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The morning call., 1890-06-13

QUICKLY DISPOSED OF.--M. Burke, who was
caught breaking into the cigar-stand at the new
City Hall on Wednesday night, was sentenced
yesterday by Judge Rix to six months impris.
onment In lie House Of Co TrecIiOn.
The morning call., 1890-06-13

You wear out clothes on a wasii-board ten
times as much as on the body. Hon. foolish.
Buy DoDblns Electric Soap OF your grocer and
save this useless wear. Made ever since 1874.
Don't take imitation. There are lots OF them. .
The morning call., 1890-06-13

Our OF DANGER.-Francis Forst, the boat
man who was stabbed at Sausallto by Prescott
Sawyer. has so far recovered as to be pronounced
tIIs city.
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HELP wANrEp-coNTrNUED.

TINNERS AND CORNICE- WORKERS. STA
L away from Seattle. Tacoma and Rortiand strik
still on W. H. SHAPEIsS jeS 7t*
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f,AME TO THE PREMISES A 7-YEAR-OLD
" black horse; marks. owner can recover same
by proving property and paying charges. Apply to
A. SHUTTLE, Twenty-ninth aud Dolores SITS. le 3 st"
EOUND-$20 IN GOLD BY PURCHASING A
merchant hibernate dress suit ior SO; mer,
CLOTHING PARLoRS, corner Post and Dupont
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HELP wANTED-CoNTINUED.

. FIRST-CLASS WATERS WITH DRESS SUITS,
= country hotel S35; walters, same country re-
sort $50: waiter. country hotel, $50; waiter coun
try restaurant. $40: German Voung) bar-keeper.
$40; cook, hotel, $50; cook, restaurant. $50;
butcher and slaughter, country, $40; colored
walters, resort $50; porwashers; dish-washers for
country hotels. G. K. HANSEN & CO. ITO Geary. {
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FEMALE HELP WANTED.

ArANTED-4 HOTEL MATTRESSES. A SHORT
W distance $40: waitress aud chambermaid. coun-
try hotel. $40; chambermaid and laundress for no.
tel, Plumas County, SO; German working house
keeper for Oakland, $25; for city-5 Mattresses for
restaurants, $40 and So week; pastry cook aud
assist with waiting, S6 week: Protestant maid and
seamstress $25: and girls OF all nationalites for
homework, both city and country, at the very best
going wages. Apply to J. +. CRoSETT Il CO., 202
arbf tons
The morning call., 1890-06-13

,AY ANTED-5OO MEN, HOWARD AND THIRD;
w basement, Bee Hive. to eat free home cookedhot
lunch witt beer or wine, cts: day n nights Il
The morning call., 1890-06-13

T V.LAwRENCE, CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
OLE Sacramento st. cabinet work and fitting up
pnces promptly attended to; telephone 800. mIj Z
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On Betting.

The following letter was addressed
by the late Charles Kingsley to pub
lie school-boy, who had put money in
to sweepstakes without thinking II
was wrong:
"lLy Dearest Boy: There is q mat
ter which gave me much uneaslness
when you mentioned it. You said you
had put into some lottery for the Der
by, and hedged to make it safe. Now
all that is bad, bad--nothing but bad.
OF all bad habits, gambling is the one
hate most and have avoided most.
Of all habits it grows most on eager
minds. Success and loss alike make it
grow. OF all habits, however much
civilized men may give way to 1t, Is
one of the most intrinsically savage.
Historically, it has been the peace eX-
element of the lowest brutcs in hui
man form for ages past. Morally it is
unchivalrous and unchristian. l 1t
gains money by the lowest and most
unjust means, for it takes money out
of your nei ghbor's pocket without
giving him any thing in return. 2. 1t
temps you to use what you fancy
your superior knowledge of horses
merits-or any thing else-to your
neighbours harm. If you know bet
ter than your neighbor you are
bound to give him advice. Instead,
you conceal your knowledge to win
from his ignorance hence come all
sorts of concealments, lodges, deceits
Il say the devil is the only father OF
it. lam shure, morever, that the
head-master would object seriously to
Anything like lottery, betting or gam,
bling. l hope you have not won. l
should not be sorry for you to lose. II
YOU have won, shall not congratulate
you. If you wish to please me, you
will give back to its lawful owners the
money you have won. If you are a
loser in gross thereby, I will gladly
reimburse your losses this time. AS
YOU put it, you could not in honor
draw back until after the event. Now
YOU can give back your money, say
ing you understood that the head
master and 1 disapprove of such
things, and SO gain great moral in
fiuence. Recollect always that tne
stock argument is worthless. 1t is
this: My friend would win from me
if he could, therefore l have an equal
right TO win from him. Nonsense.
The same argument would prove that
l have right to MAIN or kill man II
only | give him leave to MAIN or Kill
me if he can and will. | have spoken
my mind once and for all on Il matter
on which have held the same views
for more than twenty years"
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Mother And Sons.

Docs any boy who reads this paper
feel that he has n hard time with his
chores about the house? | wish lie
would read this account of family OF
four-a father, mother, and two sons
who lived years ago ''In small
house situated in the toughest locality
of the rock town Of Ashford, Connect
icut."
The family was very poor; few
acres of stony land, dozen sheep, and
one cow supported them. The sheep
clothed them, and the COW gave milk
and did the work of horse in plough
ing and narrowing; corn bread, milk
and bean-porridge were their fare.
The father being laid aside by ILL
health, the burden of supporting the
family rested on the mother; she did
her work in the house and helped the
boys to do their work on the farm.
Once, in the dead of winter, one of the
boys required new suit of clothes
there was neither money nor wool on
hand. The mother sheared the half
grown fleece from sheep, and in one
week the snit was on the boy. The
shorn sheep was protected from the
cold by a garment made of braided
straw. The family lived four miles
from the "meeting-house," yet every
sabbath the mother and her two sons
walked to church. One of these sons
became the pastor of church in Frank
lin Connecticut, in which he preached
sixty-one years; two generations went
went forth from that church to make
the world better. The other son also
became q minister, and then one OF
the most successful college presidents
hundreds of young men were moulded
by him.
That heroic Christian wonan's
name was Deborah Mott; she was the
mother of the Rev. Samuel Mott D. ID.
and Eliphblet Mott, D. D. LII. D.,
President of Union College.
Our Sunday Afternoon.
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Doin" her Work.

About thirty years ago 4 young girl
| in western city was given charge OF
Sunday school class of rough boys usu.
ally known as "river rats" who had
never been in any school before.
When she entered the room she found
them lounging Oh the desks ana
benches, wearing thier hats, putting
vile cigars, Il defiant leer on every face.
They greeted her with loud laugh,
and one of them exclaimed: w
"Well, sis, you goin' to teach us"'
She stood silent until the laugh was
over, and then said quietly: "Do |
look like lady?"
An astonished stare was the only re-
ply which they gave.
"BecauSen she continued, gently,
"gentlemen, when lady enters the
room lake off their hats and throw
away their cigar"
The lowest American secretly be-
| lieves himself to be Il gentleman, and
! in moment every hat was OFT and the
lads were ranged in orderly attention.
! so remarkable was the success OF
this girl in managing and influencing
men of the toughest sort, that she
made it the work Of her life. She es-
tabished clean respectable boarding
houses for sailors and boatmen, and
reading and coffee rooms for laborcrs,
and founded IN Order Honor, the mem-
bers of which strovc to lead sober,
Christian lives themselves, and to help
; their fellow to do the same.
| Some of the members Of her first
class were her efficient helpers for
! twenty years in all her work. 1t was
favorite saying with them; "Once
let Miss - get her hold upon a
man, and she never lets him 60"
She never did let go, but followed
him to sea, to the most distant parts
of the world, or even to prison with
letters and little gifts. With all the
tender pity of mother, she strove as
many mother does not strive, to
bring the wanderer back to the faith
and Innocence of his childhood.
Thousands of men passed under this
single woman's influence, and learned
something of her Master through her
wonderful purity and strong faith in
| him.
Such Instances of helpfulness are
not rare in this country. With every
wear the zeal of educated Christian
men and women finds new and practi-
cal methods Of reaching and elevating
the more ignorant people.
Singularly, these efforts are more
common in cities than in the smaller
towns and villages, where everybody
knows everybody, and where the grad
ations of caste are, perhaps, fixed by
stronger predjudices.
Many young lad or girl who reads
these lines leads an idle life in such a
village, indulging, it may he, i'll occa-
sional vague visions of going to India
or Africa to teach the heathen how to
he Christians, while the wharf or tav-
ern of their own native village is filled
with heathens for whose souls no man
has cared.
Let every Chistian ask himself as
the day closes "HaveI stood idle in
the market place? Has not my Mas
ter hired me with great price to DO
his work "'-Erchamge.
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Are You Superstitious?

You can discover whether or not you
are superstitious by asking yourself the
following questions
|. Do you believe in witches, spir-
its, elves, fairies, vampires, ghouls,
ogrcs, imps, gnomes, bogies, pixies or
leprehauns?
2. Do you believe in an evil genius
3. Do you believe in the evil eye?
4. DO you believe in bottomless
pit?
5. Do you believe in a devil with
horns, cloven-feet and long spiked
tail?
6. Would you pass the night in a
graveyard, with Il corpse in a church,
or in a charnel house?
I. Do you wear anything which
can he considered in the nature of a
talisman or mascot?
S. Did you ever employ anything as
tulisman?
8. DO you attach any meaning to a
four-leaved clover?
10. Would you willingly pass under
ladder?
II. DO you feel uncomfortable when
you spill salt?
II. Would you sit down with thir-
teen at a table?
19. Would you start on trip on a
Friday, or would you defer commenc-
ing an important work OIL that day?
IA. DO you attach any particular
importance to certain numbers, especi-
ally to three, seven or nine?
Is. Would you give child of yours
the same name as that of one who had
just died?
1G. Are you afraid of the dark ?
II. Did you ever have your fortune
told by gypsy, an astrologer, cards Or
similar tests?
Is. Were you ever made uneasy by
hearing the insect commonly known
as the death-watch?
10. Would you venture to knock
three times at midnight on the door OF
all empty church?
90. DO you believe in dreams,
omens, portents, signs, warnings, har,
bingers, or handwritings on the wall ?
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Queen Yictoria's Eyes.

every forward" was the criticism
said to have been made by her Majesty
the Queen Of England on the occasion
of the presentation Of one Of our mos
beautiful American girls.
Said distinguished English gentle
man, few years ago :-"Her Majesty
seems to attend very strictly to the
matter in hand, but there is not trick
of manner or a detail of dress that es
capes her notice. Her intuitions are Sc
keen, and the value that she sets on
modcsty is SO great, her interest i'll the
young so sincere, that she has become
Il famous reader Of character.
1.-The Queen dctests Il flirt, and she
can detect one of these specimens al
most at glance. Neither velvet nol
satin nor precious stones can cast SUI
| ficieut glamour over tendency OF this
kind to hide it from these truly moth
erly eyes" :,
tits said that one day when her Maj.
esty was present in her carriage at a
military review, the Princess Royal,
then about fourteen, seemed disposed
to be a Little familiar, and possibly,
slightly couuettish, in thoughtless girl
ish fashion, with the young officers OF
the guard. The Queen tried to catch
her daughters eye but the gay uni
forms were too attractive, and the lit
tic Princess paid no attention to the
silent endeav0r Of her mother.
At last in spirit of fun, she clapped
the climax of her misdemeanors by
dropping her handkerchief over the
side of the carriage, and the Queen
saw that is was not an accident. I'M
medialely two or three gentleman
sprang from their horses to return it to
her, but the hand Of the royalty way
ed them off.
"Thank you, but it is not necessa-
ry," said her Majesty, Leave it just
where it lies" and then turning to her
daughter, she said, "Now must ask
you to get down and pick up your
handkerchief"
"But mamma"
The little Princess face was scarlet
and her lip quivered with shame.
"Ies, Immediately" said the
Queen.
The royal footman had opened the
door and stood waiting by the side of
the carriage, and the poor mortified
little girl was obligc to step down and
rescue her own handkerchief.
This was hard, but it was saltllary,
and probably nipped in the bud the
girls first impues toward coquetry.
American mothers would do well to
follow so mertorious and notable all
example. p YOUTHS Companion.
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The Way They Serve God.

A very wealthy family near New
York decided to go to California.
They had favorlte dog, which must
of course go along with them. On ar
riving ut ST. Louis they found that
Rover would not be allowed in the
Pullman parlor car, but if he went
must 20 in the common baggage-car.
This would never do for such a deli
cately reared dog as Rover, SO the
whole family concluded to give up
their trip to California. They spent a
few days in st. Louis, paying man
ten dollars a day to care for the dog
and insure his safety. The whole trip
cost them several hundred dollars.
After their return home they went to
church on Sunday. The Lords sup
per was celebrated; both heads of the
family participated. Then a sermon
preached, and a collection taken. The
whole family gave five dollars for l the
conversion of the world to Christ.
Ten dollars day for the dog, and flve
dollars year for the salvation OF the
heather.
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EHsicSianS iy: :SI-32.

Of all things that are to be met with
here on earth, there is nothing which
can give such continual, such cutting,
such useless pain as an undisciplined
temper. The touchy and sensitive tem-
per which takes offence at word ; the
irritable temper which finds offence in
everything whether intended or not !;
the violent temper which breaks
through all bounds of reasons when
once aroused; the jealous or sullcn
temper which wears cloud or froWn
on the face all day and never utters a
word of complaint; the discontented
temper broodiug over its own wrongs ;
the severe temper which always looks
at the worst side of whatever is done ;
the willful temper which over rides ev-
cry sacrifice to crafty a whim-what
an amount of pain have these caused
in the hearts of men, If VIC could but
sum up their results! How many II
soul have they stirred 20 evil impulses !;
how many prayer have they stified
how many an emotion OF true alice
ton have they turned to bitterness
How hard they sometimes make all
duties! How painful they make all
daily life! How they kill the sweetest
and warmest of domestic charities
Ill-temper is sin requiring long and
careful discipline. Long after you
have seen the duty of controlling it,
you will find your control Of it impcr-
feet. God gives some victories spcedi-
ly; this victory lie rarely gives Till af-
ter many battles.
FREDERIC PEMpLE, ID. ID.
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A New Use for q Woman's Back Hair.

T saw nice-lookfng woman buy 81
cents worth of stamps last week, and
after she had got them she opened
them out and deliberately rubbed the
backs Of them over her back hair. l
regarded with Unsuitable curiosity this
ceremony, and when the other woman
with her also looked astonished and
said: "What on earth are you do
iugm I listened for the reply. 1t
was: ooh, if you do that the stamps
won't ever stick together. There is oil
enough on your hair always to keep
them from getting in the tight wad to
which they incline in hot weather."
"And suppose" said number two,
sarcastically, "that it keeps them from
sticking to your letters, too, and they
are shipped off on all sides to the dead
letter office because the stamps have
all dropped Off" II haven't lost let
ter in ten years nor a stamp either.
The stamps won't come off; there
isn't oil enough to keep them from
sticking when you wet them unless
you are a dirty thing and use POM
ade."
Thinking that personalities were
likely to triumph over science in this
conversation, i ceased to follow it, but
I've since been testing the hair-rub'
bing business as preventive of stamps
sticking, and find it works perfectly.
1t is little embarrassing to 60 through
the operation in the teeth of grinnlng
post office officials and staring drug
clerks, and once when bought them
from pretty cashier, omitted it, and
fourteen out of twenty stamps stuck
tcgether.- Washington Press.
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4 New Use for ClOtlleS-PinS.

"Girls, what do you think these
are good for?" asked Mamie Brown
of her two little Brown sisters. She
held up one of the clothes-pins they
were picking up from the grass, where
Norah had left them after taking in
the wash.
"NVhat do we think they are good
for? Why TO fasten the clothes to the
line, of course" answered the other
two little Browns in breath "every
one knows that"
"But there is another use for them,"
said Mamie: "Norah told me last
night. She says, if we put them on
our IN noses-so"-and she put one as
tride her n,:Se as she spoke-"they will
make our hoses of the most beautiful
shape, not at all puggy and turned up,
Wouldn't it be splendid to try it?"
Now, the little Browns had noses
that were decidedly turned up, and
many were the times they had each
sighed in secret over the fact. Here
was their chance to shape their noses
"cllegantly,n as Norah had told them.
That night three clothes-pins were
missing from the basket. The three
little girls, after being tucked in by
mama for the night. each slyly drew
one;from under her pillow and put it
on her nose Ittook some time for them
to go to sleep in that queer fix, but
they did at last. When mamma came
to take last look at them before 60
ing to bed she found them sound
asleep each with little red nose pinch
ed bya clothes-pin. Although aston
ished at the sight, she laughed until
tears ran down her cheeks.
AS she took off the pins and put
them back, she said "What won't
these children do next m
Our Little Ones
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Be Accurate.

Say you were, not you was it was l
or we, or they, not it was me, or us, or
them fewer people were there, not
less people he taught me, not he
learned me he putt on the table; not
OH to the table; he advised or coun-
selIed me to use the book, not he rec
commended me to do so; she looks
pretty to-day, not preltily, although
we may say she looked prettily at her
friends while thanking them for their
kindness" Do not say, l donei L did
or have done, is correct. So, also, II
seen" is barbarism often encounter
ed T, you, we or they, saw, or have
seen, Should be used instead. 1t is
habitual with some people to speak OF
oysters, or fruit, or cabbage, as oeing
"healthy," or the reverse. BE pre-
else; an oyster may be in the enjoy
ment of robust healt", and, as an arti-
Gle of food, is wholesome or not, ac'
cording to season.
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MOuntaim.TOp Experience.
EQUIPMENT FOR SERVICE.

Longfellow quotes Il beautiful legend
of q monk in the oldcn time, who,
while praying in his cell, received q
visit from Christ. With rapture and
awe he gazed upon the heavenly Wis.
ion, when suddenly the bell sounded
the hour of noon, summ0ning him to
his daily task of distributing aims to
the poor ut the convent gate. He
could not bear to go away and lose
that glorious opportunity. Moreover
it seemed to him more important that
he should remain with Christ. than
that the beggars should receive imme-
diate attention but the voice of coll
science prevailed, and, with a longing
look, he sorroWfully went out to his
duty. AS he turned after it was done,
the whole convent seemed glorificd
and on entering his cell he found the
Christ still waiting for him. In re-
sponse to his look of delighted surprise,
the vision said " "Hadst thou re-
mained, 1 must have fled" There is
deep insight into Divine truth in this
story. 1t is delightful to sit at the
Masters feet and look into His face ;
but if while doing so. we neglect some
ONCE OF lONC WHICH we OWc W OHc WIN
is less happy Gt may be our bitterest
enemy, and we will find our faith
weakened rather than strengthened.
The spirit of self-sacrificc and univer-
sal love to all mankind is the only spir-
it that can triumph over the world, the
flesh and the devil.
Never be satisfied to stand still in
your spiritual experience or you will
assuredly find yourself going back
ward. Press forward to higher attain
ments, to greater and still greater con.
secration 10 the service Of God and
man.
Seek, and expect to enjoy, the ex-
pcrience described in the third chapter
Of Second Corinthians, as being chang
ed into the image Of Christ from glory
to glory through the power of His
Spirit, by al increasing capacity for
"refecting as mirror the glory of the
Lord.n Press forward
"This is the victory that overcometh
the would, even our faith"
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Some "DOnt's, For Parents.

1t was u wise man who said, "Pa-
rents, respect your children" We
hear great deal about the duty chill
dren owe to their parents, but it does
not occur to some people that the duty
is reciprocal. 1t is for the benefit OF
children us well as parents that these
few "don'ts" are collected:
Don't tell the faults or cute saying
of your child in his presence.
Don't say ooh, do hush up" ol
"Don't bother me with So many ques'
tionsw when Il child questions you
If he asks for the sake of knowing
answer him, though he asks "seventy
times seven" questions Il day, and teacl
him TO remember what you tell him
When you promise Il child some
thing, don't forget to fulfill the prom
ise to the letter. ! You are not scrupu
lous to do just as you agree. you may
expect the little one TO set you down
as false and learn to hc thus himself
Don't tramplc mcrcilessly under fooI
the wishes Of Il child, but respect them
as far aS possible.
Don't manifest n spirit of parliality
Children are sure to dcIect this.
Don't encourage in Il small chile
that for which you will punish hin
when older.
| DON'T do and say things for the sake
Of causing him to show anger, ant
then scolh because he does so.
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Observation-Disclosures should take
care how they chide their little ones
for faults that have no origin in their
own example. An only child, a little
boy of six years, feeling dull IN the
house, and naturally anxious for the
companionship of children of his own
age, one day said to his mother: "Oh
mamma, lido let me 60 out into the
street and play! There are Thousand
and thousands Of boys there to have
games with-do please let me go, ma
ma y, His mother rebuked him, say
ing, that there could not possibly be
thousands of boys in that small vii
lage, and that it was very wrong to
use such exaggerated expressions,
The urchin gravely returned: But
mamma, l heard you tell Auut Mary
the other day that my new boots were
miles too large for me!'