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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-24
THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE.

He Sunday Call Magazine tomorrow will make its appear
artistic front page, The Old Oak pencil drawing
by Eoie Roorbach portrayng bit of owand picturesque
familiar residents of all of those bay where
the white oak found rearing venerable ruggedness
boldly against the sky In fiction and features timely
interest the edition will be unusually The the
Adventures through its third nstalmen This novel will
be completed October 2 and October will begin The
Crate political story by Francis Lynde which already
been extensively commented by Eastern reviewers
book with plenty of and vgor and throws an interesting
sideight upon the political game
"A Vital Point Of Education affords Marie Core scope
OF her keen and caus pages of of the
biggest questions OF the day the general
reading Edward w Townsend takes his country through
the first land LAST OF political campaign leaves him
usual richer experience than pocket Ray Baker
whose familiar all readers of McCue contributes
Wle tale OF those who work the depths mines in cat the
Tunnels End; O. Burgn has "A Batch of Letters;
there three short Stories Breaking the bv Jeanne
Caldwell The Tempting of Adam by Gordon without
Anecedents by Ohio B. Senga; fable Good Names Made TO
Order OF Meows by Kate Thyson Mari and brefer
articles.
In the womens department there page Augusta Pres
the very latest fall hats of simple pbvscaI
culture exercises by Professor George S Mehng the chill
dren there page OF music printed in colors and
popular puzzle page.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-24

Alas that there should be only TT families who
the proper headc qualifications rank" in the
British dominion But rank but the guinea stamp as Burns
SAYS the dollar certain American ecutcheons will prob
ably continue in titled circles England
We read that King Peter Karageogevch an mex
nensive affair." quite modest its ncrusaons
crowns likely tumble Serva Peter conser
his expenditure this unstable pythng through whole
some regard of its transtory nature.
According German savan teeth may be pnessly ex
fraced application blue centers affected
each sufferer provide himself with fragment of glass
and clawhammer and become his dentist
An individual Maine woods announced himself as the
only original pure Elijah So there is To he
competition Dowies trade and may expect hear some true
apostolic fulminations from Zion City.
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THE LOST CHORD.

Seated one day at the organ.
I was anxious and i'll at ease.
For I found upon inspection
There were several missing keys
knew not what was playing.
(Though. twas hymn two hundred and
ten),
But it made a row like a starving COW
When it came to the grand 'Amen!
sought to discover the meaning
Of a sound so wild and weird;
crept inside on hands and knees.
And found just what I feared.
The flute" and the ''vox humana
Were mute and declined to sing
The reeds. alacki showed many a crack
And / tied them up with a string.
The bellows I neatly mended
With the blowers trOuser brace:
1 managed well to secure the swell
With a stamp and an old bOotlace-
But I'd made my efforts vainly,
I lost my temper then,
And said a word which the parsoa
heard
1t didn't sound like Amen"
Liverpool POrcupine-
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ANSWERS.

IN ESCROW-A-. Berkeley. Cal. A
person may make and sign a gift deed
and place 1T in escrow. with the UNDER
standing that it shall be recorded i'm
mediately after the death of the signer.
Such an act is legal.
NO SUCH LAW. A. d. City Con-
gress did not in 1890 pass law declar-
ing Labor day a national holiday. Con-
gress has never created a national hOli-
day. During the second session Of the
fifty-third Congress a law was passed
making Labor day a legal holiday in
the District of Columbia
BRODERICK-TERR &C. NJ. NJ.
Madden, Cal The duel between Brod
erick and Terry took place at Z O'Clock
on the morning of September Is. 1859.
on Davis ranch in San Mateo County.
about two miles southeast Of Lake
MERGED. Broderick died in San Fran
cisco seventy-two hours after being
shot.
FRATERNAL SOCIETY-H. F. NJ.
C,.tv. There is no law of California
that SAYS that a member of a fraternal
society shall be suspended from men,
DerSnlD because an inmate OF an
asylum for the insane by virtue of a
commitment. Insanity is regarded az
a malady and If a member Of the fra
ternal society is sent to an asylum for
the insane as a patient. and the dues
and assessments of such member are
regularly paid. the membership does
not cease, any more than it would il
the member was suffering from some
other malady and kept in good stand
ing. But if a member sent to such an
asylum is not kept in good standing
by relatives and friends and becomes
delinquent such member must suffer
the same penalty that any other mem
Der does for non-payment of dues and
is liable to preclusion at the expiration
Of the limit. as provided in the laws OF
the organization. If. however. the
subordinate body out of compassion
for the unfortunate member should
decide to keep the member IN good
standing, IL would be bound to do so
until the body decided otherwise.
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THE CALL RECEIVES FROM BERLIN AN INTERESTING
OF THE STARTLING EXPLOITS OF HANS, THE
Reads, Writes and Counts
and Tells Time When
Shown Watch.
Special Correspondence of The Call.

N ERLIN, Sept. 2-There is
HgrowinC tendency to credit ami
FINALS of all kinds with moral
and intellectual qualities like those of
human beings. In the infancy of the
race men were accustomed TO think
of amin as almost on a level with
themselves in all kinds of intellectual
and moral capacity. And children re-
fleet this condition of mind in mag
ing their pet animals to be capable of
understanding all their thoughts and
wishes. The whole class of fables and
chfIdren's stories illustrates this naive
condition of the early human fancy.
The uncivilized man and the child
find no difficulty in conceiving their
familiar quadrupeds talking. behaving
and eating in quite human fashion.
AS the race grew in intelligence it be-
gan to think of the lower creation as
further removed from itself. Proud
of it's attachments, it arrogated to it.
self the exclusive possession of re-
lection. reason and voluntary choice.
The final expression of this DISPOSE
ton was the philosophic doctrine of
Descartes that animals are without
souls and consciousness, their SEEM
ingIy intelligent actions being simply
the result of nicely contrived piece
of bodily mechanism of habit and
training.
INTELLIGENCE IN ANIMALS.
1t is not little curious that mod
e.
this view of the animal world so fat
tering to mans self-conceit. Closer
and wiser observation of the habits of
animals is bringing to light here and
there indications of a degree of con-
scious intelligence which may well
put to shame the so-called nationality
of many members of our own species.
The doctrines of evolution plainly
suggest that in animals are to be
found the germs of mental qualities
previously supposed to be mans ex-
elusive possession. Darwin has taught
us, for instance, that certain birds dis
play a considerable amount of taste
and skill in the matter of decorative
coloring and ii is a we'll known fact
that many animals manifest a strik-
ing delight in music.
Serious and close observers of ma
ture have described acts of punish
ment dealt out by animals to each
other. The cat will box her kittens
when they play too long with her tail,
and the mother hen will separate her
chickens when they get into a fight,
and sometimes peck one or both of
them on the head, as much as to say,
There, don't you do that again." This
is only a small selection from hun
dreds of we'll authenticated cases
tending TO prove that some animals
are endowed with some degree of in
telligent thinking. But the most fore
ible proof of this much discussed the
CRY is being furnished just now in one
of the northern districts of Berlin.
where the much talked of thinking
horse" is performing marvellous feats
of intelligence in the presence of
thousands of spectators.
HANS, MASTER.
Der Kluge Hans (Smart Johnny
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is marvel indeed. He is of Russian.
pedigree, nine years old and Of fine
build. His master and teacher, Herr
Won Osten. is what Germans call a
"sonderling" quaint, old. withered,
long-haired little man with the looks
of a professor and the garb of a mem
dicant. A large gray SLOUGH hat COW
ers his grizzly locks and well worn
coat Of an undefnable color and
trousers to match. both several sizes
too large. flap around his thin ply
sique. He speaks and behaves with
the obstinacy OF man OF Arm con-
victions, whose work and aims have
been unappreciated and even miscen-
strued. And such. in fact, has been
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ACCOUNT
THINKING HORSE
His Intellectual Capacity a
Matter OF AStOniShment
to Scientists.

times 10 plus 50" How much is SS1s
plus 1874 ?" (The fractions are indi-
Gated by Hans in two parts; first, he
''hoofs" the denomination. then the
numeratOr) How much is Salf
of 26?' The third part of PAP" The
fifth part of As 30 How much is ?. 3. 5,
how many numbers can "a, 80. SO. etc,
be divided?" Give us the third. fourth.
fifth, etc, of those numbers
One of the Onlookers asked Hans: Il
have eight plums in bag Two chill
dren come along and l make them a
present of these plums even shares.
How much did each of them get ?''
Look here, Hans, 1 have a certain
number in my mind; 1 deduct from it
nine and 1 retain three. Which was
my NUMBER" And Hans answers all
and every question in his self-reIiant
way. as if it were the most natural
thing for a horse to take a lesson in
higher arithmetic every morning to-
gether with his breakfast hay.
READING AND SPELLING.
But Hans can do even better He
can read. You put down your cues
ton in writing and Hans will answer
it just as. correctly after having thrown
a knowing look at the paper You press
the button of your automatic pencil
and Hans does the rest. Again from
his look and from his quickness in an
swering questions il is easily to be
seen that the rows of letters produce
in his brain Cor whatever you may call
his thinking apparatus) the same men
tai functions as i'm the brain of a bright
boy of twelve or thirteen. The identi-
cal conclusion must be received from,
the fact that Hans is capable of spell
ing-after a system Invented by Herr
Won Osten-the words written down for
that purpose. You put down a word
ON a slip of paper. let Hans take q
good look at 1t and Hans will resort to
a frame covered with movable letters
which is placed in the courtyard. and
pick out the proper letters.
One man told Hans to remember the
phrase Forest and bridge are occu-
pied by the enemy" and next dav Hans
took his alphabet and spelled ont the
sentence correctly. Another man pro-
duced his watch. showed it to Hans
and asked: What time is it?" And
Hans moved his hoof eleven times
and so it was. Twenty minutes later
the watch was shown to him again and
now he stamped first eleven and. after
q short pause. twenty times more. He
then answered correctly the folIowins
questions, the watch not being pro-
duced this time: Between what fis-
ures does the small hand stand AZ
Between and g." boofad
Hans. Similar questions, with varied
hours. were answered just as correctIv
Other questions and experiments in
Dictated that Hans has a distinct sAnsa
of colors, of music, even of coins ans
playing cards, and that he recognizes
persons from their photographs.
II see that Marie Coreln has inst
passed her fortieth brit, ="
Does she admit it?'
Yes
Il always thought there was some
thing queer about that woman
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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II see that Marie Corelli has tust
passed her fortieth brit, -
Does she admit it?''
Yes"
Il always thought there was some
thing queer about that woman
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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his fate. For many months his ardu-
Gus endeavors to draw the attention
of scientific people and men of infiu-
ence to his work have been without
avail. He is confirmed idealist; he
believes not only in the progress of
the human race, but also in the facul-
ty of some animal species to attain
human achievements if properly edu-
Gated. He claims that mental facuI-
ties of a higher order are latent in
some animals which may be brought
out by means similar to the methods
of the school education of children.
1t took him fourteen years of assidu-
Gus experimental work before he ar
rived at the results which are to-day
the sensation of all Berlin, including
the scientific world, which had previ-
ously observed an attitude of distinct
reserve, not TO say suspicion.
Herr Won Osten does not charge a
cent admission to the masses which
throng daily into the courtyard of his
plain house in Grlebenow street. He
is not "out for money; he saws he
means to serve the cause of science
He is practically penniless, yet he has
been very determined in rejecting the
advice of his friends to make capital
out OF his marvellous animal.
FEATS OF HANS.
What are Hans achievements
dry enumeration of his feats would fail
to convey a perfect notion of his in
tellectual capacity. His intelligence is
shown in his look, no less than in his
feats. His glance seems to say: II
! know exactly what l am doing: do
your" He is asked by some one among
the bystanders: How many people in
this crowd wear straw hats?" And
Hans looks about and gives, with his
hoofs, the exact number. How many
persons do you see here?" Another
glance of almost human understanding
and again he "hoofs" the right mum
Der. How many children are here ?"
How many ladies7" (or rather
females, for even Smart Johnny would
be at loss to discern outwardly q
woman who is not a lady from q
woman who is). How much is :
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Special information supplied daily 20
business houses and public men BIZ the
Press Clipping Bureau fallen -, 280 CAL
Afornia street Telephone Main 1912.
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PUNCH PLEASANTRIES.

A valuable hunter, belonging to Mr..
Durlacher. got it's hind foot securely
fixed in it's mouth one day last week
and a veterinary surgeon had to be
summoned to its assistance. This re-
calls the ancient Irish legend of the
man who never opened his mouth
without putting his foot in It, But
that. of course, was a bull.
A woman alleged at the West Lon
don Police Court that throwing an
apple is the coster's method OF greet
ing a friend. There is certainly an ex-
preston, the apple of ones eye.
The Boudoir publishes a list OF IA
vorite pets kept by leading ladies in
society. 1t is characteristic OF the
present age that not one of these Ia
dies mentions her husband.-London
Punch.
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Townsend's California Glaze fruits In
artistic ire-etched boxes. us Market st. q
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Finest eyeglasses. 15c to soc. 70 4th 81
front Of Keys Celebrated Oyster House. =
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-11-04
ALL ARE SAFE.

Republicans VIII REFLECT the Entire
Congressional Delegation.
Reports from the congressional dis
tricts to the Republican state commit
tee are most encouraging They show
that Kansas will return a sold delege-
ton to congress by a general increased
majority. Even in the Sixth district
where the Democrats undertook TO
make a campaign, the Democratic lead
ers admit that their cause is hopeless
A great many Populists and some Dem
ocrats believe in Congressman Recder,
and will vote for him.
In The First district the fac,ional
fight is confined to isolated commm
tiles. Mr.. Curtis friends confidently
expect to elect him by from 5000 10
10000 majority. Mr.. Curtis has visited
all the counties in his district, but a
large part of his time is spent in other
sections of the state, under the direc
ton of the state committee.
The Republican difficulties in the
Second district have been adjusted,
and Mr.. Bowersock's election is as
sured The Republican papers are Civ
ing him enthusiastic support. His
organization in the district is first
class.
Mr.. Campbell in the Third, Mr.. Mil
Ter In the Fourth, Mr. Calderhead il
the Fifth, and Mr. Murdoch in the
Seventh, practically have no opposi'
ton.
Mr.. Scott, congressman-at-larg who
is OF the state ticket, is very popular,
and will run right along with Roose-
welt and Hoch.
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The r. n. Allen AMI Katy r. r

The r. n. Allen AMI Katy II. r.
case has been put over to next term.
Look out fer some big deals now
since Mundy and Mayne have Joined
forces.
Miss Lizzie Geist went to Thay r
the first of the week to see papa ana
mamma.
If you need a new buggy of any
kind, attend the auction in front o.
Sturdeyant's place tomorrow afte =
noon.
E, Valentine an old Chanute boy,
has been promoted to the position o'
travelling auditor for the Gulf, Colt =
RADIO & Santa Fe.
Horses, cattle, hogs and imple-
ments will be sold next Wednesday al
auction at the home of Mrs. Mathew
) mi es southwestern Carlton.
VIM. A. Pierce, who sued the Sha"
OIL and Gas Go. for $4,000 damages
on an alleged breach OF contract was
turned down by the jury in district
court and the costs charged up TO the
complainant.
The football game, Sunday between
tue Chanute ciuo and the visitors
from Pttsburg was pretty much all
one way. The Chanute boys on
played the visitors on every hand
The game ended 81 to 0 10 favlr Of
Chanute. Two of the PittSburg boy
were knocked out and pretty severly
hurt. The modern game of football
is entirely too rough to be tolerated.
The methods of play should be
changed or the game abolished.
The basket supper at the Harmony
school house last rday evening given
by Julia Daley and her pupils came
nearer reaching an ideal success, both
in the way of social function and
from a financial stand point than any
thing of the kind which has ever lei
been attempted. The not proceeds
from the sale of sixty baske's was
sl8 10 and will be used TO purchase an
organ and h-r decOratIOng for the
school room. You can always rest
assured that when Miss Daley at
tempts anything in the school room
10 will be a rUusing success. What
Neosho needs is more teachers like
her.
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Will Be 4 BIG VOTE
REPUBLICANS Expscr To cuTot
1900 EcGo3D,
ROOSEVELT BY a alG SlCHI1y

No Telling How Laros His Vote VIII 5a
| Democratic Poll Shows Republican
Success-Other Political News.
The politicians believe that the vote
at the coming election viii exceed H. al
| of 1900, when it was the greatest III
the states history. The 1900 vote w%-
$50, 609. The population in four years
| has increased nearly 100000, making
an increase of about $4,000 voters. II
is thought, however, that this increase
will not show in the total vote cast
owing to the stay-at-home Democrats
ard Ponulists who are not interested
in the campaign.
Reports from the several counCics
indicate that the Republicans will pol
about GO per cent of the total vote cast
on election day. On the basis of $780,
600 voters this would give the Repub
leans 10000 and the entire oppOsi.
ton 100000, a majority OF 10000 fer
the Republican ticket. There is prac-
ticaly no difference in the reports
made to Republican headquarters AMI
those made to Democratic headquarr-
ers.
The poll shows that the opposition
vote for president is divided as fo.-
lows: Democrats, "A per cent; Popu-
list, 40 per cent; Socialist, Is per cent;
Prohibition, per cent.
The poll shows that there is practi'
cally no difference between the voting
strength of Roosevelt and that of Hoch
in the state. A special search was
made for Republicans who are going
TO support Dale for governor. The re-
suit was hardly worth recording, and
the state committee is not paying any
attention to it.
The Republican leaders enter upon
the closing work of the cam
paign with the feeling of con-
fiderce that Kansas will in the
future be counted as surely for their
side as Alabama is for the Democrats.
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HAVING GOOD MEETINGS.
Republicans are Stirring Up Interest
Throughout the State.

Republicans are Stirring Up Interest
Throughout the State.
The Republicans are having fine sue
cess with their meetings. The attend
ance is good, and the people take al
interest in the speeches. The general
apathy" mentioned is confined to the
meetings of the opposition.
The Republican national committee
objected to sending its best speakers
to Kansas, on the ground that they
were not needed, but the state commit
tee wanted Kansas to have the best
that was going. After good deal uf
work on the part of the state commit
tee. the national leaders gave in, ana
agreed that Kansas should have its
pick.
As a result, no Western state has
had better speakers than Kansas
Senator Fairbanks, "Uncle Joe" Car
non, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
Senator Mason and others, and there
are more to come.
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CALLS REslNG DOWN.

ed Hoeh Protests Against His Conduct
In Campaign.
H. l.. Resing, secretary of the Kan.
sas federation, has not got very far in
his efforts to swing the federation vote
for the Democratic ticket The mem
bers refuse to be herded. Many Of
them are the personal friends Of ed
Hoch and they all know that Hocn
will give them a square deal. Having
failed in his scheme, Resing now de-
MES that he tried to work it at all.
Still the evidence is against him. Last
March he sent out in Federation envel-
opes an editorial from the WIGHT,
Beacon, DEM, urging the people to
support Judge Dale for governor. That
was shortly after Hoch was nominated
by the Republicans and long before
Dale was chosen by the Democrats.
One of these letters fell into Hochs
hands and he wrote an editorial in his
paper about IT. Resing, with injured
innocence, complained about the edi-
torial in letter to Hoch and on April
s Hoch replied. Resting never gave
the reply out, but Hoch is now using
il in his speeches. In il Hoch showed
that he had always been the friend of
the business men Of Kansas and pro-
tested against a few schemers trying
to swing that organization against
him.
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WORKING" FEDERATION.
A Few Scherers Trying to Secure {
Democratic SIdeshow.

Few scherers Trying to Secure a
Democratic sIdeshow.
When the Farmers alliance in Kan
sas was formed in 1890 there is little
doubt that it was composed of honest
people and leaders who believed they
might secure some reforms. When it
was transformed into a political organ
ization it soon became the prey Of
scheming demagogues who sought to
make it a cat's-paw for the Democratic
party and to make it serve their own
selfish purposes. From that hour ii
not only lost all its power for good,
but became a menace to the welfare
of the state and its work cast i
shadow over the good name of Kansas
which it took ten years 10 obliterate.
And now a few scheming politicians
are endeavoring 20 carry out the same
program with the federation of com.
mercial interests and make 1t an an
mex to the Democratic party. 1t is not
to be wondered at that many business
men who were made to believe that
this federation was organized along
non partisan lines with a view to Sc
curing adjustments fair and equitable
from the railroad companies shoull
express their disgust at the efforts of