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The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
WOODLAND PLAYAT
NILE CLUB JINKS
Midsummer ReveI TO Be Held
Amid Eucalyptus Groves
of Piedmont Park

OAKLAND, Sept. 26.-In the pic
turesque setting of the eucalyptus
grove. embellished by beautiful scenic
and electrical effects, the Nile club
viii hold its annual midsummer revels
st Piedmont park the night of October
!. Elaborate preparation has been
made for the event, one Of the note
worthy features Of the clubs social
life. The production viii be peculiarly
adapted TO the natural environment OF
The park, the play having been based
upon an ancient English tale, a legend
OF the forest, which is the title Of the
work
1t is from the pen of Edwin Dunbar
Crandall, Nile club member, and the
leader Of the Orpheus, a notable musi-
cal organization Of this city CrandalI
has also written the music, which is
said TO be Of unusual excellence, the
theme having been beautifully rem
pereds with choruses and numerous
solos Of high order.
The sire Of the reveIs will be DR..
Harry P. Carlton, who has enlisted
some Of the best musical talent in the
city.
The tale runs of a band OF hunts
men whose persistent violation OF the
forest gods law has brought upon
them the awful wrath of the protec-
tors Of the glade For their guilt the
hunters were changed into grotesque
gnomes.
The scene opens as another hunters
band start on its raid upon the deni-
zens Of the woods They are met bv
The gnomes and warned of their fate
II they shall break the law of the gods
and ruthlessly destroy the game.
: The story follows to a climax Of ap-
peal for forgiveness from the gnomes.
the gods acquiescence after solemn
oaths TO protect the fish, flesh and fowl
Of their realm and the Transformation
back TO human beings
The speaking and solo singing parts
are nine in number, rendered by A. p.
Leach, the forest god: Dr. Harry p.
carton, chief of the gnomes; Carl An
oerson, chief of huntsmen; Willard
Barton, jolly friar; Guy REYNOLDS.
Frank Hus, Austin Sperry, Carl
Schlinghyde, Ernest II. McCandlish.
huntsmen.
There will be as well chorus Of 40
voices and an orchestra Of is pieces.
After the play the club viii sit at a
supper, which will be followed by an
informal Jinks around the campfire in
the grove. The clubs recent purchase
Of its new home in Thirteenth street
led 70 the decision TO hold the revels
this year at home instead of in the
Santa crgz mountains as has been the
custom
Work on the play has been in p-oe-
ress for q year CrandaWs high mn
sical standing has lent unusual inter
est among the club members TO the
event and large attendance is ex-
pected
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
DENIES COUNTERFEITING.
BUT ADMITS SWINDLING
Peculiar Plea of Jacob Waicow-
sky, Who Fell AfouI of
Uncle Sans SIeuths

Jacob Waicowsky, charged with
counterfeiting a So bill, came I'D for
arraignment in the United States district
court yesterday, but his case was CON
tinued for week in order that he NAV
secure counsel Waicowsky was ar
rested IN San Mateo hotel last Jt1ne
by Secret Service Agent Nye. who
watcned the accused through window
while ne demonstrated to a friend how
easy 1t was to copy bill.
The accused claims that he is
swindler and not q counterfeiter and
that ne used sleight of hand in conduct
ing his experiments. Waicowskv -ss
sertsL that his graft is the selling Of
the formula to his victims. He stated
yesterday that his formula was nothing
but benzins and olive oil.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
ADDRESSES INSURANCE. MrN

Professor A. 3. Whitney of the ITni-
versity of California addressed the San
francisco Life Underwriters at a
surance Education" About forty gath
cred in the blue room of the ST. Fran
els to hear the speaker. Professor
whitney is a member of the American
actuarial society and advocates as H.
best method of placing life insurance.
campaign of education which will
wipe away the ignorance prevalent on
II. l.. Stephenson was In the chair
and in the absence of r. l.. UnderhilI
A B; Harris acted as secretary. c. J.
Hutcnlns OF the West Coast insurance
company and i. c. Sargent Of the Tn :
ion Central were elected members of
the association. -
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
DELEGATES MEET TODAY
Convention of German-American
League to Be Held

The German-American league of
California will hold its fifth annual
convention today in San Francisco
Turnverein hall. $50 Turk street 1t
will be the most notable gathering of
Germans ever held in this city. More
than 800 delegates from all parts Of the
state, representing 10000 members, will
take part in the deliberations. The
convention will be called to order by
President John Hermann at 10 o'clock.
Important matters will come up for
consideration. Among others the ques-
tion OF taking more active part In
politics will be discussed. likewise the
erection of a German house. There
will also be an election OF officers for
the ensuing term.
Do You Want S5.OOf
Read The Calls ruaalrIrr offer or, n pa 40
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
just for Ducks

Many plans are being made. and their
annual danger threatens the fat little
nhsbitants of the streams and marshes.
Few people know how many kinds of
ducks there are. H. 7. Payne, former
president Of the California Game and
Fish Protective Association, has a pa
per on the river or fresh water ducks
of the Pacific Coast in the October issue
notice.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
WILL COMPARE LABOR LEADERS

Austin Lewis, the writer and lecturer
on social and economic subjects. viii
deliver an address at Equality hall
Gompers.'' is expected to he Of M
usual interest to members of labor or
ganizatfons and they are cordially In
yited TO be present Admission is free.
Fall goods Just In. Koenig Shoe Co.
Kearny and Post. 1541 Van Ness av.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21
Social and Business items.

Mr.. J. e. Halle, of Atlanta, is
visiting his father, DR.. T. J. Halle.
Mr.. Halle is a bright young news
paper man connected with the At
lanta Georgian.
Prof. James 7. Saunders, who
has been quite ill for more than a
month past, is now convalescent
and expects to be at his office again
the middle of this week.
DR.. M, Pittman, New Orleans
evangelist, is here at least tempo
iarily serving the Central Christian
Church. He will be here about a
month and may be retained by
the church permanently. We wei
come DR.. Pittman and bespeak for
him the thoughtful consideration
of his church.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21

Mrs. Mercer and Blossom return
ed from st. Simons Island last
evening.
GIVE want a thousand new .Sciti-
zens from the great north west
this winter to settle in the FitZger-
aid colony where they will find
thousands of their sort of people,
happy and prosperous. tt
DR.. G. A. Holtzendorf will go to
Atlanta tonight and appear before
the railroad commission tomorrow
and make final application for
privilege to increase the capitol
stock of his street railroad company
to 100000 and to issue bonds to
the amount of $3.50, 1000.
Editor j. Dana Jones writes
from Ludowici that he will be all
o. K. and ready to return to work
on the Enterprise some time in
August. He has been seriously
ill but is now on the road to recoV-
cry. The Enterprise readers will
be clad to see, him back at the
helm. a ..s,sasS s 49, : :ssaa
IThere will be a regular meeting
of the w. G. T. U. at $3.50 o'clock
followed by the Loyal Temperance
Legion meeting at 4 O'Clock next
Friday afternoon at the First NJ.
E. Church. Boys and girls and all
who will help in this work attend
the Loyal Legion meeting. Mothers
come and bring all your children
and Mrs. Burke will gladly take
care of the little ones there during
the meeting.
DR.. Pittman, formerly pastor of
the Christian Church Of New Or
leans, La, will preach tomorrow
night Wednesday, at s O'Clock at
the Central Christian Church. The
public are invited. DR.. Pittman
is a man of pleasing address and
is credited as being one of the
ablest speakers among his people.
He will also fill the pulpit Of the
Central Church next Sunday 2. N.
and p. N.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21
HandIey's Melons.

MI. r. V. Handley is the cham
pion water melon man of this Sec
ton. He is one of the county's
lrrgest and most successful farm
ers probably producing more cotton
than any other farmer in the coun-
ty and incidentally he raises few
thousand bushels potatoes, a few
loads of prize winning melons and
other thing SO easily produced by
a man who knows how, out OF the
soil of Ben Hill county.
Last Saturday he presented the
Enterprise office with a sixty
FOUNDER of the rattle snake variety
and was greatly enjoyed by the
force.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21
A Close Call.

Mr.. @. M. Hitch, rural carrier
on Route No. l, barely escaped
death of a falling pine tree last
Saturday afternoon.
1t was during the wind storm, as
he was passing through timbered
section, a tree was blown down so
near his horse that the animal
Jumped over the tree as it struck
the ground and tore loose from the
buggy. In other words, the tree
fell in about eight feet of Mr..
Hitch. If it had fallen one second
later it would have crushed out his
life.
MI. Hitch is one of the oldest
of the six rural carriers and is well
known to all the colony people,
who will be glad TO know that he
came ontof the accident unframed.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21
Ray-Gray,

One of the quiet weddings, SO
quiet that the close friends and
neighbors were weeks finding it
out, was that of Mr.. George Gray
and Miss Bonnie Ray of Norfolk,
Virginia, July End, at the brides
home in that city. They spent
some time in that part OF the
country, returning to Fitzgerald
last Wednesday and are at home
with the groom's parents on East
Central. The bride as Miss Bon
ME Ray who left here about 2 years
ago for Norfolk. She had lived
here the most of her life and receiv-
ed her education in the Fitzgerald
High School, quitting this school
to 60 with her parents to Virginia
Mr.. Gray is one of the sober, steady
highly respected young business
men Of the city who, with his bro
Their John Gray has by a strict APP
plication to business, built up
a good business and accumulated
nice property.
The bride and groom have many
warm friends in Fitzgerald who
wish them much happiness and
every success.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21
Tom Watson to Speak
in Fitzgerald.

Tom Watson, candidate for pres
ident, will speak in Fitzgerald
some day in August yet to be de-
cided On
Mr.. Watson is the candidate of
the Populist party for president
will use every means and his very
best efforts to control the ELECTORAL
vote of Georgia add will devote a
large part of his time to a canvass
of the state.
His visit to Fitzgerald will be
definitely announced and broadly
advertised, and the probability is
that it will attract to the city,
people from dozen contiguous
counties.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21

Mrs. G. E. Baker. left Saturday
for a visit to relatives at Boward,
North Carolina. She will spend
several weeks in that delightful
climate.
Mr.. J. |. Campbell is back from
Dallas, Texas, where he went last
week as representative Of the To-
cal Lodge of Elks to the National
Convention. He has many inter
esting things to tell about the Con
vention and the country he has
visited. Mr.. Campbell was very
creditable representative: he is
handsome, tactful, good natured
a1d altogether a success as a sees ct
order man.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21

Mrs. Chas. Herring returned
from Oglethorpe this morning acl
companied by her husband enroute
to Brunswick where he joins a fish
ing party of thirty-five engineers
and conductors who are going to
the Snapper Banks.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21

To those who imagine that the
fruit season is,over, it may be news.
to know that 1872 cars were shipp.
ed yesterday out Of Georgia, max
ing a total of 433 cars to date.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21

Mr.. Ii. M. Warren returned
from visit to Mrs. Warren. and
the children at Brunswick yester.
day. ~
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21

LOST-A little half English
milk COW; brindle, with white spots,
short horns. Notify I. M. Parsons.
J 1O75.tf
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21
Weather Signals.

~ Forecast Monday; Local
T. Rains.
h~ Forecast Tuesday; Showers
Ig.,,- Tonight and Wednesday
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-07-21

Mrs. Mercer and Blossom return
ed from st. Simons Island last
evening.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12

building filled with corn" began the
story teller. IAN enormous swarm of
locusts swooped down on this tremen-
dOuS edifce and"-
"Stop.." commanded the king. THAT
tale is a bearded chestnut. l want
something new. But it must be a sto-
~ without an end"
The story teller departed. Several
hours later he returned and was adj
mitted to the royal presence.
20 most mighty monarch" he be-
gan, II have found one who a regale
you with n story which is devoid Of
conclusion"
"Produce!" cried the king.
The story teller passed from the
throne room, but soon returned. He
was accompanied by a woman.
"Your highness, this lady will tell a
story which has no end" announced
the story teller.
Then the woman told the king every
thing she was going to purchase when
her husband had his salary raised.
The king was still listening.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12

wagon he was driving under the feet
OF his frightened team. The fatality
occurred at an alley between MARYLAND
and Delaware avenues,
M1ssoULA, Aug. s.-Oscar johnson.
a Northern Pacific fireman, was
drowned yesterday In the Bitter Root
rlVer' according to advices received
IN this city. johnson and two Huff.
man brothers wen fishing. The HUFF.
mans separated from Johnson and up.
on returning to the spot where they
lett him, found his fishing rod and
clothes on the river bank, but could
lind no trace of the man. It ia SUP.
posed that he went in swimming and
was seized with cramps.
MILES CITY, Aug. s.-Deputy United
States Marshal Sanders and United
States District Attorney Smith ar.
in Miles City Friday night to
take charge Of Ben Ben Silcox and
Nell Bower and take them to Helena.
and Bower are the men who
we're arrested with about forty head
Of horses in their possession at
They will be held at Hell.
sna pending arrival of q United
States marshal from South Dakota, as
he horses are believed to have been
stolen from the Pine ridge agency.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
He Saw With His Mouth.

no Saw With His Mouth.
"a wealthy and indolent countryman
Of mine," said a Frenchman, spent
several years in America. On his re.
turn to Paris a learned society invited
him to dine.
"'Tell us your impressions Of that
great and rich country where you re-
manned SO long, they said to him at
the dinner.
"And he pondered a long while.
Then he said:
"'The American redhead duck is de-
lightful.'
But the learned men about him
pushed aside that statement. He had
been in America eleven years. Surely,
they said. he must have observed other
things.
"And the guest, after a very great
while Of thought, said:
"'The American canvasback duck is
also delightful"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
The -
Scrap Book
A Predicameat Reversed.

A Predicanne1t Reversed.
"The late Bishop Fowler" said q
Buffalo Methodist, twas a broad mind.
ed Bigotry he abhorred. Greed,
he claimed, should never hedge one
good Christian from another. Sincere
creeds, no matter how diverse, should,
on the contrary, bind Christians to-
gether.
"Bishop Fowler used to tell about q
young Detroit couple, John Smith and
Hannah Jones.
John Smith was a Presbyterian.
Hannah Jones vas a Baptist. They
hesitated about marrying because they
feared that in later life, when the it,
tie n e came. religious disputes might
arise. Thus the years passed. Neither
would renounce his or her church. john
Smith grew bald, and Hannah Jones
developed lines about her mouth and
eyes. 1t was a complete deadlock, the
world said.
"Then John was sent abroad for a
year by his firm to buy fancy goods.
he and Hannah c%orresponded regular
~. Toward the years end by a re-
markable coincidence each received
from the other a letter, the two let
tiers crossing in the mail. They said:
"Friend John-The obstacles that stood
in the way OF our marriage have at last |
been removed. This day I was received
in full membership in the Presbyterian
church. HANNAH.
dearest Hannah-We have no longer
any ground for delaying our union fur
Their. I united myself this day with the
Baptist church. JOHN"
washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
Tho Democracy Of Death.


In the democracy Of the dead all men
at last are equal. There is neither
rank nor station Q prerogative In the
republic Of the grave. At this fatal
threshold the philosopher ceases to be
wise and the song of the poet is silent.
Dives r%elinquishes his millions, Laza-
rus his rags. The poor man is as rich
as the richest. and the rich man Is as
poor as the pauper. The creditor loses
his usury, and the debtor Is acquitted
Of his obligation. There the proud
man surrenders his dignities, the poll
tcian his honors, the wording his
pleasures; the invalid needs no physi-
clan. and the laborer rests from unre-
Quilted toll.
Here at last is natures final decree
in equity. The wrongs Of time are re-
dressed. injustice is expiated, the irony
OF fate Is refuted, the unequal distribu-
ton of wealth. honor. capacity, pleas
ure aud opportunity, which make life
60 cruel and inexplicable, ceases in the
realm Of death. The strongest there
has no supremacy, and the weakest
needs no defense. The mightiest cap
tain succumbs to that invincible nd.
Eersary. who disarms alike victor and
the vanquished.-John J. ingalls,.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
DEAR HANDS.

Roughened and worn with ceaseless toll
and care.
No perfumed grace. no dainty skill had
these.
They earned for winter hands a jeweled
ease
And kept the scars unlovely for their
share.
Patient and slow, they had the will to
bear
The whole worlds burdens, but no power
to seize
The flying joys of life. the gifts that
please,
the gold and gems that others find so
. fair.
Dear hands. where bridal Jewel never
. shone,
4Whereon no lovers kiss was ever pressed,
Crossed in unwonted quiet on the breast,
l see through tears your glory newly
won
The golden circlet Of life's work we'll
done.
Set with the shining pearl Of perfect rest.
Susan MARI Spalding.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
The Missing Frog.

The pupils Of a distinguished pro-
fessor Of zoology, a man well known
for his eccentricities, noted one day
two tidy parcels lying on their in
structor's desk as they passed out at
the oon hour. On their return to the
laboratory for the afternoon lecture
they saw but one. This the professor
took carefully up in his hand as he
opened his lecture. In the study Of
vertebrate we have taken the frog as
a type. Let us now examine the gas
trocnemius muscles of this dissected
specimen" So saying, the professor
united the string Of his neat parcel
and disclosed to view a ham sandwich
and n boiled egg. But l have eaten
my lunch" said the learned man be-
whereby.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
A Practical Suggestion.

1t was his first Sunday school, and
he sat III the infants department
eagerly watching the superintendent
illustrate the lesson on the board. The
superintendent drew the path to heav-
en-one straight llne-and started the
figure Of a man on 1t. Gradually the
man became larger and larger, and
finally when he arrived at the gate of
heaven he could not get In.
The superintendent turned to his
small audience and in a tragical and
sorrowful tone said, "You see, he is SO
puffed up with sin that he cannot en-
ter ill.,"
"Try him sideways, mister; try him
SIDEWAYS" came the small, shrill voice
from the infants department.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
These Married Men,.

"a charming actress sat beside me
n night at a dinner" said a Phila-
delphia playwright, land with the fish
some one began to talk about wifely
extravaganza.
"The actress listened to tale after
tale Of the ruinous extravaganza Of
wives, and finally she said:
wives extravagance-oh. yes. You
men are all alike. You are all like the
broker who at midnight at his club
hiccoughed. wiped his eyes and said
brokenly:
"'''This is the sixth bottle Of cham
payne I've drunk today. all through
my wife making me lose my temper
It is terrible what a lot Of money thai
woman costs me."'"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
No Hair Splitting.

No Hair Splitting.
But" argues the exasperated auto
mobilist, who has been hailed before
the country justice. you haven't the
shadow Of a reason for arrestlng and
trying me. Why, man, my machine
was standing stock still, absolutely
motionless! Even the constable will
tell you that"
THE AUTOMOBILE "a a-standin' still
all right" acknowledges the constable,
"but its engine was runnin' full blast.
an 1t sounded just like they do when
they so forty miles an hour"
but my machine was not moving!
Judge. this is prepos"-
1.-THE evidence is all against you"
coldly decides the Justice. Twenty
dollars and costs. This is not the time
or place for idle Observation-Disclosures
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
Coral lslanda

A coral island Is sometimes torn to
peeces by a great storm, showing that
1dands disappear n more ways than
qne. This happened 10 an ato0 in the
Marshall group IN 1eo6, when It hap.
pened to be In the path Of & terrible
hurricane. Waves about forty feet
high swept over the hapless speck of
land, carrying every particle Of YER
dure and every form Of life into the
4ea, and not a human being was saved.
The upper part Of the coral was bro
zen of and swept away, and a few
days later nothing but the placid wa.
tiers Of the was seen where the
ato1l had stood.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
The Warning Beacon.

The bachelor and the benedict were
vending homeward their weary way.
"Ah, you lucky married mani" sigh
ed the bachelor. think Of having a
hearthstone, a real home, a waiting
welcome! Look, there is a light In the
window for you!"
Gee! So there is" muttered the
benedict. We'll, there's only Il way
out Of that. Let's 60 back to the club"
Home Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
Music as Advertised.

Music as Advertised.
"Come Where My Love Lies Dream
Ing" with illustrated cover.
"Trust Her Not" for so cents,
Il Would Not Live Always" with.
out accompaniment.
"See, the Conquering Hero Comes"
with full orchestra.
There Was a Little Fisher Maiden"
In three parts.
"The Tale Of a swordfsh," with
many scales.
"Home. Sweet Home" In A fat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-08-12
The Other One.

YES" he said, after explaining to
his wife that the lodge meeting had
been a very important and a somewhat
protracted one, thus making it impos-
sible for him to get home a minute
earlier than he did, "and there were
two fellows there who made the worst
fools Of themselves you could imagine.
You couldn't find two worse chumps in
a row Of counties clear across this
state"
Il suppose not" che replied. who
was the other one? I'd like to sym.
pathize with his wife."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.