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Wns Too Literal.

(From the San Francisco Afgonaut.)
San Francisco hostess. famous for he tact and
resourcefulness. tells good story on herself 1t
seems thst officer in one of the Tennessee COM
panes, a very shy young man, brought letters
with him when his regiment came to the coast
and presented himself one evening at the Van
Ness Avenue residence. As he was the son of a
wellknown public man and member OF an old
family his hostess exerted herself to entertain
him. eve should be glad to have the pleasure
OF your company Friday at dinner" she said as he
was leaving; ''the Hawaiian commissioners are to
be with u.s. Friday came and the commission.
Shortly before the hour for dinner the butler ex-
citedly entered the room ''They's regime mt O.
soldiers num- outside" ..No doubt in honor oi
the commissioners; | will tell them Just then
the lieutenant was announced. ''When you are
ready he said, 81 will have the men march to
their places in formation" .Why" said the
LADY, ''what menu Its my company was
the reply, ''all but ten, and they're very sorry,
but they couldn't come"
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Strange Freak of the Brain.
(From the Philadelphia Record.)

remarkable psychological phenomenon now
claiming the attention Of the physicians at the
Polytechnic hospital is the case of Patrick Gra-
ham, who was received in the accident ward OF
the institution early last week with a fractured
skull Ever since, with teh exception of eccl-
sional whispers in a broad Irish brogue, he has
been conversing in the old Celtic language
which has not been used BY him before in years.
But the rarest manifestation that the fracture has
produced upon the memory is that the most com
mon objects of life and the knowledge of his lam
lily seem to be lost TO his mind. \ certain por-
tion cf the sufferers life is obiterated from his
recollection. but the strange development has
brought back to mind certain passages in Latin
and French which quoted with accuracy.
The only explanation the doctors offer for
this speaking in a strange tongue is that prcta-
bly, in his early youth the Irishman a servant
in the house OF a Clergyman or professor, and
there heard the phrases spoken which his mind
noy recollects
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Fatal CIairvoyant Advice.

(From the Cincinnati Commereial Trib ne.l
Elyria Ohio. Oct 2O.-sirs. Hannah Burke, wild
ow of the late David Burke. made several calls
ORA t-ayeling elsiryoyant, who claimed 10 be D.
James After conversing with the spirit OF her
deceased husband On several occasions she was
told that on a farm formerly cwnsd BY her she
would find $4,000 that lad been buried by her
husband before death. The message from her
spirit husband told her to take one companion
and 20 TO the directed SPOT at midnight aud dig
for the treasure. While digging for the money
Mrs. Burke frinted and was Brought TO her home
by her escort She has been severely sick ever
since that night. ten days ago, and today died,
She was sixty years Of age DIR. James has left
this vicinity. Many prcspecto;s are NV tres
passing on the old Burke farm.
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The Kaiser is dramatic and sentimental
in his visit 10 the Holy Land, but he also
looks out for his own interests. II is
said that the concessions he has received
for German capitalists from the Sultan
will enlarge his influence in the East and
probably make of him closer friend OF
Turkey in future disputes. With the in
creased good will of Germany. the un-
speakable Turk can indulge his taste for
killing Christian Armenians regardless of
English protests.
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Conquering Diphthcria.
fErnm the Rnston Herald.l

1t is putting it rather too strong to say that
diphtheria has been stamped out here in Boston,
but the fact that there not a single death
from this disease in the city last week possesses
good deal of significance, especially when il is
borne in mind that this is the season of the year
when diphtheria is more prevalent than usual.
This very gratifying state of things Is undoubted
ly due to the general use Of antitoxin in the
treatment of diphtseria. to our excellent city
hospital accommodations for the isolation and
treatment OF contagious diseases, and to the daily
medical inspection of the pupils in public
schools. The benefits achieved by thee agencie;
have been Of nestimable value in guarding the
public health and in stamping out con,agion.
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In Pnris women GO.
From the New York TimCs-)

What may seem to be peculiar fad in Ameri- ,,
a is lust now the fashion in Paris and esIeeia.F
with the American residents OF tse sas eap..1.'
,rs.ion which bsings out the blue-boised mob
y. -. ,,,nitcstaticn" all Paris society hoeks to
,he snectacle. White police dekets-the passe
partout within the lines-aIe ds'Tiontea n,sst
dens xhie. overlook the Place de Ia CoHeorde.
Is reserved for spectators, who have with them
tbese necessary hits Of Pistahosrd They look on
al the conflicts between the military ami the
- =. a. an American audience would at Bar
nuns show One American woman in Paris said
recentIy that since ls4s she had only missed one
s.naniiestaticu.. and that was because she was
III with the grip on the day on which President
Grcvv aBicated She had even hraved the Wit
r;ol and the bullets Of the Commune
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The Spaniards insist that Manila sur
rendered after the Edmunds-Ireland pro-
tocol was signed, and hence we have no
rights in the Philippines. or even in Ma
nila. The point is excellently well taken.
The battle of New Orleans was fought
after treaty of peace had been signed
between the United States and Great
Britain. Hence. there never was a bat
tie of New Orleans, and hardly any An
drew Jackson.
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German-spealsins Negroes,

There is a Germsn negro co.ony in Pennsylvania a
who speak nothing but Ge,mIu IRE place is il
Lebanon county and the negro went there
twenty. thirty, and forty Yeas ago and settled
among the Quiet Pennsylvania German farmors
n. tbe Blue Mountain dist icts The eoorsd chill
1ren grew up on the farms. where they worked
ard head nothing but German sp5ksn. They SEQ
flrcot all the English they knew, and now the,
rarely speak ansthing but German. Their chill
.lrcn go to English country schools IN winter, bu
n cuiekly as they are out Of sight OF their teach
ers they begin to talk the German dialect. an'
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The enemies of expansion have become
extremely noisy and hysterical since the
report of probable rup.ure at Paris.
However. now that the Presidents deci-
sion in favor of keeping the Philippines
Is. known. the Republican press has come
out boldly for expansion and is pouring
hot shot into the un-American snarlers
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The naval and military activity of the
British government excItes no critical
spirit anywhere in the country. The news
papers and men of both parties will stand
by the government, whatever IT may
mean. They can form no idea of what
it is all about. but they are ready with
money and guns. There Is patriotism.
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II is significant that In reopening the
Chamber of Deputies in France, the new
premier should. before everything, affirm
the supremacy of the civil power. That
such thing should be necessary in a re-
public that is not at war is proof that
the civil authority is in real danger.
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The Governor of North Carolina cannot
repeat the words of the French premier
that "the civil power Is supreme"-not
with a detachment of Federal soldiers
sent to Wilmington on election day.
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The campaign in New York was prac-
caily brought to a close last night. Dur
ing the past few days the supporters of
Col. Roosevelt have made a rally and
from present Indications Van Wyck and
Roosevelt will go to the post on next
Tuesday neck and neck. The betting Is
now practically even, although the lead
ers on both sides appear to be perfectly
confident of the election of their respec-
tive candidates. Mr.. Odell, the chairman
of the Republican State committee. as
serts that Roosevelt will win by ~. 600
plurality. Mr.. Croker declares that Van
Wyck will have a plurality of $4,000 at
the lowest. The Republican State COM
mittee gave practical demonstration of
its confidence in Roosevelt yesterday by
betting s2O.0os even that he would be
elected. The bet, however, was promptly
snapped up by the supporters of Van
Wyck.
Senator Platt. of New York, has been
most persistent in his efforts to secure
permission from Secretary Alger to per-
NIT the withdrawal of Col. Theodore
Rooseyelts report on the operations of
the Rough Riders during the Santiago
campaign. He wishes to substitute for
the original report one which will be of
benefit to Col. Roosevelt in his guberna-
tcrial candidacy. Secretary Alger las re
fused to allow this. and stated yesterday
afternoon that under no circumstances
would Col Roosevelt's report be allowed
| to pass out of the possession of the Off
cials of the War Department. Col
Roosevelt wrote his original report bef r.
he had been nominated for governor OF
| New York State, and in 1t severely crit
| icised the administration of the War De-
| partment and cast severe aspsrsions
upon the valor and fighting qua tiles oi
/ the volunteer forces. He made ve.ai IN
! vidious comparisons between his Rough
| Riders and tha volunteers RaraemheTina
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Senator Germans speech against the
expansion idea is not calculated to help
the Democrats in Maryland 10 any extent-
Senator McComas and the Republican
leaders in Maryland believe that ii will
insure the election of "a solid Republican
delegation from Maryland in Congress.
few days ago they were prepared to
concede two out of the six Maryland dis
tricts to the Democrats
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19
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Senate known one of these investiga- tions to result in anything"
 Hale rose and said deliberately: 'I decline absolutely to follow the Sena- tor from Illinois (Mason) into a gen. eral discussion of the Cuban question I had hoped that this subject might be disposed of to-day without debate. and now decline to take advantage of the melancholy situation to exploit my self. l have here dispatch received by the Navy Department from Cap tain Sigsbee. It shows that there is not in the city of Havana a single dis cordant note. All are in mourning for the dead. The city is filled with an atmosphere of pity. commiseration and sympathy"
 Hale remarked that under the rules the resolution would go to the calen- dar.
 Pending a motion by Hale that the Senate go into executive session, Bacon of Georgia introduced the following joint resolution:
 That there shall be prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy and placed on the wall of the Statuary Hall in the Capitol building bronze commemorative of the officers and men of the United States navy who perished in the loss of the battle ship Maine in the harbor of Havana. February 15. 1898. The said tablet shall contain the names of said officers and men and shall be an enduring me- morial to their honor and a perpetual token of the sorrow of the nation"
 The resolution further appropriated sufficient sum of money to carry the resolution into effect. It was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
 At 2:05 p. m. the Senate went into executive session. At e:55 the Senate resumed business in open sesion for the purpose of considering resolutions on the death of the Hon. Ashley B. Wright, late a Representative from Massachusetts. At $40, as a further mark of respect, the Senate adjourned until Monday next
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recurrence. If 1t was treachery, then the righteous wrath of the American people will take signal vengeance for the treachery that sent the ship to the bottom, and let no one think to stay it."
 Mason replied: "Misquotation and general spasm will not drive me from the decision of this question in the Sen- ate"
 He shared, he said, in the general ad- miration of the various departments of the executive branch of the Govern ment, and Wolcott would not excel him in that respect. "I am sorry" he said, that while the Colorado Senator is giving us such a lecture about the Navy Department he does not slop over and give the Treasury Department some of his praise"
 He (Mason) fully indorsed all that Lodge had said about the head of the navy, with whom he had served in the House. and whom he knew to be man of ability, of great head and a warm heart. But. MT. Long could not himself object to an investigation. and 1t was no part of friendship to him to try to shield him from such an inquiry as was proposed. If he himself were managing the department. he would. under the circumstances. want the investlgatlon. He denied that his remarks contained any reflection upon MT. Longs 1nteg- rity or honor, or the integrity or honor of the officers of the navy. But. while this was true, he also had regard for the honor and the lives of the common seamen. He also resented the intima- ton that he had gone into the slums to find words with which to characterize the Navy Department, and repeated his loyalty to the navy and other de- partments.
 'T have an unmitigated dread of war" said Hawley of Connecticut with great feeling, "and I deprecate all war talk. Do the gentlemen who talk so loudly of war think we are ready for war? They cannot know certainly what it means"
 Allen of Nebraska said he desired to secure a vote upon the resolution, but he desired to reiterate the suspicious expressed by Mason. that the investi- gation by the Navy Department would not be satisfactory to the country Can the Senator give the grounds for his suspicions?" inquired Gray of Delaware. His statement is import ant"
 My statement is important" replied Allen. II want to say that have not 1 in my five years experience in the
 sFs
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Spaniard could not be trusted in any capacity, and for this reason we should now have American divers investigating the hull of the Maine and not be depending upon those of an unfriendly power.
 I've are told," he said, "that the naval board may be able to reach Havana by next Monday.
 "Manana," he exclaimed. "means to-morrow-always tomorrow. That is the Spanish motto, and we are falling into it."
 In the meantime who knows but that some more dynamite will be put in and evidence of the catas- trophe avertedp
 Mason had scarcely taken his seat when Wolcott addressed the chair.
 MT. President" he said, and the words shot forth like a bomb to be ex- pioded in the Senate. It was evident from the Colorado Senator's counte- nance and manner, to say nothing of the intensity of his voice, that he was laboring under considerable feeling. He had listened to Mason with ilI-con- cealed feeling of emotion, his face growing redder and his brows more and more like thunder cloud as the illinois Senator proceeded. He spoke with great rapidity and occupied only a few minutes of the Senate's time, re- fuslng to be interrupted and speaking very sharply when Mason sought to divert him. Wolcott spoke as follows:
 MT. President: The Senator from H. linois, however inopportune 1t may be at this time, in the opinion of some of us, might we'll have been permitted to pass without comment, had it not been for the remarkable utterance which he has given to the fact that the people of these United States have lost confi- dence in. one of the great departments of the Government"
 Mason had resumed his standing po- sition and he interrupted to say that the Senator from Colorado was entirely mistaken.
 T made no such statement" he said | Wolcott-I decline to be interrupted I ask to have the remarks read from the reporters notes.'
 Mason-I said that some people were losing confidence in one department and"
 Wolcott then continued. The Senate would, he said, bear him out that he did not misQuote the Senator from H. linois to the extent of a single word or single syllable Resuming, he said {:
 "Mr. President, from the time of Paul Jones until now our ships have sailed in every war, face always to the foe. The records of our naval battles are the most glorious his tory in the page of our country for the last one hundred years, and from the earliest days until now there has never been a step back ward. To-days as always, the of fcers of our navy are honorable, courageous, upright men, and above all, they tell the truth. The captain of this ill-fated battle-ship was walking his deck at 10 o'clock on the night of the 18th, when this awful explosion happened. It may be that his public career is ended forever, but the awful disaster that overlook his ship will count for nothing by comparison with the de-
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tute was fully justified by the feelings and desires of the people.
 ."I understand" said he. that the Navy Department is making an inveS- tigation of the disaster. but l also un- derstand that Congress has the author ity to make an investigation. It is a congressional investigation that people are demanding. They are fast coming to the conclusion that matters concern ing this Cuban affair, including the De Lome letter incident, and the loss of the Maine, of which they ought to know, are being concealed from them. The people want to know the facts, | and they will know them"
 Mason said he did not desire to re- fleet upon the motives or honor of any body, but he suggested that the off, cials of the Navy Department, in mak- ing the investigation would be trying their own case, and would naturally endeavor to cover up any blame that might attach to them.
 The trouble with us is," declared Mason, with great vehemence, that we have adopted the Spanish policy of putting everything off until tomorrow. Let the investigation of this disaster to our navy and to our country be thoroughly investigated by Congress and then we shall know that 1t will be done right"
 Hale interrupted Mason to make a statement.
 Replying, Mason said there was no calamity so great as failure on the
 part of these in power to appreciate the situation, when 1t was so serious as 1t now is, and no sorrow so profound as that of indifference to this situation. He was surprised that Hale would ad- init the occasion was a solemn one, surprised that the Maine Senator would admit that anything, any occurrence, in Cuba was of a solemn character.
 He had no desire to stir up trou- ble, but would only insist, as he has
 done before, upon the stopping of
 human slavery and inhuman war fare in this adjacent island.
 He had letter from Julian flaw thorne, read to show, as he claimed, that murder was the policy of the Spanish Government in Cuba. He also had De Lome's letter read, and as- serted that the late Minister had been defended in the Senate until he had confessed out of his mouth that auto- nomy was a fraud, and that he was the author of the letter quoted. This plea of autonomy had been used to se- cure delay on the part of the admin istration's interference of affairs in Cuba, and it was for this reason that Mason said he wanted an immediate report upon his resolution for inter- vention In view of De Lome's con- fession there was no use for delay. Autonomy he denounced as a sham, a fraud and delusion, and the De Lome letter only served to emphasize the treacherous character of the Spaniard.
 As for himself, he would not, if eligible, be willing to serve on the proposed committee, as he would not want to sit at the table with Spaniard who might have stiletto under his
 clothes, unless he himself was iron clad. The record of the Spanish
 nation, continued Mason, who ap-
 peared to be laboring under consid-
 erable excitement, is one of contin-
 uous treachery, and we have exper-
 fenced that treachery in our own
 history for the past hundred years.
 It had been made evident that the
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UNDOUBTEDLY DUE
 TO A TORPEDO
Captain BriCe, a Retired Naval Officer, Has a Positive Opinion
 as to the Loss of the Maine.

8 WASHINGTON Feb 1SCapan John 7rce retired naval off,
  thought lowered
  g the exploded 
  a crme al  outside the unduaon of  indications will b 
 
 
 
  & sion in the magazine
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19

In order that the residents of San Francisco and vicinity may attend the Citrus Fair now being held at Clover dale, the San Francisco and North Pa cific Railway will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip for $3. good going Saturday and Sunday, the 18th and 10th. with limit of return Monday, the 21st
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19

F VERY MAN HAS SOME AMBITION L. some desire to make a mark or be known success in given field No one wants to be called has been, failure or weak-kneed Now. to make success in life. to be at the top, you must be mentally and physically lack nerve for0, If you are suffering from ner- vous debility, You cannot be a grand success Your life will end in failure.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19

The British Museum contains the old est specimen of pure glass which bears any date, This is little lions head having on 1t the name of an Egyptian king of the eleventh dynasty.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-19
THE GOVERNOR ORDERS
 A DAY OF MOURNING.

Budd in San Francisco yesterday accompanied by . AduntG-nea He quite during
 day. talk naturally turned the disaster . batte-ship Maine in the harbor of Havana. 2
 The Governor much impressed by suggestion from THE
 public tribute should be pail memory
 off and sailors whose lives . Havana that he decided proclaim Monday February
 public expression sympathy Accordingly this proclamation s issued by the chief executive of California;
 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE CALIFORNIA FEB IS 1908 requested officers buildings and directed the flag hama Monday, Febru SoS of the those officers warshp Maine lamentabe dis < that vessel in the port of Havana, Cuba. . .. JAMES H. BUDD Governor. g. Governors L. H. BROWN, Secretary of State 8 By WILLIAM I. SESNON, Deputy.
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