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The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
BOUND FOR ORIENT
ON SECRET MISSION
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis
Believed to Be Delegated
for Important Work
Former Congressman Thought
TO Have Been Intrusted With
Delicate Diplomatic Task

Los ANGELES Dec. 2e.-Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago.
when asked regarding the report that
he is on his way TO Japan and China
on q secret mission from the United
states government, refused to discuss
The matter in detail or admit that he
was delegated on important work in
the orient FOR the government Colonel
Lewis said, however, that he would
leave Los Angeles for san Francisco
tomorrow and that he would probably
san from there for Japan. China and
the Philippines in few days, provided
DE was able 10 make a satisfactory ar
Eangement OF some personal matters.
Il may say" said Colonel Lewis.
that I am not engaged on mission
Ehat is at this time Of any immediate
importance TO the public. II is true
'rilat have some letters from Secretary
Root and some others given me by
direction OF the president, but they
are nothing OF any public interest. II
something develops later in connection
with this matter which may be of con-
scern TO the American people and it
can be made public. I shall be glad TO
give il TO the press"
Colonel Lewis declined TO say TO
whom his letters were addressed or
anything regarding their import.
IL is believed, however, that matters
OF very great Importance having 10
deal with the relations between this
country and Japan and China have been
entrusted TO Colonel Lewis. The mat
ter has nothing 10 do with the immi-
grafton question OF the orient Colonel
Lewis would not say how long he ex-
pected 10 be absent on his trip. He
expects TO sail directly for Yokohama
from San Francisco.
Deny Secret Mission
WASHINGTON. Dec. 25.-In refer
.encc TO a report from Chicago that
-COl0nel James Hamilton Lewis, who is
now in Los Angeles, viii go to Japan
and China on secret mission for the
government, the authoritative state
ment WIS made at the state depart
ment that James Hamilton Lewis is
not going TO the far east on any mis-
sion Tor the government Such letters
as he may have from the officials arc
those OF nature commencing him to
the good offices OF the diplomatic and
consular representatives abroad and
perhaps TO foreign officials.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-27
MUSIC IN THE PARK

Following is the program of music
in Golden Gate park today:
PART
Anthem, ''Star Spangied Banner
March Queen of Sheba' ............. Gounod
Russian Peasant Dance" e"....-........ .Ascher
Overture .tJubal' '...........C. NJ. von Weber
- Musician Astray in the Forest" =. Herman
Grand scene ''Benedietion des Poignards'..
....................... Meyerbeer
PART III
Overture "Mignon" ................A. A. Thomas
Storm scene and finale. ''Rigoletto" ...... Verdi
Germs from sEledermans'' .....s.-...... Strauss
Waltz ''Tout Paris. Waldteufel
March. Olympic ............... .Henneberg
America"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29

ride-lady" 20 cents for another trip for
yourself and friend.
Then there's the ticker. That's a
new ride just put on in the west this
season. You get into a round car and
the device is dragged up an incline Tor
the downward thrill. Starting down it
enters a labyrinth Of rails, the car re-
volving in one direction and the de-
scent carrying it in another. This
gives a remarkable opportunity to
learn how it feels to be jerked in two
directions at the same time.
The Potsdam railway is a practical
device, made in Germany" which
runs on an overhanging rail and which
magnates among the Teutons threaten
to make a conventional mode of travel
there within few years. The thrill in
this consists of hoping it won't fall
Off this trip.
Amusemeht-loving Americans also
have the aerostat. Cars are suspended
at the ends of long cables, you are
locked in and the device is started. 1t
is like a Maypole, except that the
cables don't become interwined around
the pole. AS the speed increases the
cars rise higher at the ends OF the
cables and, inclined, speed through
ether far out over the heads of the
multitude. Anyone who is susceptible
to sea-sickness might possibly become
immune by this treatment for the
blues Of everyday life. The giant
swing, while it is not much like the
aerostat, gives the same feeling to
some.
Then there is the airship, which ma
jestically winds about the outside of a
tall tower and theh winds down again.
Merry-go-rounds are numerous and
despite the fact that this is the father
of all thrills, it still has its patrons
among the children.
Among the time-honored creations is
the shoot-the-chutes, which consists of
slide down a toboggan and a few
bounces after the boat strikes the
water of the lake at the bottom of the
chute. If you're wise you'll not sit
in the front seat. There's where the
big bump comes and the occupants of
the bow Of the boat feel the leaps over
the water most
Having travelled on rides enough to
stimulate an appetite for something in
different line we steer our down.
state friend into the stationary de.
vices for the same purpose. These are
Of every variety. You step into one
at random. The floor starts to move
with a circular motion toward the top
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on Ankles
-Opiates Alone Brought Sleep
Eczema Yielded to Cuticura.

81 had eczema for over two years.
/ had two physicians, but they only
gave me relief for a short time and
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions l used to no purpose. My ank.
les were one mass of sores. The itch.
ing and burning were so intense that
l could not sleep. l could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my hus-
band said l had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times l had the best nights rest in
months unless l took an opiate
used one set of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment, and Pills, and my ankles healed
in short time. 1t is now year since
| used Cuticura, and there has been no
return of the eczema Mrs. David
Brown, Locke, Ark, May IS and July
IS, 1907"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
THE WARNING PESSIMIST.

1 en- longing for the country, with its
many shades of green.
L am weary of the city, 1 would seek
some shady scene
Where the wind is gently blowing past
old-fashioned hollyhocks,
Where sweet williams in abundance
bloom beside the brilliant phloX;
i would gladly lie out yonder looking up
ward where some tree
Spreads it's welcome shade above me and
song bird spilled its glee.
1 am longing for the country; would
like to leave the town
Where the smoke pours in my window
and the SCOT comes swooping down;
am weary OF the changing and the never
ceasing roar
That the builders are producing where
they hurry things next door;
The steam is loudly Kissing while 1 try
to work away.
And 1 hear the foreman swearing as a
foreman only may
1 am longing for the country, I would
like tn journey far
From the busy, dusty precincts where the
toiling thousands are;
/ would like to lie out yonder far from
all the noise and dirt,
Wearing but a pair of trousers and a
short-sleeved undershirt,
Lying on my back and dreaming, meath
some gentle swaying tree.
While the farmers lovely daughter
hummed a sweet old song to me.
1 am longing for the country; but I fear
that If / went
They would find some way to iret me
with sad dsllusionment;
Probably the farmers daughter would
not charm me with her grace
She might play a squeaky organ and have
freckles on her face;
And l don't suppose the farmer would be
willing at the price
1 could pay, to make provision to keer
anything on ice
s. r. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Her'
aid
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Mothers ACCOMPLISHMENT.

In the Bohemian set of New York
two Of the popular members are well
known writer and his wife, who also
has written several books. They have
a daughter about four years old. Re-
Gently the little girl was visiting at
the home of a friend and her small
playmate asked her: Can your
mamma sew"
The daughter OF the literary pair
evidently was a bit chagrined. She
could not remember that she had ever
seen her mamma sew. She is truth
full child and would not claim any add
vantages she was not sure of, yet she
felt that mammals honor was at stake.
II don't know if mamma can sew"
she replied, obviously, "but she can
smoke a cigarette"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29

of the room. If it moves backwards
forward. Don't step too speedily or
you'll find yourself walking on the
ceiling, head down. Finally an open
ing is reached You step out onto a
floor which bounces up and down as
you meander along. A moment later
you walk upon what seems to be the
top of an airship, loosely inflated. BY
that time, if you're one of the fair
sex, you need protection. The recess
es are all pitch dark
Then, perhaps you are swayed by a
wave-like motion of the entire ROOM
which very naturally ellcits very prop
er screams from the women folks
Freed from ocean-liner imitation, you
are Immediately introduced to 200
miles-an-hour cyclone, coming from the
floor, ceiling, walls and in fact from
all sides. The floor begins to move
sideways with a quick-jerky motion.
You try to steady yourself on a rail-
just perceptible in the blackness
Ouch! It's charged with electricity
Ahead are several staircases and you
feel rather relieved to think you're
out Of 1t at last. Reaching them safe
ly you start up when, without warning,
the whole contrivance begins to move
backward and forward, compelling
you to grab the rail for safety. In
darkness again, you try to make your
way through a typical labyrinth of
rooms. Feeling along the wall with
one foot ahead of you to ascertain the
nearness of bottomless pits, ETC., for
your minds eye sees lots that don't
exist, you bump your nose against a
few barriers and eventually push
against a wall, which gives way and
you find yourself alone in a turnstile,
inclosed on all sides. When your ter
I, ror has reached burning point some
one else behind pushes the wall as you
did and you are liberated, only to
again find yourself in the midst of
weird ghostlike cries and see skele-
tons darting hither and thither ION
pulleys). A little scream just at this
moment might be appropriate. Just
to get your mind off the terrors of the
place. the next few turns are tame,
when suddenly your feet slide out from
under you and you find yourself shoot
ing down chute in sitting position.
Daylight ahead and once again, before
you have time to think it over, you've
landed among the crowds outside,
thanks to the manly strength of the
spieler, whose arms received you
where the chute ended.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
ALMOST A SHADOW.
Gained 20 lbs. on Grape-Nuts.

There's wonderful difference be-
tween food which merely tastes good
and one which builds up strength and
good healthy flesh.
1t makes no difference how much we
eat unless we can digest it. 1t is
not really food to the system until
it is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman
says:
II had been a sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got so bad that the least bit of
food such as / then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after
eating.
Il lost flesh until / was almost
shadow of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me.
First l dropped coffee and used
Postum then began to use Grape-Nuts
although / had little faith it would do
me any good.
But continued to use the food and
have gained twenty pounds in weight
and feel like another person in every
way. feel as if life had truly begun
anew for me.
II can eat anything l like now in
moderation, suffer no i'll effects, be on
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas a year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while
others cleaned house for me, this
spring have been able to do it myself
all alone.
MY breakfast is simply Grape-Nuts
with cream and a cup of Postum, with
sometimes an egg and a piece of toast,
but generally only Grape-Nuts and
Postum. And / can work until noon
and not feel as tired as one hours
work would have made me year ago."
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Astonlshed Great Pianist.

A collection of anecdotes of musical
celebrities just published at Leipeic
contains this one under the head Of
Anton Rubinstein. When the great
pianist was making his tour of the
United States he sat one day in
railroad train looking out upon the
scenery. Suddenly man sitting
across the aisle spat over Rubinstein's
head out of the open window. The
master drew back and gazed In aston
ishment and anger at the vulgar Amer
lean, who smiled and said. soothingly:
Don't worry; l know my distance"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Strictly Fresh EGGS.

There are summer resorts, remote
from any agricultural communities.
where fresh farm products are even
harder to obtain than in the city. 1t
was at such a place that the new
boarder, who had eaten four or five
breakfasts there, began to wonder
why the eggs were invariably served
fried
See here?" he inquired one morn
ing of the genial colored man who
waited upon him, why do you always
fry eggs here? Don't you ever boil
them?"
"Oh-oh, yes, sah!" responded the
waiter, pleasantly. "Of co'se, yo' kin
have 'em boiled, if yo' wants em. But
you know, sab, yo' takes de risk"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
COW BROKE UP BARN DANCE

OF course, realism is all well enough
in its way. but it can easily be carried
to an excess. Here, for instance, is
the case of that barn dance in the
east. where an actual barn was the
scene OF revelry.
And in the midst of the fun blood.
ed cow broke away from her stall and
took an active interest in the proceed.
ings, ripping the shirt waist from a
college youth and hooking a roomy
hole in the big fiddle. After which
she pranced up the middle with her
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Too True.

"No one understands mel" he
groaned-"no one on earth"
1t is the old cry wrung from many
tortured, youthful heart. The suf-
ferer is generally mistaken, but the
pain is no less poignant. Yet in this
instance, the mans complaint was
true. Nobody on earth could under.
stand him.
For he was an announcer of trains
at the Union depot.-Cleveland
Leader.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Employed.

Magistrate-You are charged with
having no visible means of support.
The Accused-It's not so, your
honor.
Have you got job?"
yes"
What do you do?"
81 am employed by the Society for
the Diffusion of Wholesome Sentiment
to pity the idle rich"
do you work hard at it?"
81 do; eight hours a day, which is all
the union allows"
What wages?"
"All | can collect from the society 8
sympathizers."
Discharged Life.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29

head down. and six girls and three
boys crawled onto the feed box and
fell off in a shrieking heap, and the
athlete of the party, with wild yells,
broke the record on a quick climb TO
the hayloft. and four girls hid under
the straw cutter, and there was the
merry mischief to pay. The COW
quickly had her gambol out, and then
backed into her stall with a satisfied
moo and Immediately resumed her
cud.
But the barn dance was effectually
broken up.-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Dramatic Note.

81 understand you've been working
with a bunch of trained fleas."
That's right-finest aggregation
you ever saw. I've been teaching 'em
tricks for a year, now, and they've
got their act down to perfection. Co
ing to take 'em out and exhibit 'em on
the road this fall"
Got any dates YETI"
Provisional. The acts been re-
hearsed to perfection, but the mana
gers are little uncertain about how
it'll hit the public. So I'm going to
take it to a one-night stand, next week,
and try it on the dog "-Cleveland
Leader.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
The Correct Thinu.

Mrs. Young (proudly)-The landlord
was here to-day; | gave him the quar-
ter's rent and showed him the baby.
Young (who was kept awake last
night)-It would have been better, my
dear, If you had given him the baby
and shown him the quarters rent
Half Holiday.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29

First Sufferer-And to think that
when we were boys We wanted to go
to sea.
Second Sufferer-For goodness sake
don't bring up childish memories now
First Sufferer amt got anything
else to bring up.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Favorably Impressed.

Interviewer-Are you favorably i'm
pressed with this country?
Eminent Foreign Lecturer-Very.
I'm raking in a thousand dollars a
week.-N. Y. Weekly
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29

y
four amusement parks or
for that matter at any city or town
which supports these summer devices
for extracting coin of the realm from
thine plebeians.
No matter how stolid he may be in
life's ordinary pursuits or how emo
tionless in an interurban wreck, his
spine curls, his sympathetic nerve
system tickles and he is compelled
to give himself up to thrills. You can
find him in every resort where there
are scenic railways, roller-coasters,
velvet-coasters, figure-eights, shoot
the-chutes, dip-the-dips, leap-the-gaps,
ticklers and scores of other modes for
shooting the electric currents Up and
down the spinal cord Of the laughing
bowling public.
He is q source Of amusement for his
tutored city brother who tickles the
day ledger with pen during daylight
and cavorts about on amusement de-
vices throughout the summer evenings.
The city pleas1re-seeker has muo@a OF
this sport and the thrills fail to rise
up in his anatomy the way they do in
that of the man, woman and child who
are taking their first turn at the
game.
Statisticians claim that there are so
many actual thrillers of different cali
Der and variety at work daily in the
United States that if one should travel
on every one of them, just once, the
trip would take all summer. There
were more this year than ever before.
If all of the rides were strung out
they would reach clear across the con-
tinent, high browed scientists claim.
But that only goes to show that
America is ~.usement-craZy The
populace and The elite, too, can't get
enough thrill. Not long ago, an Hi
nois man with an idea proposed to in
stall an automobile in the parks OF the
country and this device was scheduled
to run down an incline, turn a double
somersault and alight upon its wheels
again. Americas thrillers are terrific
and getting more so each year, but
the man from the middle west was
perhaps bit premature with his
death-defying machine. Sometimes it
didn't alight as per program.
The process of starting a thrill
through the pleasure-seeker's frame
consists of laying out device which
combines both speed and the unexpect
ed. This subject has been studied
by every amusement manager in the
United States and they can't get the
iumps. drops and bumps long enough
or fast enough to attract your shekels
from your bank account to their Golfers
with the desired rapidity.
Say, by heck, I'm afeared to ride
on thet shebang. 1t don't hev safe
lock, TO me-"
Well, hurting through the air faster
than an aeroplane in working order
certainly doesn't look safe, but at the
same time the visitor TO the city who
made that remark did not know where
of he spoke. Every single device, ~
matter how small, how large or how
"safe-looking," is required to undergo
a rigid test by the building commits
sioners. before being allowed to accep.
the publics dimes. There must be g
block system of lights, much the SANE
as that used by railway systems. also
stoppage devices on every incline tC
nreyent cars, chairs or other seating
vehicles from sliding backwards down
an incline.
The framework of the device is test
ed for its strength and made to sup
port far heavier weights than are ever
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
Not Then.

A thing of beauty is a joy
Forever. but a warning
l would sound; don't go to see
Her early in the morning.
Detroit Free Press
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
nnstnn cirl,n Work

Hub see three out of four of the
Old South prizes given in Boston have
been won by girls.
Gotham-What were the prizes for =?
Cooking beans?-Yonkers Statesman
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29
HARD TIMES, INDEED.

Poor man! so you are a victim Of
the late financial panic?"
Eyes, lady. You see, folks along de
route is too poor now ter hand out
free grub"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-08-29

DOW, whee-ee-e, 10000,
gee-e-whi-iz, but that was
a bump!"
1t was our friend from
the sand dunes of Indiana,
Michigan, Illinois, Ohio,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, or
any other state with plen-
ty of farming districts,
trying out a thriller at
Coney Island, Atlantic
City, one Of Chicago's big
four amusement parks or
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30

Bishop Merriman c. Harris whom federal and city police
guarding from Korean fanatics who said be seeking
chance to say him
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30
cosTER coRNERED CORN
Forced Price Up to 81, but Went
Broke on Deal

CHICAGO. April 2s.--In May, 1892.
Costsr drove the price OF corn up and
up and up. seemingly nothing could
stop him There was no corn in Chi
cago- There was none TO be had on
short notice. When the pit closed on
Saturday. May rs Coster and Martin
were lords OF the situation. But they
had overlooked the fact that on Monday
came Memorial day and they could do
no trading. Saturday afternoon passed
ana sunday and Monday It rained all
three days
Tuesday morning opened with corn at
ST. At 10 O'Clock corn was at 81. At
IL O'Clock. stili dollar corn AT 11I5
there was scene in the pit that shall
never be forgotten II was psndemo-
MUM For IS minutes il continued and
at 1889 corn was selling at So and
coster was broke. He lost uil-
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-30
WOULD |ND|CT
ROCKEFELLER
AND MORGAN
Senator jeff Davis Inveighs
Against Financiers He Dubs
Guilty of Treason
Reads Typewriter Statement in
Senate to "Seal Lips Against
Intemperate Speech"
Denounces Trusts and Com
mends RooseveIt's Contem-
plated Relief Measures
SPECIAL DISPATCH 10 THE CALL


WASHINGTON, April 2e.-Sena-
tor Jeff Davis moved in the senate to-
day to discharge the committee on
judiciary from the further considera-
ton of his bill ''for the suppression of
trusts, pools and combinations in
trade" He spoke for two hours, read
ing typewriter statement, which he
said he had prepared in advance: that
no incorporate language might escape
his lips on this occasion" The sena-
tor roundly denounced trusts and COM
mended the presidents recent meas
ures for relief. He declared that John
D.. Rockefeller, the Standard oil COM
pany and ]. Pierpont Morgan should
be indicted for treason. He also paid
his respects to the press.
Let scavengers of plutocracy howl ,
said the senator. Truth, Gods living
truth, where are its defenders? Mis-
erable travesties on noble manhood
postgraduates in all arts of slander OF
defamation, I challenge the subsidized
press; the people know your designs
and spurn your pretenses, whether un-
der show Of argument or more servient
hypocrisies. Go, damnable imps of peli
and greed. 1 defy your taunts.'