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The morning call., 1893-02-12

Many other words are the same in pro-
nunclatlOn and accent, but with different
meaning.
Narratives OF adventure record that from
the beginning there have been am bitious eX-
plOrers of the Nile. There Is no proof of
their having discovered its source, but cal
culatlon based upon close observation
traced the marvellous rivers wandcrings
with comparative correctness. Time rolling
along produced many adventures who
StrOve for eXpl0itive fame In the same pro-
life 1ed; but each succeeding traveller
seemed farther from the source, and made
his deductions farther from the truth. After
forty centuries Stanley has. discovered that
the photographers of Homer's time made
the most correct maps of the region of the
mysterious overlooking river.
When the red men were found In America
their origin was at once ascribsd 10 Asia.
The causes OF their immigration were spec
uative and the manner OF their coming
imaginative, but II was accomplished by
way of the straits Of Boring. which offered
the easiest mode of communication be-
tween Asia and America.
Within the last decade IL has been the
fashion to tear down these Old theories, tut
none so practical have been built in their
stead Ii r better knowledge were gained
of the California Digger tribes, the dialects
OF their language mastered, the origin Of
their social customs traced, the question
might be definitely answered. None could
he so useful in this field as a Eurasan; not
the child of tile white mother, but of the
white father aud Chinese mother, the
mother building the child's character on
superstition, storing bis memory with
legendary lore of superstition.
IL this Were done il should be done
quickly. But fragments Of the Digger
tribes remain; these are rapidly going
10 decay Soon this source of knowledge.
whether valuable or worthless for a greater
purpose, will exist no more
LOUISE A. LITTLEToN.
Zebra Feb Z 1S93
The morning call., 1893-02-12

Dese and Digger ignore all grammatical
rules. Verbs and nouns have no dee en- SONS.
no plural, no past or future. Past and fn-
ture are designated by mentioning the
specific date. Present l so to-day or now;
past they go yesterday; future. they go
next year. When puIals are needed cardi-
nal numbers are used before the noun.
ENGLISH. CHINESE. DfeeER.
i. Man Yet Yam Yet Yam
2. Men Yee Van Bonwon Van
3. Men San Yam Sh0-pi Yam.
For the English declaration. 81 saw five
children playing on the fence. meaning
that one has but just turned from the sight
of the playing children. the Digger will say:
"kunne clngema yet-seen-il, yawmucki.
aweehaki gulatO mrh che; literally, Il
see five child play fence yesterday" yester-
day in this case meaning ildtferently five
minutes since, or an hour. The languages
know neither proposition nor article.
But of all the similarites vet learned be-
tween the Chinese and the Fresno Diggers.
the most surprising is the similarity OF
words in their everyday language. The
learned who have studied the intricacies of
the worlds languages say that so long
as they are not cons olidated and nxed IN
writing they are ever in process OF con-
structi0n. -Four centuries have passed since
the Europeans found the American Indians
how many centuries before the Indians
found America is unknown. Yet with this
great length of time during which over and
over again the tribes have divided and
subdivided into clans and founded new
tribes; with each immigration tribal d.
vision and family founding originating new
dialects; with all these changes which have
taken place, marvellous number of Fresno
Digger words are either the same III use by
one branch Of the San Francisco Cantonese,
or a transpostiOn or corruption.
fatU
The morning call., 1893-02-12
Spelling A GOOD STORY.
Its Narrator Tried to Be Original and
Was Tripped by the Quiet Man.

Boston Globe.
There was a social party gathered In the
porch of pleasant country-house, and one
of the gentlemen had just told the story of
the criminal condemned to death by some
ancient ruler.
He was to be beheaded. and as the execu.
toner stood beside him with drawn sword
the culprit was given a goblet Of wine to
drink. He turned to the King and asked as
a last favor that the eXecutioner be directed
10 hold his hand until the goblet OF wine had
been drained.
You have my royal word" said the King.
you shall not die until you have drained
the cup"
Thereupon the ingenious criminal dashed
the goblet to the stone floor, spilling its con-
tents. and thus deferring his death sentence
indefinitely.
The story happened to be new TO some Of
the party. and was greeted with much
favor that another gentleman endeavored
TO cap 1t.
IAN ancient Persian king" said he, had
brought before him traitor TO the throne,
who. after brief hearing, was condemned
to be StTaDgled
Mercy. q King" cried the unhappy
man.
No." responded the King sternly. 'You
have conspired against me, and you must
pay the penalty with your life. The clock
it sounds The hour you must bid farewell to
earth
Quick as thought the prisoner turned TO
the clock, which stood by the throne, and,
with mighty push, threw il from its
PEDESTAL and il fell with a crash to the
floor.
81 bow to your will. o King he said,
calmly. When this clock strikes / will die.
and not before
AS an attribute to his presence of mind
the King spared the prisoners life, and,
after bgief imprisonment gave him his
liberty"
Quite as interesting as the other" ex-
claimed lady, when the narrator had I'm
ished.
Shows that there is nothing new under
the sum-" chimed in another
"Hum-yes," said small quiet man in
the corner after the comments had run
their Course: very good story and hate to
spoil ii, but must do It."
"WhatW exclaimed the story-telIer.
Yes; must DO it, There were no clocks
in ancient Persia. so the prisoner could not
have smashed one"
The morning call., 1893-02-12
FAIR LADIES WHO SPIN.
In European Drawing Rooms Whirling
Wheels Are Heard.


The Ola World spinning-wheel is now
almost necessity in fashionable drawing
rooms abroad.
In good many cases it is only toy. in
troduced because it is ''the right thing" to
count IL among the furniture, and there is,
of course. n home in such a toy, though 1t
is slightly ridiculous to make an ornament,
and an ornament only, of what was pre-
eminently destined for use.
A little more ludicrouS is il TO see the
splnning-stool without the wheel, for 1t is
like keeping an ornamental cage in a room
without any bird in it, But one is glad to
see that good many ladies have taken the
trouble to learn TO spin.
Lessons in spinning can be had in almost
all great fancy-work shops abroad. There
is something delightfully."- homelike aud
soothing In the very sound of the wheel.
and it makes a charming picture to see
woman at work twisting the fax or wool for
the socks OF all her male kith and kin.
There Is on the other side of the water
one young Scotch peeress who excels In
spinning, and the melodious hum Of whose
wheel is heard many evenings in her north-
ern home.
Eyeryw here old spinning wheels are still
sold almost for a song, but the value of the
wheel is, nevertheless, rising, as it becomes
more and more stylish" to own one
The spinniDg-wheel craze which existed
In this country not long ago has almost
passed. but it is at its height on the other
side Of the A atlantic
The morning call., 1893-02-12

the victims have no friends and the courts
are sure to acquit. and the politicians lave
many friends.
When the Eastern oyster gets cut here it
Is in new element There Is no longer
any question of being frozen solid when the
tide goes down. There is only the question
Of being laid down. in very early life and
eaten within two years.
California has the honor of deyising more
ways of cooking and eating oysters than all
the Eastern States put together. To COM
mence with there is the cocktail" What
Eastern man ever heard of California
cocktail
An ndiscreet copfdant has whispered
that the secret of the cocktail is as follows:
The juice of one lime, quarter table
spoonful OF salt. a light shake OF cayenne
pepper, a fair shake OF black pepper, a half
pint OF tomato catsup.
Into this dozen California oysters or four
Eastern oysters are dumped and stirred.
More oysters, more guests, more ingredients,
but everything in proportion.
How discreet oyster OF Plny's time ever
came to dream of a cocktail and holocaust
OF Cayenne pepper is for some modern PliDy
TO explain.
Practically speaking the worst thing a
man can do with an oyster is TO cook it.
The delicate piotoplasm is converted into
tough alDumen. Even SO is the mans folly
who dispatches a draught of spirituous
liquor on the trail Of raw oysters. Better
is one raw oyster aud a draught of cold
water than dozen bivalyes and LIQUOR
Herewith" Coffee and tea are equally
prohibited
But 10 the hard worked man. the con-
sumptiye, the hasty man, and those whose
digestion is as weak as their resolves,
'half-dOzan raw" is better than all the
steaks, chops and cutlets ever cooked to the
verge OF indigestibility by An imaginative
Soyer.
Why not California oysters? Why not,
indeed? The trouble is that they must be
planted In the bay and protected. Once on
time there were California oysters, and
the empty shells Of these make a thick bed
ding all the way along the south shore
from Milbrae to San Bruno. But mud Is
fatal TO them. 1t Is merely question of
mud.
In the days of the Spaniards oysters were
luxury in their way in Central American
towns The Gulf of Fonseca then produced
and still produces fine oysters. But they
VIII not bear transportation beyond trOpi-
cal seas. There's the rub" 1t is pre-
clsely the analogous position Of the miles of
oysters on the Georgia coast, only more So
N0oySters could be brought from the Gulf of
Fonseca or any other tropical basin to San
francisco The change Of climate would
Kill them.
Meanwhile, the Eastern oysters and the
Puget Sound oysters come down to San
francisco Bay by tens of thousands to be
replanted or laid down merely for temper
airy consumption. Why should it be so?
1t Is said that govt is the reprOaeh of
medicine. Why should it be the reprOach
OF California that. with all her BAYS aud in-
let's and caves. she has no oysters?
p. C. d.
The morning call., 1893-02-12
Worthy of Imitation.
New York sun.

An Agency of Direction has been estab-
lished In Buffalo which is most worthy Of
Imitation. as 10 is q benevolent scheme
which makes no charge for Information
given. and Is not so hopelessly entangled in
rep tape as to defeat its usefulness. There
are many young women coming into the
city to enter schools or business Offices. re-
lined. intelligent gentlewomen, who object
to institutions and dislike the discomforts Of
boarding-houses. There are too many re-
fined housewives who would shrink from
Keeping boarders," and yet would be glad
to exc out small incomes and procure extra
Injuries for her family by letting her spare
room to just this class of girls, who would
CONS in as one of the family. The funda-
mental object of the society was to bring
such people together for the mutual bene-
fit Of each. But the idea has broadened to
embrace list of institutions, schools.
studios, teachers directory, etc. and still.
despite the amount of labor involved. 1t con-
tiDueS to be a labor of love.
The morning call., 1893-02-12
Professor Gamers Monkey Mission.

Professor Garner, who Is in Africa inQuir-
ing and experimenting concerning monkey
speech, writes that he has already gathered
much valuable data and is making a be-
ginning of real work. He wrote from Libre-
Vile. French Cougo and said be had access
there 10 a fine young chimpanZee ana had
promise OF two young gorillas. The belief
that the monkeys talk Is very general
among the natives and residents of the
interior. He has also gathered much quaint
folk lore concerning the apes. He was going
on trip up the Gaboon River. and then to
Chanon, town in the bush about three
hours journey from Libreville, on the south
side Of the river. His contemplated route
thence Is overland via Cape Lopez to the
Settle Come and Angove, returning TO
Angovie River and up that valley overland
to the Middle Congo Basin, down the north
side of the river TO the coast. He hoped to
leave in January and complete the journey
by August or September. 1898, aud then
return homeward.
The morning call., 1893-02-12
Dncidedlv ShaLv

A trembling hand an uncertain step. fdgetiness,
indicated by restless shifting from place
posture TO another, usually mental annoyance at
un ex pected noises. are among the indications OF
extreme nervousness. These seem triiing, but the
health OF men and women in this condition Is "de-
cidedy shaky,' liable to be oveTthrown disas.
trously by causes which the vigorous might defy.
TO fortIfy the nervous system general vigor must.
through the medium of reinforced digestion and
renewal OF an impaired power OF sleeping at night
be raised to a healthful standard, A guarantee of
this is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which re-
establishes digestion, bile secretion and the habit
of body permanently regular basis thus renew.
ing that bodily equilibrium. which is followed by
gain OF strene tn aud nerve tranquility For kidney
complaint. rheumatism, neuralgia. aud as a pre-
tentative OF the first attack subsequent return of
malaria dlsord ers this medicine is without a peer
Thrice daily take awineglasSfu
The morning call., 1893-02-12
An Invention That neans rluch.

One Of the principal difficulties, writes
Franklin l.. Pope In the current number of
the Engineering Magazine, attendant upon
the efforts which will doubtless ere long be
made to run trains by electric power
at much higher rate Of speed than has
hitherto been accomplished by steam, will
be that Of stopping them within reason
able distance. A very successful expert
ment has recently been made at Altoona
with modified type OF the Westinghouse
brake. the distinguishing feature of
which Is that very high initial
pressure Of the brake-sboes upon the
wheels is secured. which Is automati-
cally diminished as the speed of the train
is reduced. so that practically uniform re-
.ardng force is secured throughout the
period Of application. 1t was found that
with an ordinary train running at sixty
miles per hour. the train could be stopped
within rs per cent OF the distance required
by the present quick-action automatic
brake. With the prevailing tendency
toward higher speeds, and especially 10
view OF .the possibilities. not to say the
probabilities of electric propulsion, these
results assume an Importance which can
scarcely be overestimated.
Many railway lines In France intend
lighting their earrlaU aa with alaefriaffu
The morning call., 1893-02-12

With these few numbers there are strik-
Ing smilarities. The first, yet" is the
same in accent and pronunciation; four is
very nearly the same; seven is the same
with one syllable. the Digger adding a pre-
tx. The Digger five is an addition Of one
and four with suffiX.
In everyday life the social customs and
habits Of the two people are the same, The
Chinese loves 10 dwell in closest proximity
to his neighbOrs. Streets which separate
houses are narrow, houses are almost glued
together, each house oYerfiows with many
families.
Indian families will not live alone. SeY-
eTal club together and form a rancheria,
which is elastic enough to entertain any
number Of guests during a rejoicing or
mourning season.
The Chinese house is dark and begrmed
with smoke. 1t has few windows. If any,
and usually a film OF dirt over the panes
acts as grim curtain 20 add to The gloom.
The Indian builds his wigwam with a
small opening at the apex. through which
the smoke from the fire within is supposed
by grand exhibition of unwavering faith,
10 escape, and a low aperture at the side
for crawling ingress and egress of the
human occupants. Sometimes he builds a
rude cabin in humble imitation of a white
mans house, but he never puts in a win
dow for light or air, and when night tails
Todees bis papOOses to the third geneT-
alton within and fastens the door in scOTn-
ful repudiation Of the eubic-aiT ordinance.
Enfeebled as he is by inherited and ac-
CURED blood disorders, it is amazing what
extremes OF heat and cold the Digger en-
dures without visible physical effect. In
the lurld heat Of the dog days, when ones
own breath is like a torrid blaze, give him
a cast-of winter wardrobe and lie will
plaeidly eDf0ld himself in it as the easiest
way Of carrying 1t, shirt after shirt, and at
last the m0th-eaten fur coat, with three or
four hats telescoDed into each other on his
head. With this burden be walks home,
twelve or fifteen miles away may be, during
the heat OF the day, with no extra drop OF
peTspiration 0oZiDg through his dusky
pores. If any part Of the winter outfit is
particularly snowy he never takes il off
until it Is worn too badly for Digger use.
II You ask why he burdens himself up so
in hot weather be retorts with an air OF ex
IRENE amazement at the simplicity Of the
question::
"Wby not? / might die before winter
and get 10 use OF it,!
Winter overtakes hiE with no clothes on
to speak OF. The night comes prematurely
with crash of thunder and deiuge Of rain
SereDely he ceases his journey. lies down
under a spreading oak. pillows his head On
jutting rock, and is s0otbed to rejuyenat-
ing slumber by the noise of the bowling
elements In the morning be rises with no
The morning call., 1893-02-12
Dreams Indicate Desire.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
Willie (at breakfasO - You can't help
what you dream, eau you mamma?
His mother-No, Willie.
Then II you dream you're haviB' fight
you amt to blame, are your"
mo, but IL you have been good boy you
are not likely TO have such dreams"
still they amt wicked, are they, TX you
cant help ftp
"N-no. / suppose not. Did you dream
last night that you we're doing so wicked a
thing as ightngP"
"Yepl And it would "a done you good
to see how | licked that yellow-haired.
freckied-faced, good-for-nothiag Bob Sta
plefnrd I'LL he couldn't stand up. dog-on
himl
The morning call., 1893-02-12

Negroes and whites are allowed to inter-
marry in twenty-three States and Terrific
ries. They are all Northern States but one
louisiana. They are as follows: Con-
necticut, Hin ois. Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana.
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan. Mime
sofa, Montana, New Hampshire. New Jer-
sey, New York, North Dakota. OHIO. OKLA
homa, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.
and Wyoming In all the other States such
marriages are absolutely void.
The morning call., 1893-02-12

The flag carried by PiZZaro and his fol-
lowers will be natable object in the Vene-
zuelan exh bit at the Worlds Fair.
The morning call., 1893-02-12
III.

Morning spake, and he heard: and the passion
ate silent moon
Kept for him silence: and soft from the
mounting moon
Fell the sound OF her splendor. heard dawn's in
the GREATNESS night,
Not or men, but OF birds whose noe babe mans
soul quicken and leap TO light;
And the song OF it spake. and the light and the
darkness OF earth were as chords In tune.
a. G. SWIM
The morning call., 1893-02-12
MUSIC.
P. C. d.

Was 1t light that spake from the darkness.
music that shOne from the word,
When the night kinded with the sound Of
tie sun or the frst-bOrn bird
Souls enthTalled and entranImeIed in bondage OF
that fail and rise.
Bound fast round with the letters OF flesh and
blinded with light that dies.
Lived not surely t music speaks and the spirit OF
life heard.
Music. sister OF sunrise and herald OF life TO be,
Smiled tbs spirit of man, and the
thrail was free.
Slave of nature and serf Of time, the bondman Of
life and death,
Dumb with passt0nesS patience that breathed but
forlOrH and reluctant breath,
Heard, beheid. aud his soul made answer and com
muned aloud with the sea.
The morning call., 1893-02-12
INFANTA OF SPAIN.
She Will Come to the
Worlds Fair.
THE AUNT OF THE YOUNG KING
A Woman of Strong Character Who
VIII Be One of the Most Promi-
nent OF Chicago's Visitors.

Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL.
The morning call., 1893-02-12

Many railway lines In France intend
lighting their carriages with electricity.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-19
THAT strong and conservative news

THAT strong and conservative news
paper OF the south, the Atlantic Constr
tuition, tells the truth when 1t says
1.-THE silver question is pressing for SO
luton, and every movement in the gold
conspiracy tends to clarity the situation
and urge the Importance OF a double
standard, under which the business OF
country will not be subjected to the
meroiless man9uvers OF an exclusive
class OF money changers who are ever
ready to take advantage OF the gold
monopoly by twisting the screw whom
ever it suits their purpose to make a
turn. The only sure protection Of the
peoples interests and the rights OF the
country's commerce is in the double
standard, q that when the Shylock's
get possession OF one, the function OF
the other will expand and operate as n
safety valve against oppression and ex-
tortion." That is the situation from
the standpoint OF the political
ist. Silver dollars, and as many Of
them as this government can honestly
coin, are the protection OF the working
classes. No government can exist for
any great length of time without silver
money, and it's demonstration is always
a sign Of a dangerous growth of power
among the money kings.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-19

Mr.. JUSTICE Brown, Of the United
States supreme court, is a sensible man.
Instead Of sweltering out his vacation
at one Of the so-called summer resorts
in the east, he comes to the mountains
and there enjoys the richest summer
gifts of nature. The exhiliration Of q
pure and cool atmosphere, such as is
not known beyond the Rockies, will
make the honorable justice ten years
younger when he resume his laborious
duties on the supreme bench. Incl
dentally, he can find amusement and
perhaps instruction in the study of the
many and unique forms Of Montana
justice. In times gone by this state has
afforded the finest variety OF judicial
forms to be found in any archives.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-19

The visit OF Senator Pfetfer to Mon
tana will, We trust, be productive OF
good results. In any event it will be
interesting, since our people are curious
to see the long whiskered statesman
who retired Ingalls, to the cyclone cellar
Of Kansas politics, locked the door on
him and destroyed the combination.
Last summer his side-partner, Mrs.
Lease, was with us, though her failure
to win smiles from the Raphael-like
face of Col. John B. Read rendered her
visit more or less unpleasant. and at the
same time resulted in great injury to
the reputation Of Montana men for con-
spieuous gallantry. We hope that the
disting uished Kansan will be treated
with more consideration by the editor
of the Inter Mountain; we hope that
those famous jokes on Capt. Couch's
whiskers will not be revived for
Peffer's editication, but will be wrapt
away in the cedar box that protects the
faded plumage of the white winged
doves from the moths of time. We as
sumo, Of course, that the corn-fed Wis
itor will 70 received in Helena in a man
ner becoming his Importance, and we
nominate our esteemed townsman, Col
onel War Horse Sanders as a committee
OF one on arrangements. We make this
suggestion because we recall those
touching phrases by which the colonel
endeared himself to the peoples party
and entertained his follow c~itizene at
the same time. 1t is true that this
versatility WAS not rewarded by the PEG
pies party representatives in the legis-
latu-e as it should have been, but we
feel very sure that the %colonel's love
for Montana will prompt him to over
look these Sights when the time ar
rives to exhibit Montana hospitality.