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The morning call., 1890-06-16
STOPPED THE FIGHT.
The Bulls Were Doing the Best The.
Could When the Turtle Interfered.

The Bulls Were Doing the Best They
Could When the Turtle Interfered.
At Stony Ford, on the famous stock farm
OF Charles Backman, near Goshen. n. Y,
two HOlstein bulls were pasturing in diff
ferent fields, one on one side Of the Wal
kill River, and one on the other side. There
had been a bitter feud between the two
blooded animals for a long time, and a few
days ago one of the bulls took position on
the river bank in the pasture and beloved
challenge to his enemy, the other Dull.
This was quickly answered by the Holstein,
and he lost no time in getting to the
bank on his side of the Waikiki
The two bulls stood in that way
believing, and mCttering, and paving dirt
for long time, each working himself into
deeper rage, until at last one bull could
contain himself no longer and plunged into
the river and swan toward his rivals do
main. The rival did not wait for him to
get there, but jumped into the river and
swan TO meet him. The two ugly animals,
their tempers uncoOled by their bath, met
in mid-Stream and attempted to have the
matter out right there. The lack of foot
ing and the strength of the current pre-
vented either bull from making any telling
assault. but each tried his best to do battle.
While the bulls were butting and below
ing in futile rage in the stream, the one that
had jumped into the river first suddenly
gave a tremendous below, and, turning
ABOUT, pulled OacK LOT MS pasture, DellOW-
Ing Justify all the way and shaking his head
violently. He reached the Shore drew him.
self ont and scrambled up the bank. Then
the cause Of his sudden panic and retreat
became apparent. A large swapping turtle,
for which the Waikiki is noted, had been
attracted to the spot where tie bulls were
fighting in the water, and the tail Of this
bull presenting an appearance to its liking,
the turtle had closed his powerful jaws on
it well up toward the butt end. This attack
in the rear was more than the bull had cal
cuiated on, and he pulled for home. When
he got out of the water he kept right on,
tearing about the field and making such
rumpus as that farm had never known be-
fore.
The other bull, when its foe retreated so
nOislly and suddenly, seemed seized with a
panic, too, and swan back to his pasture as
quickly as he could. When he climbed the
bank he gazed back at the strange circus
his rival was having. and uttered not a
sound. After tearing about the lot two or
three times the bull the turtle had caught
succeeded in shaking the snapper loose. 1t
was picked up and subsequently sent to
restaurant-keeper in New York City. The
bull that the turtle didn't catch has gone TO
the bank and renewed his challenge every
day since the turtle broke up the fight, but
his rival pays no attention to it. He evil
IDENTIFY fOars repetition of his first expert
ence.-N. Y. Sun.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
Renan in His Old Age.

Ernest Renan. the religious historian and
critic. has charming quarters at the College
do France, of which he is rector His
rooms are lit throughout with electric
light, conveyed from the college labora-
tory, and they are furnished with both
taste and luxury. NJ. Renan is getting
to be as stout as the typical medieval
abbot, and for the same reason love of
good cheer. Mime. Renan, a daughter, by
the way, of AIRY Scheffer. the painter, is a
remarkably good cook. and her pride is to
tickle Remains palate every day wsth some
cunningly devised dish. Renan has a
heavy sensual fuce, with not a little
of the Jew in it, although he has
not trace of Judaism in his blood. Eight
centuries OF Breton life lie behind him,
and lie can to-day make out an honest,
irrepr0achable pedigree which few aris-
tocrats could equal. The great man is
as dGgmatic as ever Macanlay was. He
cannot bear to be interrupted when talking,
and it goes hard with him to patiently en-
dure contradiction. When he receives
guests at his weekly gatherings he holds
forth to them by the halt hour. he is fond
Of standing before the CRATE, and from that
position he lays down the law upon any
thing and everything. For ability to speak
learnedly and eloquently upon any subject
no may be compared with MIR. Gladstone
Scottish Leader.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
DIVORCE LAWS.
The LAWS of Various States in Regard to
Remarriage.

The Laws of Various States in Regard to
Remarringe.
There are no restrictions upon remarriage
of divorced persons in Connecticut, Ken
lucky, Illinois and Minnesota. Either party
may remarry. but defendant must wait two
years and obtain permission from the court
in Massachusetts The degree of the court
may restrain the guilty party from marrying
in Virginia. Parties cannot remarry until
after two years, except by permission of the
court, in Maine. In the State of New York
the plaintiff may remarry, but the de-
PENDANT cannot do so during the plaintiffs
lifetime, unless the decree be modified
or proof that five years have elapsed
and that complainant has married
again and defendants conduct has
been uniformly good. Any violation of
this is punished as bigany, even though the
other party has been married. In Della
ware, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, no
wife or husband divorced for violation of
the marriage vow can marry the particeps
criminis during the life of the former hus-
band or wife. nor in Louisiana at any time;
such marriage in Louisiana renders the
person divorced guilty OF bigamy.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

'sWhile was in Seattle a short time ago."
remarked Noah Armstrong yesterday as he
was accepting an invitation to imbIbe, Il
met an old friend who Is building railroad
from Seattle to BelIingham Bay We were
in a saloon and / began questioning him
about the work and its progress, and the
conversation ran about like this:
That's pretty good country you're
building to, captain"
"' Don't care if do he replied. ] paid
10 attention to this unseemly reply, think
ing it was joke, and so we took drink,
when [ again ventured:
"'When dc You expect to finish the rOad?
"Don't care if l do. was the contractor
reply, and once more we filled them.
=. Next time l raised my voice and yelled:
How did you fix that right Of way matter'
".Don't care if ! do he once more re-
plied. and about that time the whole house
caught on, and it just then occurred to me
that nv friend was deaf, fact which l had
entirely forgotten" Helena Independent.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
UTSALADY, LOTS OF BERRIES
Great Numbers of Skeletons Mark the
Scene OF Disaster.

Great Numbers of Skeletons Mark the
scene OF Disaster.
In sight of this harbor, says the Gibraltar
Farmer, is Camano Island. on the north end
of which stands the village of Utsalady and
the large saw-miIl of the Puget Mill Com
pany. All the south end Of the island ter
rible catastrophe occurred the year that the
rush took place to the Frazer River mines,
thirty-two years ago. There were camped
on the beach at the south end 1000 Skagit
Indians. That was their favorite camping
ground, on account of the great abundance
of game and fish and the immense crop of
berries (Utsalady means lots of berries,
and Tor the additional reasons that the tim
bered bluff that rose 800 or 400 feet above
the camp sheltered them from the north
winds; the exposure lay fair to the genial
rays OF the sun; beautiful springs of clear,
cold water broke out of the bluff, and all the
surroundings were choice according to the
tastes Of the abOrigines. The springs of
water undermined the foundations Of the
bluff, and one lovely spring morning in
1858, without warning and with the sudden
ness Of an avalanche, millions of tons of
earth, rocks and giant forest trees slid
down and buried the village and killed
every soul. As the steamers pass there
now On the various routes, the passengers
are pointed to subordinate bluff that
stands near the water; this bluff covers an
area Of ten acres, the former site of the
village. Ii the reader should take small
boat and land there he will find great
number of skeletons that have become ex-
posed by the washing Of the waves against
the shore. We are not aware that this sim
gular catastrophe has ever been recorded
in the history of this State, and with
view to attracting the attention of the his
torian we chronicle the event here. The
entombing of thousand living men, women
and children by such means has but seldom
occurred, and the event deserves a place
alongside the entombng OF the living in
habitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
PARALYZiNG EVARTS.
You'll Want Fnvors of Me. Don't Come
to Me for Them"
HWeIl what do Won want pr

q" W QUILL W ant favOrs OF Me. Don't Come
to Me for Them"
"Well, what do you want?"
81 am the Washington correspondent of
the New York -. VIII you please give
me abstracts of the three bills which you
introduced to-day?"
~ am too busy [wearilyl Read them and
find out for yourself"
But Senator. if | should read them
wouldn't know any more about them than
l do now"
Pm not to blame for that haven't
time to explain to you"
The Senator resumed his correspondence.
The correspondent got mad.
"Senator Evarts!' This was uttered so
peremptorily that Mr.. Evarts looked up in
surprise.
"Senator Evarts, 1 want you TO know
that L am the Washington correspondent of
the New York -. You will want favors
of me before long. Don't You come to me
for them. for you won't get them. warn
you now"
With that terrible denunciation the irate
correspondent strobe Off. AS soon as Sem
ator Eyarts could get over his surprise the
comcality of the thing oyercame him and
he enjoyed hearty laugh. At many din
ners since then he has conyulsed the CON-
pany by describing the scene.-N. Y. Star.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
BURNED IN A BOX.
Awful Fate of Little Son of
Michael Kirby.

1t is seldom that a man is called upon to
bear such an agonizing affliction as that
which befell Michael Kirby, teamster'
living at 1903 Castro street, yesterday. His
little -half-year-old son was
burned to crisp in his presence and he
was powerless to save the child from a
frightful death.
In the rear of the Kirby residence is
stable, where the teamster keeps his horses
and also stores hay and feed Yesterday
afternoon about / o'clock two of Mr:
Kirbv's children-John, aged IL years, ana
Charles Francis, aged Az years-were play
ing in and around the stable. In some
manner they had become possessed OF
matches, which they were lighting 1or
amusement, not giving thought TO the In
flammable nature of the hay around them.
There was also large dry-goods case
which Mr.. Kirby had brought home on Sat
urday night, near by, and the children
finally climbed inside of it. Then eleven
yard for awhile. leaving his brother in the
box. In q few minutes Johnnie heard
his brother scream, and on looking around
saw the stable and box in a blaze.
He yelled for his father who rus he'd out.
and not knowing one of the children was III
the box. tried his best to save the stable
and its contents.
Johnnie dashed up to the box, and reach
ing in tried to pull his brother out. In
doing so his face and arms we're fearfully
burned.
1t was then that the horrible truth burst
upon the father and he made an effort to
save the body of the little one in the box at
least, for life was undoubtedly extinct The
flames had gained quite a Roadway and
neigbbor FASTENED to turn in an alarm from
Box 800, at Fifteenth and Noe streets. With
the arrival of the department the fire was
soon eXtinguished and the burned body Of
little Charlie was taken out The grief OF
the parents over tile awful fate of their
little one WAS heaTtrending in the extreme
and brought tears to the eyes OF all who
witnessed it.
Coroner Eaton was notified and took
charge of the remains, while a phys ician
looked after Johnnie's burns. The klrbys
have three boys and two girls left in their
family. The loss By the fire in the way Of
DAMAGE tn nrnnertv was slipht
The morning call., 1890-06-16
AMERICAN BEAUTIES.
Comments on a Question That Has Been
Much Discussed.

Much Discussed.
The beauty of American girls is a
much discussed question. 1t is said
they have no distinctive points, but
it seems to me that any one who has
travelled must easily have settled upon the
salient points which go to make up the
beauty of all American girl. A general
delieacy Of outline as we'll as cOloring are
demanded. A woman with very large eyes
and no other charms is never rated as
beauty here. When a woman is said to be
beautiful in America it means that she has
a face nodded in delicate lines, features
that are thoroughly harmonious, figure
which is neither prOnouncedly athletic
nor too plump and small hands aud feet. In
England if a woman is six feet two, and
broad across the shoulders, she is invariably
spoken of in the society papers as beautiful,
though her feet may outelass the iron-clad
and her knuckles stretch wildly abroad. In
Italy and Spain pair of big, expressive
eyes are enough, but in America a thor
oughly balanced series of attractions must
be shown to win the title. American girls
form lofty, gay, intrepid and dashing
army, whose audacity should be feminine.
They have all of the athletic look of the
Englishwoman, without the ill-htting gloves
and pouderOus boots. The assumption Of
semi-masculine attire robs them of their
greatest charm. Womanliness is still tho
most attractive quality Of W0man.-The IL
Illustrated American.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
One Womnn.s Wrongs.

Mrs. Smallpurse (who found only few
dimes in her husbands pockets that morn
ing)-I am just sick of this plodding along
year after year. Why don't you do some
thing to make money?
Mr. Smallpurse-I can't make any more
than living at my business, no matter
how hard | work.
Mrs. Smallpurse-Then do something
else Invent something. Any American
can invent
Mr.. Smallpurse Some months after)-My
dear, I've hit it. and I've got patent. My
fortune is made.
Mrs. Smallpurse (delightrd)-Isn't that
grand! What did you invent?
Mr.. Smallpurse-Pve invented barbed-
wire safety-pocket for husbands
The morning call., 1890-06-16
MR.. RUBLE'S WHEEL.
He Thinks He Can Get 23 Knots With
One-fifih of the Ordinary Power.

He Thinks He Can GET 90 Knots With
One-fifih of the Ordinary Power.
On the stocks at the west end OF the Erie
bridge in Newark is new propeller, which
the protector thinks will revolutionize nav
igation in all countries. IL is a twin. screw
propeller, 100 feet long and 20 feet beam.
with an unusually long oyerhang astern,
high bow. and shallow draught. The
boat is being constructed on plans
made By NJ. r. Ruble and ID. c. Ber-
naTd of Newark is doing the joiner work.
The frame and planking is unusually strong,
for the boat is intended for sea-going excur-
sions and is to be used by the Atlantic
Steamboat Company OF Atlantic City In
connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's excursions. Mr.. Ruble is the
inventor of peculiar screw, which he has
used successfully on the Ohio River, where
he began his experiments.
The screw consists of four blades firmly
riveted to buoyant and air-tight cylinder
of boiler-iron having c0nical ends. Two Of
these screws. each six feet in diameter, will
propel the new boat, Mr.. Ruble thinks, at
the rate of twenty-three miles an hour.
The popularity of this form of screw is
that it is not intended for total submer-
gence, but will lie partly above the sur
face, one-half or two-thirds being sub
merged. The inventor says his wheel, run
ming in this manner, will not churn, and
will move with the slightest degree of slip
while applying the full energy to be devel-
oped from a wheel of given diameter
and doing it with one-ffth of the power
needed to run an ordinary screw. Two
seventy-fve-horse power Fogg high speed
engines will be used, taking steam from
boiler Of Mr. Ruble's own designing, for
which he claims the greatest efficiency with
the greatest economy Owners of steam
launches, tug-boats and other screw-pro-
PEELED craft are watching the progress OF
the work on the new boat, and waiting for
tue trial which will take place on the Pas
sale next month.
Mr. RuDle is very confident and says that
he has got beyond the experim ntal stage,
having demonstrated to his own satisfac-
ton the value of the wheels on a steamboat
in the West. There he had the wheels
alon gside amidships. and now he will place
them under the overhanging stern. The
hollow hubs will be calked tightly around
the shafts SO that no water can get into
them.-N. Y. Sun.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

other as Che ladies did, always three times,
but the gentlemen kissed the hands only OF
their lady friends. The service was con-
Quoted in that most musical language, the
Greek, and the audience presented brill
liant appearance. All were in evening
dress, the young girls in white. A fair
sprinkling of military uniforms gave the
requisite dash of color There were many
lovely girls and some beautiful ladies and
fine looking men. In fact, the whole Rus
sian colony is distinguished looking as
semblage of people. BELL.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

"a Kings share" says London paper,
SIS to be sold by auction at the Mart this
afternoon. 1t is an unusual thing to come
TO The hammer, but what is meant will be
easily guessed by spectators in wafer
works. King James moiety in the New
River enterprise is matter of local London
history. 1t has long ago passed out of royal
hands. and SO has the e500 year for which
it was bartered by Charles l on one Of the
many occasions when he was in need of
ready money. But the moiety of thirty-six
shares its sill called the Kings, just as
that annual payment of aj00 retains its ex-
The morning call., 1890-06-16

pressive name of 1.-THE Kings Clogg." In
modern times royalty would not be so ready
to part with Kings share, for zone entire
and undivided share ill the Kings moiety
of the estates and interests in the New
River" is rightly described as "a valuable
freehold estate" Messrs. Edwin Fox and
Bousfeld point out that the income in re-
speet of this share for the half-year to
Christmas last was at the rate Of e26l2
per annum; and such felicitous pictures OF
future prospects as only auctioneers can
draw are sketched In the advertisements
for the benefit of probable investors.-Ex.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
A Vacancy at No,re Dnms.

The historical pulpit of the Notre Dame
will, writes the London Chronicle corre-
spondent, be vacant at the beginning Of
next month. The eloquent Pere Monsabre
will on Easter morning close his career of
brilliant oratory. which has lasted seventeen
theory of dogmatic theology. The sue
cessur of Monsabre will have to be APP
pointed almost Immediately in order to civ 9
the preacher time to prepare the Ajyen t
course. Several names are already men,
toned as likely to take up the onerous
legacy left by Ravignan, Lacordaire, and
other glorious occupants of this tribune of
sacred eloquence. Among these is Pere
Didon, the author of "a Life of Christ"
and Dominican monk with strong liberal
views. The appointment is in the gift OF
the Archbishop Of Paris.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
"rhe Calrs- Premium Dictionaries.

The CALL has received another cousgn-
ment of the ALLEN" edition of Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary. which is being for
warded as rapidly as possible to subscIb-
ers whose orders are on file. These books
are substantially bound in leather, beauti-
fully embossed, and in quality of paper
and excellence Of workmanship are per-
feet marvel.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

Norwegian Consul. He refused to accept
it then, saying that it had been ruined. He
tried to get the Liberian Government to
buy him a new flag. but the task was such
a difficult one that he finally compromised
upon repairing the old one.
A number of returning emigrants came
in the Iiberia-N Y Sun.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
A PuZzlar.

Little Girl Ode Fashion Flat)-Is that my
new brother? Amt he cute? Did the
angels bring him?
Mamma-Yes, my dear.
Little Girl = Did they have flaming
swords?
Mamma-No. Why?
Little Girl don't see how they got past
the janitor.-N. Y. Weekly.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

The Colusa Canning Company has been
forced to adopt new label owing to an
Eastern firm stealing its first one.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

The Grass Valley Telegraph has donned
a new dress and is now one of the neatest
looking papers in the State.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

A well-known dentist tried hard to col
Loot n Hill. but after many intellectual efforts
said to the debtor II do not intend to
send YOU any more bills and don't intend
to sue you; but there is one thing want 70
tell Won. Every time you cut oil a piece oil
Seefsteak and pass it to your wife want
Won to remember that she is not chewing
mat beef with her teeth, nor with your
re- eth. but with my teeth" In two or three
DAYS he received check. The motion OF
those doubly false teeth In his wiie's mouth
The morning call., 1890-06-16

Now Use PIatt's Chlorides
The household dsinfectant.
The morning call., 1890-06-16
Ceremonies That Mark the End
Of Lent and Dawn
of Easter.
ANNUAL BLESSING OF HOMES
" La Gran FIESTA Della COLOMBIA the
Result Of Vow Made by a Pill
grim to the Holy Land-The
Battle Standard of Florence.
Greek Celebration of Easter.

Special Correspondence of THE Mons1se CALL
The morning call., 1890-06-16

The houses in Astoria must be numbered
nv recent ordinance.
The morning call., 1890-06-16

ag- For further particulars apply to
O'FARRELL & LANG.
jel2 ThSaSuMo At II Montgomery st.
The Meeker herald., 1890-09-06
STRANGE CONDOLENCES
Walter t'a.s"''. C,psri-n.~ With an Ar.
tist and = b.s..NirL Wealth.


tI.t and = I.sc.sirL Wealth.
Walter i;".an; has q lengthy paper In
the Independent On Condolences, Wit.
examples from his ouu experience.
Three Of them arr A. follows;
The following Ia an illustration of tho
eolncldcnc" that can not ho classrd-
the oo!ncidonc. startling. The other
DAY I va, consulting with an ariis,
about ia. lace and appearance %. n
character in a novel which he was liiu,-
trailing. Do you know asked.
"such orcg' lie had never m-, the
man. We'll" ! said. II want como
Hgch face ~ his" - | briefly described
the kind Of face. Meantime hi, pcncll.
which 9, ono Of ,hosn pencil. Hh!rh can
never keep slili. wcat on working.
''ilpw Il ghs,y' he asked, showing IN"
tho cSsr: portrait q. tho man In my
mind whom he had never seen.
pass over tho cuincldcRc"s which
can 10 explained by the fact shat many
minds arc engaged upon the rAm- sub
isct AZ the sam" t!'nc. IL Was no cu.nri.
d"aro when the Tichloruu case was
being tried for = stranger In ;hC train
10 address you on tho subject. your
own thoughts being also occupied With
II. a coincidence which can 10 cN-
planned by natural causes Il a sham
or bogus coincidence. And since there
are coincidence no many and 30 various
,ha, onp nigh, ~ ON Tx. brook for
over ripping about them. will end
with the coincidence oracular. OF these.
three occur TO me.
There was once swain In love: he
was iisronsolaic swain. one Of those
who whistle q reed Of melancholy on tho
mountain side. Tho reason Of his sad-
ness was not that he had been dismissed
by tina. lady, but lac feared TO bo dis.
missed by tho lady's papa. The OK.
Equity of the outcome. In fact, could not
bc denied. This sorrowful shepherd
wandered forth in the unHympaihctic
London streets. expecting nothing
but ninty-hcartod coldncss. sudden
ly he raised his droopiag eyes. lie
saw over shop.front. written plainly
in letters footlong: Clifford and Mar
riagc'-ihc lady's name was Clifford.
He started: he read tho words again: lac
accepted the omen; he walked briskly
home and wrote letter with jocunL
heart, and lac has now been married for
fifteen years. ! ought to know. because
/ was present at ihc wedding and signed
the register.