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A WEEKS HISTORY OF
 INTEREST TO ALL.

kunust 12-
 167G-King Phillips war ended by the death of King Prilip. 1S15-The first peace society in the world founded IF few YorK. 1S64-Gen. William T. Sherman made a major general in the regular army.
 1s67-Secretary Stanton removed by President Johson and General Grant appointed to succeer him as Secretary of War. 1s9S-Protocol of peace between the United States and Spain signed at Washington, and an armis-
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tice proclaimed; Ifockade of Cuban ports raised. August 13.- 1521-Cortez, having built and trans ported a fleet. launches it on the Lake of Mexico and attacks the city. 1e92-New Hampshire separated from Massachusetts a second time, despite the protests of the peo- pie. 1762-British capture Havana. 1S12-Capt. David Porter, command ing the Essex, compels the Brit ish sloop Alert to strike her colors. 1s34-Anti-abolition riots in Philadel- phia. 1S43-Fremont's expedition crosses the Rocky Mountains at South Pass. Wyo. 1S54-Powder magazines explodes in
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to establish a fiscal bank. 1S59-Queen Victoria and Presto

to establish fiscal bank. 1S59-Queen Victoria and President Buchanan exchange first mes sages by Atlantic cable. 1S61-President Lincoln proclaims se- ceding States in state of in- surrecticn and forbids all com mercial intercourse with them tS63-The Army of the Cumberland, 55,O00 strong, under Gen. Rose craEz, begins its southern ad- vance.
 1S79-Terrific cyclone on the North Atlantic coast; during this and three succeeding days more than 300 vessels perish. 1SS9-Expericents with the "elixir of life" cause the death of ten per sons at Shamokin. Pa
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

time it belonged to the celebrated Car
dlnaI Yppolito Este. Ariosto's patron
from whose hands it passed into those
of another Cardinal. Luigi d'Este. At
his death-s priest of Reggie became its
owner for the ridiculous sum OF sove-
reign: and he. after refusing thrice
this sum for it. presented it to the
Duke Alfonso d'Este. who In turn gave
it to the Princess Margherita Gonzaga.
When the Princess died the picture
passed toithe Duke Of Urbino. and from
that stage of its history nothing more
was heard of it until 1858. when the
Duke a Este employed a Franciscan
monk to hnd 1t at any cost. For Ave
years the monk sought everywhere In
vain. and at the end of the time he
reported to the Duke that. after hav-
ing travelled all over Italy on his quest
and employing every means both spirits
ual and material. he was forced TO
abandon the hopeless task" And now,
two and half centuries later, the
long-lost picture has come thus
strangely to light.
A few years ago one Of Albert
Durers masterpieces was discovered.
dust smothered and despised. among
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Port Arthur Tactics Repeated.

Why, the Japanese would simply re-
peat their Port Arthur tactics, and
probably with Better and earlier sue
cess: for we have absolutely mo de-
fense to this city against an attack by
land, and it would be by land that the
attack would certainly be made. While
the enemy contented themselves with
merely blockading the Golden Gate.
they would send their transports to
Monterey Bay or Haifmooii Bay on
the south. and to any one OF several
landing places to the north There
they would disembark their troops, ,
artillery, both field and siege: ammuni-
ton and other stores and impedimenta
generally at their leisure. and with
that method well thought out in ad-
vance Which characterizes the Japanese
generals.
San Francisco in tile meantime would
be receiving reinforcements of troops
from all over the country but with all
the troops and all the ammunition and
field artillery which is available now,
the advance of the Japanese army
along the shore, under cover of the
guns OF their fleet, could still be ef-
heights to the south like Nanshan Hill
and 203 3-Metre Hill. There are no
extensive, durable fortificatIons what
ever on the shore side of San Fran
cisco Light field entertainments like
those of the Spanish at Santiago. are
all that the hasty work of the army
could offer against the advancing Jap
anese. Ii would probably be case Of
Santiago over again, the advance into
San Francisco being from the south
ward along the peninsula
For 1t is unlikely that landing force
on the North Shore might take the
Point Bonita and Fort Baker batteries
in the rear. and turn their guns upon
the fortifcations across the Golden
Gate.
The picture here drawn is not AZ
exaggerated one. 1t is one quite possi-
BILE OF actual reproduction. II has been
assumed that a sufficiently large Amer
lean army could be nobilized to corf,ue =
the japanese advance to the ronfe
near the coast, under the protection ~
the guns of their fleet IL pressed too
hard.
But n the American troops were
driven back, the result would be de.
cidedly unpleasant. San Mateo, Bur
lingame, Millbrae. Colnla, Ocean View.
South San Francisco, the Mission and
the Sunset district, would be occupied
one by one by the advancing enemy
The capture OF the csty would then be
a mere trifiing pastime for the Japa-
nese.
With the city taken, there would be
nothing for the harbors Notifications to
do hut to surrender. They would have
no object in holding out even II they
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of succor from anywhere, and attacked
BY an ever-fncreasing force of we'll
supplied American troops, the discom-
fiture OF the invaders would speedily be
brought about.
Then, with her fleet gone. Japan
would be exposed to the attack and in
vasion of the Americans whenever the
latter saw fit. The Philippines would
be retaken at discretion. The main
seaports of Japan would be blockaded
or bombarded. an American army
would land in the Mikado's empire.
The lesson OF this whole story, which
is by no means overdrawn. Is that the
issue OF war between maritime ma
fions depends wholly upon their navies-
They are the tools to settle strife be-
tween nations separated by water
with nations with adjoining territory
it is different. although even then the
navy Is potent. When nations like
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THE STpANGE ADVENTURES BEFALLING FAMOUS PAINTINGS

the lumber in a granary near C0urtra
France. The farmer--a woman--too|
IL into her head one day 10 clear th
granary of it's rubbish and for
few coppers she was glad TO get tn
son OF the local coach-painter to re
move it ALL including the dirty piec
Of painted WOOD" The painting wal
cleaned and submitted 20 an expert
who recognized 1t as a Durer whic|
had been stolen from the National Nd
scum OF Munich many years earlier
On the walls OF D. Harris SMITH
cottage in Salem. New Jersey, valu|
able Romney. representing the tw|
daughters of William Pitt weeping q
their mothers tomb. was discovered
quite recently. Mr.. smith had bouEh|
the canvas (which Is valued at $5o.o0o|
thirty years ago at the sale OF TIL
effects OF one John Robotham, an En9|
lishman who was then living at salem
This Robotham. so the story runs, wal
the son OF a Sussex innkeeper Wh|
counted George Romuey among HI
thirsty customers. and who had cak7|
the picture from the great ARTIST 81
settlement Of twelve months ayiDk|
ing bill
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ships. Quality OF ships must be gravel
" considered. Six battIeships OF t0|
day are worth a dozen OF Yesterday
Quality as we'll as quantity OF gunI
must be borne in mind. Some OF thI
Japanese battleships. especially tw|
Just built in England and two now
building in Japan. are among thI
finest in the world. In fact. with thI
exception OF the much-vaunted British
Dreadnaught. the two new, English|
built Japanese battleships are thI
most powerful now afloat, carrying
four 12-inch and four 10-inch gunI
apiece. besides their auxiliary bat|
teries of smaller guns 1t was to Off
set these. and the two somewhat simi|
lar ones being built in Japan, thai
Congress. at its last session. authorized
the construction Of two great 1S,00o|
ton battleships. carrying eight 12-inc
guns each, for the United state
navy Now a still larger vessel is conf
templated 10 beat the Dreadnaught-
Given the ships of the best quality|
they must be handled TO the best aoI
vantage. They must be kept in prim
condition they must be oficered and
manned by people familiar with thei|
use and the use OF every item of theiI
equipment. and their gunners must b|
the best marksmen. In other WordI
the personneI-the men behind the guns
and on the sridge-must be OF the pes
1t has often been said, not alone 81
Americans. but by many impartial fort
eigners. that If the men of Sampson|
and of Cervera's squadrons had ehang|
ed ships on July 3, 1898, the result
OF the battle OF santiago would hav|
been different.
with complications with Japan eve/
in sight it is of vital moment to Sa T
Francisco and the whole Pacific coasI
to see that not only the navy as |
whole is in prime condition, but thai
this coast is not neglected in the dispo|
sition OF the new ships, unless Sa
Franciscans view with indlfferencI
the possibility OF Japanese. city gov|
eminent. upheld by Japanese bayonet
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Should a Siege Occur.

DE d$Sduitcd ikOUl tDt ffal ~ a Nti'iT
parativcly small force
Should Siege Occur.
Of course. being in the habit of con-
ductinE war on the scale of the most
civilized nations, the conquering Japa-
nese would infjct no more hardships
upon the population OF the captured
city than were absolutely unavoidable.
The city would. during. the occupation.
be thoroughly ,poIlced under martial
law. with Japanese officers in charge Of
the different departments OF the City
Government and Japanese soldiers on
guard. Local trade, as far as the neces-
stiles of life were concerned, would
proceed as usual, save for the greatly
Increased cost Of everything. for it is
not to be supposed that the American
army. even though driven far inland.
would. permit many supplies to reach
the city. Probably the Americans
would quickly besiege the city from in
land Then the prices of food would
soar People would have to live on SOL
diers' food, and the besieging American
troops would have the sensation Of be-
holding their own compatriots, men.
women and children. who remained in
the city, reduced to want and suffering
by their siege
The second chapter of the story is
more refreshing.
OF course. as soon as the authorities
saw the objective point OF the J apanese
to be the Pacific coast the greater
part of the strong Atlantic fleet would
be dispatched around South America to
make record -brea lsing cgSise. the re-
verse of that famous one 81 the battle
ship oregon In 1898. Perhaps q june
tion would be made with the armored
vessels Of the Pacific squadron. but
even without them the dozen or so
battlesfips from the Atlantic, accom-
panied by the squadron OF excellent ar
nored cfuisers--the Tennessee, the
washington the four sister ships OF
the Colorado class, and the older New
York and Brooklyn--would make a
fleet capable Of throwing the scale OF
victory our way.
The crucial moment OF the war would
be when this fleet, with or without the
Pacific l1eet, met the Japanese fieet A
Japanese victory would mean tie con-
tinuance Of the Japanese occupation OF
san Erancisco--and of Los Angeles
and other coast cities and town until
peace was declared.
An American victory would mean the
recapturs Of San Francisco and OF ev-
cry japanese soldier and sailor on our
land. cut on from their base, thou
sands Of mile away. with no possibility
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He recent discovery OF Naiu-
able Correggio In the mountain
home of Moroccan bandit fur
riisnes the latext example of the
romantic vicissitudes OF old masters.
many of which are at least as strange
as fiction.
II the. pictures had tongues what
curious stories of wandering and ad-
venture some of them could tell. Take
Tor instance that magnificent picture
Of Titan, canvas Is feet long and I
feet high. representing the entomb-
rnent of Christ, which was lost for
centuries. only to come to light in a
church in the heart OF Mexico; or that
portrait of Nell Gwynn. by Sir Peter
Lely, which was discovered not long
ago by doctor in Birmingham.
Eng slum.
Take, too. RaphaePs famous Massa-
ere OF the Innocents. which was found
after generations Of disappearance, in
the cottage of q poor widow at Como,
Italy. Piece BY piece it was possible,
with much ditnculty, to reconstruct
some of the history of this treasure of
art and strange story it Is. At one
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NNE EHAT would happen 10 san
W S.ss.'..: r.. =. Il s,.s i.';s a. sss's ss;;.s
States2
The question is not fantastic one
Events succeed each other rapidly
these days and year has often
brought developments never dreamed
Of twelve months before.
True. Japan and the United States
have always been the closest friends
II should be remembered, though. that
France shed her blood in our behalf
during the war Of the Revolution; yet
but ten years or so later we We're
making war upon France for her dep
relations upon our merchant marine
on the other hand. Great Britain, the
country with which we nearly came
70 blows over the fisheries dispute and
he Venezuelan affair in Clevelends
standardization. was our staneh ally
and best friend during the Spanish
war in McKinley's administration. In
ternationai friendships and enmities
are born quickly nowadays.
While war with Japan may seem
improbable just now. it Is not to go
wholly unconsidered- The CONNER
cial warfare now in progress between
the two nations and the very recent
killing Of japanese on the Pribylof
Islands both contain specks OF war
cloud.
whether Japan would first attack
the Philippines or the Pacific Coast Of
the United States in the event of war
IS proh.ematic. That she would take
the offensive from the start Re not TO
be doubted, for offensive tactics is me
essentially japanese policy, as shown
by her wars with China and Russia
Possibly she would attack both the
Philippines and the Pacific Coast Of
the United States simultaneously. She
could easily do so. for at the first
pronounced sign Of war. the United
states. II wise. would Immediately re-
call from the Asistic station all OF the
big war vessels now there, leaving only
small ones. which could be easily dis
posed Of by the more numerous small
vessels Of the Japanese. The big
fights must be between the battleships
and the heavy cruisers.
withdrawal Of this character would
not be q sign Of weakness by any
means. II would be sound. common
sense. At the present time the whole
Japanese navy is in home waters. while
we have BUT three battleships and two
harbor defense monitors in the Orient
To leave them there would be to sac
riace them in a Jiffy TO Japan's over
whelmlng force. The bulk OF our navy
is on the Atlantic Coast Japan could
capture or destroy our present Asiatic
feet before q single vessel could arrive
from the United States BY bringing
home TO this coast the armored yes
sells now in Asia and combining them
with the armored vessels already here,
some show Of resistance could be made
against Japan's large, available feet
What would happen TO San Fran
cisco?
Ee<a of Cf%v nerer,de ~, NAVY
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

Golden Gate. >exen If we had no ships
outside to oppose it. The danger lies
in another direction. 1t lies in the in>
vesting of the city by land At the
present time this is perfectly feasible,
unless the navy kept the enemy away
from the coast.
Let US glance for q moment at the
relative strength and dispositions of
the two nayies.
The effective navy of a country con-
sists of its ea-going battlcships. ar
mored cruisers, large, protected cruis-
ers and torpedo boats Small cruisers,
gunboats and the great array of vari-
Gus auxiliary craft, while essential to
the completeness OF navy as q whole
and to the efficiency of the effective
navy, are moi 70 be considered as the
real lighting force. They may do
guerrilla work. destroy commerce, ha-
rass the enemy's supply vessels and
otherwise annoy him. but they cannot
repulse an attacking, effective fleet.
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Fate Of City Depends on Navy

Assuming that the Philippines would
be abandoned the answer is that upon
the navy would depend the fate of this
city and the whole Pacific seaboard.
Here lies the key 10 the situation San
Francisco harbor Is admirably defended
by modern powerful fortihcationss
mines and other defenses. No Japanese
souadron would think for 4 moment
Of attempting an entrance to the
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Effective Ships Not Available.

The effective navy of the United
States at the present time, including
vessels which might be placed in COM
mission. under stress Of impending war
within the next six months. consists of
the following:
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

Japan and the United States. how
ever. or the United States and
any other first-class nation In the
world. go to war. the navy is the force
to strike the first blow. Upon the sue
cess OF the first blow depends the flu
ture movement of the army. The
navy clears the way, covers the ad-
vance and guards the communications
1t covers the retreat when necessary
and delivers the coup-de-grace to
the enemy. as was shown in the Span
ish-American war. the Russo Japanese
war and the Hypothetical war here
described. in which. should IL ever
occur. San Francisco will be most
deeply concerned.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Modern Fighting Ships Necessary

The value of a navy is not to be
oyerrated, but its value Is not to be
measured alone in number or size OF
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
By Arthur H.-Dutton,
Late Lieutenant .. 5. Nav.

M THAT would happen 20 San
Nv Francisco if Japan should
W make war upon the United
States2
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Asia and
Atlantic Pacific

Totals . 20 xIs AZ
Japans effective fleet, which is prac-
tically all in Japanese waters, and
available to move in body upon the
Pacific Coast of the United States, is
composed as follows:
Battleships ............ ...s.........11
Armored cruisers ....s...............1
Big protected cruisers .....-........ 8
Total ......s....-..... ...........so
In other words. Japan could dispatch
a formidable fleet of thirty large. eff
fective warships, nearly all Of latest
pattern and highest efficiency, against
the thirteen large vessels-several OF
them not of late pattern---which the
United States could muster quickly on
the Pacific Coast. In torpedo craft. the
japanese would be overwhelmingly SUI
perior, as nearly all of ours are on the
Atlantic Coast. We could probably
not mobilize over dozen on this coast
against fully thirty which Japan could
bring across the ocean--she has thirty
four destroyers and eighty five torpedo
boats altogether.
Unless detachment of the Atlantic
feet could reach this coast before the
Japanese had done the worst of their
work. the American navy would stand
a good chance of being defeated in
short order by the Japanese.
Then would San Francisco have
cause for anxiety. Granting that
our small Pacific squadron were de-
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10

eral of u correspondents, bene-
fitted by the shaking up it has
received. The most interesting
feature of the high wind was the
breaking off in numerous In
stances of the d. "A cane and this
matter is Of considerable ilnpor-
lance, aud we treat of it editO-
rally elsewhere. Since the
storm the weather has been pre-
dOminately wet and rainy. The
crop outlook, of course, presents
the same disappointing features
that we have recently chrOnicled
and a somewhat short campaign
is probable throughout practi,
cally the whole sugar belt.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10
A Pair of Country Kids.

"A Pair of Country Kids" is
not a ST. Hi or Josh play with a
farmer band or a threshing
machine, but is a distinct novelty
and departure from the we'll
worn path of the regulation
farmer play. The kids are live
lier than any ten of Uncle JOsh's
you have ever seen and they are
too bright to be worked by a
bunco man or a lightning rod
agent: in fact, they are two up
tO-date rustlers for fun that will
give you the bestevening's amuse-
ment you have had in years. The
kids will be assisted by a first
class company of ladies and gen.
tlemen, who in addition to the play,
will introduce ten musical mum.
bers and specialties. The en-
gagement is for one night only
at the Jefferson Theatre Sunday,
Oct. IA.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10
The Question of Good Roads

The Question of Good Roads.
New Iberia Enterprise Leader.
BY reference to another
column it will be found that it is
possible to construct fine roads
in this part of the country for
the small sum of $1478.4O per
mile. Under the direction of the
United States government the
experiment was made with just
such soil as prevails here. and
the results have been satisfac-
tory.
Some time ago it was pointed
out that macadamized roads
could be made for a minimum of
$4,000 per mile if the material
was near at hand. 1t is possible
that in this country freight rates
might increase the cost to a GER
tain extent, but with the new
plan the material is right on the
ground and the actual cost is
figured out to a nicely. It
might perhaps be lowered by
good management, but it need
not be exceeded.
The question is would it not
pay the parish authorities to eX-
pend this amount of money in
making good roads? According
to the statistics there are about
one hundred miles of main
thoroughfares in this parish that
are used daily when in condition
by the thirty-Odd thousand per-
sons in the territory. The total
cost of making these perfect in
all kinds of weather under the
new plan would be STAT. 4SO.
Under the present plan of keep
ing up dirt roads that are unu-
sable in vet weather and useless
for a large portion of the year
the cost is about $4,000 per
year. In ten years at this rate
is expended and the
are in no better conition at
the end of that time than at the
beginning. In the last thirty
years enough money has been
thrown away on repairing bad
roads to have constructed per-
haps as much as $50 miles Of
good roads. There is absolutely
nothing to show for the money
expended. This winter the
roads will be as useless as if
nothing had been done to them,
and vet hundreds of thousands
of hard-earned money has been
poured into them.
Does it not stand to reason
that 1t would be better to expend
$3.50. 600 at once and provide
good roads instead of continuing
to throw good money after
wasted funds?
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1906-10-10
Cane Crop.

Louisiana Planter.
Later reports, following the
storm of last week, confirm the
statements made in the Planter
of Sept. 20 to the effect that no
serious damage has been done to
the cane crop by the tempest; in
fact it has been, according to sew