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Peaches, my wife, acquired the anna
teur photography bug last week, and it
was really surprising how quickly she
laid the foundation of 4 domestic
rogues' gallery.
She bought a camera and went after
everybody and everything in the neigh
borhood.
She took about 100000 views of our
country home before she discovered that
the camera wasn't loaded properly,
which was tough on Peaches but good
for the bungalow.
Like everything else in this world
picture pinching from still life depends
entirely on the point of view.
II your point of view is all right it's
an easy matter to make four-dollar
DOLLHOUSE look like the villa of a Wall
street broker at Newport
Ten minutes after my wife had
brought the camera home she had me
set up as a statue all over the lawn. and
she was swapping at me like a spitz
doggie at a peddler.
/ sat for PIG pictures that forenoon,
SO I suppose IL she snapped like SPITE
] must have looked like setter.
ANYWAY. before / was through set
ting / felt like a hen, but when she
tried to coax me to climb up on limb
Of 2. tree and stay there till she got q
picture OF me looking like an owl,
swore softly in three languages, fell
over the back fence and ran for my
Liza
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fine picture of you Took
She handed me the picture. but all
could see was a woodshed with the
door wide open
"a good picture of the woodshed," I
said; but whose woodshed is it?''
"A woodshedi" exclaimed my wife;
why, that is your face. John. And
where you think the door is open is
only your MOUTH
/ looked crestfallen and then I
looked at the picture again. but my
better nature asserted itself and l
made no attempt to strike this de-
fenseIess woman.
Then she handed me another pic
ture and said: John, here is one /
took of you and little Peaches
Little Peaches is the name Of our
baby.
We call her little Peaches because
that's what she is.
l looked at the picture and then !
said to big Peaches: '.AI1 1 can see
is Theodore. our colored gardner.
walking across lots with sack of
-four on his backr'
John. you are so stupid" said my
wife. How can you expect to see
what it is when you are holding the
picture upside DOWN."
l turned the picture around. and
then l was quite agreeably surprised.
It's immensew / shouted. Its the
real thing. all right, Why this is
acesi 1 suppose it is called Noon
light on Lake ChampIain? Did this
one come with the camera or did you
draw it from memory?"
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E<H SEE" said Cap'n Silas Grindle
as he laid down the paper, i
see them rich critters is g.
- gin

HH SEE" said Cap'n Silas Grindle
as he laid down the paper, 4
see them rich critters is g.
racin' of their yots ag'in.
an IL looks sorter foolish 10 me-
Why? We'll, cause they Amt ma
terial vessels 20 begin with. an then
agin they amt got no speed no
how. Yes. I've seed 'em. off'n
Marblehead an outside O. Bren-
tons Reef switchIn' round an mon
keyin' with balloon tops'ls in all kind
o light kites. with enuf men on deck
20 eat EN-, an I never yit seed one
that'd keep comp'ny with lots O. vessels
coastin' right outer Bangor-thats
s'posin' they's any wind That old
schooner O. Ben Buffers, the Ameriky.
she was fit TO go an stay out doors
in, but she was built on material lines.
and was At to carry sail without any
FMS OF anythin' like they have now
20 hold her up. Ever see one O. these
fancy ones out on the railway? Look
Just like a swordf1sh high an dry.
Amt got no body to EN-, but draw S
much waters a man-o'-war-
4 come near gettin' hauled up oncet
all along O. one O them yot races
sartin I did. Would have been, too.
Z 1 hadn't more speed than anything
IN the yot feet. That was when I was
in the old Ann Eliza, and my brother
Ed was in one called the Mercury.
Used to brag about the Mercury a good
deal. an she was a smart vessil, sure
enuf. My youngest gal, that went TO
the seminary TO Rucksport. she said
the vessil ought to be fast. helm
named after some critter that had
wings on his heels-queer place for
wings, hey? But the Mercury was a
brick scow to the Ann Eliza, on any
pint O. sailin'. Well it was long
inter September one year a spell back
when the two OF US, Ed an me- went
outer Bangor in the same tow an got
q good slant TO take us outer the bay.
Ed he had bricks in the hold an
fish barrels on deck, an I was piled
high with baled hay. the two of US
bound to Bostn.
ION Marblehead we come up with a
slew Of sloops an little schooner
rugged boats, and steamers with yal-
Ter stacks, all tricked out with buntin
and a-blOwin whistles an footing
horns in great shape. When we was
. clost up. Ed he hailed me, sayin': It's
! a yot race, ST. let's stan in an see It.
I says all right an bein' close hauled
on the starboard tack, with the wind
southwest, I jibed her over, started her
sheets an run in. The Ann Eliza was
a good vessil on the wind, but you jest
give her a free sheet an she was g
race boss. She made consid' able fuss
goin' through IL, but she kivered lots
o water, she did, an twan't no time
till she was right in the thick Of them
yOts They seemed TO be a-gettin
ready TO start the race, for there was a
steamboat a-histin' of signals an toot-
in OF her whistle alyin' offn a buoy
an three or four skittish- lookin
sloOps was see-sawin' up 10 wind'ard
READY 10 skip acrost the line.
Ny wife an two boys was with me
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ing them out; he is usually long-lived.
When these lateral lines are only over
the brows the tendency will be the
same. but not so marked.
Lips full and broad in the red part
show fidelity, ardent devotion and fond
ness for the opposite sex. The person
having such lips may be devoted and
faithful to that which is the reverse of
desirable according to accepted stand
ards, as the indication does not include
a moral quality.
when both lips are thin the person
may be fraternal, kind and also de-
voted, but this will not be in a whole
hearted, unselfish way. When persons
having such lips give it is for a reason
based in some way on self; their de-
tions, and their fraternity has limita-
tions.
"A lip long from the nose to the CEN
ter shows desire to direct. 1t is the
lip of command. II with such an upper
be in a subordinate position is a hard
ship not willingly endured.
The earmark. or, more properly, the
lipmark, OF patriotism is when the low
err lip protrudes and closes firmly
against the upper midway between the
center and the corners. A striking IL
Illustration of this is the mouth OF Arch
bishop Ireland.
Lips dropping at the corners denote
keen sensibility, self-consciousDess and
introspection. A mouth that has an
uptilt at one corner points out an err
ratio tendency in the character and also
ready wit. A mouth that closes like a
trap shows that its possessor will get
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

The attack on Mount DaJo was the
most important action against the re-
bellious Filipinos for several years. The
Moros were intrenched on the noun
tain, lava cone 2100 feet high with
a crater at its summit, the sides Of the
mountain being extremely steep. The
last 400 feet OF the ascent is at an
angle Of 60 degrees. while there are
fifty perpendicular ridges which. during
the fight, were fortified and defended by
az invisible force of Moros.
Intrenched on top Of the mountain
were fully S00- outlaws and bandits, de-
termined to sell their lives dearly. IN
order to attack them 1t was necessary
TO climb the ha1f-mile of mountain side
In the face of a CALLING fire from I'M
seen enemies. lifting the stormlng ar
tillery pieces by block and tackle. No
wonder General Wood. IN his official re-
port, declared: ut is impossible to con-
ceive a stronger natural position than
that attacked"
After the attack was over it was
found that 600 Moros had been killed.
their bodies piled eight and ten deep IN
the crater and along the perpendicular
ridges. Fifteen American enlisted men
were killed four commissioned officers
were wounded, thirty-two enlisted men
were wounded and a naval contingent
operating with the military sustained
thirty-two casualties.
The entire American force would have
been swept back to the base of The
mount in defeat, and possibly obliterat-
ed, had IT not been for the inspiration
and bravery of one 1S-year-old boy in
the naval forces operating with the
military.
The Navy Departments order refer
ring to Seaman Fitz's case says: THE
department takes great pleasure II
awarding a medal of honor and gra-
tuity of 800 to Joseph Fitz. ordinary
seaman, Z. S. N, for bravery and ex-
traordinary heroism, es recommended
by his commanding officers and APP
proved by the COMMUNICATIVE chief Of
the Asiatic fleet"
Fitz has modestly RETAINED from
telling the story of his deed in letters
written to friends here. but the details
have been given by his commanding Of
ficers Captain Louis B. Bash. U. s. A
| tells the story in this manner:
II have the honor to invite your at
tention to the conduct of Ordinary Sea-
man ]. Fitz, attached to the gunboat
Pampanga who was serving on the ex-
/ petition of the United States troops
during the action on Mount DajO. Jolo
P. l., on March 6. 1906. The troops oil
| Captain Lawson's column, with which
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he will be innately friendly.
when the elevation of the inner ter
minal of the eyebrow continues along
the inner third. it marks reformer;
one who is kind, but not tolerant. A
person with such brows will be anxious
to set things right for the general good
and also for the special benefit of those
about him.
The arching of the entire brow, es-
pecially when 1t rises at the outer ter
minal in the shape of a Mercury wing,
indicates a light and joyous nature; one
who has the merry heart that does
good. like medicine. Persons having
brows arched in this way retain buoy
ancy. and the characteristics of youth
to the end of life.
THE upright and vertical wrinkles
between the eyes, largely due to the
elevation of the inner third of the eye
brow, tell of innate Kindness and truth.
Folds above the eye and lines below 1t
tell of an abiding love Of truth, even
though the person may not be strictly
truthful
The way in which this indication
and others are modified by what is
found elsewhere is illustrated In the
face of a certain author 1 know. He
has these lines / mention about the
eyes with the broad septum of the nose
that shows imagination. The result
makes him writer OF realistic fiction.
Lateral lines on the forehead, reach
ing from one temple to the other-these
may appear and disappear with certain
motions of the face-indicate great per-
sistency. A person having such lines
will control those abont him by wear
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

When rubbershoed 1t back that
afternoon my wife was busy developing
her crimes.
The proper and up-to-date caper In
connection with taking snap shots
these IS is to buy a developing outfit
and upset the household from pit to
dome while you are squeezing out pic
lures of every dearly beloved friend
that crosses your pathway.
My wife selected spare room on the
top floor, where she could await devel-
opments.
A half-hour later ghostly noises be-
gan to come from that room and mys-
terious whisperings fell out Of the win
dow and bumped over the lawn.
When I reached the front door I
found that the gardener had left, the
waitress was leaving, the baby had
discharged the nurse and the nurse was
telephoning for policeman.
Where is Mrs. Henry" 1 asked
Mary, the nurse.
"She is still developing" said Mary.
What has she DEVELOPER" 1 in
ouired.
up to the present time she has de-
veloped the cooks temper and she has
developed the baby's appetite, and a
couple of bill collectors developed a
pain In the neck when they couldn't
see her; and IL things go on in this
way think this will soon develop into
a foolish house, said Mary, the nurse.
half hour later while was hiding
under the hammock on the front porch
not daring to breathe above a whisper
for fear would get nv -'~A-'-- s-i->-s
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class itself A rose may be the single
wild variety or doubled and enlarged
by cultivation, yet 1t remains rose.
When one has reached pivotal truths.
as he does in reading faces, he finds II is
the same with human beings.
When the question was asked how
one could learn to read faces he SAID
that certain general facts could be
stated which would enable a person, by
study and observation, to do so. al
though, like any other language, TO
make it really ones own requires much
practice.
ITO begin with the most striking fen-
ture of the face, the nose, the face
reader continued when the septum is
prominent it denotes a person given 10
analytical observing 1t also shows
reasoning powers and one who is in
spirational
Bread at the back of the septum of
the nose MARKS those who have mag
nation 1t may be constructive or de-
structive, it may make Hugo, a
Dickens, a Guy de Maupassant or an
Intriguing dangerous liar. Which 1T is
depends on what is found elsewhere in
the face
1T is the knowledge gained by OBJ
servation and study that enables one to
set each statement made by the lines
and features in its legitimate relation
to others and to read a physiognomy
correctly.
elevation of the eyebrows at the
inner terminal. that is, next the nose,
indicates the quality of amity How
ever brusque one may be in manner, il
one has eyebrows marked in that way
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Interesting Odds and Ends From F ar and Near

lengthwise and wrung out of hot water
and applied around the neck of child
who has Group will usually bring relief
in few minutes. A towel folded sew
eral times, then quickly wrung out of
hot water and Immediately applied over
the seat of the pain in toothache or
neuralgia, will afford prompt relief
This treatment in collie works like
magic. Cases on record having resisted
other treatment for hours have yielded
to this treatment in ten minutes. Pieces
of cotton batting dipped in hot water.
then applied to all sores and new cuts.
bruises and sprains is the treatment
now generally adopted in hospitals. Hot
water taken freely half-hour before
bedtime is an excellent cathartic in
the case of constipation, while 1T has a
most soothing effect on the stomach
and bowels. This treatment continued
for few months, together with proper
attention to diet. will alleviate mild
cases of dyspepsia
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
John Henry Discusses Amateur Photography

iodine had given her chin the double
cross and her apron looked like the
remnants of a porous plaster.
Her right hand hal red, white, green,
purple and magenta marks all over it,
and her left hand looked like the
Fourth of July.
john she yelled; here 1t is. My
goodness. am so excited! See what a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

A silent little stream of wood alcohol
was trickling down over her left ear
into her Psyche knot, and on the end of
her nose about six grains of bichlorfde
OF potash was sending out signals OF
distress to some spirits of turpentine
which was burning on the top of her
right eyebrow.
Something dark and lingering like
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again. my wife rushed out exclaiming
"Oh, joyl oh, joy. John, 1 have devel-
oped two picturesi"
1 wish you could have seen the ex-
preston on Peach's face.
In order to develop the films pictur-
esque assortment of drugs and chemi-
calls have TO be used.
Well. my wife Cad used them.
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do is use your eyes I says. seed the
yots squared away for the start an
l figgered that I'd come about fore l
got to the stake steamer an run down
long with 'em. Jest then a little cof-
fee pot of a steamer come hustlin' out
to us an a dude in white pants stand
In for'ard he sings out:
Hey, there, you, where you goin' p
Hey yourself says 1; I'm no
farmer
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they waved bottle at us and cheered
US. Then they wore ship an skipped
back home. That was the only time
when the Ann Eliza ever got any cheers.
'ceptin'. I s'pose, when she was
launched.
No, don't know what they'd have
done to me If they had ketched me.
Not much, reckon. But that's neither
here nor there. The yot never wore
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
King solomon. stables.

1t is not generally known that section
of the stables of King Solomon has by
curious chance been preserved to our
own day. The stone work is in a re-
markable state of preservation, and
something of the interior arrangements
are also intact.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
Chinese seaweed Soup,

The Chinese will eat anything that
comes out of the sea. AIN the fishes are
good to their taste, and are caught with
great skill. Seaweeds are used to thicken
soups, gravies and buildings and are
highly priced because they give the relish
ing flavor of salt. which is a luxury be-
wand the reach of most Chinese peasants
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22
queen of slams LittIesFoot.

The Queen of Siam has the smallest
foot of any titled person in the world.
She wears one and half inch boots.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

an they all wanted to see the yors
race so 1 says, All right. I'll try an
keep along of EN-, an all you got to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

Growing between the high and low
watermarks on the Japanese coasts is a
mud worm called ISABELLA. 1t occupies a
hard, limy tube of its own making and
gets its food, when the high tide comes
up over its hiding place. by thrusting out
a head bushy with tentacles and sucking
in currents of water loaded with minute
particles of nutriment. Out of this wrig-
Cling creature the shore people make a
soup. which is said to taste as badly as it
smells.
Healing Properties of Water.
There is no remedy of such general
application and none so easily obtained
as water. and yet nine persons out of
ten will pass 1t by in an emergency to
seek for something of less emcacy.
There are but few cases Of illness where
water should not occupy the highest
place as remedial agent
a strip Of flannel or a napkin folded
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-19
CHRISTMAS TREE WASTE.

There is great perturbation up in the Green
Mountain state over what is declared to be the in
discriminate slaughter" OF young and small ever
green's to meet the demand from other states for
Christmas trees. However if Vermont goes about
the matter in the right way and with determination
she can put end to the slaughter" complained
OF without much delay.
1t is charged that the number of trees cut for
the present years Christmas trade will be much
larger than last year, when a total of 10000
young spruces. hemlocks and balsams were stripped
from the woods.
The trees range i'll height from two to fifteen
feet. They cut by the farmers and their chill
dren in the mountainous sections and the price paid
by the buyers from outside the state is about two
cents apiece.
nearest road, where they are Inspected by the buy
crs who usually reject about 90 per cent of those
offered for sale During the last decade il is est-
mated that the waste has amounted to nearly S,ooo
600 trees.
1t is obvious that there is absolutely no need
nor. indeed. excuse for such heavy waste,
would il occur under proper and efficient forestry
system. The state commission declares that if the
process OF deuudation continues il will before long
become Improbable to cut young trees for the
Christmas market while in the meantime the
sources OF water supply will dry mp and disappear.
On much larger scale New Hampshire is con-
ironted BY similar problem and has similarly
failed TO deal effectively with it, 1t is too much TO
expect that Nermonts woods will be protected as a
national reserve as it is probable the White noun
tain forests of New Hampshire will be ere long; ;
but state regulations can be established, which will
out an end to the reckless waste that threatens
great and lasting injury to the state
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-19
MEMS CLUB HEARD
OF TUBERCULOSIS

An illustrated lecture on tubercu-
losis by DIR. Jay Perkins was Slyen
at the meeting of the Mems club OF
the Union Congregational church In
the Stewart Street chapel last even
ing The views shown on the screen
portrayed features of the sanatorium
at Wallum Pond, and other views OF
consumrsive camps and institutions
for the treatment of the disease in
many countries.
The latter part of the evening was
devoted to an auction sale OF articles
left over from a recent Christmas sale
by the ladies of the church, and good
sum was netted. DIR. Preston b. Whit
marsh acted as auctioneer
During the evening selections were
rendered by quartet consisting OF r.
L. Cummings, Desby L. jenkins, Lewis
Denison and Daniel Lind.
The president of the club, George A.
Jepherson. presided over the meeting.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-19

Two railroads, the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy and the Southern. have decided to reduce
the speed OF their through trains and their action
has served TO precptate discussion of the ques-
ton OF safety and economy Of fast schedules for
passenger trains.
In support of slower runs there is urged the
greater economy in operation through the lessen
ing of wear and tear rolling stock. the smaller
consumption OF fuel and the greater security given
passengers, because they likely to suffer less
from derailment collision and other accidents
when the speed is moderate than when it is fast.
There can be no question of the soundness OF
this contention. Even to those wholly unfamiliar
with the railroad business it seems plain that
engines and cars must deterorate more quickly
when operated at the limit of speed, and that acci
dents are more deadly when they happen to trains
running at sixty miles an hour than when they
occur TO trains going at the moderate rate OF forty
five miles an hour.
But there is this important fact to be taken
into consideration-the travelling public demands
fast trains and what the public wants the railroads
are not likely TO withhold, especially those that
counter competition in passenger business.
Moreover, the travelling public appears entirely
willing TO assume the risks that are inseparable
from high speed transportation. The average
avcler never stops TO speculate as to whether his
chances OF immunity from injury are better on
train going at the rate OF forty-ive miles hour
than rushing along at the rate Of a mile
minute. He is concerned only about reaching his
destination in the shortest possible time and sell
dom if ever does the possibility of accident enter
into his calculations
Necessarily there is a limit to railroad speed,
but there is indication that it has yet been
reached. Nor is it at all probable that any of the
big railroads in this country will follow the ex-
ample Of the two that have decided to reduce the
speed of their fastest trains.