The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 21, 1904, Page 8

A Prmcely Mustache. Spectal Correspondence. BERLI Kajeer, Crown Prince Frederick Wil- Mam, will celebrate his approaching twenty-second birthday of May by blossoming out with the . May 4—Germany's future | on the sixth! 1 st have spies everywhere, at Mukden, Kirin, Harbin, Port Arthur and Dal- ny, to inform them whenever an op- portunity for a good stroke presents itself. The origin of the Chun-chus only dates back to the middle of the nine- teenth century. At that time the Pe- ing Government began to turn its attention toward the rich gold flelds of Northern Manchuria. This icy re- gion was still almost unkhown even {to the Celestials themselves when Manchuria traders brought nuggets worth as much as $2000 aplece to | China. This aroused the Government, whereupon travelers were questioned | !and compelled to indicate the spot ! where the gold was to be found in| such guantities. The Chinese became | acquainted In this manner with the| existence of three gold regions in Manchuria, one in the Sungari basin, near the Russian frontler; the second on the heights of Tchenbo-chan, and | the third on the shores of the Che- | tonga, a tributary of the Amur. ! The Chinese Government deter-| | mined to monopolize the output from | these gold flelds and threatened the | natives with the severest punishments first full-fledged mustache that has | if they continued to gather gold for| ever adorned his imperial countenance | their own use. Chinese miners were | a reseee | then recruited in great numbers by - —— % | the Peking Government and forcibly | e YWN PRINCE FREDERICK WIL- M AND HIS NEW BADGE OF HOOD. o - Young men of all ages and all nation- alities have prided themselves upon fhe possession of flourishing hirsute adepnments, but one needs to live in Germany realize that this is the land where the mustache is reajly honored and where the whiskerless are held in something bordering very close- 1y upon contempt. The Crown Prince’s achievement the mustache line represents a considerable effort, dating back so far, his friengs say, that for a time it. was feared he was not soing to keep up the German reputa- tion for fierce, martial beard effects He has come to the front, however, in becoming le and the admiring pub- lic of the Fatherland has been officially advised cf the auspicious event by the fssuing of g@hotographs from the court photographer at Potsdam, clearly in- dicating that the long-expected em- bellishment upon his Imperial High- pess's upper lip is now an accomplished fact. People who have seen the latest Hohenzollern mustache at close range declgre it to be an altogether promis- ing pffair—thin, darkish-blond, but of unmistakeable staying quality. The ends are just beginning to crawl up- ward, no doubt in an ambitious effort to emulate the style made famous by Emperor Willlam, but it will probably be some time before the adornment will attzin the magnificent effect of pis Majesty’s mustache, to &fter which is the goal ¢f every youth in the Fatherland who really loves his country The Crown Prince's mustache, as thepe early photographs show, will go fay toward removing the aspect of ex- treme unripeness for which his beard- Jese face has =0 long been responsible. Yall, erect and alert of movement, he indeed gives every promise of becoming type of the dashing German ry man. ans await almost daily the an- 'ment of the name of the fair whom the powers that be chosen to ascend the German as Crown Prince Frederick's The usual rumors that Princess of Denmark was the lucky girl ated in April following his Im- Highness' visit 1o Copenhagen, pothing definite has been permit- ted go leak out. But now that he has to £0 e & mustache and is @ man, in the true | sense, his future subjecty are the other epoch-making event of career—betrothal—cannot long be deferred. . Manchurian Chun-Chus. &n! Fugene Zichy, the famous n explorer, kngwn particu- for his§ researches in Asia in of the original home of the gives a graphic and detailed the outbreak of hostilities be- Russia and Japan frequent has been made in the press Chun-chus and their exploits. of the given are imaginary. The Chun-chus, name in Chinese signifies brig- are an organized band of out- tamed for their audacity. They long been the terror of Manchu- tis, and do not fear to attack the ‘Busslan soldiers themselves, They of Most purely whose ands, pattern | | sent to Manchuria. The working of | the mines was very soon organized in |a remarkable manner by the manda- | rins to whem the Government had in- trusted this duty. | They set up, in the midst of the |gold fields, provision houses and | shops, spacious barracks, of which the | ruins still remain, made new roads |over the mountains and across for- | ests to facilitate the conveying of pro- | visions, but were unable, notwith- | standing their efforts, to insure a reg- | {ular service for the transport of vict- uals. The iaborers were decimated by famines and by the arctic cold of this region, where the temperature often | falls to 40 degrees below zero Centi- | grade. Poorly paid and iil fed, many of the wretches committed suicide. | Others fled to the neighboring forests regardless of the fate—capital pun-| | ishment—meted out to the deserters if | they were caught or if hunger drove them back to the camp. These de- serters were the first Chun-chus. The existence led by the refugees in the mountains was singularly hard. Without food, tlothing or shelter, they ! | were obliged to protect themselves from the wild beasts abounding in that region. Many of them became the prey of wolves, bears, panthers and especially of tigers. Nevertheless |the number of Chun-chus increased | rapidly. The miners deserted the gold | fields by the hundreds, the mandarins | in charge being unable to track them into the forests. To replace the fugi- tives the Chinese Government was obliged to gather together beggars and vagabonds and dispatch them to the mines. But these outcasts soon re- joined the first Chun-chus in the mountains and thus the ranks of the brigand hordes were increased by sev- eral thousand. The Chun-chus soon formed them- | selves into a well organized associa- |tion. They had among their number | men belonging to the highest classes of Chinese soclety. For years previeus the Chinese Government had deported to Tsitsihar, in Northern Manchuria, {the mandarins who had ‘been dis- | graced for political ‘reasons and those affiliated with secret societies which the court considered as dangerous to the state. Many of these mandarins had fled from Tsitsihar and taken ref- uge with the Chun-chus, who, aware | of the mandarins’ intellectual super- fority, placed them at their head and | made them draw up the rules of the! association necessary to every China- | man’s exiStence. ! Gradually this federation of outlaws become more and more powerful as new recruits joined the ranks. In time the | boldness of the Chun-chus increased; they established posts on every high- way in Manchuria, from which they | waylald caravans and pillaged govern- ' | ment convoys. They robbed the inhab- | | itants of the small villages and levied taxes on the most important towns of the province. They ruled over the country by the terror they inspired in, | the inhabitants. The merchant vessels which ply on the Sungari were not | even safe from their attacks, These | boats, many of large dimensions, were stopped daily and ransacked. The daring of the Chun-chus was such that they openly showed them- selves in the streets of Mukden. The entire population knew. them, but no one dared denounce them to the police, so great was the terror they inspired. Their increasing audacity finally re- sulted in their discomfiture. They kid- naped Chinese generals who refused to come to terms with them. The Peking Government then resolved to make a great effort to rid Manchuria of the] Chun-chu hordes. An army was sent to exterminate the brigands, but most of them managed to escape by dividing | themselves into small groups and seek- | | ing refuge in the inaccessible Tchanbo- | chan Mountains. Military posts were then established by the Government throughout the province. These posts have for the time | being prevented the Chun-chus from renewing their more daring exploits. | ! They have now retired to the moun- | tains of Northern . Manchuria, but. Count Zichy states that further Rus- sian defeats wil] undoubtedly resuit in’ a revival of brigandage by the Chun- chus throughout Manchuria. The incursion which the Chun-chus | made in 1900 on the left bank of the| Amur was, it will be remembered, the ' pretext used by the Russians for the occupation of Manchuria.—New York | | | The cipher codes of the State De—l partment are frequéntly changed. The special code is intrusted to the per- sonal custody of diplomatic officials embarking on a mission, who retain possession of it, and destroy it if their lives are endangered. The imprison- ment of Minister Conger at Peking in | 1900 brought the code permanently to ! the front in international relations. | China objected to the transmission of cipher dispatches, but subsequently withdrew f-om her contention. She was of having obtained in a surreptitious manner possession of the United States ciph --ie.—Exchange. | nomination in 1892. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Propictor - - - . + - - - « Addres All Communicaions to JOAN McNAUGHT, Nanager +++s....Third and Market Streets, S. F. JOURNALISM. SATURDAY HE first of the great congrésses to be held during T the St. Louis Exposition was the World's Press Parliament. In its membership were delegates from* every country in which newspapers are printed. Some of them came from nations where the press is restricted within limits so narrow that a paper is little more than a handbill, advertising such matters as are agreeable to the official censor and forbidden to express opinions, except such as are indorsed by the governing authority. So, on through all stages of control and limi- tation, the press of the world met in the land where it is the freest. It is one of the wise sayings of the author of the Dec- Iaration of Independence that error is not dangerous, provided truth is left free to combat it. In that was the foundation of the liberty of the American press. This liberty is often abused. It frequently degenerates intq license. The power of the press for publicity is used by some to inflict individual oppression. But, in the final result, a free press has in it healing for whatever wounds its licentious use may cause. The address of Secretary of State Hay in opening the parliament was a vindication of the policy and pufpose of our Government, the source of free speech and a free press. Mr. Hay is himself a practical journalist, and the inner workings of the press are no mystery to him, for he has held a desk on a metropolitan journal and did his daily share of the labor of putting the world’s news, and thoughts, and vices and virtues in form for digestion by the people who read. His plea for mutual forbearance, cleanness and cheerful good humor in the press was addressed to many who had sinned against the principles he laid down. But it gained strength and influence by his confession that he, in his active career as a jour- nalist, had, like them, sometimes yielded to temptation and had used the weapons of offense and defense some- times more in satisfaction of his temper than in vindica- tion of hi§ good taste. ¢ : So it has been with us all. The newspap& as we know it in this country has undergone great transforma- tion from its original method and motive. Formeriy men who had a message and a motive sought to pro- mulgate both by founding a newspaper. That was Franklin's purpose. He believed that certain principles in domestic economy, certain rules of living and cer- tain views of government should be put before the people. This was his mission and he fulfilled it by founding a newspaper. It is said, and we believe truly, that his maxims of thrift and industry impressed the first half century of our national existence with. that spirit of thrift which made us a nation of independent and homekeeping people. The great anti-slavery movement had its impulse and newspapers founded by whole-hearted abolitionists like I.ovejoy, Garrison and Greeley. They ge to deliver to an unbelieving and unwilling people. Lovejoy went to martyrdom; Garrison under- persecution, and Greeley survived the catastrophe avery to witness the mighty effect upon the people of journalism devoted to the teaching of an idea. The Press Parliament at St. Louis was preceded by the annual meeting of the National Editorial Associa- tion Its chief interest was an address by Henry Wat- terson on “The Editorial Page.” He contended that ‘an editorial leader should De an analysis of and comment: upon the Jeading feature of the day’s news. This is in the main correct, though the necessities of political jour- ralism, now as in the days of Lovejoy, Garrison and Greeley, often require that the leader of the day shall be an argument and statement to enforce the political or economic idea for which the journil stands. This may require an attack upon some personality selected to represent the opposite of that idea, or the presenta- tion at its best of a personality identified with it. There- fore, such a leader is of necessity somewhat personal in its scope. When this is the case Mr. Watterson's pre- scription should never be lost sight of, as he put it: “Write of a man nothing you would not say to his face, and might not say in the hearing of decent people.” We disagree with him about the editorial paragraph. He said, “The pert paragraph should die a natural death. No flowers.” Now a paragraph is in the nature of an epigram, and while we may differ on the adjective “pert,” the soul of an epigram is in its pertness. Shakespeare says: “Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth.” In that sense the pert paragraph has its place in journalism and on the editorial page. Its ap- pearance in American journalism was in the paper now edited by Mr. Watterson, then the Louisville Journal. George D. Prentice, his predecessor in that editorial chair, was a master paragrapher. His epigrammatic style, beyond question pert, made the Journal the most noted and quoted paper in the country. Before his time the edi- torial leader was a long and ponderous essay. Tt was dominated by the Addisonian style and had its inspira- tion in The Tattler and The Rambler. Whatever in thy modern leader is crisp, incisive and concise, it owes to the reform wrought by George D. Prentice. Mr. Watterson has great and deserved fame as an edi- torial writer. But we venture to say that inspection of his best leaders will show them capable of dissection into the pert paragraphs which he decries. His process is synthetical, and his leaders are merely a collection of paragraphs putting in the form of epigram the illustra- tions of his subject. Everybody remembers his often quoted leader against Mr. Cleveland, opposing his re- But it is remembered for this very quality. When he said that “Mr. Cleveland will lead his party through a slaughter-house into a graveyard,” what was it but a pert paragraph? continuance in had a me A despondent man, unduly stimulated by large quanti- ties of whisky, attempted a few nights ago to shoot him- self to death. He made such a general nuisance of him- self on a south side thoroughfare that“he was arrested and convicted of the offense of disturbing the peace. Yet even the most sympathetic will not venture the comment that this is a descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. The offender has been punished for his more serious misdeed. l the State river convention which will be held in San Francisco May 23 and 24, to devise ways and means for the improvement of the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento rivers and to take steps to put away danger of recurring floods. In order that this purpose shall not be sidetracked by endless discussion those who are promi- nent in the movement have announced that matters of a controversial nature will not be discussed. Tt is the general opinion that engineering subjects and such mat- ters upon which there is a difference of opinion will be STATE RIVER CONVENTION. T is gratifying to noté the public interest manifest in MAY 21, 1904 leit to comyeu}n committees appointed by the conven- tion. . [ ‘Many prominent men will be present. Among the subjects that will be discussed are: “The Importance of Rivers to a Country,” “The Rivers of California as Flood Carriers and the Damage of Floods in the Fu- ture,” “The Rivers as Freight Carriers and Freight Reg- ulators,” “Why the Rivers Are at Present Insufficient for the Duty Required of Them and the Damage Wrought by Floods in California,” “The Value of the Over- flowed Lands When Reclaimed,” “The Importance to the State of Designing Measures to Improve the Drain- age of the Valley,” “The Importance of Unanimity of Action,” “The Economic Aspect—Who Should Provide the Funds”? “PI of Relief,” “The Practicability of a Drainage ' District Law,” “The Probable Extent of Federal Aid.” ~ Several Michigan miners, thrown out of work, have seized upon the exceptional course of seeking employ- ment in Europe. If these men so strangely opinioned can find satisfaction in their action it is reasonably safe to suggest that the Michigan will continue in business at the old stand. At most the State will lose only a few freaks. T THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE. HERE are few writers who undertake to make labor troubles the theme of discussion who can treat of both sides of the case fairly, impartially and crit- ically and at the same time offer a solution of the con- | tending difficulties that will be satisfactory to everybody concerned, chiefly because such masterly ability requires a wide knowledge not only of the immediate causes of dispute between the parties at issue, but a wider knowl- edge of the many outside influences that are invariably more far reaching and important. As will be shown in the Sunday Call to-morrow, this | is. particularly true of transportation lines in general which cannot be affected without crippling many other and diversified industries, therefore one who would treat of a railroad strike must know something more than the mere science of moving trains and keeping them moving. He must understand men, not merely human nature in the aggregate, but the individual man, for in modern railroading it is the individuality of the man that counts for far more than the highest general training. It is a peculiar fact that an old engineer is rarely seen on a fast passenger run; even a young man can stand only a few | years of that kind of work. High speed on a locomotive is a question of nerve and endurance—to put it bluntly, a question of flesh and blood, and such men are in conse- quence high strung and headstrong. In railroad life there is always friction in some quarter; the railroad man sleeps like the soldier, with an ear alert, for with waking comes duty. Therefore the man who understands this subject tharoughly has a firm grasp upon one of the greatest problems in American national life. Such an one is acknowledged to be Frank H. Spear- man. who is not only an authority upon the growth and- development of railroading in even the remotest quar- | ters of America, but who has a keener insight into the | history and character of the men who L ve wrought the | wonderful labyrinth of rails across the continent than any man in the world. Among many other things he hag writ- | o-mor- | ten “The Nerve of Foley” for the Sunday Call/ row. masterly, not to say thrilling, manner with the begin- ning, the development and the solution of the great rail- | road strike. highly entertaining. Moreover, it is this passion for authoritative utterance that is leaving its mark upon the literature of the day. Even in writing fiction it is not enough to be merely imaginative and entertaining. The writer must have more than a network of truth, therefore it is the novel that gives a vivid picture ofyany particular country or locality, as well as of the character and aims of the peo- ple that is in most demand. It is for that reason that “By a Hair's Breadth,” by Headon Hill, has attracted so much attention since its publication was begun two weeks ago in the Sunday Call. To-morrow the third installment will be printed. By a Hair's Breadth,” which is far less sensational than its name might imply, deals with the Czar of Russia, the present Czar, and how remarkably he is safeguarded by the dreaded “Third Section” from the maze of plot and counterplot in which he moves and has his being. Likewise the Philippine stories of Albert Sonnichsen have become one of the most popular features of the Sunday Call, because he knows theroughly whereof he writes, having experienced most of it at first hand. His story of “Cub, the Story of a Cat,” which will be pub- lished to-morrow, is one of the strangest and most char- acteristic that has ever come from his pen. Equally important and authoritative are “American Wives a la Mode,” by Jerome K. Jerome, the great Brit- ish humorist, who has handled his subject with keen, penetrating. if unctuous wit; “Rose Chains,” by I. L. Forester; “Day Dreams,” by A. M. Ogden Davies; “For Honor's Sake,” by Catherine Lewis; “The Behavior of Children in Public Places,” by William J. Shearer, one of the most notable writers on the training of children in America; “The Care of the Eyes,” with answers to “What Women Want to Know,” by Madge Moore; “What Others Will Say” and articles of extreme human in- terest, by “The Parson”; How the Great Sunday Cali Is Delivered to You,” being a complete and interesting de- scription of the wonder-working methods of modern journalism, a!l of which, together with some of the best art work ever done by the Sunday Call, notably the full page painting of the “Soldiers of Mont St. Nickel” and the beautiful full page portrait of Miss Rose Cunah, will make the magazine section of unusual interest. One of our worthy fellow citizens has been assessed three hundred dollars in a duly constituted tribunal of justice as damages for punching a friend in the face. What an illustration of the inequalities of life this seems when we reflect that the public of San Francisco has cheerfuily paid ten thousand dollars time and again to see one plug-ugly perform the same service to another! 8 At the recent trial of a Chinese coolie accused of the atrocious murder of a countryman in this city testimony was given that in Chinatown the assassination of objec- tionable characters is purchased by those able to pay for it as a matter of course] How extremely gratifying it is that our Chinese residents elect to fight and murder among themselves exclugively! Our Democratic friends are home again from Santa Cruz and the little city by the sea has resumed its course, purm'ing quietly its quest for summer health. The Democrats have made some State history, but let us hope that a few years hence it may read better than it looks mow. And in “The Nerve of Foley” he has dealt in a | It is a story that is as instructive as it is From the Tarpeian Rock. M. F. Tarpey, the Democratic politi- clan who made the Hearst fight at Santa Cruz, has a strong personal fol- lowing in Alameda, his home town. Some years ago at one of the various campaign gatherings across the bay Frank -J. Sullivan, the attorney and “spellbinder,” was the orator of the evening. Tarpey was chairman of the assem- blage, and the announcement that he would preside had brought forth many of his friends. In the course of a ring- ing campaign speech that bad stirred the audience to a splendid pitch of en- thusiasm Orator Sullivan declared: “Yes, my friends, Democracy will tri- umph, and when it does we shall hurl the enemies of the republic from the Tarpeian rock, as did the ancients.” The orator stopped to catch his| breath, when a stentorlan voice from the rear broke forth: “Put him out! 'Put him out! He can't abuse Mike Tarpey in this| house.” The intrusion surprised the speaker | as much as Tarpey himself, and it was | not until after the meeting had been | adjourned that the objector’s reasons | | | 1 DIDN'T WANT THAT MAN TO | SAY YOU WAS THROWIN' | ROCKS | - + | were learned. He headed straight to| the platform and said confidentially to Tarpey: 1 “See here, Mr. Tarpey, I didn't want | that man to tell us you wés throwing | | rocks at anybody.” | Then the hearer’s tangled conception of Orator Sullivan’s classic reference was explained. “Sasiety.” Heglth Officer Ragan and City Phy- sician Recttanzi unite in declaring that society lhife is not what it is painted. Nevermore will the Friday Fortnight- lys or Ned Greenway's social functions | be graced by their presence. | Recently Dr. Ragan was invited to the residence of School Director Walsh | and told to extend the invitatiorn to Dr. Rottanzi. In some way Dr. Ragan got the impression that it was a din- ner engagement and imparted that im- pression to his medical associate. Both laid their plans accordingiy. They proceeded to a well known gents' furnishing emporium and leased the inevitable tuxedo, together with the necessary accessories. They par- took ¢f a very light breakfast and | gracefully sidestepped their usual lunch, for Mrs. Walsh is justly famous for her dinners. They weighed in at Corbett’'s at 6 o'clock and found they were withing the limit and proceeded ,to their destination, wnhere they ex- pected to sit down to dinner promptly at 8 o'clock. But, sad to relate, the todor of no tempting viands greeted them. There was a delay of about an | hour and then another guest, Attor- ney Costello, arrived. He was asked if he cared for any liquid refreshment jand he replied that he did not indulge after dinner. The two medicos there- | upon locked at each other blankly and, | summoning the attornety to the hall, inquired what they were up against. | They were advised that, as he under- stood it, the invitation contemplated simply a cpard party to introduce them to the infricacies of that noiseless game denominated “pit.”" It was near- ly 12 o'clock befcre the collation was seryed and the guests all wondered at | the phenomenal appetites Ragan and | Bottanzi displayed. The Court Kangaroo. The Marouis de Fontenoy, authority {upon things courteous and of courts, | has this to say on the “court step": | “With regard to the expression of ‘court step,” which Queen Alexandra | is reported to have used in requesting a lady to abandon it m order to hurry | her gait, it is not generally known that there is such a thing as a ‘court step,’ the acquisition of which forms part of the education of mest of the princesses of the blood in Europe, especially in England. It is a slow and stately step and yet not decided, but naive, falter- ing and hesitating. It was at one of ‘the court balls in the reign of King James I that this pecullar step-had its origin in England. That monarch was 80 pleased with what he described as s st e—— the ‘blending of timidity with child- like confidence’ that characterized the demeanor of the Princess Henrfetta of France, the consort of his son Charles (afterward Charles I), as she entered the ballroom that he decreed that this deportment should be constituted a part of court etiquette for the prin- cesses of his house, ana since then every pincess of the blood in England has been trained from childhood to this particular gait, which, I need hardly say, is not adhered to when the royal in following the ladies are engaged princes over turnip flelds after the birds or along a country road.” . »” “First Boy In. Shirt's in a knot an’ it ain’t on right! Hair's p-plastered against my head! Lips bub-bub-blue an’ my fingers white! Huh! I reckon my e Teeth ch-chatter an’ ‘Wob-wob-wobble-i Just g-got out o’ th' Br-r-r-r! But I was ay! Th' was me an’ th’ Gr-Green boy . l%ll(‘ksey Murphy an’ Bub-bill E{rawn—; Fi-b-b-but my teeth make a lot o' noise! We wen-wen-went to th' edge o' town Where th' will-willows grows up so thick; I sh-sh-shed to th’ very skin. Then gr- r! I was in th' cr\c‘k. Out again—but th' first one in! ' m er-c th' first one in? Bub-bill ast me if it fel-felt cold. s “No,” 1 sa-said, s warm an’ nice. Big a li-lie as I ever told— Hon-hon-honest, it's worse 'n ice. All th’ others, they di-dived quick; 1 got out on th’ bank to grin. Gee! They sputtered there in th' erick! Just th’ same, I's th’ first in! Ma called to me when [ started out— Said to sta-stay ou our own street. She'll want to know what [ been about— I'm goin’ home to ge-get some heat. Tee-teeth chatter. my hair slick, m-trem-tremble- It's dandy dow n th” eric Honest! I was th' first one in! —~Chicago Tribune. Like the Great George. Lawrence Washington, a great-great- grandnephew of George Washington, father of his country, has just been as- signed by the library of Congress to take charge of the special exhibit made by the institution at St. Louis. Mr. Washington is the closest male relative now surviving of the first Pres- ident, a fact of which he is undoubt- edly proud, but he greatly dislikes the notoriety that his presence provokes wherever he goes. It transpires, too, that Mr. Washing- ton is almost a fac-simile of his illus- trious granduncle and has nearly his identical build. His cheekbones are high and the arch of his hro:v gives him a keen, piercing look. Such a wonderful likeness to the first President does not exist elsewhere in the flesh. The story is told of a certain | novelist who used to go to the library regularly and sit quietly in the cormer watching his features. The sharp glance of his eye and the dignity ex- pressed in his aquiline features are so distinctly Washingtonian that every- body who sees him is struck by the fig- ure. Such is the man whom the library of Congress has appointed to take charge of a special department at St. Louis, in which collections of Washington books and autographs are made, and he will probably remain there during the greater part of the fair. ‘What an honor to have the shadow of such greatness resting upon one. But, like all honors in this curious world, it is not without its grievous annoy- ances to one who is not in the show business. Huswers to Queries. DISH UP THE SPURS—Subscriber, City. “To dish up the spurs” was a custom of ancient time to give the guests a hint that it was time to put spurs to their horses and go. In “Bor- der Minstrelsy” there is a reference to this custom, as follows: “When the | last bullock was killed and devoured it was the lady's custom to place on the table a dish. which, on being un- covered, was fodnd to contain a pair of clean spurs—a hint to the riders that they must shift for the next meal.” THE MILITIA LAW-—N. G. C, City. By the United States militia law of 1903 the militia of the United States ig com- posed of every able-bodied man who is a citizen or has declared his intention to become one, who is bver eighteen and under forty-five years. These form part of the militia, one class organized and known as the national guard and the unorganized known as the reserve militia. The President is enpowered to call out the militia in case the United States is invaded, or in danger of in- vasion from any foreign natiom, or of rébellion against the authority of the government of the United States or if the President is unable, with the force at his command. to execute the laws of the Union in’any part thereof, to call forth for a period not exceeding nine months such number of the militia of the State or States or Territories or the District of Columbia he may deem necessary to repel such invasion, suppress rebellion, or enable him to execute the laws. When the militia is so called out, the officers and men are subject to the laws and regulations that govern the United States army, and during such service they are to be allowed the same pay and allow- ances as are provided for the regular army. The militia when so called out may be sent where duty calls. 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