The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-02-22
CALIFORNIA; POVERTY
How 1t Was Impressed on the Mid of
an Arizona Pioneer. e%E

How 1t was Impressed on the Mnu OF
an Arizona Pioneer. s-F
Old Judge McCorkle, of Arizona, Vhen
he left that land of legends, pueblos,
ella monsters" and gold, took with
him a large quantity of the latter He
sold mine for something over $4,000.
With this fortune the ''Jedge" required
to "the Bay" as San Francisco is allied
throughout the coast, there to spem the
rest of his days in comfort. Having
wholesome distrust of banks, acquired
from his experience of them in Arizona,
the Judge placed his coin in the SAB de-
post vaults, and has ever since LIVED on
his principal, drawing on the original
stock of twenty-dollar pieces there when
ever his purse runs low. When the
Judge first came to San Francisco hswas
some what dazed by the rush and Thirl
of even that not too densely populated
city. But with true provincial pride he
determined to conceal his feelings 1t
was this frontier hauteur which aetu-
ated his retort in the following dia-
logue: The Judge entered the bleak-
fast-room in one of the large hotels the
morning after his arrival in San Fran
cisco. The waiter presented to himthat
long and involved document from which
Americans chart out the morning neal.
The Judge regarded it apprehensyely
and said: Young man, gimme some
JrV0Ies.' Beg pardon, sir?" you
don't speak no Spanish, hay? Well,
gimme some beans" every sorry sir,
but we do not serve beans at breakfast,
sir" ''Iou don't, hay?" remarked tho
Judge sarcastically; you don't give no
beans for breakfast? Young man, and
the Judge lowered his rich alcoholic
bass to an impressive murmur, young
man, | come from Arizoney, the poorest
kentry on this here yearth; but even in
Arizoney we git beans three times q
day!"-San Francisco Argonaut.
Invention of Postage Stamps.
The postage stamp will celebrate ID
fiftieth anniversary this year. The in
vention is due to printer James Chsl-
mers, of Dundee, who died in 1858, and
who finally, with his system, the sd-
hesive postage stamp, conquered the
whole civilized world. England, fifty
years ago, introduced the postage stamp,
and according to decree of December
81, 1889, issued the first stamps for pub-
lie use on May 6, 1910. A year later they
were introduced in the United States Of
North America and Switzerland. and
again, few years later, in Bavaria, Bel
GUM and France. One of the most inn
portant and valuable collections of most
age stamps is in the German Imperial
Post-ofiice Museum, which contains over
10000 postage stamps and other postal
delivery devices.-Notes and Queries.
AT the boarding house: Landladv-
''Mercy Something dreadfuls going to
happen. For thirteen to dine at a table
is bad sign, you know" Fogg (reas-
suringly)-"0rdinarily, yes; but then,
you know, in our house one can hardly
call it dining. Boston Transcript.
"A man who had been told that he
was about to die asked the doctor for
his bill, saying that he did not wish tc
depart from his life long rule, ''Pay at
you go."-Rome Sentinel
Perhaps there is nothing so touch.
ing about a small child as it's hands
after it has been making mud pies
Burlington Free Press.