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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-24
IT MARKS
A NEW ERA
IN MEDICINE
Chicago Physician Makes a
Wonderful Discovery in
Using the x Ray.
Special Dispatch 70 The Call.

CHICAGO, May 23.-The value of the
Y ray to the science of medicine is to
have new demonstration before the
Chicago Medical Society tomorrow
evening. Should the experiments stand
the critical test in public that .. ate
trials have shown. the whole system
Of medical science as applied to the
vital organs of man viii be greatly ad-
Nanced- and a Chicago physician will
have added a new name to discoveries
along scientific lines.
DR.. Walter =. Metcalf has been ex-
perimenting with Roentgen rays since
last December in an endeavor to form
some compound that could be intro
duced into the stomach and almentary
tract so that the form and shape of
these most vital organs could be seen
through the medium of the Horoscope
To-day he said: with my dscov-
cry the stomach can be definitely out
lined, giving its size, shape and posi-
ton. 1t may also be determined
whether the 'churnings are fast or
SLOW, regular or irregular. This is ac-
coInpnshed by filling the stomach cav
ltles or tracts with what | have termed
plslnulh emulsion. Bismuth, a metal.
is lmperVious TO the X ray as COMPARED
with animal tissue and bone. thus max
ING IL possible 10 see the hadow out
INES OF cavities or tracts filed with
bismuth through either animal tissue
or bone.
"Bismuth emulsion is non-toxic. non
irritating and can be made antiseptic
making 1t possible to fill any accessible
cavity.
In What ways viii my method he
useful TO physicians? 1t win give an
outline OF the stomach, and bv il the
changes that take place in gastritasia
atrophy, structure, hour-gIass contrac,
tions, distortions. displacements ar ad-
hesions produced by or as a mart of
malignant or malignant disease
can be shown" ''S0'e
DR.. X. Pennington said: IT consi7o,
DIR. Metcalfs discovery of tho o-notto.
Importance to the profession 49,
been present at several tests and 80
astonished at the results. To IooI, 80
a man and see his stomach chrrni,,a+ ~
the regular motions Of digestion ai,,a 80
one new idea Of the wonderfuI 90
tion called man. l do not think If viii
be necessary to fill the stomach 1ri+h
the bismuth preparation The nose
bilities of medicine with this new dis
covery are endless. If it acts under all
conditions as under those | have noted
medicine will become as exact a science
as surgery. The action produced on the
stomach by hot or cold foods, by animal
or vegetable foods by acids, drugs and
d thousand other things will be noted
Every tract Of the body can be studied
in its natural state while it is in opera
tion. Internal tumors, in fact, any dis
arrangement of the functions of ma
ture, can be located"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-24
THE ADMIRAL
HONORED By
THE BRITISH
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HONGKONG, May 23.-The United
States cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey on board, has arrived from
Manila. She was saluted by the ships
of all natiOnalities.
Admiral Dewey, Captain Lamberton,
Lieutenant Brumby and United States
Consul Wildman were received by a
guard Of honor of the Royal Welsh Fu-
siIeers when they landed to visit the
Governor Of Hongkong, Sir Henry A.
Blake, Major General Gascoigne in
command of the troops and Commo
dore Powell commanding the naval
forces. The visit was afterward re-
turned by the oficials mentioned
Admiral Dewey is in bad health, be-
ing too i'll to attend the Queens birth
day dinner.
The Olympia is going to dock here
and will remain ten days at this port.
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signaled J ships to withdraw for
breakfast before finis' --ig up the Job
and silencing the guns of Cavite.
O'Keefe, in his letter, says the picture
was taken after the men had finished
! eakfast and the ship was returning
to the attack. The siX-inch gun crew
of which he was a me~7ber was ready
for action, when the surgeon came
along with his camera and told them
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-24
A RUNNING FIGHT
WITH FlLIPIN0S

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald Copyrighted, 1899, by James Cor
don Bennett
MANILA, May A.-The Twenty-second
and Third Infantry, while escorting the
Signal Corps, which was picking up the
telegraph wire from San Miguel to Ba-
linag, had a running fight for the whole
distance. They lost one man killed and
one officer and fourteen men wounded
The American troops reached Balinag at
o'clock last evening They captured
thirty rifles and twenty prisoners. The
General Lawtons advance.
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"HOMAS O'KEEFE is a San
Francisco lad who fought under
Admiral Dewey at the battle Of
Manila Bay. O'Keefe did not
wear gold lace and a sword and
stand on the quarterback during the
destruction of Montejo's fleet; he was
simply a member of the siX-inch after
port gun of the little gunboat Concord.
but that gun played an important part
in the enga cement, for the concord,
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being of lighter draught than the other
American ships, was able to draw clos
er in shore and complete the work of
destruction.
Oheefe is as modest as he is brave.
and has nothing to say about his share
IN the glorious event. He merely sends
the accompanying photograph. with
boyish letter and a few trinkets to
former schoOlmate in response to re-
quest for some souvenir of the great
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-24

Vl Filipino Commissioners
called early to-day upon
General Otis, but made no off
clal propositions relative to SUR
render. They met the American
Commission later and held four
hours conference.
1t is said that the Filipinos
were dismayed at the terms Of
fered in President McKinley's
cablegram. Gregorio del Pillar
turned red under his brown skin
when he realized that he was be-
ing offered nothing but vague
promises of possible representa-
ton for his people in case of
compliance with the American
demand that they lay down
arms.
Every Filipino shrugged his
shoulders as the glowing prophe-
cles of the future after the cessa-
ton of hostilities were outlined
to them by the members of our
commission. They said that they
asked for independence and lib
erty with dignity, under the pro-
lection of the United States, and
were now offered nothing but the
indefinite assurance that individ-
ual natives might hold some off
clal positions under the proposed
government. The native Com
missioners have great dread of fu-
ture Congressional action They
will accept not single condition
of those proposed, but will re-
turn dissatisfied to Aguinaldo
and report.
Major Zai1cita, one of the Fill
pino Commissioners, said: GAS
the ultimate form OF government
rests in the hands of the Ameri-
can Congress, the present pro-
posals are merely provisional
The result of the present plan
would be that Americans would
be at the head of every depart
ment Of government, as the Fill
pinos' tenure of office would de-
pend on the will of the Aneri-
cans. We think we can get bet
ter terms"
A leading banker of Manila
says; THE present proposals
are only repetition of the provi-
sions of the American commits
sion's proclamation. That means
that this is an American colony.
You have adopted an imperialis-
tic policy, then why talk over
matters with the ENJOYS of a hos
tile force which must be crushed
before such a government as is
proposed can be established?
'The opinion of military Off
cials is that the negotiations
merely encourage the insurgents
to hold out for better terms, espe-
cially since the commading
American general is not con-
suited. General Luna is bound
to continue to fight for indepen-
dence. Negotiations which en-
courage the natives to hope to
obtain great concessions may
cost the lives OF many American
soldiers.
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fight. The schcolmate is proud of the
picture, for it is one of five copies: he
is proud of the other mementoes too.
but he is prouder of the letter written
by his old chum o speaks so tender
ly of their boyhood days when their
teacher was none other than the father
of his friend.
1t will be remembered that during
the engagement, or her after the
Spanish fleet had ben so crippled that
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to drop down while he took SNAPSHOT
at them. O'Keefe gives his position as
on the right of the officer and directly
in front of the man with the cartridge
belt on. Partly in front of him is an
other sailor with a black cap on.
O'Keefe marked. a small T on his cap
in order that his friend might the more
readily distinguish him, but it is hardly
discernible n the reproduction.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-24
OTIS OPPOSED TO
CONCILIAT0RY MEASURES
To Weaken Before the Filipinos Now
Viii Mean Trouble in the
ErfTrn

MANILA, May 23.-The Filipino
Commissioners spent the day at the
residence of the American Commits
sioners. They discussed every point
of the scheme of government and the
peace proclamation details, asking for
information as to what personal rights
would be guaranteed them. Colonel
Charles DENLY Of the American Com-
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Dewey Home Fund.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The sub
scriptions for the Dewey home fund so
far received by the national commit
tee amount to s3709. Among those re-
ceived to-day was one of $100 from Vice
President Hobart.
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ACUINALDO
NOT READY
FOR PEACE
Nothing Accomplished by
the Commission Sent to
General Otis.
TO co ON FIGHTING
Filipino Leaders Believe They Can
Get Better Terms by Continu-
ing the War.

Special Gable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted 1899. by James Cor
don Bennett
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04

suspected man and his partners. hit
upon a clue. He found that whenever
one or the members of the suspected
hrm arrived in New York upon a
steamer, another member of the firm.
Or an agent, always took a trip back
on the same vessel, and always engaged
the same staeroOm. He invariably had
the whole stateroom, so that he was
alone upon the voyage This clue led
to the discovery of the fraud. II was
found that the importer, during his
voyage to New York, would cut a small
piece out Of the flooring beneath the
carpet OF his stateroom, and after con-
ceallng the diamonds in the hole.
would put the flooring back and re-
place the carpet. When he left the
ship he left the diamonds behind him.
and thus none were ever found upon
MIN. few days after when the ves-
sci was about to start for Europe. the
other member of the firm secured the
stateroom and went on board. accom-
panied by his confederate. The latter
would then go ashore, and take the
diamonds with him. AS there are no
customs officers on duty when vessels
depart, he would be allowed to Dass
uhmolested, and to carry in his val
liable cargo.
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and fighting. For like almost all
polygamists, your stickleback is ter
rible fighter. The males join WAGER
of battle with one another for posses-
sion of their mates; in their fierce
duels they make fearful use of tie
formidable spines on their backs.
sometimes entirely ripping up and
cutting to pieces their Inflated adver-
sary. The spines thus answer to the
spurs of the game cock or the antlers
of the deer; they are masculine weap-
ons in the struggle for mates. In
deed, you may take it for granted that
brilliant colors and decorative ad-
Juncts in animals almost invariably go
with irascible tempers, pugnactous
habits, and the practice of fighting for
possession Of the harem. The conse-
quence is, with the sticklebacks, that
many males get killed during the
struggle for supremacy, SO that the
survivors wed half-a-dozen wives each,
like little Turks that they are in their
Watery seraglios. Only the most
beautiful and courageous fish succeed
in gaining harem Of their own, and
thus the wager of battle tells in the
end for the advantage of the race, by
eliminating the manned, the ugly, and
the cowardly. and encouraging the
strong, the handsome, the enterpris-
ing and the valiant. This is natures
way of preventing degeneracy.
In No. 8 the nest is seen full of eggs,
and the excellent father now comes
out in his best light as thA:r guardian
and protector. He watches over them
with ceaseless care, freeing them from
parasites, and warding off the attacks
of would-be enemies who desire to de-
your them, even though the intruder
be several times his own size. The
spines on his back here stand him once
more in good stead; for small as ne
is, the stickleback is not an antagonist
to be lightly despised; he can infiict
wound which perch or a trout
knows how to estimate at its full
value. But that is not all the good
parents duty. He takes the eggs out
Of the nest every now and then with
his snout. atrs them a little in the
fresh water outside. and then replaces
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hill, and the body was thrown into the
river. The orgies continued until noon
next day, when the high priest invited
the men to another revel, to be held a
week later, and for which two human
lives were pledged
But this never came off, for Father
Walter happened to see Sanaga's body
in the river, and surmising foul play,
caused an investigation. While many
of the murderers fled, nineteen were
arrested. Among the eleven hanged
were the high priest and five Of his
sOrcerers.
The whole gang professed the Chris
tian faith on the day before the ex-
ecution, and all were baptized upon
the morning Of their last day on earth,
but under the gallows it became evil
dent that the men embraced Christian
ity only to get a good meal, tobacco
and couple of bottles of rum. In the
neighborhood of the place of execution
more than 10000 natives had assem-
bled, who began weird death dance
when their doomed friends hove in
sight. Over 100 men and women pre-
sented themselves as relatives Of the
culprits and had to be allowed to take
ceremonious farewell from the muir
derers. The good-by consisted of in
carnations, smoking, rum-drinking and
dancing.
All assured their relatives and
friends that they were glad to die
glad Of chance to become the boon
companions of their dead chief, "who
was sure to have white man or wom-
an for dinner once week" Then
they danced round with each relative,
rubbed noses with hundreds of friends,
took draughts at every bottle within
reach and finally walked to death, one
after the other, with head high, sing
ing and joking.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
A PRIVILEGED DOC
Queen Victoria Was Disappointed at No,
Seeing 1t at Church.

Queen Victoria Was Disappointed at No,
Seeing 1t at Church.
charming little story is told of
queen Victoria's first visit to Crathie
church, near Balmoral. On that occa-
sion fine dog which belonged to the
clergyman followed his master I'D the
pulpit steps, and lay against the door
during the entire service. Although
the dog made not the slightest disturb
ance, Sir George Grey, who was then
IN attendance on her majesty, regarded
the animala presence as somewhat dis
respectful, and suggested to the clergy
man that it had better be dispensed
with in the future. The next Sunday
therefore, the dog was denied his usual
privilege of church-going and re-
mained sCpr0Wfully at home. A day
or two later the clergyman was hon.
ored by an invitation to dine with tho
royal family. To his surprise. Queen
Victoria presently inquired for his dog,
saying She had noticed he was not at
church on Sunday. Il kept my dog at
home last Sunday, your majesty" re-
piled the clergyman, "as Sir George
Grey thought his presence in church
would annoy you" oh, no." said the
queen, heartily, "let him come as
usual. l only wish everybody behaved
at church as well as your noble dog!"
added her majesty with a decided spice
of mischief in her tone Sir George
Grey's feelings are not recorded, but It
is said that the Crathie clergyman
was warmed and comforted by this
tribute to the good behavior of his
favorite.-Youth's Companion.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
A STRANGE NURSERY
THE STICkLEBACK CARES FOR
ITS YOUNG.
Cakes Eggs Out for an AirInp-Fans
Them with His Fins While They Are
In the Nest, Tends Them yb,a rh.v
Arc Helpless.

You could hardly find a better rough
test of relative development in the
animal Cor vegetable) world than the
number OF young produced and the
care bestowed upon them, writes d.
Grant Allen. The fewer the offspring
the higher the type. Very low ami
mails turn out thousands of eggs with
reckless profusion, but they let them
look after themselves, or be devoured
by enemies, as chance will have it.
ne higher you go in the scale of be-
ing, the smaller the families, but the
greater the amount of pains expended
upon the rearing and upbringing of
tne young. 1t is interesting to note,
TOO, that anticipations of higher types,
so 10 speak, often occur among lower
races. An animal here and there
among the simpler forms hits upon
some device essentially similar to that
Oh some higher group with which it is
really quite unrelated. There are
many species of sticklebacks, but all
are alike in the one point which gives
them their common name. that is to
say in their aggressive apd protective
prlckllness. They are armed against
all comers. The dorsal fin is partly re-
placed in the whole family by strong
spines or "stickles,'' which differ in
number in the different species The
special popularity of the male stickle-
back consists in the fact that he is,
above all things, model father In
mis- acute sense of parental response
bility he has few equals. When spring
comes round he first exhibits his con-
sciousness of his coming charge by
suddenly enduing himself in glowing
coat of many colors and of iridescent
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04

and rearranges them, so that all MAJ
get fair share Of oxygen and MAJ
hatch out about simultaneously. It |,
thls question of oxygen, indeed, which
gives the father fish the greatest trou.
Bile. That necessary of life is djssofyeT
in water in very small quantities. and
it Is absolutely needed by every egg in
order to enable it to undergo thoe>
vital changes we know as Matching
10 Keep up due supply of oxygen,
therefore. the father stickleback un.
grudgingly devotes laborious DAYS ia
posing himself delicately just above
uhe nest, as you see in No. 3, and fam
nang the eggs with his fins and tail, so
as 10 set up a constant current of
water through the center of the barrel.
he sits upon the eggs just as truly as
hen does; only, he sits upon them,
not for warmth, but for aeration.
For weeks together this exemplary
parent continues his monotonous task.
ventilating the spawn many times
every day, till the time comes for
iepIShlio. IL taxes ABOUT a mOuLn Tor
the eggs to develop, and then the
proud fathers position grows more
arduouS than ever He has to rock q
thousand cradles at once, SO to speak.
and to pacify thousand crying babies.
On the one hand, enemies hover about.
trying to eat the tender, transparent,
glass-like little fry, and these he must
drive off; on the other hand, the good
nurse must take care that the active
young fish do not stray far from the
nest, and SO expose themselves pre-
maturely to the manifold dangers Of
the outer world. Till they are big
enough and strong enough to take
care Of themselves, he watches with
incessant vigilance over their safety;
as soon as they can go forth with tol-
cradle security upon the world of their
brook or pond, he takes at last
Well-meited holiday
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THE FATHER AIRING THE EGGS

THE FATHER AIRING THE EGGS.
open at both ENDS, as though the bot
tom were knocked out; this form is
rendered necessary because the eggs,
when laid, have to be constantly
aerated by passing a current of water
through the nest, as l shall describe
hereafter. No. / shows such a nest
when completed, with the female
stickleback lettering about undecided
as to whether or not she shall plunge
and enter it. You will observe that
the fabric is woven round a fixed sup
port Of some waving water-weeds; but
the cunning little architect does not
trust in this matter to his textile skill
alone; he cements the straws and other
materials together with gumhy
mortar of mucous threads secreted for
the purpose by his internal organs. As
soon a. the building operations are
fully complated. the eager little house.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04

holder sallles forth into his pond or
Drook - search OF mate who will
come and stock his neatlyb built home
for him. AT this stage of the proceed-
ings his wedding garment becomes
even more brilliant and glancing than
ever; he CLEANS in silver and changs-
tul gems; When he finds his ladylove.
he dances round her. mad with ex-
element" as Darwin well phrasad if
looking his handsomest and best will
ms lustrous colors glistening like an
opal If she will listen to his suit, he
grows wild with delight, and coaxes
her into the nest with most affection
ate endearments. In No. 2. the mate
or his choice has been induced to enter
ana is laying her eggs in the dainty
home his care has provided for her.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
Sold the Cooking stove,

Chicago News: A West Side young,
ster of or 8, who had been savins
Old iron and had accumulated quite a
pile, was made happy recently when
his father sold it to a ragman for /;
cents. With the money the boy start,
ed for the candy shop. 1t was his first
lesson in making money, and he proved
an apt student, for on the following
day he wanted more candy and not
having any more old iron to sell called
a ragman into the house and sold the
cook stove. The father is now search,
ing for the ragman.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04

The father fish, meanwhile dances
and capers around, in an ectasy at the
success of his endeavors
One wife, however, does not suffice
to fill the nest with eggs, and the
stickleback is a firm believer in the ad-
advantages of large families. So as
soon as his first mate has laid all her
spawn, he sets out once more in
search of another. Thus he goes on
until the home is quite full of eggs,
bringing back one wife after another.
in proportion to his success in wooing
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
Doubtful.

isn't that young man fond OF
music?" exclaimed the young woman.
81 don't know" answered Miss Cay-
enne. Judging by the way he will
stand up and listen to himself sing by
the hour l should say he isn't
Washington Star.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
A Desire to Get Even.

Eyes, we were mighty glad to get
home" What was your hurry?" 1--WE
want visit from those people who
thought they were entertaining us. If
we don't use them up root and branch
inside Of couple of weeks you may
call US Indians. s."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
Peculiarly Of Buddhists.

A custom peculiar to Buddhists is
that Of wandering about the country
with hammer and chisel and carving
holy symbols upon rocks BY the way-
side,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04

brilliancy. That is in order to charm
the eyes of his prospective mate, or
rather mates, for our amiable friend
is a good parent, but an abandoned
polygamist. The first care of the male
stickleback, when he has acquired MS
courting suit, is to build a suitable
home for his future wives and chill
dren. So he picks up stems of grass
and water weeds with his mouth and
weaves them deftly into a compact
nest as perfect as a BIRDS though
somewhat different in shape and pat
tern. 1t rather resembles a barrel,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04

Many . man who claims - - u,
erect is but coward.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-08-04
Not I'm to Date.

Not Up to Date.
Parson-Little boys who swear never
grow up to be great men. Kid
G'wan! I guess yer hain't read do
history Of de war wit Spain.