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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14
The TraVeling Habit


The entirely new feature which the
interurban roads have introduced into
the traffic situation is the promotion
of what may be called the travelling
habit. There are citizens of New Eng
land to-day who can remember when
prayers were offered in the churches
for the hardy traveller Of Boston who
proposed to undertake a trip to New
York. Steam communication has les
sened tenfold the minimum amount OF
urgency which would induce a trip Of
a hundred miles, but it has remained
for the electric road to keep people con-
stantly travelling short distances, i'm
PEELED by motives which would not
have been sufficient to start them even
five years ago. A twenty-mile journey
on a steam railroad requires as much
preparation as a 20O-mile journey, but
the interurban car. leisurely traversing
the streets of the town to collect its
passengers at frequent intervals is such
a convenient, lazy way Of getting
around that it seems not to require
much in the way of plans or Of pack
ing. To choose between the morning
train at S:13 and the afternoon train at
1851 required decision. to catch the
train required fOrethought; while now
adays if at 10 a. m it seems casually
advisable to go to JonespOrt, all that is
necessary is to wait for the hourly in
terurban car to pass the door.-Ray
Morris, in the June Atlantic.
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TALK OF THE TOWN
AND s19RIFe,, o. RHE
TIMES ~
ANe70 Variety.

1t was in the steamy sickly louhslns-
room Of the Hammam baths along ABOUT
the third hour of the morning when the
last of the wobbIy patrons had been
nounded into semi-consciousness and
Law stretched in sop0rific ease along
the sofas. One only was noisy and par
ticularly disagreeable.
"Yessur, l helped Jenries traih'
helped Fi-zimm'ns train-help um all
train. Been pounded t pulp loz
times. 1 amt 'fraid O. no man at
walks. 1 amt. Amt 'fraid any
thing. 1 amt" His tangled staccato
punctuated the snores with dreadful in
sistence. 1t was evidently billed 10
run until morning.
Over on a lounge in the corner
long. lean individual, cowled in MS
bathrobe like any monk of Chartreuse'
grew restive under the interminaole
drone from the lips of the ex-punchlng
bag. He was probably dreaming OF
old circus days and did not care to be
interrupted At last he sat up wearily
and began in the most matter-of-tact
way to make some startling evolutions.
First he gently slid both sandaled feet
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14
HEARST IN MINNESOTA.

"HE great of personal and political righteous
in its march through States and Terri
tories and islands of the has reached Mime
sofa, and result the chairman of the Democratic
committee is in the hospital with split lip and scalp
stitched like baseball The Hearst movement
who get in the way guilty of conrbutory negligence
The telegraph flashes the that when the Hearst
banner inscribed with the legend Purity and Reform
was unolded in that State pocketbook was unfolded
also and that thereafter it became easy to get the
primaries in Minneapolis. In St. Paul. however the
bearers of the banner proposed let virtue be its own
reward and Mr. Hearst did get single delegate
From this assume that in the Minnesota Democracy
virtue does not pay high wages as other employers
and if she is working a side partner of Mr. Hearst
he ought to send disbursng agent with her these
business trips.
Mr.. Dan Lawler of Minneapolis. anti Hearst and good
fighter, failed entirely in opposing the great pust and
reformer, while in ST Paul. only the memory
of Pat Kelly to lead reform and purity of the Hearst
brand had not whereon to lay its head.
The Minneapolis gentleman whose disabled coun-
in hospital the result of contact with the
Hearst banner and barrel is named Bowler but he evil
out in the first round.
On the general field it appears to a looker-on that
interest is declining in both Hearst and Parker Mr.
Hearsts lavish assistance extended the needy Democ
racy made him object of interest until it seemed an
parent that his disbursers getting more of the
needfu than did the needy. Judge Parker the farmer
of Esopus had vogue until friendly reporters be-
gan to write him up. When described the hair on
his hands blcached bright sorrel by the sun of
Esopus interest began evaporate 1t now prob
able that when the of soap and the man of Esopus
the convention the loud whinny of dark horse
will be heard in the political timber and thew will both
retire from the field
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Il Japanese Legend.

Have you ever read in the Stories
From the Wonderlore of Japan about
"the meeting of the lovers? The leg
end runs thus: On the banks of the
silver river Of heaven (Which we call
the Milky Way) there lived a beauti-
full maiden, who was the daughter Of
the SUM- Her name was Sholxujo, and
she was so serious and so busy that all
called her the weaving or spinning
princess" AT last the sun king
thought to- marry his daughter to
Kingin, young man who kept a herd
Of cows on the banks of the celestial
stream, but no sooner was she married
than her character seemed to change
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14
VACATION TIME.
w 7 ITH the close of the schools i'll mid June the
NM California vacation begins. Russell Sage who
is hale. hearty and acn1isitive AZ

w nth the close of the schools in mid June the
M California vacation begins Russell Sage. who
is hale, hearty and acquisjtive ninety
years, has recently decred vacations He thinks them
bad for uniting him to do good work when he
gets back to his Office On the other side the late Sen
ator Stanford said it impossible to do much work
without taking much leisure. 1t is also reported
Gently that Bankers the look with suspicion upon
clerks who do not go to lunch and avoid taking
vacations 1t is said that experience in embezzlements
and defaults proves that such clerks usually the
who rob the bank.
We think that Mr.. Sage is wrong Probably he has
made profitable to avoid vacations and put his time
studying games. in which he outplay the other
hnancers who resting by the in the noun
tains. But it will do evolve general rule from
his experience
In California lures the children of men to
rest This State planned for vacation time.
few hours travel at slight expense will relocate
in the midst of just such change scene surround
ings and altitude require. From the hot valleys
our people go to the mountains. where waterfalls
tnkle and brooks babbe and bosky des and the glory
of wild flowers make them forget the of life and
the jostle of the madding crowd, with equal and
economy they seek the and sport the
beach, refresh them in the surf lie in the sand and
hear the great voice of the ocean, restless itself
preaching to those who listen.
Wise the and women who plan a vacation
and take it. in the of fashionable resort
but by seeking the mountains the shore where they
ca1Sast off the restraints of convention comfort
able clothes, reasonable food, keep hours
and the wholesome experiences of life which are
apt to get in the rush and hurry. If money
making all there of life. Russell Sage's idea
would be justified But it is far from ALL and it seldom
sweetens existence when made the chief end of man.
1t is among the minor motives of existence. and when
it is made nober things, but becomes the
master motive. it is little conducive to happiness
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

utterly. and she became idle and for
sock her loom and needle.
The sun king thought the husband
the cause Of this and determined To
separate the couple So he ordered
the husband to remove to the other
side Of the river of stars and told him
that hereafter they should meet but
once a wear. on the seventh day Of the
seventh month. The sun king then
called myriads of magpies, which
formed a bridge over the floor Of stars,
over which the lover-husband sorrow
fully crossed the river Of heaven Then
the nagpies flew away. filing the air
with their gatherings.
After this the young wife returned
to her loom and worked diligently
every day, but every evening the two
would go and stand by the banks OF
the river and gaze 1ongingly at each
other. Once a year they were allowed
to cross the bridge of birds, except IL
it rained, when the magpies would be
swept away. But usually the sky was
clear on the seventh evening Of the
seventh month, and the lovers met with
great Joy. So in ancient times the
people of Japan celebrated this date,
hoped for clear weather and wealth
and happiness for all, while the girls
made a wish that they might be skilled
in needlewOrk.
This is the legend OF the 7th OF July,
when the herdboy star and the spin
ming maiden star cross the Milky Way
to meet each other.
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Red Ink Straight.

Down in the Indian Territory last
week came across a new phase of the
tippling habit" said NJ. B. Arthur of
Cincinnati. 1T is against the law of the
Territory to sell any intoxicants, and
the expedients resorted to are startling
to a man who has been used to free
traffic in rum. A druggist at one of the
best towns In the Territory told me
that his sale Of perfumery and red ink
has been immense, and that a great
part Of these liquids were taken as peo-
pie ordinarily use beer or whisky. 1
myself saw a half-breed toss off a
glassful Of red ink and smack his lips
with an air as expressive of satisfac-
tion as though it had been a nip of the
best rye or bourbon."-New York Tri-
bune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

Orientalisf who has come over to this
country. and who was received in audi
ence this week by the King. The pro-
fess0r. who is over seventy-two. is here
10 arrange for the publication, in Eng
lish. Of his autobiography. the prepara-
tion Of which he finished only a short
time ago. He always has been a bril-
liant writer and his unique experiences
and intimacy with all sorts of distin-
guished folk must have supplied him
with material for a really fascinating
book.
The professor possesses a marvellous
knowledge Of Oriental tongues. Aided
By this and disguised as a native in
most instances he was able TO study
almost unknown Eastern countries
with greater accuracy.
One Of the principal results of his
travels through Central Asia was to
make him a Russophobe and an Anglo
phile, for he maintains that the Rus
SLAMS are the worst civilizers Of bar
barOus and semi barbarous nations,
while Anglo-Saxons are the best. Pro-
fessOr Vambery regards the possession
OF India by the British as a blessing
manity, and on the other hand he
would regard the capture OF India by
Russia as a misfortune for the natives
and for humanity. He has never
ceased to warn England and the world
OF Russia's dark designs in Asia, which
he has done as much as any one TO cir
cumvent
Professor Nambery is a personal
friend Of the Sultan Abdul Haunid. and
he regards Turkeys ruler as a much
maligned monarch who is unjustly held
responsible for the misdeeds committed
by his ministers and courtiers. YAM
berry has written much IN defense of
the Sultan in this sense. Long after he
became a persona gratissima at the
English court, Vambery was excluded
from high society in Budapest, where
he resides. so that when the present
King Of England, then Prince Of Wales.
paid visit to Budapest, he was greatly
surprised not TO meet the professor at
several Of the dinners given In his
honor by members Of the Hungarian
nobility
The Prince called on vambery to ask
him why he was not present, and on
hearing that Vambery was not in the
most exclusive set, he said: Professor
Tomorrow there is a grand hall az
Prince Esterhazy's house, 1 will r;ro-
cure you an invitation, and you wait
for me outside the ballroom - The
next night the elite OF Hungarian soc,.
ETY. had assembled to meet the Prince
Of Wales. and the distinguished com
pany were awaiting his entry into the
ballroom, when the doors were thrown
open, and the future King of England
appeared with his arm linkedain Yam.
bery's. In this way he walked doVvr
the ballroom and taking the explore,
UP 10 several Hungarian magnates be
asked them, Don't you know nv very
good friend Vambery. who has con.
ferTed more honor on Hungary tha,
Hungary has on him?"
Vambery was at once taken up bv tn.
upper few hundreds Of Hungarian so.
ciety and thanks to Edward VIp,
championship, his right. to associat,
with them has never again been oues
toned
Speaking on the subject Of the pres
ent war the other day Professor Yam.
berry said:
Hitherto, Russia's prestige in tn,
eyes Of the Mohammedan world ha,
been immense, to the infinite detrimen
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

At State conference of Democrats in ST Paul
the argument submitted up to that high standard
which the opposition has found it expedent always to
maintain. Several debaters sent hospital, an
ncpinent riot suppressed and overcharged at
mosphere for blocks demonstrated to the most
ncreduous that the Democracy of Minnesota health
full, vigorous and mentally normal.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

Four million pounds of tobacco were burned at Rich
mond the other day and it up to the statstcian
to tell how many of our inspiring youth have tenn
porarily been saved from early graves and what bless
ngs of omission have been showered upon the rest of us
by decrease in the output of the cigarette
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

The suggestion has been made public that there is
slight probability of Champion Jefres retiring after his
approaching contest" The absurdy of the suggestion
is apparent in its very utterance AS long the affairs
of the pugugles of incidental interest
to the public these worthes will retire The coin
of the foolish valuable schemers as is the money
of the wise
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

PRIZE MONEY-H. T., City. ANY
one who believes that he is entitled to
prize money for having fought with
Dewey at Manila Bay should make ap-
plication to the Congressman OF the
district In which he lives, who will ad-
wise him in the matter.
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AHSgVerS to Queries.

FROST-Subscriber City. The rec
ord for twenty-five years preceding
1908 shows that the earliest frost in
Chicago, ILL.,, was September 1.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14
MEN anaakkAa9EERS IN
THE EGI~zheW WORLD
M0NB

OF Great Britain. But now. reading the
Turkish, Arabian and Persian news
papers as 1 do. / see that the Orientals
are becoming disillusioned. and that re-
spect for England increases as Rus
sia's glory wanes"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

MINING BUREAUS. w, OakdaIe,
Cal. The California Mining Bureau in
the ferry building, San Francisco, is
open daily from 9 o'clock in the morn
ing to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, ex-
cept Sundays and holidays.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-Constant
Reader. Oakdale, Cal. Any bookseller
can secure for you books that are
known as 'self-instructors of the Span
ish language" Such books are good as
assistants to those who are studying
the language and have the benefit Of
one who orally gives the proper pro-
nunciation of the words Of the Ian
guage
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

PIGEONS FEATHERS-Su
City. There is a superstition that no
person can die on a bed or pillow con-
tanning pigeons feathers. In British
Apollo" appears the following: ''Ir any
body be sick and be a-dying, if such lie
upon pigeon feathers such viii be Ian
gushing and never die, but be IN pain
and torment"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

Boston is in ecstasy of approval of the music cure
that strange fad which is supposed to provide rem
edy for ills Enthusiasts say that any musical in
will do the trick but violin is preferred It is
very evident that the worthy denzens of the Hub have
not heard of the volinsts that have drfed our
way.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14
The London Book World.
snecial correepondence.


HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL,
s HENRIETTA STREET. COVENT
GARDEN, LONDON. May 30.-Hun
garian opinion to the contrary not
withstanding, ii is impossible to COM
pare the genius of the late Marcus
Jokai with that of Alexander Dumas.
but in almost every other respect the
famous Magyar novelist was the coun-
terpart Of the great Frenchman. In
actual fertility Jokai surpassed The
Three Musketeers' author, for even
with the assistance of his faithful
corps of literary hacks, Dumas never
eoualed the Hungarian's tale of 200
romances and $50 COLLECTIONS of poet
ical works. not to mention several
plays. 1t is probable, in fact, that this
Is worlds record. Like Dumas, Jo-
kai had lived life full of adventure
and one that included a lot of ac-
tual fighting-before he turned to ro-
nance writing as a trade. Bluff good
humor was one OF the most striking
qualities of both mems work and Jo-
kai resembled Dumas in writing al
| most entirely on impulse-seldom
knowing in advance what iWas going
to happen 10 his characters. Both
romaneers were also dramatists, both
editors at one time or another. Like
Dumas, again, Jokai died practically
poor man simply as the r0sTA of
open handedness to all and sundry
who applied to him. The waits and
strays that perpetually were quartered
upon him in his house at Budapest
were exactly the sort of parasites tha,
/ Dumas maintained at his chateau of
| Monte Cristo long after his reduced
earning capacity made such munif-
/ Cence absurd
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

Servia, it is said trembling the brink of another
revolution and King Peter is suffering all the
of anxiety that constituted the dread prelude the death
of King Alexander AS long the Servians conhne the
practice of their notions of right and wrong them
selves the of the world view the situation with
complacency and supreme We have troubles
of our own
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Wkom the King HoHorS.
so Correspondenoe.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALL.
HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT
GARDEN. LONDON. May 9O.-In Eng
lish literary circles. especially, much
interest has been aroused by the pres
ence here Of Professor Arminius YAM
berry. the famous Eastern explorer and
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14
SHAFTER'S R

SKATERS RETIREMENT s.,
City. General William r. Shafter. U.
S. a., was. by operation of law. placed
on the retired list June 80. 1901.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

vANDERBILTS-A. A. o. S.. City. The
Vanderbilts of New York are de-
scendants Of Commodore Cornelius
Vanderbilt, who was born on Staten
Island, N. Y, 1894. He married So
phia Johnson in 1913 and his second
marriage was to Frances Crawford, in
1869. He died in 1877.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

DANIEL WEBSTER - Subscriber,
City. Daniel Webster never was a
Cabinet officer but once. That was in
1850, when he was appointed Secre-
tary of State by President Fillmore.
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sing his praises for he has done noby, indeed in
giving long suffering world article that will have
much for the pulex rrtans cyclones have
for the Kansan Japanese mines and torpedoes have
for the Muscovtes. Before long shall be hearing
this query in streetcars and on street corners How
is your flea trap working to-day"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

The latest statistica1 estimates for
the German empire place the popula-
ton at 5S,549,000. From these figures
it appears that the population has in
creased LAG per cent in the last year.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by thu
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 23O Cal@
ifornia street. Telephone Main 1042.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

Townsend's California Glace fruits IN
artistic fire-etched boxes. IT'S Market sts
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

William Dean HOwells is now at
Folkstone, the fashionable English
seaside resort. where he intends to
spend several weeks, prior to begin
ming the study of life here, which he
expects Will keep him in this country
until the end Of autumn at least. Rider
Haggard, having completed his tour
in Egypt, is now on his way to this
country. Henry Sienkiewicz, author Of
Quo Vadis." who was married for the
third time a few days ago. is spend
ing his honeymoon at Vienna.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

Stanley ]. Weyman must feel de-
cidedly gratified over the practical
means which the city of Geneva has
just taken of expressing its satisfac-
ton with his story. The Long Night"
Geneva is, of course. the scene of the
latest Weyman romance and the au-
thor hardly could have had any more
convincing testimonial to the faithful
ness of his treatment of the famous
"Escalade" than the illuminated ad-
dress and bust of Calvin which the
leading citizens of the Swiss city are
about 20 send him. The Long
Night is now being translated into
French especially for circulation in
Switzerland.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-14

George Calderon, who published A
diverting book year or so ago called,
THE Adventures of Downy V. Green,
Rhodes Scholar at Oxford" has writ
ten another, which he calls "Dwala," ."
and which has plot Of some piquancy
An American Snowman, in Bcrneo in
quest Of monkeys, becomes possessed
of one that from the first shows signs
of unusual intelligence and, soon after
ward, electrifies its owner by begin
ming to talk. This is "Dwala," who is,
in fact, the long-sought missing link
Naturally the Snowman looks forward
to coming money with him, but Just
as the American is about to leave for
London, Dwala escapes. He finds his
way to the village Of a local tribe, who
instantly make him their King But
gold is discovered in the vicinity, Eng
lish folk turn UP and Dwala is taken
in hand by British member Of Par
lament, who brings him home, pro-
vides him with money and eventually
launches him in society. Here his sue
cess is immediate and ere long the ape
man goes into Parliament and finally
becomes Prime Minister. Not until
after his death of consumption is the
discovery made that he had a tail.
K. and Hesketh Prichard's ingen-
ious and exciting stories of the ad-
ventures of Don Q, the Spanish
brigand, which have been a feature of
Pearson's Magazine, are to be intro
duced to the American public presently
in book form The 'K' in this literary
combination stands for Kate, the name
of Hesketh Prichard's mother, who has
collabOrated with him in nearly all
that he has written. She went most
Of the way with him on his recent ex-
plorations in darkest Patagonia, and is
planning to accompany him on a hunt
ing expedition to Labrador next
autumn. Never were mother and son
better chums than these two. In ad-
dition to all his literary work Prichard
is one Of the most famous bowlers
among the younger generation of
cricketers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-07-16
HUGE SHIPMENTS OF PEACHES
Thirteen Hundred Cars Handled by
Central.

Up to yesterday morning the Central
Railroad has handled exactly thirteen
hundred carloads of peaches and plums
for the season. Putting twenty cars
in train, there were sixty five trains
of these Georgia peaches and plums.
This fruit neited the owners an average
of $3.50 per car; or a total cash return
of 1916 .000-nearly miIlion.dollars-
and the season is not yet half finished.
TO this may be added at least 500 car
loads of watermelons and canteloupes,
TO say nothing of pears and other fruits.
These shipments apply to the Central
Railroad alone, and when shipments
by the Seaboard, Coast Line and other
roads are added thereto. the figures
grow to lprodiglous size. Georgia il
easily the greatest fruit state in the
Union.