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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
What Can the Matter Be /?

There was mysterious editorial ut
terance in the Eos Angeles Times the
morning after the county convention
In that city that has started the poll
tieians talking. The paper deprecated
the pledge imposed by the convention
on its nominees to support Senator Per-
kins in these words:
The convention saw ht to recommend the re-
election OF Senator Perkins by the Legislature
TO assemble ins January. The Times has hereto
fore expressed its doubts as to the expediency
better to leave that matter open. 1t would have
been politically wiser and fairer to avoid the
gramrned and that no candidate but Perkins hss
q chance. The politicians must remember that
they have not yet elected the Legislators. The
people are to have something to say. more.
men who are better built for the toga than i
Senator Perkins; the state should avail itself
OF the services Of the best equipped citizen
to be had for the senatorship: and 1t ia folly
to assume that the nominations are closed.
1t can scarcely be that Walter Parker
mas been trying TO sell. General Otis
the same gold bricks that General de
1oung mas bought more than once and
perhaps would like to buy again. Otis
could not possibly be elected senator
from California, and, although he may
not understand that fact or realize it,
ne must know that Los Angeles can
alton OF his warning must be dismissed
Who. the other statesman are 10 whom
he alludes does not appear. hut there
are plenty of them who have hopes
although they seem doomed to- disap-
pointment.
Indeed. it is still limited that General
de- Young nurses q sneakiug sort of
up on the top OF the fence in the
recent. primary fight. and it is no secret
that General Stone was going around
cursing him for his liikewarin suppart
OF the machine But that may nave
been due to the fact that he did not
know, and nobody knew. what side was
going to win the primary. and he was
geftlng resuy Tor more or<less grace
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Answers to Queries

WHAT TO Do-Subseriber. Oakland,
Cal. A young man is in love with a
young woman and wants to marry her,
but she says that marriage is farthest
from her thoughts. yet she treats him
with the true love of a true lover.
What should the young man do in the
case?
This department does not like to in
terfere in love affairs but in case OF
this kind suggests that the young man
keep on trying TO win the woman 3
her intention to marry. tell her that
there are other as good fish in the sea
as any that have been caught
JOE GANS-P. H s.. Penn Grove.
Cal. Please. let me know If Joe Cans.
the pugilist, was ever defeated by any
one but Nelson?
He lost TO Dal Hawkins, New York.
October 6. 1896; to Bobby Dobbs, Brook
lyn. December. same year; to Frank
Erne New York, March %. 1900; he
was knocked out by George McFadden,
New York, April IA, 1899, and by Terry
McGovern, Chicago. December IS, 1900.
RESIDENCE-Suhs Oakland,
Cal How long must a. person have
been a resident of Nevada before be-
ing permitted to commence an action
for divorce?
Six months.
CONGREsS-B., Loleta, Cal why
are the members of the upper house of
congress called senators and those of
the lower house representatives?
The constitution of the United States
declares that congress shall be COM
posed OF senators and representatives.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
"sQUARING" WITNESSES

HE jury fixing bureau of the United Railroads supplemented
by machinery squarng witnesses In general
way public has known of the existence and maintenance of
these bureaus by the corporation but it has always been diff
evidence of their operations The suit Of William Wagner
damages from
Judge Sturtevan supplies such evidence.
In this there to fix the action trial
Judge recently established by the
superior The abors of the corporation agents directed
squaring important witness who the
that down Wagner They offered this witness life job at
good pay.
The object of the witness shape his tes
according the made for the corporation defendant
machinery that has made it virtually impossible
damages for personal injuries from the United Railroads.
for years almost complete denial of justice
methods by which this accomplished
partly explained by the testimony in the Wagner
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
BUT WHO Is HACKSTAFF?

T1iE most dnerested candidate George Hackstaf of
Chicago who pamphlet of thrtyfve pages him
self great personal sacrifice the pres
iden of United quotes Sophoces John stua
m Charles Dickens George Washington Adam Smith BENJAMIN
franklin and other sages in support of his aspirations
be esisby carried the White House on food of learning
ills OF patriotic selfsacrihce be gathered from
PLANTATION:
which the president the general ali
peh duties that all officials
properly and harmony with the other
life where books look the worlds quiet
srue but have looked all the for fitted
ipl involved coupled with what be
practical operation. like myself
The principles 70 which Mr. Hacksaf is ready to sac
sjho his harmony relate the currency He insists
only the United States who understands the currency
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Impertinent Question No. 81
What's Gentleman?

For the most original wite to this question
briefer the beter-Ihe Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS.
For the next 6ve The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the winners at once MAKE
your answer short and SEND 1T ON a postal
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
THE CALL
n Ladyfs
spret I J. +. Dsvenhr arml by the Sea
lady is Everything that female person who is
prize to waJ. o. box 4. Bhonngt
"E pluribus unum.
5 city
proof needed. that there heaven
S den Gatesr s
A who is wonaniy enough not to object b~;,g
called a - s
avenue. Aauets
a woman without children owning small dog husband
ny-thr astret.c
When witt an awful
About six hours after eight,
II he don't hear speech FROM little Sadie
Take 1t from rnez-she's lady
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question: and perhaps that field he will find few dispute him.
But learn with alarm that if the reformed
the that but he understands dreadful things will happen
We have he writes ito the parting OF the choice
be adeo poverty serfdom and depotism the other
way is comforts, citizenship and liberty
The Lord preserve Haca He stands between the country
ruin unfortunate that such should hang
the safety and of Chicago but there is
white Mr. Hacksta illustrates his alarming booklet
with his portrait presumably by of proof that there such
alive He does not look like crank and hope hepay live
spite evil currency and that his harmony
grow less.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04
Country.

I Colonel W. C. Greene as expected on
the Mongolia. and his private car
Verde has arrived in the city TO take
him home. Greene Is thes president of
the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre and Pa
cific railroad He is at present build
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

expected in this city in a few davs
After short visit here he wiz leave
for Seattle to attend the meeting 81
the American travelling passenger as
ISOLATION, of which he was secretarv
for many years
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-04

Mrs. Garrftt Wilder. who has spent
several months in Honolulu. returned
Tuesday, on the Alameda and Is receiV-
ing the warmest Of welcomes from ner
many friends here
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
SIX KISSES A DAY THE LIMIT.
Wife Too Affectionate So chicaaoan
Leaves Home.

Chicago.-Six kisses a day are the
limit for Ora M. Leedom He prom
ised Detectives Stark and Johnson,
VINO arrested him for deserting his af-
fectionate wife, that he would stay
with her on that basis. He was found
in Springfield, ILL.,, where he went
seven weeks ago.
TITS a case of too much lovey'
business" said Leedom, on the way
back from Springfield. MY wife
she was married once or twice before
is good woman and a fine house
keeper; but she is too strong on the
love business to suit me.
Now, I'm not chilly guy or any
thing like that; but 1 don't want a
woman kissing me all the time. When
l come home from work in the even
ing, l like to sit down and read the
paper. My wife would want me to
hold hands with her and say foolish
things.
"A few days before 1 jumped out of
town, some actress down in New
York made hit with kiss that last
ed AZ seconds. When my wife read
about that in the papers she said she
could beat 1t with one hand tied be-
hind her back. I'm ashamed to tell
you what happened"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
PERPETUAL MOTION, sUREI
Inventor Cannot Stop Machine When
Once Started.

Evanston, Ia.-After spending two
years and putting a large amount of
money into materials, j. o. Scott of
this place claims to have solved the
problem of perpetual motion. One
machine, having been weakened in re-
modelling, flew to pieces after running
a period Of three minutes, and he is
now at work on a new model of so
substantial pattern that it cannot
fail to stand the test. A governor is
all he lacks, claims Scott. After start
ing his machine, he has no way of
stopping 1t except to load 1t until it
cannot run.
The machine, as has been the case
with all previous experiments along
this line, attempts to utilize gravity
for power. On a six-foot wheel Scott
claims to have an overbalancing
weight of 140 pounds. Weights, cams
and levers are used in it's construc-
ton, but further than this, Scott will
not reveal the workings of his model.
The weights on one side extend 16
Inches beyond the circumference of
the wheel, and on the other side fall
four inches within. He expects to have
the machine completed in about two
months
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
WHY THEY SLEEP IN CHURCH..
Hypnotism, Not Drowsiness, Declared
to Be the Cause.

"Churchgoers don't sleep in church
They undergo an hypnotic trance.
The soothing voices and mild music
and monotonous recitative of a church
service put forth powerful hypnotic
influences, and that is why the pews
resemble a railroad track in the
abundance of their sleepers."
The speaker, a hypnotist, banged
the table vehemently.
Don't laugh" he said. Its true.
Hypnotism, not drowsiness, is what
makes you sleep in church. Through
your auditory nerve sound waves are
passed to your brain that are as eff
fective as though a professional hyp-
notist had made them. Sound, you
know, is the newest and best hyp-
motto.
AT first, in the church service, the
periodicity of the wave alterations is
short. There is a little speaking
then more music. And just when you
are getting properly lulled the clergy
man, in modulated, agreeable, sooth-
ing voice, speaks on and on and on
and you begin to nod. You are, hyp-
notically speaking, entranced.
1.-The average church service is
scientifically correct hypnotic instru-
ment No wonder, then, it puts many
of us to Sleep"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
candy" AND "JoHN D." OUT.
Carnegie and the Oil Man Disagree
Over Game of Golf.

New York.-All because of a game
of golf, Andrew Carnegie and John D..
Rockefeller, two of the most distin-
guished devotees of the game in this
country, are reported to have broken
friendship of years standing. For
months, it is said, they have not
spoken to each other and the formerly
frequent visits have been abandoned.
Although the quarrel which caused
the estrangement occurred last fall,
the story has only got abroad
The warm argument over which Of
the two won game over John D.
private golf course at Pocantico Hills,
is said to have caused the old friends
to part. Both assert their differences
cannot be patched up without an apol-
ogy from the other. Each asserts he
will never apologize.
From all reports, it was the hot
test kind of a game that caused the
trouble. First one was ahead, then
the other At the sixteenth hole,
Rockefeller announced the score, say
ing he had made rs strokes, against
Carnegie's 81. The former steel king
disputed this, saying he had made
only rs. Carnegie captured the next
holes in three fewer strokes than
John. He claimed a final score of s5
to Rockefeller's Sc. John d. asserted
the proper score was 81 to Sc in his
favor. From this beginning the argu-
ment grew so warm that their friend
ship broke under the strain.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
origin of the Elevator.

The elevator originated in Central
Europe. The earliest mention of the
Elevator is made in a letter of Ma
poleon l. addressed to his wife, Arch
duchess Maria Louise. He writes to
her that when in Schoenbrunn, then
the summer residence of the Austrian
emperor, near Vienna, he used the
"chaise volante" (fiying chair) in that
castle which had been constructed for
Empress Maria Theresa. 1t consisted
of small, square room. sumptuously
furnished with hangings of red silk
and suspended by strong ropes with
counter weights, so that it could be
pulled up or let down with great ease
in a shaft built for the purpose
about 1850.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
RUSTIC WANTS FILIPINO BRIDE,
New York Farmer Advertises for a
Brown Girl in Manila Paper.

Utica, N. Y.-A paper published in
Manila, Philippine Islands, recently.
and Just received here, contains the
following:
Wanted.-An orphan girl for wife.
between the ages of IA and "a. Send
with dowry of $3.50 to Little Falls. N.
Y, freight paid"
This is the gist of the wants OF Ar
thur Congdon of Little Falls. N. Y, in
communication written to the sec
retary of the interior simultaneously
with his inserting the above "ad." in
Manila newspaper. Congdon said
in his letter to the secretary that he
mad read of the offer of the govern
ment to provide for the care of Fill
pino girls and the payment to those
OF marriageable age, who married, a
sum equivalent to the cost of two
years maintenance, about $3.50.
He said that his work on the farm.
where, among other duties, he cared
for 40 cows, precluded his going to
Manila for an orphan girl, but that
he would make one of the maidens
his bride if the government would
ship him one, freight prepaid, and
send along with her the $3.50 dowry.
Congdon, who evidently misinterpreted
the cable news regarding the gov
ernments plan for marrying off its
eligible wards in the Philippines, is a
good-looking, husky young farmer,
and insisted that he is sincere in his
desire to get Filipino bride.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT WHITE LEAD is?
Its Chief Use and Method of Deter
mining Good from Bad Explained.

White Lead is the standard paint
material all over the world. 1t is made
by corroding metallic lead into a white
powder, through exposing it to the
fumes of weak acetic acid and carbonic
acid gas; this powder is then ground
and mixed with linseed oil, making a
thick paste, in which form it is packed
and sold for painting purposes. The
painter thins it down to the proper
consistency for application by the ad-
dition Of more linseed Oil
The above refers, of course. to pure,
genuine White Lead only. Adulterated
and fake white Lead" of which there
are many brands on the market, is
generally some sort of composition
containing only a percentage of white
lead; sometimes no White Lead at all !;
in such stuff, barytes or ground rock,
chalk, and similar cheap substances
are used to make bulk and initiate the
appearance of pure White Lead.
There is, however a positive test by
which the purity or impurity of White
Lead may be proved or exposed, be-
fore painting with it.
The blow-pipe flame will reduce
pure white lead to metallic lead. II
supposed white lead be thus tested
and it only partially reduces to lead
leaving a residue, it is proof that
something else was there besides
white lead.
The National Lead Company guar
antee all White Lead sold in packages
bearing its Dutch Boy Painter" trade.
mark to prove absolutely pure under
this blow-pipe test, and that you may
make the test yourself in your own
home, they will send free upon re.
quest blow-pipe and everything else
necessary to make the test, together
with valuable booklet on paint. Ad.
dress, National Lead Company, Wood
bridge Building, New York.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
Giving 1t the Acid Test.

The clairvoyant was swaying back
and forth under the severe strain of
her mental connection with the realm
of spirits.
Now" she chanted, "call upon any
soul you will and l will make it speak
to you-yes, even visible to you" For
she was up to date in the biz.
Bring me-" asked the masculine
skeptic. "Brevity, the soul of Wit"
Right here the seance ended.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
Where He Learned His Trade

Employer to applicant for work:
you say you learned your trade as
an apprentice in one of the largest con-
Germs in the country?"
Applicant-Yes, sir and during my
hve years apprenticeship | worked
without receiving a cent for it,
Employer-Did you work steadily all
that time without pay?
Applicant did, sir, and got
through Only yesterday!
Employer-You must be very indus
trious and ambitious. Where was it
you learned your trade?
Applicant-In Sing Sing prison
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA
Could Lay SIate-PenciI in one-Hands
in Dreadful State-Permanent
Cure in Cuticura
about 1850

Il had eczema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time l had used several so-called rem
edies. together with physicians and
druggists prescriptions. The disease
was so bad on my hands that l could
lay slate-pencil in one of the cracks
lad rule placed across the hand
would not touch the pencil. I kept
using remedy after remedy. and while
some gave partial relief, none relieved
as much as did the first box of Cuti-
cura Ointment. l made a purchase of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my
hands were perfectly cured after two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were used. w.
H. Dean, Newark, Del, Mar. 2S, 1907"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
STRENUOUS Method of Saving Life.

Two officers who were hunting
wolves on the Dry mountain in cen
trail Servia lost their way in fog.
After wandering for Ia hours one OF
them lay down in the snow and speed
lily became unconscious. His comrade
bound him with cords, placed him
in sitting position and then rolled
him down the mountain. He glided
down the slope at terrific speed and
reached the bottom safely, being found
an hour later in an exhausted condi-
tion by a peasant. He is now in the
hospital being treated for the lacera
tions he received in humping over the
rocks during his descent. His com
panion is unhurt.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
A Hard Head.

Representative Mccall of Massachu-
sets, said to Representative Williams
OF Mississippi, while chatting recently:
John, is it true that one can never
injure a Southern darky by striking
him on the head?"
Absolutely true" responded Will
liams with an air of great gravity
"As an instance in point will convince
you. A Mississippi darky went to
sleep in barn with his feet against
the side. In the night a mule kicked
him in the head and the coneussion
broke his ankle"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
HAPPY OLD AGE
Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating

AS old age advances, we require less
food to replace waste, and food that
will not overtax the digestive organs,
while supplying true nourishment.
Such an ideal food is found in Grape
Nuts, made of whole wheat and barley
by long baking and action of diastase
in the barley which changes the starch
into sugar.
The phosphates also, placed up un-
der the bran-coat of the wheat, are in
cluded in Grape-Nuts, but left out of
white flour. They are necessary to
the building of brain and nerve cells
Il have used Grape-Nuts," writes an
Iowa man, for years and feel as good
and am stronger than l was ten years
ago. l am over IA years old, and at
tend to my business every day.
Among my customers 1 meet man
every day who is so years old and at
tributes his good health to the use of
Grape-Nuts and Postum which he has
used for the last years. He mixes
Grape-Nuts with Postum and says they
go fine together.
For many years before I began to
eat Grape-Nuts, / could not say that
l enjoyed life or knew what II was TO
be able to say I am WELL suffered
greatly with constipation, now my hab-
its are as regular as ever in my life.
Whenever l make extra effort I
depend on Grape-Nuts food and it Just
fills the bill / can think and write
great deal easier"
There's Reason Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
1.-THE Road to Wellville," in pkN
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
On the judges.

A celebrated Scottish lawyer had to
address the Caledonian equivalent Of
our supreme court. His pleading" oc-
cupied an entire day. After seven
hours of almost continuous oratory he
went home, at supper and was asked
to conduct family worship. AS he was
exhausted his devotions were brief.
Il am ashamed of ye," said the old
mother. ITO think ye could talk for
seeven hoors up at the court and dis
miss your Maker in seeven minutes"
"Ay, verra true" was the reply, "but
ye maun mind that the Lord isna sac
dull in the uptak as thae judge
bodies"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
Littleton,s Steamer

Martin w. Littleton, leading coun-
sci In the Thaw case. has a ready way
with him." said New York lawyer.
One night at dinner l heard him
get back at an opponent like this:
Gentlemen, he said, if you knew
Blank as well as l do, you'd under
stand that when his mouth opens his
brain ceases to work. He reminds me
of little steamer that used to run on
the Missouri. The steamer had a sew
en-inch whistle The effect of this was
that when the whistle blew the
steamer stopped"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
No Use Dodginu.

Among the men who served among
Rooseve;t's Rough Riders in Cuba was
a little Dutch Jew, who, according to
the men in his own troop, was the
very incarnation of cool, impudent bra.
vado in fight" He was consistent
fatalist.
One day he observed comrade
lodging a spent bullet that had whis-
tied uncomfortably close to him.
Watts he use to dodge dem pullets?"
sang out the little Jew. "Dey'll hit
you shust as veil we're you are as we're
you amt. n't."-Everybody's Magazine
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
Power of Deceivino.

There is a Brooklyn woman who
possesses a servant who is model in
all respects save one-in that she is
none too truthful.
Lately the mistress has been using
all her eloquence to make Nora see
the error of deceitfulness But at last
she had to own herself beaten when
Nora, with a beaming Irish smile,
turned and in a most cajoling tone
said:
Sure. now, mum. an wot de ye sup
pose the power of desavin' was given
US fer?"
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
Transmitted Snake Bite.

An extraordinary case of snake poi
soning is reported from a country hos
pital in Victoria, N. S. w. An old man
was brought in in a comatose state
and showing all the symptoms of hav-
ing been bitten by venomous snake.
But on investigation it was found he
had been bitten by dog, which died
almost Immediately afterward from
snake bite. Medical treatment was
successful, and the man gradually re-
covered from the snake poison which
the reptile had indirectly transmitted
to him.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
Billion Dollar Grass.

Most remarkable grass of the century.
Good for three rousing crops annually
One Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold &c.
10000 worth of seed and had 300 tons of
hay besides. 1t is immense. Do try it.
For 10c AND THIS NOTICE
send to the John A. Salzer Seed Co, La
Crosse, Wis. to pay postage, etc, ano
they will mail you the only original seed
catalog published in America with sam.
Piles of Billion Dollar Grass, Maearoni
Wheat. the sly miller mixer, Sainfon the
dry soil luxuriator. Victoria Rape, the zoe
ton green food producer, Silver King
Barley yielding l73 bu. per acre, ETC., etc.,
etc.
And if you send 14c we will add pack
age of new farm seed never before seen
by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. X. & w.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-28
Didn't Need IL.

Agent-Heres a book that will be
welcome in every family. 1t contains
all the rules of etiquette and direc-
tions for avoiding slips in grammar.
Hiram Grasscutt-Don't need moth
in of that kind. Got a daughter hum
from boardin' school, son goin to
high school an a hired man who's a
college feller workin fer his health.
But, by jing, partner, it's relief to
talk once in a while to common,
ordinary person. I don't need the
book, but I'm darned glad you called.