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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
Move to the Berkeley Shore.

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they were given.
Move to the Berkeley Shore.
When Marie Angela Theresa had
sung her Christmas carols for the
eighth time in this peaceful home a
great change came into her life The
Peraltas, under charter from. the
Mexican Government, had been granted
enormous tracts of land covering the
greater part of what is now Alameda
county. The American Government, as
we all know. had acquired California
by the settlement following the war
with Mexico, butsby the terms of that
settlement the original grants OF the
mother country were to be recognized
and upheld. Under this protection.
then, the brothers Domingo and Vicente
Peralta succeeded to the inheritance
granted their grandfather. Such a
commotion as stirred the little colony
in the lower valley when Domingo Pc
ralta announced his Intention OF NOV
ing to Berkeley, Not that the English
name prevailed at that time e was
simply going into that part of the
country to the north and east OF Yerba
Buena. which was known only to them
as the highway of the Immigrant trains
coming from the far away East via
Benicia and Pinole.
There was no yestige or sign of a
dwelling of any kind on the Oakland
side at that time. and for Years after
the home of the Peraftas remained the
only house for miles around All signs
of the original place are gone. but just
above 1t was built some Years ago the
Peralta Hotel, which still stanos, now
Roman Catholic institution.
Life must have been stupid enough
the next few years for the youthful
Marie Angela Theresa She was. full
of the JOY of living and "a youn gster
who would have loved to tear around
and romp with others other own age.
There was not even school she hight
attend and where, when her spirits
became too exuberant, she might tease
the patient black srobed nuns who. had
been her teachers. Instead severe,
dignified woman whom she had come
to know as her aunt-her fathers sis
ter-taught her her prayers and rosa
rieE, guided her childish attempts at
sewing and more than all else actually
taught her to spell and read
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BY w. p. klrkwood.


3 STRANGE TALES FROM THE OIL.
ENT.--There Is all the atmosphere and
mystery of southern Asia that one could
ask in A DIgit of the Moon, by F. w.
Balm. "a Digit Of the Moon is one Of
four love stories from the Hindoo, in the
book. The author tells a curious story
Of the requirement of the original manu-
script Of "The Digit Of the Moon 1t
should not be omitted by the reader.
Then follows a story possessing rare sim
5plicity and beauty of style and much
originality and imagination It is that
OF King, Of great personal charm, whose
heart has never been touched by the love
Of woman. His courtiers are afraid that
he will leave no heir to the throne. One
day he sees picture Of a woman Of mar
Vicious beauty and all is changed. He
Is told that she is princess Of a dis
tant realm, whose heart has never been
touched by love of man, but who has had
many suitors. On all suitors she i'm
poses the test of putting to her twenty
one riddles, one each day for twenty one
days. If one be put that she cannot
answer she is to accept. The king de-
cides to try the test ISL ,s.
Some parts of the story might have
been omitted-expurgated they are orr
entally frank. Nevertheless they are all
of great interest and told with unusual
skill, tho with great simplicity
J. B. Putnam's Sons, New York.
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tertainment it was possible for them to
enjoy"
Variety is again a marked Characters
tic of The World To-Day for February.
This 10-cent magazine always gives
large choice of subjects, with an abund-
ance of fine Illustrations. An apprecia-
ton of President William Rainey Har-
per, by E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor
of the University Of Nebraska, is note
worthy feature.
Death Rate Among African Slaves
The death-rate among the slaves on the
Portuguese island of Principe off the At
rican coast Is 206.7 per thousand, against
London's 1877 per thousand In other
words, one In every five of the slaves Is
dead at the end of the year. Henry w.
Nevinson gives these appalling figures in
the concluding article Of his series on
''The Slave Trade of Today" in the Feb
ruary Harper's. He describes the life on
the slave plantations, the hypocritical at
titude of the Portuguese planters whose
pretense OF kindness to the slaves is
merely disgusting, and he tells how a
few of the wretched men and women es-
cape and live like wild creatures in the
deadly climate of the woods. Mr. Nevin-
son concludes with an eloquent appeal to
America to raise her voice against this
England will not.
Things to Think About In the Reader
There is always something in The Reader
to interest the thinking man or woman
something that goes beyond the passing
| interest aroused by fiction and that
| reaches the real inner consciousness of
| the one who reads. The February Read
err has two such articles. One is the con-
| clusion of DR.. Hales two-installment pa
per on Tuberculosis, Climate and the
Great Southwest: the other is Talcott
Williams. analytical discussion Of last
November's elections, which appears - -
| der the title 1.-The Municipal Revolution:
| Was It Social or Politician" One treats
of the ills of the body physical; the
other of the ills of the body polite
There is food for thought in both OF
| these articles. ..r.s-
Besides the serious discussions in the
| February Reader there are stories OF
great interest, essays and editorials.
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KNOCKING THE PRESIDENT
Roll Call of Men, and Interests Antagonis-
~ tic to MIR. Roosevelt.
= J. Wall Street Journal s. 49,.

There are signs Of what may be called
a conspiracy to break down the presi-
dents; popularity, and thus destroy his
power to carry out his policies. Call the
roll of those. who might be included in
this conspiracy and see who responds:
A lot Of people who are afraid Of a for
eIgn policy.
: Brlbers and corruptionlsts of all kinds.
y Corporations that fear publicity. p
Disappointed office seekers.
Every person who still thinks that the
president ought not to have received John
Mitchell or ookartWasfineton. Ut Il.
S Financial interests that have been or
are being investigated. a<s< go
Great men who find that Roosevelt Is
In their way. 81 49,. -. E.S>. :
High finance that puts Itself above the
law.
81 Interests that want to Kill or delay the
Panama canal. T. u@
Z Jacoblns who are ready for anything
that will serve to turn the Gins" out.
Kangaroo politicians strong In their ca
pacity to kick.
"Law honesty"
Men who squirmed under the enforce,
ment of the Sherman antitrust law.
Nicaragua canal advocates.
Opponents of government regulation,
especially of railway rates. s~
PennsyIvania's corrupt machine, re-
Gently rebuked at the polls.
Railroads that have violated law.
Sugar lobbyists who don't want fair
play given to the Philippines.
Shippers who want rebates.
Trusts that have become monopoIIes.
Usurers and others who don't like the
doctrine of the square deal.
! Voters, now few IN numbers, who want
us to give up the Philippines.
| Washington correspondents who feel
| that they have the right to run the White
| House.
xanthospermous journalism eager for a
new sensation. ~
| You may perhaps find few more by
| fnquiring IT 26 Broadway. :
ZeaIots who think It right to destroy
| even reputation to benefit their party
One is for every letter in the alphabet
and one more for good measure.
! Of course, President Roosevelt makes
| mistakes. No man makes anything who
| does not sometimes make mistakes =
The best friends of the president are
| on occasions panied by some of the COM
mon things he does, just as in accord
with the rest Of the world they are
thrilled by his great achievements.
Benjamin Franklin had his weak side
as we'll as his strong, and on the whole
we like him all the better for this fact
as we celebrate at this time the two hun
1 dredth anniversary of his, birth.
/ Roosevelt is built Of the same clay a.
/ we are, and one of the secrets Of his pop
ularity is the fact that like the rest of u.
i he does some things that he ought no
to do and leaves undone some things
/ that he ought to do.
! Measure Roosevelt's mistakes agains
i his achievements. g. ~. IT, ..
E Measure also what he IS by the enc
| mics he has made. -.. .-.t.r..-.. -. -
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THE ORIGIN OF RRlpoE,-Whe

THE ORIGIN OF BRIDGE.-Where
does bridge come from? Persia is said to
have given us the game of poker, and
Turkey according to R.. F. Foster, au-
thor of Fosters Complete Bridge, was
the home of this latest popular card
game. Mr.. Foster says in his preface:
Bridge would seem to be a combination
or outgrOWth Of various other games,
notably gerelasch, Siberia and prefer
ence. A game very much like bridge has
long been popular in Holland; and all the
elements Of it are to be traced in many
of the older games of cards. The name
is supposed to be derived from the word
'biritch,' which is popularity believed to
be Russian word, but there is no such
word in the Russian language. The
game itself IS generally credited to the
east, and IS said to have long been popu-
lar in Constantinople, Smyrna and south
eastern Europe" Mr.. Foster gives 1893
as the date of the first appearance of the
game in America, when its principles
were explained to some members of the
New York Whist club by Henry I. Barby.
According to the Encyclopedia Britain
nica,' bridge was first played in England
about $780, but did not really become
popular until 1892.
| Mr.. Fosters book is an attractively
gotten up little volume, the purpose of
| which is to put together everything that
| the purchaser of a textbook wants to
| learn and everything connected with the
game.
| Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York
$3.50.
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General joe Wheeler.

General Joseph e. Wheeler signalized
his early manhood by strenuous exer-
tions against his country, and crowned
the closing years Of his active life with
splendid service in behalf of his coun-
try. He was educated at West Point
and has just taken his commission when
he resigned to join the confederate
army of his native state of Alabama.
He rose from the rank of colonel to
that Of senior general Of cavalry. He
was a great and interchangeable fighter.
His troops were everywhere opposing
the advance Of Rosecrans or Sher-
man, raiding the rear Of the union
forces and destroying stores. He COW
cred the retreat of the armies Of Bragg
after Mission Ridge and Lookout Noun
tain and Of Hood in the Atlanta cam
paign. In the latter campaign his men
fought every day and gave and re-
ceived punishment far beyond what is
customarily expected of cavalry, for his
troops fought often on foot.
Some years after the close of the war
General Wheeler entered congress as a
democrat and remained member con-
tinuously from 1881 until he re-entered
the army Of the United States during
the Spanish war. At the close of war
he remained in the army and was re-
tired with the rank Of brigadier general
two years ago.
Of General Wheeler's later service to
his country in the Spanish war little
need be said. It was not much of a
war from the military point of view.
The thing that brought Wheeler promi-
nently before the public was the fact
that his returning to the army was the
starting of a great wave of patriotism
thru the south. It brought the north
and south nearer than they had been
for moro than generation and did
much to break down the prejudice and
distrust which had existed. General
Wheeler chose the psychological mo.
ment for his action, and it had a tire.
mendous effect.
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HOW AMERICAN ART GOT ITS
START.-Ah interview with an art deal
er, picked up by Arthur Henry in his
early days in New York. and set down in
lodgings in Town." purports to tell
how good American art first got a
"show.' This is what Mr.. Henry says
the dealer told him:
Look at the fortune that one man Clark made.
He was dealer In collars and cuffs, but he had
a shrewd eye for painting just the same. He
bought the early productions of Inness, Wyant,
Homer Martin and Winslow Homer-bought them
for song. He held them for years. lent them
on exhibition to clubs all over the country, and
If anyone asked the price they were not for
sale. He always insured them heavily at the
clubs expense, and when the bill came up for
payment the clubmen opened their eyes. When
at last he announced auction sale, buyers
came in from everywhere, and out of sheer com
petition and surplus wealth more than in real
appreciation of them. ran the prices up against
each other to fabulous amounts. He cleared
fortune, and since then good American art has
had show.
promoting" seems to be a good thing
for art as we'll as for railroads.
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Official Investigations.

Some splenetic enemies of former
Governor Van SAINT have been drawing
comparisons between the investigation
of the auditor s office under his admin
istration and the examination of the
state capitol commission just finished
under Governor johnson. In their
biased view the investigation of the
auditor was done under Governor Van
SAINTS orders to destroy a political
enemy, while Governor Johnson "per-
mitted rather than ordered' the inquiry
into capitol accounts.
We might as we'll have the record
straight, tho it makes little difference
to the public, as either inquiry was fully
justified and no sensible person will
criticise such measures to ventilate pub
lie offices. The fact is that Governor
Van SAINT did not order the examina-
ton of the auditors records. It was
done by the public examiner under Or
ders from the legislature after a legis-
lative committee had skinned the SUR
face. Realizing the mass Of records
that had laid untouched for years, and
the vast interests depending on proper
conduct of such matters, the legislature
directed that the public examiner should
carry the work to it's conclusion. The
work was done, and time has fully vim
Dictated its effort. The reformed meth
DDS inaugurated in the auditors office,
the collections Of trespass made already,
and the suits still pending, are evidence
enough that the examination was
needed, and are justification of it's find
ings.
AS for the examination of the capitol
commission, that was ordered by Gov
ernor johnson himself, and announced
by him imam interview. There was
every reason why the work should be
done. The commission had spent over
100000 during a period Of ten years
without check Of any kind from out,
side authority. Itwas due to the com.
mission as we'll as to the taxpayers of
the state that its accounts be reviewed
1t was not necessary to find graft and
dishonesty. That is something exam
liners look for, but hope not to find
They did make some criticisms on the
capitol commission which the governo,
considered valid, but the facts do not
call for any further action, and the Incl
dent is closed.
It is just as well to tell the truth
about these things, when the truth is 81
easy to get at.
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THE MAGAZINES

What's In z McClure's.-True stories
of important movements and Of good,
healthy combat are the dominant traits
of McClure's for February. Even after
the peep behind the curtains afforded by
the sessions of the interstate commerce
commission, and of the legislative insur-
ance investigation. and by the upheav
ais Of last falls political conpaign, there
are disclosures in this number concern
ing railroad abuses, life insurance jug
Cling, and political trickery which will
take hard hold of every citizen. There is
the case of Everett Colby "The Gentle
man from Essex told by Lincoln Steff-
ems, which is.full of the sturdy effort Of
honesty and youth. It shows how a
young man with aggressiveness and a
conscience can beat the machine to a
standstill and win for himself more than
the machine dared give him because he
was honest. .-.- s- SIT.
Other features Of the magazine are
1.-TWO Years in the Arctic in which An
thony Fiala breaks his silence as to his
explorations; Railroads on Trial" by
Ray Stannard Baker and "Reminiscences
Of Long Life" by Carl Schurz. Be
sides, there are editorials, stories and
poems-real poems
Trolley VS.. the Circus.-That the troll
leys of the middle west have made thea
ter-goers of the farmers was stated to
me with the greatest frankness, last
summer, by James A. Bailey, proprietor
of the Barnum and Bailey circus, says
Karl Edwin Hartman in an article on
'The Trolley Car as a Social Factor in
The World Today for February.
"Ten years ago this country" said Mr.
Bailey, was the richest circus country
in the United States. It still is, for that
matter yet circus receipts have fallen off
appreciably here in the past seven years
blame the innumerable trolley systems
you have in this section for 1t. They
have placed the farmers in easy touch
with the towns and this has resulted III
their paying fairly frequent visits to the
town theaters. The familiarity with pro.
fessional entertainments has served tt
lessen their interest in the circus which
ten years ago, offered them the only en-.
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Sunday afternoon for a weeks engage
ment AS the title indicates, this play is
founded upon Sir A. Conan Doyles de-
tective yarns 1t must be borne in mind,
however that the substance of the story
so graphically told in dramatic form has
not appeared in print. being the outcome
of special conference, for which Mr..
Gillette made special voyage to Eng
land.
While the fact that Salerno the juggler
was retained for a second week at the
Orpheum theater has led many patrons
to the conclusion that the Fadettes wo-
mans orchestra of Boston, which is MAX
ing such big hit there this week, will
also be kept beyond the limits origin
ally set for the engagement, the manage
ment wishes to assure the public that
the orchestra will be heard here for the
last time tomorrow night. 1t has I'M
questionably been the biggest success Of
any single attraction ever offered at the
Seventh street vaudeville house
"a Strenuous Daisy is the title given
the sketch to be presented at the Or
pheum theater next week by Miss Lii
liam Burkhardt and company.
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Bringing the Senate in Line.

Attic the most recent elections of
United States senators did not fur
nish complete evidence that that body
is to be reformed without the process
of revising the constitution, progress to-
ward popular control of the senate was
made. The elections of La Toilette in
Wisconsin and Warner in Missouri
without the use of money and the ap-
pointment of a man without wealth
to fill the vacancy from the state Of
Oregon were encouraging signs. ii =
The elections mentioned were due
to outbursts Of popular Indignation
against machine methods of choosing
senators which even legislatures are
occasionally bound to respect. But they
did not add anything legally to the
desire of the people to be represented
in the senate. e.. ..
+ However, other lines Of action are
working. In Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Virginia,
South Carolina and Tennessee nomina-
tions for senators are now made at
legallzed party primaries. The legisla-
ture merely ratiies the selections made
at the polls. The weakness of this way
of getting at the matter is that the Leg
islature is not compelled to ratify. The
state Of Oregon had such statute and
after the first primary the legislature
passed over the candidate who had
been certified to it as the choice of
the people. However. it is possible to
secure obedience on the part of the
legislature to the behest of the voters.
It was obtained in Virginia, where the
senatorial primary was. tried last fall.
The leading candidates were the gov
ernor of the state and the sitting sen.
ator, and Senator Martin not only OBJ
tanned a majority of votes in tho pri,
mary, but was chosen by the legisla-
ture, whose members were said to be
personally more favorable to the gov.
ernOr.
The tendency toward true democracy
which has been the prevailing note in
recent political action. will in time
effect the desired change in the cleo
tion of senators. The people can wipe
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Two Notions of a. Postmaster.

1.-TWO Motions OF a Postmaster.
The congressional wrath at Postmas-
ter General Cortelyou and his famous
order is waking echoes in the expected
localities The Winona Republican and
Herald, which holds brief for "Our
Jim,' is out with strong Endorsement
of the Missouri editor, who acclaimed
at the state editorial meeting against
the creation of an office-holding oil
garchy.' The Winona paper agrees
with the man from Missouri that ap-
plication Of the merit system to post
offices "should have no place in pop
ular government
1t all depends on otr idea as to q
postmaster function. If he is to
serve the people primarily, and to be a
factor in the Improvement of the postal
service, then reason demands that the
man who has "made good' and has
acquired valuable experience should be
retained. If, on the contrary, his chief
duty is to the congressman who has as
sumed the power to "appoint" him,
then the congressman should be left
free to make a change whenever his
political interests require, regardless
of the service.
We are getting away from the old
idea to a great extent, and are expect
! ing our postmasters and other public
! officials to earn their salaries. There
are some of the old-style postmasters
left, quite too many Of them, in fact
| They look on the office as a private
snap and earn their salaries by keeping
their congressman IS fences in good re
pair, while poorly paid deputies anc
clerks attend to the postal service
Machine politicians of this stamp are
the real "office- holding oligarchy,'
and congressman who cultivate thei1
kind do not like postmasters who cut
out politics and attend to business
That is the kind Of postmasters Mr.
Cortelyou likes, and we believe the
public looks at the question in the same
way. "Rotation in office' has an at
tractive sound, but it usually means
six men trying for every job, ant
spoiled for everything else, while thu
the public service runs itself.