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The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
RIDER HAGGARD DISCUSSES
MENTAL MAKEUP OF DOGS
Novelist Declares That Some CANNES
Possess the Faculty of COmmuni-
eating. With Their Masters.


Possess the Faculty of COmmuni-
eating With Their Masters.
LONDON, Aug. 6.-Rider Haggard,
the novelist, has raised the interesting
question Of telepathic communication
between men and animals in a long
letter to the Times He describes how
on the night of July his wife reused
him from a nightmare. a dream that
a black retriever dog belonging to his
eldest daughter was lying dead in wa
ter beside some brushwood. The dog
was trying to speak to him, and, fall
ing, transmitted to his mind in some
underlined fashion it was dying.
The next night the dog was missed.
Four days later it was discovered in a
river a mile away. 1t evidently had
been killed by a train on a railway
bridge. Other evidence shows that it
was killed at exactly the hour OF his
nightmare. Rider Haggard does not
attempt to explain the phenomenon,
which is being considered by the So
ciety for Psychical Research
Another novelist, Mrs. Campbell
Praed, is also puzzling the occultists
by averring that her latest novel,
''Nyria,'' is a revelation Of a young un-
married woman who remembers her
previous existence. near 1000 years ago.
as a martyr under DOmitian. Sitting
together in a hotel in a foreign cOun-
try, Mrs. Praed held the girls hand.
Then the girl would go into a sort of
dream existence. She assumed a differ
ent identity. and spoke Of scenes and
events of which she had not the slight
est recollection when she returned to
normal consciousness.
BY chance during one OF these
dreams the conversation turned on old
Rome, and the girl, sinking back in
the chair, with her eyes closed, told an
amazing tale about experiences in a
former existence.
THE girl" says Mrs. Campbell
Praed, was Nyria, and the story is
Nyria's, not mine. / could not have
invented it, could not have supplied
the detail and local color. which ex-
perts pronounce perfect.
''She knows no language but English.
vet she gave with absolute accuracy
the titles of various Princes and func-
tionaries about the cOurt-titles which,
so far as 1 know, have only appeared
in a book which never has been trans
lated into English"
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
ACTOR FOLK ARE ALL
PREPARING FOR THE
WINTERS HARD WORK

Henry Ainley, leading man for Miss
Maude Adams last season, and Suzanne
Sheldon sailed last week for London
to join Charles Frohman's Duke of
York's Theater company.
On August 90 at the Garrick Theater,
New York, Rich and Harris will pro-
duce a new farce by Leo Ditrichstein
called Military Mad The cast will
include the author, Thomas A. Wise,
Ida Conquest and Henry V. Donnelly.
Marie Welsh, the Nellie of Henry W.
Savage's "Prince of Pilsen" company
that will tour the United States, has a
repertoire of twenty-seven operas. She
left the Tivoli Theater, San Francisco,
to join Mr.. Savage's forces.
San Toy" one of the Daily operas
that has made several attempts to get
here, is booked for an early appearance
The opera, has all of the elements es-
sential to success, is tuneful. witty,
clean and original and gives besides
almost unlimited scope for handsome
pictorial establishment. This seasons
San Toy is being presented under the
direction of John C. Fisher, with James
r. Powers in the role he originated in
this country, as we'll as others who were
prominently identified with the play
during its first American season.
Following "Resurrection," which
Blanche Walsh will present the early
part of the coming season, she will ap-
pear in a new play by Clyde Fitch
Her managers, Messrs. Wagenhals and
Kemper, have also procured for her
sthe new play by Richepin and Henri
Cain which Madame Bernhardt is to
produce in Paris in the near future.
Ignatio Martinetti, who will have the
leading comedy role in Babes in Toy
land'' this season, is lineal descend
ant of the Martinetti family of panto-
mimists They toured this country for
many years before and after wartime
in conjunction with the famous Ravel
troupe. Besides being an accomplished
pantomist Mr.. Martinetti is an exceed
ingly versatile comedian. Perhaps his
best hit was as Zeu-Zou in ''Trilby.' %
with the memorable exclamation. Oh,
la-la!
Frederick Warde declares that his
forthcoming tour with Wagenhals and
Kemper's spectacular production of
'Salammbo,'' in which he will be asso-
ciated with Miss Kathryn Kidder, will
be his farewell to the regular stage.
This will not mean that he is to retire
from public life, however. as he is to
adopt the lecture platform with Shake
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
BILLS AT THE LOCAL
PLAYHOUSES HOLD
PLENTY OF PROMISE

The chief event of the week dramatic
will be the American premiere of
Joseph Entangled," the latest comedy
of the distinguished English dramatist,
Henry Arthur Jones, that will be pre-
sented at the Columbia Theater to-
morrow evening by Henry Miller and
his company.
Brighter with every performance
grows the Tivolis all-star performance
of THE Toreador." With the judicious
cutting that has been done the piece
has developed into one of the prettiest
of its class.
The Alcazar returns this week to
comedy with Sheridan" or the "Maid
of Bath" for bill, to be produced for
the first time here. White WhittIesey
will appear in the title role.
Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys will be
put on at the Central this week and
will, as always, gladden. it's hundreds.
At the Grand Opera house this after
noon James Neill and his company will
begin week of "A Partisan Romance :"
always favorite with the Neill fol-
lowing.
The California tramp, Elmer Wal
ters, will become a millionaire at this
afternoons matinee in "A Millionaire
Tramp" The engagement is proving
very popular.
1.-The Whirl of the Town" begins its
second week tomorrow at Fischer's.
ora Bayes is again to the fore with a
good song, "Mdlle. New York.
The Five Madcaps, who dtnced them
selves into favor here a eason or so
ago. and Charles Guyer and Nellie
O'NeilI. eccentric dan0rs from the
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07
INCIDENTAL MUSIC A
FEATURE OF INTEREST
IN NEW PRODUCTION

A feature of especial interest in the
production Of "Salammbo." in which
Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kidder
will star this season, will be the in
cidental music, composed by Henry K.
Hadley. Mr.. Hadley is among the
most cultured and original of Ameri-
can composers and will undoubtedly
take full advantage of the magnificent
color and movement of Flaubert's i'm
perial story.
Fannie Francisco Nicholson by
birth. "Francisca' by quaint honoring
of her native town-will shortly make
her appearance here in concert. Great
things one hears of Miss Francisco,
triumphs in the critical centers, Berlin
and Vienna, in which latter city she
was recently decorated by R-r-royalty
for the pleasure afforded it's royal ear
by her superb singing" In September
Miss Francisco comes, and her pro-
grammes will include scenes from
.sManon," Hamlet 'Pagliacci,' -
"Herodiade" and Romeo and Juliet"
De Pachmann, dubbed wittily "the
Chopinzee' for his combination of
magnificent Chopin and gesture, has
been thus ably defended from the
charge of doing nothing else by the
critic of the st. James Gazette of Lon
don.
1T struck me, at Bechstein Hall on
Saturday afternoon, that Mr.. de Pach-
mann has been somewhat unjustIy
saddled with the reputation, among the
concert-going public, of being ex-
clusively Chopin player. In so doing
people omit to do full justice to the
thorough musicianship of Mr.. de Pach-
mann in respect to a much wider range
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

than that afforded by a single COM
poser. Certainly will I admit that he
is able to throw himself heart and soul
into the Interpretation of those Won
derful piano rOmances which Chopin
has given us, but he is equally able to
identify himself with the spirit of the
other great masters of musical compO-
sition. For instance, his rendering of
Bach and Mozart at Saturdays recital
was so admirable and appreciative that
1 cannot think of any executant in Eu
rope who could have given more intel
ligent and spirited reading of the pieces
selected
Madam Kirkby Lunn, who has been
engaged by Henry w. Savage to create
the role of Kundry in the first produc-
tion of ''ParsifaI' in English. has been
a feature of the performances of the
Ring of the Nibelung," given at the
Royal Opera-house, COvent Garden, in
London, this summer under the direc-
tion of Hans Richter Madam Lunn
sang the role of Erda in "Das Rhein-
gold" and in "Siegfried," and was also
heard as Ortrud in ''Lohengrin." Bran
gaene in Tristan and Isolde and
Amneris in aida" Madam Lunn was
born in Manchester, England, and
studied at the Royal College of Music
in London, where she gained the ma
tional scholarship. In addition to being
one of the leading concert and OratOriO
singers in England. she has also won
success as an interpreter of Wagnerian
roles at Covent Garden, London, and at
fbo MatroDOlftau Ouora house IN Nov.1
York. Madam Lunn has already sung
the role of Kundry on the concert
stage, and she will attend the perform
ance of 'ParsifaI' at Bayreuth this
summer to perfect herself in the part.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

famous Babes in Toyland." will be
among the Orpheum stars.
Leslie's trained pigs are starring at
the Chutes this week.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

speare and the other great dramatic
classics as his theme.
William Lamp, the young gentleman
whose beauty made so lasting impress
sion at the Alcazar awhile ago, will
play the role of Tilford Wheeler, the
young lover, in the Western County
Chairman" company this season.
Arthur Dunn, the comedian star of
"The Runaways," who measures a lit
tie more than four feet, was recently
asked why he is so small. He remarked:
We'll, 1 will tell you. 1 got married
recently and settled down."
The following stars appear under
Charles Frohman's management this
season: Ellen Terry, Julia Marlowe.
Maude Adams, Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell, Annie Russell, Ethel Barrymore,
Ellaiine Terriss, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs.
Bloodgood, Marie Tempest, Virginia
Harmed, Fay Davis, Irene Vanbrugh,
Edna May, John Drew, E. H. Sothern.
William Gillette, John Hare. Francis
Wilson, William Crane, William Faver-
sham, Henry Miller, Weldon Gros-
smith, William Collier, Sam Bernard,
Seymour Hicks and Henry Irving.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

1.-The WhirI of the Town" begins its
second week tomorrow at Fischer's.
ora Bayes is again to the fore with a
good song, "Mdlle. New York"
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

The Five Madcaps, who dtnced them
selves into favor here a eason or so
ago, and Charles Guyer and Nellie
O'NeilI. eccentric dan0%s from the
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

Henry Ainley, leading man for Miss
Maude Adams last season, and Suzanne
Sheldon sailed last week for LondoI
to join Charles Frohman's Duke OF
York's Theater company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-07

speare and the other great dramatic
classics as his theme.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12

"a neighbor Of mine at Bath Beach
last July" said ex-Sheriff TON"
Dunn, used to bore everybody on
the train by bemoaning the vagaries
Of his lawnmower. He had about ten
square feet of lawn that he used to
shave most conscientiously every 9th
er day. His lawnmower, however,
seemed possessed of mischievous
demon Of some sort 1t would sulk
and refuse to go. Then. when he
started to Investigate the cause Of the
stoppage, it would start suddenly and
cut his finger to the bone. 1t would
alternately fail to cut the grass at all
and dig great furrows in the soft
turf. He tried to sell it, but no one
would take it as a gift. AT last, one
morning he showed me an advertise
ment in a Brooklyn paper offering for
sale at a ridiculously low rate peer
less lawnmower that was warranted
to cut grass as evenly and as regu-
larly as a patent razor. The owners
address would be furnished at the
office Of the newspaper.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12
Woman Stopped the Train

She. timid, diminutive woman, was
frankly boasting. "Once | was great
er than all railroad rules and regula-
tions," she was saying, 'and l held a
train ten minutes. No, did not flag
it. but | just kept everyone waiting
all that time for me to get off. You
see, it was this way: When my sta
tion was called | started up to leave
the car and found myself yanked back
suddenly. Again | tried to rise and
again I was rudely tumbled back into
the seat. Then | discovered that my
dress skirt was firmly fastened be-
tween the cushion and the woodwork.
In some way it had worked under,
and every time I tried to move
snapped back as if there was an elias
tic hand attached to me. | tugges
and tugged. but simply could not
loosen my skirt.
II called to the conductor and ex-
planned my predicament to him He
took up the cushion, but by that time
my skirt had worked around until it
was wedged fast between the frame of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12

Persons who have become addicted
to drinking Intoxicating liquors TO
excess occasionally reform, gamblers
once in a while lay down the cards
and work for living, but once man
has allowed the mania for fishing to
secure firm grip on him he rareS
RECEIVERS until disabled by old age
or accident It will therefore sur
prise many to learn that within the
past week three fishermen OF this city
have been cured of their disease, and
no more desire to fish. One OF them
is ]. Edmonston, whose chance for a
days sport on Labor day was ruined
by his boy losing the net with which
he was fishing for mlnnows under a
wharf He determined to have an
other try, and so rugged up coil or
grapple OF barbed wire and undertook
to fish up his net He pulled up lots
of brush and rubbish of all sorts,
which had collected under the wharf.
but could not catch his net. Finally,
as he was hauling up his grapple for
the last time, he heard something
drop and found that his costly hunt
ing case gold watch, with gold fob
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12

One of the first things to impress
itself upon a foreigner in Japan is the
popularity and the excellence Of the
physical training given to Japanese
youth. They are a race of miniature
Srartans, and they have become so
through such patient, painstaking toll
and endurance as would appall the av-
erage American youth Injured to soft
nesses. The Japanese schools are
nearly all modelled after American in
stitutions, or, as the people like to be-
lieve. after a composite of all that is
best in the schools of America, Eng
land, France and Germany. The stu
dents are not, of course. trained in
modern athletics, and could hold their
own at nothing of this kind with our
magnificent college boys, but in sim
pie physical training, making the very
best of what nature has provided, the
japanese excel any people have ever
seen.
My very first day in the little island
empire was full Of ordinations
about this constantly evident nation
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12
Cured of Fishing Habit

chain and diamond-studded emblem at
tached, had dropped into the river on
account OF his STOPPING too low. He
held his breath, and stopped hauling
at Isis grapple for a minute. till he
had bet himself $500 that his watch
had not been caught in the grapple-
Then he pulled up slowly, and there
was his watch and fob, all right He
let his net stay in the river. threw his
grapple away, and on the spot took a
solemn vow never again to fish for
anything. and to always consider his
last catch his record one. The other
two were cured Of their mania by
walking ten miles in the dust, smoke
and heat down to the mouth Of the
Willamette, and then pulling boat
for hours, fishing for bass, and never
getting even a bite. They are both
men Of mature years and Of sound
minds, and when they found out that
the slough is fished by farmers with
set nSts every night, and the markets
supplied in this way, they put their
fishing tackle, including new bait
buckets away, and said they will fish
no more.-Portland Oregonian.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12

instalment OF hundred thousand dol
lars, he gave a dinner in John Burt S
honor in the Occidental Hotel Twen-
~ guests were present This social
function cost Blake thousand dol
lars, and ten days after the feast he
was without a dollar.
Mining stocks" he explained to
John Burt. Il plunged on Robert EN-
met and they trimmed me"
John advanced Jim ten thousand
dollars, and gave him advice which
was worth more than the money.
Blake followed the advice for a
month When his second instalment
was due. he had drawn SO heavily
against John that he had a balance Of
only forty-five thousand Two months
after he had received a check for the
final payment which terminated his
original property rights in the mines.
he admitted TO John Burt that his to-
tai assets did not exceed five thou
sand dollars.
Il have a plan. said John, "one
which will give full scope for your
talents I've been thinking for some
time. Jim. OF making a proposition 10
sou. I recently purchased seats on
the mining and stock exchanges. and
wish to become silent partner in an
investing and brokerage firm. will
furnish most of the capital: but for
reasons that you will appreciate.
prefer TO remain in the background.
How would you like to become the
nominal head of such concern. un-
der the title. we will say, Of James
Blake e. Company? In order that
you may have a substantial interest in
the firm, ! will advance you hun
dred thousand dollars on your future
profits from the Sailor Mine. and in
vest with the firm four hundred thou
sand Of my own money. What do you
think OF my proposition"
Nothing would suit me better but
I'm afraid I'm not qualified for such
a position" said Blake, delighted be-
yond measure. Once more the oath
to wealth opened out before him.
Il know your qualifications, said
John. You will become the most
popular and capable broker in San
Francisco"
Announcement Of the establishment
Of the new firm was made the follow
ing week. Mr.. Hawkins refused 10
confirm or deny the popular rumor
that he was the banker of the con-
cern. and no one suspected that John
Burt had any financial interest
in il.
Blake g. Company first attracted
speculative attention by its mastery
handling Of the corner In the stock OF
Don Pedro Smelling and Mining Com
pany The profits OF the firm were
estimated at a million and a half.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12
ITO be continued.)
UMBRELLAS OLD AS MAN.
Though Rain Shields Are 10000
Years Old They Need Improving.

Though Rain Shields Are 10000
Years Old They Need Improving.
How rich I'd be- said an umbrella
salesman, IF | had patented the um-
brella
The floorwalker smiled
You might as we'll talk. said he.
"of patent on swimming or cooking.
Umbrellas appear to have existed
always. Wherever we excavate-
Babylon, Ninevah, Nippur-traces OF
the umbrella are found, This instru-
ment is coeval with mankind
1T is of oriental origin. The Eng
lish didn't begin to use it until 1900.
Shakespeare. with all his genius, had
no umbrella to protect him from the
rain. Jonas Hanway was the first
English umbrella maker"
The floorwalker paused to brus. a
white thread from his long black coat.
Then he resumed:
Now, what you might do would be
to patent some new sort OF umbrella
some rain shield built on better lines.
We have proof that the umbrella has
existed for 10000 years. and yet in all
that time it has not once been improv-
ed. Consider it. 1t is by no means
perfect 1t turns inside out readily.
and it only protects the head and
shoulders from the rain. Change all
that. Give us an umbrella that is a
complete rain shield Then you will
become a millionaire
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12

development Of the property and for
the handling OF the ore Fifty per
cent of the net profits viii revert to
you until the money paid to Blake Is
refunded In consideration OF the
capital thus advanced your interest
IN the property will amount 70 forty
per cent and mine to sixty per cent +"
Il won't do IT," Numbered John
Hawkins. siammlng down the cover
OF his desk. Il must have control
when / invest Make my interest fif-
ty-one per cent and | Will talk 70 YOU.
Fifty-one per cent or nothing
Very well, said John Burt. rising,
1T Is impossible for us to agree, and
well we should know it ia advance.
Good-day Mr.. Hawkins. am stop
ping at the Palace Hotel. and letters
sent there will be forwarded when
leave the city. Good-day. sir
Two days later John Burt received
a message from David Parker. asking
him to call az his Office. Scientific
tests had shown a much higher per-
centage Of gold than those indicated
by the crude experiments made iu the
cabin by John Burt.
> Z had an interview with Mr. Haw-
kins this morning. said David Park
er. after greeting his visitor "Ar
Hawkins is a very peculiar man--very
pecullar-as have told YOU. He
says you are the hardest man 70 deal
with he ever saw--a great compliment
for you. Mr.. Burton, | assure you. He
has had his lawyer draw up a provis-
ional agreement in conformity to your
terms-as he understood them-and
instructs me 10 say to you that we are
Invited to dine with him at his club
this afternoon. when the matter may
be finally arranged II so. | am to ac-
company you to the mines to-mor-
row.
John thanked Parker. and arranged
to meet him with Mr.. Hawkins at a
later hour. He then called on an at
.torney and submitted the agreement
TO his inspection After making a
few minor alterations the lawyer as
sured John that the agreement fully
protected his interests
Over a dinner such as is possible
only in San Francisco the agreement
was ratified.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-12

Peterson E. Jones of Syracuse, N.
r., who returned recently from the
Big Moose Lake in the Adirondaclgs,
said that the people at the resorss
in the woods had been so alarmed by
the accidental shooting of deer hunt
ers that they hardly dared stir from
the hotels. All sorts of precautions
we're taken, but the one used by Col
Chauncey P. Williams Of Albany is
the most unique thus far this season
Mr. Williams landed at Big Moose
station. Instead of taking the buck.
board for the two-mile ride to the
lake. he decided to walk Before lie
started he took out Of his travelling
bag brand new COW bell and with
this in one hand and the grip in the
other he ratified his way through the
woods to the lake