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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-22
HE NEVER KNEW.
One WOnd'S Secret That Was Never Re-
VealHd to Him She Loved.

Death recently removed from the ranks
as versatile and enterprising news
gatherer as ever lived. The only reason
for Withholding his name is that giving it
might possibly wound the feelings of his
young widow, who was deeply attached TO
him in life and tenderly reveres his men,
DRY. He was stricken down with pneumo-
mia, and after lingering Illness on the
deathbed the doctors gave him up and tcld
him he would have but few hours at most
TO live. II took the announcement as coolly
as though it might have been an assignment
to do" a swell wedding for his paper, and,
without the assistance of a lawyer, made
his will, devising all his property 10 his
dearly beloved wife, adding, regretfully.
that he was sorry IL was not more. A priest
was sent for and the divine JUNCTION was
granted. The priest departed and the dying
man and his weeping wife were left alone
Turning to her with smile on his dying
features, he beckoned her to come closer
that he might whisper a few words. She
knelt sobbing by his couch.
Marie" be whispered. 4" have always
been good husband to you, have | notl'
Indeed, you have been the best of hus-
bands, darling"
You have always enjoyed my confidence,
shared my good fortune and bad alike"
es, my poor boy"
crossed over?"
ION, my dear, dear darling, you know 1
love you better than my own selfl she Sob
bed convulsiyely.
well, dearest, l wish to make one dying
request; will you grant it dear?'
Indeed will, anything you ask, dearest"
Honestly and truthfully?"
Yes, my own one" twining her arms
round his weak form. Anything; sneak
quick! What is it?" A contenfed look
came into the eyes of the now dying man.
and gathering his iiItle remaining strength
for last effort, he Whispered:
Marie, my wife, tell me truly, how-old
-are-you? And before the answer came
he was too far away to hearit n. Y, World
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RAILWAY POSTOFFICE.
The Manner in Which Mails are Handled Oh
the Railroad Trains.

Nearly every railroad in the United States
carries, at least once day, one or more men
whose business it is to receive, sort and de-
liver the mail gathered at the towns along
or near that road.
If there Is little work to be DONE one man
does it alone, in small room built in a part
of the baggage-ear or smoking-car. AS the
business increases, two or more men work
together, having whole car for their accom-
mediation. This car is drawn directly be-
hind the engine, so that there shall be no
occasion for any passing through it. With
still more business, between the large cities,
two or more cars are run; until between
New and Chicago we have whole train run
exclusively for the mail service, made up of
five cars and worked by twenty men. A
line of railroad between two cities, used in
this way for sorting the mail, Is called an
''R. p. o." i. e., Railway Postoffice," and
there is an immense number of such in the
country, taking their names from the chief
offices on the line.
Such are the Boston ard Albany"
81 Boston, Springfield and New York"
"Portland and Island Pond. !" Chicago and
Cedar Rapids" and many hundred others.
Tho runs vary greatly in length, ranging
from twenty miles to as high as thousand
miles, The extremely long runs, with the
exception Of the New York and Chicago"
are found only in the West where there are
great distances between the cities. On such
a run there will be two or more men, one
crew sleeping while the other works. The
New York and Chicago" is divided into
three sections. On this run the twenty men
who start out from New York are relieved
by as many more at Syracuse, and these in
turn are relieved at Cleveland by another
company who take the train into Chicago.
As general thing. however, a run is
planned to be about the distance which can
be covered in day.
On all the more important lines there are
two sets of men, one for day and one for
night service. II the run is short one with
but little mail one man does the work alone.
running every day, aud usually having sew
eral hours to rest at one end of the road or
the other. Where the run is long enough,
SO that the trip takes all day, there will be
four sets of men. One man, or set of men.
starts at one end of the run and covers the
entire line, meeting the other somewhere on
the route and returning the next day. When
these men lave worked week they 90
home to rest week, and the others take
their places. Such is the arduous nature of
the work, the strain to mind and body, and
particularly to eyesght, from working all
day long in the constant jar and rattle that
few men would be able TO retain a place
were it not for these periods of rest. Max
Bennett in February St Nicholas.
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CHAPTER 1.

Late one night in January, 1888, there
CAME mighty bang al my door; | opened,
and in walked my friend Alvin More, the
sculptor.
what You, old man?". I cried in sur
prise.
well? Any reason why that should
. take your breath away?" he returned
quietly.
"Why, yes" said 1; II confess I was
scarcely expecting visit from you"
well, it's always the unexpected that
arrive, You know" said he ANYHOW, L
don't see why you should treat it as a
thunderclap."
He threw off his overcoat, dropped into
one of the easy chairs before MY fireplace,
got hold of the poker and began to stir the
Goals, all in the most familiar and old
friendly-manner possible.
Its a bitter night" he remarked.
well, Pm glad to see you, at any rate,
said I. TO tell You the truth, l fancisd
you were in huff with me-"
I'm a nuff with you? Why under the sun
should be in huff with you?"
''Ah, that was Just the puzzle. l couldn't
for the life of me imagine But we all
thought you were in q huff with us; with
the lot Of u.s. Certainly you avoided US like
the pest of late. You haven't shown your
face at the club since long before Christmas.
You haven't dined at Madame's since
Thanksgiving; and twice when I have
passed you on the street you've cut me dead.
You've treated the other fellows in the
same way. So-well, we drew our infer
ences."
1 haven't felt in a social mood lately :;
that's all I've been keeping in my shell
bit. As for cutting you in the street, he
added, Indignantly, you know perfectly
well Ia be incapable of such a thing.
CO uidn't have seen you; must have been
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meditated and prearranged 1t, just as I
would a murder. But l find l lack the
nerve for execution. l want moral support.
Come along"
"Look here. More, wait bit. wouldn't
do il tonight, if | were you. I'd stop and
think for awhile first. Write to your
casters and put them off for a week.
Then lock up your studio and take vaca-
ton. Go out ofttown. Amuse yourself.
Then come back and look at the thing again.
Perhaps with fresh mind it will strike you
differently. You may see a way to remedy
it without destroying it Anyhow, i
wouldn't take such an irrevocable step as
the one you're contemplating, without CIV
ing it plenty of thought Don't be in a
hurry; don't be preeipitnte. You're ex-
cited tonight; wait till you've cooled down."
Thought! Good God What else do
you suppose I've thought about for the last
six months? I'll go mad if think about it
any more. I've got to act. It's TO put an
end to thinking that I've made up my mind
to act. Perhaps, after the thing is done I'll
be able to get sound nights sleep; and i'm
you come with me or nOt?
you" | assenteG. But when were there
you must let me have LOOK at his General
ship. Perhaps. after all, l can persuade
you to think better of him."
That Won can't do; but If you're coming
with me let's be of"
Wa buttoued our overcoats, lighted our
cigarettes aud marched out, arm in arm,
into the cJld night air.
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IN A MINUTE.
What Happens in That Very Short spac,
nf pima


of Time.
Don't fret. I'll be there in a minute"
But. my friend, minute means a good
deal, notwithstanding you affect to hold it
OF no consequence. Did you ever stop 10
think what may happen in minute? No.
We'll, while you are numbering minute for
yourself and one for me, before Won get
ready for the business we have in hand. I
will amuse you by telling you some things
that will happen meantime.
In minute we shall be whirled around
on the outside of the earth by its diurnaI
motion distance of thirteen miles. AT the
same time we shall have gone along with
the earth on its grand journey aronnd
the sun 1880 Pretty quick TRAVELLING
You say. Why. that is slow work COM
pared with the rate of travel of that raw of
light which just now reflected from that
mlrrop. minute ago that ray was H.
160, 600 miles away.
In minute over all the world abont
eighty newborn infants have each raised
wall. OF protest, as if against thrusting az
istence upon them; while as many more hu-
man beings, weary with the struggle of life.
have opened their lips to utter their last
sigh.
In minute the lowest sound vour ear
can catch has been made by 800 vibrations.
while the highest tone reached Won after
making 2.22S. 900 vibrations.
In minute an express train goes miIe
and street-ear thirty-two rods the fast,
est trotting horse 14S rods. and an average
pedestrian has got over sixteen rods.
Each minute, night and day, by the official
spends $461 The interest on the public
debt was 500 minute last year, or lust ex-
actly equal 10 the amount of silver mined in
that time.-Cleveland Press.
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less mass OF clay. Then I'm going to sit
down and perjure my soul by writing to the
committee and telling them a whacking
bang. I'm going TO tell them that. owing to
some unexpected weakness OF the interior
supports. my statue has fallen, kerfiop! and
is hopeless wreck; then shall ask Tor
years extension of time in which 10 do 1t
over again. They can't refuse 1t, in the face
of such a terrible calamity. Then I'll model
new figure, and, with Gods help. one that
shant be ashamed of. That's what m can
to do"
"Hnmphl. Rather heroic treatment" said
l. Two years work thrown away.
Mighty few men would ever have the pluck
to do it."
Heroic treatment? don't know. Dis
eases desperate grown by desperate appli-
ance are relieved, or not at all, he
quoted. "As for throwing away the work
OF two years, it comes hard, can't deny;
it away than let it stand if / know it's bad,
wouldn't l? No; I've thought 1t all over,
and I've made up my mind. It's the only
way out of my difficulty. It's got to be
done, and it's got to be done tonight, for
sharp tussle to bring myself to the point
of recognizing the necessity; but now that's
over, and I'm ready for the fray
He spoke cheerfully. almost lightly, but
his face was as white as wax. his eyes
burned and his voice shook little;
your pluck. No one but an artist could
make such resolution as that. Any other
man would say, Let it go Tor what it is
But that is arts diviniIy-the sacred fire
that differentiates it from every other form
of human labor. In other trades men seek
an approximate good; in art the good man
seeks is absolute. No makeshift will con-
tent him. He can never say to himself,
We'll, it might be better, but still it will do
So long as he feels that it could be better he
must work to make it so. Not till he be-
lieves it as good as human endeavor can rem
der it is he liable to call it finished. After
ward, of course, after it's gone from his
hands, after it's got cold, then he realizes
that it's Tiddled with imperfections; but
he's got to think it right, or he can't leave it.
l don't believe any one but an artist could
understand your state of mind"
"Oh, my state of mind be hanged, and be
hanged too, all your highfaluting talk
about art and artists. It's mere question
of common honesty and of common eXDedi-
ency. As an honest workman l can't de-
liver botched job and pocket my en-
ployers' money. And as a man with his
eye open to the main chance. can't let a
piece of work go out of my shop that will
damage my reputation. Come, now, put on
your Overcoat You've got to bear me com
pauy. us got to be done tonight; and l
confess / haven't quite the strength of mind
to do it alone. Eve planned it all out, pre-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-22
CONCERNING DIET.
What is Required to Keep Up The Equilibrium
Of Health.

Fhe human system requires a certain
quantity of carbon and of nitrogen to keep
up the equilibrium of health" remarked
physician recently. 1.-THE healthy man
needs 800 grains of nitrogen and 1900 grains
of carbon daily to supply. the waste that
takes place during the twenty-four hours
He should select diet which can supply as
nearly as possible the proper amount of
each of these substances. 1t matters little
whether he eats vegetables or meat, so long
rs lie achieves the result 1t is very possible,
as vegetarians contend, that Well-selected
vegetarian diet is capable OF bringing
the greater number of individuals to the
highest physical development of which they
are capable, but it wOulu be difficult tor the
majority Of workingmen TO get the proper
diet of vegetables all the year round, and
mixed diet, partly vegetable and partly ani-
mai, is IgUst sensible
Most men eat too much meat. know
some people who live almost entirely upon
it. The. proper proportion is about one part
OF meat to three of vegetables.
'One thousand grains of meat contain
about leo grains of carbon and 800 of nitro
gen. Therefore to obtain the 1900 grains OF
carbon which a mans system requires no
less than six and half pounds of meat
must be consumed daily, while the requisite
800 grains Of nitrogen are contained in one
ana hall pounds Of meat, consequently
three OF four times more meat must be CON
sumed TO supply The carbon tAanis necessary
to furnish the nitrogen.
zone thousand grains of bread contain
800 grains of carbon and ten of nitrogen In
other words. to obtain the requisite amount
of nitrogen for the system on diet Of
bread alone one would have TO consume ex-
actly double the quantity of carbon re-
quired. short calculation shows that two
pounds of bread and three-quarters OF a
pound of meat. just about compensate for
the daily drain ON the system Of a healthy
man.
Beef and mutton usually contain 10 per
cent of carbonaceeuS and 20 Per. cent Of
heterogeneous material. Potatoes have "A per
cent carbonaeeous and of heterogeneous ma
terial, very nearly the proportion the system
requires. Oatmeal has &C caIbOnaeeous and
l6 heterogeneous parts. and, taken alone. is a
better article of food than beef, as regards
the requirements of the system. Skinned
milk contains carbon and nitrogen in about
equal quantities.
Oatmeal and good milk and bread for
breakfast with beef aud potatoes for dianer,
form about the best diet that can be de-
yised." New York Telegram.
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George, dear. don't see how you ever
found courage to ask me to be your wife"
1T was pretty hard thing for me to do,
wasn't itp Did l make fool of myself,
Nellie?"
The young man shifted her weight on the
other knee as he asked the question.
mot any more than usual, George. You
always acted confused and bashful, you
know"
"M-yes, suppose 1 was good deal of
dunderhead," candidly admitted the youth,
"but was pretty far gone" he added, in
extenuation. :. was hooked in both giiis."
towing With his watch-ciain. didn't vour
heart fly right up into your throat when you
when. you asked me the-ths question, you
know"
:" 1t tried TO, Nellie" replied George. shift
remember, was kind O. holding it down."
And Nellie didn't say anything more for
long, long time.-Chicago Tribune.
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IN A STUDIO
A Story of Devotion Without a Woman.


General he babe fair to become master
piece Unless you've altered him nightly
for The worse since then you're stark mad
now. But don't let that dismay you. You'll
get over it all right presently. It's one of
those periodical fits of dementia that befall
every votary of the arts. The man who
doesn't go off his head at least two or three
times a year is no true artist. It's action and
reaction, you know. He has spells of en-
thusiasm and delight in his work, when he
fancies it far better than il really is, and
these are succeeded by spells of horrible
depression. when he thinks 1t infinitely
worse. It's night and day; the swing of
the pendulum. You'll be all right again by
and by"
L" w hat YOU say" admitted More, "is
true enough in general way, but it isn't
true of my special case. This is no mere
mood with me; it's conviction. It's been
growing on me, growing on me, little by
little, irresistibly. for the past six months !;
feeling, conviction that the thing was
all wrong. AS L told you fought shy of it.
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mortal on the face of Manhattan Island.
IT'S two. years you've been at work on it,
isn'tit?"
Yes, two years, little more than two
years, Two years utterly wasted. Two
years lost clean ont of my lifep' he cried
with sudden bitterness.
1.-TWO years lost out of your life?" I
you mean ?''
II mean that Tn the most miserable
wretch on the face of Gods universe" he
answered, literally gnashlng his teeth. II
mean that the things failure, an utter.
AFFECT, unqualified failure. l could-I could
cut off my hand, that modelled it. I'd like
to- smash the thing into a thousand atoms.
The mere thought of it makes me sick"
"Oh, l see," said ]. YOU'RE off your
head"
mo. Pm not off my head wish I were.
Bat what | tell you is the truth. You don't
suppose I'd want to think it so If ! could
help it, do you? It's the truth. I've fought
shy of it, and tried not to acknowledge it
this long while, but it's no use. At the
eleventh hour il has forced itself upon me.
The things monstrositY."
"Ah. yes, poor chap; you're0ff your head"
repeated. THE last time l saw your
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-22
The Craze Tor orehids

Orchids are spreading all over the world
in these days, and we may expect 10 hear of
root in alien chimes like r. coccinea in
Brazil. l cannot cite a parallel at present.
But Mr.. Sander informs me that there is I,
growing demand for these plants In realms
which have their own native orchids.
Among customers who write to him di-
rectly are magnates of China aud Siam.
an Indian, and Japanese rajah. Orders
are received-not unimportant nor in
frequent = from merchants at Calcutta.
Singapore. Hong Kong. Rio de Janeiro,
and smaller places. of course. 1t is
vastly droll to hear that some of these
gentlemen import species at great expense
which an intelligent cody could gather for
them in any quantity within few furiongs
Of their GOODWIN But for the most part
they demand foreigners. Maya
zine.
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Circassian women, it is said, who are
noted for the velvety softness of their COM
plexions and rosy bloom. never use oint-
ments of any kind. They apply to their
faces half an hour before their bath a
thorough coating of white Of egg. When
this has completely dried they wash it off
with tepid water and then proceed TO bathe
as usual In soap and water.
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And will they scorn IRE, Pol and Pen,
Aud shall Treiawney die?
Then twenty thousand CorniShmen
Win know the reason WHY
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AN EFFIGY OF THE sCoLD,
Mounting 1t on deal board or pole, and ex-
hibiting it in front of the woman's cottage
to the lugubrious accompaniment Of bells
and horns.
The delightful custom of 'harvest-home"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-03-28
Montana. Oregon and Washington.

The remarkable growth in population Of the
region occupied by the states of Montana,
Oregon and Washington is only surprising to
those who are unacquainted with the unusual
natural resources Of this section. Mining.
numbering, grazing, fruit growing and agiicul-
ture are here carried on with degree of sue
cess unknown in any other section of North
America.
The states of Montana and Washington are
now the scene of large amount Of railroad
building but the principal ana most important
line IN these two states, ami in fact the only
one trayersiug them from east to west and
reaching all important sections is the Northern
Pacific Railroad. This road is the shortest line
TO Helena and Butte City, Montana, Spokane
Falls Wash, all Puget Sound points and is the
only all rail line 10 Tacoma and Seattle.
The Northern Pacific Railroad offers special
indueement To home-seekers by allowing hold
ers of second class North Pacific Coast tickets
the privilege of stopping ten days at Spokane
FAILS, Wash, and all points west of there.
Passengers are thus given an opportunity Of
examining all sections Of this great state at
saving OF from $500 to $500 as against any
other line.
In the matter of accommodations the North
cru Pacific railroad ranks first Through daily
trans-coutinentai trains carry tree colonist
sleeping cars, first aud second class day coaches,
Pullman first class seepers aud dining cars.
Through train service of Pullman first class
and tourist sleeping cars is run Via Wisconsin
Central aud Northern Pacific lines, aud hand
some first class sleeping cars via Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul 10y. and Northern paeihc,
from Chicago 10 North Dakota, Montana and
Pacific Coast points.
Inquire Of your nearest ticket agent, any
authorized agent of the Northern Pacific X. x,
or CHAs. $. FEE, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, ST. Paul, Mimi, for rates, maps, time
tables or special reformation as to any particu-
lar section of the northwest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-03-28
order 10 Hear Petition OF \ dministra-
tor 10 Sell Real EsIate

ITATE OF WIS ONSIN, COUNTY OF IOWA.
= IL COUNTY COURT
In the matter OF the sale OF real estate OF the
estate of James PolkinghOru late of Mineral
Poiut, Wis. deceased.
ON reading AMI filing the petition OF philip
Allen, 5 r., Administrator de bOuiS non with the
viii annexed Of the estate Of y.iu James Polk
iughoru, deceased. dated 81 of March, 1891,
setting forth the HmoGut OF personal e>ta'e thai
has come to- his hantS and the disposition
thereof, the amOnHtut dehtS outstanding ainSt
said deceased, aui praying that license be 20
him granted % sell certain of the real estate
whereof said deceased died sliced, Tor the pur.
pose OF paying said debt, and The charges OF
administration anu il appearing by "a petit
ton that there is not suirleut personal estate in
the hands OF sHid administrator % pay said
dest,, and that /, necessary tn order to pay the
same "a Sci. rlHu ut said real estate.
IL Is therefore ordered, that AL persons inter-
ested in said real estate appear before this Court,
at a re- Ular term thereof. 10 ne held on the IA
day Of April 1891, at the court house IN the rity
OF Dodgeyille at o'clock in the forenoon then
and there 10 show cause (if any there shall bel
why license should not be granted TO said All
ministrator to Sell sal rya estate according TO
the prayer of sAid petition
And II Is further ordered that this order shall
be published Tor four success i've weeks prior To
said day Of hearing in the Mineral Point TRIB-
USE, weekly newspaper published in said
county, and copy thereof shall be served per
sonaNy on all persons interested in the estate
and residing iu this county. At least twenty Jays
before the day herein appointed for the hearing
Dated Dodgeyille, Iowa Co, Wis, Mar. 3. 1891.
SEAL JOHN 8. JONES,
lows County Judge.