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many OF them returned home rather
than submit to them.
THE objection held in the protector
ate to syndicates as private individuals
IS" says Major Powell-Cotton, the
East African traveller, that while the
former hold huge areas with no imme-
diate intention Of stocking or cultivat-
ing the land, the same area, IL divided
among individual settlers, could at a
much earlier period be developed. Con-
sidering the enormous sums which the
British taxpayer has provided for the
Ugandt- Railway, it is not surprising
that Sir Charles Eliot and his officials
advocated a policy which would place
the country on q paying basis at a very
much earlier period than would be pos
sibIe if great areas OF the pick OF the
couBtry are to be tied up for indefinite
periods"
To an outsider it looks as II Sir
Charles Eliot were going to disclose a
political scandal that Will cause some
upheavals in Downing street He is a
man Of rare force Of character and the
last person in the world to submit to
being browbeaten. Despite the fact
thai he is barely 40, he has fine rec
ord OF diplomatic service to his credit.
Scholar Of Baliol and Fellow Of Trim
ity, his university career was as bril-
liant as his promotion in the Foreign
Office was rapid. Accidentally he cap
tured no less than five scholarships;
diplomadeally he went to st. Peters
burg as third secretary, and then to
Constantinople, became Charge DAT
faires in Morocco, Bulgaria and Ser
via, went to Washington as first sec
retary and was subsequently High
Commissioner at Samoa Then as X.
c. NJ. G. he was made four years ago
British agent at Zanzibar and Com
missioner and Consul General in Brit
ish Africa, as well as Consul General
for Germany's dominions there. In
January, 1902, he was made East Afri-
can Commander in Chief and, having
resigned that post, is now on his way
home to fight it out with Lord Lans-
downe. Whatever steps the Govern
meDt may take, man Of his type can
not be put down and kept down. He is
bound to be heard Of again doing good
work for the empire.
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More VoIdbuk.


Never does six months pass by with
out some attempt being made to do
away with the disadvantages Of the
diversity Of tongues. but so far sue
cess has not attended any of them.
Struggle as they may, the inventors Of
universal languages cannot get away
from Latin, and the latest atR-mpu.
that of Professor Peano Of Turin. re-
solves itself into Latin without fnf1ec-
tions- The professor proposes to do
away with cases, numbers, genders
and persons and also with lenses. and
voices, using the ablative in the case
OF sUbstantives and the infinitIve
minus re or ri for the verbs In
fact, his system is the evolution of the.
italian tongue carried to its logica
conclusion. Nearly every one learns
Latin more or less, and it is difficult
to see why the simple Latin of tns
Middle Ages, without any: strafnin1
after CicerOnian elegancies. should
not suffice for saIl our. international
needs during the few years which
must pass before all the world speak.
English.-LondOn Globe.
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ish empire. No more remarkable mus
tration of his muscular force can oe
given than the feat which led Queen
Victoria to bestow on him the Albert
medal, granted to civilians for acts or
extraordinary gallantry, which In tina
army or navy would have won ths
Victoria cross. In fact the Albert
medal which Sir william Is the only
Colonial Governor to wear, may be
looked on as the civilian counterpart
OF the Victoria cross
1t took place while he was High
Commissioner and Administrator OF
England's possessions in the Pacific.
with headquarters at Suva, the capital
Of Fill. The Syria, with a shipload OF
Indian coolies on board. had struck on
a rock at some distance from Suva- The
only way by which the vessel, which
was stuck on Q reef at the foot OF
a precipice and being pounded to
pieces by the surf, could be reached
was by means of ropes and a broken
mast, which had fallen against the side
OF the cliff. Again and again Sir VIII
liam made the perilous journey to and
from the wreck. either with a man or
a woman on his back and sometimes
with a child held by its clothes be-
tween his teeth in addition thereto.
The greatest tax on his strength
was. however, in connection with the
rescue from the wreck of a white
woman, who had got at the spirits.
was mad with drink and had fallen
overheard. The captain Of the ship
and police officer, who had gone
after her, were being swept out to sea
Sir William caused himself to be let
down by a rope, caught the knot of
the womans hair in his tee b and with
his hands seized the two men and
dragged them all three to safety. Then
he wrote his report of the disaster and
or the rescue. Several OF those who
had taken part in the latter received
the Royal Humane Society medal.
But as there was no mention in Sir
Williams report Of his own services,
or, in fact, Of his having been upon
the scene at all, il was not until much
later that the matter was brought to
the attention of the Government and
by the latter TO that OF the Queen.
who, as stated above. conferred up0n
him the Albert medal.-La. MarqU7e
de Fontenoy.
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HerSl, the Zionist.

The death Of DR.. Theodor Herzl, the
great leader Of the Zionist movement,
has. naturally called forth many stories
concerning him. It is related that as a
boy of 10 years he attended the Real
schulz in Budapest, where on one oc-
casion one of the teachers explained the
meaning of the word heather" to the
class by saying, ITO that class belong
the idolators. Mohammedans and
Jews" The boy Herzl was a rich
mans son and was never troubled per-
sonally, but he had a vague idea that
he was Jew, and this glib definition
seems to have been too bitter a pill for
the future Zionist leader to swallow. He
left the Realschule for the Gymnasium.
On his mothers side he was descend
ed from the old Spanish Jews and in
herited from them their courtly bear
ing and their nobly cut features "A
majestic Oriental figure" ZangwilI de-
scribes him, with eyes that brood and
glow-you would say one of the Assy-
rian Kings, whose sculptured heads
adorn our museums, the very profile of
Tiglath-Pilese Can one wonder at
the mistake of the wild Arabs in the
villages of the Holy Land, who ran
after him shouting, There goes the
King Of the Jews?
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For You.

For you the moon Silly imagineth
Her loiteringS and her soft viciSsitudes;
For you the Pleiades are seven, and one
Wanders invisible because Of you;
For you the snake is FURNISHED in the
spring,
The flower has plots touching its mar
riage time.
The queen-bee from her wasSailed lords
scars high
And high and high into the nuptial blue,
Till only one heroic lover now
Flies with her, and her royal wish Is
prone
To the elected one. whose dizzy heart
Presageth him of ecstasy and death.
For you the sea has rivers in the midst
And fathomless abySseS where il breeds
Fantastic life; and eachs its tiniest drop
Flung from the fishers oar-blade in the
sun
Has rivers, abysses and fantastic life.
For your sakes it was spoken of the soul
That it shall be a sea whereOn the moon
Has might, and the four winds shall
walk upon it
Also it has great rivers in the midst
Uncharted islands that no sailor sees.
And fathomless abysses where it breeds
Mysterious life; yea, each its tiniest drop
Flung from the fishers oar-blade in the
sun
Has rivers tempests and eternal tides.
Untouched-at isles. horizons never hailed
And fathomleSS abySSeS where il breeds
Incredible life, without astonishment.
William Vaughn Moody. in The Fire
Bringer.
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AmericaH FHghtineSS.

According to the Census Bureau re-
ports the average age of the popula-
ton of the United States is 26 years.
with life expectancy Of 10 years more.
The great majority of people who
are born in this country do not pass
many years beyond the age of discre-
ton before death overtakes them.
while only few, comparatively, reach
the middlet stage Of life. There is an
excess of 1,S15, ,O97 females among the
inhabitants now living, So we see that
the chief elements in our population
are youth and femininity.
These facts are worthy Of note as
probable cause of some Of the country's
social phenomena, which so frequently
excite amusement, irritation or criti-
cism. Women and the young Of both
sexes are looked upon as more emo
tional than men. This country during
recent years has lost much of the
calm, deliberate character which it
possessed at an earlier period of our
national existence. We are now quite
prone to fanaticism and much given
to pressing the trigger on the slightest
provocation. AS a nation we take to
fads and novelties Of all kinds with
feminine and almost childish impul-
siveness. We go into spasms over
trivialities which would not elicit even
q grunt from an Indian nor awaken the
slightest interest in a Dutchman. Our
passions and affections are easily
aroused and equally as easily allayed
We change from love to hatred, from
admiration to scorn, and back again,
as facilely as a piston rod goes in and
out of a cylinder. We are never con-
tented or at equipoise, but are continu-
ally on the go, fiiphopping wherever
fancy leads.
These peculiarities are not more no
ticeable anywhere than in the arts
which politicians and business men fire.
quently employ to attract our support
and trade. Whether they resort to
these devices on their own motion or
are led thereto by the demands of their
customers is simply the question over
again as to which existed first, the
egg or the hen. But however it be,
they make use or arts and tricks which
we cannot imagine ever to have been
put into practice to catch the votes or
trade of such men, for instance, as
George Washington, Benjamin Frank
lin, John Hancock and the other
fathers Of this glorious country. 1t is
unnecessary for US to go into details
in order to explain our meaning. and
refer TO those fool buttons, ridiculous
banners. grotesque and absurd adver-
tlsing posters and the thousand other
idiocies and devices which we see and
hear on all sides in the business world
and during political campaigns. They
are such as one might think were in
tended to catch siddy women and little
children only, not sober and mature
| men.-Kansas City Journal.
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one corner. Here, indeed, under the
f1llering light of the slender moon, with
the shadow of the giant pepper tree
cast athwart the Whiteness of the
stone payement-here was an "effect." +"
The two art lovers pushed open the
gate softly. turned into the shadow Of
the pepper tree and seated themselves
on a convenient barrel.
Now do you catch the contrast be-
tween the shadow over on the roof
of the church and the high white light
down on the side of that laundry over
there" he was saying. Isn't that one
of the finest things ever for a black
and white p
"Oh, dear'-dear must stand for
the real thing she called him; it might
have been darling or only Smith-"Oh.
dear, 1 could just dream of that pic
ture all my life. Just see there where
the rays of the moon slip over the
edge of that water tank and strike so
softly on the top of that Enthusiastically
broken chimney. "My-y-y. She gave
what the novelists call "a long, shud-
dering sigh"
This indeed is charmed spot" her
companion continued. "One could
imagine himself on Montmartre or be-
fore Notre Dame. Now, if only
A hoarse shrilling and cackling
broke the silence within ten feet of
the artistic twain. 1t sounded as if all
Gaul were loose.
well, we'll" he stammered. 'I be-
lieve-yes, I am certain that we are
a I OreSent sitting in pofhiDr aISa than
a chicken yard
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WHEN THE, COMMISSION COMES.

~ August or there will in our city
1 for the purpose of concluding its Investigations
~ the Merchant Marine Commission appointed at
the last Congressional session for the purpose of max
ing rigid investigation into the present status and
pressing needs of the American merchant marine Upon
the report submitted by this commission depends in
great policy of Congress reference
to the upbuldng of this sadly deficient factor of our
national commercial life Upon the report of the COM
mission hang also vital interests of San Francisco
Ours the last shipping center of the United States
under the Investigations of the Congress
commission. Having determined upon the conditions
of the merchant marine along the Atlantic seaboard and
in the gulf ports the specially empowered delegation of
Congressman coming study the great field of Pacific
and the part American ships play therein.
Possibilities we'll acuaes will be the subject of
their investigation In other port than that of San Fran
of how tremendous the opportunities for strong
merchant marine and how inadequate the present one
for grasping the prize offered
The Far East looms largest as the coming center of
commercial activity of trade rivalry. With the end
of the present war; whichever victorious
there will be opened to the marts of the world new
of activity in Manchuria and Korea China itself
feel sympathetic thrill of energy from the tre-
mendous struggle being enacted on its own soil
and the opening of greater scope of trade there is in
evtabe. Along with England Germany, France-the
great carrying nations of the world-Amerca will com
pete for this rich trade pu-compete with sail
ing from the port of San Francisco If these carriers
fly the flag of England, Germany France, and if from
each increment oSgan there be paid heavy toll to for
eign ship owners, how far American trade interests
in the for markets?
Besides the promise of the Orient, have to show
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ate, accompanied by a bold challenge
70 the Prime Minister TO institute a
public inquiry into the circumstances
which caused him TO take this step,
Sir Charles Eliot has justified the judg-
nnent long ago pronounced by his
friends that ne is no ordinary man.
With what promised to be an excep-
fionslly brilliant career before him he
has sacrificed il. so far as this Govern
rnent is concerned. that he might make
q fight for q principle which vitality
concerns the future prosperity Of a sec
'tion Of the British empire embracing
three-quarters Of a million square
miles. By throwing up his position he
has slipped of the muzzle Which bound
him 10 silence and submission. IN no
other way. according to British usages
and traditions. could he obtain q hear
ing before the court Of public opinion.
Lord Lansdowne," he says in his
message, ordered me TO refuse grants
of land 10 certain private persons
while giving a monopoly. on unduly
advantageous terms, TO the East Afri-
can Syndicate. have refused to ex-
iecute these Instructions which I con-
slider unjust and impolitic."
The Foreign Secretary is thus direct
5y accused OF using his high Office to
l9urther a big land grabbing job. Thus
Ear he has made no response to the
charge, taking refuge in that dignified
silence which in English Government
circles is supposed TO indicate conscious
rectitude and integrity But when Sir
Charles Eliot arrives home with his
Inuzzle OF he viii put the Government
On the defensive and force an expla-
nation OF some sort. The East African
Syndicate is a speculative ang mining
company merely with no interests in
the prOtectorate apart from that of
capitalists bent on obtaining the big
gest possible dividends. For a merely
nominal rental it has been granted a
ninety-nine years lease Of 800 square
miles Of the choicest land, and, accord
ing TO Cathcart Wason, a member OF
Parliament. who recently investigated
the conditions on the spot, within this
area it has received such unlimited
rights that it may. if it pleases, debar
any man from settling there. Those
hacking il belong 10 that group OF
fnanciers known as gold bugs" who
have already obtained unenyiable no.
toriety in connection with South Afri-
can explorations. Among the direc-
tors appear the names Of the Earl OF
Nerulam and the Earl OF Denbigh, and
the shareholders include the Duke OF
Abercorn, Earl Grey, Lord Wimborne
Lord Duncannon, Lord Harris and the
Earl Of Chesterfield. which are highly
suggestive as 70 the nature Of the in
fluence exercised to obtain the s,onces-
sion despite Sir Charles Eliot's protest
As a field for white colonization
the protectOrate is said TO be unrivaled
in any other part OF the African CONT
rent and Sir Charles Eliot has sought
10 develop ii by attracting individual
settlers. But the Foreign Office, while
making virtually free gifts OF land tc
wealthy syndicates, imposed, it is said
such onerous terms on those who
sought the country to till and plant
establish farms and raise cattle that
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TALK OF THE TOWN
AND B9R4GsS o. HHE
TIN1EC ~
The artistic Effect.

He is a young artist whose striking
Indian pictures and Arizona canvases
are yearly hung in the Bohemian
Clubs. exhibition; she IS an enthu-
siastic member Of the Arts and Crafts
and herself an artist Of recognized
ability. Together they often go out In
search Of new effects"
Not long since a moonlight journey
on such a quest led the two lovers Of
the artistic into the byways Of China
town-that Mecca Of all brothers OF
the brush. Up one dark alley and
down another crooked lane they wan
dered, greeting their Mongolian
friends cordially and keeping their
highly sensitive eyes open for the EFF
feet"
They got it.
Somewhere up on the edge OF China
town-the exact spot must not be dis
closed-the twain came upon one of
those decrepit old gardens that
graced the mansion of a millionaire In
the days of old. A wobbly iron fence
surrounded it on three sides, with a
broken iron gate giving access down in
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the commission what stakes offered strong mer-
chant marine in other The coast of South
America is ours exclusively until the Panama canal
brings other contestants from the Atlantic coast Yet
of the total value of imports into South American coun
tries for the last amounting to $3oooooooo the
share of the United States Atlantic Pacific trade
combined but $3oooooco Little better is the show
ing made by the record OF trade with the islands of the
sea and the antpodcan countries yet all of these op
portuntes in the rightful province of American
commerce.
When the Merchant Marine Commission comes to San
Francisco them let it be the duty of business men,
commercial boards and shipping associations to Law
before the OF the Congressman truthful scheme
of the possibilities that American commerce
through the avenue OF this Then let them take the
commission out the bay and show them the foreign
flags that fly from the halyards of nearly every
chairman in its tide. The lesson will be convincing
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4 Heroic Governor.

Sir William McGregor, who has just
been appointed Governor of New
foundland, is one of the most remark
able men of the British colonial ser
vice, both physically and intellectually.
and, indeed, his herculean strength
has contributed in no small degree TO
impress the savages, over whom he
has been called to rule in the past.
with sense of the power of the Brit
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Another misguided resident of San Francisco has
sought IN the courts redress for the gross frauds
posed upon him by one of the many get-rchquck con-
Germs that plead for patronage from the greedy and
wary AS long continue in their efforts to Sc
cure something for nothing just so long will they be
cheated and undone In the shadow of every fool there
is always knave.
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Opponents of the Government ownership of railroads
have received from most unexpected but convincing
source another powerful argument support their cause
William Jennings Bryan has unoosed his energies in
the Presidential campaign and announces that whether
we will the Government must own the railroads
What need be said? We couldn't take the wrong
road now if we tried.
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Several of the counties of California have decided to
supplement their triumphs the ST. Louis Exposition
by display next year at the Lewis and Clark Fair in
Portland 1t is well for the State to show its friends
and neighbors at home what it do after it has cap
tured the good will and the praises of strangers
from abroad.
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AnS7UerS to Queries.

COMMISSIONS-Subscriber. City. The
sale of commissions in the British army
was discontinued many years ago. None
such were sold in 1908.
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REPRESENTATIVE. s.. CITY.
The total number OF Representatives.
according to the eleventh census, 1880.
was S56 and according to the twelfth
census, 1900. the number is sS6.
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SURVEYOR GENERAI-L l.
Guerneville, Cal The SURVEYOR Gen
eral Of California Is Victor H. Wood.
address Sacramento. Cal.
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soeusu correspondenee.

bDeolhl DoTTeopo11o ence-
HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL,
e HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT
GARDEN, LONDON, July 15.-By MS
dramatic resignation as Commissioner
OF the British East African Protector
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Special Information supplied daily %
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 230 Cali
ifornia street. Telephone Main lea
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Townsend's California Glace fruits IN
artistic nre-etched boxes. 715 Market st.
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TWO ARMIEs-snhacriher naL1ar

TWO ARMIES-Subscriber Oakland.
Cal The Salvation Army. originally
called Christian Mission, was started
in July, 1855, In the east end of Lon
don. Thirteen years later it assumed
the name of the Salvation Army. The
Volunteers Of America were inaug-
urated In March. 1896.
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Some of adverse disposition has been
made the discovery that in the service of
the municipality is holding two positions of responsible
ity and is drawing reward two very excellent SAL
aries. No has been advanced however to show
that possessor of official favor neglect
ing the duties of either OF his positions An ordinary
observer in the City Hall may judge without difficulty
that under system of political patronage one man
NAV fill half dozen jobs and do justice to them all
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The Circuit Court of New York has announced its
judgment with due solemnty that in the formation of
the steel conspicuous neither for industry nor
ability made vast fortunes proceeding the court de-
cides nimcal to sound public policy. The public how
ever has learn that the enforced attendance
any of penitentiares has thereby been increased
American investigators have the dsagreeable faculty OF
making discoveries too late.
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THE WOODEN HORSE-Reader.
Santa Cruz. Cal. It was the siege OF
Troy, 1194-11S4 before Christ, that was
raised by means Of a wooden horse.
The story goes that the city was taken
by means of a device of the crafty
Ulysses" Upon the plains In sight OF
the city the Greeks built the statue
of wooden horse, within whose hol-
low body they concealed a number OF
their warriors. Then the whole Gre
clan army retired to their ships. as
though giving up their siege in de-
spair. The Trojans came out on the
plain and gazed in wonder at the
wooden image. They believed it had
been made by the Greeks as a pro-
pitiatory Offering to the gods. there
fore they bore it within the walls OF
Troy. At night the concealed Greeks
issued from the horse. opened the gates
Of the city to the waiting army with
out and Troy was sacked and burned
to the ground.