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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11

n. Stone, milk-dealer, was arrested last
night on charge Of embezzlement, but was
released a short time after on $4,000 bail
The trouble grew out of some business deal
ings he had with Mrs. Ella TAFT. She got
cut search warrant to recover Jour promiS-
sorry notes of $50 each, executed by Frank
J. Hicks in favor of Fannie Joy. Officer
Donovan failed to find the notes on the
search warrant, and Mrs. TAFT had Stone
arrested.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11
WILL TRY IL AGAIN.
The Old War-Ship Adams Being
Refitted for Sea.
A Graft With an Uneventful Record, But Shs
May Yet Rival the Tallapoosa-Again
on the Dry-Dock.

1t will probably be recalled by readers of
the waterfront notes in THE CALL that
about year and a half ago the venerable
and somewhat effete wooden cruiser. Adams,
arrived from Honolulu under sail aud steam,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11
BILL SWANS CHANCE.
He Tended Bar and Got Himself Into
Serious Trouble.

He Tended Bar and Got Himself Into
Serious Trouble.
Last Sunday Edmund Edmundson, sa-
loon-keeper at 1881 Broadway. patronized
himself too freely and got drunk. Bill
Swan, returned whaler, happened to be
in the place at the time, and he said he
would tend bar. So Mr.. Edmundson lay
down in back room and went to sleep,
leaving Bill Swan in charge.
Bill improved an opportunity seldom of
tered a whaler. He took a watch and chain
and $50 from the till and loaded his pockets
with all the bottles he could carry. Then
he locked the front door and took the key
along. Later in the day Mr.. Edmundson
awoke, broke out of his store and told the
police what Bill Swan had done.
Last night Officers Murray and Wren cap
tured Swan on kearny street and locked him
up on charge of grand larceny.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11

SNAPSHOT CAMERA CLUB.-The Snapshot
Camera Club has el cted the following officers:
c. Son, T esident; =. c. Well Wee President; l..
Davis, Sc cretary; j. Il. Baird. Treasurer.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11

FAVoRABLY REPORTED UPoN.-The finished
plumbing work done by Shook & Son in the new
City Hall Prison was inspected by Superintend
ent Hughes and Plumbing InSl ectOr ader
yesterday, and favOrably reported upon.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11
LOOK. ON This.

The ancient maxim that every question
has two sides is. in the words of st. Paul.
worthy of all deception.
Take tie Royal Baking Powder Company
for example: Its statements to the public
are made in a bald, one-sided way. The
Company is either guilty of duplicity in
its methods or it takes the public to be
ignorant
1t forgets, or it doesn't care, that there is
opposite to the claims 1t sets up.
1t has been caught in its acts and uu-
masked so often that one would suppose it
would try some new tactics. On the con-
trary, it continues the dark-lantern policy
The Ohio Dairy and Food Commissioner
corrected the Royal for misusing his annual
report This was done in tie newspapers.
The same company was taken to task by
the New York State Board of Health for its
endeavor TO make it appear that the Board
had Endorsed the Royal Baking Powder.
The same Company quoted authorities in
Its behalf. and called them Government
Chemists. There is no such Office known
to any bureau in Washington or its depart
ments throughout the country as Govern
ment Chemist.
Hers is another blunder of which the
Royal is guilty. and. according to Talley-
rand, blunder is as bad as crime.
In one Of its claims on the public the
Royal uses the following words:
copy OF ROYAL ADJ
CANNOT BE ExcELLED.
A purer or stronger baking powder than
the Royal it is impossible to make. 1t is
absolutely pure and healthful, and composed
of the best ingredients. and of the highest
strength and character
To this statement the Royal adds, as au-
thority, these names:
DIR. DAVIDSON.
DR. FISKE,
DIR. McQUESTEN,
DR. LIE ToURNEUX,
San Francisco Board of Health.
That is one side of the case. 1t is the
Royal Baking Powder Company's side.
The other side Of the case appears oppo-
site. 1t is complete negative. 1t shows
again the deception practiced by the Royal
Baking Powder Company
Are such methods employed by concerns
that are honest?
The above is respectful
THINKING nuhlie.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11

BERTELISG has the only reliable methods to
ht defective sight. 427 Kearny street.
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AND THEN ON THIS:

DeniaIs, individually by the men,
bers of the San Francisco Board of
Health, Of the statements attributed to
them by the Royal Baking Powder
Company:
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REAL ESTATE.
P0TRER0 TO The FRONT.

We Offering at private sale the following
property, shown in the diagram, p assessing that
magnificent panoramic view OF San Francisco, san
Francisco Bay and surrounding counties on tue
line OF the proposed new railroad. These lots
ready to build upon; graded, streets in order. etc
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11

The WEEKLY GALL contains more
reading matter for the price
than any publication in Amer
lea 81 IS per year. post. paid
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-11
TEVlS g. FISHER,

Real Estate Agents and Auctloneers,
Ia POST STREET.,
Or ". L. Ashe, 1913 California St., ST.
n1
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
GUNS AND RIFLES.

A large stock of Guns, Rifles, Revo1vers.
Cartridges and all Sporting Goods. Double
and single Barrel Shot Guns. Rifles all prices
from $3.50 to $50. Winchester Rifles. single
shot and repeaters. Remington and other
makes at the lowest cash prices. All sizes of
Cartridges, Shells, Wads, etc. A large line of
Lawn Tennis Rackets at all prices.
GEO. e. GROW.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
A LAKE COVERED BY LAND.

While on a recent visiting tour in
Alabama, saw a curious phenom-
enon which is not. to my knowledge,
repeated in any other part of the
world. In Bibb county, not many
miles from a town called Six Miles,
at barn on Six Mile Creek, there
is a field of two or three acres which
is over a subterranean lake. The soil
is only three or four feet thick, and
you can take a sharp pole and drive
it through to the water beneath.
Half a dozen men, Jumping up and
down at once in any particular spot,
will make the corn stalks tremble for
ten or twelve feet around. In the
dryest seasons that patch of ground
is always damp, not to say wet, and
it can be distinguished from the rest
of the field by the luXuriant dark
green of the corn planted on it. In
one place a we'll has been dug to the
water, and they say a one hundred
foot line failed to reach bottom. The
water is quite clear and as cold as
that of an ordinary spring, but there
seems to be no current, and the local
wonder is how the crust of the earth
got on top Of the lake and how it
manages to stay there [CorrespOn-
dence of st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16

Spectator, Il am only going to Hart
ford" Oh, l know number O.
folks in Hartford; was you goin' to
visit or jest goin' for pleasures" Il
am going to visit friend, Mrs.
W" "Hol l know her. She
lives in the great place where they
have so many flowers and things,
but she amt a mite stuck up. She
is jest like folks. She is good deal
younger nor her husband, but he sets
site by her, and lets her do jest
exactly as she is a mind ter. They
are fust chop folks" The train now
approached Simsbury. and the Spec
tatOr was sorry to part with his
voluble travelling company. AS they
were about to part she gathered up
her belongings, consisting ola basket,
large paper bundle, and bandbox.
She wiped her face vigorously with
most generous pocket-handkerchief,
rubbed her glasses thoroughly, and
exclaimed, as she rose to leave the
car: We'll, 1 declare, 1 can't help
bein' all riled up when l think O my
sister risin' on my board, and she
never would "a done it if it hadn't
a been for that tight-fsted husband
O hearn. He is higher than the bark
of a tree, and slower than the wrath
O God-and it is jest such men as
him that's made me live single all
my life. . Christian Union.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
Something to be Stunned.

We would guard the young against
the use of every word that is not per-
fectlv proper. Use no profane ex-
pression-allude to no sentence that
would put to blush the most sensi-
tive. You know not the tendency of
habitually using indecent and pro-
fame language. 1t may never be OBJ
liberated from your hearts, says the
New York Ledger. When you grow
up you will find at your tongues
end some expression you would not
use for any money. By being care
full, you will save yourself a great
deal of modification and sorrow.
Good men have been taken sick and
and become delirious. In these mo-
ments they have used the most vile
and indecent language imaginable.
When informed of it, after restora-
of health, they had no idea of the
pain they had given their friends, and
stated that they had learned and re-
peated the expressions in childhood,
and, though years had passed since
they had spoken bad word, the ear
" impressions had been indelibly
stamped upon the heart.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
CONDENSED WISDOM.

A successful young business man
of Atlanta tells this story He said
that when he was a boy he had oc
casion to borrow $50 on a gold
watch, and went to a bank to secure
the loan. He found there a venera-
BILE gentleman whom he has since
come to know as the father of Mr..
Darwin Jones. The old gentleman
spoke very kindly to the boy, told
him the bank did not lend money on
watches, and referred him to pawn
broker. Then Mr.. Jones said slowly
and earnestly: But if l were you l
would not borrow the money"
"Why?" was asked by the impetuous
youngster. "Because'-and every
word weighed a pound-"because
you will have to pay it back" The
wisdom of a lifetime was in that
sentence ATLANTA Constitution.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
WHAT KEPT HER SINGLE.

The Spectator was fortunate
enough the other day, when taking
a little journey, to meet with an I'M
spoiled specimen of real Yankee sim
plicity. The car was not full, and
the Spectator had seat to himself
when, stopping at small hamlet, a
and thus addressed him: eff this seat
amt occerpled, III set down here, if
you hahn no objection. Well, 1 do
declare, I'm glad l hain't lost my
head. The Spectator inquired if she
had been in danger of losing her
head. well, should think l had.
l hurried to the depot, fear O. bein'
left, and when l got there 1 was so
hustered that 1 didn't know what
Use about. You see, l amt much
used to ridin in the cars. Well, I
sot down by the winder and took
out my money so as to have it all
ready, and l spread a dollar bill out
on the winder sill, and, l yum if
there didn't come gust O. wind and
blow that ar dollar bill clean out O.
sight, and just then the cars come
along, and hadn't no time to run
fort, SO my dollar bill is clean gone,
and l s'pose 1 sha'nt never see it
agin. I'm goin' down to Simsbury,
and L do'no as l shall ever go back
agin. l have been boardin' with my
sister down to Farmin ton, and she's
ris on my board" Addressing the
Spectator-''Now l want to know
if you call it Christian act to rise
on the price O board with your own
sister. l boarded with her cause
she lived nigh the Methodist meetin'-
house, and I'm fond O. goin' to even
in meetings, but as for my thinkin'
it is a consistent Christian act to
rise on your own blood relations, l
can't see it." The Spectator said Z:
Have you a family" NO. I'm a
single woman from choice Be you
a-travelin' fur No." replied the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
A HARD FIGHT WITH A FISH.

Take it in ~ said my companion,
excitedly, and bending to the work l
brought the line in, fighting for every
inch that came; when the Mexican
shouted warning. Whizzl and the
coils leaped again into the air. Moth
ing could withstand the rush-a head
er directly for the bottom and away.
The anchor had been hauled up by
the Mexican at the first strike, and
now. with line in hand, we were off,
the boat churning through the wa
ter, hurting the spray over us, and
bearing waves of cleaning foam
ahead.
Take in - cries Joe, who stands
by the coil, and again, slowly light
ing against the dull blows, the line
comes in. Ten feet gained. and, whiz-
eeei as many more are lost. In 1T
comes once more, hand over hand,
the holder of the line bending this
way and that, trying to preserve a
balance and that tension which would
prevent a sudden break Now the
fish darts to one side, tearing the
water into foam, leaving sheet of
silvery bubbles and swinging the
boat around as on a pivot. Now it
is at the surface-a fleeing vision fol-
lowed by a rush that carries the very
gunwale under water. This, followed
by sudden Stacking of theline, sends
despair to the heart he is gone, the
line floats. No, whizz! and away
again, down. All the tricks of the
sturdy black bass this giant of the
tribe INDUCES in, except the m1d-alr
leaps which gladden. the hearts of the
angler. Quick turns, downward
rushes, powerful blows, mighty runs
this gamey creature makes, fighting
inch by inch, leaving an impression
upon the mind of the fisherman that
is not soon forgotten.
With large rope, and by taking
turns, the fish could have been mas
tered, but such methods were not
considered sports1nanl1ke here.
1t must be taken free-handed, a
fight at arms-length, and being such,
the moments fly by tits half an hour,
and we have not yet seen the outline
of our game Gradually the rushes
grow less, the blows are lighter, and
what is taken is all gain From
THE Haunts of the Black Sea-Bass, !"
by c. F. Holder, in July Scribner.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
RAIL WA VS. OF THE WORLD.

The Engineering News prints the
following interesting facts in relation
to the growth of the railways of the
world from 1885 to theclose Of 1889:
The total length of the railways at
the close of the last decade mounted
to 37O,193 miles, equal to nearly
fifteen times the equa torial .circum-
ference of the world, and more than
124,OO miles in excess of the mean
distance of the moon from the earth.
On Dec. 81, 1879, the length of the
lines in actual operation was OIL
2O2 miles, and the increase in thelast
ten wears has, therefore, been 1873
Der cent. If similar increase takes
place in the present decade, the
mileage at the beginning ofthe TWEEN
tieth century will be more than
$4,000.
America contributed the create
number of miles of road during the
four years under consideration, and
especially the United States, where
the growth amounted to 25.1 per
cent. Canada and Mexico also show
heavy gains. After America comes
Europe, with 1875 per cent. Of the
various countries there, Germany
shows the greatest increase, follow
ed by Austria, France, Russia and
Italy. In Asia, British India has de-
veloped the greatest activity, and its
lines have increased thirty-two per
cent. In denselv-peopled China no
long line is yet built, but the pro-
posed trans-Siberian road of the
Russian government may result IN
Increased construction. In Africa
the only marked increase has been in
Algiers and Tunis, but a compare
lively rapid development may be ex-
pected when the conflicting claims of
Germany and England are settled,
and the interior, as we'll as the Con-
go basin, is more settled The Aus
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
FOR HOME CONSUMPTION.

Caller-Has your mistress gone
out?
New servant-No, but she amt at
home.
Chollie- "Ohl 1t was vewy excit-
ing. l quite lost me head" Kitty
Klaws-"And did you miss it ~
Brooklyn Life.
1t is not surprising that there
should be so many shiftless husbands
when it is remembered that it is never
the best man at the wedding who
gets married.
Whose fault is it that you are not
nearer the head of the Glass;" ITS
the fault of the other fellows ~
Flows that?" "'Cause they're
smarter'n 1 be.''-[Epoch.
Lady Ito applicant): "What pay
cant: How ould is the baby, mum ?
Lady: Seven months" Applicant:
''Widout laudinum, mum, two dol
lars an half wake; wild laudinu1n,
two dollars"
DO you know why the voice of a
cat at night is so high ?" mo, why !?
Because it's generally pitched on
the roof."-[Philadelphia Times.
"Well," said lawyer as he en-
tered his condemned clients cell,
good news at last" "a reprieve!"
exclaimed the prisoner. mo, but
your uncle has died and left you
$4,000, and you can meet your fate
with the satisfying feeling that the
noble efforts of your lawyer in your
behalf will not go unrewarded.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
He Saw his Chance.

Stranger. Good morningl Is this
the notary's office ?"
Clerk. mo; on the opposite side
of the road"
Stranger. Thanks; good morn
ingl" Exit, leaving the door open.]
Clerk shouting after him). Wont
'you please shut the door? Or do you
Suppose it fastens ITSELF"
Stranger (re-enters). ALLOW me to
show you a sample of my new patent
automatic double-spring door-fasten-
er. 1t will close any door noiselessly,
and is perfectly self-acting, and will
last lifetime. . Humoristche Blat-
ter
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
A Sure sign.

There was a sign upon fence
The sign was Paint,
And everybody that went by,
Sinner and saint,
Put out finger, touched the fence,
And onward sped,
And as they wiped their finger-tips,
1t is they said-'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
A Friendly Hand.

When a man amt got a cent, and he's feelin'
kind O. blue,
An the clouds hang dark an heavy, an won't
let the sunshine through,
It's great thing, oh, my brethren, for fell
Ter inst to lay
His hand upon your shoulder in a friendly
sort O. way!
It makes a man feel curious; it makes the
tear-drops start,
And you sort O. feel flutter in the region of
the heart.
You can't look up an meet his eyes; you
don't know what to say,
When his hand is your shoulder in
friendly sort O. way
oh, the worlds a curious compound, with its
honey and its gall,
With its cares and bitter crosses; but good
world after all.
And good God must have made it-least-
ways, that's what L say
When a hand rests on my shoulder in friend
1y sort o. way
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16

tralian systems have extended rapid
", especially in South Australia and
Queensland 1t is interesting to note
that West Australia has the greatest
mileage in proportion to its popula-
ton of any country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
Early Morning. News.

The sparrow told it to the robin,
The robin told it to the wren,
Who passed it on, with sweet remark,
To thrush, and bobolink, and lark
The news that dawn had come again.
-[From the July st. Nicholas.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
FOR THE HOME.
A READABLE VARIETY.
4 Question of Etiquette.

Mamma was telling her laddie
The story of Adams fall,
And she asked: Don't you think twas wrong
To take the apple at all 2"
Paul stood for one moment, silent:
But would it have been polite
TO refuse when lady came
And offered him bite 20
-[Ju1y Wide-Awake.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16

when a resolute young man steps
up to that great bully, the world,
and takes him boldly by the beard,
he generally finds that it comes off
in his hand, and was only placed
there to scare away timid adventur-
erS -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
Shot Gun Shells.

Here is a story of a practical joke
played by an eX-Confedrate officer, Col
onel Aylett, upon some of his old COM
friends at his country place, near Rich
mond, and one evening a display of fire.
works was announced. Toward the close
of the evening Colonel Aylett called me
and two or three young fellows to him,
and said: Il want you to help me fool
some of the old soldiers, if you will. "
OF course we jumped at the chance,
and asked for orders.
"What l mean to do" he said, "is to
make these veterans believe that | am
shooting bomb shells from my shot gun.
Here are some giant frecrackcrs. Each
of you take two them, go down into the
field yonder, spread yourselves out in a
line about a hundred yards apart, and
listen for the bugle. shall aim at you in
rotation. and as soon as you see the flash
of the gun, the one whose turn it is must
throw a cracker into the air as high as
possible, so that it will explode before
reaching the ground"
We slipped away in the darkness, and
he guests were invited out upon the
lawn to see the Colonel shoot some small
bomb shells from his gun.
The signal was given, and the gun was
fired. In few seconds bright flash
was seen in the air, and loud explosion
followed. The shots We're repeated until
six had been fired.
We could hear the exclamations that
followed each discharge, and in few
minutes We're back again mingling with
the crowd, and listening to the comments
Of the veterans.
at reminded them of the war;" they
said. Some of them could distinctly
trace the fight of the shell from the in
stant it left the gun till it exploded"
We begged Colonel Aylett not to un-
deceive them, but he declared that it
would be wrong to leave them under q
false impression. The whole affair
showed what strange pranks imagination
will sometimes play with sober reason.