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The morning call., 1890-11-28
ONLY A MUMMY'S HEAD.

A Horrible Relic That Is Creating Great
Interest in Kansas City.
Librarian Herbert Putnam was found by a
Kansas City Times reporter in his office,
musing over the blackened head of an Egyp-
tan mummy. 1t was the one presented by
W. B. Palmer to the public library and had
just been receiver. 1t one sense of the " ord
it was horrid looking object, yet to one
versed in the antiquities and in love with
ancient history it could prove nothing but
interesting.
% | DO not know who this was or anythi ng
about it," said Mr.. Putnam, as the reporter
entered. ats history is dead to this world.
Mr.. Palmer said ne found it near Thiebs,
Egypt. A great many curious things are un-
earthed in Egypt every day. The Khedive is
very anxious that distinguished visitors
should unearth some wonderful things and
sends guides along to aid them. One aide
de-camp went along with party which
failed TO find anything, and the Khedive was
so chagrined that he discharged him-at
least so the story goes. Now, an aide-de-
camp who wishes to remain popular and re-
tain his position always manages to have
the party he escorts make find, even if he
has to go ahead and plant something.
81 do not suppose Mr.. Palmer found this
mummy's head in that way, for it is really a
good one and very valuable. But was sim
ply explaining how some of the antiquities
pra fnupd
The morning call., 1890-11-28
A REMARKABLE DIAMOND.
Two and n Quarter Inches Long m
Worth Two ThOusnnd Pounds.

Two and Quarter Inches Long and
Worth TWO Thousand Pounds.
A large diamond was recently found In
the De Beers Consolidated Mines at KIM
berly, South Africa, by native. says the
Jewellers Weekly. 1t was in two pieces,
one weighing 1917 carats and the other 2511a
carats. The remarkable feature Of the
stone is its shape, as, with the two pieces
jolt ed, it measures ~ inches long inch
broad and Il of an inch thick.
1t is crystalliZed more in the form of ordi-
nary quartz, except that, instead of being
sex agonal it is of the prismatic form, hav-
ing only three sides. At one end-the base
it has a fiat cleavage plane on the slant, and
there is no doubt that to make it perfect
crystal, there is another piece about three
quarter of an inch long that should be
added to it and which may yet be found in
the sorting.
At the other end or top it comes to a blunt
point, and it is this piece that was broken
off. 1t is of light-b color. To any
one not thoroughly acquainted with rough
diamonds it would appear piece of brown
quartz, as the cleaved or broken end natu-
rally forms the base of the quartz formation
as IL it had grown on the rocks The coat
ing is more like that of the river diamonds.
IL Is valued at e20O0
The morning call., 1890-11-28
Her scalp Torn on.

Matilda Orsech, 10 years old, the child of
poor parents, was sweeping the floor of the
West Detroit Elevator to get the refuse grain
for food when her hair caught in swiftly
running shaft. Her screams brought her
brother, the only other person in the room,
to her aid, and lie reached her side just in
time to catch her in his arms as her head
came against the shaft, and the hair with
the scalp and the left ear was torn from the
skull.
The doctors who arrived and carried her
to the hospital took with them the scalp aud
long hair, having lnw0und it from the shaft.
From the nape of the neck to the forehead
the little ones skull was laid bare. She re-
tanned consciousness until given an anes-
thetic. The doctors cleaned the rudely sew
cred part and replaced the scalp on the de-
nuded skull. 1t IS the first case on record
of the scale being torn entirely off without
injury to the skull. Thedoctors have slight
hopes Of making 1t grow back in place. The
little one may liye.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The morning call., 1890-11-28
HE KNEW HIS RIGHTS

And Was Entirely Able to Enforce
"Say. you let go of that!' shouted the
driver.
Don't you try to run over mep retorted
the pedestrian.
The conversation took place at muddy
crossing on Western avenue yesterday morn
ing, says the Chicago Tribune, between the
red whiskered driver of a delivery wagon
and a raw-boned man with a basket on his
arm. The latter, to avoid being run over,
had seized the horse by the bride
and stopped the animal with a suddenness
that nearly threw the driver off his scat.
Keep out of the way if you don't want
to get run overr' yelled the administered
jehu.
my friend" answered the man on the
crossing, still holding the horse by the bits,
don't you know that this crossing belongs
to the people of Chicago"
You let go that horse"
''Now, be reasonable, my dear sir. This
crossing is merely continuation of the side
walk. 1t belongs to the pedestrians.
have the right of way, and"
''If you don't let go of that, I'll"
Hold on a moment. Don't get Excited,
my friend. The law is perfectly clear on
this point. The courts have decided time
again that person vino is on street cruss-
"You let go of that horse or I'll break
your head
''Be calm, my friend. Preserve your eq III
librium. II is case of Warner VS.. Nebergall,
44th Ill, page"
lake that!' roared the Infatuated driver,
striking at him with his whip.
"Once more | ask you not to get tied, I"
answered the man on the crossing, lodging
the whip. "You will find, by referring to
the well-known case of Skean vs. Dockruhs,
18th ILL.,, page 81"
Whack!
The red whiskered driver landed his whip
this time sqnarely on the shoulders of the
argumentative citizen.
Now will you let 90 Of that horse?" he
fercely demanded.
Certainly" was the answer. elf you
have no respect for presidents and wont
listen 10 the iaT in the case, shall have 10
try some other kind of argument"
The next instant the ftry-hued driver
found himself jerked out of the wagon and
rolling over and over in the street. He was
dragged through mud-puddle ON his back,
turned over and pulled through it again on
his face, and when he was permitted to get
up his most intimate creditor would not
have known him His features had disap-
peared and his once magnifcently lurid
hair and beard had turned in a single min
ute to a sober but sticky slate color.
"You may climb in and drive on again,
my friend" observed the raw-boned citizen,
picking up his basket and trudging along.
You don't look quite so handsome as you
did. but you know great deal more about
the law than you ever knew before"
The morning call., 1890-11-28
THE TEXAS COWBOY.

One Who Knows Him Well Tells OF His
Good Qualities.
Many times have picked up the gauntlet
and entered into n hot discussion when
hearing remark such as "Texas would be
fine country If society was not overrun by
the desperate cut throat cowboys and
rangers" The cowboys and rangers are
twin brothers. and often one merges into
the other. Those gallant and daring
rangers who patrolled the frontier in 1901
from the Rio Grande to Red River were
largely composed of cowboys who had long
since learned to endure cold, hunger, thirst
and hard rides. and could stand with UNI
blanched cheeks amid horde Of yelling
savages and whistling bullets, and how
true they were to one another, sharing the
last morSel of food, blanket or crumb of to-
bacco, and how gentle and kind they were
to women and children.
Does any one suppose | could ever forg ct
or cease to defend those boys who shared
my hardships and dangers during the
Wichita campaign? There was Bud Seq
night when was sick, aHd Billy Sorrell,
who came to my post where was standing
guard some distance from the camp in the
face of keen, cutting norther which swept
across the prairie: And why did he come?
We had been without provisions for three
days, and the scouts had just returned with
a supply; and during the feast that followed
Billy had thought OF me and came with a
portion to appease my hunger, as could
not yet leave my post My heart goes out
to the boy tonight. wherever he
may be. Afterward, when he was
desperately. wounded and stood pale
and bleeding beside his horse, when
it seemed our little band would have
to retreat or die on the field, he turned his
eyes to me and said: Jack, don't leave
me-" Could II No! There are crcum-
stances when a timid man would stand and
the wild West and endure these things !?
Simply that the people east of us might
sleep in peace and security. Some one must
be on the outside to contend with wild beast
ana wilder men to drive them from the path
Of civilization, so that westward the course
teered our services for this work, and If our
The morning call., 1890-11-28
ON THE COW-CATCHER.
The Boss Bear Story Como From Olc'
Run, PennsyIvania.

The Boss Bear Story Como From Olcue
Run, Pennsylvania.
On the 18th inst, as the Warren accommo-
dation train on the Eldred and Southeast
Branch Railroad was passing through Wild
ers Cut, deep and narrow passage through
the rocks ten miles east Of this station, En-
gineer Elwood was surprised to see bear
come into the cut at the west end, only
twenty yards away. The bear. appeared
suddenly around the edge of the rocks and
stopped on the track facing the engine. 1t
seemed paralyzed at the sight of the engine
rushing toward it and stood motionless until
the engine was almost upon 1t. when 1t arose
on its hind feet. The train was running
about fifteen miles an hour through the
cut. The distance between the train and the
bear was too short for the speed of the train
to be reduced and the pilot plowed under
the bear, the sharp point passing between
the animals widespread legs. This quickly
threw the hind part of the bear ahead. and
the animal fell with his fore paws and upper
part OF his body forward on the cOw-catcher.
Engineer Eiwood put on more steam and his
fireman climbed out OF the cab window and
ran along the guard-ral to the front of the
engine TO see what had become of the bear.
Bruin was lying ON his stomach against the
cOw-catcher, his head nearly touching the
headlight Both hind feet were safely
planted between the lower parts OF the pilot,
one on each side of the top, and his forelegs
were tightly huggng the bars at the top. The
collision had evidently not done any injury to
the bear. 1t was plain that he did not intend
to ake-any chances by getting eff whiie1the
train was in motion, and lie was guarding
himself well against being thrown off, so
the engineer concluded that he would run
Bruin into Ocut, and trust to luck for the
subsequent proceedings. Station Agent
Jacobs stood in the door at this place when
the train came rolling in, and the sight of a
bear cl;ngng TO the cow catcher had such
an effect on him that he stood as though
rooted to the spot As soon as the train
stopped the bear dropped off the cow
catcher and made break for liberty. This
brought him toward the station agent, who
was standing mute and motionless with
amazement. AS the bear left the engine
Elwood began to shout for somebody to get
gun. The advance OF the bear aroused
Jacobs, and he rushed into the depot,
slammed the door shut, dashed out of the
rear door and tore up Dorr street, shouting,
Bear bear! bear!' at the top OF his lungs.
Then followed wild chase, in w!tich Bruin
was soon dispatched.-Olc Run Pa)
special to st. Louis Star Sayings.
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remembrance of 1t is still fresh and terrible.
That little group of officers saw, perhaps,
more Of the misery during that night than
fell to the lot of others, for when sleep was
hopeless and the scaDty fire of the camp
guard gave no warmth or comfort, and the
increasing rain drenched every one to the
skin, and 1t grew cold, one of them proposed
to cross the field with some of the enlisted
men and bring back from Quartermaster'S
abandoned tent the empty barrels and boxes
they had seen there during the fight in the
afternoon.
The lucky finding of rebel railway liant
ern helped them to pick their way among
the dead and wounded, as well as sadly dis
appointing many POI sufferer who thought
the party with lantern meant relief. Pite-
Gus cries on every side for help, and all
around the dead. At last the coveted fuel
was found and the we'll laden soldiers
reached the camp fire and rrjoiced in
glorious and drying blaze until the daylight
revealed more of the dreadful surround
ings. The "vnltures of the battle field" had
been silently at work in the watches of the
night, and many dead soldier had been
robbed Of all that was valuable.
In one spot three men lay side by side, a
cannon shot having cut off the head of one,
plunged through the chest Of the second and
through the bowels of the third in its down.
ward course, yet the pockets of these three
mutila;ed bodies had been rified and were
hanging out empty. 1t would be hard to fix
the responsibility for these ghouls, for there
is always u bad lot of camp-followers who
escape the utmost vigilance of the COM
handing officers, and it is likely that they
harassed the enemy's camp as well as ours.
In one place, where the rebel lines had
suffered heavily from our artillery, over
700 bodies lay unburied and horribly dis
figured by the burning underbrush which
had caught fire; yet there, too, the fiends
had beeu at work in the night. The devils
had even dared TO desecTate the body of one
poor fellow who lay on his back with his
hands uplfted, and in one hand they had
placed flush" and in the other full"
hand at poker, and there he lay cold in
death, clutching the embems Of that baue-
full game which was so demoralizing to the
army.
Everywhere revolving sights and piteous
scenes of suffering, but the burial parties
were now fairly at work under flags Of truce
from both sides and the surgeons were busy
in the hospital. The wounded of the first
days battle had been taken to Savannah or
away in transports, but the second days
battle ending late and having extended
over many miles OF front, all the wounded
we're not gathered in, and many poor fel-
low watched and prayed for the break of
day and succor, but to most of them relief
came in the night and the reveille awoke
them not. The story is not all told-it never
can be; it was great battle, one of the few
decisive battles of the war, and has, per-
haps, been more warmly discussed than any
of them.-N. Y. Press.
The morning call., 1890-11-28
WHEN THE DAY WAS DONE.
The Night and the Dawn Upon the FIei
After tho Baltic of Shfloh.

The Night and the Dawn Upon the Field
After tho Baltic of shiloh.
The enemy was retreating and the victo-
rious army under Grant and Buell. bivou-
acked on the field Of Shiloh. For two days
the fight had been desperate and $4,000 Of
the combatants had been killed or
wounded. The battle ended late in the day
and there was but little time to adjust the
lines of the army for the night before dark
ness closed upon the scene, aud then the
rain came on, as is often the case after such
heavy cannonading, and added to the dis
comfort of the tired soldiers who lay on the
wet ground without shelter.
An occasional musket shot from the pick
cts at the outpost of the advanced guard COW
ering our front was the only break upon the
stiffness that settled over the vast plain, and
in the thick woods to the right and the left,
while the army tried to sleep, but many were
too restless, and among them were some Off
GERS who had in vain tried to forget the
CHASTITY bed they had made on the sod
under the sheltering tree by carrying from
there many dead bodies to the rear of the
line for burial in the morning. As one of
the officers stretched his aching limbs for re-
pose he felt cold dismembered hand lying
by his side.
The horrors Of that night and the woeful
scenes at dawn can never be effaced from
memory, and after twenty-seyen years the
The morning call., 1890-11-28
SAVED FROM DEATH.
How Young Woman Saved the Life o

How Young Woman Saved the Life OF
Der Father.
William Wiser of Dravosburg, on the
Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Rail-
road, had narrow escape from death. He
was slight intoxicated, and laid down on
the track and fell asleep. His daughter,
Mrs. Biddle, who lived near the railroad,
saw him pass her home, and few minutes
afterward saw him lie down upon the track.
She ran OUT. anu was Mortified by seeing a
passenger train approaching at fnll speed.
Size ran down the track a distance of 200
yards directly in front Of the locomotive,
screaming at the top of her voice. When
she came within ten feet Of where her father
lay she jumped from the track and fell down
in a swoon with the engine not two feet be-
hind her.
The engineer had seen her and had re-
versed his engine. He brought the train to
a stop within few feet of the prostrate
form Of the man.-Pittsburg Press.
The morning call., 1890-11-28
WINTER WISDOM.
Unchanged


Don't be afraid Of fresh air, but avoid drauphts.
Cont go out OF doors for a second without extra
covering.
In selecting your winter Undertaking choose
that which is warm and yet more or less open in
texture
Take of your cvercoat when you enter warm
place, whether ONCE or private dwelling even II
your visit is to last only three minutes.
II you catch cold or develop cough get rid of II
at once. This IS better than feeling ..bluev and
thinking that pneumonia or consumption has mark
ed you as a victim.
The best remedy for cough cold (however
stubborn), or sudden Chill. is pure whiskey. A
dose OF whiskey in water Will impart a generous
warmth TO the whole body aud keep OF the diseases
Of the season.
Don't forget that only pure whlskey should be
taken. Dufy's Pure Malt whiskey has the strongest
recommendations from the leading doctors Ms to its
efficiency, and from the most prominent scientists
as to its purity. II Is the only standard medicfnal
whiskey. Take no other from your druggist,
ta1OuFr
The morning call., 1890-11-28
TIC Child of am Evil Parent.

Malvolio says in Shakespeares comedy of Twelfth
Night, ''Some are born great, some achieve great
ness, and some have greatness thrust upon them ;,
So it is with nervousness. Some are born nervous,
some achieve nervousness by their own impru-
dence and neglect. and aome have nervousness
thrust upon them by disease. Tho basic starting
point OF this ailment, which grows rapidly and as
sumes alarming proportions when it reaches the
stage OF hypochondria and chronic sleeplessness is
weakness, the child of indigestion. parent OF many
evils. For the incapacity OF the stomach to digest
food, and OF the system to assimilate 1t after d.
geston, Hostetters Stomach Biters has ever proved
asoyereign remedy. Sleep becomes tranquil, appe-
lite improves, abnormal sensitiveness OF the nerves
Is succeeded by steadncss and vlgor In those deli
cate tissues bodily substance increases when that
signal restorative OF digestion is systematically
used. Conquer also with it malaria, rheumat SIN.
kidney inactivity, liver complaint and constpa.
tion. az
The morning call., 1890-11-28
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT.

81 told you boys to 60 to bed as soon as
you had finished that game; that was hall
an hour agoP' Yes, mamma, but we
haven't finished the game yet" Non,
sensel What game are you playingr'
Everlasting. "-Harper's Young People.
Mrs. Madison Moruingside-I suppose
you have fine place up in SdnashyiHe.
Uncle Eben? Uncle Eben-Well, l sh'd
say so. Pm First Selectman; pays me over
two bundled dollars year.-Puck.
Sunday School Teacber-And why do you
say your prayers before you go to yeur bed,
Johnny? .JohDny-'Cause III get hcked II
1 didn't.-Sparks.
81 In this little casket I have preserved all
these years the dearest remembrance OF my
honeymoon. 1t is the hotel bill. ''-Fliegende
Batter. =.
Walker-By the way, Weeks, ran over
Weeks-Whatl Good gracious, .Chelly.
you surely didn't keep the pace IN after you
struck Broad street?-American Grocer.
He stopped-A minister at Goshen, Ind,
halted in his sermon the other Sunday even
ing and said '.There is flirting, talking,
underwriting, tobacco and gum chewing and
visiting going on here, and will stop until
you get through" Alter waiting fifteen
minutes and seeing no change he closed the
services and went home. Detroit Free Press.
"a man paid So for barrel OF apples.
He sold half of them for 81 80, and the rest
decaved OIL his hands. How much did he
lose?" asked the teacher. "He didn't lose
nothin'," bawled out farmers boy In the
class. "He worked 'em up into cider."-
Chicago Tribune.
Dashaway-I have fallen into the bad
habit of talking to myself lately. Cleverton
i wondered why you were looking so
bored.-Harper's Bazaar. -
"Well, little Fritz, how did you like your
dinner?" asked his aunty. "Oh, we don't
have any better at home, bat there's more Of
it."-Y outh'S Companion.
The morning call., 1890-11-28
REmEnBRANCE.

49, SreoD upon the hill as the sun was sinking
low:
MY eyes we're full of tears, my chest heaved
49,: d: 10 and fro,
AZ. Itbousht OF childhood's friends who made the
with the sweetness of their voices and Their cor
ON M tailsfdem floor az Maron's the muse held
= fiji control
ofeyfrs game and action of each mcrry-making
=; -s6ul.
,Twas long years after when viewed again the
Lonely i walked past without meeting familiar
FOR fle friends OF my childhood had strayed away
- from home.
on IT, dear friends, we'd meet in distant land and
.I6uld:we remember each other, OF would the hand
= .,0t Time
+. .Sot aaa ea'- isse J.E. s1rM
The morning call., 1890-11-28

Miss Olive E. Turner; lodge paper. pre-.
pared and read by Henry P. Shedd; vocal
solo, Mrs. Bella Fox; recitation, Mrs.
Holmes; vocal solo, Miss Maggie irving;
Fasting. Evening Star Lodges the Oldest
Good Templar Lodge in San Francisco, nav
ing been organized January IA, 1854 Inc
Committee of Arrangements hope to see
large attendance, and offer to furnish Inc
refreshments to be served at the close OF the
entertainment free of charge.
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Benetit Entert.inment.

The S. r. and w. Club will give musical
and literary entertainment tomorrow even
ing at s o'clock at Grand Central Hall. cor
ner Of Market and Sixth streets. for the
benefit of Evening Star Lodge, No. ia, l.
o. G. T. The following programme will be
presented: Piano solo, Miss Tilka Palmer;
recitation. Miss May Morris; piano solo.
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ing into view riderless, he came to the natural
conclusion that there must be something
wrong.
He proceeded to where he had heard the
shots. AS he drew near the place, he be-
came aware of the presence of several brutal
looking men bending over the PROSTATE body
of his friend. Tie robbers, hearing the
approach of the horseman, Immediately de-
camped, but not without parting shot at
the enemy, which, unfortunately for Fred,
struck him in the arm. Though suffering
The assistance of his companion. But help
was not needed Jack Bateman was dead
cruplIy murnerpll
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A permanent library. composed solely of
books written by women, is to be estab-
lishud in Paris,
The morning call., 1890-11-28
WIRE.

OCEAN STEAMERS. "
Dates of Departurs From san francisco.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
GRAND HOTEL.

j Brooks, Sacramento &c F BickneiI, HOLSTER
Hay, Napa w Il Lask, Hollister
7 L Southworth Stocktnl n Il Miller. Mare Island
4 HickinbOtaan, Stock Il I. Holley, Vallejo
J J Murphy, rleasauton J A Nickl eson d VT, Pa
q Hopkins San Mateo + A Wheeler San Rafael
i Abraham, Los Angeles ~ a Cooper, Ukiah
j Hoge, California w Evensaie, Ukiah
A Wilson q VT, Denver Or Driesbach. Nap tAsylm
Mrs Bicker, Los Angeles w Baker W, Los Gatos
Mrs Aaron, New York l. Brnner, sacramento
NJ Berlin a W, fleasantontJ Little, san jose
Mis- X A Armstrong j Richardson, Suisun
Woodland
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