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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-15
GOSSIP OF RAILWAY MEN

0HARLES H. O'CONNER, to whose
l eagle eye is intrusted the typo
- graphical end OF the railroad com
panies tickets. has lingering fond
ness for two jokes. good ones at some
remote period, but now long past the
expiration date punched thereon by the
high gods of comedy. For years these
two jokes have been sternly suppressed
in the O'Conner family circle. but re-
Gently, during the entertainment of a
guest at dinner, OConuer broke loose
and with much gusto told one of the
forbidden stories.
The family sat in stricken silence,
but the guest laughed uproariously un-
til. hypnotized by this amazing phe-
nomenon, ali the others at the table
joined in the mirth. At once O'Conner's S
small son saw his fathers opportunity.
The story had made a hit; now was
the time to scoop In the Jackpot of
after dinner honors, and he piped out
TO his father
Quick. dad! Tell him the other one
A most interesting, although tech
nical. folder on agriculture is now be-
ing distributed by the Rock Island sys-
tenn 1t is treatise on the raising of
large crops of corn and has found
much favor with the farmers of the
southwest. The article is by Prof
NJ l. Mosher of the Iowa agricultural
college. The development of the vast
territory in the southwest has been a
great step toward meeting the growing
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demand for farm products due to the
more rapid growth of the population
OF the country and no agency has been
more active in bringing this about than
the railroads that traverse that sec
tion.
The Canadian Pacific has just an
nounced that it has Installed in all of
its trains new sanitary drinking cup.
me cups are made of waterproof
paper and can be folded in any shape.
lnese are placed on all Canadian Pa
clic trains and every passenger has his
individual cup.
In an official circular the interstate
commerce commission has reminded the
raliroads that all passes of every de-
scllplloh issued must be accounted for
20 the FEDERAL body and a general order
January 1.
me commission insists on uniform
inelnoo or handling. recording and is
suing passes 1t must be furnished
Win information as to every. kind of
pass issued, copy of the rules and
I's esulatlons Of the company governing
the same, and a sample of each kind
u pass. All this is to be sent to
Pro1. Henry c. Adams. who has charge
Oh slatistlcs and accounts.
ne circular in question submits
ilst OF ~ questions. which must be an
next year.
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Answers to Queries

THE DOG DAYszs. P. c.. Sonora. What
are the dog days?
The name dog days" is applied to
that time of the year when Sirius.
known as the dog star, because it is
IN the constellation CAMS Major-the
brightest fixed star visible in the
northern hemisphere, rises for several
successive weeks at nearly the same
time with the sun The ancients re-
garded the rising of this star with
the rising of the sun as the cause of
the great heat at that period which is
sometime during the months of July
and August. AS, however. this con
junction does not occur at the same
time in all latitudes, and is not con-
stant in the same region for long
period. there has been much variation
IN calendars in regard to the time of
the dog days. Furthermore this rising
became later and later in all ATTITUDES
with each succeeding century. owing
TO procession. The beginning of these
days has been variously fixed by al
manac makers. as from July to 26
and their close from July 3 to August
II. American authorities place them
between July % and September 3.
INDIAN BASKET Subscriber. City. What
is the name of the basket in which the Califor-
MIA squaws carry their papoosesf
William Ryan of Boonville, an old
resident of Mendocino county who has
been close student of the Indians in
that section of the state. to whom this
inquiry was submitted, writes that
the name varies with different tribes,
each speaking different dialect The
Indians in the vicinity of Ukiah call
1t co-tole and ki-ko-tole, while those
In Potter valley call it ti-kah The
Indians in the vicinity of Yorkville
III Irr. 411< =
Boonville, maker of such baskets
calls them hi-ko-tel, while her father
says it is hik-o-tole.''
WHITE, Guerneyille Would like short
sketch of Henry White. who in 1907 was ap-
pointed ambassador to France.
He was born in Baltimore. Md,
March .. 1850 Received his early ed
'ucation in private schools of this coun-
try and France. Was graduated from
st. Andrews university of Scotland
Married Margaret Stuyvesant Ruther-
ford of New York in 1879 Was secre-
tary of the American legation at Wen
ma in 1881. Transferred to London
in the latter year as second secretary.
promoted to first secretary in 1885 re-
called by. President Cleveland in 1892
Appointed ambassador to Italy in 1905
and in 1907 transferred to France in
the same rank.
GRAHAM FLoUR-H. g.. Table Rock What
is graham -four. and what is brown bread made
of, far as -four goes?
Graham flour is the unbolted flour.
which includes the bran as we'll as
the finer parts of the flour. In the
United States bread made from such
-four is called graham bread.
STATION AGENT-W. +. D.. st. Helena To
what department shall 1 make application for
the position of station agent the line of
railroad?
Send your application to the company
and it will be delivered to the proper
department.
THE AGE-old Maid. City. Is it imperative
at the time of obtaining a marriage license TO
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state the exact age. or VIII is or 21 years and
over be sufficient?
The marriage license department of
this city and county says that the per-
sons applying for a license must, under
the law of 1909. give the exact age.
SQUARES. City What is the difference
between a square foot and a foot square Of
surface?
when its sides are equal and each ex-
all square or right angles. A foot
square implies square whose surface
is one foot. On the other hand, a
board may be of any shape whatever
and be a square foot, if it's area is one
square foot, or IA square inches. A
strip one inch wide and 12 feet Ions
would measure one square foot. It
mi ght be irregular in shape and con-
tain a square foot of surface. 1t would
then be a square foot
CoLLEGE-Subscriber. City. Which was and
when was, the first chartered college instituted
in America or. more properly, what is now
the United States?
The William and Mary college, which
was started In 1917, but it was not
chartered until 1893. Harvard had its
beginning at Newton, afterward named
Cambridge, in 1886.
STEEL-S. t. Healdsburg. What prepara-
tion is used in etching on steel?
The following is given as a mixture
used for etching or writing on steel:
''Sulphate of copper. one ounce; sal
ammoniac, half ounce. Pu1verize sep
arately, adding a little vermilion to
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PERSONS IN THE NEWS

H. I. WILSON and w McC. White. who are
joint owners of the Rainier Grande hotel Of
Seattle, and also interested in mines in Mon
tana, are guests at the Palace.
8. MITCHELL, president Of the First national
bank of visalia, arrived yesterday and IS at
the st. Francis.
F. E. THOMPSON. an attorney and prominent
lodge Of Honolulu, is registered at the
ST. Francis.
W. ]. WILSON JR.. who is interested in fruit
growing at Newcastle, is registered at the st.
Francis.
]. P. SARGENT. land owner OF Lodi. Is
among the recent arrivals at the St. Francis
H. j. WRIGHT, mining man of Douglas.
Ariz., is at the Argonaut with Mrs Wright.
W. A. MILLER of the firm of Scott. Magner &
Miller has returned from trip to Honolulu
W. A. ROGERS, hotelman from walnut
Creek, is at the Turpin with Mrs. Rogers.
C. F. LANGLEY, merchant of watsonvilIe, is
at the st. Francis with Mrs. Langley
GEORGE W. -PELTIER, banker Of sacra-
mento is registered at the Palace.
SHERIFF R. R. vEALE of Martinez is at the
Union Square with Mrs. yeale.
W. W. GRAY. from Manila, is at the Ar.
lngton.
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ALoNzo NJ. PETTY. Pacific district secretary
OF the American Baptist home society. with
headquarters at Los Angeles is at the Arzo-
CHARLES A. BRADLEY, vice president Of the
Golden State life Insurance company. is at the
Palace, registered from Los, Angeles.
DR.. and MRS. E. c. MCKINNEY Of New Or
leans are guests at the Manz.
". L LELAND. an oil operator Of Bakersfield.
IS registered at the Stewart.
W. H. REMINGTON Of Guaymas. Mex. regis
tered at the Union Square.
G. N. FAREswcRTH, a real estate operator Of
Coluss is at the stewart
Mr.. MANDELFF Of New York is at the Belle
vue with Mrs. Mandelr.
l. T. HATFIELD. an attorney Of Sacramento. is
staying at the Stewart.
6. D. KELLOGG, fruit owner OF Newcastle.
T. LAuDETT. an attorney from Stockton. is at
the Stanford.
F. LAWSON. merchant of Honolulu. Is at the
MISS N. a. JACKSON. from Monterey. .. at the
A. L SUMMERS, from Oakland. is at the Ar.
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Beginning of the Movement

Jonah had just been deposited on the
beach. Back TO the landp' he sx-
claimed.
Meanwhile the whale, making it's way
back with great difficulty to deep water,
again. merely charged the whole trans
action up to prophet and 1oss-Chi-
go Tribune
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color it. and mix with one nd a half
ounces of vinegar Rub the steel with
soft soap and write with a clean. hard
pen without split, dipped in the mix
ture."
BETS, A W. City This depart
ment has repeatedly declared it win
not decide bets.
MINERALS. S. City. How is 1909 wrls.
ten in Roman numerals:
MCMIX
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of
carry al he

$3oOo0ooO necessary
annually virtually exhausted The be
selling stock selling unsecured bonds by
and reasonable dividends have been paid
Translated into plain English, this that the Santa Fe
deeply morgaged and heavily capitalized that money
be borrowed security This of the trouble with
of the railroads which in the Of long record Of fnan
ca juggling have been loaded with issues of fictitious capital
sometimes the shape OF bonds and often in the form stock The
roads engaged process of squeezing the from
the capitalization but they do it the expense OF the
people who pay the freight
Mr. Hines little figures but understand him
rightly he contend that expenditures ranging S200
900 S25O0000 year should be made for becrmen the
Santa e system for the few years Does he seriously
tend that this should be contributed by patrons the
addition paying dividends per fixed charges
and operating Suppose Mr. Hines paying for
his house What would he think of landlord who insisted
getting besides interest his investment sufficient
for adding to the house every year, 1t would
be before the would be paying exorbant
for house built with his money.
The Call and the public be fair The railroads should
be enabled make reasonable surplus requirements
such Improvements directly remuneatve they
entitled such preposterous Mr. Hines indicates
out OF the question The fact is Mr. Hines have his
cake and eat it.
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what this
the business unable thing
alone how unable and then
his results?
Then there the while
when
and unbelef?
Then there IS the who while he
ordered table
down. his
If he waiting he
all the world
catch the conagon OF his become
what kind
impatient how easily worried quick
And
SIMPLY tolds He
the of and he INDUCES
He master OF himself captain all his and
himself the
whole ureahze
force the control the power n hi character
Waiting the hardest of
And he OF
Do rememberNw that
le blank OF
waiting?
God doth need either mans gifts,
mil h serve him best
His kingly; a MS bidding
and post O land ando ocean Uihou trest
THEY ALSO SERVE ONLY STAND AND WATT
You will please didn't Walk Up
t9Atl, CeAooo.a,aoo.
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Wi1lie's Idea of Hnmor

Willie-Here's a sign i got from the
postofice.
Mrs Slixnson-Why, Willie, What 10
you mean2 It's the sign For Tran
sients." You just take il right hack
Willie-I thought you might like 70
hang it up in your kitchen.-IAfe.
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BE RUES brief addressed the district court OF ap-
a support his for rehearng OF the judgment
affirming conviction fourteen years in the
peniteniary IS characterized by certain
Ruef INDUCES humorous mpudence doubtless inspired by
an mpuden desire to keep out OF prison little longer
H. Ruefs earlier brief, with the record made
i up BY his counsel in the case, as filed in support
his appeal nearly 5000 printed pages chiefly compiled Of
irrelevant his brief for rehearng he virtually charges
read and digest this poentous OF stuff
sure preserve the decenes of etiquette by
caacerng the supposed neglect OF the court nadveent
The adjective any mitigate the charge court
business plea however long futile and struggling,
with nadvertence neglect quite certain that nothing the
happened this however much the court may have felt
the imposition time and patience
only accused by Rue OF "inadvertence but
top of that the justices charged with lack OF intelligence
hey guilty the brief OF misconceptions OF fact and OF
misconceptions OF the points argued for the appellant Warming
up the brief drops the sempo fiction OF inadverence and
fatty charges inadequate consideration OF the record and OF the
gument'
This positive charge Of negligence in the performance Of
judicial duty Tt would be serious enanated from responsible
respectable Coming Rue does above the
dignity OF impudent Joke
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Still Holds the Record

Teacher-And now. Willie. who holds
the ascension record at the present
time2
-Elijah.-Puck.
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out Of doors. III through lII0
long, sad winter they'll bind
us with a spell, and make the
sporting writers roll up their
sleeves and yell. With def
and with challenge they'll fill
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Uncle Walt
The Poet Ph o p r

The beefy sports of Europe are coming to these
shores, and soon their loud ki-yoodles VIII NIL al
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Arranging De-
tails of State
Revenue System

OF the reports to be HE'D by with the equaiza
will be specified and ienized in the enacted
specifications should require the fullest publicity
the operations OF the public service corporations
This obligation which institutions owe to the com
monWeath whose legal they by whose
they are invested with extraordinary privileges Everything
they do affected with public interest and have always been
principal cause OF political corruption The requirements Of
the new revenue should be made auxiliary to the
scheme OF regulation by the for the business these corpora
ons.
California will doubt shortly create public utilities com
mission 70 deal with regulation OF these corporations
revenue law should be with that plan II view
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them pile and while he gathers hentrult and plants e
spud of foreign "ons clamorng tor blood lot
brawny telling what they do this or oter terror
they nail the rubles and burnish
their fame and nothing prevent the Tor otch has quit
game foreign wresers become too great bore
may be Gotcf them from this shore Forgetting
eres and all that Reno dope the husky Humboldt farmer
will forth hopebu let draw curtain upon this
theme sports Europe coming stream
The lions and shame soul
fu people that Gotch or,s.n. 1910 By /M M,
has quit the game! eNF" Matthew Adams CCaGkI/ta
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1 Prospects
Of California
Wine Trade

producing countries France Austria Hungary Germany and
italy and ALL report disastrous shortage London advces
give figures:
yield vineyards computed
20QN00 gallons OF ti France usually produces about 1O0000000
SALONS This Frances production viii be only 100000 gallons
and Il
nothing less than national disaster
The Of only 10 gallon the loss
would he Sl000000
Weather conditions chiefly responsible for the failure
Pretty much all Europe there dastrousy summer
and the first requirement OF successful wine making that the rpen-
ING shall nobe subject humid atmosphere This is the
why California should become the greatest producing
country the world
The business peculiar many respects It does ap-
to be capable Standardization than horse trading
the industry a whole suffers in consequence.
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business of public service corporations
The state board of equalization in con
junction with the revenue commission is now
engaged IN drafting a bill to provide for the
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NE important consequence of the adoption state
system by the constitutional will
be the much needed publicity which involve
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THE
WRESTLERS

the public prints they'll dish up threats coTrosIVe
and most bloodthirsty hints They'll thunder and
they'll chortle, they'll below and declaim, and they
may do it safely, for Gotch has quite the game.
Oh C1otchl The cornfed called him, and so he
n11it the mat To feed his Poland Chinas and watch
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Peculiar Argu-
. nenf of Santa
Fe Magnate

Wing Of the whole CONTROVERSY that the railroads se =
shippers pay the Of building the roads bv exacno
unduly high
Substantially, Chairman Hines makes claim for rates boh
enough surplus after the payment liberal dividends
and Of fixed charges this surplus TO be used making permanent
Improvements designed increase In support this con-
tenton Mr. Hines makes the plea OF necessity That saw the
railroads need the money. We quote:
At the generally speaking the Fe
covered second for nearly S250OOOOO
therefore available additional mortgage That
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Complications
of Gold Rob
berry Affair

win nc o1me arc under arrest But the robbery con
mtted Francisco and the federal service people al
reported to have announced that they will ae further part
the affair If this report IS why the eder
authorities should case The presumption is abog
this not fully established that the robbery committed on til
high seas. which would make II federal
The local police and prosecuting authorities are not direc
concerned in the They will course in the way
investigation and by holding the suspects unless tev are dere
discharged on abeas but the the original crime wa
not laid California although of course certain of the prsonet
might be prosecuted for having stolen property possession
the identity OF the bullion established Altogether i i
case likely to result in many puzzlihg complications
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seems TO know exactly where the robbery vas
committed or in what jurisdiction.
Gold bars believed to be a part OF the
stolen property have been recovered in this
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fortunes Of other nations, but the facts must
be recognized and noted because OF their in
huence on business conditions
Not for one hundred years has the crop
failure been so complete in all the European
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The Morning Chit-Chat
.::s:s ssssiHiss Hs:...s is!s. .ss-. * QasxHla%o,
THE farniliar

no THE familiar epigrams-
Tell what eats and will tell you
what he is"
Tell me what man reads and will tell you
what he IS
I have new one to add:
Tell me how man waits and will tell you what
he is.
Did it eyer occur to you how many ways there are
Of waiting and how very expressive of character they
are?
There is the Who when he is waiting for
which he knows will come at certain time. will
point the road half dozen times in the space
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RUES addressed the district court OF ap
"A support for rehearng Of the Judgment
afrmin conviction fourteen in the
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ONE rather unusual complications appear
matter Of the gold bullion stolen transit from Alaska
- The act ta buIIon worth some $1,000 stolen nobody
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NALFORNIA should profit by the extraordinary and amo
complete failure Of the European wine crop for the prese
- year Il does not become people rejoice the mi
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WALKER D. HINES Of the

roads III relation to the demand for higher
rates pending before the interstate commerce
commission Mr. Hines makes an able pre-
sentatlon OF the case for the railroads. but he
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THE AGE-old Maid. City Is it imperativ
at the time of obtaining a marriage license I
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-18
IMPROVED BARN COMBINES
UTILITY AND CLEANLINESS
Ordinary May be Easily
and Cheap1y Changed Into Up-toDate
Sanitary Building.

All realize that barn to be ideal
must combine both utility and clean
illness. The sanitary condition cannot
be obtained to perfection in basement
barns, and so, recognizing this fact l
have drawn plans to show how an or
binary, old-fashioned basement barn
can be easily and cheaply changed
into an up-to-date barn; one which we
will be proud to ask our neighbors to
inspect and one in which we can pro-
duce milk that will sell for a pre-
MUM, writes w. A. Cooke in New Eng
land Homestead.
The barn as it stands today is
common, rectangular, farm barn with
a basement for manure and hogs:
with driveway to the floor above on
which We find the cows, horses and
sheep. Above are the lofts with loose
board floors through which the chaff
and dust are constantly sitting to con-
taminate both milk and cows, for we
know that dust is an ideal place for
the growth of all bacteria, especially
tuberculosis. Let us add an ell to
this barn for the cattle with no stor-
age room above. This ell should be
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-18
Auberqines and Satisfy.

Aubergines. or egg plant, and sal
fiGy. or vegetable oysters, are now
found in the markets. The egg plant
belongs to the potato family and has
4 flavor peculiar to itself 1t is grow
ing in favor each year The purple
skinned variety is considered better
favored than the white.
Satisfy has flavor like that of oys-
ters, hence the name. vegetable oys-
ters and when served with the addi-
ton of Goldfish. when boiling it, the
flavor is intensified. Satisfy is a root
that must be scraped and kept under
water until ready for cooking. as it
soon discolors. 1t should never be
cooked in an iron vessel.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-11-18
seasonabIe Suggestions.

The season of the golden pumpkin
and the sweet potato is here and the
time for making mincemeat. OF the
making of mincemeat there is no
end: but none except mothers ever
tastes quite right.
When buying pumpkin for pies, take
one that is heavy for its size. Cut
open. remove the seeds, pare and cut
in rather fine pieces. Put in granite
kettle with just enough water to keep
from burning; simmer for several
hours, stirring occasionally. When
cooked quite dry, put through a sieve
and 1t is ready for the pie cup of
pumpkin to a pint of milk is good
proportion. Season with salt. a tea
spoonful of ginger and half a tea
spoon of lemon extract.
In preparing mincemeat. the pro-
portion of one part of cooked chopped
meat to two parts Of apples chopped.
spices, sugar, raisins and orange peel
to taste with sufficient cider to make
of the right consistency. Cook to-
gether slowly until thick.
Sweet potatoes are very nice cooked
with the roast and basted with the fat
while cooking.
Glazed sweet potatoes are another
favorite. Boil the potatoes with their
Jackets on, then peel and when cold
slice: put in the baking dish and
haste with sugar and butter.