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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
4 Disguised RnIer.

The administration by Prince George
of Greece Of the island of Crete as
governor general, nominally subject to
the Sultan. but in reality the appointee
of the great powers, and which was
inaugurated under the most auspicious
circumstances five years ago, with
every prospect of success. has resulted
in a dismal failure, and ii is probable
that ere long there will be another
insurrection on the part of the
natives, this time not against the
Sultan, but against Prince George. In
fact, so unpopular has his rule become
with the Christians, as well as with
the Turks, that a short time ago the
Mayor of Canea, which is the me-
tfopolis of the island, and Professor
Jannaris, formerly professor of Greek
of the University of St. Andrews, in
Scotland, and one Of the leaders and
certainly the most respected of the
Christian residents of the island,
were thrown into prison by Prince
George for having addressed petition
to the Greek Government entreating
that Prince Georges brother, Nicholas,
who is married to the Grand Duchess
f1tltn u INuSSids might AohC Ills P4dNC
as governor general of the island.
When Prince George heard of this he
was furious and caused the Mayor and
the professor to be arrested and has
had them sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment each for no other offense
than for sending this petition to
Athens.
The fact of the matter is that Prince
George, who is heartily sick of his en-
forced residence on the island, which
he regards as an exile, and where he
processes to be bored to death, is COM
pletely under the influence of his
Athenian secretary. NJ. Papadiamanto-
poulos, brother of King Georges IA
vorite A. D. c. This man with the
phenomenally long name practically
controls the entire Cretan government
without any regard 20 the much
vaunted and elaborately organized
council of the Prince, developing in
! this fashion a rule far more autocratic
than that of any Turkish governor
general who ever directed the des-
TIMES of the island in the name of the
| Sultan.
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Shooting Whales.

Two whaling stations have been
established in the British Isles. and
three more are to be. AS a whaling
station costs $4,000. there must be
some evidence of a stock of whales
still in British waters. 1t seems only
a question of time, however, and no
very long time either, when these
mighty and harmless mammals shall
disappear altogether. Their path is
in the great deep" and they managed
to hold their own against the old class
of whaleships and harpoons thrown by
hand, but it must go hard with them
before the modern fast whaling
steamer, armed with swivel guns for
the discharge of harpoons. 1t is only
since the invention in 1866 of Foyn's
destructive bomb harpoon. an explo-
sive projectile which bursts within the
carcass of the animal, that the Nor
wegian whalers have dared to attack
the formidable blaahval, Sibbald's ror-
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
Gratnitous Assistance.

mo, nor you amt man enough to
put me off, neither"
The truculent individual on the end
seat of the car hoisted his shoulders
and squared off at the conductor The
man in the uniform pulled the bell
rope for the motorman and began to
reach under his seat for the switch
bar when the truculent individual
sprang upon his back and began to
rain blows upon him. Just as the mo-
torman started back to assist his fell
low operator somebody started the
car going from the front and he had
to race back to control 1t. 1t began
to look bad for the conductor.
Just then a man who had been
Iounging on the opposite seat, appar-
emily asleep reused himself. He stood
up, stretched his arms with slight
yawn and then reached over and,
grabbing the conductors antagonist
by the scruff of the neck, he lifted him
off the car. The unknown champion
followed after swiftly, delivering
strong right hook on the jaw of his
victim as he reached the ground. Then
he pTOceeOeQ TO WaQe INTO MIN. Dc
fore half minute was up the trucu-
lent individual looked like a sea bis
cult out of a shipwreck.
The conductor rang the bell as the
signal for his ally to get on the car.
That powerful individual reluctantly
left his task with a final short jab to
the ribs and swung himself to the car
rail.
I'm much obliged began the
conductor.
"Aw, say, dat's a right. But wat
wuz de scrap about, anyhow"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

~ ECAUSE of the publicity given to railroad acci-
X dents and casualties at all get in the habit
- of thinking that they constitute great majority
of the injuries suffered by people whose figure
in the annual chapter of accidents 1t happens that the
very general of accident insurance furnishes the
means getting statistics that reveal the
accidents The president of of the largest acc-
dent insurance companies has given the statistics. By
these appears that only per cent OF the accidents oc-
cur railroads and less than per cent steamships,
while nearly rs cent of accidents occur to pedes
trans nearly 10 per indoors and at home and
ly Io per cent at home outdoors.
These latter classes of accidents do not reach great
publicity and taken into account by the readers
of newspapers From these statistics it appears that
travelling on foot is than six times dangerous
as going by railroad and about twenty-five times
more dangerous that travelling steamships. A
man is more than four times safer a train
than in his own house The bicycle accidents
are about the percentage those on
railroad trains and sreetcar travel is nearly danger
Gus as that on trains The accidents by
and vehicles nearly 10 per cent, than four
times in of those by rail- The natural horse
more dangerous than the iron horse though there is
not as much said about it.
1t would appear from the figures that if man want to
be real safe and come out sound he should live on a
railroad train in preference to staying home, either
doors or out Walking is the most dangerous of all
means of getting around. There people who will
not start on railroad journey on Friday. So they go
on foot and suffer for it Among the minor fire
arms and bites of animals about the same fraction
over per cent. Yet would say, offhand that gun
powder much larger number of accidents than
any bites.
The subject from the standpoint of the accident nsur-
ance companies, is very interesting to the public The
fact that rail and steamship travel cause such small
percentage of accidents will be reassurng the tnd
people who make will before they buy railroad
ticket or go down to the sea in ships.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
Art and MatriuloHy.

An interesting story is told by the
London correspondent for the New
York Herald. Recently a sale was had
Of the art collection Of the late c. H.
T. Hawkins. The Herald correspond
ent, referring to Mr.. Hawkins, says:
Though a great art connoisseur, he had
no idea Of the effective arrangement
Of his treasures. In fact, they were
distributed about his house in the most
haphazard fashion. Priceless antiques
were to be found in odd corners, while
masterpieces Of painting stood stacked
on the floor or with their faces to the
wall This disorder gave rise, some
years ago, to a curious incident. In
his domestic menage there came time
when the overflow of the treasures
prompted Mr.. Hawkins to suggest to
his wife that she should stay one night
at a hotel in order to avoid the in
convenient want of space which a new
consignment, arriving that day, had
caused. She acted upon the sugges-
tion, nor did she leave the hotel for
the following sixteen years"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
MEN analMAd1ERS IN
THE EORI~ he WORLD
MONS

carried proudly by men called forth
to battle for a nations honor.
THE lights gleam ruddily on bold,
unfinching eyes and faces fixed in the
stern lines which duty carves and hon
or gIorifies: and as my eyes ranged
over that glittering mass, made up OF
men and women, and warm, strong
colored things, nothing looked to me
so grand, so strong, so noble, as the
proud, calm faces of the Imperial
Guard fixed like flint
Now the dense mass grows denser.
From every alleyway and lane, from
every street and high road. the people
poured with lanterns held aloft,
dozen feet above their heads, Then
some one broke into song. A swift rush
of voices followed, as wave follows
wave upon the coast. Women and
children sang, men danced and tossed
their lanterns high, boys clapped their
hands and sent shrill treble sounds far
out into the night. And yet above 1t
ALL above the babel. of sound, above
the cheering and the song, came the
stern, strong tread of the men who
were marching to victory or death.
ured stride of men who knew what
marching meant. each man wrapped in
his heavy jet-black overcoat, his KNAPP
sack on his back, his bayonet by his
side, his rife on his shoulder, the yell
low facings showing on each front
Steadily they moved amid that storm
ing, swaying. freight multitude until
they reached the railway station
Then, as if each soldier were part and
parcel of a machine. they passed along
the platform into their places. There
was no hurry, no confusion. no shout
ing, no sterming, just a low word Of
command at intervals, and prompt,
unquestioning obedience, and every
seat was filled by the man appointed
to fill il: and in a moment, without a
hitch or a blunder, the troops that were
the pride of the capital flashed out
into the night to cross steel with the
gray-clad men from the far-off North,
while the women were left behind to
weep and TO work, to watch and to
wait, as women must when war is loose
in the land"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
PerdicariS and Tangier.

The capture of Ion Perdicaris and
Cromwell Varley by the brigand, Rails
souIi, is a matter Of more than ordin-
ary and personal concern. Tangier is
within five days journey from London.
1t possesses so many natural and cli-
matte advantages that its popularity
as a health resort was likely to in
crease more and more. Under the lead
ership of Ion Perdicaris the European
residents had constituted themselves
into a sort of borough, elected a mu-
nicipality and duly proceeded to i'm
pose taxes on each other. They used
the money thus collected to build some
sewers, to pave some streets and, in
fact. to introduce sanitary improve
ments which rendered the place more
habitable Therefore, more. visitors
came land increased in value and so
many new and European houses were
built that, had this continued, the pic
turesque character of the place would
soon have been destroyed. Then peo-
pie would cease to go to Tangier and
all this building would have proved
useless and a dead loss. But the MOOrs
rebelled. They did not, perhaps, great
ly object to the improvements made at
Tangier, particularly as. for the mo-
ment, it brought in a golden harvest,
but they could not tolerate European
ideas at the court of their own Sultan
and in the interior of the country.
Little by little the Sultan has lost his
authority and the country has fallen
into a state of anarchy.
1t is not probable that even Rails
L \ I 4rrIr~
do Perdicaris or Varley any bodily
injury, but Perdicaris is not in good
health and at his age the rough ex-
istence he will be forced to lead may
produce evil results. Perdicaris all his
life has been devoted to good deeds.
No one could be more popular among
the Moslem Moors, whom he has de-
Tended over and over again from the
extortion of Jew and Christian usur
ers, acting under the cover of the pro-
tege system. 1t will go hard with
Raissouli and his tribe if they injure
him. To the European Perdicaris has
also been a constant friend and the
leader in all practical useful works.
1t was Mrs. Perdicaris who organized
the soup kitchens when there was dan
ger of cholera, so that the want of
food should not prepare the way for
the outbreak of the disease. In all
public works that have contributed to
render Tangier clean and healthy, Per-
dicaris was the principal initiatOr and
donor. The cause Of public health had
in him its first and most useful cham
pion, while in regard to the cruel
abuses practiced under the protege
system he has been instrumental in
bringing about reform.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
GAtfa Percha. Scarce.

The last source Of gutta Dercha de-
veloped is that in the Philippine Is
lands. but here the regions which pro-
duce this material for the market are
confined to the islands OF MindanaO
and Tawi-Tawi. The method Of har-
vesting Used as present by the natives
consists in cutting down the large
trees. ringing the trunk, looping on
the larger branches, and then catching
the milk as it flows out. This is very
wasteful, as but a small part OF the
milk is secured Fortunately, how
ever, this process pays only with large
trees, so that the smaller ones are not
destroyed. This method Of harvesting
has been prohibited and rules provide
for tapping the trees, but these have
never been enforced. At the present
time the gutta percha trees have dis
appeared from the coast regions and
are along the large rivers.
The various governments with trOpi-
cal possessions in the East are study
ing the gutta percha and rubber sttua-
ton, with view of determining proper
methods Of propagation and harvest
ing.-Electrical Review.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
Kit Carson S Rifle.

1t is perhaps not known to all the
world that the rife Of Kit Carson, the
great Western hunter, scout and ex-
plorer, is carefully preserved and may
be seen by those who know it's where
abouts. At the time Of Kit CarsOns
death he left his rifle to MOntezuma
Lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, of Santa Fe.
New Mexico, in whose charge it has
remained ever since, an object Of great
interest and very highly priced by all
members Of that society. MOntezuma
Lodge is one Of the oldest Organiza-
tions of that nature west Of the Mis-
souri, River. 1t was organized so long
ago as 1s49, at which time the ancient
town of Santa Fe was just beginning
to take in part the color Of the west
ern-bound Anglo-Saxon civilization
Fremont's first trip to the Rocky
Mountains was made in 1912. There
were few white men in all that part
of the West at the time Of the founding
of Montezuma Lodge, but Kit Carson
was one of these early members. To
his brothers of the society he left what
may have been one of his most cherish
ed pOssessiOns.-Field and Stream
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
OUR QUARANTINE OFFICE.

LEXANDER CRAW. the horticultural quar-
II antine officer this port, is in demand in Ha-
L wa, where the planters want him stop the in
sect ravages upon the plantations He is offered
fveyear contract at $4,000 per Here his pay is
$1,000 per year, with certainty of tenure, political
changes may at any time retire him from a post in
which stated that he has saved millions to the fruit
growers of California. Our people must revise their
ideas of the compensation of the entomologsts and
vegetable pathoogsts who stand guard over the in
terests of agriculture and horticulture in this country
Some of foreign critics have said recently that
while have great activity of intellect lack pro-
fundity and not producing the deep students in
science that the founders of things and the pro-
moters of the real material progress of the world Per
haps that because such students consider where
with they shall be fed and wherewhal they shall be
clothed. In the lines of vegetable pathology and
entomology. the student depend upon public en-
ployment wherein his income is less than that of a
hodcarrer stonecuer. But the fact that it pub
lie employment its private benefciares to dis
miss all of obligation increase the reward to
figure commensurate with the vast Importance of the
service rendered.
Japan took best vegetable pathoogist away from
long contract at FIVE times the pay given him
here in government employ and Our best entomol-
ogst is be ured from by salary than
double what pay him. Even scientific must
pay prudent attention to their material interests.
They may be sure that when they die we will bury
them with gratifying ceremony and high ascripton and
perhaps them monument of perishable stone.
That is good far goes, but it is nothing the
opportunity to live decenty. for family. and be
delivered from the daily of scheming make
dollar do the work of two dollars.
Mr.. Craw should not leave his post here. The hor-
cuturists should it that he does In the
certainty of his and the of his compensa-
on there should be encouragement for others pre-
pare to take his place. when he must give it up One
mistake in the quarantine office, days neglect of
duty, may land here pest that will destroy the
fruit industry and all the canning and drying interests
that depend upon it, and work injury the transporta-
ton interests to which it supplies tonnage The inter
ests at stake are too great to take any risk.
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Touching the Duke.
Special correspondence.

Special Correspondence
HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL,
HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT
GARDEN. LONDON, June AL
though the land in the vicinity of
Floors Castle, which the Duke Of RoX-
burghe is now transforming into golf
links, forms part Of his estate, it has
cost him $50. 900 to acquire possession
Of il for his own use. Sandy MacPher-
son. one Of the Dukes Scotch tenants,
held the property in question on
long lease and Sandy was not born
north Of the Tweed for nothing. When
the Dukes agent called upon him with
the view 10 making some equitable ar
rangement for the REIMBURSEMENT of
his lease the canny Scot perceived that
the opportunity OF a lifetime had come
TO him and grabbed ii.
He named an eXorbitant figure for
the transfer Of his holding. The agent
did, his best to beat him down to some
thing approXimating reasonable fig
ure, but Sandy was obdurate. He had
read all about the GOelet millions and,
furthermore, as a golfer himself, knew
that his ten acres constituted the best
available ground for golf links on the
ducal estate Also, that whatever the
Duke might be disposed TO do in the
matter his American wife would never
be satisfied with anything less than
the best He finally told the agent
that he would sc the Duke in-well,
Jericho, before he would part with his
lease for a "baubee" less than the price
he had named. This message was con-
veyed TO the Duke, who. after express
ing some very emphatic and forcible
opinions concerning Sandy, yielded at
last TO his terms. 1t was not the fork
ing out Of the money that he minded so
much. for he knows that there is
plenty more where il came from, but
ii was being victimized in such fash
ion that made him feel sore AS he
expressed it. 1T is very hard that one
cannot get possession Of his own prop
erty at a decent price"
The Duke has been an enthusiastic
golfer for some years, but has never
attained to any high degree of prof.
cheney in the game. Not long ago he
played with the Laird Of Skdbo over
the latters private links. but il proved
10 be a case Of the old man beating
the boy. much to Mr. Carnegie's JOY
and the Dukes chagrin. 1t was after
this the Duke decided that he would
have golf links Of his own and model
them after those at Skibo. Meanwhile
he is taking lessons from professional
at Berwick When the links at Floors
Castle are ready he will take lessons
there from the celebrated Ben Sayer,
who has coached some Of the most dis
tinguished amateur golfers in the coun-
try. including Mr.. Balfour, the Prime
Minister.
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Like AntS.

The German geographical paper
known as Export" says that there
are 7,642, $50 Chinese living out of China
or, in other words, "as many as the
total population of Sweden and Nor
way" According to Exports figures,
America has comparatively few Chi
nese, only 1888. a few less than the
British island of Hongkong alone
boasts. Formosa has $500, 900, but that
used to be Chinese, and they simply
haven't moved. Siam is the greatest
goal of actual immigration, having
100000 Chinese, who have absorbed
pretty much all the active trade of
the country. In the Malay Peninsula,
also, 695. 900 Chinese have nearly mo-
nopolized trade under British rule.
The Sunda Isles have 100000. The
Philippines. where the Chinese are al
ready a problem. have only $4,000 of
them.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
IMPROVING SHASTA COUNTY.

THE Board of Supervisors of Shasta County md
the Merchants Club of Redding working to-
gether a plan of some considerable extent hay-
ing in view the Improvement of Shasta County on a
large scale Streams that through the county in
cuding the Sacramento River the Pitt River the Old
Cow Creek and Clear Creek. need bridges and it
is proposed to supply these. Shasta County noun
famous and requires good roads available the mini
mum amount of interruption, the entire year. Equally
are the roads engaging the attention of the Superys-
ors and the Merchants Club.
1t has been the proud boast of Redding that it is
the third interior shipping point in California in vol
ume of shipping business moved, being supply point
the plant of the Mountain Copper Company at Kes-
wick, for the mines of Trinity County, for Bully Hill,
Kennett and other mining camps. 1t has grown in a
comparatively few years. from small community to a
city of leading Importance in Northern California This
largely be attributed the back country that is
tributary to it.
Redding has contributed to the prosperity of Shasta
County and the county has been instrumental in the
growth of its local business center. From Reddng a
system of roads radates along which, any summer day
and winter days when any road in the country is
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-15
The Night March.

A. G. Hales, the war correspondent
for the London Daily News, sends
from Toxic 10 his paper piece Of
vivid descriptive writing which is by
far the best that has come to print
during the present war. 1t follows:
1T was about Of the clock when
the great sight began. The night had
come on with sudden darkness, not a
star lit the black mantle that over
hung the world, there was no moon
and the shadows cast by the dwellings
in the unlit streets were scarce darker
than the surrounding void. A mag
netic calm had fallen upon the capital
as II the people were gathering them
selves together for one great patriotic
effort. Suddenly the scene was
changed. The tramp Of armed men
rang out upon the night. Short. sharp
words Of command, spoken, strangely
enough, in the English tongue. cut
through the clank of falling footsteps,
and then we knew that the Imperial
Guard was on its way to the forefront
OF the war. Then the people poured
out of their homes as a river, in the
fun Of its flood, poUrs over its banks.
They came in rivulets; they came In
torrents; and from every throat went
up a shout of pride, wild, shrill cry
Of welcome and farewell, and through
the ever varying cadences Of the hu-
man voices came the reverberating
tramp Of warriors feet, and still the
shadows lay upon the land.
1T was weird, that march in the
night, with the swelling cheers waking
the echoes, the clank of arms, the
shutting footballs of the populace. and
ever and anon a bugle's note. Then
once again the scene was changed, ten
thousand lanterns flashed into view,
lanterns carried on bamboos by men
and lads and boys Lanterns of every
size and shape; lanterns pure white
or blood red, lanterns green and gold.
Lanterns round, square and oblOng-
all carried high in the air above the
heads Of the marching men, and as
the troops passed on each doorway
opened wide, and every doorway sent
a man or boy. armed with a blazing
circle Of fame, 10 swell the throng,
until the very air danced with a blaze
Of beauty. Banners held aloft in
women's hands sparkled in the gor-
geous cleaning folds of light, until
fhe sazer's eve was dazzled by the
rainbow hues that had sprung into be-
ing from the very womb of De night.
IT was a sight to be remembefed when
the head grows gray a sight that none
who saw it will forget, a sight no man
could merely imagine or imagination
invent Far up above the blackness
lay unbroken, below the earth was
wrapped in shadows, while in between
the earth and sky blaze of brilliance
lay. The lights shone down upon the
hard, brown faces of the Imperial
Guard and dashed from rife barrels