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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Change about.

An example of the Importance at
tached to shoulder straps was recently
brought to the notice of Colonel O'Neill,
First California I.-eiment, National
Guard. He was at the Preside in civ
ilian garb the other day to seek an in
terview with Major Darlington, COM
mander of the Filipino Scouts. When
he approached the outer line Of the
camp he was halted abruptly by lit
tie Filipino sentry. Something about
the face of the brown man caught the
colonePs attention. The features SEEM
ed familiar and on second glance the
colonel recognized the Filipino as one
of the men employed by him while he
was doing duty with the First Califor-
mia regiment in the islands.
"Gangway, Pedro" said the colonel,
calling him by name and trying to
brush past
The sentry blocked his way with
bayonet fixed. "Vamos," he said. You
nc soldier now. Me soldier. You va
mos"
And Colonel O'Neill had to tramp for
an hour about the post to get a pass
from the officer of the day.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
DiStenSation for Lovers.

A Towers leap" Is considered a good
thing in Columbus Junction, Iowa,
where sweethearts wore the old affair
out and a new one is now being built
to take its place.
The leap" in this instance Ia .
bridge. and is one Of oldest contrtvancs
built in the Hawkeye State
The town of Columbus Junction and
Columbus City are built on towering
hills that overlook the valleys Of the
Iowa and the Cedar rivers, these two
streams forming a junction near the
towns. Columbus City is the older
town and located back Of the hills.
When the Rock Island railway built
its lines there were too many hills to
get anywhere near the town, so new
town was started at the junction and
called Junction City.
The two places are separated by deep
ravines, and it was found necessary to
and forward.
1t Is asserted that most Of the popu-
Iation Of the old town was composed OF
pretty girls, while there was an army
of young men in the new town. This
OCCdSlOu6Q IuuCn travelling DdCh anu
forward and the boys had to go around
several miles or make short cut down
through the ravine-
When the young men became old
enough to vote they voted a bridge
across the ravine. 1t was picturesque
affair and the new one will be as like
1t as one pea is like another. There are
two great steel cables stretched across
from bank to bank, and from these
cables narrow platform is suspended.
Afser the first bridge was built the
young folks of both towns used it, The
bridge was the objective point for
walk. and it is asserted that Cupid was
the bridgetender. 1t is stated that half
of the matches of the two towns have
been made there. and the boys boast
that they popped the question" in mid
air.
No one about the place can tell how
IT came to be known as lovers leap"
for certain it is that no couple has ever
been known to start to cross or leave
it save at slow walk.
No one has ever had occasion or
thought to pitch off the place where
happy unions were planned. But the
old name will be retained, there being
fear of changing the luck by bestow-
ing a more appropriate one.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
THE BOSTON PEACE CONGRESS.

~ N October of this year the thirteenth Interna-
| tional Peace Congress will meet in Boston. 1t is
~ intended that in connection Herewith and imme
diatey following it meetings will be held in New York
Philadelphia Washington Chicago, St Louis and per-
haps other cities be addressed by leading foreign del
egates and strong local speakers
The meeting at Boston will be notable in being the
second gathering of body held in Amer
ica the first having been convened in Chicago 1893
1t is fitting that Boston has been selected for to that
city belongs the honor of having started the first nfu-
enta peace society in the world, that founded by Viii
liam Ellery Claiming in 1875. To that society much
of the credit due for the dissemination OF the seed
which ultimately bore fruit in the great international
Peace Congresses held in Europe in the middle OF the
last century One OF these, the London Congress of
I843 was the precursor of memorable series OF meet
ings held few years afterward probably the most not
able being that Paris under the presidency of Victor
Hugo in IS4o.
While it would seem high honor that city in this
country should be selected remote in point OF loca
ton from the countries which the great majority OF
the delegates belong, is not to be forgotten that the
position of the United States the question of inter
national arbitration is an honored No delegation
was more influential at the Hague Conference than our
own and Baron d'Estournelles de Constant who will
come to Boston as the of the French delegation
member of the Hague and head of the arbitration
movement in France, recently declared that the action of
our Government in promptly sending to The Hague the
pious fund case, and by nsstence upon reference
thereto of the Venezuela has done to hasten
the regular use of the tribunal and to advance its
tgc than anything else In fact the idea finally realized
at The Hague of permanent international tribunal
generally spoken of in Europe at the peace gatherings
the american plan, and credited to American thinkers
rather than to the Gar of Russia.
The object of the international Peace Congresses is
to promote popular education regarding the duty of
planting the system by rational and legal methods
speedy reduction of the armdments of the world and
the application of the vast spent upon them to con-
sructive ends and the better general organization of the
nations in their mutual relations.
All civilized powers have come gradually to recognize
the necessity for the establishment of international
tribunal and although governments, is true slow
to call upon such when the question involved is
one that intimately themselves public opinion
seems little by little to be favoring the idea that should
be mandatory rather than optional that international
questions should be submitted to such court instead of
to contest at arms
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
.ScnS of Cambridge.

King Edward has conferred knight
hood upon the two young sons of the
late Duke of Cambridge, who will
henceforth be known as Sir Adolphus
and Sir Augustus Fitzgeorge. the one
being a retired rear admiral in the
navy and the other retired colonel in
the army. But they have received the
distinction, along with the commanders s
star of the Victorian Order, not as sons
OF the old Duke, but as his equerries-
that is to say, as waiting
to an old and valued prince of the
blood 1t was in this capacity. too. that
they took so prominent a part in the
obsequies of their father at Westmin-
ster Abbey. Sir Adolphus is married.
has a rich wife in the person of the
daughter of Thomas Holden of Wine
stead Hall, near Hull, and has a
grown-up daughter, who, born while
he was stationed in the Mediterranean.
has as godmother Queen Olga of
Greece. She married about seven years
ago Charles Hamilton, eldest son of
Sir Edward Hamilton of Trebinshun.
and heir to the latter's baronetcy.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
TALK or THE TOWN
AND B9Rie>*S o. Rht
TIMES ~
Should Kno1U Better.

There was no need Of putting tag
on the young fellow who late one after
noon last week jauntily walked
through the corridors of the City Hall.
The expression on his face and the
happy look in his eyes told as plainly
as could the largest placard that he
was in search of the marriage license
Office. When he entered the room pre-
sided over by Cupid Danforth he lost
no time. but marched straight up to
the desk.
We'll, young man." said Danforth,
what can 1 do for you?"
'I want a license" said the young
fellow, with a grin.
That's good" said Danforth-
What's your name and how old are
you, and were you ever married be-
fore?"
The young man gave his name as
Johnson, said he was rs years Of age
and that this was his first venture upon
the sea Of matrimony.
That will do for you," said Dan
forth. now give me the name Of the
future Mrs. Johnson"
The young fellow meditated for a mo-
ment. Hesitatingly he said Lizzie"
Then he stopped, blushed, scratched his
head, looked confused, stood on one
foot and then on the other, dug his
hands into his pockets and bolted from
the room.
In about five minutes he returned.
looking happier than ever, and shame
facedly walked over to where Danforth,
puzzled by the behavior of the young
man, still stood with the uncompleted
license in his hand.
Lizzie Wilson," almost shouted the
would-be groom. I'll be hanged IL 1
did not forget 1t for a time"
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
MEN aualMAaTERS In
THE FC31s lie WORLD
MCgNEAE

able conditions could an English speak
ing public find pleasure in it. Care
fully mounted. admirably cast, and
skinfully acted i'm a fashionable and
popular playhouse, there was every
thing in its favor. providing it was
good play. Yet il has been withdrawn
after q run of four nights-one OF the
worst disasters on record at the St.
James Theater. IL toldsthe story of
neurotic. weak-willed lieutenant in the
German army who. prevented by army
etiquette from marrying the humble
girl he loved. and by pride from leaV-
ing the army for her sake, took her life
and his own, after many dreary scene
stuffed with explanations of the OBJ
vious 1t has been explained that the
play failed because the public doesn't
care for such serious, thoughtful mat
ter; or else because it was German;
but perhaps the fact is that it failed
because, as translated and transplant
ed. It was dreary in subject, heavy in
dialogue, and loose in construction. 1t
has been succeeded by a revival Of ''Old
Heidelberg" which is quite as German
and with an even deeper u1dercurrent
Of thought, but which counts for hui
man interest in every line.
There will be more talk about Amer
icanization" OF the stage here. for Lit
tie Mary" which has just been with
drawn after a run of $50 nights. is to
be followed by THE Sword Of the
King" which comes from the other
side" The part which Henrietta Cros-
man played at home will be in the
hands Of Ida Molesworth. an actress
now best known in the provinces, where
she made a success in The Adventure
Of Lady Ursula
w W. Jacobs. author Of Many Car
goes" is the latest literary man to turn
playwright. In collaboration with
Louis \. Parker. co-author Of Rose
play which Cyril Maude has commits
stoned for the Haymarket.
Lsondoners are looking forward TO
seeing Ethel Barrymore again. Charles
Frohman having announced that she
viii appear at the Duke of York's in
Cynthia" Hubert Henry David's play.
(which, though produced in New York
two years ago, has never been seen
here.
Once more have the censor and his
blue pencil been busy and as the re-
suit the French company which is to
appear at the Avenue shortly will have
TO curtan its intended repertoire. Mr..
Re1ford thinks that Maurice Donnay's
"L'Autre Danger "Yvette," by Pierre
Berton, author of "Zaza" and Les
Amants," another Of Donnay's pieces,
are too naughty for Londoners to see!
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
The Influence of Fiction.

It is difficult to estimate the influence
Of fiction to-day, but there can be no
doubt that it is very great. The
amount Of time spent by hundreds of
thousands Of readers in the reading Of
novels passes computation, and there
are very many whose whole outlook on
life is based upon fiction. 1t is not
probable, scarcely believable. that such
an influence can be wholesome. 1t
might become so. Of course, were our
present day works of fiction true TO life
and human nature, but as matters
stand, it is deplorable fact that the
vast majority of readers in this coun-
try devote themselves to fiction and
newspapers. neither very safe guides to
a knowledge Of truth.
Publishers are often censured for not
issuing masterpieces instead of second
or third class literature. l wonder how
many people outside the inner circle
realize what terrible rubbish is being
continually offered to publishing houses
in the hope apparently that it may
see the light of print. What weary
work is that Of a publishers reader,
miles and miles Of type written and
hand-written copy to look through, and
how few grains OF wheat amid the mass
Of chaffi Most often a glance at a man
usCript is enough to determine its fate;
sometimes, however, many pages have
to be read before the reluctantly un-
favorable opinion is formed. Then not
infrequently the reader is vexed to see
how a prentice hand has frittered
away a good idea or how a fine writer
is wasting his force in beating the air.
Only at very rare intervals is the dis
covery made of a manuscript which is
worth careful consideration. still more
rarely does there come from an un-
known writer a work worth publishing
Very unbusinesslike are the proceed
| ings Of many who desire TO see their
books published or their articles and
stories accepted by the magazines. Take
an example. The majorit.- of the maga-
zines have a more or less decided line
OF policy with regard to stories and ar
! ticles. yet editors are pestered with
manuscripts utterly unsuited to their
pages. They are also worried and
wearied with articles on subjects which
have already been recently dealt with,
and, very common occurrence, are
/ offered tales and essays ludicrously
late, e. g, Christmas matter sent in
! long after all the Christmas numbers
have gone to press. A little business
forethought and common sense would
save many a disappointment to would
be contributors and worry to editors
and publishers readers. Editors want
good, fresh, suitable copy and do not
reject proffered contributions through
carelessness or FOR the fun Of rejecting
| thenn-The Academy
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

$2I5866ooo or 5255 per cent. South America imported
$34oooIooo of which $43S78ooo 1855 per
from the United States. Asias imports $o6555o,
900, of which $5oIo7ooo So per cent from the
United States. Africas imports $436,256ooo, of
which $24333ooo 558 per cent, from the United
States. The imports of Oceania $2o2,Io7,ooo, of
which $34S55ooo 1893 per cent drawn from the
United States This figure for Oceana does include
the Hawaiian Islands. which considered part of
the United States the Dutch French East Indies,
which included in Asia.
Turning from grand divisions of the globe to the chief
the United Kingdom took a4o3 per of imports
from the United States Germany, 1886 per cent;
France, o67 per cent; Netherlands, 1919 per cent,
Belgium, 1859 per cent Spain, 1a6a per cent;
China, o.26 per cent; JAPAN I7.o per cent Common
wealth of Australia, 1872 cent; New Zealand, II6
per cent; Philippine Islands 1916 per cent; Cape of
Colombia, 2637 per cent; Venezuela, 3Io7 per cent;
British Guiana, 3I35 per cent; Mexico, sSo1 per cent;
Canada, 52o cent Cuba, cent British West
Indies cent and the Central American States,
whole, 1882 per cent.
AS to be expected largest percentage of trade
with countries u.s. such Canada and Mex
leo; and next with countries with which have the
ample and frequent steamship connections such
Great Britain and Germany Good is the showing
made in the monograph it would have been much better
had Congress long ago given to American shipping
the deep anything like the aid given to American
industries on land. When have mer-
chant marine adequate needs it is foregone
cson that exports all the markets of the world
will be largely increased
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
IN Angler'S Paradise.

Southern Wyoming will shortly be-
come the paradise OF the trout fisher
men. 1t abounds in splendid streams,
streams that have not yet been whip
ped, that fairly swarm with trout. The
North Platte River. where it RACES and
tumbles across the line between Colo
rado and Wyoming, is full of big fell
lows that call forth all the muscle and
skill and patience of the most skillfuI
angler. The Big Laramie, the Little
Laramie, and the streams that as yet
have no name-all are well stocked.
II is strange that this wonderful
trout country is not swarming with
sportsmen every season. To the south,
In Colorado. the country is full of ho-
tells and cottages and cabins and
camps. In the Black Hills of South Da-
kota and the Big Horn Mountains of
Wyoming. the fishermen flock in large
numbers, undertaking longer journeys
and undergoing greater fatigues than
are required TO reach the fishing
grounds below Laramie City. - Field
and Stream.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
TRADE DISTRIBUTION.

- ROM the Bureau of Statistics of the Department
~ of Commerce there has just been issued mono
i graph on Imports of the grand divisions and
principal of the world and the share thereof
supplied by the United States. The figures those of
official reports of the various countries, and represent
their own statement of imports from the United States
and are not from records of exports The origin of
the figures to be noted because record of
to MANY countries does not exactly correspond to that
country record of imports from us; the difference be-
ing due to fact that goods intended for country
are frequently delivered primarily at port of another
as for example, goods for Austria being shipped Ham
burg perhaps, or French Italian port instead
of Trieste.
of the SSI4o54ooo worth of merchandise imported by
Europe 1902 the United States supplied $I2II 356ooo
or 1888 per of the total. North America other
than the United States, imported merchandise to the
value of $4Io773ooo of which the United States supplied
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

which was conferred upon their ances-
tor. Captain Hamilton Of the Royal
Navy. for gallantry displayed at the
siege Of Quebec in 1775- Young Mrs
Hamilton, who was portrayed some tims
back in photograph entitled -Four
Generations" showing herself with her
little boy, her father, Admiral Sir
Adolphus Fitzgeorge, and her grand
father, the late Duke OF Cambridge.
is a pretty high-spirited woman. who
has had some trouble with her hus-
band. which eliminated in her starting
a professional beautifying establish
ment in New Bond street, much to the
annoyance of her relatives.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

The Deputy Marshal of Berkeley arrested man last
Tuesday for robbery and placed him in the prehistoric
calaboose at West Berkeley. Wednesdays and
kissed the dew off the beautiful bay wild flowers
but alas! off the He had become annoyed at
his poor quarters and left Berkeley should provide her
guests with better accommodations if she wishes them
to remain
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

MARRIAGES-N., City. A Justice Of
the Peace is authorized by law in Call
fornia to solemniZe a marriage, there
fore a marriage by a Justice of the
Peace is as legal as one by minister
of the gospel or the highest judicial
officer in the land.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

The second instance within few days is reported of
women automobilists knocking down and njuring peo-
pie Market street Automobiles have many uses, but
one of them in attempting to break speed records
on congested thoroughfare like Market street
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

The sophomore and freshman classes in the Walla
Walla Wash, college got into class mix-up in which
the co-eds took hand. Most everything went under
the rules, from biting to clawng and hair-puling
Judging by the agony girl seems to suffer when her
hat not "on straight her hair looks Gust terrible
ono cannot understand how class loyalty would
justify her in appearing in public looking like the
hibts in mayhem case
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
AnS1UeYS to Queries.

IRON ORE-Subscriber. City. Tbs
product of iron ore in Australia during
the year 1901 was 1864 tons of 224o
pounds each.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

Now that the United States has been given deed
to the Panama canal property let the next good news
be that the ustng sound of the American shovel has
been heard in that land.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

Sut has been filed in the Justices Court against John
Doe for hair bleaching, hair dyeng and hair work done
at his special request If John has had all that prmp-
ing done on his own head he will very likely be willing
TO let the name stand doc" until matters be ad
justed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF MARRIAGE

j. ]. W., City. There is no law that
requires that a marriage shall be pub
lished in the newspapers. There is
law that requires that the fact of mar
riage shall be recorded in the Office OF
the County Recorder.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

Townsend's California Glace fruits and
choice candies. in artistic fre-etched
boxes A nice present for Eastern friends
IT'S Market street. above Call building.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 230 CaA-
.fornia street Telephone Main 1o4k
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

Forty tons of gold changed into coin at the Phil
adelphia mint last week. Uncle Sam soon will be able
to order new spring suit if he continues making
that fast
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

This week good eyeglasses. specs. 25c-
soc. 20 4th (front Key Gel. Oys- House,.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Z EMPIRE

GERMAN EMPIRE Subscriber.
City. The statistical estimates of the
regulation of the German Empire.
July. 1908, was 5S,549. 900, as against
57,70S,0O0 in 1902 and 56.S62.OOO in
1901. In the past ten years the pop
ulation has increased 100000.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

BEDBUGS-Old Subscriber. City.
Bedbugs in a house may be destroyed
by the use of benzine or gasoline. BY
using a spring bottom oilcan the fluid
may be forced into cracks and crevices
more thoroughly than by any other
means. AS these liquids are highly in
hammable contact with any artificial
light or fire must be avoided. The room
in which either of the fluids has been
used should be well aired and venti-
lated until the gas passes away.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24

A FOUL Subscriber, City. In
poker foul hand is one of more or less
than five cards. The rule of the game
is that if "the dealer gives to himself
or either of the other players more or
less than five cards and the player re-
eeiving such number of cards raises
his hand before he announces the fact.
no misdeal occurs. and he must stand
out of the game until the next hand"
A dealer who has a foul hand has no
claim TO the pool
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-20
SHOT FOUR
AID TWO OF THEM WILL SURELY
DiE-RAD WORK OF A
NEGRO.

PARNERSBURG. July 20.-Johl!
C2-!in, coIored, while in a fight with
Arch Justice at midnight last night
shot Justice through the abdomen
and accidentally shot Frank McCabe.
white, who was sitting in front of a
store and was in no way implicated
in the quarrel. McCabe was shot
through the liver, and both he ami
Justice will die. Charles Caswell ana
Joe Haley We're shot through the
clothing but were not injured. Car
lin is in Jail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-20
COSTING
TOO MUCH
A TRANSIT SURVEY OF THE
THREE COUNTIES WOULD
BREAK THEM UP ACCORD
ING TO A PROMINENT
MANS STATEMENT.

The call on the Marion COUNTY
Court to pay a check of two hundred
dollars, set that body to figuring Il
little. julius K. Munroe, of King
wood, was appointed by Governor
White to conduct the survey estab-
fishing boundaries and determining
the areas of Marion, Monongalia and
Wetzel counties. Two thousand do
lars were promised by the three
counties as follows: Marion, $500:
Monongalia, $1,000, and Wetzel, $500
A little investigation shows that
the money is about all gone and the
survey is only practically begun. Mr..
A1unroe is making a transit survey,
men. The work has been going on for
about forty days and only about two
thirds of the line between Monongalia
county and Pennsylvania has been es-
tablished The average days wor!;
seems to be about mile and a quar-
ter.
"At that rate" prominent mau
this morning said, 1T would break
the three counties up to complete the
survey A compass survey seems to
be what was intended and fulfillS ali
legal requirements. y prominent
surveyor says he could do the entire
Job for twenty-five hundred dollars.
An effort is being made to-day TO
have Mr.. Munroe come to Fairmont at
once to see what can be done in tho
matter. Wetzel county has refused to
give any more money toward the COM
pletfon of the work on the present ba-
sis and Marion Will give the matter
careful investigation before anything
else is done