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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
Straight Tips on Ghosts W7i,

ny plea to be introduced into the arr,
or the departed. And Nels put tile
same question to me as ! have pat
to you, turn about being fair plty-
DO YOU believe in ghosts?" But. :;
being policy | answered not ut all
just held my tongue and iistenc'l.
II never used to- Ncls said in the
same tone Of voice that an idol-wos-
shipper might use if he caught you
shooting peas at his joss; but
have seen for myself and ,E.y friends
have seen, so what can l dor
What. indeedg
1T was this way. Just twenty years
ago the fourteenth of last October il
happened. ! was a young man. and
/ shipped as mate on the whaler
Arctic bound for a two-year cruise
around the Siberian side OF the Be
ring Sea. The captain named Olaf
son. was q nice man. He treated his
sailors Hne and saw that the ship was
kept clean and wecviIs out 81 the
-four We had a fine season the first
year and full barrels and lots Of bone
by the end of August. The whalers do
not start home until september, Ind
as we had seen no ships for several
months, Captain Olafson said VIC
should cruise little north and try
to, meet the ship OF his brother. which
was coming toward home and we could
send mail back and try and get some
thing different in the way OF food and
tobacco. SO north we went for q day
or two. everything going fine. We had
not struck many foes so it was smooth
travelling One night Captain Olafson
come downstairs to my room It
was time for me to relieve the wheel,
and ] was sitting on my bunk. He
leaned against the door and started
to say something. All of a sudden he
rocked little and fell across my bed
stone dead. Ny Cod think of that,
He was dead when he was not even
sick. Not one word had he said. Just
died like the wind falls on squally
afternoon.
Well, we buried him at sea next
day. and / took command of the boat.
things should be >donc,, sso / kept on
going north. hoping TO find a whaler
to take the bad news home. But we
crossed nothing. it was as if we
were alone in the big world and the
world' was all water. But ] was not
frightened. I was just sorry about
Captain Oiafson.
When so many days passed and we
saw nothing to send word by I thought
i would turn back and carry the bad
news home myself. So I ordered that
was on the 10th of September, when
the weather is usually fair and warm.
That night when went to bed every
thing was all right. At u o'clock tho
mate came running into my room and
calling me-
Get up, Petersen. he cried all the
time. The wind has changed anG the
wheel is busted. We can no longer
manage the ship.
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happier than lie had been for q long
time before Why. then. did he jump
out Of bed in the middle of the night
and give such a cry? 1t was because
of the ghost. 1t was about midnight
when woke up TO find him screaming
and crying, his eyA half out OF his
head and his arms stretched out before
him as though he would hold some
thing he could not reach. He was sit
ting on the side of his bunk, and
jumped out of bed and went over to
him. lie did not feel my hand even
wien I shook him hard. but kept cry
iaE and sobbing, Illda. Hilda'-tsat
was his wife's name--sH the time. 1t
lasted for about half an hour. Then
he stopped crying and fell asleep
where he sat. rol.c-- him into bed.
and In the morning made up my mind
to talk to him about what made him
so very queer.
IN the morning he came to me in
..Ia,.' he said, Hilda and the baby
are dead. I know because IIilda came
to me last night with my baby IN her
arms and told me 50. They both died
yesterday of the fever. She would not
let me touch her even when ! held out
my arms and called to her
He did not say anything more
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seht downstairs TO his cabin. mud 1
never saw him agaia.
Two days later VIC werc picked up
at sea By another w;laicr. the Very one
captain Olafsnn's brother was on. and
brought home. broken wheel and all,
into this very port. al every one
knows SO ] tell you. young lady.
have cause why | should believe in
ghosts, and ! do"
His voice shook rs he finished, and
he had nothing to shoot into the stove
because his lips were so dry. / sat
riEid in M chair. holding my own hand
with commendable vlgor. Lord
wouldn't have turned to sec my back
location for the price OF q tiara or a
" G. I'll wager you wouldn't. either.
with all YOU" c.v OF ''ronscnse :
s Hanscn's tale lost nothing OF weird :
ness by contrast with our friend NeIsy
but liked 1t legs. as II lacked the
personal clement that made the f4tter's
convincing. This experience happened
TO friend of Esanscn.s. and you know
shocks arc always wea ker when passcd
through three mediums than when they
come direct.
1T was this way, Hansen said
using an Introduction that is rs COM
mon In his line as once upon a time
is IN fairy-tale telling Il, too, have
been whaler all my life, and tray :
oiad the sea. 7 have put out from
every port almost in the world because
J Ike to see things, and I have sailed
under every lag on the OCEAN. either
as a whalcr or before the mast. That
is how | came to know that little
Dutch Herman. who had the ghost hap
pen to him. We we're for q German
company, and sailed in a German ship,
Just six years ago.
1t was in Hamburg that my friend
Herman had married nice little girl
ana made. his home. He gave up the
sea when he was married and the baby
was born, but wl1ess the child fvas
three years old the iove for sailing
away came to him and he shipped on
this whaler l tell you about. His wife
wanted him not to so. but he prom
ised that he would make Just the one
trip, 80 she let him. We went down
toward the Antarctic because our COM
pany had fishing rights there,
Herman and | used TO SO out to-,
ssther in the small boats after the
whales and we were side by side when
the oil was made. Then. too, his bunk
was next to mine, so we got to be very
Somstimes in the dog watrh
he used to show me pictures OF hts
wife and baby and tell me how nice the
little child was growing and how he
intended to stay at home with them
ana never go to sea any more akter this
trip. Sometimes hc would cry and wish
ne had nevor left them at all and then
we would feel very sorry together. It
Is things like that that make You know
man and get to be so friendly.
That is the way he came to tell me
everything. One nfghy we were both
on watch and had been talking to-
gether about home and Herulan'e baby
When he went to bed little putchy vas
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

TT MEXICAN college football en-
ters this week upoh what may
be .considered the most critical
season in its existence. It's
friends and foes alike will watch its
progress with the keenest interest, the
former hoping that under the new
rules it win disarm its severest critics.
the latter anxious to see whether it's
friends can be trusted to reform it
thoroughly
Coaches, players and other experts
fre almost unanimous in the BELIEF that
the game this year viii rise phenix-
like from the ashes of professionalism,
brutality and questionable sportsman
ship TO heights never hitherto attained.
They base their prophecy on the new
rules partly. but principally on the un-
mistakable evidence of new attitude
toward the game on the part of player
and coach and of the undergraduate
generally. The undergraduate Of this
season is as anxious 10 win as he was
? year ago. but. winning or losing. he
is for clean football from start TO fin
ish. The time is past when one player
Of low standards of sportsmanship can
bring an entire team down to his level.
Spectacularly considered, too. the
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about it. and never spoke of his wife
and baby again. i never did either.
because I saw that he wanted me not
to. The next letter he had from home
told that the story was true. Hilda
and the baby had died OF the fever the
day that Dutchy had said; so. you see,
ghosts don't lie."
And you would swear to that?" I
said.
"Of course. / would Jan Hansen
was positive. Didn't Dutchy tell me.
and didn't his wife die?''
81 take your word for it, l said,
meek1y.
And then there succeeded a series OF
adventures with dereiict ships and lost
harpoons found in whales years after
they were lost but somehow even the
lighter conversation could not make us
forget that we had been in the COM
pany OF the departed. 7 left the office
when the afternoon was making eerie
shadows on the ruins of Market street
ON my way out / stopped to speak to
Captain Nelson. who was responsible
for disiuterrinS the longlaid ghosts
when | again passed through the
room where I had foregathered with
the sons of the sec they were gone and
the stove was closed.
As I reached Market street / saw
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talking of yourself as il is to talk
much OF yourself without lying a lit
tie.
Some of US live and lead the pro-
cession; most Of Us wait till we die
A hearse looks to me like immor-
taiity's band wagon
The negative man is like the mule
in zoology; the mulatto In anthropolo-
gy; the bat in ornithology. ald the
humbug in entomology.
The man most given to hope is the
man who does least to justify it.
Philosophy is sentimental theory;
imagine Plato retaining his equani-
nifty after being kicked by mule.
Ignorant people write the best let
ters because thex tack the magma
tion to tell more than the truth.
To be interesting, talk so as to be-
understood: to be respected talk SO
as not to be understood
To sell goods. talk your customer
into buying before he thinks. or let
him think himself into buying before
you talk.
When hear q man boasting Of his
equality" / know the goods need ad-
vertising.
II can't do something somebody
doesn't like. ] am not free. I want no
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Unless all signs fail Yale will play
the new game as radically as any of
the big Eastern Institutions. Foster
Rockwell, who will bear the brunt OF
the field coaching, is basketball play
er of experience. and is a believer in
the value Of clever passing. That pass
Ing of all kinds will be feature of
the Yale game seems certain. With
Hoyt to handle the kicking depart
ment and no end OF coaches on hand
for the line positions. Yale will be well
taken care Of
Pennsylvania is another institution
that should take kindly to the new
rule. The Quakers won the Harvard
game last year through sheer speed
and grit. Everything. even clean hand
nng of the oval. was sacrificed to pace,
and. the men being we'll conditioned.
this policy netted gratifying results.
The red and blue Will also be dependent
on their scrubs" for new material
Plenty of veterans of last years team
will be on hand. Both ends and both
guard positions can be filed with last
years veterans. and the three oil
backs. Greene. Shebts and Folwell. will
probably hold the same positions.
With an aggressive PLAYER like Tor
rey, VINO is a great believer in speed.
acting as head cn.;ch, the Quakery
SHOULD shape up well in their first
grfdiron engagement.
Harvard starts the season with al
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
SOME SAGE SAYINGS OF A LOCAL WISE MAN

liberty shackled with proviso.
would as soon be chained with a short
chain as a long one.
The tongue is the safety valve. You
can do anything with the mob If YOU
let them talk. A revolution is sun
pressed speech seeking relief in deeds.
Frederick the Great knew this when he
said: As long as I let my people saw
what they please they will let me do
what please" There were no flies on
Free.
Napoleon said. With epithets I eev-
ern men,. Pass a law against using
sixteen to one" The rich are rettin@
richer and the poor are getting poorer''
Free silver" Rockefeller" and. above
all. proletarIat.T and how long wonld
this Government standg "Proietariat,
is out OF sight
Few people think: the nearest En-
majority get to thinking is VIXEN thew
think they think.
When man tells me he has -
model wife I wonder what price .hr 4
has paid for that compliment
When 7 hear an Eastern man fin,,inr
fault with this climate / wonder ,,hef
the police have found out about him
Reputation is everything: wreat,.s.
sanctifes even eccentr-cIty NO corn
mon man can afford to be a ..ersri<,.
When say anything to surprise n~o-
pie saddle it on Herbert Sosnoar -
tore they call me crazy.
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the iew order of things. Her advisers
have led In the rule making, and, her
team last year frequently played foot
ball open enough, even under the old
rules. to suit the most exacting. This
was done, too. at considerable risk, the
Yale coaches believing that it was het-
ter to build for the future than to sac
rlfice all for the present. As 1t turned
out, this policy was also good enough
to take care of the present. And now,
what was then the future having ar
rived, it finds New Haven quite up to
date, and perhaps, indeed. little
ahead OF it.
1t is safe to say that the Yale eleven
will line UP Tor its first game better
schooled in the new football than any
other team on the efrying PAN" Yale's
spring practice was the most satisfac-
tory OF all, and the blue will go on
tae field with even the scrubs in
slia-e to play the up to Gate game.
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Sample s. Old Time Bloekarg 60 This 1ear =


by the degree to which unnecessary
rougliness and unfsir play are climin-
ated. This elimination cannot be ef-
fccted by rule makers. but 1t Ncan be
accomplished by strict enforcement
of the rules and by the DRASTIC punish
.ment of habitual offenders by the in
stitutions which they represent.
The committee has appointed a sub
committee to aid in the more intelli-
gent and efficient enforcement Of the
rules. This SUBJ committee does not
intend or desire to force upon the sew
eral institutions undesired Jurisdiction.
nor does 1t plan to interfere with their
independence Of action. 1t stands
ready however, to aid IN every way in
ITS power in the Improvement of the
quality of officials and will furnish
explanation and interpretat-on of the
rules' whenever requested so to do
The committee has increased the PEN
alties for offen5os OF brutal nature
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and formally lirses tina; ali Institutions
playing under these rules shall bar
from the game for year any player
disqualified twice during season for
such play"
Most OF the big Eastern colleges
have been preparing for the change in
the game, and they are at this date in
more advanced stage than their
smaller bretiTen Exceptional teams
will be TUNED out fsow and then by
the smaller colleges. Just as they have
been in the past, but there is nothing
to Indicate that the new rules alone
win raise the smaller college to a
parity with It's larger rival
New problems will have to be solved,
but the same difference In resources
should count uslder the new ruleslas 1t
did under the old.
Now. as to the prospects Of the lead
ing elevens. Yale Is. perhaps, better
prepared than amy other Institution for
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PENNSYLVANIA
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game apparently has been greatly i'm
proved. Its fundamental feature. con-
tinued possession of the ball. has been
retained. and as long that
is left the game will remain thor
oughiy American sport. But the ten
yardsrule. the forward pass, the out
side rule on kicks, and the limitation
of mass formations, these are radical
rules. designed to open the game as
much as possible and to do away with
the premium on sheer weight.
Weight there will he. OF course, and
plenty of it. but it will no longer be
sluggish weight. The clever coach this
season viii use as much weight as
possible consistent with high speed,
but speed he must have at all costs.
That plenty OF passing will be
INDUCED in seems certain. and this
puts premium on sure handling
of the ball SO that a mans weight will
no longer make up for a slovenly train
ing in the fundamentals OF the game.
The game is open now. il would seenl.
more than ever. 10 the best type of ath-s
lete-tie tall. fast, rangy player of 100
pounds or thereabOuts PLAYERS there
viii be heavier than this. but only ex-
ceptionai speed will earn them their
places. And the good team this year.
viii be a heady one, brains meaning
just the difference between victory and
defeat. all other conditions, being equal.
As for brutality. the rule makers be.
licve that it will disappear from the
game this season. They rely on un-
dergraduate support to root 1t out per-
manently and have appealed to that
sentiment This. years edition of, the
rules contains the following preamble:
The committee Selieves that foot
ball. like all games involving pers onal
contact Of players, must be dependent
for its quality and continuance upon
the spirit in which the game is played.
Irar,,.on,n r,nnrnf ~ flie sr,irif is rnea si1red
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23
By Gertrude V. Gabbs.
] know not how the truth may be-
] ted The tale Is .tnas told 10 nc

know not how tbe truth may be-
ted the tale a. 'tVss told 10 me.
N 0 you believe in ghosts? Non
sense? Not a bit of it, That
merely shows that you have
never seen one. but it doesn't
prove in the least that there are none
AS my friend. Nels Peterson, the man
who introduced me to the airy fra
ternity of the long departed, says:
''F'acts is facts. And facts is stubborn
things So. my dear lady is ghosts. .
That logical inference naturally
knocked any possible shadow Of doubt
in my mind galley west" and il il
doesn't with you. Nels and haul in our
sails and become derelicts in a vast
sea OF unbeiief-conrinced and plying.
Until yesterday was as other
women--a scoffer. Today 7 am not
only convert. but rabfd disciple,
and all because I have spent two short
hours in tAe stuny, little, oyerheated
and smelly Office down on the water
front where the sailor man anchors
while ashore and swaps and listens.
listens and swaps" the tales that are
born OF long. uneyentful days and
nights Of immeasurable distances.
There were four Of thcm-salt-
soaked, slop-chest-arrayed and jolly.
the afternoon l blew into the little
-ofice. all reclining in wobbly-Iegged
chairs. and in turn shooting Jets of ex-
pectoration into the empty stove.
Captain Nelson did the introducing
thus
Boys this is a lady. She would
some stories hear Nels, will tell her
the ghost nit ciafson? And you, Han
sen. about the light what brought youse
Fellows out OF the ice foes? Yahe AL
right And then he disappeared. and
TOOK the everyday world with him
We sat and looked at one another
for minute-a good, long look, and
then Neis spoke
Have you been to sea?~ He took
OF his cap and turned II upside. down.
! understood, for ] have been TO sea.
I reached over and turned the cap
right side up.
Il have said Then we all laughed
and were friends. You see. IL thar
cap had remained inverted for longer
than a minute it would have meant. in
sailor lore. that Nels would be ship
wrecked on his next voyage-the ship
would turn turtle" assume the posi-
tion OF the cap, and it would be good
by 70 Nels.
Some stories, is itg" Nels said when
We had killed the echo OF our laugh,
what kind?s
Their faces sobered when made
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-23

GOD clothes don't make a
gentleman. but they make
fellow look so much like
one that only gentleman
secs the difference.
Variety is the spice OF married life.
A husband In the house all day In as
had as a wife out of the house all night.
To succeed with your mother I'M law.
forget she is your mother-in-raw long
enough tosrerhember she is your wife's
mother. If you can.
Paul says: III a wife would know
anything, let her ask her husband -
OF some other woman.
The reason some communities lacy
enterprise is: everybody spends his
time wondering why everybody else
doesn't so TO work.
Laziness is the ~ss OF fatigue.
Despair Is the epitaph of dead hone.
Death is calm end to a squaIly
Beginning.
Formerly when man complimented
me. asked him to take something:s
now suspect SONS body else has asked
him.
Gratitude is virtuous revenge; re-
venge, vindictiye gratitude.
It is As hard to talk much without
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7lMC Foster

Al the University of California and at
Stanford football players are hard at
work learning the Rugby game, which
seems destined to replace the rough
American game. The reform has been
insugurated at all the large Eastern
universities.
The National tribune., 1906-08-30

The sessions of the 24th National
Convention of the Woman's Relief
Gorps opened on Thursday morning.
The sessions were held in Wesley NJ. %
Church. which was handsomely deco
rated In yellow satin banners bearing
the names OF the IS States in the Union
Flags and bunting. The platform. which
was 100 small to hold all the Past Ma
tional officers, most OF whom SAT with
their delegations for the first time, was
handsomely decorated with palms and
flowers.
The National President had about
her nearly all the officers of her staff.
and these were presented to the Con.
Vention. One of the absentees very
much mourned was Mrs Elizabeth
Robbins Berry. the National Press Cor
respon 1ent. who was unavoddabIy de-
tained in the East.
More Past National Presidents wers
present than for many years. and these
were presented in q body and received
The National tribune., 1906-08-30
OIL Cure for Cancer.

The DIR. D. M. Bye Co.. of Indianapo-
lis. Ind, report the discovery of a COM
bination of soothing and baImy oils
which readily cures all forms of cancer
and tumor. They have cured many
very bad cases without pain or dishg-
urement. Their new books with full
report sent free to the afflicted,
The National tribune., 1906-08-30

Arbitration Day observed in 354 Corps.
Finding there is such a demand for
patriotic songs and selections for pa
triotic anniversaries and entertainments
and SO little can be placed on a Ieafiet,
she recommended that the incoming
Patriotic Instructor compile a pamphlet
of selections and songs suitable for Me-
mortal and Flag Days and patriotic an
riversaries. the same to be furnished to
Corps at actual expense. which was ac-
cepted by the Convention
recommendation that the woman's
Relief Corps give a military salute was
not adopted.
Detailed reports from every Depart
ment showed Increasing interest
throughout the country on patriotic
work.
To Col. Allan @. Bakewell, National
Patriotic Instructor of the g. A. r., she
extended sincere thanks for his words
of commendation of the patriotic work
of the Woman'S Relief Corps; also to
Capt. Wallace Foster for courtesies ex-
tended. and to the Department Instruc-
tors who have labored so faithfully for
the cause OF patriotism. and their many
bright, encouraging letters. which have
been an inspiration to her. she extended
her heartfelt thanks.
The National tribune., 1906-08-30
PRICE REDUCED.
WAR DICTIONARY,
FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS.
List Of Battles Alphabetically Ar
ranged With Dates, From
1754 to 1900.

All battles, skirmlshes and other ine1s
denta Of the Rebellion and Spanfshs
American War can be referred to In .
moment.
The losses of the War with Spain are
given and a brief history Of the Old
Wars.
Il II an Encyclopaedia Of all wars con-
densed into 262 pages cOntaining moro
Information In regard the vAri00o
raes.
All disputes as to dates Of different
incidents can be settled.
The PENSION BUREAU uses II to de-
termine dates Of battles, skirmishes and
other important events.
It gives list OF Soldiers Homes. PEN
sion Agencies and the district embraced
by each. Pension ratings. Camps. Ceme-
teries and Number of troops furnished.
while they last. Sent prepaid. Can be
returned IL not satisfactory.
Address: N. A. STRAIT.
The National tribune., 1906-08-30
Press Correspondence.

Although tho National Press Corre-
spondent, Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins Ber-
ry, was unable to be present, she was
there in spirit In a very comprehensive
report of one Of the best years work
ever presented by the Press Correspond
ent. She reported that very early In
her year she has appointed as Special
National Press Correspondent Mrs. Isa-
bel Worrell Ball, associate editor Of The
The National tribune., 1906-08-30
Patriotic Work.

"All through the wear from everv
Department nave come rood tidines NJ
the patriotic work. The demand for
patriotic literature and Flags FAR sur
passes our limit of expenditures, and in
the south l find great opportunities
and. despite certain unpleasant circum-
stances. am greatly encouraged by the
friendly spirit OF loyalty found in many
Aseoons. That the heart Of the .New