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The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

They began when the liner on which
he had crossed the Pacific left Yoko-
hama on its way through the Inland sea
to Nagasaki. The passengers were
notified that no cameras would be al
lowed on deck and were warned
against attempting to steal snapshots
of the close by shore line from their
stateroom windows. On every passen-
ger liner, IT is generally understood.
is at least one spy in the service Of
the Japanese government and it is the
duty OF this honorable gumshoeman to
keep close watch on all owners of
cameras. 1t has happened more than
once that an enthusiastic tourist. at
tracted perhaps by the sight of some
quaint castle or picturesque fortress,
has retired to the seclusion OF his
stateroom. opened the window and al
lowed the picture to trickle IN through
a stealthily opened lens and impress
itself upon the plate behind. The
clicking of q shutter makes no noise
that can be heard above the clatter Of
a moving liner there was nobody in
the room TO see him and the Japs don't
cut much ice, anyhow; so who cares?
When that tourist went ashore at
Nagasaki he found himself suddenly
between two smiling Japanese in uni
form.
Would he please do them the honor
TO accompany to honorable chief of
police?"
He is advised to go quietly At the
police station his camera and whatever
plates he may have in his possession
are taken away from him and he is
consigned to quarters where he lives
a simple life and lonely until his plates
have been developed. If in any OF the
pictures appears the counterfeit of any
forbidden scene his camera is confis-
Gated, and If he has influential friends
he may regain his liberty in two
weeks This. DR.. Genthe says. is not
an exaggerated case and outlines a
comedy that has been enacted upon
numerous occasions.
The first barrier to be encountered
on shore is the inhexible rule that no
camera must be taken within 80 miles
of any fortified place and as Japan Is
strong on fortifications the outlook for
the photographer is somewhat dismal.
For the benefit of tourists armed with
cameras and liable to get into trouble
the Japanese welcome society, sort OF
oriental promotion committee, publishes
a map of Japan on which in dotted cir
cles are shown the zones inside which
the using or even carrying of a camera
is forbidden.
Genthe had letters of introduction to
Baron Mumm, the German ambassador
at Tokyo. who agreed to try to OBJ
tain from the japanese government
permission for Genthe to get some pic
lures at places where the camera is
barred.
Il will do the best that can for
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

It is only q matter of time until
the clumsy and expensive cables which
now connect the continents will be
abandoned. old time relics which will
interest only the deep sea fishes. 1t is
no longer necessary to harness one tiny
electric spark in a carefully insulated
wire. There is the whole storehouse Of
electric energy from which to draw.
The thunderbolt is conquered at last.
The invincible weapons of Jupiter,
king OF the gods. now leap obedient at
mans command and carry his messages
across the sea.
In thousands of ways the new wire
less idea is being applied to everyday
life. The wireless fire alarm will soon
supersede the present system. When a
fire breaks out in any room of the
house in which it is installed the alarm
is sent at once to the fire station. The
chief is notified by this system not only
in which district is the fire. but which
house IS burning.
One thing which will be greatly
changed by the application of the wire
less idea to electrical mechanics is the
methods of Raff1es
My dear. timorous Bunny" says
Rafdes, there is nothing to fear.
Didn't you see me cut all the electric
wires? sIt might have been a more in
teresting story If I had left them, but
in a matter of the household silver il
is as we'll to take no chances. Hand
me my cane and gloves Is my well
bred air on straight? Then let the sec
ond chapter begin"
Posing languidly before the side
board Raffies adjusts his monocle and
is about to indicate to Bunny which
pieces OF silver are not plated when a
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

you" said the German minister. put
II will be a matter of great dimcuitS
and may be able TO accomplish hotH-
ing
BY way of illustrating Japan's atti-
tude toward the camera the amoasSa-
dor told the photographer tale from
his own experience. The ambassador
was a camera enthusiast and WhiIe
stationed at Peking had trained ms va
let to do the developing and printing.
The valet on occasions took out tne
ambassadors camera and made pictures
on his own account. The minister was
ordered TO Tokyo. On the way there ne
stopped at Nagasaki. Returning 10 MS
hotel after an absence of several hours
he found a note pasted on the door or
his Soom informing him that his Valet
was in jail. Re had been arrested In
the act of te<1ng a picture of sam
pan It took two weeks of hard work
on the ambassadors part before the
man was released. In releasing the
valet the japanese officials notified the
ambassador that "inasmuch as the
culprit was in the employ of Euro
pean diplomat the Japanese govern
ment would abstain from infiicting the
full punishment of six months impris-
onment.'
A permit was issued after some time
granting DR.. Genthe the privilege of
taking pictures In one OF the forbidden
zones under certain conditions. Among
these conditions We're:
That the commander of the fortress
was to be Informed in advance Of the
time Of the photographers visit. with
details Of the particular locality and
scene that ne wished to photograph.
That before taking the picture the
photographer submit his permit to the
chief of police who would detail an Of
ficer to accompany the man with the
camera and see that he aimed II at no
forbidden object.
That If any officer OF fortress or Of
ficial or gendarme or policeman should
express the opinion that any object
should not be photographed the pho
tographer must under no circumstances
point his lens in that direction
That If any official wished to ex
anime the plates after they had been
developed. he should be given the op-
portunity-.
accompanying the permit was a long
letter from the embassy begging Cen
the to observe the conditions to the let
ter and to keep the embassy advised as
to his movements. as one OF the con-
ditions under which the permit had been
granted was that the German embassy
should keep close track of the pho
iegrapher.
Genthe found on the first attempt to
use 1t that his permit was written in
such classical Japanese that no police
man could read it. The chief Of police.
however, knew all about 1t beforehand.
and when Genthe was ready to make Ms
pictures. no further difficulties We're
placed in his way as far as that par
ticular forbidden zone was concerned.
Not only fortress is sacred in Japan
From the prying eyes Of camera Any
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22
By Lucy Baker Jerome

HINATOWN owns a new sight. 1t
may be seen any afternoon between
the hours of and 7, and at It's
best when the weather is pleasant.
Then, indeed, the tourist or the native
may behold the company of babies
tots, whose ages range from to 8
possibly-which forms the latest adj
dition to the commercial body of the
Chinese quarter With trays slung from
their round necks on which are dis
played the wares they cry, they dart
up and down the narrow streets like
swallows. vivid mites. pigtailed, slant
eyed, trousered and bagged after the
fashion of their ancestors, calling aloud
their stock and prices in soft baby
yutturals, while their black eyes spar
kle and fash, and the red of excite
raent deepens the smooth brown of a
perfect cheek
China nut. China candy, China pa
per. Ii Gee Gonp'
The commercial spirit is abroad. A
bag of brown shelled nuts costs
nickel; a cornucopia OF Ice cream the
same. Change is made with bewilder-
ing rapidity. small, dimpIed hands
diving into the recesses of hidden pock-
cts, bringing forth whatever sum IL
required. Some of them are very suo-
cessful in coaxing the dimes and niok-
els from strange pockets. See Too Son
Muey is particularly successful In this
regard. See Too Son Muey is and
the possessor OF two of tho blackest
and most impertinent pigtails that ever
dawned upon American vision. One of
them Is fiamboyant in bright red
bow, cooked negligently over ono small
ear. while its sister braid reJcices in
an equally fiaring bow of purple. A
short, black, fuzzy bang completes See
Toos effort at coiffure, though from
the crown of her small head. biBected
with a part exact and true, to the sole
of her small foot encased in good.
stout American shoes she Is full OF
that nameless quality known as charm.
When See Too smiles you simply have
to buy China nuts. There Is no get
ting round 1t. She doesn't particularly
expect you to buy She just looks at
you, and displays her rows of infant
teeth with one missing In the middle.
and your nickel-perhaps two or three
of them--is gone forever.
That was See Too the first day she
crossed my path. She has her own
place, both in Chinatown and In my
memory. but there are others. YIN
Ping was an attraction which caused
wonder. Yin Ping is sturdy. stout
built seller of nuts trifie older than See
Too. standing on his own feet suuarely
and full of resolve to wrest living
and more-from his world. YIN Ping.
known as Henry in the oriental school,
which. he attends between the hours or
and 8, can hold UP his head with the
best of his thrifty ancestors. In four
days he made by honest trading SIS. He
smiles with open pride when he mez-
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22
By Lindsay Campbell

IT PERUsAL Of the account OF the
reception accorded in Japan to
the officers and men Of the At
lantic feet compels the conclu-
sion, after hearing DR.. Arnold Genthe's
story OF his recent travels in the island
kingdom, that Nippon, the wariike.
fears the unmasked eye of one small
camera more than it does the guns OF
16 bstleships. It may be that Japan
has taken Kiplings word for it that
the liner is a lady, and with that as a
basis, has classified the battleship as a
gentleman, and gentleman, as every
japanese honest boy knows. will not
pry into closets where his hosts skele-
tons may be hidden. and when he goes
away viii tell no tales out. Of school
With the camera 1t is different Gifted
with keen eye for detail and stand
ing in the George Washington class OF
veracity the camera takes in every
thing it sees. forgets nothing and has
no hesitation in diyulging all it knows.
once upon a time Japan's works OF
defense were made by scene painters.
who outlined monstrous engines OF war
on the paper walls Of massive look
ing forts Those days are gone and
Russia knows that Japan now has real
guns that shoot live shells with re-
markable precision and alarming fre-
ouency. In spite however. of Japan's
undoubted right to consideration as a
world power there is growing a sus-
picion that while the little brown man
was out in the world learning the secret
Of the white mans power he acquired
also some knowledge Of the game of
blum. It has been the history of
japanese development that when the
Nipponese masters the foreigners secret
he goes the foreigner one better in
making use OF Il. and 1t may be that
the little honest boys at home are
playing the game OF bluF harder than
their new associates. the honorable
world powers. have any idea Of and
perhaps this explains the japanese
dread OF the harmless little camera.
DR.. Genthe has just returned from
japan. He Travelled through the island
kingdom with three cameras and he
followed paths untrodden by the con-
ventional tourist He got the picture
that he went after, but If ever he visits
Japan on a pleasure tour he viii leave
his camera at home. He told me some
OF his troubles the other day.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

its range is rarely over a few hundred
miles.
The reason for this difficulty may
never be understood. but with the other
problems which have hindered the de-
velopment of the wireless 1T is becom-
ing less serious. Improved instru-
ments increase the range of the waves,
and experimenters are hopeful of soon
entirely overcoming the effects of the
suns rays.
One Of the difficulties in the CONNER
cial use of the wireless telegraph is
the circular nature of the waves. The
operator sits In the center of a widen
ing circle of signals which are caught
by all instruments within the radius
This caused a difficulty which seemed
at first serious obstacle to the gem
eral commercial use of the wireless
For distance of several hundred miles
only one station could work at time.
Offices had to wait their turn and mes
sages were delayed. Already in a
measure this trouble has been over
come. BY system of slides the oper-
ator can tune his instrument to respond
TO signals from any one station and ex-
clude all others. The device is not per-
fected yet, but has proved practicable
in many instances, and is coming into
general use
More than 900 wireless offices along
the coast are now in communication
with the station on Russian HILL From
the sunbeams and flowers OF southern
California to the frozen SHOWS of Alas
ka the chain is unbroken. Within q
Few hundred miles from shore at any
point between San Diego and Cordova,
Alaska. steamer equipped with the
wireless system is never out of touch
with land.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

Another field of usefulness has been
found for the wireless in the life saw
Ing service. A vessel in distress at sea
is sometimes lost because a strong
wind prevents her signals for help
from being heard. No such difficulty
occurs with the wireless. The safety
of those who go down to the sea in
ships is watched over by that line Of
seepless stations, whose messages all
night long cross and recEoss silently
over the dreaming coast.
Within a year the chain will reach
down into South America. Then. with
both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

know. II came perfectly clear. but
fainter than some. with a light singing
quality. I work with him nearly every
night now.
THE work soon gets commonplace
and monotOnous- The only trouble
have is with the amateurs. There are
about 25 little amateur stations around
the bay, which break in when we ara
working and mix things. There's one
fellow who comes on and says, Can
you read MorseY It's no use saying
anything TO him; he can't get it. But
I'd just like 10 punch his head By
wireless sometimes"
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

The laundryman still has the col
lars" thread. .Will send them later.
To this use has been put mans last
gigantic feat in the mastery of the ele-
ments BY a bit Of magic that
transcends the dreams OF sorcerers OF
old the anxious man In Portland is In
formed, via San Francisco, that his
collars are at the laundry in Seattle.
at recognize all the stations now by
the sound Of the different instruments,
said Malarin. That was the reason
I knew at once Oahu was new office
to me. 1t didn't sound like those I
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

covered, attention will be turned to the
knland stations. Though not yet as
perfect as over water, the service is
entirely practicable between inland
points. The wireless is past the ex-
perimental stage.
L. A. Malarin the operator who made
the record with Oahu October II. closed
his key after sending note TO Port
land. 1t was dated Seattle but 1t was
rush message, he explained and
something seemed wrong between Sc
attic and Portland. Perhaps II was an
airship on the wireless. So the note
had been. sent around by San Fran
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22
By Rose Wilder

was night in the wireless station
on Russian hill. Malarin, the oper-
ator, idly drumming with his pencil.
sat at the battered desk. cluttered
with instruments. The city below lay
IN e restless doze in the chill hush OF
the very young day.
Suddenly Malarin stinened, alert,
listening. No sound broke the stiffness.
but in the little disks olasped close to
his ears there was a tiny click-click
that only be could hear. It was an un-
familiar tone TO his ears. accustomed
70 the usual wireless messages around
the bay. Tiny. yet sharp and clear,
the call came from somewhere in the
unknown vastness Of the sea. Dot dot,
oot-dash, dash, dot" it clicked, stead
fly More than 1000 miles across the
misty Pacific the operator on the little
Island Of Oahu was calling San Fran
cisco.
In the station on Russian Hill the
operator moved the switch on his in
strument and touched the key. With
g deafening roar, a binding glare. the
electric spark leaped out. Crash!
crash, crash! Through the darkness.
out past the misty horizon, over thou
sands Of miles OF restless sea, the mes
sage sped. San Francisco had answered
Oahu. The trans-Pacifc record waa
broken.
Crash, crashi Crashi The little Of
ice trembled with the roar of the
chained thunderbolt. On the benches In
Union square the doing vagrants
heard the sound, to them a deep toned
purr. In Oahu. q ninth OF the way
around the world. It was tiny click
click IN the ears OF the listening oper-
ator. Steady. even and clear IT came
out OF the darkness.
Separated by 2.loo miles Of open sea
the two men chatted- The stormy, wind
swept ocean between them was as
though Il had never been. They talked
as II side by side. For nearly three
hours the conversation lasted uninter-
rupteo. spark Ieaping to meet spark as
thought answered thought. And as the
moments slipped by a new record for
wireless service was being established.
Signals have been exchanged over q
greater distance. When the Americas
feet was leaving Honolulu the wire
less station on Point Iona heard Sig
mails flashed from the Connecticut, then
1900 miles away. But never before
has continuous compensation been held
over a greater distance than a few
hundred miles. That operators chat
IN the early day marked the full dawn
OF the new wireless era
What this means to the world can as
yet be but family surmised. The
lightning is tanned. It's clumsy har-
ness OF wire and dynamo will be
thrown OF From the vast current
flowing around and through every
thing-the very life Of this material
workman will now draw energy d.
rect All the ways in which this new
servant viii change the present order
Of things can not be predicted.
Already q wireless fire alarm and
burglar signal has been found prac-
ticable: wireless warnings superseding
the foghorn are proved more reliable
in preventing collisions at sea; the
wireless telephone. both as g telephone
and as q phonograph attachment. IS
no longer q dream.
Some time ago the wireless telegraph
operators in the stations about the bay
were startled by the sound of mystic
rious music. IN their ears. listening
Cor the prosaic click Of the continental
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22

IT PERUsAL Of the account OF the
reception accorded IN Japan TO
the officers and men Of the At
lantic feet compels the conclu-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-29
DIED FROM HYDRopHoB1A.
Dreadful Malady Causes Death of a
Girl in Brooklyn.

e New York, July 24.-Hydrophobia
has caused the death of Florence
Kirkman, the six-year-old daughter
of Ralph Kirkman, Brooklyn. For
hours before the child was removed
from her home to aphospital her cries
could be heard all over the neigh
borhood where she lived.
Six weeks ago the child was bitten
In the hand by mongrel dog. She
was playing in the street at the time,
tossing ball into the air. AS she
stopped to pick up the ball the dog
ran at her and bit her.
The girls mother took her to a
nearby druggist who cauterized the
wound. The wound seemed to heal
and nothing was thought of the Incl
dent until about week ago, when
the girl began to have spells of dig
ziness. Mr.. Kirkman called in a ply
sician, but he thought the dogs bite
had nothing to do with the child s
Illness. Then the child had one con-
vulsion after another. The doctor
advised her removal to a hospital,
where she died .... ..s.g.s ~,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-29
Notes from Rural Westminster.

Westminster, X. F. d., No. l.
Special: Protracted services are ex-
pected to begin at the Old Westmin-
stef Baptist church I'd Sunday in
August.
q Miss Maude White, of the Oak
Grove section, is visiting her friend,
Miss Julia Watson, this week. ....
Rev. s. A. Mcdaniel and family
visited here this week.
Mrs. Sallie Holley, who has been
suffering with rising on her face, Is
better at this writing.
Misses Mamie, Lula and Vera
Simpson and Mrs. Matte Cash, of
Westminster, vi: ed Mrs. Goforth re-
Gently.
w. e. Herring, of Oakway, visited
here this week.
Union school opened last Monday
morning with Miss Smalley, of Geor-
gia, as teacher.
Crops are suffering the worst we
ever saw, considering the short dry
spell. c. C. J.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-29
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF OCONEE.

(Court of Common Pleas.l
Paul Edwards by His Guardian Ad
Litem, James 8. Allen, Plaintiff,
against
Fanny Edwards and Rosa Walton,
Defendants.
Summons for -(Complaint
not Served.)
To the Defendant Above Named:
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action, which was filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Court OF
Common Pleas for the said county,
on the 18th day of July, 1908,
and to serve copy of your .,wer
to the said complaint on the subscri-
ber at his ONCE, on the Public
Square, at Walhalla Court mouse,
South Caroline, within twenty days
after the service hereof, exclusive OF
the day of such service; and if you
fail to answer the complaint within
the time aforesaid, the PLAINTIFF In
this action will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded In the COM
plant.
Dated this 18th day of July, A. d.
1908.
[seall c. r. D. BURNS, G. G. p.
m.-e Ha o r. T. JAYNES, tI
1884 Plaintiffs Attorney.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-07-29
MASTERS sALE.-state 81 South

Z
Carolina, County OF Oconee.--(In
Court of Common Pleas. s.)--Pursuant
to decree of the aforesaid Court, in
the case named below, will OFFER foI
sale, to the highest bidder, in front
OF the Court House door, at Waihalla,
8. c., on MONDAY, the Sd day of
AUGUST. 1908, between the legal
hours of sale, the tracts OF land be-
low described:
The Peoples Bank, OF Anderson, s.
G., Plaintiff, against J. w. Todd,
Luther Rogers and w. T. Garrett,
Defendants. 3N.aa :
All that tract or parcel of land.
situate In the State of South Caro-
lima. County of Oconee, containing
slxty-two acres, more or less, adjoin-
Ing lands Of Henry Sitton, Nathaniel
Wilson and others, it being the same
tract conveyed to j. w. Todd by Ma
thaniel Wilson.
ALSO,
All that certain tract or parcel of
land, situate in Oconee County, State
Of South Carolina, on west of public
road leading from Pickens to Salem
church, containing one hundred and
seyenty-six acres, more or less, ad-
Joining lands of VIM. Barker, Mrs.
Rebecca Smith and others, it being
the same tract conveyed to j. w.
Todd by Amy w. Sitton.
ALSO,
All that certain tract Of land in
Oconee County, State of South Caro-
lima, containing one hundred sixteen
| acres, more or less, adjoining lands
of w. M. Barker, w. w. Hunnicutt,
r. T. Jaynes, ]. w. Todd and others.
-, ALSO,
All that certain tract or parcel Of
land, situate In Oconee County, State
of South Carolina, containing forty
I've and one-half acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of John w. Rogers,
r. 8. Rogers and others, and being
the same tract conveyed to ]. w.
Todd by Samuel Stewart.
Terms Of Sale: CASH. That in
the event Of the failure of the .pur-
ch..Ser or purchasers to comply with
the terms Of sale within five days
from the day of sale. the Master do
re-advertise and resell said premises
on the following salesday, or some
convenient salesday thereafter, at the
same place, and on the same terms
as heretofore set out, at the risk Of
the former purchaser or purchasers,
and that he continue so to do until
he has found a purchaser or pur-
chasers therefor who comply with
the terms OF sale. Purchaser to pay
extra for papers.
w. o. WHITE,
Master for Oconee County, 8. G. fH
July Is, 1908. 1891