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India and Tibet.

In an article in the June number of
the North American Review, Sir Wal
ter Lawrence, who until lately was
private secretary to the Viceroy Of In
dia, explains the object of THE British
Mission to Tibet" British India may
be likened. as Lord Curzon has likened
it, to a fortress. with the sea as moat
on two sides, and mountains for walls
on the third: beyond the walls is a
glacis, of varying breadth and di-
mensions. The British do not
want to occupy this glacis, but
they cannot afford to see it oc-
cupied by a foe. They are quite con-
tent that it should remain in the hands
of allies and friends, but, if unfriendly
influences creep up and lodge under
their walls, they are compelled to in
tervene, because danger would thereby
grow uD and menace their security.
This is the secret of the British atti-
tude toward Tibet. where of late Rus
sia has been attempting to make her
influence paramount. Sir Walter Law
renee argues that inaction might have
injuriOusly affected British relations
with other peoples:
The contumacy, and wanton neglect
of treaty obligations, which we have
experienced at the hands of the evasive
and intangible Government of Lhasa
for the last fifteen years, have not con-
duced to enhance our prestige on the
northeast frontiers of India 1t was
possible that the contemptuous treat
ment of the Viceroys letters returned
from Lhasa unopened might, If unno-
ticed, have been followed by further in
suit. and in the East the spirit of contu-
macy is catching. British relations with
Nepal are Of the most satisfactory
nature, and it is of first Importance
that they should continue so. For Ne
pal, strategically, is the very keystone
Of the Indian frontier, and is one OF
our most important recruiting grounds
for ii is from Nepal that we obtain our
brave little Gurkhas, who with the
Sikhs form the backbone of our Indian
army. And it is not improbable that
if we had gone on meekly acquiescing
in the ridiculous attitude of Tibet
Nepal might have had doubts as to our
real power, an6 the thought might
have arisen that the policy adopted by
Tibet might equally well be followed in
Nepal Ideas spread with fatal rapid
ity in India, and all roads lead ia
Lhasa. A few years more of forbear-
ance, and Bhutan and Burma might be
taking a leaf out of the book of the
Dalai I ANA %
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UHcox to Gib5on.

This is what truly happened at a
public library in Virginia:
Good maw'n. ma'am. You all got
Ella WheeIah Wilcox's Poems OF
Pleasuah?"
why. no, we haven't. Uncle John"
said the librarian apOlogetically. 1--WE
haven't a copy of that in the library
What else would you like ,"
'Thank'ee, ma'am. You all got
Ella Wheelah Wilcox's Poems of
Passion"
mo. we haven't that. either, Uncle
John"
''W-w-w-ell. then, give me Glib
bon's ROme'H
AS Walter Page and Nathaniel Sha-
Ter point out. there is no need of fear
ing that our neighbor'' will not ulti-
mately reach the best-or the next
thing to 1.-THE Readers Magazine
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Rebellion.

To wake at morn
And hear the matin song
OF the sea breeze in the palms;
TO watch at dawn
The rising sunbeams kiss
The mist-crowned towering peaks
And glide down to the plains
All, that is Life.
Not this
To wake at morn
Ard hear the swelling roar
OF man, beast and machine.
Toiling in a murky air
And city's sweat.
At noon to dream
Where Natures bowers are hid
Beneath an arch
OF twined and intersticing vines
While on the air
Quivers the chanting of the signing
woods
And the songs of mating birds
All. that is Lifei
Not this
At noon to pause
And lay aside the pen for one brief hour.
Then TO return as l did yesterday.
VIII do tomorrow and on all to-mor-
rows,
Oh. fool-maehine-and slave!
Again at dusk
To watch the suns last ray
. Fade from the sky;
To feel earth's grand transition
From day to night
That moment when the world
Pauses and knows itself!
The Angelus chimes
And echoes round the earth
In changing strain and measure
Here the Muezzin's call.
There a child's lullaby
And now a poor SerfS prayer
The whole-earths evensong;
To hear that is to livel
Not this
To hear the thunderous roar
OF thousands, pale and tired, dead in
soul,
home.
Home?
Past ere the sweet of home has touched
the SenSei
To toll that we may sleep,
That better we may toll;
To toll that we may eat
That better we may toll
The roundelay of Life
Ay. that is Life. but still
But still we dream!
Stephen Chalmers, in the New York
Times. A0'N
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jab, the bartender made a quick for
ward lunge and the man who didn't
feel pain let out a sharp, shrill cry
and started for the door without wait
ing to withdraw the pin.
Darn you," he shouted back as the
door swung behind him.
The money was turned over to the
saloon-man and he invited the crowd
to drink at his expense. But the man
with the toothache did not wait for
the treat.
II was on to the game" explained
the drink dispenser. The leg he jab-
bed is cork. so gave him the pin in
the good one. The fellow with the
toothache is his pail He starts the
talk about pain and the other one does
the trick. They don't come in to-
gether, so you wouldn't suspect there
was any collusion. They have been
working this racket for long time.
They beat a friend of mine out of IS
in Sacramento and he put me on to
them, thinking they would come to
this city,
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the journey of life. was struck down
by a locomotive and killed. No weird
Indian rites marked his funeral ser
vice and not a single redskin looked
upon his still face. He had been known
in life as the "Squaw Man." an ap-
pellation of cowardice. and he died as
he lived, an Outcast to all tribes,
branded and unpardOned.
In the early sixties Mayor Ormsby.
located at Carson. learned that the In
dians were numbering the whites in
the vicinity OF Pyramid Lake. With
a little band of men he started for
Wadsworth and a day later met the
savage foe and engaged them in battle,
with the result that Ormsby and nearly
all of his frontiersmen fell on the field.
When the battle began the Indian,
whom death claimed last week. ran
from the shower of lead. For this Of
fense he was deprived of his own name
and dubbed "Squaw Man" He was
attired in squaw's clothing and his
family taken from him. His tribe Os-
tracized him, all the Indians avoided
him and the stigma was never re-
moved. A few years ago he doffed the
feminine garments, but his sin was
never pardoned and he never returned
from the exile to which his cowardice
had condemned him.
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Physical culture has a great charm for
Mr.. White, who goes in for it rather
strongly. In November, 1899. he was
the winner of the Sandow medal for
physical culture II was when first in
Paris two years ago that NJ. Rodin
complimented Mr.. White upon his
beautiful figure and eventually asked
him to be his model, with the result
that almost at once Mr.. White gave up
a good deal Of his time to posing in
Robins studio. of and on for two
years Mr.. White has been posing and
so pleased is II. Rodin at the way the
young American has stuck" to this
somewhat tedious business that the
sculptor desires TO give him a bronze
cast Of the figure he is now making,
and which is 10 be exhibited at the St.
Louis Exposition. Since first posing
for NJ. Rodin Mr.. White, who is much
interested in art, has made tour of
the world, starting from Paris. In
Japan. especially. mis- beautiful figure
attracted tremendous attention.
Although acknowledging that posing
is tiring work, Mr.. White finds much
pleasure in being in N. Robins studio
where he says the master himself
works very hard. He models first in
clay, altering frequently. both by add
ing and taking away. Mr.. White also
is much impressed with Robins child
like manner.
ROdin being at the moment out OF
France while placing his works in diff
ferent exhibitions Mr.. White is taking
this opportunity 10 leave Paris for a
short tour in Spain. He intends visit
ing Madrid. Toledo. Cordova and Sc
vile. Before long, however, both the
sculptor and his amateur model expect
10 be back in Paris again and working
in the atelier.
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Unabbrcciatfve.


A droiler spectacle is seldom afforded
In the world Of letters than that of An
drew Lang. the English humorist, sit
ting in judgment on George Ade. HUI
mOrists are proverbially unappreciative
Of the humor Of others, and the humor
of these two writers is Of about as op-
posite sorts as can be imagined. More
over, omniscience is rather a hobby
with Mr.. Lang, and il evidently pioues
him that he cannot understand the Ian
guage Of George AIDE, which is. how
ever. no more esoteric than the fargon
Of oxford and Cambridge. Starting
with M. ysie's remark that "the Eng
lish tourist was holding his head" Mr..
Lang unfolds his ignorance of the
American language in this wise:
Beginning with the adventure of the
English tourist, we learn that the
clothes he wore evidently had been cut
from a steamer rug by his mother, or
some other aged relative suffering from
astigmatism.' The nature Of a steamer
rug is not obvious. for perhaps steam
er' is American for some entity not
known here by that name, just as a
commercial traveller is called a drum
mer' The clothes of Matthew Arnold
were severely criticized when he lee
tured in America yet on this side OF
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A STRUGGLING BOOM.
w :s :; '' in ss'S ss L s: ::

w CLING Hearst % boom @ in off the do doorstep ss +us sad
warm and feed it. But this will not suffice to
preserve it through healthy adolescence to appear in
adult strength and beautiful proportions the national
convention
Recently the election of occasional Hearst delegations
has lost the of pontaneity and the tumutuous grace
of enthusiasm and has taken the humdrum CONNER
cal feature of delivering something that contracted
for, but has ceased to be OF any to the receiver
While those without hope we claim
the right to mott feathers over the hectic CON
dition Of the boom of the California candidate But a
few short months ago he bestrode the narrow continent
like colossus and members of Congress were touring
the deserts his commissioners" in Pumans that he
stocked from sheets toothpcks, and all the world
seemed wishing enlist under his banner and personally
conduct him to the White House Now he has no trains
nor commissioners the road and is not even furnish
ing transportation the delegates who go to St Lu
whisper his in the dull of Fame when the
roll is called. q
The dark blue word collapse is tattooed all over his
candidacy and wondering why. He was so
thoroughly convinced of his fitness and told the
country with confidence that had all the beauty of
childhood that cannot understand this change The
only life and the only pulse felt in his campaign
was the encounter between his supporters Mr. Tarpev
and ex- Governor Budd, in the Palace Grill in which
fists were doubled and language used unfit in the
presence of the innocent lamb chops which were part of
the lunch at which the affair occurred The Ex-Governor
made unpleasant references to the Hearst sack and
Tarpey to the Governors credit being so i'll that he
could not borrow a thousand dollars and then food
of words followed that made the abasco as weak
milk
All this is desperately and dreadfuy unpleasant
Where now is that high and heroic movement which
filled the country with the of William Randolph
Hearst? Where the resolutions, the audiences that
taken off their feet the enthusiasm that made
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TALK OF THE TOWN
ANDxg9 o. RH
TIMEOS ~
Il Cork Game.

A neatly dressed stranger drifted
into a downtown saloon a few even
ings ago and invited all hands to join
him at the mahogany. The invitation
was accepted and while the drinks
were being served one of the strang-
er's guests suddenly elapped his hand
70 his law and exclaimed: There
goes that gosh DANCED tooth again.
''Toothache inquired the new
conner sympathetically, as he placed
a gold piece on the bar
eRet II does" replied the sufferer.
Never had a toothache," remarked
the stranger, but 1 don't think 1t
would bother me much. Don't seem
to know what pain Is:
His auditors looked increduious. 10
prove his assertion the stranger 1aO-
bed himself in the right leg with
scarf pin.
Guess you didn't drive it in very
hard" said the bartender.
1--WE got SIS that says you can't nurI
me-" boasted the man of no feeHns.
IF it wasn't against the rules 10
bet while on duty" replied the COCK
tail mixer, I'D take you up and make
you jump skyhigh."
Too bad that you are losing sucn
a chance to make easy money sar-
castically replied the stranger.
''I'll take that bet" replied the mix
ologist with show of anger.
One of the party was selected
stakeholder and the saloon man came
from behind the bar. Taking the
scarf pin from the stranger, who had
extended his right leg to receive the
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-04
Il Great Bank.

In London a banking combination
is now in progress that will put the
two largest New York banks far in
the background. This is the combina-
ton of the biggest Of the London
banks and one that ranks thirteenth
on the list, or the Lloyds Bank, Linn
tied, and the Manchester and Liverpool
District Banking Company. Limited.
The new combined London bank will
be the largest banking institution in
the world, and will overshadow even
the big Government banks. like the
Bank of England and those of the
French, German and Russian nations.
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Il Perfect Model.
Special Correspondents of The can.

Special Correspondence Of The Call
PARIS. Nay 22.=Here is the latest
photograph OF Samuel s White,
young American athlete, whose al
most perfect physical development re-
Gently led ROdin, the world famous
French sculptor. TO ask permission
20 reproduce his frame in marble
Naturally the request did not have to
be made a second time. Mr.. White
halls from Philadelphia and came 10
Paris about two years ago for the pur-
pose Of studying chemistry. Previous
" he had been at Princeton University
and later a student at Trinity Hail.
Cambridge University. in England
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GAS LTGHTINCH Hsubscril

GAS LIGHTING-Su San
Jose. Cal Gas, as an illuminant was
first used by a Mr.. Murdoch OF Soho.
near Birmingham. England. in 1872.
His house and offices at Redruth were
so lighted that wear The first public
exhibition of gas was in 1902 at the
Soho works of Bolton and Watt. near
Birmingham. in which Murdoch had an
interest. The first instance Of street
lighting with gas was in 1907. when a
Mr.. Winsor lighted up part Of Pail
Mall, London
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The Sgna7v Man.

Death came to one of the oldest and
most famous of Western Indians in the
railroad yards at Reno. Nevada, last
week The aborigine. the date OF
whose birth is a matter Of vague ira
dition, but who is known to have
passed the one hundredths milestone in
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Hearst meetings like sphon of Shasta water? All gone,
and the last echo of the music and the shouting heard
in the Palace Grill and that unfit to print!

The suicide of the Mayor of Baltimore may be viewed as
astounding incident of American public life. 1t IS
seldom indeed that any citizen of the United States is
elevated to the high dignity involved in the mayoralty
of one of our municipalities without having within
himself force sufficient any exgency
misfortune Our public almost invariably made
of sterner stuff than suicides
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A New Jersey niaid having reached the stage of ma
ture discretion involved in eighty years of single bless
edness has been wooed and and is now enrolled in
the army OF With such example as this of
optimism who now can rail against life and its pros
poets? New Jersey has set the world merry pace in
its wondrous confidence in things human and ransitory
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-04

An Omaha boy balloon-mad, has created town
excitement by persisting eopardizing his neck even
ir the face of courts injunction The young man is
right Tribunals powerless to give the faculty
of sense and extraordinary of diocy
should be allowed their rapidly as
possible long normally constituted people are not
subjected to danger harm.
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The spectacle of ex-poce officer far forgetting
the limitations of his role a civilian to become
beating, brawlng thug should point public moral
and suggest timely lesson Our worthy guardians of
the peace should acquire and habits which
change of station may make uncomfortable 1t is al
ways possible that police officers may become simple
citizens with simple privileges.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-04

General Miles may have the nomination of the Pro-
hbon party for the Presidency for the formaity
of the asking. The old soldier has had too many sub
santial honors thrust upon him have an almost
instructive ability to dodge empty if it were
thrown him
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New York has produced another venturesome human
freak who intends to hazard journey the Allan
tic in great iron egg Somebody should remind him
that the world is too busy follow the incidents of
such method of suicide The suggestion of such
scheme is the that this mans life is not worth
the energy of second thought
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-04

Scyentyve Chinese coolies, deported from the United
States for various and good sailed from this port
few days since. The event is of more than passing
moment. 1t indicates watchfulness commendable in
the Federal courts and conservative regard on the
part of attorneys who evidently know of some danger
Gus check to their traffic in Mongolan contraband
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Special information Rsupplied daily to
business houses and .ublic men BY thsw
Press Clipping Bures Allen 81. ESQ Ca4s-N
nornia street TeleL-0ne Main 10t&,
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This week gen. eyeglasses. 15c-50c. 20
4th ST., front Keys Gel Oyster House.
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Townsend's California Glace fruits In
artistic hre-etched bo-Ss. 715 Market ST
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AHS7per- to Queries.

NUNS OF ST. CLARE-M. w, City.
The Nuns of st. Clare. a sisterhood
called Minoresses, was founded in Italy
by st. Glare and st. Francis d'Assisi
about 1912. The order settled in France
in 1850 and in England In 1898.
GRAVELOTTE- - Subscriber. Oak
land, Cal At the battle OF Gravelotte
during the Franco -Prussian war
fought August IS. 1870. the German
army numbered 211,O 600 men and the
French 10000. The German loss was
s04 officers and 1855 men. while the
French lost sos officers and II sos men
TO-MORROW-R. Fairbanks. Cal.
The authorship of Tomorrow Never
Comes" is unknown, so says the editor
of English Notes and Queries. who
made an extended search. The quo
tation is:
Some say. tomorrow never comes,''
A saying oft thought right:
Bat If tomorrow never came.
No end were Of tonight"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-10-28
THE WHEAT CROP.
Government Makes Estimate 70
Inland Empire.

Inland Empire.
The latest government estimate
places Idsho's wheat crop at total
of 10, 1874, 25S bushels for 1904.
The estimate as compared with
Washington and Oregon is, forspring
wheat, Idaho 6,o75, $50; Washington,
u,6IO,9I2, and Oregon. 1904, ,S57
bushels. The acreage is given at
244,975 for Idaho, 6l4, 1874 for Wash
ing,on and 657 ,563 acres for Oregon,
and the average yield per acre shown,
is, Idaho. 24.9 bushels; Washington
1873 bushels, and Oregon, 1872 bush
els.
In winter wheat Idaho is credited
with 4,058,S7s, Washington with H.
1926, ,O61 and Oregon with 7,S2S,O34
bushels making a total of spring and
winter wheat for Idaho of 10, 134, 25s
bushels, for Washington Of 23,036,-
973 bushels and for Oregon IT H.,
S22, ,99l bushels.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-10-28
A plain STATEMENT.
Issued By the Board Of Coun-
ty Commissioners.
CONCERNING TAX LEVIES,
It Should Be Read By Every
Voter in the County.

Rathdrum, Idaho, October Is, 1904.
Citizens OF Kootenai County, Idaho:
Much has been said, and much
is being said about the tax levy made
this year as compared with previous
years. Believing that the people are
entitled to the plain facts in the
matter, we take this means of max
ing a comparison of the tax levy
made in September, 1904, with the
levy made September, 1908.
We first call attention to the fact
that there has been no adverse criti-
cism offered To the levy Of 1903, as
the general levy that year amounted
to twenty-seven mills on one dollar,
which was the same as the year be-
fore, and which was considered
reasonable as compared with levies
made in the past.
Now we desire to call attention to
The fact that the general levy made
this year, 1904, and about which so
much has been said, is oneAhalf mill
lower for all purposes except schools,
than the levy made IN 1903. Follow
ing we give the levics Of 1908, and
the levies of 1904 SO that every one
may know exactly what the levies
were for the various funds:
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-10-28

Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark,
writes, "For l2 years l suffered from
Yellow Jaundice. l consulted a num-
Der of physicians and tried all sorts Of
medicines, but got no relief. Then /
began tie use of Electric Bitters and
feel that am now cured of disease
that had me in its grasp for twelve
years., If you want a reliable medi-
cine tor Liver and Kidney trouble,
stomach disorder or general debility,
get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed
,M Dr. i. Wenz. Onll .lJc.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-10-28

OF the Americans, but for the heneflt
OF all Christian nations, for the bene-
lit Of mankind, regard it as of the
utmost Importance that the work be-
gun in the Philippines should 70 ON.
The flag should continue to float over
the Philippines as guaranteed by the
United States.'' Arthur Judson
Brown, D. d Secretary OF the Board
OF Foreign Missions OF the Presby.
terian Church on the U. S. A., has
written that American citizens
should be thankful that, "during the
emergence Of our country as an
Asiastic power, our national policy
should be shaped by such men as
Mckinley, Roosevelt, Hay. Root, and
Taft. These men have. shown a
boldness Of initiative, wisdom Of
execution, fertility of resource and
a breadth of mind and heart which
place them among our greatest states
men. There should be no politics in
our support of their policy, no
sectaranism in our prayer that the
God OF nations may continue to guide
Alright those upon whom such solemn
responsibilities now rest"
No prominent churchman has ex.
pressed an opposite view. Nor has a
single prominent layman who has
been to the Philippines and knows
whereof he speaks.
An interesting compilation made
from the federal receipts for the
fiscal year 1904 not heretofore formal
ly published, shows that the customs
aud internal revenue tax on liquor
amounted to $l96, 500 900. The
total cost of the military establishment
of the country, including army. navy
and coast defenses, amounted to but
Pl lOosOOo,OoOs LiJUiC OutuCu vi CdA-
alton" there. The tax collected on
tobacco, $65, 800, 900. the tax on i'm
ported silks, $l6,6l0.00O, the tax on
imported diamonds, jewels and jewell
ry, ST, 1896, 900 and the tax on sugar,
S5S, 105, 900, an aggregate of $142,-
500, 900. These items make up 20
per cent Of the total revenue from the
Dingley law for 1904 and most OF
them come from luxuries. OF course
sugar is not luxury but the cost OF
that article has come down from an
average price of ii cents a pound IN
1870 to an average of cents pound
I today. These figures ruin the entire
stock in trade of the Democratic
candidates and spell binders who have
been laborlng 50 diligently to create
a false impression regarding thu
sources from which the Dingley Law
draws its revenue. The total revenue
raised by the Dingley law for 1901
was $494, l78, 6S3.