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they learn to use the gun and to do as
they would in battle. In the Shimbukan
they only use the sword or BAN boU."
Through a dirty alley and up two we'll
worn broad steps, and underneath a
clothesline iull of strange garments drip
ping wet, l followed the genial president.
The room into which we went was large,
but nearly filled with japanese boys in all
stages OF dress.
mot all here to-day" said DR.. Kuro-
zawa. 1--WE have two hundred members;
only about one hundred fifty here. -Four
years ago we have only ten." And the
doctor laughed heartily as though it were
good joke.
After the stranger had received a chair
the only one to be had-the president
signaled TO pleasant-faced man, who ran
to the further end of the room, caught up
bugIe and began play ing upon it with
ear-splitting earnestness. Still it had the
desired effect. The men formed into line,
an old man with as much of a military
: bearing as mis- small stature would allow
stepped forward and addressed them in
their native tongue. The bugler stood
back and waited:
"Him?" He bowed politely. The Japan.
ese are painfully polite always. HES the
teacher Muto! Have you never heard
of him? He's a great man; fought in the
war against China and killed seven or
eight Cinnamon himself"
Muto was an elderly man, with full
beard and strong face. Short in stature
was he; yet you were compelled to respect
what there was of him. He was unmistak-
ably a student.
He had caught up foil-not slender
and long like our foils, but short and
broad. AS he brandished this weapon,
with his head well thrown back, and
pranced to and fro, he reminded one
strongly of a drum major worried into a
frenzy by the carelessness of his must
clans. No doubt he had killed a number
of Chinese if he had the opportunity, but
that he paused TO make a chalk mark as
each had expired one must question. He
was becoming excited with his exercise
and the men about him were catching the
enthusiasm. They became restless. First
they applauded, then two rushed to where
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-17

cured by thoroughly washing the soil. re-
jecting all portions that are not dissolved
water, then evaporating the solution. The
solid portion remaining, in the form of an
impalpable powder, is then subjected to
a peculiar process OF electrification, re-
suting in the production OF what you
now have in your hand. 1t is exceedingly
strong, its tensile strength surprising
that of steel. Its iridescence is due to
the microscopic wrinkles upon its sur
face. But that is not all of its character
istics. 1t possesses the remarkable quail
ties of being easily rendered apergent.
"What?" l exclaimed.
"Apergent," he replied. 'Apergy is
force obtained by blending positive and
negative electricity with ultheic, the third
element or state of electric energy and
body charged with this fluid, 'apergy,' Is
not only unaffected by gravitation, it is
repealed from the earth with the same or
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highly recommended for its efficacy.
The oath the crowd is at its worst.
The weather is unusually mild for the
season and the people surge up and down
the streets, not only in the great thorough
fares but in the small shopping districts.
Every neigh borhood has its own distinct
Whitechapel road. l happened to pass
down that tortuoUs and black street
called Portobello. To pass at all between
the booths and coster carts was TO join
the procession till turning opened an
avenue into a new and quieter place. IL
was gay as fair and crowded to such
degree that you came into unavoidable
contact with the bundles under the arms
and in the pockets of your neighoors.
Great smoky flames fared from the OIL
torches and the petroleum lamps sus-
pended by brackets or chains. and swing
ing perilously in every breath of wind;
the irregular light was singularly vivid
and still mysterious as it fickered and
rose and fell again into impenetrable
shadow. The noise of hundred men
and women calling, laughing, shouting,
scolding over their wares, declaiming in
sing-song that rose as they fondly imag-
on either hand, it all contributed to make
a singularly striking and amusing scene.
Not less striking was the odor, an indie
scribable mixture of old clothes and lamp
oil and salt fish and oranges; now and
then Whit Of roast chestnuts or an arc
matte breath from the young fir trees,
stacked up like frewood, waiting to be
carted off by extravagant householders
with families of small children. Potatoes
and vegetables and smoked meats, pyra-
mids of bacon, piles of deadly pink-coated
cakes, as hard as bullets, seemed the staple
articles. AS we force our way down the
street booths of cheap toys intervene,
whistles that threaten you with deafness
go off next to your ear, and the crowd
pushes and clamors and wells. men and
women and children of all sizes and de-
scriptions, down to the infant pinned into
a shawl and suspended around the neck
of the painting mother on the watch for
bargains of food and wearing apparel.
And over all this swarming life stretches
a vast wintry sky.
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sends this brave man 10 teach US, should
we not learn?"
"There are great many Japanese over
here who do not belong. Some of them
think only of themselves; they do not
care. Have you not Americans like that
Then some who work in families are busy
on Sundays: and the Japanese in the mis-
sions-they will not come. They are too
busy with their religion. They think it Is
not right to do this on Sunday. Most of
US work at all other times, and we do not
think this is wrong"
Then the bugler hurried away in answer
to the presidents call. The exercises for
the afternoon were over. The $50 men,
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Han queer room at the back OF row of
H. houses on Post street there meets
AZ every Sunday afternoon a society
Known as the Shimbukaa. or Japanese
fencing club.
The president DR.. Kuro zawa, kindly
granted permission to visit the place and
Judge of the progress of the membe in
the use Of tie ioil. Then, with the desire
TO please, which is a strong part of the
japanese nature, be laid aside his medi-
cine bottles and escorted me thither. As
he hurried down the street by my side his
round face glowed with enthusiasm, and
his eyes looked like black Goals with hid
den fire. which struggled to the surface
now and then.
1--WE have another one, the Giyudan,"
he said. The doctors English voca bulary
is limited, and he Uses now'and then his
native words, which renders his speech
somewhat puzzling. "At the Giyudan
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the foils were lying and grasped them;
then they began to parry blows, their
white teeth clenched. their bright eyes
glistening, as excited and nervous as
though it were life and death.
The instructor watched them, now and
then calling something unintelligibie.
Suddenly he stopped them perernptorily
and began explaining.
They get so excited" said the bugIer.
''that they forget sometimes the rules"
He was excited, too.
In all the number no two were graceful.
Some of them understood thoroughly and
made no mistakes, still their thrusts were
awkward; their ieints were too apparent,
though in the excitement the adversary
could not do more than to wave his foil
wildly and receive the ensuing thrust or
ward it off by luck.
After number of the most expert men
had finished their practice for the after
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The Secret of Aerial Flight Revealed

number of thin bands of specially pre-
pared metals, forming, in fact. very
powerful storage battery of the dry
type, as no liquid is required. Perhaps
you might better understand it by COM
pairing it TO leyden jar, only its dis
charge is slow-not all at once. There
are two complete systems of these bands,
each insulated from the other. When L
use the beat first charge one set OF bands
with positive electricity from yonder
dynamo and then charge the other set
with negative electricity from the same
source. Then l join the like poles of the
two systems and, of course, thus connect
ed, get no current tina: would be meas
urable by an ordinary galvanometer; one
system is neutralizing the other; but
now using the two systems of bands con-
nected as a single circuit, l charge them
with a further current of what you may
call static electricity and create force
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Sleep as a Preservation.

In reply to the question" Is it wise
for man to deny himself and get along
with few hours sleep day to do
more work2" Tesla, the great electrician.
replied: That is a great mistake, I am
convinced. man has just so many hours
to be awake, and the fewer Of these he
uses up each day the longer they will last;
that is, the longer he will live. l believe
that man might live 200 years If he
would sleep most of the time. That is
why negroes often live to advanced old
age, because they sleep so much. 1t is
said mat Gladstone sleeps seventeen hours
every day; that is why his faculties are
still unlmpared in spite of his great age.
The proper way to economic life is to
sleep every moment that is not necessary
or desirablt that you should be awake
Philadelphia Record.
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thing is closed; provision must be made
for the entire period. 1t is true that on
Boxing day tradesmen will call, but it is
for their Christmas boxes" In Califor-
MIA the tradesmen who have rejoiced in
the steady custom of their patrons present
at this time, or for the new year, slight
token of grateful acknowledgements box
OF fruit, highly ornamental frosted cake,
calendar or a towering plant. Here it
IS the pernicious habit for the tradesmen
to present themselves, firmly and haught-
lily, for their Christmas "box," which may
take any form, from sixpence to ten shiI-
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but on terms of absolute equality. There
are the most quaint little people, attired
after pictures by the late Sir John Milais,
and one of the most striking is saucy
mistress of the Hounds" in the correct
pink" with whip and hunting-hor In
addition to the toys, one anonymous
child lover sends IL 900 sixpences, fresh
from the mint. Christmas day in Eng
land is followed by Boxing day, and as in
this year of grace the day is Friday
it means that from Thursday evening TIL
Monday morning London is practically
reduced to the status of village. Every
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KSEAOT a thousand miles from the
TMk Golden Gate may be found resid-
1YYIS ing a man OF quiet, unobtrusive
presence, living in a snug cottage over
looking the ocean. surrounded by, per-
haps. three or four acres of vineyard.
The product of the vines is not, however,
his chief means of support. The gentle
man is well fixed, as the term is, in mat
tiers of finance, and the vineyard is simply
a means whereby he is enabled to pursue
his peculiar studies uninterrupted by the
curious, who might otherwise intrude
upon his labors were it supposed that he
was not what he appears to be in that To-
cality-a grape-g grower. The cottage is
small dwelling of perhaps half dozen
rooms, and beside it is a long, one-story
structure, at the end of which is tall
lattice fence thickly covered with vines
which effectually hide the interior of the
Enclosure. The gentleman is about fifty
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lings. 1t is only then that you realize
how many people have contributed to
your comfort during the year, and it is
with tears OF rage that you surrender
more and more of the reluctant shillings,
long after you have imagined to have sat
isfactorily closed your accounts and dis
charged your Indebtedness. The shops, of
course, have been particularly tempting.
with an almost bewildering display OF
cheap toys and trinkets. Everything
costs lid 81; nothing has ever been known
to cost Is. It's little trick not unknown
to willy New York shopkeepers, to be
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A Difference.
AN MORRIS.

guess my pa was oriul bad afore he grew so
tall,
regler holy terror with lots an lots er gail,
For he tells me the funniest stories OF how he
ar Uncle Ben
Stole apples an went in swimmin' an played
hooky, too. But when
He caught me stealth apples an playin' hooky
too,
He didn't seem to see things as
used
do.
There are some things about father that can
not understand.
You should hear him telling of the time he
thought he owned the land
And went a-courtin' mother. But the other
evening when
Poor Tom forgot twas time to go and stayed
till elfpast ten,
Pa cannot have remembered when he was
twenty-five,
For he didn't seem to see things as
he
used
to
do
I'll bet the governor must have been pretty
sly old bird,
Or he tells the biggest whoppers that 1 have
ever heard,
OF what the fellows used to do when he was
young and gay
He says 1t was before the time he settled down
to stay
But when l told him how we boys had worked
thing or two,
He didn't seem to see things as
used
do.
EDITH A. BRADLEY.
Sacramento, January IA, 1897.
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which, applied to certain material capable
OF storing it, as does radIum, produces
apergy in that material. can weaken or
destroy the apergy in t radlum by re-
Versal OF the direction OF the applied cur
rent. Thus, / am able to increase or
diminish the buoyancy of the boat Did
you ever think what was that marvellous
power that maintains the planets in their
positions as regards the sum- Gravity
alone will not fill the requirements. That
force alone would simply precipitate them
upon the sun. But apergy acting with
gravity holds them as they are. The
a pergic force of the sun repels and his
gravity attracts. In the meantime, as the
sun is swiftly moving himself through
space his family of satellites is moving
with him and the apergic force harmon.
iously blended with the gravic force Ct .
cles them around the central power. for.
the reason that the two forces are never
always exactly of the same intensity.
They regularly alternate; one is always
little more powerful than the other.
Nothing IN nature is absolutely uniform.
She abhors many things besides vacuum.
t here is no such thing as perfect circle
i n nature" F. M. CIosr n So
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how to Prevent Pneumonia.

At this time OF the year q cold is very
easily contracted, and if left to run its
course without the aid OF some reliable
cough medicine is liable to result in that
dread disease, pneumonia. We know of
no better remedy to cure cough or cold
than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
We have used it quite extensively and it
has always given entire satisfaction-
Olegah, Ind. Ter. Chief.
This is the only remedy thst is kuown
to be a certain preventive of pneumonia.
Among the many thousands who have
used it for colds and la grippe, we have
not yet learned of q single case having re-
suited in pneumonia. Persons who have
weak lungs or have reason to fear an at
tack of pneumonia, should keep the
remedy at hand. The % and so cent
sizes for sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
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Short Shrift for Bearers of
Autonomy Proposals.
OFFERS KEPT FROM THE SOLDIERS
Insurgent Chiefs Fully Determined to
Hold the Army Together at
Whatever Cost.

New YORK, Dec. 15.-A Havana dis
patch to the Herald says:
The Cuban leaders in the field are
adopting every possible method to pre-
vent even the thin edge of the wedge OF
autonomy from entering their ranks.
They not only absolutely refuse to dis
cuss autonomy themselves, but they are
determined in their efforts not to allow
Spain's offers of self-government to be
laid before the insurgent troops.
All emissaries who dare to carry the
olive branch to the field are hung if
caught. Seventy per cent of the rebel
soldiers are kept in ignorance of the lib
eral terms offered by Spain.
There is reason for the reliance on the
part of the Cuban chiefs. There are
rebels and there are subordinate rebel
officers who are tired of war and its ac-
companying hardships, and who would
lay down their arms if liberal home rule
was guaranteed.
There are not m any of these it is true,
but some, and their desertion would
have far-reaching moral effect. Gen
eral Gomez and his generals realize this,
and hence will tolerate no consideration
of autonomy.
It is asserted that this attitude on the
part of Gomez and other leaders ac-
counnts in measure for the mystery
surrounding the recent meeting of the
Cuban assembly to elect a president and
other officials.
There is circumstantial evidence at
hand to prove that the news published
last September of Senior Capots election
as president was correct. After acting
three months Senior Capot was replaced
by Senos Masso because the former was
man of peace and far-seeing lawyer,
and as such might be inclined to listen
to proposals of autonomy.
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The Surprise of All.

Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, ILL.,, speaking of
DIR. Kings New Discovery, says that last
winter his wife was attacked with La
Grippe, and her case grew so serious
that physicians OF Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption Hav-
ing DIR, Kings New Discovery in store,
and selling lots of it, he took bottle
home, and to the surprise of all she be-
gan to get better from first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound
and we'll. DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds Is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try it..
Free trial bottles at Blakeley & Hough-
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Don't be persuaded into buying lini-
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Cham berlain's Pain Balm costs no more,
its merits have been proven by q
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following, from L. 6. Bagleys H1eneme,
CAL, are constantly being received !:
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for several years" It cures rheumatism
lame back, sprains and swellings. For
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SUMMONS.

TN THE CIRCUIT COURT of the State of Ore
Il gon for Wasco County.
Emma Golden plaintiff.
Dewitt Golden, defendant.
To Dewitt Golden, the above named d PENDANTS
In the name OF the State of Oregon, you are
hereby required to appear and answer the com
plant filed against you in the above entitled
court and cause before the first day OF the
next term of said court following the expiration
of the time prescribed in the order for the pub
lication OF this summons, to-wit: on or before
the 14th day of February, 1885, and if you fail to
SO appear and answer, or otherwise plead, in said
cause, the plainiif for want he-eof will apply
to the Court for the relief paved for in the
plant filed herein,, to-wit: tuat the bonds OF
matrimony existing between plaintiff and de-
fendant be dissolved that The plsintif be
awarded the custody of the mirror child men
toned in said complaint, Zola Msud Golden:
that the plaintiff have and recover Ter cost and
disbursements made and expended in this suit
and for such other and further relief as to the
Court NAV seem equitable.
This summons is served upon you bv publica-
ton thereof by order OF Hon. W. L. Bradshaw,
Judge OF said court, which order bears date OF
September 18th, 1897, and was made and dated at
chaInb bers in allies City, Wasco County, Oregon,
on the 2Sth day of September, 1897.
FRED w. WILSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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sANeUILLY NOT A TRAITOR.
On the Contrary He Returns to the Gu
ban Army at Once.

On the Contrary He Returns to the Gu
ban Army at Once.
New YoRK. Dec. l5.-General Julio
SanguiIly, instead of being traitor, as
recent reports from Havana would in
dicate, returns to the island at once in
obedience to the commands of his chief,
General Gomez. This statement is made
on the authority of physician, Ca
ban, who stands high among the MEM
bers of the junta here.
Sanguilly is in Washington, where it
is said he will call on Secretary Sherman
and renounce his American citizenship
In order to absolve himself from the
pledge he gave when the secretary se-
cured his release from Spanish prison,
that he would not again take up arms
against Spain.
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really, as man to man, he knows
of any other baking powder SO
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He doesn't want to sell you
alum baking powder you
make him do it, though, by
asking for baking powder at a
low price.
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BuckIen,s Arlnca salve.

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Election in 1Iassachusetts.

BosroN, Dec. Municipal elections
were held today in thirteen cities If the
state, thus completing the list, with the
exception of Boston and North Adams,
which do not choose their municipal Of
ficers till next week. Not one of these
cities reversed the license vote of last
year, seven of them voting in favor and
six against.
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pisputes ans aYifes storx.

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.-Yictor Silverman
is prisoner at the Msxwell-street sta
tion charged with abandonment. He
was arrested on a warrant sworn out by
David Wylie, a lawyer, representing
Mrs. Silverman, who lived at Eighteenth
and Lorimer streets, Denver. The at
torney says that silverman left his wife
six months ago and since that time
has contributed nothing to her sup
port.
Silverman tells different story. He
Gays he kept store in Denver. On his
return from business trip he found
his wife had cold his store and pocketed
the proceeds. Silverman says their do
mestic relations then became strained
and be came to Chicago.