots are very fond of rice. and
almost all parrots appreciate rice pud-
ding. and have a taste, too, for bread and
butter Meat is bad for them. Clean.
fresh wood should be given them to
gnaw. bits of elm, birch. larch and
chestnut. Fresh dry gravel must be
sprinkled at the bottom of the cage
every day and fresh water be put in the
glass
1t is important that parrots should
have the opportunity to stand fiat foot
ed. So If the cage has wires at the bot
tom it is we'll to remove them. Always
to have his claws clasping round perch
is injurious to any bird, and two perches
OF different size are advisable, so that
he may change his posture at will.
When a parrot continues to scream he
wants water or food. or feels i'll and un-
comfortable. or maybe is merelN= dull
Music, which he loves, will cheer him
up at all times.
parrot learns to talk only from one
who speaks very slowly and distinctly
to him. and preferably when he is about
to fall asleep. Last but not least. par
rot should be carefully covered at night.