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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-24
Oregon Express DELAYED

DuNSMu1R, April 2S.-The northbound
Oregon express that left San Francisco
last night was delayed three hours this
morning one mile north of Castella
by one of the baggage-car trucks being
derailed. There was no serious damage
other than the tearing UP of the track
for short distance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-24

night met yesterday. and Walter Wat
s 90 19-' was chosen as referee. Watson is a
past master Of the art t Of se Two e4aek
any I+ a. ,!raiebts promises to be scientific
M Nna # gegald Seem as if the selection
could not be improved upon. Tracey vas was
represented by Al smith flu ana 9TInHr
HAYES and McGrath.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-24
Death of Major vandergrift.

CINCINNATI, April 2S-News has been
received here, his home, of the death at
Atlanta, Ga, of Major George A. Van
dergrift, paymaster in the United States
volunteer army. He was stricken with
apoplexy at the Ballard House yesterday
afternoon. His case was hopeless from
the nrst. He was unconscious to the
last He died early this morning
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-24
IT'S WORK rs ENDED.
Executive Committee Of the Red Cross
at New York DISSOLVED.

NEW YORK, April 23-At a meeting Of
the executive committee of the National
Red Cross in this city the committee was
dissolved and the affairs and funds of the
organization here will be turned over to
the National Red Cross in Washington.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-24
THE NEnL-TRAcEY BOUT.
Walter Watson Selected by the Men
to Referee the Match

The representatives of AL Neiu ard
Tom Tracey, the brace of boxers who will
furnish the event of the evening", 81
the western Athletic Club to-morroTv
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-24

when man,
woman or child
imagines that he,
she or it is infal-
lible, then is the
time to smoke
up said John
Coleman, book
m kar Nun ger
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-24
ADVERTISEMENTS.

''IIealth and Disease are conditions on wnlcA
denend pleasure and sorrow, happiness or IN
happiness, success or failure. Health makes =
man equal to any emergency Disease MACS AZ
him unequal to the ordinary duties OF me-
1t is economy to be we'll.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-25

ss 50 IW
500 90 asS % sa
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-25

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

Secretary Alger may be ever 90 good
and capable man, but when a public
official has become the subject OF so
much criticism as he his usefulness is
bound 10 be seriously reduced. The at
tacks on the Secretary OF War have
long since extended beyond the borders
OF partfsanship and his defenders have
become steadily fewer. The general
run of folk argue that where there Is
so much smoke there must be some fire
III injustice has been done. and Is belng
done, Secretary Alger is indeed OF a
most monumental character. But whore
a man finds the tide so strongly agains,
him II Is usuaiiy folly for him 10 at
tempt TO stem Il. lie must await tha
verdict of history. 1t used TO be Pres,.
dent Lincoln's way TO stick TO a man
until his supporters had dwindled to a
spare minority. A public outcry against
a public official is at the outset bound
10 raise an almost equivalent tumult
I'm his defense But II the opposition Is at
all justified the defense grows weaker
I'm course OF time. And in an his trials
with rnilitary ana civil officials Lin
coin would walt until a decision to Dust
the official could be made without de-
veloping a martyr by the act. In other
words until his support fell away.
convinced that the opposition mus,
have good ground. To hear both sides
with similar patience seems 60 be a
trait Of President Mckinley and tho
resignation of Secretary Aigcr now win
result I'm less cutlery against the act
than would have been the case had ne
gone last summer when the opposition
10 him was mainly confined TO hs nat
urai political enemies.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
FEATS OF ARCHERY.


Everybody has heard the story OF
William Tell. who shot an apple from
the head OF his son with bow and ar
row, and OF the wonderful feats of
Robin Hood, who roamed the green
woods OF ''Merrie England" and could
bring down a wild goose on the wing
or slit an opponent arrow with his
own.
There are many other curious feats
of archery, however, that are not SO
well known. There was famous Will
liam OF Cloudesley. who split hazel
wand with his shaft from distance
of 200 yards.
Homer tells how Penelope promised
her many suitors that he only should be
favored
Who first Ulysses'wondrous bow should
bend
And uhrough twelve ringlets the fleet
arrow send,
well knowing that only her husband
could display such power. in proof of
which, when they failed, he rewon his
wife, for. bending his elbow,
The whizzing arrow vanished from the
string,
Sung on direct and threaded every
ring.
The Romans were very skillful bow
men, says the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune, although they discarded the
weapon in warfare, trusting to the
charge and to hand-to-hand fighting.
Many OF the Roman Emperors were fa-
nous archers. 1t Is said that Domitian
would place boys in the circus at a con-
siderable distance from him, and, as
they held up their hands with the fin
gers outsprea. he would send the ar
rows between them with such nscety
and accuracy of aim that he never in
fiicted a wound.
The wicked Emperor Commodus
boasted that he never missed his aim
or failed TO kill the wild beast he shot
with single arrow. He would set n
shaft in his bow as some wild beast was
set free in the circus to devour a living
criminal condemned to die. Just when
the furious animal was springing on his
prey the Emperor would strike * dead
at the mans feet. Sometimes 100 lions
We're let loose at ance, in order that he
with 100 arrows might kill them. With
arrows, the heads of which were semi
circular, ne would sever the necks OF
the ostriches in full flight.
The Persian archers, according to
Charlhan, practiced at a mark placed
on top of a mast 26 feet from the
ground. Toward this the orseman
rode. with bent bow. at full speed, and
in passing the mark turned and shot
at il backward, sometimes to the right
and sometimes to the left. seldom miss
ing. The Persian bow required a pull
Of 500 pounds.
1t is said that the Turks were at one
time very skilled arcihers. An old writer
says that they practiced regularly with
the bow from the time they were Z or s
years old to manhood 1t was a COM
mon feat for them to shoot several ar
rows from a distance of 10 yards into
, mark not larger than a die. In July,
1892, Mahmoud Effendi. secretary to
he Turkish embassy at London. shot
IN arrow AS yards partly against the
Wind In 1898 the Sultan OF Turkey
hot an arrow 972 yards-a feat scarce
" surpassed by those attributed to |
Robin Hood.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

The News today presents TO It's read
ers "a pages for one cent
This big issue Is devoted to the in
terests of the new industrial South.
The issue is in three sections OF eight
pages each. Every reader OF the News
should be sure that his paper tonight
comprises the three sections, twenty
four pages in ALL
This Southern Edition represents the
work OF the tour of the New England
Newspaper League. a syndicate of New
England newspapers whose represen-
tatives spent last spring In Dixie land
and have herein provided The Story OF
the development and new life and in
dustries of that great section OF our
common country.
The record thus furnished is instruct
i've and inspiring. IL win give our New
England people a better idea OF the
South as II is today than anything that
is in print. 1t tells Of the industrial mer-
camille and trade enterprises in which
our Southern brothers are engaged and
To which New England capital and
New England brains have both contrib
uted as they have to the upbullding OF
every part of our country. There is
reflection, too, of the social life OF the
communities of the Southland which
while IL may be found TO have changed
considerably from the ante-bellum
days. Ii certainly as the New England
newspaper tourists bear proof has lost
nothing in the spirit of good cheer and |
hospitality 10 the stranger within the |
gates that has ever distinguished that |
fair section OF our land.
We commend TO our people reading
and study OF the conditions set forth |
tn this spendid special edition.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
It'd BITS.

me business connection OF a family
~ ~, hlrwln Kansas. are rather sugges-
~. Vhe son is a doctor. another IA
"n unlertaker third makes tomb
s.Ohes ', ana the wife OF the latter is a
me fppuiist state Bank Examiner
~ Naiis1s says that In the last seven
years the Kansas farms have nr,,.IuccJ
vl9Is' i've stock. etc. OF am aggregate
Naue greater than tho national debt.
uhat is' nearly 100000 900.
a candidate Tor office in tor,ue,y
writes a card In the Gravsan n,,eJ" -,
lIeny the charge that he is an inV,tci
iie says he is member of IA" 49,,
uist Church. but modcsthy efT' tso,
~ does not claim TO b. in,msruiote III s''''
Tnere is some prospects ,f ,.,r,.,,,,..
coming in again. Some wor,,,, .... =
fopd ef-t44------- ----1f- b1rn-r=1-, 81 y.
menta. Moreover people Who onci,, y,
know say that wearing earripe. ,'N ''' ~
'ii'ti uiisttihc'iy Advantageous effect up,n an"
tfie. in the northwest Corner 80 ~.
rylNania. reports a scar.ity az scb'at
teachefs. chester. ga the .,,st..'
corner of the state has an unusnaii,,
large number of applicants Dor ,ca,,,,
ers' certificates. much IN excess of IN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

The cordial interchange OF courtesies
between the Emperor OF Germany and
the President OF France furnishes
choice material FOR summer season
twaddle on the part OF our EuropesA
contemporaries and II is hinted that
while Russia is eager for universal
peace she isn't altogether pleased TO
have it begun In just this way. II may
be recalled in this connection that the
last time the Germans, or rather the
Prusslans, made themselves pleasant
to the Frenchmen was when they visit
ed and were received with much honor
at the Paris exposition OF 1867 Three
years later 6eTmany crushed Frar(e
under her heel and a German army
camped in the city of Paris.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
IN THE ARMY AGAIN.
Major Cook and Capt. fakT Receive Comms
sions In Volunteer Service.

Among the appointments in the new
volunteer regiments announced by th'
war department are those OF Lieut.. Col
Frank A. Cook of this city to be major
and Major Alvin A. Barker of New
port TO be captain. Lieut.. George A
Slocum has not yet received word OF
his appointment.
The announcement that these off,
GERS would receive commissions was
made some days ago i'm the News. but
they did not receive official notificatiCr D
OF their appointment until yesterday,
when kilograms were sent to them
from the war department.
Last night Col. Cook received orders
by telegraph to repor. at once To
Plattsburg, n. Y. barracks for duty
with the 26th United States Volunteer
Infantry. lie expects to leave Provl-
dence today.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
ANCIENT DENTISTRY.
Some Things That Were Nsi Mentioned al The
Massachusetts, Denial SccIeb.

We regret that we were unable to at
| tend the annual meeting of the Massa-
| chusetts Dental Society. A skillfu and
at the same time reasonable dentist is
| one Of the noblest works OF God. DR..
Clark said that most dentists are una
ware OF the superlative value of tur-
pentine for many purposes, as a breath
sweetener This is interesting. for as a
breath sweetener turpentine has been
associated with gin. When was the
tooth brush invented, and when was IL
first hung near the sink for general
use? Toothpicks were known TO the
ancient Romans but Erasmus i'm his
book on etiquette, although he insists
on the duty of keeping the teeth clean.
adds ITO whiten them with powder il
duty only of girls" We also regret
says the Boston Journal. chat there was
no discussion of the Luptonian method
of pulling teeth. Here is the rule given
by Thomas Lupton in 1927: ITO draw
out tooth. fill an earthen pot with
emets or ants and their eggs and set
the same pot in hot embers 80 long un-
I'll all be burned into ashes and when
any doth AXE, which you would draw
forth without paine, then take Of the
same powder. and touch the toofN
therewith. and IL will fall out" This
method Of extraction seems to US moro
humane than the operation inventc,i
by DR.. Tushmaker OF Boston. who had
naturally a strong mechanical genius
and fine appetite. John Phoenix tells
us that Tushmaker was the man who
first invented "the method OF placing
small cog wheels In the back teeth for
the more perfect mastication OF food
and he claimed to be the original dis.
coverer of that method OF filling cayi-
ties with a kind of putty. which. be-
coming hard directly. causes the tooth
to ache so that IL has 10 be pulled
thereby giving the dentist two success
i've fees for the same job" These dis
coverles alone should preserve Tush-
makers name for all time but. perhaps
from ignorance. this dental grant was
not mentioned at the meeting. There
was not even a passing allusion 10 his
instrument for pulling teeth--"a com
binathon of the lever, pulley, wheel and
axle inclined plane. wedge and screw
a child OF years OF age could
Dy q single turn OF the screw, raise a
stone weighing % tons
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
SMILES.

II some people profited by their er-
rors it would keep them busy declaring
dividcnds.-Chlcag1 News.
The Amateur-Do you ever play
poker?
The PROFESSIONALISM. sir. I work al
it.-Ncw York Evening Journal.
Ada-Wasnt there some talk of
Maudc marrying a duke?
Dolly-Ncs. but you see the duke did
not say anything about it-Philadel-
phia North American
Crigs'n-So Miss Knlttcr has given
you the mittenr
FClby doesn't trouble me hair
so much as - many pairs OF gloves I
f1aVV XVIII rT7T-=5O8tOn TFHnsCFfpT.
And them" said the preacher. time
VIII d. nO more"
II wonder how he's going TO preach
without clock?" said Willie.--Cleye-
land Leader
They had 10 handcun the manager
OF the dcaf-and-dumb club"
why"
so he couldn't sass the uupire -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
AUSTRALIANS MONTE CARLO.
One OF Tho Most Extraordinary Gambling Schemes
In the World.

| The Australian race lottery, in which
Mr.. Stoddart, captain of the English
cricketers, won e1300. is one of the
| most extraordinary gambling schemes
in the world. 1t is best known as Tat
tersall's Sweeps and has been in ex-
istence for many years at the anti
podes. The breath OF scandal has never
touched ii and the drawings" for the
bigger events are supervised by a COM
mittee of leading citizens and pressmen
of the city in which il is at the time
located. says the London Mail.
George Adams, the organizer, makes
II a business TO get up sweeps on all the
chief Australian races, and, owing to
the strong support he receives. ia en-
abled to give prizes that even .singly
would be taken as modest fortunes by
most people. 1t has been estimated
that during "A twelve-month e1. 500 900
OF the public's money passes through
Adams hands.
Take the Melbourne cup. for in
stance. on this race. the big sveep is
100000 subscribers at G1 each, and the
prize for drawing the horse that wins
the cup is 100000. The holder of the
e2500 goes to the third horse ticket.
In addition. some thousands OF pounds
are distributed among those who get
horses whether they start i'm the race
or not, and there are hundreds of cash
prizes. ranging from Gl00 to the mod
est "fiver" each. on this race there
VIII be other sweeps az prices 20 suit
the most humble contributor. Two con-
solations, as they are termed. of so 900
100000 at five shillings each.
All through the year racing is going
on In Australia, where the horse is idol
iZed. and nearly every week there is
sweep. AS mentioned previously. no
doubt has ever been east on the hon
esty Of the organizer. who deducts 10
per cent. from all winnings so as a.
recoup himself for his expenditure and
eXertion. He employs as many clerks
as large bank. spends thousands OF
pounds annually In advertising and
now holds i'm his poss ssion nearly "A
quarter ~ a million pounds worth of
unclaimed prizes.
LEGISLATION has time after time been
pui into force 20 wipe out Tattersalrs.
nut without success. the New South
Wales government. BY act OF parlia-
ment. drove Adams from sydney. and
hc without delay settled in brisbane.
After Twelve months iocatlon there the
Queensland parliament did the same |
thing and Hobart was the next site |
removed to. where the sweeps are mer- |
filN conducted now under the patrou- |
age in person OF prominent cit.zens |
The Australian postal laws compel thar /
all letters containing value must be- /
registered and IL has been stated that |
brings cfO.O 900 pcr annum 1
I'm revenue to the Golfers OF the colony |
where its Offices are.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
A GOOD WORD.


'As ! was passing a second hand
book shop one day recently" said the
man who buys books, to a Washington
Post reporter II saw three old vol
umes of Thomson's plays-you know
the man who wrote The Seasons '-ly-
ing with pile of 10-cent books. They
were published in 1860, and the plays
were played by Mrs. Wellington and
Mr.. Garrick. and Mr.. Sheridan and Mr..
and Mrs. Cibber. or course they are
such stilted, unnatural. bombastic, in
terminably talky plays that a modern
audience wouldn't sit through the first
act, Dut In their time several Of them
mace tremendous hits What interest
ed me really more than the plays was
hst Oh obsolete words used In a long
poem IN one volume-a sst OF words
with their definitions. and 7 was struck
oy tHe tact that a great many OF the
WORDS that were obsolete i'm l760 and
had 90 De defined To Thomson's readers
are IN common use today. Appal deft-
ly. fays. glee. carol scar and unkempt
are ohiy "a Few that | recall. There was
one Noru, however. I'm the list that is
sun opsoiete, and ought TO be revived
II IL the word 'swink,' and IL means 10
labor. 4 think it's a beautiful word.
Doesn't II convey the impression OF
earning ones living in the sweat OF
on brow. though? It's a word the
i"u uase needs. and ! mean TO do all
IAN 10 make the word popular again.
= '-aIlHds Hike a word Invented by Lew
Is Carroli, but IL isn't. It's well de-
scended, Well connected word, and Z
Dught TO be revived 'Swink! Could
ihything be more full OF meaning"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

1t is rumored that Sir Thomas Lip
ton has promised Shamrocks crew one
carry his yacht 10 victory ih the cup
races. The rumor may not be we'll
founded but Il is pretty plain that
never i'm all the history of the cup races
did British yachtsman turn TO with
such will and enthusiasm TO seize the
trophy. the measly bit OF tarnished sill
yer that represents so much to the
yachting world.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

If Spain wants TO be helped out i'm the
any good 10 look 10 the future revenues
Of Cuba for contributions or to the
United States. The Madrid government
ought 10 put "A sufficient tax on the
scores Of Spanish officials to whose
methods of absorbing revenues is due
considerable part of the Cuban debt.
according TO common suspicion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

1t appears that the American govern
ment is not only mercilessly shooting
down Filipinos, but. worse than all
the other abuses OF imperial authority,
it is trying 10 force the little Filipinos
to go 20 school No wonder the whole
country is UP in arms against such
tyranny.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

The Koreans have been destroying
the newly introduced trolley cars be.
cause their wise man said the drought
was due To the cars which the wicked
white folks were running. There is.
perhaps. nothing in such a superstition
and yet IL is to be noted that here
abouts there are trolley ears and we
nave Just suffered from a drought. too.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

come home in state when IL lands In
San Francisco from the Philippines.
The citizens of Seattle have subscribed
for train OF Pullman coaches to bring
the volunteers from the Golden Gate
to Puget Sound and the difference be-
tween this luxury and the trenches
about Manila is calculated to be highly
impressive.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

There is OF course a good deal Of spec
ulation as to Just what Gov. Roosevelt
and the President talked about at their
recent meeting. But after all no pos
sible interchange of views between two
persons however exalted. can ever be-
gin TO equal the historic interest OF
what the Governor OF North Carolina
said to the Governor of South Caro-
lima once ON time.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

That the silly season has begun is in
dicated by the arrival of a proposition
TO change the name of the United
States of North America TO "Usona, -
the word being coined from the ini-
tials. The idea is to have name that
shall be short and at the same time
sufficiently descriptive. 1t is of course
a nonsensical suggestion but this is the
nonsense season.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

II Is remarkable N the growing SEN
timent against the government 10 Eng
land that the Liberals have been vim
ming heavily in the bye elections. al
though the Liberal party is absolutely
without leadership. only few months
ago. indeed. d was figured that the
PARTY had all bat ceased 10 exist for
lack u able leaders and aggressive is
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

II Canada wants tidewater entrance
on her northwest territory all she has
10 do is 10 come into the great United
States OF America and she can have
the use OF an the ports there are on the
whole Pacific coast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

sues Today Lord Salisbury is con-
fronted with situation that Is calcu-
lated 10 make him fear a dissolution of
Parliament and general election. The
opposition may not have definite aims.
but il has certainly demonstrated an
amazing strength on the principle of
beng "agln the government.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

The governor OF Devils island where
Dreyfus was a prisoner has been dis
missed from Office for treating his pris.
oner too harshly. He at least must be
convinced that public sentiment in
France has undergone startling
change
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

1t may be observed OF the late George
washington that he was particularly
distinguished by having his first name
the same as our Dewey's.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

The only interest in the mentioning
of Judge Van Wyck as presidential
candidate for the Democratic party lies
i'm the curiosity that develops as TO
whom he is a decoy for.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12
DI z D..

BRoWN-rn this city. 9th inst. En-.
ma, wife OF the late Adm Ballou
Brown. aged 90 years.
CARLSON-In this city. 10th inst. An
ma Matilda. wife OF Albert Carlson.
aged 30 years.
GILLEN--In this city. 10th INST. Bcr-
nard. son OF Patrick and the late Ann
Gillen, aged is years.
JONE-Tn this city. 10th inst. Irene.
beloved daughter OF Frank and Mary
Love aged years. 4 months and 10
days.
OKANE-tn Pontiac. u. l.. 10th 'nst.
George OKdne, aged g. years
TANLDR-In this city. llth inst. Eliz-
abeth. widow 81 Robert Taylor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

The Paris may yet be saved, but gall
liant capt Watkins has lost more than
he can ever recover.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-07-12

If the Count de Castellane keeps on
sasslng folks somebody will pick him
up some fine day and spank him.