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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-29
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East Oakland lying east of Lake Merritt
and Pleasant Valley avenue.
H. lie Ballister .............. 2s. .252
Wesley Dixon ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II, OBJ
William z. Wilson. Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
A Bazaar In a Basket.

Perhaps the most curious use to
which Mexicans put their baskets is to
hold gamecocks. Sometimes the cocks
basket IL woven for the purpose; often
,ers ,ltsis made from sombrero, the
wide, high crowned, straw hat OF the
country. into which the bird Is put, a
hole cut IN the crown to give him air
and the brim carefully tied down that
he may not escape. The bullfight has
been called the national sport Of Mex
leo. but cockfighting Is much more uni
versal, for the humblcst peasant may
have his gamecock. which he keeps In
carefully made cage In his patio,
watches with pride and tends with
care.
One Of the st-angest uses to which a
basket has probably ever been put was
the daily appearance In the streets OF
young man carrying In huge bush
ell basket on his shoulders his great
grandmother. 81 unknown age, who
held out skinny hand to the passer.
by for the centavo which was almost
unfaillngly given Surely trust In
Providence could go no further Flea
nor Hope Johnson In Outing Maya
zine
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
Dreams of the Blind,

In my dreams | have sensations,
odors, tastes and ideas which I do not
remember TO have had In reality.
Perhaps they are the glimpses which
my mind catches through the veil Of
sleep OF my earliest babyhood. have
heard the trampling Of many waters"
Sometimes a wonderful light visits me
In sleep. Such fash and glory as II
Is! gaze and gaze until It vanishes
l smell and taste much as In my wax.
ing hours, hut the sense Of touch plays
less Important part. In sleep al
most never grope. No one guides me.
Even in a crowded street | am self
sufficient and ] enjoy an independ
ence quite foreign to my physical life.
Now | seldom spell on my fingers, and
II is still rarer for others to spell into
my hand. My mind acts Independent
Of my physical organs. am delight
ed to be thus endowed. II only in
sleep, for then my soul dons Its
winged sandals and joyfully Joins the
throng Of happy beings who dwell be-
yopd the reaches Of bodily sense
Helen Keller In Century.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
The Cheerful Undertaken.

4 most amusing thing occurred one
evening upon our arrival at small
town In New Zealand. We found
awaiting US at the station the local
carriage and pair. with the local I'M
dertaker as footman. He was CARRIED
In his usual funereal suit Of black. but
he had substituted white tie In or
der to relieve the situation somewhat,
and, evidently with desire to dispel
any morbid Impressions he might 9th
erwise have created, he commenced to
whistle selection of the most cheer
full tunes he knew. while he held the
door open for US and helped us into
the carriage.-Clara Butt in Musical
Home Journal.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03

He was a wag and was passing q
large draper's shop In Manchester.
There, drawn up. we're three or four
vehicles, and among them was a closed
brougham with the driver fast asleep
m the box. Evidently the mistress
was inside the shop. without word
the wag stole quickly up and, opening
the carriage door. carefully slammed II
to. In an instant the coachman
Strengthened himself up and gazed up
the street as II he had never seen any
thing more interesting to look ut In his
life. Then he stole a look over his
shoulder and saw the wag standing.
hat In hand. apparently conversing
with some one inside the carriage.
THANK you. yes. Good morning."
said the practical joker and bowed
himself graciously away sfrom the door.
turning as he did 80 to look at the
coachman and say. "Home"
Eyes, sir! Tch! Get upv And away
went the brougham home.
Where that home was. who the mis-
tress Of the carriage was or what she
did or said when she came out Of the
shop or what the coachman did or said
when he stopped at the door OF home"
and found the carriage empty-all that
only the coachman and the lady know.
London Tit-Bits.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
Csshins Up.

"Have you ever played poker with
your son-in-lawT
"0nly once" answered Mr. Cumrox
ut wasn't very satisfactory"
did he win?"
mo; he lost. But Il merely resulted
In my having to write him check so
that he could indorse II over to me-
Washington Star.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
A Slander.

Member Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union-Did you write this
notice of my lecture on The Demon
RUM Editor-Yes. madam. Member
OF the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union-AThen would like to know
what you. mean by saying. The lee
turer was evidently full Of her sub.
ject."-Judge.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
Lucky.

Rustic-What's the matterr Motor.
ist-Matter, can't get this car to 90.
Rustic-Then It's the lucky man you
are. for just yesterday motorist got
nearly smashed to bits here because
he couldn't get his car to stop.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
Considerate.

Jasper Whenever a great man dies
Longhair writes a poem about him.
Rasper- Wen. | must commend his
consideration In not writing 1t before
the great man dies.-Boston Globe.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-03
Her DIG.

Miss Antlque-Just think of the
nerve Of that impecunious fellow to
propose to me-
Miss CaustiQue = Nerve? Why, Il
News.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
The ReaIest Love.
Infatuation is frequently

Infatuation is frequently mistaken
for love. For a while It is very fair
imitation of the real thing, but 1t
quickly burns itself out. rr
For that reason 1t Is best not to
trust too readily to what is called
"love at first sight" ats. -rr ..F
The love that is genuine that is
going to last through tribulation as
well as joys the love that is tested
by time. s's -' F9 ssN'$ ess& -
Real love forgives much, is patient,
tender and true. 1t is not fair weather
love. but beams just as brightly in ad-
yersity as In success.
You may Imagine that you love sin
cerely, but II you are continually MAX
ing demands 'on the person you think
you love your love is greater for your
self than 1t Is for him.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces
sary to use so much. starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear.
ing quality of the goods. This trou
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of Its great
er strength than other makes.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
TRIBUTE TO GREAT ACTRESS
Even In the Desert Natives Had Heard
Of Sarah Bernhardt. Z e Z


Susanne Despres kept day book
while making her Egyptian tour. and
has published some chapters which
she thinks may be of a little interest
TO others besides myself" Under the
head "a Camel Ride" she says: 1T
was between the Pyramids and the
Sphinx. One OF the Bedouins who has
the hglyS sloE going. stupid. looking
animals for hire. asked in broken
German: WIN you ride on Bismarok? 2
evidently taking me for a German.
No. said !. Then try Chamberlain.
he ssid in bad Enslishi and I saw the
point His animals have names in
keeping with the nationality OF his
customers, I am French I said to
him. and he smiled broadly and said;
.Ah. madame. then ride Sarah Bern
tardt. and did. and was proud. too,
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
An Accident.

A perfect lady" was charged In the
police court with having broken hei
umbrella over the head Of another
perfect lady"
what have you to say to the
charger" asked the magistrate.
ut was an accident, your honor"
"Do you mean to say that after
smashing an umbrella over this WON
ans head you claim 1t was an acci
dent?"
"Sure, yes; but meant not to breal
my umbrella"
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
,FlreIess FIrecrackers.

Z Do you remember how you used to
pop leaves when you were kid7 You
laid the leaf over the palm OF your
left hand and then struck It with your
right. On the .samesprinciple as this.
with half a rubber bulb to take the
place of the hollow palm. and a piece
Of newspaper @over the top 10 pop
Instead Of leaf. 0relesa f6recracker
can be inverted.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
(Copyrlght, BY Joseph B. Bowles)
BY ST, N1HAL SING

1t is but recently that the oriental
has begun to awaken to an apprecia-
tion of himself. Hitherto he has not
only allowed himself to be treated by
the occidental as chance ordained, but
has measured his ability with the critic
rions set up by westerners. 1t is but
yesterday that the Asian assumed an.
aggressive attitude and vowed that
he would resist the intrusion of the
European and American. employing
the occidental weapons to accomplish
that end.
The change in the attitude Of the
east towards the west during the last
two decades has been phenomenal. 1t
has led the Asiatic to resent the west
ern insinuation that the oriental is the
inferior Of the occidental in mental and
moral caliber. 1t has also wooed the
Aslatic ont of his inaction and leth-
argy of ages. inspired him with the de-
sire to break the shell of his limita-
tions and set his face towards modern
ization and evolution.
Time was, and not long ago, when
the rank and file Of even the cultured
orientals were obsequious in their at
titude towards even the mediocre
westerner. To the Asiatic. white"
skin was synonymous with superior
talent and character. The white man
represented to him great strength of
mind and body and skill of arms, Of
fensive and defensive. -
The Asian no longer mentally or
physically prostrates himself before
the Caucasian. To him, no more the
,Anglo-Saxon boast Of surviving as the
fittest has any weight. A brown or
yellow hide has come to be, to him,
as good an index Of character and cal
iber as the white.
This attitude has found expression
in many and diverse ways. The Russo
Japan war was one indication and full
f1llment Of 1t. 1t was also the means
of further advancing these sentiments.
The greatest and most Trustworthy
signs of this metamorphosis, however,
are to be found in the boycott move
!. ments started or, threatened against
occidental products and men in sew
eral Asiatic countries. The boycott
Of American goods in China, the boy
colt of English goods in India and
the 'once-threatened boycott Of Amer
lean goods in Japan, though probably
failures in their economic aspect, are
yet vitality significant Of the way the
occidental views things western.
What the new ,oecident wants to.
day Is reciprocity. 1t demands for II.
self perfectly even privileges in re-
turn for those which 1t extends to
westerners within its gates. * =, 3 !
This attitude is likely to assume
more aggressive and intensive form
as the awakening proceeds apace and
as the oriental succeeds in learning
the arts and crafts Of subjugating the
forces .of nature and utilizing them.
Considered In this light 1t is easy
to understand the oriental view OF
Asiatic immigration to North America
and the British colonies. The first
thing to be noted In this connection Is
that the oriental is no longer prepared
to brook the aspersion that he is the
inferior OF the Americans or British
colQnials. Another and more impor.
tant feature Is that the hostile treat
ment of the oriental immigrants can
not but lead to untold and svexatious
trade complications. w%ss
The peddler who sold his wares
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
"A Word for the EIIrt.

B To woman marriage Is a. much more
serious undertaking than to man.
Therefore. the fiirt is not to be wholly
condemned; she is merely enjoying
herself at another's risk in order to see
whether the conditions suit her.-Gen.
tlewoman.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
for saw that Bernhardts greatness
was acknowledged even In the desert"
Slight Mistake.

1t was at the old New England farm
drama.
+ Dear mel" exclaimed Mrs. Stubb,
clapping her hands. isn't the bliz-
zard scene realistic? Just listen. to
the wind blowing through the trees"
"'Sh, Marle!" chuckled Mr.. 6tubb,
as he hid his face behInda q program.
sThat,s not the Wind It is man
snoring behind post IS
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
The Expensive Part.

"Does it cost much to live in the
city?" asked the old lady from the
small village.
20, no." replied her city nephew, at
doesn't cost any more to live In the
city than 1t does in the country, but
1t costs three times as much to keep
up appearances Chicago News.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
Comfort in That.

T see there's a new weather proph-
ct out west who declares all the rivers
in the country will dry up in time"
well, so will he, thank goodness"
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

The prettiest flowers are not neces-
sarily the most fragrant.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

Use Aliens Foot.Ease
Cures tired aching sweating foot 2c. Trial package
free. A. ). 0nsted, lie Roy, N Y.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
Try Murine Eye Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Murine Doesn't Smart-Soothes Eye Pain.
All Druggists Sell Murine at Scots. The 4S
Page Book in each. Pkg. is worth Dollars
in every home. Ask your Druggist.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

Many man is out of work be-
cause there Is no work in him.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
use, Red Cross Ball Blue. Large or.
package, 5 cents.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
ACCOMPLISHED BY the use Of
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

Hes a regular philanthro-what
do you call it?"
"Wots he did?"
"Why. in de last week he's give
away two dozen 'Deadwood Dick an
q dozen Nickel llbraries!"
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

One way to buy experience is t
speculate In futures.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
ndhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle oi
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy fol
infants and children, and see that Il
The Jasper news., 1908-07-30
LYDIA e. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, Of West
Union, S. C.,writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
"I was greatly rundown in health
from @ weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia q. Pinkham' Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
not only restored me to perfect health,
but to my delight I am mother"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Bardstown,
Ky, writes:
II was very great sufferer from
female troubles, and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but I am now a proud
mother"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-26
JACK London
Bobs Up 0. K. in Frisco.
Home on Business.
Boat Disabled

San Francisco, Cal, Jan. 25.-Jack
London, the author, who left here
last May on his trip around the
world for the Woman's Home Com
panion and to procure material for
other literary work, and for whose
safety fears have been entertained.
returned to this city today on the
steamer Mariposa from Tahiti.
London is accompanied by his wife,
and says the he has come back to
attend to business matters. He will
leave again on the Mariposa Feb. 1.
The Shark, the fifty-foot boat in
which London is making his trip,
was left at Tahiti for repairs to her
gas engine.
t'W have had absolutely no adven-
tures," said London, "and the rea-
sons for our delayed arrival at the
Marquesas islands, which gave rise
to reports that we had been lost
were simply trouble with our gas en-.
CINE and because we spent some
time cruising among the various isl.
ands."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-26
GR|DIRON CLUB
Entertain Alleged Candidates
for the Presidency in
Its Usual Style

Washington, D. c., Jan. 25-It was
a grand political rally and barbe-
cue'' in the hall of the Willard house.
This was the official description of the
twenty-third annual winter dinner
rendered tonight by the Gridiron club
to as many of its friends as could con-
yeniently be seated at tables in the
great ball room of the New Willard
hotel Into this room were introduc-
ed, with characteristic Gridiron felic-
ity, aspirants for the presidency. In
to the limelight were brought William
Jennings Bryan, Vice President Fair
banks, Justice George Gray, Speaker
Cannon, former Attorney General
Harmon and Senator Knox. The pres
ident of the United States, Theodore
Roosevelt, who it was alleged at din
ner had a long string attached to his
declination of another term as presi-
dent, was afforded opportunity to look
over, at close range, some of those
who are in the list of his possible
successors.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-26
FORWARD PASS
Football Committee Fixes the
Play so II Helps the
Weaker Team

New York, N. Y, Jan. 25.-Import-
ant changes in the rule governing
the forward pass play, which will
prove Of advantage to the weaker
teams. were made by the inter-col-
legiate football rules committee,
which concluded its session here to-
night.
The rule covers particularly the
illegal touching of the ball. When
illegally touched the side making the
illegal play loses the ball to its op-
ponents on the spot from where the
pass was made. According to the
new rule only the man of the pass
erss side who first legally touched
the ball may thereafter recover it
until it has been touched by an OPP
ponent. If the forward pass is legal
ly touched, and then free and is
then touched by another player of
the passer's side, the ball goes to
the opponents at the spot where
touched
It was decided that while the for
ward pass is in the air, the players
of the defensive side may not use
their hands or arms on their oppo-
nents except to push them out of the
way to get at the ball. 1t is pro-
vided that the players of the side
making the forward pass, who arc
eligible to receive the pass, may use
4 their hands and arms just the same
way that the players go down un.
der the kick.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-26

the suit are the Farmers Loan &
Trust company of New York, which
is the depository of all the stock
of the San Pedro road under con-
tract by which it is required to give
proxies to such persons as may be
named by Mr.. Hartman and Mr..
Clark for period of years. There
are also the following individual de-
PENDANTS who are alleged to have
conserved and carried out the con-
spiracy complained of, to-wit:
{. = vi - :. 1. = !" $3.50 :.
: r.. ri. Hartman, Jacob E. :.
!: Schiff, Otto III. Kahn, James :.
: Stillman, Henry G. Prick, Hen !.
Cry H. Rogers and William A. ::
: Clarke. :.
:: :: :: = : : :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :
s'It appears by testimony in pos
session of the department that a
combination was formed about the
beginning of the year 1901 by e. H.
Hartman of New York, president
and chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the Union Pacific, and GER
tain of his associates for the pur-
pose of obtaining a monopoly of all
transcontinental transportation bust
ness. The first move was the &C
| QUESTION of sufficient stock of the
Southern Pacific company to insure
it's control. That company owned a
line of railroad extending from New
Orleans and points in Texas in touch
with California to Portland, Oregon !;
also another line from Ogden, Utah,
to San Francisco.
''The Southern Pacific had been
for years one of the principal COM
Ipetitors Of the Union Pacific. AS a
result of such control by stock own
Continued to page ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-26
after HIM
Russian Priest Gets Too Pa.
triOtiC and Is UnfrOCked
and Arrested

st. Petersburg, Jan. %. - Father
Gregory Petroff, the most noted
priest in Russia, next to Father John
of Cronstadt, was deprived of his
ecclesiastical rank at a session of the
holy synod and handed over to the
authorities for judgment by civil
court. An alleged contumely to the
church and state was contained in
letter which he addressed to Arch
bishop Antonius, metropolitan of St.
Petersburg. ...... ..
Father Gregory Petroff's career as
a pulpit orator was most brilliant.
At one time he was a great favorite
at court. Since the beginning of the
revolutionary movement he has fall
len into disfavor on account of his
liberal political views and has been
kept under surveillance.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-26

Washington, D. c., Jan. 25.-At-
torney General Bonaparte today d.
rected that bill in equity be filed
to set aside the control by the Union
Pacific Railroad company and it's
subsidiary corporations of the South
ern Pacific and San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake railways, also
to have declared illegal the owner
ship by the Union Pacific of the Ore
gon Short line, of stock In the San
ia Fe, Great Northern and North.
ern Pacific, all of said lines being
competitors of the Union Pacific.
The attorney general today issued
an official statement to this effect
and after referring to the extended
investigation by the Interstate Com
merce Commission into the relations
existing between the various lines of
road engaged in transcontinental
traffic says:
From evidence so adduced and
from an independent investigation
the department has arrived at the
conclusion that the stock holdings of
the Union Pacific and it's subsidiary
companies in the other corporations
mentioned above is in direct viola
tion of the Sherman act.
: :: : :. :: :: : {. !: :: s: :. :: !. 1: :.
:: "The department regards the ::
: suit as of the first Importance, :.
:. as it is sought by this means :
:: to break up the substantial mo- :.
:. nopoly of the transportation :.
I: business Of the country between :.
: the Missouri river on the east :.
: and the entire Pacific coast :
:. south of Portland on the west. !
{. :: :. !: :. :. : :. : :. : I: : :. I: 8,
Aside from the railway companies
above named, other defendants in
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-26
BY A HAIR
Lawson Defeats F0gler in
Six-Day Bike Race by
Close Margin

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 25-Sprint-
ing with all the energy he could COM
mand and exerting every muscle to
defeat his opponent, Iver Lawson Of
the Yankee team, in a remarkable
burst of speed tonight won the six
day bicycle race from Joe Fogler by
so short distance that itw as almost
impossible to pick the winner. t
The worlds record of forty-eight
hours, held by Elkes and Mcfarland
made in 1900 in Madison Square Gar:
den, was shattered.
Official finish: wson-Morgan, 1874
miles, laps; Fogler-Root, 985 miles.
8 laps; Sherwood-Wiley, 9s5 miles,
8 laps; Bardgett-Mitten, 9s4 miles,
laps; Hopper-Holbroks, 9S4 miles, {
laps; Monroe-Morgan, 977 miles, 8
laps.