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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-09

rArNs-Ideal home. beautiful grounds. 5
miles Santa Cruz in foothills redwood belt:
will accommodate few guests: sprinkled drives:
trout fishing: phone suburban 81; gas: 81 week
Tourist Bureau. IL MONTGOMERY 81. MRS
BUNTING. r. r. D. 81. Santa Cruz
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ROWARDENNAN
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.
Season Opens June L. 1905. S
WIN G. DODGE, Lessee. Ben Lomond. Cal.

FORBES REST a assrt n,s Of 5 S s. e
r. r.. round trip SO so: surrounded by two ro-
mantle trout streams; fishing. bathing; a pic
t,resque place Adults. 81 per week: families
special rates. w. C. FORDE. P. M. Eccles.
Cal.
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m Sumner Home =. T. s %osasa sa Camp MssEsr

Pure water. equable climate, lots at $40 up:
cottages built by Meeker, $50 up; depot: stores.
restaurant; hotel; post; express; phones saw
mill; 300 lots sold: 400 cottages built Sau-
salito ferry. N s. r. r. M. c.. MEEkER.
Camp Meeker Sonoma County.
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Klamath Hot Springs.

Fishing hunting and health resort. Leave
train at Ager. Apply to Pecks Tourist Bureau
III Montgomery st. ST, or to EDISON
BROS Beswick Siskiyou County. for booklet.
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REDUCED RATES

Trip to Lake County easy by VIM Spier's
spring stages; more comfortable than carriages.
From San Francisco to Anderson. Hardin.
Spier's and return 81. To Adams. Seigler's.
Hoberg's Howard. Astorg and Glenbrook and
return So Stages leave Calstoga 80 a.
M. Sundays excepted One-ha1r hour for lunch
at the Caiistoga Hotel Fifty pounds baggage
allowed with each ticket. Tickets on sale at
Southern Pacific offices.
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lane Co: contain sulphur. iron. magnesa and
arsenic: over $4,000 In improvements; thor
ouxhly renovated and new sanitarium through
out: one large 3-story building Just compieted-
new gymnasium, bowling alley. exercising
ROOM all kinds OF up-tO-date apparatus. Round
trip from s. F. 81 j. A. HAYES. Prop
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rfcturesoueIy located the western slope OF
MI shasta A visit to the Portland Exposition
will be more enjoyable by resting few days
here while en- route. All kinds OF amusements.
FOR particulars consult the information bu-
reaus of San Francisco address Sissons
Tavern. Siss0n, Cal.
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REuozzze "A HzwE BozzDzR Erxo9 lie
o<AZRZ load.

put go men on the work, the fourth
battalion being still young and its men
requiring a good deal of military training
before it could afford TO do any kind of
extra work. company of sappers and
miners from Roorkee also came up to
Landsdowne for six months. and shortly
after they left half battalion of pioneers
was to go on with the work.
The old bride path was 20 miles In
length from the railway, whereas the new
cart road is 26A. The lower 1917 miles
were given to the Public Works Depart
ment to construct, while the Military
Works Service was made responsible for
the upper section of 16 miles. The lower
section and two miles of the upper has
a gradient of 1 in 30. whilst the rest of
the road rises / foot in 20. The upper
part, as well as being very steep for
cart road, has no fewer than nine exceed
ingly acute turns owing to Its having
TO be zig Jagged In order to climb up to
the necessary height in Its restricted
length This road into Central Asia Is
intended to lead eventually straight to
the hidden city of Lhassa In Thibet.
Once this is complete the British inf1u-
ence will be more benefited than by a
standing army of 100000 men. 1t is the
old method of the Roman conquerors APP
piled to modern empire building by the
keen-slghted Brltishers.
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Man Should be Two
Handed.

The belief that the utility OF the LETT
hand should be cultivated Is rapidly gain
ing ground In this country. There are
many students of the subject who claim
that we get only half the good out OF
life, because we SO neglect this feature
OF physical development. Still more Sc
rIously they argue that reform In this
direction would increase our vitality, and
perhaps prolong life.
1t is argued that the cells on one side
of the brain govern the movement of The
muscles OF one side of the body. IL the
same lot OF cells are called upon con-
stantly to do their work while the others
are left idle, 1t is reasonable 10 suppose
that while some fail to develop on ac-
count of lack of use, others are over
worked, and must break down the sooner.
Childhood is naturally the period most
favorable TO the training of the left baud.
although enthusiasts urge that 1t Is wise
for adults to take 1t up at any age. The
English schools have introduced II Into
their course Of training with satisfactory
results. The hardest thing to accom-
plish with the left hand. and the most
useful. is the act of writing. Even
person, left-handed by nature, usually
has an inferior handwriting, SO 1t could
hardly be expected that training In later
life would accomplish great things. In
any case, such an Accomplishment would
be of no little Importance to the many
young peopie who earn their living by
their pen and are disabled by slight
accident.
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supernatural about our dreams, and the
old Middle Age superstition of prophesy-
ing by dreams is dismissed by him as alb
surd.
DIR. Jooss says that children dream least
of all, and adults dream more between
the ages of 20 and 30 than at any other
period of life. Women are greater
dreamers than men. and for every 90
dreams by a man a woman has 10.
Our dreams come mostly during the
early morning hours. when dawn begins
to break into the room. Every person
has his own individual dreams. The
dreams of intelligent and educated per-
sons are altogether different from those
of the uneducated, and the dreams of chill
dren are of subjects simpler than those
of adults. Generally we dream of past
events, and those ideas that have held
our attention during our waking hours.
1t is seldom that our dreams are joyful
or interspersed with real laughter. Occa-
sionaly the same dream repeats Itself
for several nights. Often we dream of
odors so unpleasant that we awake with
a nauseated feeling.
Our immediate surroundings have much
to do with our dreams We dream of
falling into the water, or walking about
half-clad when we have kicked the covers
Off our bed. A sick person, with band
age around his head, often dreams OF be-
Ing scaIped by Indians And an attack
of govt in sleep brings dreams of torture
by the inquisltion, etc. Persons suffering
from asthma usually have horrible dreams
of choking.
Those subject to epilepsy dream of
falling from heights. being consumed by
fire. etc, and the awakening Is accom-
panied by screams.
Likewise persons afflicted with neuras-
thenla are troubled with awful night
mares, especially of foul deeds and wild
animals. Hysterical persons dream of
blackbrds, skeletons and disgusting sub
jec,s, and the curious part of 1t is that
persons so afflicted are unable to tell next
day whether it was a dream or an actual
fact.
Persons suffering from fever dream of
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How Great Britain is Slowly
But Surely Opening Up Dark
Corners of the Earth.

Great Britain is just at this time at an
enormous cost carrying on work In the
vast mountains of the Hlmalayas, which
should be taken very much to heart by
that portion of the United States govern
ment which is supposed to be looking
after the civilizing of our colonial pos
sessions In the Far East. The secret of
the success of the British empire has
always been the fact that where the
machine-gun and the rife have cleared n
passage there has always followed the
schoolteacher, the merchant and last, but
most important, the builder of great high
ways and ronds. And along these roads
constructed by natiye labor under English
instruction there has always passed and
repassed volume of trade that has bound
the Island Kingdom TO the very remotest
colonies brought under the British ensign.
In the lofty mountains of Thibet and of
India and along the sultry table land of
South Africa and leading on up through
darkest Africa to the Soudan and thence
into the Valley of the Nile, myriads of
natives of scores of nationalities have
stretched broad roads which have been
the most valuable surety of peace and
DTObTtSS lpi pOlh lht natives hhNhStAfSS
and the British merchant, who not only
always follows but very frequently pre-
redes the flag of his native land.
And where the natives are difficult TO
handle or ndisposed TO work, Great Brit
min does not hesitate to take the rifles
from the hands of her soldiers and to
place there the spade Of the sapper and
the Implements for constructing broad and
solid highways after the manner of the
Romans of old, whose highways started
from the imperial city of Rome and led
on one side to the very shores OF the
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only to the great artillery guns. which In
the Russan-Japanese conflict have been
proven to be the real asset that deter
mines victory or defeat. True, this Is
only the lesson of Sedan and the French
slaughter of 20. Still the army rifle Is
of vital consequence In totallng up the
fighting potency of nations defenses
and millions upon millions are lavished in
inventlng md manufacturing the deadly
tubes. Just now England is re-equpping
all of her soldiers with a new weapon
which is being turned out by the hundreds
of thousands. Grave statesmen in the
House of Commons and noble dukes in the
Lords are wrangling constantly over the
rival advantages of different types of iong
distance, high-power rifles.
How Modern Armies Fire.
The new British rifle is claimed to be
the very pink Of small-arm perfection,
and, II so, Ii will enormously increase the
prestige of the English forces. Volley
firing has been practically abolished In
real fighting, and even in solid field work
for army practice the old habit of giving
the command of when and how TO fire
has been done away with The present
method Of infantry firing is for the chief
commissioned officer In each company to
make the distance and wind measure
mcnts and to order tie sight gauges
placed at the proper altitude. Then once
the order to fire has been given the pri-
Yates simply continue to fire their re-
peating rifles as quickly as possible.
Under this literal rain OF lead men
exposed without good trenches to protect
them drop by the thousand. The recent
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small mountalneers. Since then the can
Torment has continued to grow until for
the past four years its garrison has COM
prised four battalions-two of Goorkhas
and two of Garhwalis. For the long
want of n suitable line of communication
with the railway has been keenly felt;
but the usual excuse-scarcIty of funds
has proved an insurmountable obstacle.
and so this large garrison has had to re-
main more or less cut off. But again the
matter was strongly urged, and little
over year ago n cart road was sane
toned on the conditions that the troops
at Landsdowne should contribute their
share of work. This was really agreed
TO, for everyone concerned well knew
that as soon as the cart road was com
pleted the cost of living and the price
of all articles, whether necessities or
luXuries. would be largely reduced. Three
of the four battnlions each undertook to
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falls to satisfy the test 1t is liable to be
rejected by the government officials.
SHINING "A Steel Barrel.
When the final skin" of steel is taken
off the interior of the barrel IL is so fine
that 1t is impossible to see 1t In the stream
of oil that is pouring all the while
through the barrel. But on thrusting ones
finger into the oil one picks out a tiny
thread of steel, all coiled up which thread
has run the whole length of the bnrrel.
SO true are these machines that 10 per
cent. of the barrels pass the test at their
first trial. In the same way, when rifiing
the barrel, the barrel revolves while the
steel cutter remains fixed. In the new rifle
the grooves grow slightly deeper as they
near the muzzle that, it Is believed, will
give them greater velocity. To give the
barrel their brown coating 1t is neces-
sary to put five coats on them, which are
four times brushed and scalded off to
arrest dust
Then, when each part of the rifle has
passed Its separate tests, they are put to-
gether and handed over to the govern
ment officials. If approved Of they are
brought back to the assembling rooms
and taken to pieces again. Then hnai
polish is put on them, and again they are
tested by the officials as a finished arm.
That Is to say, they fire at 100 feet ut
diagrams. These diagrams are carefully
preserved. When they have been submit
ted to every possible test, and for the
body alone there aer one hundred and one.
the rifles are packed In cases of twenty
and dispatched to their destinations
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battle of Mukden, In Manchurla, between
General Kuropatkin and Field Marshal
Oynma demonstrated that, while arti-
lery actually decided the main point OF
losing or holding Important positions, the
real slaughter was done by the rifle fir
ing. The enormous losses of the Rus.
slams were not due to the superior ar
tillery Of the Japanese. This artillery
won the battle by forcing the Russians
back, but the bulk of the woundlng and
consequent disabling of the Russians by
the tens of thousands was due to the per-
feet hail of Japanese rifle bullets, which
dropped almost like rain into the ranks
of the discounted Russians
Turning Out Half n Million Rifles.
At Small Heath, England, there is a
company known as the Birmingham Small
Arms Company which makes an enor-
nous number of rifles. both for the gov
ernment and private individuals At the
present time they are busiy engaged in
making the new short rifle for the army.
concerning which there has been so
many questions asked both In Parliament
and In the newspapers. At these works
they can produce 1000 magazine rifles of
the British service pattern In week.
These rifles are entirely produced by ma
chinery in order that they may be of
identically the same dimensions. Alto
gether there are $500 machines of various
classes In the different workshops. These
consist of machine shops, woodworking
shops where the butts and stocks are
made. smithy and many Others.
Marvellous Machinery Required.
In the machine shop all the machines
- a., AZ, ..stn ndn I'd fnrmnr" nrin cinle
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our work, and, when finished, measured
up what we had done and paid MS ac-
cordlng to rates which had been sub
mitted for our approval before opera
lions began. BY this plan the work on
the road was kept separate from such
Items as pay and rationlng the men,
which was carried out in the usual way,
AMI thus regiments were saved consider
able confusion and difficulty. But all the
same, when the work was finally meas
ured up 1t was discovered that though
the men had worked very hard the none
tary results were small.
Building Road In Central Asia.
The cantonment of Landsdowne, stu
ated In the Central Himalyas at an alti-
tude of 5000 to 5000 feet above sea.leyel
came into existence on November 4, 1887,
when 1t was occupied by newly raised
battalion of Garhwalis-a hardy race of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Transplanting Big Trees

The work of transplanting big trees Is
perhaps the most wonderful of all the
feats which the landscape gardener of to-
day accomplishes. The usual method en-
ployed In transplanting big tree Is as
follows: When the hole has been dug
around the roots the tree Is pulled over
to one side, and the excavated earth Is
thrown under 1t. 1t is then pulled In the
opposite way, and the hole Is again filed
m. this process being continued until the
tree is gradually uplifted. and may easily
be lowered on to wooden supports erected
for the purpose.
ANY branches that may drag on the
ground are now securely tied up, and any
necessary trimming is attended to The
trunk Is then firmly attached In an MP
right position to the rear end of n wagon
and the tree is ready to be carried to Its
new site by road. An elm tree that was
thus recently trnnsplanted had ball of
earth eight feet In diameter and five feet
deep The tree trunk measured four feet
In circumference, its whole weight being
II tons.
A detour of several miles Is frequently
necessary to avoid the stubborn Interior
ence of a railway bridge. Journeys OF 20
miles have been successfully accomplished.
Lines and horse chestnuts are frequently
collected from the outlying meadow lands
which border upon a large estate, being
replanted in rows TO form imposing green
drives and avenues In the vicinity of the
mansion, the cost of moving these trees
being extremely moderate.
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Dangers in Hunting and Trapping Wild Animals.

shin. Two of the natives at once dashed
TO his assistance, beating the orang-ou-
tang's arm with their sticks The animal
released his hold. but not before he had
broken the trapper's shin bone as IL 1t
were dry stick. The next Instant the In
furiated beast had seized one of the men.
and pulling him to the net, tore his face
clean away. the man dropping dead In
the same moment he clutched the other
man with both hands, tore his throat
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falling Into space. of being pursued. OF
running from pursuers without making
any Roadway, of being confined, etc.
Strange to say, criminals do not dream.
The greater the crime a man has COM
mitted the less he dreams.
There is nothing supernatural about
dreams. They are either due to outward
influences, Impressions or to physical
conditions. Everything you dream can be
traced to source. We can only dream
of things that have heretofore been In
some measure impressed upon our brains.
The food we eat, the life we live, has
much to do with dreamland.
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which insures that every part OF each
rifle made is exactly identical in all its
dimensions to the last one turned out.
All that the man in charge of the ma
chine has to do is to fix the rough ma
terial firmly in the right position. The
machine does the rest. 1t Is almost hui
man. for II never cuts too deeply or too
llghtly-t exactly fulfills its task and
then ceases work until supplied with
more material.
In the smithy there are 16 steam stamp
ing hammars md "a dropping hammers
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other. The tree containing the animals
was then partly cut through at the base
and set on fire. The smoke drove the
orang-outangs to the topmost branches.
and when the tree tumbled over anu
brought them to the earth with crash
the natives threw a net over them. Mr.
Mayer, however, was not quick enough
In jumping away from the net, VIVID the
result that the male, putting MS arm
through the mesh. gripped hold OF MS
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Atlantic, while on the other the Roman
road led through India to the then unex-
plored businesses of Central Asia.
Soldiers Build Many Highways.

rOa0 leo through lnula TO tne then uneA-
plored businesses of Central Asia.
Soldiers Build Many Highways.
Troops are not infrequenty employed
In India on the construction of roads,
especially those intended for military
purposes OF troops employed on such
work the greater number-infantry, to
wit-must be looked on as amateurs.
though many of these men, given suffi-
Client opportunity, become quite expert at
various branches of the work. For the
rest, what may be termed the profess
sional roadmakers of the army consist
of the three corps of sappers and miners
and pioneer battaions.
Such military labor is paid for In one
of two ways-working pay and contract.
In payment by working pay daily fixed
rates are given, according to rank and
to the class of work thus a man, who
is good brickmaker commands more
pay than one who can do nothing more
elaborate than ordinary excavation. But
for the rank and flle-and they are the
laborers-it Is found that working pay
does not amount to much in fact, 1t Is
barely sufficient to recoup the men for
what they expend In clothes and boots,
which do not last long at such rough
work. Under the contract system a
given sum of money has been estimated
as the total cost of a certain section of
road, and the corps concerned becomes
a contractor, takes up the work, provides
all necessary tools, and, after deducting
the ordinary pay of all ranks, makes
what It can out of the contract by doing
the work In It's own way-withln certain
limits of time and workmanship, OF
course.
further modification of this latter
system, and the one on which the Afghan
road was worked, was as follows The
Military Works Service was really the
contractor; 1t eant us tools, supervised
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Mr. Charles Mayer. trapper to the King
of SIAM who has hunted animals In the
Malay Archipelago. with occasional expe-
ditions In Chinu, India and Siam. relates
some of his experiences In catching wild
animals. After describing an exciting
time he had with 32-foot python.
wounded rhinoceros and an Infatuated bull
elephant, he relates how monkeys are
captured The small ones are caught with
bro lime or bottle. The latter must
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Exploring the Mysteries
of Dreams.

Physicians and scientists generally
have given much attention to the study
of dreams, and the latest contribution to
this interesting subject is contained In
the researches of DIR. Arthur Jooss,
well-known German physician. DR.. Jooss
emphasizes the fact TINT there Is nothing
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not be too wide in the neck. and 1t must
be baited inside with sweet stun or
damp rag sweetened with sugar. Then 1t
is fastened with string TO a tree. The
monkey comes along, scents the sweeten-
ing and promptly inserts his paw In the
bottle. He gets a handful of bait, then
tries to withdraw his bulging lst- This Is
impossible; but he would rather be cap
tured than relinquish the tasty morsel,
and captured accordingly he Is. Or, II no
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bottles are handy, scooped-out cocoanuts-
the entrance TO which Is small hole
will serve the same purpose. But 1t Is no
use trying this game with an orang-
outang. which is assuredly the artfulest
and most difficult of all beasts to cap
tire. for there is no sort of a trap which
he can be enticed into; and II he walked
into one he would get out again, though
its bars were of steel. The orang-outang
is as strong as any dozen men. and will
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bend a steel bar as easily as man bends
a match
Mr.. Mayer describes how he captured
two, a male and a female, for the Ant
werp Geological Garden. They were dis
covered In tree and kept there by the
noise made by n number of men specially
told of for that purpose All the other
trees in the peiehborhood were then cut
down to prevent the animals from escap-
ing by Swinging from one tree to an