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The morning call., 1891-06-14
PALE MOON.

Pale Moon thou art my JOY, my sole delight,
Aud Oft with in the portal of the night
l sit and gaze on thee most constantly,
And see such myths and shapes OF fantasy,
That lend enchantment TO my very heart,
Likewise charm, from which fam would part
The stars that ever mingle in thy wake
SO constant true they that naught could shake
Them, or their golden briuiancy subdue,
Nor mar unbOunded confidence in you.
They seem like courtly thrOng of stately queen,
All eager to pay homage not unseen,
Who bow their heads when royalty is nigh,
And murmur words Of praise to God on highs
Or like admirers of maiden fair,
When each look Of expectancy wear;
Should she pleasing smile on all bestOw,
They would return smile and happy go;
But should she smile Oh one Of them alone,
'TwOuid grieye the others so that they'd be prone
To bear contempt aud hatred for the one
Who was so lucky to be smiled upon.
By night thou art the queen of heaven and earth.
Meier Jupiter Saturn is thy worth;
Though proud they are, claims have they on thee.
For thou alone dOst rule the azure sea.
The mystic light which thou dOst shed upon
This silent world, though measured by the dawn,
Is none the less boon to all mankind
Who, wrecked upon ifes desert live to find
Again the pure unbeaten path of hope,
Where harmony and blending joys have scope
Oh grand majestic moon, when sailing DER
This broad expanse OF Gods most favored shers,
Mysterious things at once that thou canst seo
With one sly peep, and that most silently;
Naught can escape thy soothing rays so sweet,
Which doth enchant the poets mind complete,
Where signs for the romantic ever dwell,
And oft consoled, by some dark magic spell
Which thou dost seem to weave with spirit hand,
Inspiring them with inspiration grand;
While thee, my silent eharmer of the night,
Dost calmly smile upon Their pure delight.
June, 1891. JOHN FRANCIS CARNEY.
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What She Saw.

One of the most remarkable cases Of la
grippe has just come to light in Plymouth
Center, one aud a half miles from Thomas
ton, Conn. The victim, Miss Cora Matt
son. is the belle OF the village, and is a
teacher ia the Sundays school of the Epis-
cOpal Church. Miss Mattson was taken ill
three weeks ago with la grippe. which
finally DEVELOPED into pleurisy and pneu-
monia. In the afternoon Of the third day Of
her illness the nurse left heT for a minute,
when she was found walking about the
house in a daZed condition. She was led
back to bed, but she remained in that I'M
conscious, daZed state tor sixteen days, her
relatives all the time expecting her death.
On gaining Consciousness she told a remark
able story of her wanderlngs during the
time she was unconscious. She met several
Of her dear friends and relatives, and visited
heaven and purgatory. She told of the
deaths Of two Of her schoolgirl friends,
whom it was afterward learned had died
during her illness. Her experiences have
had great effect Oh Miss Cora, and it will
be some time before she RECEIVERS her former
health. She is the daughter of ID. Z. Matt
son Of Plymouth Center, prominent citi-
zen and father Of an eminently respectable
family-GlObe Democrat.
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THE DESERT.

The great req SUMS descending arrows fall
o'er the wide waste Of sand. on massive wall.
Like liquid FIRE it falls upon the earth,
And scOrching ALL brings famine death and desrth.
See how the rolling pillows OF the sand
Lick up the fair and fertile pasture landl
Of fire, its wind a blasting flame,
That levels life and passes whence it camel
Allah almighty! hear thy chiIdren's CALI
We pray to thee let nights SOFT curtain fall,
To bring relief TO tired eyes and she'd
A welcome GOODNESS round the sick mans bed.
When daY is quenchel In night, the desert lies.
Hid III the sembance of fair disguise,
The moons pale rays shine softly the land
And turn to silver the vast tides OF sand
That heaye and swell in restless wtnd-blown waves
The mighty tomb of Kings, nations graves.
See where. haf-hidden in the smOthering drifts,
The silent Sphinx her towering head upliftsl
AS guards she well the buried secrets hid
Deep in the bosom of yon pyramid.
Still lie the dead. deserted, marble halls,
OF ghostly cities, crumbling yellow walls,
The carved lattice, whence the maiden hung
To catch the song her Arab lover sung
With deep. hoarse roar OF angry lion shakes,
hat sound alone the CHASTITY silence breaks;
The marble floors, that rang to clashing steel.
but stealtby football of the tiger feel;
The golden, mellow glory OF the night
Floods all the land with opaescent light,
Then slowly fades away into the gray
And misty twilight that precedes the day
First on the soft and hazy light there falls
faint, pale flush of rose from cloudy pals
Then, like the blood deep crimson, falls ray
Across the east, the herald OF the day.
The flying wheels OF Phebus golden car
Burst ali the cloudy gates OF dawn ajar,
And striking gainst the portals of the day,
Let far and wide the daZz ing sparks apay.
In scarlet robes the monarch rises high,
And takes his station in the MONDAY say.
The awful horrors OF the desert night,
When placed by days seem dreams OF pure delight
Allah almighty hear our suppliant prayer,
From the great desert sand thy children spare.
June, 1894 POLLY STOCKWELk
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citation within its reach deep emerald hue,
in charming contrast to the glazing white of
the falls and the somDer look of the canyon
walls.
If the Upper Falls are magnificent, the
Lower Falls are sublime and imposing. At
this point the canyon lifts its hoary walls
fully 1000 feet above the level of the strea IN.
A grander scene than this lower cataract
was never witnessed by mortal eyes. The
river from width of 200 feet just above
the falls, narrows down to 80 feet when it
takes its leap. 1t goes over a shelf or table
which is as level rs though chiseled by the
hand OF man. From this table to where the
volume strikes the pool below is sheer
height of $50 feet. The dizzy plunge causes
the water TO rebound to great height, and
the basin into which it plunges is churnod
into whirlpool of white foam.
There is one feature of the chasm
which in some respects is remarkable.
While the rocks on either side are beautifully
decorated with vegetation and many-tinted
MOSES, on one side, Overshadowed by pine
crested wall, is bank OF snow which never
melts. The roar of the cataract echoes
through the canyon walls, and blending
with that of the torrent below, creates sem
sations calculated to stir the mind of the
beholder with establishment and delight
while the imagination becomes fascinated
by the immense spectacle before it. Prob
ably nowhere else than in the Yellowstone
Park are the magnificent results of natures
laboratory made more grand, magnificent,
sublime,
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commended by lovers of the sport in exhibl-
ton contests. When money is at stake all
fancy work." in the language of Champion
Casey, is out of place. All Ri0rdan needs
is little vim and steam in his playing 10
make him good man to gamble on.
The New York Sun of the 4th inst. says:
Probably the most remarkable victory that
has ever been achieved at hand. ball was ac-
cOmplished yesterday in Casey's court by
John LawlOr, ex-champion of Ireland
When he contracted to beat William Court
ney, with ten aces game as handicap. for
500 side, experts generally thought he was
bray, for Courtney has always been reeog,
nized as a remarkably skillful player, and
throughout his rather long career at the
sport no man ever before was rash enough
to offer him the slightest advantage in a
match. The result of yesterdays struggle
shows. however, that LawlOr had studied
his man well before making the match, ana
at no time prior to the contest did he en-
terrain any fear of being defeated. The
score by games resulted as follows:
C0urtney.......2l 10 81 81 81 l9 II Is 10 81 10
Lawlor. 81 Is 10 10 p ri 81 II l9 Il
Games won-Lawler g. Courtney Total num-
Der OF scored-Lawor 1885, Courtney 1874
(wlthout the handicap S4). Aces by seryice-LaW-
loT l0S Courtney "a
Referee and inarker-James Dunno Sr. Actual
time OF playing hours 32J2 minutes. Rest-3412
minutes. Elapsed times hours minutes.
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The Upper FaLls.

forms, who must have utilized this
favored spot for a battle-ground of their
kind. Legends existed among the aborigi-
mes and the simple-minded and creduous
early settlers that many of the stone forma-
lions were formerly golden cities, with
splendid palaces and temples, lordly castles
and glittering spires, all of which for some
mortal sin had been turned into stone, and
were standing as grim sentinels, perpetual
reminder OF supernatural vengeance Glow
ing stories were told Of nexhaustible guam
titles Of gold and diamonds, and the burning
plains, smoking furnaces, boiling cal
drOns. roaring springs of steam and hot
water, earthquakes and volcanoes gave
rise TO the belief in the minds of the red man
and the white hunter alike that the place
was under the guardianship of evil spirits
The Jealousy of the Indians kept the region
a terra incOgnita for many years In 1859
an attempt was made by Captain Reynolds
OF the United States Army to enter it from
the south by way of the Wind River Noun
tains, but he failed on account OF the rugged
route and the depth of the snow. In 1870
General WashburD, escorted by Leuten ant
Doane, succeeded in entering the valley. In
1871 Professor Hayden, with a party under
Lieutenant Barlow OF the United States
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position. Waterfalls, which exceed in
grandeur far-famed Niagara; grand
and magnificent snow clad mountains
raising their SUBMITS above the
clouds, while their base rests upon fOun-
datlon of living green; noble lakes spread
ing their CLASSY surface far away across the
plain, rejecting cOlOrs that dazzle the eye;
rocks of quaint shapes, resembling castles,
mnarets, turrets, and huge gOrgOn forms;
charming landscapes, geysers, hot springs,
mud basins that would render mad with
envy the porcelain manufacturers of
the old wOrld-these and thousands
of other interesting features present
themselves to the beholder who stands upon
the cliffs Of the Yellowstone and glzes out
over the panorama which stretches far
away to the horizon round about Nature
here appears to have lavished her most
splendid works. Beast life in Titanic form
has existed in this region before which the
elephant and rhinOceros dwindes into ap-
parent insignifcance, and their bleaching
bones are yet found, giving evidence of
prehistoric walking wonders Of unknown
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A Ch,Id.s Laudable Self Sacrifice.

Two little girls, perhaps s or 9 years of
age, were trudging along the street yester-
day during luIl in the storm. lodging the
occasional drops which fell from the over
head wires aud seemingly lost in the beauties
in various show windows They were not
rich little girls. or they would not have
been walking along the streets alone, and
their dresses, too, showed plainly that they
got along on very small allowances. AS
there was very little time between showers
yesterday, it was not long before the little
girls were oyertaken. When the rain began
to fall, quick as thought the older of the
girls took off her hat and placed 1t over that
of her com anion.
There, thatll save it, sister," was all she
said. Sister had new hat, and it wouldn't
hurt the old one to get wet Then they
walked along a little more briskly than be-
fore, the bareheaded little girl seeming glad
to be able to save ner sisters new hat
PittsbTg Dispatch.
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THE TREE.
June, 1891.
ALMA ALDEN.

mo e-News paper is now entirely mads from
wood, which is ground down and converted iato Q
chemical pupil
The tree was brave, it had stood many SHOCK
Had weathered storms and coulo the fierce winds
mock;
Long it had lived before the nations birth.
A leafy home for songsters making mlrth.
High reared its head, 1t shook its limbs with pride,
Twas monarch here-the gathering human tide
Might ebb and flow, but it would live when death
Had smitten man and stopped lfe's vital breath
In summer time in virgin green arrayed,
1t cast on earth a cool refreshing shade
And could tell man OF many a darker age
II he would wisely read from natures page
But perverse man preferred TO find elsewhere
What he would learn. and with thoughtleSs air
He felled the tree for on IL he would choose,
When paper to read ali the latest news
Moy, 1891. JAMES SErTE
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Ex-Speaker Reed is having lots of fun in
Paris.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris and daughter
sailed for Liverpool on the SerYia.
Senator Sherman will not begin work on
his new house in Washington until next
spring.
Count d'Abraz, the French Consul at
New York, has neat little salary of SILL
600 year.
The poet Whittier begins to feel that the
lab0rs of life are virtually over. His fast
falling sight Is shutting him off from liter
airy work.
Queen Victoria, having completed her
her seyentysecOnd year, has exceeded in
age all other English coverings except two,
George III and III.
Old Grandma Harper is one of the celeb
rites OF Princeton, Me. She Is totally blind
and 101 years old, and there are 600 living
venerable relative.
The Car proposes to keep up his silver
wedding, which comes off next November,
near Copenhagen, and he will do it in a
quiet, cosy style, as free from court sur
roundings as possible.
The King Of Dahomey is the proud pos
SCISSOR of brass helmet with a flowing
green plume, which he considers of more
consequence to his dignity than troops Of
guards or park Of artillery.
Mrs. Robert L. Cutting, who died 10 New
York last week, would never tell anybody
how old sho was, and 1t has been solemnly
agreed that there should be no mention Of
her age upon her cOffin-plate.
The Detroit Free Press is informed by an
old soldier who was in the British service
in India that Rudyard Kipling's real name
Is John Trader, and that his father was
regimental contractor and sutler.
Thomas A. Edison il writing his first
novel, A telegraph, Atlantic cable, tele-
phone, monograph, audiphone and kineto-
graph will figure among the accessories,
and the denouement occurs in thunder
shower.
The rumor that Mrs. Sheridan is about
to marry Mr.. Lemon, The enormously rich
pension attorney is denied. Mrs. Sheridan
is said to have given herself up entirely to
her religious duties and to the care OF her
nhildran
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POETIC. THOUGHTS
Written for THE SUNDAY CALI
TO DORIS.

IA. Doris, pretty Doris. with thine eyes Of
4lSAI deepest blue,
k-5A Thy rosebud mouth and dainty skin, and
-" hair of sunny hue,
scarcely know which charms me most-thy vim
some form and face,
Thy manners half coquettish and repIese with
every grace
Or the gradual unfolding Of so innocent mind
That form and face alike express its qualities re-
fined
pray thee look upon my suit with favorable eyeI
This heart 50 true beats but for yOu-pass It n0t
cOdy by.
oh. playmate of my childhood days, but give one
hopeful sign
That the jewel 1 so coyet may one happy day be
mine,
And I'll walt. content TO serve thee. though the
years be meier long,
And thou shalt be my muse in poetry and song.
But if you smile on city fop or awkward country
ehurl.
really shall be forced to find some other pretty
girl! LILLIAN PLUSKETT.
San Francisco. June, 1891.
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WONDERLAND
OF THE west.
Some Of The Natural Beauties Of the YNl-
lOWSt0lG Park.
a Park That Realizes the Tabled Stories Of an
Enchanted Land-Liberty Cap-The Upper
and Lower Falls.

The Yellowstone Valley. which has been
set apart by Congress as a National Park.
has been we'll described as the wonderland
OF nature. 1t is possible that there may
exist somewhere on the face of the globe a
spot which can offer attractions which will
equal 1t, but it is certain that if such local
ity has ever been discovered the fact has
not been given to the world. Works of fiction
have described scenes which were marvellous
and exceeding belief, but the reality is
realized in the wonders of the Yellowstone
Park. MOnOtony is entirely Obliterated,
and new phase of nature exhibits itself
with every che2so Of location, no matter
how slight, the effect being that of a kaleido-
scope, which answers to every change of
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AT THE RUTTS.
Medal Observation-Disclosures Shoot OF the
Third Infantry.

Medal COntests-PreIiminary Shoot OF tn g
Third Infantry.
The Swiss Rifle Club will have a medal
contest at Harbor View to-day.
The California Schutzen Club will hold
buI's-eye shoot at Schuetzen Park to-day.
The San Francisco Huzzars will be at the
range at Shell Mound to-day.
The Independent Rifles will hold their
final medal shoot for this month at Shell
Mound to-day.
Companies G and G (NatiOnals) of the
First Regiment will hold their monthly
medal shoot at Shell Mound TODAY.
The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein will
be at Shell Mound to-day to take part in
the monthly medal shoot.
On next Sunday the companies composing
the Third Infantry Regiment will parade
for rifle practice. The contest will be held
under the same conditions as attended the
practice Of the First Regiment on Sunday.
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THE GATES AJAR.

The Gate stood open on the border way
Which intervenes between the realms Of Day
And Nights all dark and silence-broodiug space.
Toward the aperture there came apace,
And from directions opposite, two priestiy shapes
One, vesture wore Of black; the other, drapeS
OF spotless white that touched the ground below
His sandaled feet, and glistened there like snow.
Each guided by the hand a maiden fair.
With skin ike alabaster, and long hair
Whose yellow mesheS flowed like taSseled gold
Their naked arms and shoulders to enfold.
They passed each other in the open way
Not for a little moment could they stay,
They could but smiles exchange, then they were
gone;
Sweet May with Night passed sorrowfuliy on,
While June with Morning went her happy way
Into the sunlit world. midst flowers to stray.
Ndpd CITY, june I, 1901. ADA L. HALsTEAD.
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pursuits aud TO literary work. Therefore.
she could bring to the doctor an intelligent
and loving interest in what he had elected
to make his life work. Not oBly that, but
Mrs. Lane possesses the happy faculty Of
drawing around her a set of clever, intel
lectual men and women, and her reception
night salons are visited By some of the
brightest minds and the leading thinkers on
this Coast One is sure there to meet the
deepest lOgicians, the brightest converse
ti0naiists and the most talented musicians.
And there is no doubt about it, Mrs Lane
IS an ideal hostess, moving about among her
guests with that ease and grace of manner
That makes all feel perfectly at home and In
thoroughly enjoyable way. Among those
who may be found around the Lane hearth
stone on these delightful evenings may be
mentioned Miss Cordelia Kirkland, Mrs
l. l.. White, Robert Tolmie, John Hittell,
Mr.. and Mrs. A L. Bancroft and many
others who represent the intellectual side
of San Francisco society.
DR.. and Mrs. Lane spent some time
abroad, and the account Of their travels was
published in book form as a series of let
tiers written by Mrs. Lane, who is a kee Ii
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He Only wanted the Drees

Chris Won der Abe was discussing his re-
cent trip East, with the occupants OF his pri-
vate box. "The finest sight saw was the
heap of money in the Treasury at Washing
ton," he remarked, with roll Of bis tongue
indicative Of retrospective awe. 81 tell you
it was grand to see all that money lying
around there labeled and counted"
Thought you were Democrat" jerked
out nearer.
$50 did l." was the Presidents reply.
''What's that got to do with it p
g Why, what's hurting you these days.
Haven't you heard that the Republican Con-
gress spent all the money and emptied the
Treasury"
81 don't know about that" was Chris
reply to the sally; shut l do wish they'd
give me mill on the dollar of all they left
after emptylng it. Star Sayings.
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elegant figure and has always been very
graceful dancer Gifted with social in
stincts, great tact and gentle winning ways,
she is bound to become a general fayOrlte
wherever she may 60. She is the sister-ln-
law of Mrs Hall McAllister and Of the
charming Miss Otis In appearance she is
tall and slender, with delicate, refined feat
ures. beautifully expressive eyes and lux
uriant growth Of hair, which she wears
arranged most becomingly, displaying the
fine shape Of her head and the line Of her
forehead to the best advantage.
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HAND-BALL.
A Championship Contest on the Cards for
To-Day.

Championship Contest on the Cards for
To-Day.
Prior to the much talked of professional
match for $500, between Champion Riordan
vs.. Wren and Dillon, which will take place
this afternoon at Union Court, William NAL
10y and Al PennOyer will play James
0'DOnnell and E. Maloney. best three games
of twenty-one aces. for $50 John McDer-
mott and Hugh Toner will also try conclu-
sions with Professor Kelly and NJ. Manning.
The betting on the big contest is $40 to So
in favor of Wren and Dillon. Many Of the
old players are of the opinion that Riordan
is too nervous when playing for a money
consideration, and that he is very liable to
miss several easy balls when trying fancy
strokes. which are very pretty and highly
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WAITING.
Waiting until inky clouds

Waiting until inky clouds
OF night
Cover the moon IN sOmber shrouds
OF light;
Waiting till hot. seOrching day
Crushing out
The pale life blood Of fiowerets gay,
Burns outI
Waiting till Iife's narrow way
Shall cease,
And pale-fngered Death in Icy clay
Forever lease
The human soul to Eternity's hold:
o human, cry.
Cry and sink, for the heart is cold,
And the hearts blood drYl
Pale. like snow, and gladly sweet
With balm
Broke yestermorn. the sun did greet
The msty.peaks and calm
With silver lights, how happy, everi
To-day a shadows pail;
Waiting for Times hand to wither
All ALL
-ule, 1891 ALMA AIDE,
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THE GENERAL
FIELD OF SPORT.
Invitation Field Day Of The Olympic
Club.
Deputy Commissioners After Deer-Hunters-A
Big Hand Ball Match = Fishing for
Bass -Rifemen at the Butts.

Athletes are now buSily engaged prepar-
ing themselves for the invitation feld-day,
which will take place this month at the
Olympic grounds.
Sportsmen are yearning for summer
dove shoot. Already the birds are said to
be quite plentiful in the southern counties.
The championship hand ball match, which
will be decided to-day, should be very in
tereSting.
Lovers of rife-shOoting will be strongly
represented at the ranges to-day.
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The match was shot in hours and min
utes, remarkable fast work. At the close
of the contest Murphy admitted that he
was not in good form, and that he had been
''outlucked" by Money. He expressed
desire TO meet Money in series of three
matches at 200 birds each for $4,000 a side,
and Money is said to be very willing to ac-
cede to the proposition. There is, therefore.
prospect Of some exciting shooting in the
future.
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He Toasted Too Soon.

A cobbler, who was reputed to be one Of
the LATEST and most worthless men in Lead
vile, dug hOls in his yard and sailed IL
with ore, and, showing the pit TO the repre-
sentatiyes of a company, he was able to sell
out for S2500 During the carOuse which
followed he boosted publicly of the way in
which he had fooled the capitalists, but be-
fore the purchasers of his property heard of
these remarks they had sunk the shalt four
feet deeper, and had struck one OF the rich
est veins of carbonate in Leadville The
cobbler, on learning what had happened,
danced about the edge of the pit and swore
that he had been swindled. The mine
Welded about 81 200, coo.