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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
HONOR TO THE
 CALIFORNIA TROOPS
First United States Soldiers to Leave the Continent to Up-
 hold the Flag.

What is to-day regarded as an event in San Francisco may in the years to come be recorded in the history of the world as one of the events of the cen tury. The First California Regiment of Volunteers that marched from the Pre- sidio to embark for the Philippines on the City of Picking nay possess the fu- ture distinction of being the first regi- ment Of 'Tnited States soldiers to leave the American continent to uphold the flag of this country on a battle field in another hemisl here.
 It is true that American soldiers faced the British regulars on Canadian soil and it is likewise true that a small but gallant army of Americans planted our starry banner on the citadels Of Mexico, but this is the t1rst record of land forces leaving the American con- tinent to engage an enemy in conflict
 It is known that General Merritt of the United States army has made an earnest request that as many regular troops as the Government can spare from other fields may be added to the expedition to the Philippines. He is an army officer of experience in many cele- brated campaingS and is fully conscious of the fact that however jealous and brave the volunteers may be the habits of obedience derived from long training which the regular troops possess are sure to count for much in campaign of marching and fighting.
 The American volunteers made a record for bravery, endurance and discipline under whitening fire at Buena Vista, Vicksburg, Chickamauga and Gettysburg that is not surpassed in the annals of war, but men familiar with the organization of new troops know that time is required to bend the volun- teers into shape, to eliminate the weak and nerve the strong. It was the les son in 1861 that the regiment which went to the front 1000 strong after months of toll, fatigue and exposure entered the first battle with less than 600 men.
 The men comprising the First Regi- ment of California Volunteers are not new recruits in the sense that this term is used when applied to the militia They have been trained in the arrnory and have had some experience in camp They know how to handle their guns and look after themselves in ordinary routine of service Their leader, Colonel James F. Smith, is alert, gallant and ambitious. He will lead wherever his men are directed to go. Time may elapse before the regiment meets the enemy. Disease and exposure may thin the ranks of the command, but the American spirit of the troops will not be daunted by the losses.
 Some regiment in the Army of the Philippines may acquire special dis tinction in the Orient and be permitted by General Merritt to inscribe on it's colors words significant of a great vic tory. In the fortunes of war this honor may be reserved for the First Regiment of California Volunteers.
 HUGH M BURKE.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
Faltered Say GoodBy Through

nila or not Yesterday an urgent dis patch arrived for Rear Admiral Miller, and as the defense steamers launch was not in at the time the Marion's was pressed into service and the message was sent out to the admiral When it was de- ciphered 1t leaked out that all prepara- tions for departure were to be stopped in the meantime.
 The Corwin's launch ran amuck yester- day. The engine worked in a very cratic manner all morning, and in the afternoon the Folsom street steps the engine stuck on the center, and before the difficulty
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

away on the City of Peking, when they ran across Henry Peterson and George Dryden, one of the State wharingers. Henry took the bandsmen all over the training ship Marion and showed them what the Naval Reserve expected to do when they got into action. Then he placed his launch Amy at their disposal for a trip around the bay. They were first talk en out to the Monterey and serenaded
 Rear Admiral Miller and the officers.
 Then the launch was steamed around the Rush and the other revenue cutters,
 while the bandsmen kept up strain after strain of martial music. They then went
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
Manly Tears.

the Picking, they paid little attention to their surroundings, as all their time was friends on the wharf. When they got out in the stream, however, they got a chance to look at the accommodations provided for them and as d result the man who designed the hunks was called every name in the calendar. Those of the sol diers who had seen the accommodations provided on the Australia were the loud est in their condemnation of the quarters provided on the Picking. From the ex- pressions of opinion it would appear as if there would be considerable grumbling before the vessel ,reached Manila.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
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A CHANCE TO SEE THE BOYS OFF.

} People desirous of seeing the last } (until their victorious return) of } the gallant boys bound for Manila } and also of aiding the noble work } of the Red Cross Society may com } bine their twin desires by patroniz- } ing the steamer Ukiah to-day In ac- } cordance with the following an- } nouncement:
 } H. c. Whiting. Superintendent Of the } S. E. & N. P. at Tiburon: Have steam ) CT Ukiah in readiness tomorrow to fol- } low the steamer conveying volunteers to
 , the Philippines to the heads. Advise
 } Mir Ryan to insert notices in all the
 } papers. The total receipts will be do-
 } mated to the Red Cross Society. Fare,
 } 50 cents. A. W. FOSTER.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

over to the Mail dock and as the launch left that point to go to the Picking the bandsmen played "The Girl I Left Be hind Me- For nearly half an hour the launch steamed round and round the Pe- king. while the band played .sThe Star spangled Banner" Yankee Doodle" Marching Through Georgia" and all the other patriotic airs, winding up again as the launch steamed away with '"The Girl I Left Behind Me.
 The Monterey did not go up to the navy yard yesterday morning, and 1t now seems to be doubtful whether she will go to Ma
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
WASHINGTON SOLDIERS.
The Command Receives a Gen.
 erous Supply Of Fruit.

The Washington volunteers are very comfortably situated in Fontana's ware house at the foot of Van Ness avenue. They are going through the regular drills every day. and are anxiously looking for ward from day to day for orders to pro- ceed to the Philippines.
 Miss Viola C.. Percy sent Company A of the Washington volunteers a present of a large assortment of choice fruit yes terday. The present was received with thanks, and three cheers were given for the donor.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
SOLDIERS IN THE SWIM.
Generous Offer Of the Lurline Management Was
 A Aonrooiata6

The soldier boys gladly availed them selves of the hospitality of the Lurline baths. They marched in. half dozen companies at time, from Camp Rich mond, and enjoyed themselves in the large swimming tank The baths were placed at their disposal by the management, and everyone wearing a uniform was heartily welcomed
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
TUGS TO FLY THE
 RED CROSS FLAG.

The Ship Owners and Mer- chants Towboat Company has placed two of it's best tugs at the disposal of the Red Cross Society to take relatives of the deSaEAng soldiers down the bay with the transports to bid farewell to the brave boys as they pass out through the Golden Gate. They will be the Sea King and Sea Queen, and they are capable or comfortably carrying 100 persons on their decks. The two vessels in addition to three tugs Of the Spreckels Bros. & Co. that have been placed at the disposal of the society will fly the Red Cross flag and from their decks only the near est relatives of the departing troops will wave a farewell.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
Busy Scene Presented When the First Regiment
 Left for Manila.

could be overcome the launch crashed in- to one of Peterson's whitshalls, cutting it in two. The commander of Uncle Sans warship has promised to make good the loss of the boat.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24
OREGON VOLUNTEERS
 WILL EMBARK TO-DAY
Along With the Fourteenth United States Regulars They will
 Leave Camp at Dawn.

At 6:30 o'clock this morning the Sec ond Regiment of Oregon Volunteers, the Battalion of the Fourteenth United States Infantry, consisting of five companies, and two attachments of twenty-five men each, from the heavy artillery, will march from the Presidio
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

You should watch for any sign of blood taint in the system. Small ulcers in the mouth, copper-colored spots or falling out of hair all indicate some form of poison. Ask for. free '30-day blood cure' circu- lars The cure is absolutely sure. The taint.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

you think it can never be found you are wrong. "Hudyan" has cured 10000 men who were in worse condition than you are in to-day. It makes up for all losses and stops all waste-often in week. Nature yields to it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

certainly. Write and ask for free circu lars and testimonials telling you all about what it has done for others. Ask for medical advice too, for that is likewise free Be as strong as you once were. Feel the fire of youth once more.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

causes weak back? Tn almost every case it is excess of some nature. IL is inc abuse of some function instead of it's proper use. Too late hours, or too much brain work or some sort of folly. Perhaps the damage was done years ago.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

MEN ; ;: E; <: : ,: i. : !; ;:; :: ::: s::: ::;:
 the day is half over you will wish that you were in bed? But that is the way you feel every day. Now how long do you propose to be weak? A year! There is no reason that you should be weak another week Think that over Not another week!
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

vaasuA Has a weak back2 Every EAa EHE man has weak back who WNEHSs IS unable to "stand up to"
 all his duties, But what
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

MEN $;' ::: ;,:: :;. :s:; ::;' ; .';: ::z ,: rapidlv nernoanen4Iu and
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-24

m RE E You one of the afflicted? A an If you are, the sooner you fHssE seek for relief the more
 quickly you will find f. If
The times., 1898-11-20
A Book About birds.

Birds that Hunt and Are Hunted is a
new book by Neltje Blanchan. author of
Bird Neighbors'' 1t contains the life
histories of 10 birds of prey. game birds
and water fowl, and forty-eight coIored
plates of quire unusual merit. In fact, the
pictures are at first sight decidedly the
feature of the book. One of the peculiarly
fine qualities to be observed In them is the
way in which the iridescence of a birds
feathers is reproduced. There is really no
Improvement to suggest for these illustra-
tions
On further examination the text proves
equally valuable The main facts in the
birds biography are all here, but they
are told in particularly pleasing style
Each sketch begins with a brief scien-
tific description of the bird, its range
and habits, which is followed by pic
turesque little essay, giving details of the
ways and home OF the subject Here and
there are quotations from John Bur
roughs, Bradford Torrey and other we'll
known writers, but the most of the book
is original work. There is an introduc-
tion by G. o. Shields (Coquina), who
makes strong protest against the bar
barous custom of wearing dead birds on
hats, and mentions the League of Ameri-
can SportSmen and its efforts to stop the
indiscriminate slaughter of birds. 1t is
followed by an authors preface, stating
among other things that the sentiment
against the destruction of bird life has a
solid foundation in agricultural economy
The author adds as a proof:
1t is estimated that the farmers Of Pennsyl-
vania lost over 100000 one year through the
ravages Of field mice, because wholesale slaugh
tering OF owls had been ignorantly encouraged
by rewards the year before. Nature adjusts her
balances 80 wisely that we cannot afford to tam
per with them.
The book is divided into four sections,
in which are described water birds. wad-
ing birds, gallinaceous game birds, and
birds of prey.
The style of the author has a charm
peculiarly It's own. All writer's who de-
vote their time to chronicles of the woods
and fields. in the form of sketches or
essays have certain qualities in COM
mona simplicity, a quaint turn of
phrasing and a delicacy of imagination
which somehow sets them apart from
the student of mankind in cities. They
are gentle order of mendicant friars,
especially blessed by nature, their public
But each has withal his or her individual
tricks of expression, for there are few
mannerisms or conventionalities in this
school of literature. The work of Nel;ie
Blanchan has an especial freshness and
daintiness. The book will be a delightful
one to almost any lover of nature CNew
York: Doubleday & Mcclure COMPANY:
So
The times., 1898-11-20
Recent Efctfau

Flashlights on Nature" by Grant AL
len, is a book which will be heartily well
coined by all who read Colin Clout's Cal
endar," that daintiest chronicle of the
lives of plants. This later book is of a.
different type, and though less poetic and
charming in its subject, is not less inter-
esting. Mr.. Allen has ceased TO attend
exclusively to the ways of plants. and
has turned his observant and penetrating
eye upon the ways of bugs. To be sure.
he may contend that spiders and mos1ui-
toes are not bugs, but the ordinary read
er, not a scientist, will unquestionably
class the biographies of these insects
together with earwigs ants, aphides and
wasps under the comprehensive term
bug-ology.
The essays are all the more interesting
from the fact that common folk know
but little of the subject. Few, for in
stance would care to watch an intelligent
female spiders movements through the
whole of two summers, and fewer still
would name her "Rosalind' and attempt
to like n Medean character who devours
her suitors, children and cast off cloth
ing with impartial relish. The opinion of
ordinary persons would undoubtedly be
that Rosalind was not at all nice person
10 know. But as Mr. Allen describes her
she is, II not attractive, at least interest
ing. So are Mr.. and Mrs. Earwig. So
are the ants and their COWS, the aphides.
So are the wasps, the only original paper
makers. And most people will take a
morbid and cynical interest in seeing Just
how a mosquito bores holes in his VIC
tins.
But the book is not entirely devoted to
entomology. In three or four chapters
the author returns to his old love, the
flower. Every one has seen white clover
heads turn brown and their florets bend
backward toward the stem. The chapter
on Marriage Among the Clovers" ex-
plains just how and why this is done.
There is charming chapter on the AL
pine flower Soldanella, and another on
the gorse, characterized as very inte!li-
gent plant. Another chapter entitled "a
Woodland Tragedy" deals in no very
iattering terms with the shrike or butch
er bird. For the spider, beast of prey
though he may call it, Mr.. Allen has
some dawning sentiment of respect and
apology; for the shrike he has none. He
introduces his wicked old friend" after
this manner:
''when people first learn some unfamiliar ex-
ample OF natures cruelty the novelty of
the case gives it viyidness and makes it sink in
The times., 1898-11-20
The Glory of Autumn.

Beside the meadow bars the lowing COWS
Gather al fall Of eve, with frosty breath
The gold Of autumn gilds the forest b-oughs,
How sweetly charmed is TO her deaih'
The chilly wind sighs round the naked thorn,
The dainty flowers have perishgd on the glade;
The eastern star. at close Of even born,
Shines cold through dewy nights returning
shade.
But when from mornings gates. at purple day
The smiling spirit of :he night returns
And over towering pines the sunbeanls play,
As broad and bright the days great eenser
burns
Oh, then there is glory in the air
Such as the pride OF summer never gave,
A gladdening presence fingers everywhere,
The frightened beauty's pathway TO the grave
E ". shurtlef.
The times., 1898-11-20
Whatever Is Is Best.

/ know as my life grows older.
And mine eyes have clearer sight,
That under each rank wrong somewhere
There lies the root OF right;
That each SORROW has its purpose,
BY the sorrowing oft unguessed:
But as sure as the sun brings morning,
Whatever is is best.
! know that each sinful action,
As sure as the night brings shade.
Is somewhere, some time. punished,
Though the hour may be long delayed.
| know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the hearts unrest,
And 10 grow means often TO suffer,
But whatever is is best.
/ know there are no errors
In the great eternal plan,
And all things work together
For the final good of man.
And l know when my souls speeds onward,
In its grand, eternal quest.
l shall say. as look back earthward,
Whatever is is best
Author Unknown.
The times., 1898-11-20
Each in His own Name.

A fire-mist and planet.
A crystal and a cell
A iellyfish and saUrian.
And caves where the cave men dwell;
Then sense OF law and beauty,
And fact turned from the elod-
Some call il evolution,
And Others call it God.
haze on the far horizon,
The infinite tender sky;
The ripe, rich tints Of the cornfelds,
And the wild geese sailing high;
And all over upland and lowland
The charm Of the goldenrod-
Some of US call il autumn.
And Others call it God
Like tides on 4 crescent sea-beach,
When the moon is new and thin,
Into our hearts high yearnings,
Come yelling and surging in
Come from the mystic ocean
Whose rim no foot has trod-
Some of US call it longing,
And others call il God.
picket frozen on duty.
4 mother starved for her brood,
Socrates drinking the hemiock,
And Jesus on the rood;
The millions who. humble and nameless,
The straight hard pathway trod-
Some call it conservation,
And Others call it God.
w. II. Carruth.
The times., 1898-11-20
4 Legacy.

Friend of my many years!
When the great silence falls at last on me,
Let me not leave to pain and sadden thee
A memory of tears.
But pleasant thoughts alone
OF one who was thy friendships honored guest
And drank the wine OF consolation pressed
From sorrows of thy own.
I leave with thee sense
OF hands upheld and trials rendered less
The unselfsh JOY which is to helpfulness
Its own great recompense.
The knowledge that from thine.
As from the garments of the Master, stole
Calmness and strength, the virtue which make:
whole
And heals without sign.
Yea, more. the assurance strong
That love, which fails of perfect utteFanoe here
Lives to fill the heavenly atmosphere
With its immortal song.
John C. Whittier
The times., 1898-11-20
But pleasant thoughts alone
Comm, Roun, de Time.

Comm roun' de time when de leaves gifts red.
Cluss roun' de time when de cons in de shed.
Jaybird's packin' up his things TO- to go
A little furder souf whar dey haint no snow.
Nigger's got to hustle, mus git up an rustic,
Wood mus be in de wood-pile mighty soon;
Doan' tech dat holler tree. CANT you niggers see
Dat dey's boa'd an lodgin' dere TO Brer Coon
Come erlong, de time when de groun' gifts white
An de fros' paints de winders in de night;
When Br'er Coon is sleepin' den We make call
To AK Br'er Coon up to dinner in de Hall.
Nigger's gotter hustle, mus git up an rustic,
Wood be in de wood-pile mighty soon:
Doan tech dat holler tree. Niger, left dat be!
Haint you got no respec' fo Mister Coon?
Edmund Day. in the Detroit Tribune
The times., 1898-11-20

heroine, who is never m ~ntioned by name,
is n telegraph clerk in London, and be-
comes interested in a love-story concern
ing two of London's smart set" which
she reads from the kilograms they send.
In place where the caste-spirit rules,
the aristocrat sometimes treats his SUBJ
ordinate very much like an inanimate
tool. The purpose of this tale seems t.
be to show that the tool may have not
only affairs of its own, but eyes for those
of other people-unprofessiona interested
eyes.
This is very good as notion, and Mr.
James has caught the atmosphere of the
young persons life-the atmosphere OF a
dull dreary, monotonous life-with abso-
lutte accuracy. But a London telegraph
clerk and her lover, the grocer Nudge,
and her decayed. genteel friend, Mrs.
Jordan. all done into Henry James, pro-
duce a somewhat peculiar effect. 1t is
like translating the Sunday supplement
of a New York paper into Homeric Greek
II does not fit, and its incongruity is at
once its fascination and its weakness.
Mr.. James's style in this book is decided
iy peculiar. He seems TO have fondness
for involved sentences. Whether he has
been studying oll.ldorffs German gram
mar lately or doing some other thought
entangling thing, certain 1t is that some
OF his ideas are badly snarled up In
words. like spools of thread under the
paws of an active kitten. He expresses
his meaning, for example, in sentences
ike this-some Of them occupying nearly
whole page:
One warm, dull. featurcless Friday, when an
accident had made her start from Cookers a
iittic later than usual she became aware that
something of which the infinite possibilities had
Tor 50 long peopled her dreams was at last pro-
dlglousiy upon her, though the perfection in
which the conditions happened 10 present il was
almost rich enough TO be but the positive crea'
tion OF dream.
Or this:
This morning everything changed hut with a
kind OF drtariness, too, she had swallow the
rebuh 10 her theory about fatal desires which
She did without confusion, and indeed with abso-
iute lovily; yet If il was now fiagraDt that he
did live close at hand-at Park Chainbers-and
belonged suiTemely TO the class that wired every
thing, even their expensive feelings (so that, as
he never wrote, his correspondence cost him
weekly pounds and pounds. and he might be in
and out hve times day) there was, all the
same, involved in the prospect and by reason of
ITS positive excess OF light, peryerse melancholy,
almost misery.
The curious use of words by Mr. James
reminds one of certain poster pictures in
which purple cows and sea green maidens
disport themselves over salmon ground in
front of a crimson sky. II may be fla
grant" that captain in the British army
should live near grocery store. but the
ordinary reader will not quite see why
The ardent admirers of Mr. James will
doubtless like this book, for 1t is per-
meated by an intense favor of its author;
but no Jacobite converts are likely to re-
suit from a perusal of its pages. tChica-
go: Herbert S. Stone & Coz