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king, designates what Is now known as
America as India Nova" and in con-
sequence the inhabitants were desig-
mated as Indians.
PRISONERS T. S. F., City: What is
meant by sweating, torture" and third de
gree as applied TO persons accused Of crime?
Officers in police department some
times take persons suspected of crime.
put them in solitary confinement, then
take them out and put them through
a long examination in order to learn
what they know about a crime. Dur
ing the solitary confinement the person
is very uncomfortable and when under
examination passes a very unpleasant
period of time. This is designated by
different persons by the names in your
letter of inquiry
DAY. AFTER THE FAIR. B., Oakland.
What is the origin of the saying, "A day after
This was quoted by John Haywood, a
writer in 1852, and it appears in Tarl-
tons Collection of Jests." issued in
1911
"A ballad, be 1t ever so good. 1t goes
a-begging after the faire," is to be
found in Breton's wit Trenchmour."
LEATHER Subscriber. City. When did
There is no record of when leather
hrst came into use, but 1t was known
very early in Egypt and Greece, where
1t was used for harness, ropes and the
like The Gordian knot was made of
leather. $50 B. C.
THE BANNER--A. o. v, City. I believe that
publican county, but lost the banner to Alameda
county. When that?
Los Angeles held it for six consecu-
tive years 1t went to Alameda county
at the November election in 1896.
CHINATowN-G. A.. East Oakland. Are
there any joss houses and a Chinese theater in
they?
Yes. Any policeman will direct you
STATIONS. L. F., City. Which is the larger
railroad station. the one In Washington, D. c.,
or the one in st. Louis:
1t is said that the one in Washington
is 20 feet longer and 90 feet wider than
the one in st. Louis
soPRANo-o. s., City. who is considered
tne greatest soprano singer of the present time
Inc consensus of opinion of those in
thls city who are qualified to Judge is
that 1t is Nine Melba.
AUSTRALIA-City Reader To whom should
write Tor information as to opportunities for a
"ioe awake man in Australia?
Write to the secretary of the cham
Der or commerce, Sydney.
SHESS-E. A. S.. Stockton. Is there any
puoneauon devoted especially TO chess?
Lasker's Chess Magazine, New York
AGRlCULTURISFD A. F.. Sutter Creek.
lished? -
At Racine, Wis.
CAKsoN CITY PAPERS-Sub.. City. What
are lne prominent papers Of Carson City. New.
The Appeal and the News.
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The Legislature Must Keep Entire
Faith With Albert q. Spalding

the OF a
United contained A. Spdlng OF San
printed n columns Thursday clearly and in
convincing
pledges of
platform primary alternative
but elect Mr. Spaldng succeed
republican legislature will
purpose the follow
provisions of the
vote United senators
of a aid O.
for United States senator who shall received the se
OF a j
legislature
ambiguity They
of
the districts
republican while Works
majority legislature majority of
one Works There these
the legislature will break faith with his
deadlock They
Works Spding,
advisory
a United
o this
strong the republican
faith the direct
S ut from the election of Spalding
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another agency fulfill the duties his Office will continue
to draw the salary.
So much might have been expected from Balnge 1t is
nothing but exhibit fresh light the
character of the Moreover he becoming talkave
election, and the other day propounded these views:
nhs Consider that for each of
total of 20 and will
of ntolebe that this should and that large
failure properly settle
will determine early the the
which Alaska coal markets the
Pacific before those markets absorbed by mpoaon
This is simply argument in favor of giving the coal
of Alaska. The laws this relation wide
and the insists that before anything done reasonable
compensation be eaced the public interest condition
the alienation of these enormously valuable properties Until
provision Of that made by law Mr. Bange and his friends
wait.
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mountain q Tes6s E9ss Sas 9s
monary troubles than the lowlands?
Douglass Archibald, NJ A, in the
Story of the Earth's Atmosphere"
says: I'm large cities such as Edin-
burg, London and Paris. where the
product of animal and fuel combustion
enters the atmosphere in large guam
titles the lower atmosphere is so pol
luted that in some cases as many as
100000 dust particles in single cubic
centimeter 1about Is centimeters equal
one cubic inch) have been counted. AS
we rise above the surface the number
of dust particles is found to diminish
pretty regularly with the ascent The
general rule for the diminution of dust
particles is that for every rise of 5000
feet the amount is four-fifths of what
it was at the lower level. The bear
ing of this on the question of the
beneficial influence of high mountain
resorts is obvious. At 500 feet above
sea level the number Of dust particles
is $50 per cubic centimeter, while at
1860 feet it is but 157."
GARAGE-A. R.. City What is the origin of
the word garage" that is used as a place for
the storing of automobiles?
The word is French, but it's root is
traced all the way back to Sanskrit.
ing, covering and sheltering." The
word as now used is from the French
verb CARER" in connection with such
phrases as "garer un bateau' or CARER
un radeau," to place a boat or raft of
lumber in safety along the bank of a
river. Thence the name "gare" came
to designate a spot suitable for such a
purpose, and it's derivative "garage'
was applied to a place Of safety. In
time the roundhouse of French rail-
roads was called garage" and be-
cause the name has euphonous
sound it was adopted by Americans as
the name for the place where automo-
biles are safely kept.
RUNCIBLE-o. o. T. A.. City. Is there such
a word runcible?''
1t is a variant form of rounceval, an
obsolete word, meaning huge, gigan-
TIC, derived from large bones said to
have been dug up at Roncesvalles, one
of the valleys of Navarro on the east
side of the Pyrennes, about 20 miles
north of Pamplona, famous in song and
story as the scene of defeat OF
Charlemagne's army by a combined
Gascons. in 77S.
METALS-C. H. S. Maxwell Is there q
place in California to which one may send rare
metals 10 have the same claSslned ano
where one may learn the value of metals?
The state mining bureau in the ferry
building, San Francisco will classify
ore and metals and tell what the ore
contains. but not the assay value. II
will also state the value of metals per
ounce.
GOODBYElSubscr City. This
department is informed by NJ E
Snively of Monterey that the verses
you desire, Goodbye, My Lover, Good
bye" are by James Whitcomb Riley.
INDIANS Subscriber. City. Why are the alb
origines of America called Indiansf'
In "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum," 1888,
Abraham Ortelinus. geographer to the
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Naakms4os

| for
reasonably economical wife, these o women
Ivouda a place impossible agEz oAtEa0s
Because the word meaning that those white
gloves represented expenditures S20
willow plume for
spending lot of economy
conversely 5 spending very little money.
think spending
for it, and the
To Mary Lyons words:
"The right of accomplish
White than OUTLAW in greater
fagiy and in cleansing whether me
bad because
they will be badly oled by taken off
Presumably those money themselves
white gloves order look we'll
I'm not writing all this to nvegh against the habit
gloves all have
simply take them typical of the ways which the
American especially that class of afor
She fragile and dicate dav wear. she
ultra styles cheap e
grade she purchases elaborate accessories such as
wh fragile
AS consequence she looks we'll dressed very poorly
dressed for long time She money we'll dressed
and because of her lack of judgment
And that's what call spent Judgment
Don't
And don't think would Of women
could have Mary Lyons definition better
printed their pay envelopes?
"The right o money is to ac
eonplsh what you with : ts~1SA- Csco.s<,,>
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Grossly Unfair
Treatment of
Funston

for this alone that people this ne1ghborhood
regard with strong dsappova the dcedtab fashion
in which Funston has repeatedly been denied the promotion
which his right by seniority Indeed the record detail is
surprising No other explanation possible than gnobe favor
its The who have frequently been jumped Fun
ton head of them superior and mostly inferior
him OF actual service done for the United States
OF trtyour general officers the army Fnston the only
remaining brgad general appointed by President Mck kney
General Leonard Wood named that rank months before
he reached the head of the list he
promoted be major general He like Funston up
the volunteers and his the vested rights OF
recognized Wood 43 promoted
and Funston being about the the plea has
repeatedly made that he young and could afford
supplies astonishing problem arithmetic work how
Funston Is younger 45 than Wood at 49,
Funston. then. passed in favor of McCaskey Hail.
Duva Barry and Carter and the gossip Of
Washington says that proposed put Murray his head
These what is known palace favores in Washington.
None OF them has the hard that Funston has
through and they all his juniors grade If Funston
his right OF promotion this occasion he must wait
years for Grants retirement and he might get then
after having marked time for fourteen years. II this way they
have the army time that reformed altogether.
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Uncle Walt
7 he Poet Philosop D h r

Keeps a frantic steed that always
you are foolish man, indeed. ;"
I said; hell kill you off some
day. And then into my car
l stepped, and ran into a
vagrant COW; and when 1 from
the ruins crept my neighbor said /:
TWho's. 1oonv now" Nv wife
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c ECRETARY BALLIAGER'S powerful adhesive quality is
illustrated by his suggestion that the Cunningham coal
claims Alaska be adudcaed by the the
of Columbia. This is equivalent a
Secretary sion that the people of America have so
BaIngers completely lost confidence in the interior
Adhesive Quality l % s asl ID aise eonlro !nat any
would be object of public suspicion.
BaInger will resign. Admitting himself the
subject Of public distrus he still sticks pet to
rock He ready concession popular sentiment permit
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A New York
Brand
OF Hypocrisy

" ]
Possibly the Post prepared deny that big business and
alliance beat Roosevelt When paper of the
standing itself such company and working the
ends might very well its motives
The usually found chamPoning different but
appears been inspired by per-
spite words
paper.
very queer effects All through the campaign the Post has
working like horse persuade itself that it the
company example Dix Tammany candidate
for governor good OF he and good
customary trick of the boss nominate
respectable the ticket who
nominated by Tammany and whose campaign financed by
big business will readily escape from his associations
Finally this magnificent independence that the Post
dancing Jig expression plurality OF
per Evil communications corrupt good
morals
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The Morning Chit-Chat
Copyrights. 1910. By
George Matthew Adams

I"HE right use of money is to accomplish what
4 you wish with t"-Mary Lyons founder of
Mount Holyoke
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WHO'S
LOONY
NOW?
My neighbor
tries to run away

has bought new fall hat, and l remarked, with
great disdain: "The dame who'll blow good scads
for that should have cobbler fix her brain And
then took my old stiff tile and jammed it down
upon my brow; the frau surveyed it with a smile,
and murmured low: who's 1oony now?" All day
I'm toiling in my den Il grind out essays doubly de
roasting other men, and saying that they have no 81
I'm all swe1led up with pride-e'en as the reader
[ make some break, and folks deride. and cry
1oony now7' cov,arn. ,sp ~
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gratitude and respect of the city. We have
not forgotten the days of the great fire when
Funston marched in his soldiers to keep order
and help people in sore distress. His work
was well done and quickly done.
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! A Little
| Lesson From
the Figures

These infant which the tariff
Their products be sold trade competition with
other higher
for them because of nordnate and quite
The facts in brief indicate why the insurgents in congress
demanded honest downward revision of the tariff If
demand had been complied the country
elected democratic the house of
republicans almost exc-
sivey standpatters.
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He chief Of the bureau of statistics Washington
that the total export
year amount some S8OOOOOOOO This output is
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7 quite independent of the exports of agricul-
tural produce. This country has long been
first in that field and the time is not far dis
tant when we shall claim the primacy in
! exported manufactures.
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CAhSoN CITY PAPERs-Sub.. City. What
are the prominent papers Of Carson City, New.
Ine Appeal and the News.
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SHESS-E. A. S.. Stockton. Is there any
puoheauon devoted especially to chess?
Lasker's Chess Magazine, New York
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AGRIcULTURIsr-D, A F.. sutter Creek.
1lshed? i
At Racine, wis.
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ense; I'm always
iense. And when
hndS me now
aloud: Who s
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the New York Evening Post OF the day following election
find the following piece of hypocrica humbug
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n RIGADIER GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON to
relief hour of her greatest trbula
ton, and he did his work way that has commanded the
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innocent independence and genuine devotion to the
I public veal, the republicans of this state have
rebuked dernagoguery, given the lie to the false
2 l~ pretenses of their party leaders and punished
the betrayal at Albany of party and state by the
republican organization. The absurd allegation
i that the only issue was the of alliance
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AUSTRALIA-City Reader. To whom should
l write Tor information as to opportunities for a
Wioe awake man in Australia?
Write to the secretary of the cham
Der OF commerce, Sydney.
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Mount Holyoke.
Do you know wish I clever enough to edit a
womans dictionary containing of the words that
the feminine to need to have defined.
"Extravagance" and economy" for instance.
On little so mile train trip that took yesterday
counted four the train wearing white gloves
They were not dressed expensiyely-you could have
bought every stitch any of them had on from agrete
to pump and from skin for hundred dollars and
yet, were l with moderate income looking for a
reasonably economical WIFE these the of
would at place impossible.
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SOPRANo-O. s., City. Who is considered
the greatest soprano singer of the present time !?
The consensus of opinion of those in
thls city who are qualified to Judge is
that 1t is Nine Melba.
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Not in The Papers.

From the Nashville Banner.
Sir Ernest Shackleton at the luncheon
IN his honor given by the Pilgrims in
New York. said OF a piece Of geograph-
ical ignorance:
1T was incredible. It reminded me Of
little waiting maid.
AS she brought me my tea and toast
and oloater one morning. said 10 her:
What rainy morning, Mary. It's
almost ike the Flood
The Flood, sirT said the little maid.
She looked at me with a puzzled smile.
Yes said l. The Flood-Noah, you
know-the Ark-Mount Ararat
She shook her head and murmured
apologetically;
'I amt had no time TO read the pa
pers lately, sir %
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your mind. You need enchantment Life
Is cold and dead without fairies and
ogres. Little children who are familiar
with such unrealities are the happiest
portion of the race.
When your illusions fade get new ones.
The whole secret Of keeping young is in
volved in this. Keep the child spirit Be
ready to remake your tastes. Every Wis
itor is disappointed by the first view of
Niagara. Sensible persons remain a while
and learn new wonder that takes the
place Of the old. Goethe was at first dis
turbed and confused by Switzerland; only
after repeated visits did the majesty OF
the mountains get into his spirit
1t pays to cultivate. to water. and dig
about deliberately and make grow. lofty
enthusiasts. II you have no sense Of awe
before great paintings Of the old masters.
great music, great cathedraIs. the ocean.
and the sky, go 10 work and get some
Otherwise you remain silly, proud poor
trash in the realm OF spirits. Northcote
mentioned a conceited painter named
Edwards, who went with George Rom
ney, the famous English artist. to Rome
and into the Sistine chapel: turning 10
Romney he exclaimed. "Egad. George
we're Bit"
The world is full OF glorious illusions. At
to I've and die by. Be clever. If you
choose. and avoid them; cultivate the
knowing, blase spirit OF the persons who
write reviews. throttle your enthusiasms;
be more afraid OF being ridiculous than
OF being dead and dried up; walk about
With cynical smile; sneer at youth; sit
around and hate yourself and everybody
else; and what do you get out OF II?
Ashes
Love! II you have no one 10 love. love
love itself Seek noble emotions! En-
bark on high plansl Hitch your wagon
TO a STAR" Reform the world Bridge
over Lake Michigan. Write an epic poem!
And let them laugh, II they will; for in
you is cosunic energy pulsing and thrill
ing. in them laughter is the rafting Of
the dry bones Of hope. the prison wind
from the desert OF dead illusions.
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RECALLS SINKING OF MAINE
admiral Wainwright Also Discusses Battle in Which Cerpera
Lost His Entire Fleet
Lost His Entire Fleet.

non bali went through his bunk. but he
was on deck fighting, where he should
have been, and escaped unhurt His bed
clothes. tom in shreds were afterward
sent 10 our home in Washington. ! felt
Ike being a lawyer. but on my fathers
death decided to follow in his footsteps,
II could. My father was born at
Charlestown, Mass. while his father
was In command OF the marines at that
point Originally, the wainwrights came
from North Carolina"
One OF the Maine Survivors.
After being graduated from Annapolis
at the age of eighteen. Admiral Vain
wright served in sailing ship. Back
in those days" he said, I'VE kept the
propeller lifted, even when we had
steam, except on entering and leaving
port" He passed through the various
grades OF the servlce-remaining lieu
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divers. Furthermore. the hull OF the
Maine was shattered. It is my convic-
ton that the forward magazine contain
ing black powder did not explode. Cases
OF black powder were picked up and
found to be unchanged except by water ."
Placed There by sDRniards.
Who placed the mine in the harbor?"
My theory is that Il was put there by
some one connected with the Weyler gov
eminent Then Ramon Blanco became
governor general OF Cuba, but he was not
informed concerning the mine. When
we entered the harbor OF Havana a gov
eminent pilot took US to the buoy where
we were to anchor. 1t is not likely that
he knew anything about the mine. He
acted on orders.
How was the mine exploded"
THAT is a mooted question. It hardly
could have been exploded by contact
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were In Jerusalem before me; also my
wisdom remained with ne And. behold,
all was vanity and vexation OF spirit
Therefore I hated life"
Nine. de POmpadour said TO the Prince
de soubise: 1T is like reading a strange
book; my life is an improbable romance;
do not believe It. Gray hairs have come
on, Ike daylight streaming in. the morn
ing after; daylight-and a headache with
IT."
Nine. de Maintenon wrote 70 her niece:
Il have been young and beautiful; have
tasted many pleasures; I have been uni
versally beloved I solemnly protest to
you that all conditions leave a frightful
void"
We see how wise an institution death is
which removes disheartened soldiers like
the aoove three from the battle Of life
Their trouble. however. was not advanced
age; it was loss Of faith.
Kiplng makes Private Mulvaney tell US
how the victory was won By the fool boys
who did not know enough TO retreat; they
thought they could charge and conquer:
the experienced old campaigners knew
better: so the boys charged-and won.
AL great reforms are won by mistaken
folk full Of illusions and not by clever
folk full Of facts and tricks. It Is the
crazy fanatics that abolish the worlds
ancient frauds; shrewd diplomats and
statesmen are helpless here.
Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Llovejoy.
John Brown, and the author Of Uncle
Toms Cabin" those were the advance
guard OF emancipation. After them came
the politicians and the armies. Gerald
Massey has Il:
20 the prophets. baris. and seers,
In the horoscope o. nations
Like ascending constellation
They control the coming years"
The French revolution was a wild. dis
ordered dream. II became a nightmare.
Men babbled OF getting at once the things
their descendants even now do not have
liberty, equality. fraternity Still. If they
had aimed at goals less high and impos-
sibie than these they would not have
secured constitutional government for all
Europe.
Most Of the good in our own life and in
society is the sediment that Is left by the
passing over Of dreams. Therefore do not
be too wise and careful.
The best part Of you is the rainbow in
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some OF OUR ILLUSIONS AND DELUSIONS

Keep your illusions Get rid Of your
decisions.
Illusions are our real riches. The dis
illusioned soul is bankrupt. says DR..
Frank Crane, in the Chicago Tribune.
How can I tell one from the other? BY
the practical test; always the moral quail
ity Of a thing can be determined by how
II works. by their fruits We shall know
them"
An illusion is a fancy that produces
hope and activity; delusion is fancy
that produces despair and folding Of the
hands
I once saw a man in an insane asylum.
sitting wretched and downcast in q cor
ner: he sat there hours every day When
I asked what was the matter with him
the keeper said: He thinks some one is
trying to murder him" That is a delu-
sion. The madhouse is the normal end Of
a soul that entertains one.
When Handel was composing the Hal
lelujah Chorus" he declared that he saw
the heavens opened and heard the an
gels. That is Illusion.
It is by illusions that nature gets things
done. She keeps dangling impossible fan
tastic forms of happiness and greatness
before us to make US go forward. much
as you hold peck Of oats before balky
mule to make him pull.
After a while we perceive that these
were but dreams; we realize the hollow
ness OF things; life is but pushing on
toward a mirage; that is what is known
as growing old; then we die; nature
kindly removes US, as being of no more
use to her.
Faith means possessing a working illu-
sion II is the motive power Of mankind.
An ounce of faith is better than pound
OF experience, when It comes 70 succeed
ing. In fact, the more wisdom and pru-
dence and sound sense we store up by
experience the more useless we become in
the worlds work.
When Solomon was a young mar he
built the temple and stirred about might
| lily. When he grew old and knew II all
he wrote the Book OF Ecclesiastes, where
in you will find a good deal of pesslmism
like this:
Il made me great works; builded me
houses; I planted me vineyards; I gath
cred me also silver and gold So. was
great and increased more than all that
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From Birmingham Age-Herald
'Pa, what is commendabie pride?'
Our own, my son"