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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
ARSWerS to Ouerzes.

MAN -WAR-C. F. D., Grimes.
Cal The complement of one Of the
largest nen-Of-war of the United
States navy is from 81 officers and SOB
men to 45 officers and 777 men.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, San Jose.
Cal. The German word "dreibund'
means triple alliance. The alliance
known by that name is that formed
in 1888 between Germany. Austria
Hungary and Italy as a check to Rus
sia and France.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

A German Princess. trife derect in those obiga-
tions that debtors creditors of fraud
the other day and promptly acquitted There are some
pebeian traits which those OF astocratc blood may
still display without the customary consequences The
Princess, however, will have fortfy her credit with
cash
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

The railroads which tap California for patron
age are wing with another in fixing low and GER
tainy acceptable coonst for people IN the East
ern and Middle West States The scheme suggests it
self as highly commendabe. If induce colonists
10 come among us have that wealth OF good things
the earth that will make them contented prosperous
and permanent residents OF the Golden State
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

Harvard University IS carrying into practical effect
plan preserve in the phonograph the voices the
leaders Of contemporary humanity Tor whatever uses
posterity may choose to put them. How strange it is
that OF all the physical attributes Of science has
found it possible preserve only the most elusive
apparently the most ephcneral and ntangibe-the
voice.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

Oakland Judges making it very clear to that pest
of cities the hoodlum, that he cannot insult vounq
women without paying the penalty that decent comt-
mites demand little of the spirit of these lawgivcrs
Infused into the minor magistrates Of San Francisco
would do world of necessary good The field for opera
tions certainly is rich
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

farming in the of the Punchbow may find some
day that they have raised crop of molten lava Sitting
on redhot stove ought to be tempting and seductive
pastme in comparison to cutvatng squash over the
latent fires of surnbering volcano.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

In the crash OF demoraized market the other day
manv fortunes wiped out in the New York cotton
exchange. There is always redceming feature to
these dverting incidents OF American speculative life
Nobody worth considering hurt Honest men are
never involved and the fools simply record another
necessary lesson.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

POWDER HOUSE-W. T. D., Au-
burn. Cal. If a powder house is situ-
ated in such close proximity to a city
or town as 70 be menacing to the safety
of the inhabitants any citizen may Pc
tition for it's removal. The petition
should be presented TO the Supervisors.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

TROTTING RECORD-R. T. V,
City. The record of Flora Temple. a
trotter, was made in 1859 and was
Pisa. Maude S made her record in
1885. 2:OS$l, but since then the trotting
record has been reduced by Lou Dill
lon in a race against time, October "A,
1908. at Memphis. Tenn. to 1;5S15 This
is the worlds record The best record
before that was by Major Delmar, a
gelding, Memphis, Tenn, October p,
1908. in 1894. being paced by runner
to sulky carrying a wind OF dust
shield. the runner preceding the trOt-
ter.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

CURING SKINS-W. s. Alameda.
Cal. The following is the process for
curing rabbit or hare skins: Lay the
skin on a smooth board. fur side under
most and fasten it down with timed
tacks Wash it over first with a sOlu-
ton of salt: then dissolve 215 ounces OF
alum in one pint of warm water, and
with a sponge dipped in this solution
rnoisten the surface all over; repeat this
every now and then for three days;
when the skin is quite dry. take out
the tacks. and rolling it loosely the
long way. the hair inside. draw T.
quickly backward and forward through
a large smooth ring until it is quite
soft. then roll it in the contrary way OF
the skin and repeat the operation"
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

Special information supplied daily to
business houses ar5 public men by rha
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen 81, go CALI
fornia street. Telephone Main lea
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

Townsend's California glace fruits and
candies. SOC a pound. In artistic fire.
etched boxes A nice present for Eastern
friends. 715 Market ST.. above Call bldg
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
President Eliot's Hcipfulness.

Anecdotes about President Eliot of
Harvard, abound this summer because
of the attention to his personality call
ed out by the fact that this year sees
the completion of fifty years educa-
tional service by him at Harvard. The
following are from personal article
which. by the way, has Il capital
portrait engraving not before printed
written by Mir. Mark Sullivan for
The Outlook's Educational Number:
I'm Cambridge scores of stories cir
culate which illustrate his almost inn
pulsiVe generosity. 1t is well known
that on one occasion a student, sick
with contagious disease and Stunned
by those about him, was taken to the
Presidents own house. a raw sub
freshman from country village in
Connecticut on the evening of his first
day i'm Cambridge, found himself in
need of a Latin grammar to prepare
for the next days examination. Quite
without friends at the University, he
told his need to the first man he met
and was hidden to the strangers house.
There long search unearthed a Latin
grammar but it proved to be of too
old an edition TO serve the present
need. BY this time the strangers per-
pleXity and anxiety to get the book
exceeded the students own, and, after
off with a note to a friend in a neigh
boring street who might be likely to
have the right edition. 1t was weeks
before the student learned that the
chance stranger who had given an
hour of his time and an even more
precious measure of his sympathy to
a lonely and troubled student was the
President of the University. In a uni
Versity that numbers over four thou
sand the opportunity for personal
touch between student and President
is small but there are scores of stories
of the enlistment of the President S
personal interest in some students be-
half. There was Il young man VINO
desired to study botany, but had fail
ed to satisfy some technical prelim-
mary requirement The committee
which stood between the student and
his wish have Il vivid recollection of
the warmth of manner and the en-
phatic gesture of the President as he
declared, IF that young man wants
to study botany, he shall study it."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

In reply to an inquiry. the Rev. DR..
Gregory. an able and highly esteemed
contributor to the New York Ameri-
can, gave the following as, in his opin-
lon the twenty-five best works OF
hction, not including poety:
Don acknowledgements.
Les Miserables''- Hugo.
Tristram Shandy''-Sterne.
The Vicar Of Wakefield"-Go
smith.
Pilgrims Progress '-Bunyan.
Paul and Virginia Pierre.
Robinson Crusoe''-De Foe.
The Wandering JeW''-Eugene
Sue.
"Gulliver's Travels''-Swift.
"Gil Blas''-Le Sage.
pride and rejudice''-Austen.
Ten Thousand a Year"-Warren.
"Old NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
"Ivanhoe''-Scott.
David Copperfield''-Dic
Jane Eyre''-Charlotte Bronte
Daniel Deronda''-George Eliot.
VANITY Fair"-Thackeray
con the Heights
WAR and Peace"-Tolstoi.
Last Days of Pompeii '-BulWer.
LIE Pere Goriot"-BalZac.
'The Scarlet Letter"-Hawthorne
"Ben-Hur"--W Wallace.
1.-THE Leopard's Spot"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
Tour to St. Louis.

The Baracas have arranged with the
Seaboard for special cars to the
Worlds Fair on August 9th, and they
will have quite movement from
North Carolina.
The National Baraca Convention
meets in st. Louis August llth-l2th,
,t,d arrapgements are being made for
his TRIP by Mr.. r. N. Simms, Vice
president and Mr.. l.. w. Alderman
Secretary and Mr.. w. A. Cooper. Cars
viii he attached to other trains and
fha lowest rates in effect at the time
will be available for any VINO desire to
join the party. Special rates VIII be
Those who desire to accompany this
,artv should address either of the
lbove gentlemen, or the UNDERSIGNED,
ion ion W" G. III. Gattis, G. p. & L. A.
p. Smith, L. L. q.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

trv here. We do not see the Josephs
who dream epochal dreams because OF
the little distractions of the moment
and the little men who hide them
from view. The historian is a mere
clerk iotting down the minutes of
events. The song that Clio sings is
vital with the philosophy OF history,
and these unseen or mlSuhuerSlood
Josephs are the philosophy OF history
personified. The historian cannot see
bevond the "boo" of the mob and the
ban" of the priest. The giant Joseph
who makes history and was born with
the spirit of history in him, is as Gull
liver hemmed about by Lilliputlans-
as a noble stag at bay. While ne yet
lives we pigmy men will harry NM
and backbite him, and rail at MN,
and fight him with our puny SIrehS III
and hate him with all the nttleneSs
of orr souls but after he is dead ana
Clio has placed the seal of historic
immortality on his tomb, we or our
children or our children's children
will remove his poor, great DUST 10
the pantheon and build piouu
monument to his memory.
There is a world Of contempt 1or
the dead level of mediocrity and the
inherent smallness of human nature
and human comprehension III tha'
line
Things never yet created things.
The concluding stanza is also strong
and entirely prophetic. The poet
ignoring the snarling, yeiping pack
surrounding the noble quarry. butch
cred to make a political holiday, sees
straight into the future when the
dream of Englands political Joseph
shaln have come true-When "a wax
ened realm full circle swings" in inn
perialistic and commercial eXplolta-
tion-in "forborne harvestings' OF
blood and trade. The hyperbolical
Rudyard sees the great empire aban-
don it's time-tried policies of political
economy and, at last, adopt the Cham
herlain idea indicating the at pres
ent. discredited statesman of the sin
gle eyeglaSs.
And unto him an empire clings,
That grips the purpose of his plan.
My lords, what think we of these
things?
Once in our time is there a man ?
We think not We rather think the
Kipling imagination sees poetry III
politics where there is no poetry, and
that it oVerrateS Joe Chamberlain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
The OutIooks Seventeenth Education
al Number.

The August Magazine Number of
The Outlook is devoted very largely
to educational topics, as has been the
custom of this periodical for many
years. Notable among the special il
Illustrated features is the article by
President Slocum, of Colorado College,
on The Worlds Fair as an Educative
Force" This is illustrated by a re-
markable series of fine photographs of
scenes at the st. Louis Worlds Fair,
taken expressly fog this purpose by
Mr.. Arthur Hewitt The Worlds Fair
receives additional treatment in q Sc
ries of half dozen photograph by
Mr.. Hewitt, all taken at night: com
binedly they give beautiful and pic
turesque ideal of ''The Worlds Fair at
Night The present number has
marked the expiration of fifty years
of service by President Eliot to Har-
ward University, and appropriately The
Outlook this month prints an article
on The Personality of President
Eliot" by Mr. Mark Sullivan The
article contains many personal Incl
dents and anecdotes and is thoroughly
readable. 1t has a hitherto unpublish-
ed portrait which is soon to appear as
a steel engraving, and other pictures
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
? odd comments l have heard il

the odd comments l have heard in
them.
Only last week l stood behind two
young women from the country in a.
ruth avenue picture shop. One of
them called the others attention to
an atrociOus animal piece.
Two Dogs: After Landseer,' she
read from the frame. I can see the
TWO dogs, but where is LandSeer?'
The other young woman studied the
painting closely.
Where is he?' she said. I guess
TINS must be one of them puzzle pic
lures
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

ct is always interesting to note
the idiosyncrasies of great men," said
prominent educator, who was here
recently" But | think the most pc
culiar that | have heard of in some
time is that of Mr.. Andrew Carnegie.
1t is said that, besides being a great
student of literature. Mr. Carnegie
takes great pleasure in learning ia
mons poems so we'll that he can re-
peat them backward and is often en-
gagged in doing this, when there is no
business of importance to be attended
to. A trihe peculiar. isn't it.''-Win-
StOn Sentinel
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
THE SEiNERS, by Joseph Il. ConnOl-
~. Price. $3.50. Publishers: Charles
ScribnCr'S Sons. New York

Joseph B. Connolly is the latest dis
coVery among the writer's of fiction
TIhiS is his first long story and it is a
distinct success His short STORIES in
Scribner's of the Gloucester fishermen
Whetted the appetite for the splendid
story of the fisherfolk which Mr.. Com
nelly has given us in THE Seiners.
1t is a wholesome story of a brave
and sturdy folk who make their liv-
ing by going down into the sea "a
people who find joy and happiness in
their life of exposure. The reader Will
find the glowing accounts of 1.-The race
Of the fishing boats. 1.-The return OF
the fishing fleet" and other chapters
so true to nature and so thrilling as
II elicit his Warmest enthusiasm and
TO touch his heart.
The man who can write such
story as THE Seiners" may be sure
of a welcome in the world of letters
along with the authors of THE Cali
of the Wild" THE Silent Places and
Captains Courageous"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

Miss Elsie Elizabeth Johnson has
heen analyzing Tennyson's poems with
view. as it seems, to finding a color
scheme in them. She sends to The
Critic forty liness from his poetry in
which the word purple is used and
asked if purple Was Tcnnyson s favor
tie color. We do not remember that
any biographer has yet stated what
Tonnvson's favorite color was or nam
ed the "books that helped him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
THE BY-WAYS OF BRAITH. by
Frances Powell. 361 pages. Price
$3.50. Publishers: Charles Sc,ib-
nc,,.s, Sons New York.

The scene of this new story by the
author of THE House on the Hud-
SON" is Braithe Manor. which the
first American Braithe built in exact
reproduction of the ancestral English
Hall of the Braithes. even to the secret
room and the hidden labyrinth of pas
sages called 1.-The By-Ways" from.
which the novel takes it's title. 1t is
an impossible story but is hardly de-
serving the severe review given by The
Criterion. That literary journal says
OF it:
1t seems to be a fact that if a writer
nowadays, can conjure up a set of peo-
pie who never could possibly have
lived. a series of events which never
could possibly have happened, put
them in an environment which never
could exist he is said to have ''imagi-
nation then with all speed to
the publishers. 1t is this inVidious
most excels in. The House on the
Hudson was it appeared, about as
luridly, rismaIly impossible as n book
might well be, but The By-Ways of
Iiraithe has wrest6d the palm from
it, The heroine. insolent, impolite
creature, does nothing but bedeck her
self with Sparkling gems, trails
about in "rich velvets and priceless
silks" and make trouble for all the
other banal, distorted, gloomy char
acters in the book. Years ago we read
these stories in the weekly agricul-
tural journals; it is amusing to find
ourselves repeating the same perform
anCe-with only the slight variCtions
that automobiles and wireless tee-
Graphy must inevitably bring about.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

A good story about Browning and
Tennyson is to be found in the inter
esting diary of the Right Hon Sir
Mountstuart Grant Duff. Browning
referred readily to the charge of OBJ
security in his poetry. HE once told
me-" says Sir Mounstuart Grant Duff
latter repeating a story Wordsworth
had told him illustrating his own
strange want of humor and wit, that
Wordsworth, after all, was unjust to
himself, for that on hearing of Brown
ing's engagement to Miss Barrett he
had said: "Well, l suppose they I'M
derstand each other, although nobody
understands them!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
Songs ApOstasy.

When is the Muse most Justify ac-
claimed?
When she in paths not native goes
aStray,
There to disown her record if she may,
Deny her lineage, turn as one ashamed
From all she was, and all that once
was famed
To be her realm and birthright. Yet
today,
Her need is rather to retrace her way
no where of old her steadfast signal
famed,
Thence counting it her glory to be-
On man the things he is poor in, not
the things
Life spawns forever with a rank eX-
TO teach him beauty and not ugli-
ness,
The upward not the downward truth;
and so
TO the mountains lead him, and the
cold, clear springs.
William Watson, in the August At
lantic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

(By Henry Van DykeO
At sunset, when the rosy light was
dying
Far down the pathway of the West,
saw lovely dove in silence flying,
To be at rest.
borrow
Thy wandering wings, thy freedom
bleSt
d fly away from every careful sorrow.
And find my rest"
But when the dusk "a filmy veil was
weaving,
: Back came the dove to seek her nest
Deep III the forest Were her mate was
grieving-
There was true rest.
Peace, heart of mine! no longer sigh to
wander;
Lose not thy life in fruitless quest.
There are no happy islands over yon-
der;
Come home and rest
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
\ Guaranteed Cure For Piles.

Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
mo piles. Your druggist will refund
money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure
Won i'm to 4 days. SOC.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
ROMANCE, by Joseph Conrad and
Ford NJ. Hucftcr. Illustrated by
Charles Il. NacaIIley. A28 pages.
Price. $3.50. Publishers: Mcclure.
Phillips * Co, New York.

This is a book of simon-pure adven-
Il re and is wholly unlike any other
book tina Conrad has before given to
the public Whether the radical diff
ference is due to Mr.. Conrad's admit
ted versatility or to the blood-aEd-
thunder genius OF his collaboration, is
an open question.
The hero of this story, who is bet
ter than any flesh and blood young
man possibly can be, goes to Jamaica
from England to seek his fortune.
From the hour of his landing the story
teens with adventures that make ones
hair stand on end. Breathess adven-
lures by land and sea are recounted.
IN which pirates, innocent victims.
aElp-wreck torture, and manifold
ether horrors unite to form a thrilling
story as has ever been put into vel
low back dime novel. AS soon as this
immaculate hero arrives at Jamaica
ne proceeded to fall into the hands Of
pirates who made their headquarters
on the Cuban coast. The heroine is
the daughter of a panish grandee and
she IS both brave and beautiful, and
her faith in the hero is all that one
could expect in a sensational novel
1t, must not be inferred from the
above that the novel is not strong.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
IN THE
Literary World

virile, interesting-very thrilling, or
that it is wanting in d. literary excel
'ence. Indeed, it is a thrilling novel,
powerfully written, and the only cri-
ticism is that it has a hackneyed plot
and is ultra sensational and blood
cUrdling.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07
Come home and rest.

Jesse Lewisohn is a collector of pic
lures. The other day he was convefs-
ing with Robert Henri, the painter
Art galleries and exhibitions" Mr.
LeWlSohn said, ARE interesting places
to haunt. l wish | had noted down all
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

Mr.. Alfred Henry Lewis's new novel
upon which the author has been en-
gagged since the publication OF ms sue
cessful story. 1.-THE Boss" will be call
ed 1.-THE President" While the new
novel is understood to be the first of
all a story which gives full scope for
the authors humor and imagination,
he has nevertheless drawn upon his
rarely complete knowledge of the in
ner side of national politics. In the
course of the story of president max
ing. several striking figures and
scenes are introduced which some
readers may try to identify. 1t is un-
derstood that ''The President will be
published in the early autumn by A..
S. Barnes & Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

with the comment that this was "the
only bad line Milton ever wrote. =
Harpers Weekly.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

Tennysons opinion of Browning,
(and incidentally, of himsel), is
shown in his remark that browning
is devoted to music, and knows a
great deal about it; but there is no
music in his verse. / know nothing
about music, and don't care for it in
the least, but my verse is full OF
music" In reading Milton's ''Lycidas"
aloud. says Sir MountstlRrt Grant
Duff, Tennyson would stop at the
line
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-07

And, oh. We dolphins. watt the hapless
youth,
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-22

Buster boasting, if they would, III fact,
do anything to call attention to The
continual increasing power OF the mon
ey kings, there would be no Jack OF
interest in the campaign. But it is a
sham fight. Everyone knows 1T and
the consequence is that no ~one taxes
any more interest in it than they would
in any other sham fight.
There is plenty of enthusiasm among
the populists. They are fighting IN
earnest, and all men know it. Every
speech made by Tom Watson has hun
dreds Of thousands of readers. # the
money could be obtained to print them,
millions would read them. Every
member Of the gray-haired Old Guard
is out on the firing line, and as they
see the hundreds of thousands Of new
recruits coming to them from the east
and the south the old CLEAN of battle
rs in their eyes. With trembling hands
they hold aloft the old banner, and
stagger forward as they hear the ciar-
ion voice of. Tom Watson coming from
still farther in the front, crying, 'Fol-
low me-
There is no sham fighting ano no
apathy in the populist ranks.
>>~~S~~~~ ttt4 z
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-22
HIDE THE SHAME

Henry George, Jr., son of illuslrious
sire, inheritor OF fadeless name.
progeny OF prophet who uttered
greater economic truths than any phil
osopher OF the ages gone. disappolnts
thousands upon thousands OF those
whose loyalty to his father had per-
suaded them TO look to him ms the sue
ccssor of that prophet, by coming out
In a letter for the election OF Parker.
Mr. George admits watson's ereater
degree of JeiIersonian democracy: adj
mits Parkefs eowardlen ON the SUBJ
lects most nearly Affecting the doe
trines Of the single tax: yet, unllhe hts
father, pleads for bis election upon the
sole ground that either Roosevelt or
Parker must be- elected, NO. he adds
ono more reason. that Ii the lm0eriaI-
Ism fake lie assumes that parkers
attitude on this question Will avert tbs
dangers into which We are FuahnT.
II has been shown time and again