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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
The Rose

How fair is the rose, what a beautiful
flower,
The glory of April and May.
But the leaves are beginning to fade
in an hour,
And they wither and die in a day.
Yet the rose has powerful virtue to
boast,
Above all the flowers of the field,
When It's leaves are all dead and fine
colors are lost
Still how sweet perfume 1t will
yield!
So frail is the youth and the beauty of
men,
Though they bloom and look like the
rose;
But all our fond care to preserve them
is vain;
Time kills them as fast as he goes,
Then I'll not be proud of my youth or
my beauty,
Since both of them wither and fade;
But gain a good name by we'll doing
my duty:
This win scent like a rose when Tm
dead
Isaac Watts.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05

and chirp encoura gingly to the downy
nesting hopping in the grass.
And before the eyes of the mother
bird we have seen the butcher bird
dart upon the helpless little thing.
strike it in the head with its beak
and, graspng it in its claws, sail away
with 1t, the mother linnet in distress
full pursuit, a pursuit only too soon
abandoned, realizing that it's offspring
was past relief.
One must guess and vet guess again
at the pleasure the butcher bird can get
by killing and impaling these small
birds and fedglings upon thorn bushes
and barbed wire fencing, to ultimately
drop off and feed the ants and worms.
There may be a method in this seeming
wanton butchery, but if so we do not
know of it,
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
Lion Photographs Himself

Moving pictures of giraffes and croc-
odiles and hippopotami. all in their nat
ural SURROUNDINGS, and wild beasts at
their nests, and queer small creatures
of the ground, were shown at the AL
hambra theater, London, recently
These pictures were brought from Brit
ish East Africa by Cherry Kearton, the
skilled nature photographer. More
fascinating tgan the pictures, how
ever, is the story Of how Mr.. Kearton
hunted the wild beasts not to shoot
them. but to take their pictures. He
spent week of days and nights in a
tree with his apparatus waiting to get
picture Of lion, bur the lion never
came near enough. Then Mr.. Kearton
left camera shielded in leather case
near the lions drinking pool. In the
tree above the pool he put a Aashlight
apparatus and stretched a thread from,
this across the path by which the lion
usually came. In the middle Of tbe
night down came the lion to drink
lie broke the thread ignited the mag
nesium and took an instantaneous nic-
ture of himself before the brilliant
hash sent him crashing away in terror
through the forest
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
In Love

professor OF The Class In English
history was telling his young men of
the impressionable age about the Eliza
bethan era. when, suddenly turning TO
one of the young men who seemed 10 he
i'm dream with a far away gaze, he
said:
And how old WAS Elizabeth, Mr..
case?"
Eighteen last birthday" came the
instant reply.-Tit-Bts
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
The Comet

The comet. he is on his way
And singing as he flies,
The whizzing planets shrink before
This spectre of the skies;
All, well may regal orbs burn blue
And satellites turn pale;
Ten million cubic miles of head,
Ten billion miles of tail
And what would happen to the land,
And how would look the sea
If in the bearded demons path
Our earth should chance to be?
%. w. Holmes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
Clothes

Although my clothes are fine and gay
They should not make me vain,
For nurse can take them all away
And put them on again.
Each flower grows her pretty gown,
So does each little weed;
Their dresses are their very own,
They may be proud indeedl
-Abbie Farwell Brown.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05

Sister and Charlie learned to say
To their Sunday school teacher each week;
And baby wanted to! Poor little May
Wasn't old enough yet, but she would be day,
And then she should have speak
But she begged and she eased and she pleaded and prayed
That she, too, might be taught verse;
Till just they started, day, mamma said
Say, L am the light Of the world, little maid;
You'll forget it, perhaps, but no worse"
When the children with called rise
May said as her apron she wred,
While sister and Charlie sat dumb with surprise
And all the good people they opened their eyes:
"My mothers the light of the world!"
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05

In the year 1896 there lived in a
large old fashioned house in small
New England village young girl by
the name of Martha. She was a rather
peculiar child, very studious and
thoughtful. At this time she was II
years OF age. In the house there was
a long dining room extending quite
through the building from north to
south. In each end of this room were
two windows which overlooked a large
landscape. In the long winter even
ings when the rest of the family were
otherwise occupied Martha had a habit
of watching from the north windows
the frequent and brilliant display of
the aurora borealis or northern lights
She stood for hours at these windows.
trying Vainly to transfiX these ra pidlv
changing lights before they had van
ished and others had taken their places.
One night as she came into the din
ing room to partake of the evening
meal called supper (there was break
fast, dinner and supper in those days)
she CHANGED to look out of the south
windows as she passed them and saw
a very peculiar looking cloud lust
above the horizon stretching from the
place where the sun had just gone
down more than half way around the
NiSiblS Woiiu lIOul the west far into
the northeast. She called the atten
tion of the family TO it's strange ap-
pearanee, but they only gave q mass
ing glance and sat down around Tho
table, while Martha ran from window
to window out of one door and i'm AZ
another, She made the circuit Of tho
house several times, talking all the
time about the wonderful cloud untu
1t passed from sight. Then she came
TO the supper table and found the his
cults, tea and gingerbread quite cola
on the following morning when the
stage coast came in bringing the mails
from Boston and Portland they found
in the Boston Courier an explanation of
the white cloud Of the previous even
ing. 1t was the tail of a great comet
Halleys comet 1t had crossed between
the earth and the sun, but was not
visible until dark
Martha, now an inhabitant Of cali
fornia, is still living, and she exnects
to see the celestial visitor entire as II
returns this spring, after "A years alb
senee on its long journey.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
SHORT BARKs FROM ALONzO

One Of the writers
Now, will tell could
there Aonzo7 You wouldn't like
and haven't had half the adventures
There advertisement of Sunday
easy money ge barking
dozens of letters asking all
the liest
black m An
Lands End last Sunday rock
cliff intelligent
You oughtthat
tail!
But Id like
wouldn't have o SAY anything
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
Feathered Fighters
ny CHARLES CRIsTADORA

EFT cat approach the vicinity Of
nest full Of young mocking piros
- and then wait and see. With
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
OKLAHOMA'S 2-CENT
FARES ARE ENjOINED
United States Court of Appeals Issues
Order for Frisco and
Rock Island.

Guthrie, Oklahoma.-The lines OF
the Rock Island and Frisco in Okla
homa, comprising together, approx
mately, one-half of the 5000 miles or
trackage in the state, passed from un-
der the 2-cent passenger fare and
state freight rates by an order or
Judge F. C. Hood of the United States
circuit court of appeals, transmitted
here to Circuit Clerk Harry l.. Finley,
granting the railroad temporary in
functions against the Oklahoma rates.
The roads will re-establish the d
cent rate in a few days. The ROCK
Island and Frisco systems filed suits
after the Santa Fee and Katy had won
their temporary injunctions.
The Santa Fe, Frisco, Rock Island,
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Midland
Valley and the Kansas City Southern
have obtained temporary injunctions,
the Iron Mountain has an application
for such an Injunction pending with
Judge Hook. The lesser roads, such
as the Wichita Falls & Northwestern,
the X. c., NJ. & o., the NJ, q. d IT,,
the Oklahoma Central, the Fort Smith
e. Western, the c., o. & G., have beer
exempted from the 2-cent passenger
rate by the state corporation commits
sion,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
R0OSEVELT'S HUNT
FOR AFRICAN GAME
Lions and Other Animals Shot in
Large Numbers.
YEAR ON DARK CONTINENT
Naturaiists Collected Hundreds OF
Specimens for the Smithsonian
observation-disclosures Photog-
rapher of the Party.

Theodore R%oOSevelt's hunting trip In
Africa, officially known as the Smith
sonian African expedition, lasted near
ly eleven months and was most sue
cessful in every way. The coloneIs
desire to hunt big game was not all
that was back OF the trip, for the
Smithsonian Institution wanted speCl-
mems of the fauna and flora OF the
Dark Continent and commissioned the
ex-president TO obtain them. For THIS
reason, a part OF the expenses were
borne by the institution, but Mr.
Roosevelt paid ali the expenses or
himself and his son Kermit, presuma-
bly, earning much OF them by his arti-
Giles in a magazine for which he re-
ceiyed a record-breaking price.
Not wasting much time after leav-
ing the White House, Colonel Roose-
welt sailed from New York IN the
steamship Hamburg, headed for Ma
pies. With him were Kermit and
three naturalists, Major Mearns, Ed
mund Heller and J. Alden LOring, and
slowed In the hold was most Of their
elaborate outfit for killing or photO'
graphing the animals of East Africa
and for preserving the specimens des-
tined for the Smithsonian Institution.
Kermit had trained himself TO be the
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
ST. LOUIS FREE BRIDGE
PIER is OUT OF LINE
Other Supports to Be Moved in Max
ing Span Correct-Twelve
Shifts of Men Work.

st. Louis, Missouri.-'The discovery
has lust been made that the Illinois
pier of the free bridge, the Calsson
for which is now down to a depth OF
10 feet, is IS inches too far east. AS
the steel work for all the spans has
been ordered and fabricated, the three
other piers will have to be moved east
Is inches.
The contractors reported to PreSl'
dent Reber of the board Of public i'm
proyements that the caissOn for the
east pier had been pushed out OF line
by old barges. Efforts to get the cas-
son into its proper place have failed,
and nothing can now be done accord
ing to the contractors, except to shit
the other piers SO that the steel work
will fit.
The Missouri VALLEY Iron & Bridge
company has the contract for building
the free bridge. 1t is working II
shifts a day on the east pier. Inc
men cannot work at a depth OF llO
feet longer than two hours a day
They are paid 81 an hour for their
services.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
ASK FOR PENSIONS
DIED OF P~ELLkGRA.
Ferdinand Pape Thought He Had Beer
Poisoned by Acid.

New OrIeaus.-The passing away
Of Ferdinand Pape in The h"Spl'a1
counts another victim Of p,ll1gra.
Although the unfortunate man had
been under The observation Of sur
yeUnS for some little while, 50 tar
nothing has been learned which VIII
enIi@hccn the physicians as 10 the
lulI facts OF the disease.
rapo's case has mySrIlied the sur
&,uns. They worked hard to arrest
the disease ny ampula,ions OF parts
O. the feet, bu, il seems mar Il a
srch an iMroal on the poor fellow
;hdr death came. Papc, who was 40
years Old. was under The impression
that he had been poisoned by *ome
acid. About EIGHT or min" Gears ago
h" was employed with a number or
men 10 destroy me Will water llilcd
in the neighbOrh"oI Of IN" CITY park,
At III" time he was given aero to
hurdlc, and Ii" asked il II was dnn-
gvrouS. The m"n was told that 1t
would NOT hurr hiut, II Pap" went
on. He was not 1T work LEM before
his fingers and his ro,S W"r" 'ronsIrC
with an itchiu& He had some ply
Stefan attend him and his hands W"r"
cured, but he suffered from a irr;-
tatiOn of the feet. Ab0Hr ,Ighl years
ago a pimplc showed up un his left
foOI, Just above tn" big toe. clc:" 10
the instcp. He treated j., bat III"
pinplc developed into 4 s0r". A ply
stefan Was consulted, but the sore
eat its way through the loot. Sever.
al times Papc wen to he hospital.
Some years ago his right foot became
affected. It was a tcrribI" annoyanc"
10 the man and he was unable to
work. AS his condition became
verse, it was thought l">; that he
should 20 TO the hospital ard re-
main. In February last Pane was
admitted. The physicians say that
the man was suffering from p"'!agra.
and everything possible was done
At first, half Of the left foot was
amputated. That did not arrest the
disease. A part of the right foot
WAS amputated, and as the disease
was eating upward, it was said that
another operation was to be per-
formed. However, Pape became weak
and passed away.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
LAD MAKES ADMISSIONS
Murder Suspect at Marshalltown Says
He Wrote Note and Signed Faith
er's Name az a Joke.

Marshalltown, ADMINISTRATION OF
the murder Of James Harley, his
wife and his son, near Van Cleve, Ia,
Is developing a few facts.
Blood spots on the overalls worn by
Ray Harley, the son. who is held here
as a suspect, were explained by him
as being caused by a chicken which
he killed.
It has been learned that two
horses were found saddled and bril-
died in the Harley stable on Sunday.
The accused lad says he and his faith
er had the horses in readiness to pur'
sue a horse thief they were expecting
Sunday night.
When questioned closely Ray har'
dey admitted that a note found in the
residence OF his murdered parents be-
uueathing $1,000 to him and suppos'
ably signed by the father, was written
by the boy himself. He told the po-
lice that he drew it up as a joke.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
,Josephine Sets Milk Record.

Columbia, Missouri.-The world's
record for milk production has been
broken by Missouri Chief Josephine,
the prize cow of the College OF Agri-
culture. In the four months contest
inst closed the total exceeds the
worlds record 10 per cent. Chief Jo-
sephine gave 1885 pounds of milk in
the four months. The production av'
eraged 96.4 pounds a day for the 12O
DAYS. The COW that previously held
the record was Conlantha Fourth Jo-
hannah. The great amount OF milk
that Josephine gives can be appreciat-
ed when it is said that it is twice as
much in a month as the average COW
gives N a year.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18

chief photographer Of the expedition,
but he also turned out to be consider
able of a hunter.
A great throng of friends and ad-
mirers babe the colonel farewell. and
ne sailed away, but could not entirely
separate himself from the world, for
practically all the way across the Al
lantic wireless communication with
the Hamburg was maintained. More
over, at the Azores, and again at
Gibraltar, he found the officials n
people insisted OF doing him honor,
and when he reached Naples on April
8 the entire populace turned out to
greet him with flowers and cheers.
Boarding the German steamship Ad-
miral for Mombasa, Mr.. Roosevelt
found in his cabin a quantity of flow
ers and a letter from Emperor William
wishing him good hunting" At Mes
sina q stop was made to view the
earthquake ruins, and there, at King
Victor Emmanuel's request, Mr.. Roose-
Welt and Kermit visited the Italian
monarch on board the battleship Rex
Umberto. The party arrived at Nom
hasa April 81 and was received by
Acting Governor Jackson, who had
been instructed by the British govern
ment to do all In his power to further
the plans Of the expedition. Unusual
privileges were granted the hunters,
and Mr.. Roosevelt and Kermit were
licensed to kill lions.
At Mombasa the party was joined
by r. ]. Cuninghame, a veteran Afr-
can hunter and explorer. and Leslie j.
Tarleton, and these two managed the
expedition In q most able manner
Taking train to Kapitil plains, the
party became the guests Of Sir Alfred
IPease on his ranch. An immense
caravan of go persons was organized
and on April rs Colonel Roosevelt
had his first African hunt. On this
occasion he bagged two wildebeest:
and q Thompson's gazelle. April 81
was a notable day in the camp on thu
Athi, for on that day the first lions
fell victims to the craftsmanship o
the R~oosevelts. Theodore shot tive
and Kermit one, and there was grea
rejoicing among the natives who MADE
up the caravan. After that tho BIZ
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
American League.
QUAKE IREMORS KEEP
ITALIANS IN A PANIC
Thousands Sleep in the Open Through
Fear Of Death Under JAM
aged Buildings.

Naples, I~taly.-Fresh tremors IN
Jta]v's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. district
threw the population into a panic as
serious as that o%ccasioned by the first
shocks. At Avellino, King Victor En-
manuel and Queen Helena, who insist
ed on joining him in the tour of the
affected territory, appeared before the
people in an effort to check their
fright.
Not even the royalties, however,
could reassure the terrified. Fully a
million people slept out of doris, and'
when day came, refused to venture
into their homes again eve for cook
ing. Camps have been pitched around
towns. Army tents are in demand.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
MRS. GERMAN NEAR DEATH
Widow of MaryIand's Former Senator
Sends Summons for Her Children
to Gather at Bedside.

Washington, q. C-Mrs. Arthur
Pie German, widow Of Senator Cor
man of Maryland, is seriously i'll at
her home here. Her physicians hold
out no hope for recovery. Her chill
dren have been summoned, and with
her are five daughters and a son.
Mrs. Germans health began to fall
more than a year ago.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18

game came Fast and cheetahs, CRATES,

III tiiii 80
rhinoceroses and more lions were
added to the list. In all IA varieties o.
animals being secured. Meanwhile
Kermit was busy with his cameras
and the naturalists prepared the spe-
Cimens.
George Mcmillan, an American, was
the next host OF the hunters, and sew
eral weeks were spent on his hne Ju
ia ranch and in the surrounding coun-
try. There the game was very plehtl-
full and many fine specimens were
bagged. Members of the party made
several extensive trips OF exploration,
notably on and around Mount kenla'
The expedition left East Africa De-
cember 10. crossed Uganda and went
down the White Nile, getting back to
comparative civilization at G~ondoRoro'
There they went aboard a steamer
put at their disposal by the slrdar,
and journeyed to khartum, where
Mrs, Roosevelt met her husband, and
ACCOMPANIED him in a leisurely trip 10
Cairo. During his stay in Egypt Col
onel Roosevelt was the recipient OF
| many honOrs and made several
speeches. One of them. in which he
praised the administration OF the
British. gave considerable offense to
the native NatiOnalists. At the end or
March the ROOsevelts sailed for Italy.
In a preliminary report to the
Smithsonian Institution Mr.. Roosevelt
summarized the material results or
the expedition as follows:
ION the trip Mr.. Heller has pre-
pared 1920 specimens of mammals,
the majority of large size; Mr.. Lorlng
has prepared 3,163, and Doctor MearnS
lila total of 1897 mammals. or
birds, Doctor Mearns has prepared
nearly 300, Mr.. Loring 500, and Mr..
Heller about tifty-a total OF about
1900 birds.
"Of reptiles and batraChians, Messrs.
Mearns, Loring and Heller collected
about 1000.
"Of fishes, about 500 were collected.
! Doctor Mearns collected marine fishes
near Mombasa. and fresh water fishes
elsewhere in British East Africa. and
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
To Remove a Paint Stain.

To remove the unsightly stain OF
paint spilled on the doorstep, try the
following plan: Make a strong solu-
ton of potash and wet the stain well
with this, keeping 1t wet until the
paint becomes soft. In a short time
1t will readily rub loose and 1t may
then be washed of with soap and
water. If any color has penetrated the
fibers of the wood keep the spot well
wet with the solution, and 1t Will
shortly disappear. Paint which has
been left on for some time will yield
to this treatment.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
MANGLED BY A A
Deputy Sheriff Was After Gamblers
When He Met His Deat".

Leesville.-Majo Kirby, a deputy
sheriff of Vernon parish, aged 40
years, was killed by a passenger train
al 3 o'clock in the morning. lie was
seen by friends near the depot at II
o'clock and stated that he intended
to raid a gambling den near the
roundhouse. This was the last e
of him until his mangled body was
found on the track several hours
later. The engineer of the train saw
the man lying on the track, and threw
on the emergency brakes, but It was
too late TO save Kirby's life.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
Hanuinu for Train Wreckers.

Baton Rouge.-In the Louisiana
assembly the senate passed the Ogles-
bv bill. which demands capital pun
ishment for persons convicted OF
wrecking or attempting 20 wreck a
railroad train. During The last two
sessions several trains carrying mem
bers Of the assembly have been
wrecked on their way TO Baton
Rouge.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
BANDIT R0BS
TOURIST SLEEPER
DRIVES PASSENGERS INTO THE
PRIVATE CAR OF A ROAD
OFFICIAL.
VALUABLES ARE ALL TAKEN
forced Victims TO Pile Cash and Val
tables in One Heap, Then Shoots
Out the Rear Lights on
the Car.

~ ro,l,,,J poa
60 ,ho III poso
.,unooa bo, heon
-" nl,. H. horded
nelu up y! d '"Nc ,,.,or
,n' o''"i'""'' ,, ; ,bo ra,r
lh'o " p'lN"'e 70" ~
oi 'n' """'' yum r.ah,o, ~
II 'n''' N'S .,.. 49, ,,,r1or
"'"P d" .., 49, ,o,r.
across un' " ~ ,rao, tno
ans ho"S' .i ,ho,sond
v'.ue u IL" """'
uon,"'' o,o r,,o oset
-, ''''U Carr;1o1o A.
Vi i'''?''' ihau Who Nod hoard.
''.'' I0'n'' n1'aaaaa oororod
rU ,nr an1no,,r ona brakeman
- ! .,,an;.a ,hou - stan
.ho troir
Driving the men before him. he en-
tered the sleeping car. awakened the
O~ccupanfs with a command to gather
their valuablcs and proceed to the
private car Of Superintendent e. f.
Hawks in the e
No Passenger Escaped.
One by one the half-dresSed paSsen'
gers were covered by the robbers gun
as they clambored from their borths'
Taking his time, and exhibiting re-
markable c~oolness, the bandit careful
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
YOUNG LAMNON ACQUITTED.
Youth Charged With Murder at Amite
Citv Not Guilty.

Amite City.-E. l.. Lamnon. charged
with murder, whose trial has been
in progress here. was acquitted by a
jury. Mrs. Waldman, widow of the
man the defendant was charged with
killing, was overcome with emotion,
and had to be carried from the court
room when the defendant testified.
Although the state made d strong
case against the young man, the de-
Tense introduced evidence hearing
out their theory Of sclf-defeEsc.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
Snreadinu Rail Wrecks Train.

Lareda.-The e%astbound Louisiana
& Arkansas passenger tram, running
between Shreveport and Minden, was
wrecked neal Laredo, resulting in Sc
we're injuries to several passengers.
The baggage car and lender were
badly damaged and the entire train
barely missed going off tha track at
q trestle. A spreading rail caused
the wreck.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
Cudahys File a Mortgage.

New York City. 49, The Cudahy
Packing company has mortgaged for
I. 1000, 900 to the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank and William H. Henkle
of Chicago it's property in New York
city and in the southwest to secure a
five per cent gold bond issue. 1t is
dated May l and has Is years to run.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
Move Against Repeal Of Locke Law.

New Iberia.-A number Of tdypay-
ers Of this city and parish met at
the city hall to protest against the
amendment Or the repeal Of the Lock-"
law. Resolutions were formulated OF
the strongest character, declaring II
racing is again established in New
Orleans this community will oppoS@
the tax proposed for the exposition
The representatives in the I~c&isla-
ture will be asked to oppose the move
u.ent and the governor to veto It
should it be passed. The resolutions
we're n%umerouslv signed.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-18
Ah,ndons Cotton to Weevil.

Mount Herman.-A farmer three
miles below here has Dlowed up ten
acres Of cotton and replanted corn
on account of the boil weevil eating
ND the squares. Other farmers where
the weevil has appeared are going
ahead and run the risk Of making
some cotton.