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The morning call., 1890-07-28
AMULETS FOR BABIES.
How They Are Made by Mothers AL
Over the World.

How They Are Made by Mothers All
Over the World.
In Ireland belt made of woman's hair is
placed about child to keep harm away.
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are put into
the cradle of n newborn babe in Holland.
Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons around
the ankles of their children TO preserve
them from harm, while Esthorian mothers
attach bits of asSaf9tlda to the neck oil their
offspring.
Welsh mothers put pair of tODgs or
knife in the cradle to ensure the SAFETY oil
the children; the knife is used for the same
purpose in some parts of England
Among the Vosges, peasant children born
at new, moon are supposed to nave their
tongues better hung than others; whiie
those born at the last quarter are supposed
10 have less tongue, but better reasoning
powers. A daughter born during the wax
ing moon is always precocious.
At the birth of a child in Lower Brittany
the neighborng women take 1t in charge,
wash it, crack its joints and rub its head
with oil to solder It's Uranium bones. IL Is
then wrapped in tight bundle and its lips
are anointed with brandy to make 1t full
Breton.
The Grecian mother, before putting her
child in its cradle turns three times around
before the fire while singing her favorite
song 10 ward off evil spirits.
In Scotland it is said that to rock the
empty cradle will insure the coming of
other occupants for it.
The London mother places book nnder
the head of 4 newborn infant that it may
be quick at reading, and puts money into
the first bath to guarantee its wealth in fu-
ture.
The Turkish mother loads her child with
amulets as soon as it is born. aud small
bit OF mud well stepped in hot water, pre-
pared by previous charms, is stuck on its
forehead.
In Spain the infants forehead is swept
with pine-tree bough TO bring good luck.
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A TOWN IN ASHES.
Wallace, in the Occur d'Alene
District, Destroyed.
Fifteen Hundred People Said to Be
Homeless.
The Prominent Firms Burned 0ut-A SaCra-
mentO Letter Carrier Trapped and
Arrested Narrow Escape.


PoRTLA AND Or, July 27.-An Oregonian
special from Spokane says: News reached
here this evening that the town Of Wallace
Idaho, the great mining camp of the CGur
d'Alene mining district, has been COM
pletely destroyed by fire. At o'clock this
morning a Union Pacific tran-dispatcher
at Tekoa, Washington. received word from
the Western Union operator at Wallace
that the town was doomed, and that the
fire was getting near his office in the depot,
and he would have to move his instruments
out at once. The fire, it is reported, started
in the upper end of the town. and as the
Union Pacific depot is at the opposite end
of the town, it is thought the entire busl-
ness portion has been destroyed. 1t is
thought by business men of Spokane Falls.
who are interested there, that the loss will
be fully half million dollars.
An official of the Union Pacific has re-
ceived dispatch that the entire town was
DESTROYED except the depots of the Union
Pacific and the Northern Pacific. A Especial
to the Review at IL o'clock tonight says:
1t has been ascertained that the fire started
in the Central Hotel. and burned east over
the entire town. 1t was also rumored that
the depots of the Union Pacific and North
ern ac.fic, with the cars on the tracks,
were burned. This, however, cannot be
verified. The following leading business
houses were burned: Holly & Moon.
Marks & Co., the Postoffice Building,
White & Bendel, general store of McElroy
& Vedder, McNab IL Vidders, the Tele-
phone Exchange of Wallace. joseph Cart
son, j. McCurdy, the Carter House and the
Club Theater, with score OF saloons, res
taurants, offices, etc.
A private dispatch says 1900 people are
homeless. The town of Wallace is situated
40 miles southeast of Spokane Falls, and is
probably the most f1ourishing mining town
in the Northwest.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

PARIS July 27.-Mrs. Whtelaw Reid goes TO
the Normandy coast for August
WASHINGTON, July BINARY f. Plath mas
been appointed Postmaster at Leon, San Diego
County, vice K. C. Gill. resigned.
New YORK. July 27.-Hofmau Co. have
ordered S275,ooo in gold for shlpmentto EUROPE
The total last week was 81 ,25o,0oo-
WASHINGTON July 27.-The Sec etary OF
the Interior has ordered recount OF inc
population OF the cities OF st. Paul ana Mihhe-
ahOlls.
RICE LAKE (Ws.l July 27.-Twe lty-one per-
sons are in Danger of dying from ealing sup
posedly poisoned meat. An amount OF seventy
five pounds was placed on sale at the local mar
ket.
BOSTON, July 27-The Advertisers Newport
,peciaI saws w K Vanderbilt has offered Gov
ernor Sprague s400. 900 for his country estate,
CanOnchet. III Vanderbilt buys he INTENDS 10
erect magnificent hotel.
WAsHIHGToN, July 27.-The President mas
Withdrawn from the Senate the nomination OF
Robert G. Meyers to be special examiner oi
drugs medicines and chemicals at San FRAN
cisco, he having declined the appointment.
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WHO FIhED THE SHOT 2
A Mysterious Stranger HecklessIy Fire

A Mysterious Stranger HecklessIy Fires
Pistol.
Carl Buschene, sailor, engaged in an
alteration with the bar-keeper of the Ber-
liner saloon on kearny and Commercial
streets at / O'clock this morning. fight
ensued during which Buschene severely
punished his opponent Buschene then ran
out with friend, and was followed by the
proprietor.
Officer Donnellan joined in the chase, but
the running men were fleet footed. When
near Montgomery street somebody stand
ing in the middle of the street, fred a shot
at both the pursuers and the pursued. the
bullet whizZing by their heads. The shot
was both a foolish and a reckless one, who
ever fired it. 1t did not stop the men, how
ever, who kept on their course. They were
finaly captured and taken TO the Central
Station. When searched neither man mad
a pistol, and both swore that they did not
fire any pistol. The officers who ran
after the men also swore that they
did not discharge any weapon. The
question is who fired the shot? Captain
Douglass spent considerable time in trying
to solve this problem, but was unable to do
so. His theory is that one Of the men ar
rested did the shooting. Buschene was
charged with battery.
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HAVANA CIGARS.
Receipt Of the First Consignment Bearing tbs

Receipt Of the First Consignment Bearing tbs
Manufacturtrs' Union Labsl.
New YORK, July 27.-Cigar importers
have received the first consignment from
Havana bearing the new guarantee In the
shape of the Manufacturers Union label.
Many thousand boxes were received. Some
of them are destined for points as far dis
tant as Montreal and San francisco. The
use of the union label is not compulsory
urOn Havana manufacturers. Every MEM
her of the Manufacturers Union is supplied
with labels, which he may use or not as he
sees iit. Ii is generally understood, how
ever. that from this time forward all cigars
from CUBA will be marked with the union
label. The label does not certify as to the
quality Of the cigars. 1t simply assuressthe
consumer that these are genuine, Hayanas.
Several months ago the union notihed the
American importers that the use Of the
label would begin on July 1st. The i'm
porters asked for delay, for alarmed by the
Increase on duty proposed by the Mckinley
bill they had stocked themselves with
Havana tobacco for months ahead or con-
sumption. They argued that the genuine
Hayanas already in the country would be
discredited because they would not bear
the new label. The union refused to delay
matters.
An importer said yesterday that no dealer
need be disturbed about his old stock, be-
cause the customs stamp, applied TO every
box at this port, is always dated.
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ELOPED FROM READING.


Queer Marriage in the Office of n Cam
den Magistrate.
Emil Popoff, mine boss, lives in Read
ing He has beautiful daughter, 16 years
old, named Catharine, who was the belle
Of the Hungarian district in old Berks.
Catharine loved wisely and devotedly a
young Russian miner named Herman Sko-
beloff, who worked with her father. Her
man ardently returned the maiden's atfec-
tion. He was a stalwart specimen of man
hood, six feet two inches high in his stock
ing feet.
The parental Popoff smiled not on the
whispered speech that lovers USE" and
these lovers especially; indeed, he was op-
posed to the match. but Mamma Popoff was
deligh at her daughters happiness and
approved her choice. There was nothing
left for tha lovers to do except absolute SUBJ
mission or to 20 away and get married.
And this last they concluded to do. so,
arrayed in. her best gown, Catharlne met
Herman at the depot in Reading on last
Monday morning, while the old man Dossed
his mine in happy unconsclousness, ana to-
gether they sped on a lightning express to-
ward Camden, the Jersey Gretna Green.
Yesterday Herman and Catharine ar
rived at Saunders Hotel on Market street,
in Camden. There they were informed
that Magistrate Tarr would, for consider
A broad and benign smile suffused the mag
istrate's features as he saw the handsome
couple alight from Jimmy Barr's hack and
hasten into his office.
To an interpreters question, whether she
wanted to get married, Catharine. buxom
and blushing, laughed and said ia, Ja!"
with flashing eyes and Herman made SINH
lar response.
Just as the benevolent Magistrate said {:
"Do you take this woman to be your we'd
ded wife, or better or for wOrse?" and Her
man had thundered yes" carriage drove
up and little hump-backrd man Jumped
out, and, brandishing a huge revolver, fran
tically dashed into the Magistrates office.
Tarr fled, Catharine tainted and fell into
the arms of Herman, while he. looking ike
IA chained tiger, shook his right fist at the
irate Popoff, while his left encirclel his al
most wife.
Herman laid his unconscious Catharine
on an adjoining sofa and in a moment had
the old man begging for mercy. The inter
prefer, who had been hidden under his
masters table, crawled out, and when Pop
off said he would forgive and forget for
S1OO in gold, Tarr appeared, beaming and
bouyant. Herman paid the money and the
marriage ceremony was tinished.-Phiia-
delpha Times.
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MANAGING A HORSE.

II He Gets Cranky GIVE Him More of the
Fancies Than He Intended to Take.
''When a horse stops ana proposes to turn
around" said liveryman the other day,
don't resist the turn, but give him quiet,
horizontal pull in the direction he wants to
turn, so as to carry him further around than
he intended to 60. and, if possible, keep him
going around half dozen times. In most
cases this will upset his calculations, and
he will 20 quietly on without much ado. Ii
six turns will not do give him twenty. In
fact. il he will keep on turning to your rein
Won are sure to conquer, as enough turning
will certainly confuse him and leave him at
your command. If he will not turn and
will back to the rein, keep him going back
ward in the direction you want to go. He
will soon get tired Of that and prefer to go
with the right end forward, but before you
let him go give him decidedly more backing
than he likes.-N. Y. Sun.
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cording TO a well-pOsted diplomat the pc
cuiar discomfort and hard times are the
main cause OF the present crisis. But this
is largely attributed to the bad financial
po!:cy and maladministration of the party
in power known as the Jaurista party.
The next Presidential election does not
come off until Oc tober, 1892, and the people
of Buenos Ayres were not willing to wait
and settle the issue at the polls. In fact,
the anti-Juarista party have little hope of
winning the elections. The majority of
the State Governors at the present time
are members of the Juarista party and they
are already planning to control the election
OF 1882. For this reason the people OF
Buenos Ayres have resOrted to force"
THE REPORTS DOUBTED.
Vice-Consul de Castro of the Argentine
Republic says: IF was betting man L
would be willing to lay wager OF thou
sand to ten that there has been no reVolu-
tiOn. Ii there had been any trouble threat
ening l would have heard of it long ago.
WEAK PRESIDENT.
New York, July 27.-1he Tribune says:
President Juarez Celman of the Argentine
Republic. is a liberal and enlightened man,
something like one of his predecessors,
Wise Sarmento, but being rather weak and
undecided, he leaves the government ma
chinery in the hands of the Nice-President,
Carlos Pelle grini. who is more of q reckless
inancier than statesman. Pellegrini was
seven years ago director of an infiu tIal
paper in Buenos AyreS the Sud America,
which he left without having settled all his
accounts. When he became Director of
the National Bank, he went 10 London and
contracted a loan for the Argentine Repub-
lie, became member of the Cabinet, and
was chosen Vice President, Pellegrini,
though with honest intentions, belongs to
a school of financiers like the famous Law,
and he exploited too recklessly and too far
in advance of the natural resources of the
Argentine Republic,
OPENING HoSTILITIEs.
LONDON, July 27,-A dispatch to the
Times from Buenos Ayres, regarding yes
terday's revolt, says the first steps at over
thro ing the Government were taken by
the artillery, which was joined by
some civilians. A part of the in
fanlry afterward joined them and
the firing soon became heavy. In the after
noon the rev olutionary Government issued
a decree ordering the mobolization of the
National Guard. Late in the afternoon at
tacks were made by the Government troops
on the citizens battaliOns and the troops
were repused. Many policemen, artillery
men and citizens are dead. The Minister
of War is reported killed.
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THE LOTTERY SUBSTITUTE.
Report Of the House COMMITTEES on Postcfices
to the New Bill.

Report Of the House COMMITTEES on Postcfices
to the New Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-The report of
the House Committee on Postoffices and
Postroads, to accompany the substitute for
the anti-Lottery Bill, as agreed upon, were
was filed yesterday afternoon. The commit
tee says that the present legislation is in
adequate and more forcible laws must be
enacted to prevent the use OF the mails by
lottery companies. The present law can be
enforced by the courts only and conveys no
power to the Postmaster General. One of
the main benefits to be derived by the SUBJ
stitute bill, if it becomes law, is that
which makes the act OF mailing lottery let
ters ana circulars continuous offense,
ton through which they may pass or
benefit, if possible, will be the closing OF
the mails to newspapers which contain lot
terry advertisements and lists of prizes, thus
partially cutting off the communication be-
tween the lotteries and their customers and
reducing the number of their victims. The
substitute bill, the committee says, pro-
poses to cure the defects in the existing law
by means of which letters intended for Il
lottery company reach their destination
through third person or agent. The sub
stitute, il enacted, would permit the Post
master-General to deny to any agent of a
lottery company the benefits of the registry
and money order system, and would result
in compelling such lottery company to OBJ
tain remittaDceS through express companies
or similar channels,
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MEN DRESSM AKERS.
More Artistic nDd Costly Than Their
Female Competitors.

More Artistic npd Costly Than Their
Female Competitors.
Dressmaking can no longer be regarded
as distnctively woman's trade, observes
the New York Press. At a low estimate
there are 5000 men dressmakers in this town
to- day. The swell establishments in Fifth
avenue have a host of imitators all over
town. One shop in Orchard street is run by
a man. The proprietor keeps two or three
figures in the window dressed in the latest
styles, and one cannot help admiring the
way these dresses are made.
There is not the slightest trace of shop
work about them. The basques have evil
IDENTIFY been cut after the French chart
system. and the most ingenious woman
could not arrange the draperies more artisti-
cally. More men than women are employed
at this place. There is another establish
ment on Clinton street, near Grand, which
employs fully as many men as women.
They can be seen working side by side from
the street. Some stylish garments are made
there. AS rule. men dressmakers are more
thorough and artistic than their female
competitors. They are also much more ex-
ppnSivp
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rsm,n,ns Tnrn.t and Reply.

Seated in a street car near two sweet
Young things, who were full of the beautl-
ful ingenuousness of girhood, the follow;
ing portion OF their conversation reached
me:
"Oh, Amy. have frightful rip in my
riding habit and forgot TO have 1t mended.
Lend me yours tomorrow, will you?
.'Yes, indeed, dear; with emphasis ana
the utmost sweetness) but Pm aW1uliy
afraid you will find it too tight; wear
twenty-one corset, you know"
"Yes." "a slight, but very Impressive
pause.) II think perhaps | can get IL To-
gether, though; l wear nineteen.
1t was clean cut as the stroke Of razor,
beautifully given and beautifully taken;
B 9th faces preserved their calm and PLACID
expression; new topic of conversation
was started almost instantly, and leaned
back in my corner and marveled at my OWN
sex Boston Saturday Gazette.
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DULUTH REGATTA.
The Great Professional Three-Mile Race Won
by Gaudsur.

The Great Professional Three-Mile Race Won
by Gaudsur.
DULUTH, July 27.-The crowd did not
gather Saturday afternoon until nearly time
for the big race. The weather was perfect.
The Minnesota and Winnipeg Senior four
cared race was the first one rowed, and at
tracted great interest The Lurlines won
in 9:OSR, the Winnipegs' time being 9:23.
In the Junior single were: George o. Net
tleton of the Minnesota Boat Club; W. II.
Thompson of the Winnipeg Club, and ID. q.
Fitzgerald of the Lurlines. NettletCn took
the lead and won the race easily. Time,
1:35 The Lurlines won the double in
1917; MinnesotaS, 10:l7h. 1t was fine
race throughout the course and was the
closest race of the amateurs.
The great professional race had god
start at the shot, all squirting, but Gaudaur's S
swift stroke soon took him ahead. He
turned first, Teemer second, Hosmer third
and the others following. Gaudaur was
never headed, and came in apparently as
fresh as at the start, followed by Teemer
and HOSmer, with Hanlan fourth, Teneyck,
Hamm and Mckay making second bunch,
followed at considerable distance by the
tal-enders. The course was three miles
with turn, and Gaudaur's time was 20 :33.
The purses were S1750 for the first; $500 for
the second, and 500 for the third.
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WHY SHOULD THEY BE ANGRY ?
Alas for the Human Nature Revealed
IN Snch Cases TVS.

Alas for the Human Nature Revealed
In such Cases This.
l happened to be in the United States
Sub-treasury, on Wall street, the ether day,
and ~ as rather amused at a little incident
i witnessed. A gentleman entered, and.
approaching one of the clerks, handed him
a $40 bill and asked if it were counterfeit.
The clerk took it, went away, and in few
minutes returned and handed out the PHI
without word Cut across its face with
die was the word Counterfeit" The
rage of the owner knew no bounds.
" "Confound youp' he shouted, II didn't
ask YOU to destroy the bill. | simply asked
you to tell me if it were counterfeit It's
worthless now"
.' 1t never was of any value" mildly re-
spouded the clerk, "and the rule of the de-
partment is that all bills offered in this
way must be defaced when counterfeits be-
fore returning them to the party presenting
them"
Now that" remarked the examiner to
me, sis an almost daily occurrence. A man
gets a counterfeit bill passed on him, and,
being in doubt, he comes in here to ask
about it, and it is destroyed for him. he is
naturally indignant, as doubtless he gave
value for it, and would like to have
chance to pass it off on some one else. But
the law is imperative on us and we must
destroy all such bills under penalty. If
that man had taken his bill to hank 1t
would have been returned to him o. h., but
he made the mistake of bringing it here.
The national banks are supposed to detace
counterfets as well as the treasury. They
seldom do it, however; perhaps not IN one
case out of hundred. They are afraid oil
insulting a customer."-N. Y. Star.
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rrn,h About Trousers.

A man might almost as well get tight HIM
self as to get his trousers tight His legs
have to suffer in either case.
If a man habitually gets tight 1t will ruin
him in the long run. II he gets his trousers
tight he will ruin them in very short
run.
How is it, then, that man who keeps So
ber Is well off, while if his trousers are
tight they are better off,
Must the relations between man ana trou-
sers be ALWAYS strained? No. Let him
keep quito sober and get his trousers little
full.-Smith, Gray s. Co.'s Monthly.
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ROBBED THE MAILS.
A Sacramento L tter-CaIrier Trapped ard Ar


A Sacramento L tter-Carrier Trapped ard Ar
rested.
SACRAMENTO, July 27.-George Brentner,
a young man employed for a long time in
the letter delivery department of the Post
office here as mail-carrier. was arrested to-
day on charge of robbing the mails. For
some time past it seems that money has
been frequently missed from the mails, but
the Postof1ice officials could not locate the
guilty party. Finally rule was adopted
to change the work of the employees from
time to time, so as to bring each
into all the departments other than his own.
1t was noticed that the complaints of loss
of money that continued to come in, all
originated in the department. in which
Brentner was at the time employed.
Accordingly decoy letter was put into the
mail and detection followed, and when
arrested he made a clean breast of the
matter, admitting the thefts. He will be
taken TO San Francisco by a Deputy United
States Marshal
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Too Warm for Comfort.

GILRoY. July 27.-The hot wave, which
has been most insutferable during the past
week, eliminated Friday with the mer-
curry at nearly 1902. Saturday it was slightly
cooler, with the wind indicating marked
change.
MODESTO, July 27-Owing to excessive
heat, the thermometer being 1030, several
persons were nearly prostrated here yester-
day.
PETALUMA, July 27.-The weather con-
tinues excessively hot, causing fruit to
ripen rapidly.
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WORLD'S FAIR.

Persons Mentioned in Connection With I'm
portant Positions.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-It is reported
that the Commissioners of the Worlds Fair
during the recent visit in this city rendered
to Robert p. Porter, Superintendent of
Census, the position of Chief of the Bureau
of Awards, and to Professor G. Brown
Goode, now Assistant Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institute, in charge of the
National Museum, the position of Chief of
the Bureau of Classification and Catalogue
for the Forthcoming exposition. Next to
the Director-Generalship of the fair, these
are the most important positions connected
with the exposition. 1t is not known yet II
the gentlemen have accepted.
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induced him to cross. BE told me that he
had been only six months out from York
shire. England, and that he had come West
to 60 on farm, the business he under
stood. He had to tie up as waiter for the
long winter, but when spring came he
dropped the dishes forever. No, he didn't
like it. Why. was it tough BUSINESS
The great majority of walters in restaurants
spend most of their time at gambling, and
they make it unpleasant for one who doesn't
join them. How can they gamble on So a
week? They do so, however:they manage
it, and the way they have to live while re-
covering from their losses accounts for the
nervous looks and the salow faces. That
there is some truth in this will be evident
to any one who has ever noticed the preoc-
cupied air of the man who honors you by
taking your order for another boiled po-
tato-Chicapo JonrnaI