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The San Francisco call., 1908-05-25
Street Car Accidents
of Sunday


Runaway car coasts down hill and
coIlides with heavily loaded car
at Sacramento nnd Devisadero
streets. One killed, 15 injured.
slippery tracks cause collision at
Sutter and Fillmore streets.
Three cars involved, one person
slightly injured.
Small child struck by car at Mont
Eomery avenue and Mason
street. Ampufatfon of both legs
probably necessary.
Man struck BY ear at Seventeenth
and Connecticut streets. skull
fractured; died at 4.3o yesterday
sfternoon. a.
Man struck by car at Market and
Battery streets- Serious inju-
ries nbout head. 49,
: Car coilides with wagon at Broad
way and Davis street. Driver OF
wagon thrown to ground and
suffers possible fracture Of
skull.
Car strikes automobile at Eight
eenth and Mission streets.
Woman occupant of machine
sustains fractured shoulder and
bad bruises.
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VIEW RICHES
OF INTERIOR OF
GOLDEN STATE
Members of Chamber of Com
merce Excursion Finish
Significant Tour
Unite the People and Divide
the Lands" Is Sentiment
Adopted
Wonders of Sacramento Valley
Country Proudly Shown
to the Visitors

Unite the people and divide the
lands"-that sentiment, licked into cpl
gram form by Gavin McNab, was in
formally adopted as one of the new
dognas of San Francisco's chamber
of commerce yesterday on its way
home from the most interesting and
significant excursion to the interior
ever undertaken by any civic organi-
zation of the metropolis.
1t will be observed that when Nc
Nab fell as political boss he landed
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PRINCESS ELOPES FOR
MARRIAGE IN LONDON
Cologne Police Watch for Rum
away Member of Royal
House of Austria
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SPEClAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
PARIS. May 24.-The city was stirred
tonight by a sensational story in circu-
lation that a princess of one of the
most illustrious royal houses of Europe
has eloped and is fleeing to Lon
don to be married in a registry Of
fee there.
Discovery of the elopement was not
made until some hours after the prin-
cess had fed and it caused consterna-
tion in the royal household. All Euro
pean embassies of the government have
been telegraphed to and ordered to stop
the elopers at all costs. The police of
London. Paris and Berlin have been
asked to watch incoming trains.
1t is admitted by the Paris police to-
night that the princess may be men,
Der of the Austrian royal household, .
and dispatches from Cologne announce
that the police there are watching for a
runaway Austrian princess.
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on his feet and delivered himself of a
new epigram as he alighted. Nc
Nab was the real spellbinder of the
captains OF industry" party. Mayor
Taylor spoke often and we'll. Gov
ernor Gillett said the right word at
the right time, but 1t was McNab that
talked longest and loudest and got the
biggest applause.
INSPIRES NIcNAB,S IDEA
McNab's unite and divide" idea was
inspired by news passed along to the
merchants on the train yesterday morn
ing that the Haggin ranch of $4,000
acres near Sacramento, the old and
famous Norris Grove, had been practi-
cally sold at last for price approxi-
mating $2.000,000 of real eastern money
and would be cut up soon into the kind
of little farms that mean sure prosper
ity for such a country as the Sacra-
mento valley. Also it was reported on
the cars that new reclamation project
in the American river basin near Sac
ramento had been financed by the ef-
forts Of Alden Anderson, Banker w. e.
Gerber and others, and would add 49,
900 acres of tillable land to the county s
productive area. These were both good
news items to the visiting capitalists
who know more now--and care more
about California's inland empire than
they did when they went away on Fri
day.
RETURN PLEASED WITH TRIP
The excursionists got home last
night on schedule time, so pleased with
the trip that, weary as they were from
the long and fast whirl of the day,
they were fixing up pleasant things
for President Moore of the chamber of
commerce, and working out enthusi-
astic votes Of thanks to the trustees
Of the chamber who had SO eficiently
co-operated with Moore In planning and
executing the. details OF this perfectly
arranged trip.
The. day began early with breakfast
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Scenes the United Railroads wreck Devsadero and
Sacramento To the upper right is Mrs Celia Mey and her
child whom she saved To the left little Edna Fisk whose
mother Mrs J. A. Fisk her from injury risk of her
life In the is photograph of the wrecked
while at the bottom is diagram showing how the accident
occurred.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-25

The spooks that infest an old Los
Angeles mansion were too much for
San francisco woman, who tells of her
experiences with them in the true ghost
cfo-iac -,
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
MONDAY, MAY %. 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

YESTERDAY-Ciear; west wind; maximum
temperature 72: minimum, g.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Cloudy; cooler; brisk
southwest winds. PaEe 8
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SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
ceived at ONCE of Treasurer. South
ern Branch, N H. D. v. s.. National
Soldiers Home, Elizabeth City Coun-
ty. Va, until 1870 p. m. Nov. 5, 1903
and then opened for labor and mater
ial for steel ceilings. Governors Quar-
ters and Barracks Cos. /, X and l..
and for installation Of Inter-communi-
eating telephone System in Hospital
building No. 39) and for furnishing
and installing metal dr::ns looms in
Main Laundry building No. 13) and
Hospital Laundry building No. 1917.
in accordance with instructions and
specifications. copies Of which, with
blank proposals and other information
NAV be had upon application to
JOHN T. HUME, Treasurer.
10-7-1S-2t.
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SEALED PROPOSALS.
OFFICE PURCHASING COMMIS-

OFFICE PURCHASING COMM1S-
sary. U. S. Army, Newport News,
Virginia, October 3. 1908-Sealed pro-
posals in duplicate for furnishing and
delivering subsistence stores in this
city during the month Of November,
1908. in accordance with the specifica-
lions Of the Commissary General,
Washington, March p, 1908, will be
received at this Office until eleven
o'clock a. m, Tuesday, october 13.
1908. and then opened. Information
furnished on application. Envelopes
containing bids should be marked
Proposals for subsistence stores
opened October 13, $685." and address
ed to CAPTAIN J. N. KILIAN. Com
missary U. S. Army. l0-S-6t.
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fnv Associated Press.)

RICHMOND, VA. Oct. 6.-The
second days events OF the Virginia
State Fair were run today In the
presence OF a tremendous gathering.
conspicuously represented especially
In the grand stand and boxes by the
states best society element. Inc
events were pulled of without a
hitch. no accident marring the sport
but the untimely death in the steep
lechase Of Robert Neville's Fauquier.
Several jockeys were thrown, but
none seriously hurt.
The opening event, the 2:i6 trot.
got off shortly after noon. and IN
each OF the four heats the three
leading horses were within two
lengths Of each other. Estuary, the
favorite. was an easy winner and
Tearoline took second money handi-
ly.
Belle Strome, second in the betting
in the first running race. threw
Jockey McCagey at the post, and ran
three miles around the track bsfcre
being stopped.
First race 2:14 pace. Purst $500
Rex. Robert J. Bradley. Washington.
ID. c.. first. Minnie Thompson. Vir-
ginia Breeding association. Radford'
Va. second. Frank s.. H. B. Upshur.
Eastville. Va. third. Ed. Sweeney
J. Charles Longbottom. Chester, Pa,
fourth.
Second race, 2:1S trot. Purse
$500. Four starters. Estuary. S. E,
Earring. Richmond. Va, first. Tearo-
line, W. H. Wingate. Roanoke. Va,
second. Miss Rosedale. J. Charles
I.ongbottom, Chester. Pa. third.
Mercury. Robert J. Bradley, Washing
ton, d. c.. fourth.
Third race: For three year ODDS
and upwards-distance FIVE furiongs.
Purse 5000. Youthful. David Dunlop.
Jockey McCabe. first. 1:03h. Alc,
mar. william Gerst, Jockey Trueman
second. Rockcress. Vale and o.
Conner. Jockey Johnnassen. third.
Other starters Kankakee and Belle
Strome
Fourth race. four year ODDS and up.
wards. Purse $300-one mile. Kilio'
chan. John Duffey. Jockey McCahey,
first. Minot. William Gerst. Jockey
Trueman. second. Usury. r. F. Guth.
RE. Jockey Steele. third. Other
starters. Hanna c. and MISSIONER.
Fffth race. Virginia State Fair
Stes plechase. for hunters qualified
under the rules Of the National
ISteeplechase and Hunt Association
Purse $500. two and q quarter miles.
Young Bitten. J. L. and A. Gath.
right. Jockey J. r Sullivan. first,
432N. Warrenton. +. r. Galloway,
Jockey Williams. second. Lady Nor.
wood. Charles A. withers. Jockey
Hall. third. Other starters Warrior.
Fauquier. wayside. Modest and Der.
tha BARKER.
Sixth race. for three year olds and
upwards. Purse $500. one mile and
. furionk. Giivedear. Alien Steele.
Jockey T. Steele. FIRST. Ivanhoe.
George Criote, Jockey MaCshey. sec.
ond. Evelyn. William Gers,. jockey
Trueman. third. Other starters Tom
Lawson. Msrrimac and Rector'o~n.
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book No. 3, page 337. and deed book
No. /, page "a, respectively, which
two leases create a tenancy for
term Of forty years from January
18TH, 1886, at a rental Of $240 for the
first ten years and $3.50 for the re-
mainder of said terms, payable in
even and semi-annual installments,
accounting from January 18th, 1896.
over and above all deductions for
taxes, assessments and levies las will
more fully appear from said two
leases) in and to that certain lot,
piece or parcel OF land, situated in
the said City of Newport News, des-
cribed as follows:
Beginning for the same at the
Southeasterly corner Of Washington
Avenue and Thirty-first street; thence
Southerly along the Easterly line OF
Washington Avenue a distance OF
fifty (5O) feet; thence back In q
straight line parallel with said
Thirty-frst street one hundred 1OO)
feet: thence in a straight line North
erly, parallel with Washington Ave
nue. fifty (50) feet to the Southerly
line Of Thirty-frst street; thence
along Tue oOuthCiby 1nS ~
first street to the point Of beginning.
fronting fifty (50) feet on Washing
ton Avenue and running back be-
tween parallel lines a distance Of one
hundred (10O) feet, and upon which
is a large and substantial, brick build
ing The said leasehold estate haS-
ing been conveyed by said Holieran
and Thedick by their deed dateo
February 3. 1899. and duly recorded
in the said clerks ONCE, to w. n:
Smith and afterwards was conveyed
to the said VIM. H: Whit
craft by the deed Of the said smith:
which is also recorded in the SAID
clerks Office Reference is maze u
the said papers above referred to ana
especiaIly to the said original leases
Of January Is, 1896. and for further
information apply to the trustee X
Newport News, Va
E. 8. BLANTON.
Trustee.
In. W. REYNOLDS, Auctioneer.
10212t.
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NOTICE.

NOVuSGs
9ealed bids will be received by the
city OF Newport News until noon'
Monday. November md. 1908, for SUP
plyipe and supplying and setting curo-
ing, both granite and concrete curo
and cutter. and for grading and paw
ing and for curbing. grading and paw
inc such Of the streets OF the safd
CITY a. the council may select from
those shown on plans adopted BY or
dinanee., approved September 30. !sVe.
Jf any difference in the price, Hd o"
each street separately.
bids are asked for paving with
sheet asphalt. bitulithic. block asphak.
vitdSed brick. granitoid concreee
block pavement and macadam-
Sand and concrete foundations. time
OF completion and percentage OF con-
tract urice retaiped. considered. Con
ulete information may be had fron
plaps which may be seen, and !nstroe-
lions to bidders. form OF proposals
ana specifications. which may be Cd
tanned On application 10 the city o.
gineer.
An bids shall be addressed TO the
committee On highways and sewers.
and delivered TO the city clerk D.
fore noon OF said date.
The council reserves the right %
reject any and all bids.
GEORGE F. VIA
Chairman q! Committee.
FLOYD A. HUDGINs. City Clerk
Ie3-1m.
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another big gathering OF fans at the
Polo grounds today. and ,hey had
an anxious time during the nrst
Ave innings. Ferguson held his Old
club mates well In hand up to the
sixth inning. when they scored one
run and followed up with three more
in the seventh. Wiltse was very ef'
fective, but the visitors saved shut
out through Seymour's nun OF Fer
guson's fly. and the Boston twirier
got home on double to left center
by Bates after Becker had beaten
out a nicely placed bunt.
Score. r. II. T..
Boston 100000 o. 6 l
New York ...OOOO013O z
Batteries: Ferguson and Bower
man; Wiltse and Bresnahan. Time.
l:4O. Umpires. tombstone and KLEIN.
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NOTICE.
Patrons OF the Newport News
Light and Water Company are hereby
reminded that water bills must be
paid by the 10th inst. All deiinquen-
cies on the 18th inst will have their
supply cut OF pursuant to notice
given all consumers. NEWPOhf
NEWS LIGHT AND WATER CON-
PASY By L. B. MANv1LLE. Super
intendent. 103-lOt-
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CARD or THANKS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ahern wish 10
thank their many friends for their
many kindnesses and tokens OF res
pect during the sickness and death OF
fheir son, Thos. J. Ahern. io-c-'
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PEANUTS-WANT CHOICE FARM
ers' stock. Send samples and price
to AUTOMATIC MERCHANDISE
ING CO., 241 Nostrand Ave-, Brook-
Ign, N. Y. Io-I-o'
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To intend TO resA TIE sds. s''a-
day 10 as proatsess - % vss'e - !"
intend 70 cot ySsr Sssaer ~ eas.
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WANTED.

TWO TRAVELLING SALESMEN
Wanted-$25.OO Week Salary, 80
week expenses, and 10 per cent.
commission on sales. LOS ANGIE
LES CIDER CO., Atlanta, ia. 1t
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Zoe Cannon defending hts recon
proves himsesf Q fIrss-rsse scrap
per In . siasu;ariy snfortursse xsfas-
tisa.-Aouisvibse Courier yousssl
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phillie8 Hit Well.

PhIIIle8 HN "eN.
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Oct. g.
Philadelphia had little difficulty in
defeating Brooklyn today. the home
team hitting the ball hard and Brook.
Ign fielding poorly.
Score: II. II. T..
Brooklyn 0OOO2Ol9-4 3 6
Philadelphia .20O140 lx-9 ii U
Batteries: Bell. Kruger and Dunn ;
Richie and DOOM Time, LAP. Um'
pire, Lannigan.
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BUY FOR Cash.
Old hair mattresses and feather
beds at 3402 Huntington avenue.
9-26-tf. AL. I'll sEGn
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AMUsE EN1S.

seeteh Singers Of Glasgow
vii, appear in the first number Oh
STAR COURSE
At Y. N. c. A., Monday. October ".
Season tickets now on sale. fhohe
Bell 107. Citizens 1877, or see an!
member Of committee.
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cosM,ssloSeR's GALE.

SALE OF THAT VALUABLE HOTEL
PROPERTY. KNOWN AS The
LEXINGTON HOTEL" At THE
CORNER or WASHINGTON AVE
NUE. AND THIRTY-FTRsT ST.
Pursuant to deed OF trust, dated
August 9Th. 1905. recorded In the
clerks once OF the Corporation Cour,
for CITY OF Newport News va, u
deed book No. -. pege No. -. from
WIN. II. whitcraft and wife to L. ;.
B,anton: trustee, I shall eaer for sale.
q: putsic auction, 10 the highest BID
der. FOR CASH. in front OF the
premises. At IL O'Clock ". on 18th day
of October. 1865. all that certain
,easehoId interest and estate which
was created and demiscd to elizabeth
HoIleran and Bernadiaa Thedick by y.
p. Finch and wife BY those two Ger
tain leases. both dated January 1Sth.
1896. and both recorded I'm the clerks
once Of the aforesaid court n eeea
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We're u not for hope. the heart
would hresk.--Irisk
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NO MORE DARK NIGHTS
AT THE
ACADEMY OF NJ SIC
Tomorrow Night, Oct. 9Th. the
CAMERAPHONE

The genuine talking. moving pic
lures will be presented for the hrst
time in this city. Beginning FRIDAY
there will be matinee and night per-
formances daily, except when there Is
a regular attraction at the Academy.
Admission 10 cents. Ladies ana
children to matinees. S cents.
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What . dust DO I raise!- said tn.
hy on the chariot whcel-Escp.
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PROVERBS AND pHRAses.
Welcome n the best checr.-Dufcl

Wen may he stumble Who chooses
q stony way. Italian.
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WANTED-TO BUT, SELL OR Elk
change, furniture and stoves. G. w.
LEWIS, 2502 Huntington avenue.
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HOW ABOUT THOSE OLD FILLS!
We csn collect :hsa- Csara-fse 20
esJlecs - 10 charge. Go. G
Dl.AND. Doo0 l. Coas0sD B3oG
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HAULING PROMPTLY DONE
fpsleht. baesAes. eussiszrS soA ssfss
4. csrvfunv 00veAL An kin6s q hsst
~ soglc1sea. 1asss rsaeoose;A i.
q 0FfrRD. -. Tvesey4DWss
SersA - C1OeDUe ovuouA -
rAos 81. ~6
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LOST.

LOST-SATURDAY NIGHT. OCTO
Der 3rd, somewhere on James river
between Lyons Creek and Port
Norfolk, part Of raft, about 200 pine
70 logs peeled and in bark. Reward
for information leaGing to recovery
Of the logs. BALL & POACH
LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
10-7-3t.
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ron GALE

LOTS FOR SALE On LRASB IN ALL
parts ol the city. Cal and get
prices. OLD DOMINION LAND
co, Hoesl wa1Wick Buil6inG.
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TRANSFER COMPANIES.

TRANSFER C0WPNNJEO.
OLD DOMINION BAGGAGE TRASS-
fer: onices C.. 4 o. Station. Phones,
Ben, Noe. 401 and ISIS; Citisens NO
~ t.
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AND OIL PAINTING
taught privately or IN class. Specssi
lesson for pupils On Saturday.. Call
or address ART CLASS. Hotter
Newport, Newport News. Va
S-2e-lm.
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FOR RENT-TWO DESRABLB Or.
ices In Schmels Building. Light,
hea. and tanitor service supplied.
Apply SCHNHx BROTHERS.
Bankers. 81
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FOR RENT-TWO FURNISHED
rooms: also fat. 1873 Thirty-fourth
st. 92SI
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FOR RENT-NCELY FURNISHED
front room. second door. furnace
heated. 116 Thirty-third street.
9-6-tf.
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R. W. REYNOLDS, Auctioneef.
102-12t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-01-30
4 .teman's Complexion.

1t is rack foolishness to attempt
to remove sallowness or greasiness
of the skin by the use of cosmetics,
or "locap' treatment, as advocated
by the beauty doctors. The only
safe and sure way that woman cap
improve her complexion is by purify
ing and enriching the blood, which
can only be accomplished by keeping
the liver healthy and active. The
liver is the seat of disease and boVo
pollution. Green's August Flowe,
acts directly on the liver, cleauses
and enriches the blosd, purifes thu
complexion 1t alss cures consti
patton, biliousness, nervousness, ano
induces refreshing sleep. A singl>
bottle of August Flower has been
known to cure the most pronounced
and distressing case of dyspepsia
and digestion. New trial size bottle
% cents; regular size Is cents. At
Frost & Spies.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-01-30
Quaint Market Custom.

There exists at Totnes market GUS
tom which is believed to be without
parallel in the history of markets. A
dealer chaIks up the price he gives for
butter and eggs on stall, and all the
other dealers pay the same. This sys-
TEN has gone on. and surprisingly little
friction has resulted. Some time ago
an attempt was made to break down
the custom and induce producers to
stand in the market and make the best
price they could. 1t was, however,
short lived, and the old system was re-
verted to-St James Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-01-30
The finest r. flee Substitute over |!

The finest C,ffee Substitute ever
made. has recently been produced
by Dr.. Shoop of Racine, Wis. You
don't have to boil it twenty or
thirty minutes. "Made in a minute"
says the doctor. Health Coffee"
is really the closest Coffee Imitation
ever yet produced. Not grain of
real Ceffee in it either. Health
Coffee Imitation is made from pure
toasted cereals or grains, with malt,
nuts, etc. Really it would fool an
expert-were he to unknowingly
drink it for Coffee. Geo. W. Posey.
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SLEEP IN THE DESERT.
impossibiity of Keeping Awake ia
Riding Across GGoi.

lmpossibility of Keeping Awake ia
Riding Across G1oi.
Hitherto / have thought that travel
ing by carts over stony iSaisls and stay
ing in Chinese inns IA night Nas the
hardest thing foreigner travelling in
China was called upon to endure but
since ] have travelled with a caravan
Of camels l have changed my opinion
The monOtony of the desert by day
and the bed of camefS saddle at night
Hhe evil smell Of cameis and the slow
ness of their drivers and the acr!d
choking of the little fire on which ones
food is cooked-nOne OF these things is
so trying to- the foreigners as the sleep
mess which attacks one in this high
region. This to me WIS a real torture.
Travelling he cold night with no other
coIupaly than dull Chinese who seem
to sleep while walking alongside the
eamc,s or while sitting ON their backs.
and being weighed down by heavy
sleerress is the worst thing l have
endured.
You sit on your horse and. in spite of
every effort, fall asleep. Presently you
wake ur and find yourself on the
ground, with your horse standing be-
wildercd ut your side, wondering
whether ven are alive or dead. Then
you try to keep yourself awake by
walking and talking bit to the camel
drivers but you soon find that they
are just as sleepy as yourself. A few
are too tired to open your mouth to
talk or even to think of anything but
sleep sweet sleep. Oh, for just few
minutes there at the roadside In the
soft sand. But, no; you must go on
and fight against this desire. 1t Is too
dangerous to sleep by the roadside on
the ground. The caravan cannot wait,
and your servant would not watch
over you. He would soon fall asleep
like Yourself The wolves would then
have an easy time.
Yet in spite of all this reasoning you
feel as if you We're drawn to the
ground by the power of a thousand
strong magnets and soon yield to sleep
again Suddenly your watchful horse,
whose reins .you have kept slung
around your neck-this is a wise thing
to do-pulls up, starts and jerks you
wide awake. You jump up, not know
ing where you are for some seconds,
but you see your horse trembling and
realize that danger is near
For d few minutes you are fully
awake and feel glad and refreshed.
You jump on your horse and catch up
with the caravan, which has gone Il
few Ii (a Ii is 654 yartls) ahead.
After another ten Ii or SO sleep creeps
on again like a huge boa constructor
embracing you in it's irresistible grasp.
The same fight has then to be fought
over again. Then at last the caravan
arrives at the halting place for the
pight-North China News.