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Including Postage (Cash With Order): " DAILY CALL (Including Sunday). 1 year *^» DAILY CALL (Including Sunday), « months *oo DAILY CALL—By single month 7 °° SUNDAY CALL. 1 year • - *•*' WEEKLY CALL, 1 year 10 ° / nailv $8.00 Per Year Extra FOREIGN I g '/_•• 4.15 Per Year Extra POSTAGE *) vv>ekly '.../... 1.00 Per Year Extra Entered at the United States PostofSce as Second-Class Matter. ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONa Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address ehould be particular to give "both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS In order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. ON HAVING TOO MUCH MONEY fT^HE perplexities of a relief commission confronted with an I embarrassment of riches, troubled with more money than it J^ knows how to spend and loaded to the guards with superfluous funds, offer a serious commentary on the dangers of being unco wise. In the early period of our troubles in San Francisco the relief commission imported, or had thrust upon it, from the East a man who was warranted and certified as the one and only person competent to spend the money in a strictly scientific manner and spirit. People have not forgotten the resulting muddle. The administration of relief under this expert, Dr. Devine, was so scientific that although the warehouses were bursting with clothing and bedding, the sufferers by the fire went half naked in rags and slept as best they might without covering or \ mattresses. Food was provided in the filthy fly-traps known as the "soup kitchens," which were avowedly adopted partly as a measure of economy, but chiefly as a "scientific" means to discourage the acceptance of relief. It was an inhuman plan to keep the sufferers on the edge of the starvation line. -''V" Dr. Devine is now boasting among scientific circles in the East that no one actually did starve, nor was any one frozen stiff. It was a triumph of science which leaves as the net result a matter of 54.000.000 saved at the expense of the sufferers— taken out of their skins, so to speak — and the commission now does not know what on earth to do with the money. To feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to comfort the forlorn and bind up the wounds of those that are in pain— these are func tions of the charity that is not strained by a pseudo-scientific spirit. They are not fulfilled by a policy designed to disgust and discourage the suffering who ask relief, a policy complicated in this instance by incompetent administration and fenced in with a heartless and cruel P entanglement of red tape. What shall we do with it— this monstrous surplusage that be longs to no man? It .is a heritage fraught with trouble, the seed of future scandals innumerable, the objective point of a new genera tion of grafters and jobbers. We know that the men who are now in charge may be trusted, but money .lying around loose breeds thieves. Lead no honest man into temptation. It were better that the fund had been wasted in extravagant giving among the poor than that it should remain to tempt the needy and arouse the greedy and thus be a blister on the social body. THE COMPANY CHIEF DINAN KEEPS CHIEF OF POLICE DINAN need not complain if he is known by the company he keeps. If he consorts habitually with thieves and consults with pickpockets, it is. his own fault if people begin to wonder on which side of the fence he gets off. It appears to be contemporary knowledge of every man about town that one Sullivan, otherwise identified as "Kid," a notorious pick pocket and professional crook, is in some sort, and by the grace of Dinan, an employe of the city. It is perhaps not surprising that an administration which comprises Ruef should likewise have gath ered in its embrace a common thief, whqse picture is 'already in the rogues' gallery, but if. the Chief of Police makes such men his asso ciates and keeps them under pay he must not complain if people class him with his friends and boon companions. If it be urged that "stool pigeons" are sometimes necessary to the conduct of police business, that is no reason why they should move in official circles as guests of honor. * It is evidence of the low moral tone that animates a department demoralized by the evil, ex ample of Ruef and Schmitz. The man who makes a friend of h^n who does his dirty work and is seen consorting cheek by jowl with thieves is not far from doing that kind of work himself. THE CALIFORNIAN STATE OF MIND SOME curious speculation concerning the state of mind of Cali fornians is found in an article by Gustave Michaud in Putnam's on "The Reading Habit in the United States." From the pubUc library statistics of the country Mr. Michaud finds that Massachusetts leads with an annual issue of 304 books per hundred of the population. Connecticut follows with 227, and then we jump clear across the continent to 'California, with an annual issue of 207 books per hundred. Colorado and Montana follow Cali fornia. Mr. Michaud's explanation of • the literary tastes of the West is given: * The map shows another fact — the existence in the far West of three States, California, Montana and Colorado, in which the reading habit is by. far more general than in the neighboring States. Close exmination reveals but one' common feature in their population: the three States were settled mainly by people who were dissatisfied with farming and other slow) though comparatively safe, ways of making a fortune^people whose imagination had readily responded to the marvelous stories which are circulated ,<when ever extensive gold fields are discovered. Is there 'any -connection between a vivid imagination and the reading habit? Whatever, be the answer which will one day be given to the query, we may well note that our: experience in that matter is not unique. In those British possessions) the settlement of which. was brought about by the discovery of gold,- the reading habit has grown to an extent not only unparalleled in other, colonies, but even greater than in the metropolis. A region settled by much the same ethnic. element which settled early in California, and which comes. next to that State in the world gold output — Victoria — boasted, as early as 1890, of having one public library to every. 4 Boo of population, as against one in every 277,000; in the United Kingdom. In the United .States, Maine, New Hampshire/ Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and the District of Columbia are the. only States which can show- now so favorable a rate. Imagination is a valuable quality, but it may be= overdone, li the reasoning is good as to California it should apply elsewhere. We should not have suspected' contemporary Massachusetts of being afiiictcd' that way^ in view; of ; the recent criticism- bv_ : Mr. 'H:(j: EDITORIAL PAGE Wells and the remark of Joaquin Miller that Boston is more ad dicted to bricks and mortar than poetry. Besides/the annual issue of books in Indiana is only fifty-nine per hundred, and yet the output of the Hoosier novelists is prodigious, not to say portentous and threatening. * It is suggested that the whole J population :of Indiana is too busy .writing books to find time to read them,; but that is a fliripantand" unkind remark. V _ ... .-,,;. - - ••\u25a0\u25a0-.•--?•-•-- -:•' \u25a0.;......- '•\u25a0\u25a0' ..-\u25a0.• .\u25a0•'\u25a0,\u25a0'\u25a0' \u25a0\u25a0-•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0;.--- -; -•.-•\u25a0 Ruef really . prefers; atchange of prosecutor- -to a ..change of venue. Rockefeller cannot hope to attain' the dignity of a Mayor through one, indictment. -. Forty-two women's clubs and one or- two hammers will be out at San Jose on December 4. ; > Morris Levy would rather make $400 a month than be discourte ous to his brother clubmen. -; A Only a bachelor will print his objections to co-eds in trousers: Benedicks appreciate the futility of protest. . * v When John Sharp Williams advocated benevolent "elimination of the negro, he meant the Russell Sage brand of benevolence. J. J. Hiirhas attracted s-ome attention as a post-prandial prophet; but when it comes to after-dinner profits Ruef still holds the belt and bag. \u25a0 ;•• . \u0084;\u25a0 •; ;; \, •; .. v. ; ; . . ;.. . William Rockefeller, should be able to. get through the winter independent of Brother John's rbounty. The" New York courts have affirmed* a judgment for 18 cents in; his favor. - "I, spent twenty year's writing that long poem," he said. "And it didn't take?" "Oh,, yes; ; ; took all I had."— -Atlanta Constitution. . : He— Forgive me. . She— What have you done? He— Nothing. ,: •.. .- She— Then I can never forgive ; you.-^ Lipplncotfa Magazine. \u25a0'•.\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•-\u25a0." • "I married in haste.'* "Ah!. And you" are repenting at,leis ure?.\>C \u25a0- ..: \u0084: - ' y.":.; - \u25a0 -. , cy - .11 'might be iif I ever had any."~ Cleveland Leader.- 'V \u2666 -.•\u25a0•\u25a0•-•\u25a0 \u25a0. \u25a0 . „ x.; "Why did Mrs. Flckler sue her hus band for divorce ?" . \u25a0'• "I suppose he was ; the '; only . man' she could sue if she : : really wished [to get one."— Milwaukee Journal. /\u25a0 ;•'...\u25a0\u25a0 ",'••' •\u25a0. Mrs..True-^-Aren't youglad you don't have to* vote? ;'\u25a0. . " Mrs. ; Peckem-^-Mercy, no!; Tm. worried to death for fear: Jphn" \u25a0won't ./vote'- the way I , want him* to : 1 1'd, a ; great i deal rather' do it 'myself.-— Detroit 1 'Free "Finished your honeymoon yet?" <: 7-, "I don't • know] - ; I • have ? never been' able .to , determine; the exact , meaning of the word honeymoon.", i " "Well, then, has \u25a0 your , wife - com menced; to do the cooking yet?"-;-Hous ton Pos t.^ \u25a0'. *t- '- '\u25a0• '\u25a0'> • •'\u25a0 : ' .- - .:\u25a0*.\u25a0 Traveler in Parlor Car-— Porter,* that man : in '•; front '.will ? give J ybt>'( a" quarter for v dustlng him off,. won't. he?. \u25a0 v. v .- ' : Porter— Tesslr. :l-v'^ Traveler—^-Well, I'll rglve \ you'- half a dollar to leave the. dust on him: and: not brush it off on :me.^— Someryllle* Journal:" : "*' '^ '" \\ :^-v- :; :'*-.': :: .*"^- : -.--:---- :^- ; ft v liittle Johnwiy; Smith • suddenly; asked, in a startled voice: '."Mamma,' Is that the bay ;rum : in^ the bottle "on ; : your 'table?;* \ "Mercy, no, dear,", she replied; ,'VThat is mucllage."^^^Sß|j^^^^|>\ V : \u25a0 '. - ; '."Oh," i "said littlej Johnny. < Then, : after &, moment's 1 pause? ; he added, reflective" ly: "Perhaps*. that's t why- 1 can'tVget my hat* off."— Everybody's j Magazine. ¥s :i Lawsoh-^-I ;\u25a0 hearj that jWatkinsV mdth- v er-tn-lawjdled*abroad.: a . • • - v ..... r : , Dawson-^-Yes.\ PoorJfellow: . - f;Lawson— Poor '.'• fellow? .Why do you \> ;;\u25a0\u25a0• \u25a0.-. -X ;'/, .- 7 -J ;..:'.'_. \\\/:\ X- Daw son— Because, un all \u25a0 common f de- ! cency, hehas.got^toilobk'rnbumfuljun^ tir_- the -body/ gets \u25a0 here.-— -Somerville Journair "7/ '•\u25a0\u25a0~;\ \u25a0'''". "\u25a0 :x """"" ?r+rp~~--.r-,: , r , NOTE AND a COMMENT, In the Joke World Marooned Aiiswers to Queries : y : ..THE LAW-^-Reader; City. If a young man \ wants to study ; law and 1 can" only devotS-; evenings to^stxidy he should make arrangements >vwlth some attor neywho can asslst'hlm.. ' MORTGAGE— A Subscriber, Eos i. Ga tos.'.Cal.: Section* 3617 'of the Political Code of California, relative to tha tax ation of 'mortgages, says: ;>:\A;fmQj* gage, deed of trust, contract: or otyb'er obligations by which" a"' debt is", secured, when ; land is pledged for] the : payment and B discharge of the- same,' shall; r? for the . purpose =of assessment land " taxa tion, be deemed 'and treated- an interest In the land so pledged.'.! s;,Th'e, Th'e mortgage is; assessed the same "as 'the , unlnouin-' THE marriage , of .. Miss : Eleanor Kerf oot ; Sowers and ' Major ' Sam son L. Faison, U. S A, \u25a0 whose" en gajaremeht was ; announced;, this fall, will take place oh Wednesday;; December 1 9, at the home of the bride's - parents^Dr. and '\u25a0 Mrs.';Z;V. I Sowers, '• hi Washington. D.; C. Major Faison rhasl written to friends here" that . he will ar riye r in! San ; Francisco^with^his bride on • the last "day of the] year . and i taat ; they V will; sail !on : : January 1 , 5 r for,; the t Philip-; pines.. H Quite 'a j bit 5 of ; entertaihirig^ is';' belngi planned ? for "thls'j popular rofflcer,'.; who js^ai favorite" herei" and Jhis"|l bride;" who -Is; said 'to be : very:* charming? and f attractive and . who will b e '\u25a0'.. gladly \ welcomed." -- .. . = ~ ; "' '~*Ji F >; < >:-X-y,- .>\u25a0 - : . ; '\u25a0-'.*:. '\u25a0;.'*\u25a0.: :\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0• '\u0084'\u25a0'\u25a0' :X, : : : ' -,' : ' A pleasing; announcement is. that of the engagement *of s Miss ; Lucy; Mlghellv and % Thomas \u25a0:• J. % Churchill, .? which;; was i made rto S their J friends ; at Ia 1 tea 1 given :: last ; week J by ? Mr. r': Churchlirs? mother,'? MrsV^ Samuel Miss | Mighell. c^Th'ere lls I ahy^i amount J lh£^ terest? in^the*news,lc and'i especially,:* in : the southern set; In which ibothTfamilles \ are^j prominent. ; r :* Miss ;:Mighell:; is granddaughter ? of \ Mr a.";- Kershaw,*f. who :\u25a0. is :- well;' known here > and with * whom - • she 1 ? has; made- her; home/ since j: child-""'; hood, " her parents v both f being.^de'ad. ; She^israycharming^girl.iclever^andjat-rf tracUver>and;has a'.host 'of 'friends. .. ; ;; Mrs.'; S.V J.i Churchill f and -Is ' very/popu-^ —DENVER NEWS. — — \u25a0 — ~r— * Personal Mention Mrs. James Biddle of Philadelphia Is at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Diaz of New York are at the . Majestic / Mr. and Mrs.- J. M. Huston of Los An geles are at the Majestic. *" Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Blatt of De troit are at the Jefferson. Mr. and Mrs;' Ai G." Rowan are at the Jefferson" from New York/ Mrl and Mrs. ;W. G. Olmstead of Stockton are at the "Jefferson. ' . Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fitzpatrick and son are at the Majestic from* Ogden. j E. Weldor Young and Mrs. T. ."M. Young of Seattle are at the Majestic. \u25a0 ; J. F. Condon, a prominent mining man of Verdi, Nev., is at the Jefferson. • S. T. St. George' Carey, a prominent rancher of Auburn, is at the St. Fran cis. -...'. .' \u25a0 ' """\u25a0\u25a0. '\u25a0. • - Otis; A. Poole, a prominent business man . of Yokohama, Japan, Is at', the Palace. Al S. Carroverro, a wealthy planter of Honolulu,, is registered at the St. Francis. Mrs. Clement Millard of Santa Cruz was among j yesterday's arrivals at the Jefferson. Mrs. : Howard H. Lewis, Miss Lewis and Phoebe Lewis are at the St. Fran cis from -Seattle. -:;,'_ : \u25a0 Dr. Roughsede and C. H^TVoodhouse of Prince. Albert Island, Canada, are at the St. Francis. J. E. v Rldgway Jr., J. G. Mollvain Jr. and B. ; C. "Heritage are at the- St. Francis from Philadelphia. bered property,' and not on the basis of principal and interest. ' \u25a0 \u25a0 -' \u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ~~~. T~ ' " ' ' ""» GOLD > AND SILVER— C ;e., Fresno, CaL", The Query Department | has not the space, to devote ito'theVsilver;ques tion? to show why at some 1 period of the country's history $22, in silver could be obtained for $20"'ln: gold. it may be asserted-that such a condition resulted \ from* a . depreciation *of silver. Such! existed during the period covered by ; the yeaxs ; 1865-187$; and 'the follow ing 1 ;.; are < the > gold : Quotations during those-years:;; :. A ; ;. \u25a0 • ' " . ; 1865,173.8: 1866, 130.5; 1867, 135; 186$, 139.5; 1869,U31.3;a870,:113.6; 1871. Ill; 1872, 110.1M873.116.5; 1874.U12.1: 1875; 115.5;: ; 1876.;114.3;il877; 104,8;:i878," 101. •;-• These \u25a0;' quotations are foc^, the month of i March of each ; year : named and give, the; pre^nium on" gold." The Smart Set lar ."\u25a0 also, .\u25a0.being; widely ..and favorably ; known: -/No " datel "has ; been 7announced for the wedding-, "but \u25a0 it ;W-ill 'probably be an event ' of the ; early spring. .-*\u25a0 \u25a0*..-\u25a0\u25a0'.•\u25a0" \u25a0' : 'The event, of this. afternoon. will be' the -.large \u25a0• tea to be given %by '\u25a0 Dr. and ; Mrs.- James * Ward v Keeney x In ; honor . of the , debut rof .their,: attractive daughter, Miss ' Mary V Keeney. 'The ;" affair will i take i place' at the • Paris * Tea '- Garden, and , ; assisting ; in < receiving^ will be Mrs. William \u25a0 &.' Tevis.- ; Mrs." Francis J. Ca.ro-j ;lan, : Mrs. i-Hyde^-Smith,-*' Mrs. '^Alexander, Garceau.'ivMrs.riß.'? P. : Schwerln;"^ Mrs. Walter, s S. i' Martin;;' Mra. T : Jessle> Bowie- Detrlck,:Mfs.%Wllllam)Hlnckley s Taylor,' Mrs. 1 ? George fjgi Pope,*'Mra.i C. •R.iWlns \ low,';' Mrs. iJ3xnard, : Mrs. ::Eugene f Lent, Mrs. -. Frederick "s McNe'ar, J Mrs; . iWilliam H.> ..Taylor, 1 * Mra^ Augustus Mrs. Frank aGriffln^ Mrs.t Carey J Friedlander, Miss? Jennie Cropker," Miss Maizle Lang horrie,lMiss Katrine ? Pageißrown, , Missj EmilylWilsbnrjMlsaJLauraiMcKlnstry,' Miss ."Julia"; Lansho'rne,'! Miss \ Genevieiye 1 Harvey,? 4 Miss**; Janet ;>von I Schroeder,' Miss £ Jane"-I Coleman;* Misa I Linda * Cad-j : wallader," Miss Helen fßowle,*! Miss! Mar-', gueriteV ßarren, v Miss ;Charl,otte : i Wil- . Bon,iMiss_?Louise!-Boyd,';Miss*Constance f .da';YoVng,'Misa Marle'Brewei; and Migs Frances \ ;McKlnstry ."\u25a0\u25a0•; .\u25a0'\"'\jS ""\u25a0' \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'.'\u25a0'. \u25a0": ~ ; V*' • : "\u25a0 *}'' '»-\u25a0\u25a0- \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0. --. \u25a0 > Mr?.'; Cl«ment and :: Captain Sydney; Clonian,^ 13. % S.VA.V; who ; are Ito \u25a0--_ be ! mar- " s ried|next'4rnonth,*"lwere JtheTguests of ' honorllast^weekfat^allunehebn given;ln : .Washington,"' p.tc.'r: at = the iChevy ; Chase" NOVEMBER 24, 1906 Humors of the Town James Crawford DOWN In the produce commission district, where hunters*., and fishermen's yarns are .ever in active circulation, F. W. Van Sicklen, of the firm of -Dodge, Sweeny & "Co./ is pointed to as the hero of an adventure afield that easily takes the honors of the' season. \u25a0 -As the story goes, Van Slcklen was chasing cougars in wildest fast nesses of ; the Siskiyou Mountains, his only companion being the faithful and highly-intelligent horse he bestrode, when he; was hurled from the saddle abruptly "and, with great" violence and sustained .'a dislocation ot the left shoulder that' made' the arm below it powerless. Realizing that "tremendous pain' and; lnconvenience could; be avert ed only by quickly, having the member restored to its socket, the ingenious and plucky sportsman at once at tached one end of his lariat to his left arm. -fastened the other end to the pommel oC his. saddle and then kicked his horse swiftly and, vigorously in the abdomen, thus provoking. the animal to make frantic efforts to escape punish ment. At the fourth' kick by the man and its resultant bound .by the horse the shoulder resumed Its proper, posi tion, and a few, hours later was^as well as ever.'- ' N " When, the tale reaches this point the person to whom It'has been told natur ally.. Inquires why the. " horse did not gallop away, instead of merely side stepping, and the reply is. a reminder that the animal was j exceptionally' In telligent and the man unusually strong. Gossip in Railway Circles . y->| ENERAL T. H. GOODMAN, who , I ;\u25a0- was for many years. the general % T passejiger agent of the Southern h^TZr: \u25a0Pacific. -visited his. friends in the \u25a0 ferry building! yesterday. The general is interested in 43.756 acres In the Cag yyan Valley In Northern Luzon and he has : named his ranch the Hacienda Calabacao. "The place," said General Goodman, "is about SOO miles north of Manila ; and we are in great hopes that .it will be one of the most paying prop , erties in the islands. "We have shipped there $15,000 worth', of machinery. In cluding two traction engines. We are now arranging to. send down a saw mill and as soon as we can arrange for it we shall ship down a sugar mill. This year we put 10,000 acres into tobacco." • • • R-^A. Murray, city passenger agent of the Great Northern, will leave to night for Washington, D. C, and will bring back with him his bride. Ho will marry Miss Isabelle Dillon. .\u25a0 j ' • . • • Mrs. E. S. Blair, the wife of E- \u25a0 S. Blair, who was for many years. in this city as the general agent of the Great Northern, , is on a visit to the" city. She "was taken for a drive over the burned district by G. W. Colby. • / \u25a0 * •* .Assistant Traffic Director E...0. Mc- Cormick ,of \the : Southern Pacific left . yesterday '; for. Chicago. V ,;\u25a0. \u25a0.\u25a0-\u25a0-\u25a0'.,;\u25a0\u25a0•'..•-.-•.. L. E. Stantbn,' contracting,^freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. ; PauL Is on a business trip through ithe apple district of Watsonvllle. J. W... Walker, division superinten j dent of the valley division of the Santa I Fe, Is in the city, on' business. •\u25a0 • - • • -• L. S. Bean, mechanical superinten dent oj" the Santa Fe, with headquar ters in Los Angeles, is in the city. • • • - H. J. Franklin, claims agent of the Santa Fe, -with headquarters in Los Angeles, arrived yesterday on business. • * * The indications are that the com bined excursion of the Southern Pa- I ciflc, the Mexican Central and the Santa :Fe to the City of . Mexico will be i largely patronized. „It will leave the city on December 17. . \u25a0 • ' • • \u25a0' James B. Duffy of the Santa Fe will : escort the Knlght3. of Columbus on their trip to the City of Mexico. Neal Power, . the well-known attorney. Is getting up- the excursion and it 13 expected that there" will be about 150 Knights In the party. It .will travel by, both the Santa Fe and. the Southern Pacific and will leave here about the middle of February. The ' passenger departments of the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe wifj announce shortly 'M special rate to Fresno , for the members .of the Cali fornia State Teachers' Association, which will , hold s its convention in the Raisin City from December 26 to 297 It ; is \u25a0 expected : that 400 delegates will be present. J A, H. Moffltt. passenger agent of the Oceanic .Steamship Company, < teWs a good - story of how he - aold a ticket to New Zealand to an . old - lady. He had answered every possible "question that he 'thought ".could be answered. , when she asked 'if. he -had been careful to sell ; her a stateroom on that side of the vessel which had the best scenery. \u25a0 .\u25a0•;-\u25a0-.-\u25a0*.-:•'. . J. W. McClymorids, general agent of the Armour car lines, left for Forter- Club. by the Comptroller of Currency and Mrs. ; Rldgley, Those present be sides * the ; guests ;/of! honor, .were the British , Emhassador. Slr_ Mortimer , Du rand: Mr. . and , Mrs. Arthur Addisoh, Captain and lira. Hebblngimus. Mrs. Laurence : Bonet. Mrs. Frank L. Denny. Miss : Katharine .Williams of Chicago, General i Buchanan, ; "Arthur, Hay and Mills 'Thompson. r :' \u25a0• ; . v • .' \u25a0 \u25a0 • . Mr*., William H.- Crocker did not ar i rive early, in ! the .week 1 with". Mr. : Crock er,-but.has; remained In New Torfc and will not come to California until early In. the new? year. '-"". V" ':-\u25a0•'\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0;• ..••.-.' Mr. and Mrs.'ChaVles P. Eell3 left recently for ; the i East, .where they -will spend > a;: few weeks. •:.< Mrs.'-. Kelts will -.visit •> her" two ;• daughters,. ; Mrs. John' Franklin Babeock \u25a0 (formerly Miss' Ge rtrude 1 Eells), j in: Minneapolis, and \u25a0 Mrsl Henry jSloanei Coffin .'(formerly- Miss Dorothy, Eells), in New York. :Miss Helen ThonTas of Sausalito went down pearly \u25a0; ln s the 'week to • Monterey, where she-wlUbeithe guest for a fort night: ©f Mrs;; Bush;' tha' wife of Cap ; tain • Bush, ; U. S.'fA: - :..,...- t. \u25a0 ._:-;;;•\u25a0\u25a0...,:',• . •" ;>- -" Mr. and: Mrs. John> Hays' Hammond and their j family.. Miss Betty 'Hammond ; and Mljstt s Helen -Wheeler,? who has ; *>««n their :• truest ,?for !; several^Tfeeks, 5 : have," left -theT Hammond : country place at Gloucester, ;' Mass.. -and' are at ; : Lake wood,* N."J.; for 'the winter." And if the listener should ask if Van Sicklen was without human compan ionship at the time, the answer comes promptly that tf another person had been In the vicinage the horse's aid In the surgical operation would not have been necessary nor the story worth telling. To pursue interrogation any further might ,. arouse suspicion that the story's authenticity is doubted. Midnight at street railway "saffty station." near Lotta's foumain. Inebri ated man asleep. on stone settee. Un protected female, clutching transfer slip, alights from Kearny street car and stands . waiting. Car com«s up Market street, and female, apparently unable to decipher signboard on front of vehicle, waves -transfer aloft and shouts, 'Is that Eddy? I want Eddy!* Motorman stops car and replies. "No: this is Castro." Female repeats, "I want Eddy." Muddled voice from set tee, "Zafs.mel I'm (hie) Eddy. But yell (hie) have f come here if ye (hlc> want 't she© me." Female, hoiriaed. clambers aboard car. Loud snore from settee as car resumes trip. •\u25a0\u25a0 • - • "Was your tour a success?*" asked the actor's acquaintance when they met on FHlmore street. "Was it a success"?" asked the hls trion. glowingly. "Was it a success? I got back, didn't If • - •-. • It was the same actnr who declar-d there are certain advantages in play- Ing one-night utands. not th» least of them being that the' players seldom see what the newspapers say about i them next morning. -ville last night to look Into the orangs shipments from that part of the State. In speaking of that territory ilqCly roonds said: "There will be about 1500 to 1800 cars shipped out of Porter, ville, Lindsay and Exeter .this. year. Some fifty to sixty cars are sent out dally. The. shippers are getting; good prices for their fruit They will have it East in time* for the Thanksgiving and Christmas trade." ,'ggji • • • Amos Burr of the New York Central lines Is on a trip through the San Joa. quin Valley.' • * * "Billy" Vice has lost none of his old time sang froid. "I tell you," he sajfr to a railroad man. "I am perfectly In fatuated with Judge Cotton." The way he is prosecuting me fills me with ad miration- I tell you, boys, we 'railroad men always employ the best legal tal ent. . It is a pleasure to be prosecuted by a lawyer and a gentleman, and Judge Cotton is my idea of what - a lawyer should be. I am going over to shake .hands with him." And Vice did, and complimented the Judge on the handling of the case. • • • S. F. Booth, general passenger agent of the Union Pacific, returned last night from Chicago, where he bad been attending a meeting of the general passenger agents of the system. • • • H. V. Blaisdell, traveling passenger agent of the Union Pacific, is back from Lodl. Blaisdell says, that .Lodi. besides ; having a: great reputation for the raising lot splendid, grapes," is^win'-T ning renown for * raising fine poultry. A» large number of turkeys will be shipped out of there this Thanksgiving and Christmas.; " ' • * ~\u25a0:; • • • •C, R. Robinson of the passenger de partment of the Southern Pacific ac companied the party of Mystic Shrin ers to Goldfleld- The train consisted of seven Pullmans and two diners, i ,The latest improvement on the Union Pacific is the "wreck alarm** system used to call all members of the wreck ing crews or departments to duty. An alarm is being installed in the homes of attaches of the wrecking depart ment of the Union Pacific at Cheyenne. One or all members can be summoned at once by switching on the alarm. This method will save much time in getting the men together. When the system Is installed the old-time custom of calling wreckers out by blowing th« shop whistles will be abandoned. • • • The effect of the railroad ticket tax In Germany is indicated by the pa3san-> ger. earnings of the Prussian and Hes sian state railroads in August, tha first month of the taxes. During the first four \u25a0 months of the fiscal year ending with July their passenger earnings had increased no less than } percent, reflecting " the high degree of prosper ity prevailing, which is noticeable this year In Germany as in this country. In August the increase was a little leas than. 3 *£ per cent. As the Imposition of the tax was known long beforehand, doubtless more than usual of the Im portant summer, pleasure travel was dona, before August to save the In creased ' cost, thus swelling - June and - July^ and. reducing August "- earnings. The^later. months will 'show; better th» permanent effect of the tax,* • *\u25a0/»\u25a0 \u25a0a \u25a0 L. C'Fritch. -who has been appointed assistant to the president of the Illi nois Central Railroad, with office at Chicago, entered railroad service with the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad' In 18S4 in ' the engineering department: was promoted to assistant^ engineer, and in October, 1392, was appointed en gineer maintenance of way of the aamA" company and .'chief engineer of the Cincinnati and Bedford Railroad, In November, 1892, he, was appointed divi sion engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, , which company ab sorbed ths Ohio and Mississippi Rail road; September.l 1899, was appointed superintendent of 4 the Mississippi divi sion of the Baltimore and Ohio-South western Railroad. In February; IJ(M, he entered the service of the Illinois .Central Railroad,' being- engaged »n special- work for the assistant general . manager., --In- 1905 he was appointed assistant ,to the general manager.' Mr, Fritch was for several years secretary of. the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association. He is also a member of the American Society "of Civil Engineers. \u25a0 •....•'\u25a0 • C. JJU Taylor, fqr twenty years super, intendent of motor power of the gen eral western" division of the Santa Fe. has .tendered his resignation and will accept a position, wtth, the Rock Island in tho same capacity on the Choc taw . Qklahoma and Gulf brunch. He will assume charge ©n December 1. THE EXGLISH LANGUAGES The English language is not, merely a method; of communleatjon. like a semaphore: It Is a great and complex organism that ; has grown with tb» growth of the peopl / that employ it; It la » splendid and flexible. Instrument of thousht.: speech and writing, an instru ment that :in 1 the/ hands •ot those .that have stttdled.lt and know its worth is oue of the mo?t poten^and beautiful of »11;PQ33.«33t0n.3.-.§h«©eld" Dally Inde pendent . _ Townsend a CaU s lace Crult* a^ can dl<w at. Emporium, Post* and v aa Nesa. and .1203 and 1320 Valencia street. •-