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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

artistic SIS. The seamen were impatiently
Stridug the deck when they were not oceu-
pied in giving finishing touches to little de-
tails. Tie hits Of the sabers in the port
racks seemed to invite a valorous hand.
The bulwark Gatlings contrasied with the
black noses Of the cannon.
The Chicago was ready day or two be
fore the Atlanta. which is a cruiser of the
second class. The Atlanta has a bristing
and plucky appearance. Some Of the new
f,uE.rd guns. long ana threatening, bat not
much bigger around than an old-fashioned
musket, have a toy-like effect. When l
visited the little snurter she was taking on
powder. Her coal and ether supplies were
already on board and all hands were either
on duty or within easy call Some of the
officers who were not engaged IN directing
matters between decks were receiving a
visit from party Of ladies on the forward
deck. laval officers are notorious Tor their
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
HolLand's ID-yeay-oId Queen,

wears white dresses, kid shoes and white
silk stockings. From 9 to u she is at her
lessons with her English governess, Miss
Winter. She is apt at study. being already
mistress of four languages. After her
simple nOon-tide lunch of milk. fruit and
eggs she goes out of doors, no matter what
the weat er, TO visit her pgeOn-house and
feed its $50 cooling inmates-which last is an
occupation especially dear TO her heart
Until o'clock. which is her bedtime, she
amuses herself with riding on her little
Shetland pony, or playing with her beauti-
fnl dolls, whose magnificent court dresses
are delight TO her, as they would be TO any
year-old-Chicago Herald
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
SAGACITY.

What would you like. little boy
matron with kindly face said.
As a wee, ragged urchin on tip-toe
Peeped in At the cakes and the bread.
A shy, wistful glance at the lady
From under his curly locks stole:
please, ia like n cake for the baby
She's straight from heaven, all whole"
His tace was smeared with moIasSes
lis apron ali battered ana torn,
The little brown feet were each shoeless,
But his heart WIS both tender and warm.
His eyes were dark as the midnight
And glistened with secrets to tell:
He'd sister, a cat and a iack-knife,
ball. rope and bell.
And L want cake for the baby
My sister. from heaven just come:
She's red and looks funny to Towser-
He's my dog he sleeps In the sua.
Still he gets awfully hungry.
Then whineS: oh how he does cry
For some of those cakes In the window:
III he don't get one 'spects he Will die.
Rose L. BUSHNELL
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
CONCERNING OUR
NEW NAVY.
Notes Of a Visit to the United States
EaVY-Yard at Brooklyn.
What an Eastern Writer Has to Say About
the Chicago, the Atlanta, the Concord
and the nlngtou-Monitors.

Not long since Victor Sims, a welI-known
Eastern writer, paid a visit to the navy
yard at Brooklyn. n. Y, and in an article
which he wrote for the Brooklyn Times he
relates what he saw. and had something to
say about vessels of the new navy OF the
United States. or these he wrote:
AT the head of the list is the elegant and
popular Chicago, a ship of the first class.
examined her from stem to stern before she
left the dock, and very trim and warlike she
looked Everything that carried paint WAS
cleaning white. The brass shOne with a fine
Iuster. The riied cannon visible through
the white ports were jet black. The deck
rope was cooled in circles. in ovals and in
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

This extremely chic creation is one that
Redfern designed and made with careful
study for one Of his New York customers.
The belt which is worn with it is one of
the features Of the present style Basques
seem to have disappeared, and the skirt is
fastened over the bodice. or in many cases a
sash or belt is introduced. The bodice is
made with long tunic turned back on
the hips. aud fur is introduced on the collar,
sleeves and skirt, in the prevailing style.
The upper sleeve is a hanging one and has
an ornament on it to correspond with those
on the hips. The belt buckle is of material
to match. Gantlet gloves should be worn
with this style of sleeve.
LIE BARON DE FREMONT
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
RARE FURNITURE
OF GREAT VALUE.
FhG JenGS Collection at the South Ken
SiHgtOn Museum.
London's Art Treasures-A Fifty Thousand
Dollar Armoire and twenty-five
Thousand Dollar Desk.

One OF the most Interesting exhibitions in
London al this time from furniture man.
Gfaciurers point of view is to be seen at the
South kpnslngton Museum and is known as
the Jones Collection" says the Chicago
litter ocean. This great institution, whose
wealth OF exhibits now surpasses in value
those OF the famed British Museum, and
whose excellent schools of technique and
design nave done so much toward spreading
higher artistic taste among English manu-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
When you ask your gro

When you ask your gro
Ger for Java, he does not
offer you Maracaibo and say
it is "just as good"
When you ask your drug
gist for SCOTS Emulsion of
cod-liver oil, if he is honest,
he will not try to sell you
something "just as good"
Why do you want it? The
answer is in a book on CARE
Full LIVING; we send it free.
SCOTT BOVINE. Chemists. I3a South 9Th Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion OF cod liver
oh-all druggists everywhere do. s..
ocl ThsuTu&wy I'm =
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

the most complete We there see with
what intelligence the elaborate craving cor
reefs the GOODNESS of certain outlines; the
shells trace their burrows of light, the drap-
cries OF the canopies fall in eleverlv disOr-
derad folds the heads grin. the branches OF
foliage are iightened by tile strongly marked
edges of the leaves. and everything lives
and has language. In the counterpart we
can fnd only the reflection of the idei aud
the faded shadows OF the original.
In many instances it should be noted that
the high value OF many specimens in the
collection Is to he attributed moi so much 10
the beauty Of the furniture itself as to the
rarity of specimens by tho particular maker
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
A TEMPORARY FLUME.
How the Engineers Stayed Brooklyn
Recent Wafer Famine.

| How the Engineers Stayed Brooklyn's
Recent Water Famine.
During the famine, says the New York
Press, the greatest amount Of expectation
naturally centered around the 200 men who
were working like beavers to clear the city's
| great water-feeder at Liberty avenue. The
| engineers adopted an ingenious device
| known as the substitution of temporary
| t1ume.
To do this they had 20 shore up the side Of
| the old conduit and insert an equal number
| of planks ten feet toward the opposite sand
| bank, the planks being kept apart by cross
| beams tightly wedged in.
By dusk some thirty feet of this new
| ffume or acqueduct was complete, and at
o'clock water was successfully flowing
| through this improvised main.
The men employed at the cut worked
| with Will against great odds. Bosses oc-
| cupied every ledge and kept constantly
| urging them on. Every one worked silently
| amid periouS surroundings, and evidently
| with due appreciation of the serious nature
| of affairs. This special call sent out by
| Police Superintendent Campbell in the
| Brooklyn who wanted a chance to work
| could get II brought plenty of responses and
| there was no lack of men.
An exciting incident occurred about
| O'Clock in the afternoon which startled the
| large crowd assembled around the ropes and
| lmperiled the lives of some of the workers.
| The old derrick, which had canted over at
| the time of the land slip, was being moved
| some twenty feet further north, so that the
| steam shovel might be brought to bear on a
| different part of the excavation.
In addition to the usual supports one of
the beams of the derrick was attached by a
| rope to the branch of tree, which acted as
pulley Suddenly the branch snapped and
| the derrick slid down four feet and came to
4 stop. Several men were on it, but they
| jumped off and escaped injury. The work
| men on the brow of the sandbank under
! the tree were very much scared, and rau
| about fifty yards across the fields. The rope
| was then refastened TO the trunk of the tree
| and work resumed.
South Dakota, the Mecca of free and easy
and lying divorce, is rapidly becoming like
| its Eastern prototype. the plague spot of a
| Continent. spreading moral cOptagiOn in
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13
e BARoN DE FREMONT.

Most curious Of the old-lime superstitions
was the custom of requiring lovers to wa tch
the corpse. 1t associated the hopes of mar
rage with the silent vigil, was poetic and
has only disappeared from the oldest towns
within a generation.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

Redfern gives a sketch of a sealskin coat
trimmed with grebe, which is coat more
suitable for the young than for the old, to
whom seems TO belong the old style plain
seal coat which we see so often. There is a
change and novelty about this one, and the
contrast of the two materials makes it very
charming. 1t VIII be seen that the wide
brimmed beaver hat has a veil attached to
it, which will be popularity worn draped over
the chin,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

The British Foreign Bible Society has dis
tributed 100000 COPIES of religious writ
ings in eighty-seven years.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-13

South Dakota. the Mecca of free and easy
and lying divorce, is rapidly becoming, like
its Eastern prototype. the plague spot of a
continent, spreading moral coDtagion in
every direction and scattering the germs of
crime broadcast.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16

A few weeks ago a dancing party
was given at one of the largest clubs in
Vienna The regular pianist did not
turn up. A message came to say that
he was ILL What was to be done? A
porter ran out, hailed cab and said to
the driver:
"Drive me-faith. don't know
where"
"Why, what is it you want'"
II want piano player. Do you hap
pen to know of one in the neighbor-
hood?"
81 should think l did; in fact, close at
hand. You needn't trouble to get into
the cab"
"Where is hep
"Right in front of you. play the
piano myself fairly well, and shall be
glad to accommodate you."
Cabby got down from his box, took his
seat at the instrument and kept the
visitors dancing till break of day. What
is more, he declined to accept any pay
ment; he said he had come as an anna
teur and for the, love Of the thing. He
considered himself highly honored to
have been allowed to spend o night with
'such grand company" Where but in
Vienna could you hope to find such &
sample of musical training, civility and
disinterestedness among the cabbies?--
LIE Monde Artistic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
mai. Cor p..lrahl. Tenants.

There is at present great rivalry among
the owners Of fats and tenements in the
struggle to secure as tenants the thou
sands Of families which at this season
each year seek new quarters The rapid
growth Of the city's population has been
more than equaled by the number of
flats and other dwellings erected during
the past few years, with the attendant
result that desirable tenants are at
premium.
"The inducements offered to parties of
the class desired" said prominent real
estate agent recently, ''are not directly
of a pecuniary nature. In spite Of the
rivalry among house owners, there is q
tacit understanding that there is TO be
little or no reduction in rents. The
figures asked are reasonable, but great
ingenuity has been displayed in the char
acter of the inducements held out to Sc
cure good tenants. Formerly two weeks
free rent was considered quite a conces-
sion, but now one and even two months
are thrown in to get desirable party on
a lease. Steam heat, electric. bells, ele-
vators, telephones and awnings to the
windows are common at fair rentals in
the better class of flats.
"Among the novelties offered are fats
where all the coal and fuel needed are
furnished free, thus doing away with a
common cause Of quarrel with janitors
suspected of using the tenants fuel In
some the gas bills and ice bills are paid
by the landlords, and stationary mirrors
and iceboxes still further reduce the
tenants expenses. A genius on the west
side has filed his row of moderate priced
flats by allowing each family the free
use of a piano. New York Telegram.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
DR.. Crosby's Convict.

A story is told Of DR.. Crosby in The
Evangelist which that gentleman used
to relate himself. His house was once
entered by burglar, whom the doctor
himself captured. and who was sentenced
TO twelve years Imprisonment. But for
three years the minister kept up a CORE
spondence with the convict, converted
him, secured his pardon, and later had
HE satisfaction of seeing him become a
prominent and respected citizen in q
Distant town and blessed with a wife
and child
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
Overhead Rights.

Although any one may extend an
overhead wire across or along street, it
does not seem generally known that no
wire may pass over house without the
permission of the proprietor, even though
the wire be in no way connected with
the house. The owner may, if he pleases,
take them all down, for his freehold ex-
tends from the center of the earth up to
the sky. This is a principle that is not
generally understood, but occasionally a
householder is found who knows his
rights and will not allow them to be in
fringed. Such a person was the land
lord of a large boarding house on Bea-
con Hill, who made the electric light
company provide bulbs for the lighting
Of his dining room in return for the
privilege of stringing wires upon his
roof. Few persons are so well posted in
the law as to know what their rights
are, and it is an object with large corpo-
rations to keep them in ignorance
Boston Courier.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
REWARD rs q Rat Exterminator.

A Pennsburg gentleman, whose barn
was formerly overrun with rats, is no
longer troubled with them, and he used
neither traps nor dogs in driving them
out. About year ago he purchased a
fox somewhere in the west. The fox
was given the freedom of the barn, and
in short time after its arrival all the
rats found it convenient to depart, and
none of them has found it expedient to
return. Reynard catches rats after the
manner of terrier, and when not en-
gagged is frequently seen following his
master about like well behaved canine,
to which he bears no little resemblance.
He is perfectly tame, and goes about the
streets of the town without being molest-
ed by the dogs that roam around, ready
to attack any animal not Of their own
species. Chronicle-New
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
The ohioan Wanted to Sleep.

Sunday evening two young men retired
in one of the principal hotels and went
to sleep. One of these guests was from
Ohio, the other, genuine frontiersman
from South Dakota. They slept until 2
a. m. Sunday, when awakened by a
couple of roistering youths who occu-
pied an adjoining room. The youths
shouted and sang until guests all around
commenced to protest, and then they
shouted and sang all the louder.
The Dakota man rang for porter,
and sent him to quiet the unruly youths,
but with no effect. Then the Ohioan
arose, tied suspender around his waist,
rolled up the sleeves of his nightshirt
and walked to the door whence came
the riotous sounds. He knocked, and
one of the fellows opened it. The Ohio
man didn't stop to talk. He charged
into that room, belted one youth in the
neck, knocking him on top of the bed.
Quick as flash he seized the other and
buried him bodily across the first. Then
he pounded their heads together while
he regained his breath, and told them
that if they woke him up again he would
come in and throw both of them through
the window.
He slept in peace until breakfast time
philadelphia Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
An Odd Plan for a Church.

Rev. Thomas Dixon, well remembered
of Boston as former pastor Of the Dud-
ley Street Baptist church, is nothing if
not unusual. His audiences having out.
grown his New York church, he has
planned an auditorium as unique as him
self. AS his sermons have political pre-
ludes, his church is to have a worldly
foundation. 1t will in fact not be a
church but an office building, with stores
on the first floor, an auditorium to seat
five thousand, that is described as being
on "the next three floors" and Offices on
six floors above.
1t would appear that Mr.. Dixon would
have to do some loud talking to accom-
modate hearers in ''an auditorium" that
consisted of the second, third and fourth
stories Of the building, but probably this
description of the edifice is not had at
first hand from the architect, 1t is
hardly Mr.. Dixon's style to keep his audi
ence in tiers.-Boston Commonwealth.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
A Big Estate and No Heir.

The estate of the late Mrs. Wilson G.
Swami, Of 1913 Walnut street, will
amount, it is said, to $5,O00,O and for
this vast wealth there appear to be no
heirs. The magnifcentproperty at 1,512
Walnut street, with its inestimable
wealth of paintings, sculpture, carvings
and curios, will be sold at an early date.
The house was planned by DR.. Swami and
built in 1857. In past years it was the
scene of many princely entertainments,
and although Mrs. Swami was afflicted
with form of nervous prostration which
confined her to her apartments and pre-
vented her attendance to social duties, it
was her wish that these entertainments
should be continued. Probably no es-
tablishment in Philadelphia was main
tanned on more lavish scale during DR..
Swann's life.-Philadelp Record.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16

Pucciarelli, Paris beggar, committed
suicide by throwing himself from the
window of the apartment which he occu-
pied in the Rue Princesse. The streets
of Paris, if they are not exactly paved
with gold for the benefit Of the beg
gar, are at any rate macadamized with
bronze. The commissary Of police for
the quarter in which the Rue Prin-
cesse is situated was called upon to make
the usual examination as to the death of
Pucciarelh. In performing his task in
the dead mans room-which was no. GER
tainly furnished with sufficient luxury
to render the same lengthy operation
he nevertheless made the interesting dis
covery that the old man possessed in Sc
curities and money no less sum than
$4,000 francs S16,000.)
Like most beggars, Pucciarelh lived
frugally; a little bread and cheese and a
demi-settier of wine were sufficient for
his needs. One luxury he allowed him
self, and that was cigarettes. All the
afternoon and evening he lay on his bed
and smoked cigarettes. Lately he had
met with reverses in his profession. 9th
er beggars stronger than himself had
driven him away from where he had been
wont to make so much, and he had been
forced to seek fresh fields for his indus.
try.-Cor Chicago News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
Little Georgia Volcano.

Mr.. Henry GartrelI, living about ten
miles from Ellijay, Ga, says there is a
tree on the mountain above the large
cliff of marble on the line Of the Marietta
and North Georgia railroad that has
been burning for five months.
The latter part of last October the
woods were being burnt off, and an old
hollow tree caught fire. About three
weeks thereafter he saw the fire and
found that the tree had been almost con-
sumed, and the ground appeared to be
ablaze. He has watched it continuously
ever since, and can see the fire better on
a rainy night.
Sunday he took long rod of iron and
some water and poured the water in the
hole, but it did not extinguish it. He
then ran his iron rod down about five
feet through the cinders and got some
out. The whole mass in the hole is red
hot, and the material when taken out
is very much like shop cinders, but after
being exposed for few hours it slacks
like lime. 1t is very strong with alkali,
and smells like sulphur. Gilmer county
may have young volcano.-Cor. At.
lanta Constitution.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
The Finest Pullman Car.

Hot Springs thoroughbreds are ag-
grieved because Cornelius Vanderbilt has
not taken his annual bath here this sea.
son. But the assemblage of millionaires
has been tolerably representative OF the
country's plutocratic crop. The sidings
at the Hot Springs railway terminus
have been filed with private cars of rail
way and other potentates who can afford
such luxuries for weeks. Just now the
finest private car here is Mr.. Pullman's,
of course. The car is painted a quiet
color, and there is nothing gaudy about
its appointments, but the big arched
plate glass windows, the massive steel
frame and many other details bespeak
the superior quality of this comfortable
home on wheels.
1t is like Mr.. Pullman that the Pull
man monogram, P. P. G. in gold, is the
only distinguishing mark upon the side
of the car. So many men would have
put their own initials there. Mr.. Pull
man once told me himself that he hadn't
much use for private car, and most oi
his travelling is done in ordinary Pull
man coaches.-Hot Springs Cor. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-16
rnrn.h Friendly so.I.,,..

The returns Of some Of the large
friendly societies for 1890 are now com
ing in, and Notwithstanding the in
creased expenditure caused by the in
huenza epidemic in the early part Of the
year, the figures in most cases show
large increases, both in members and
funds. The Ancient Order of Foresters,
numerically the largest, with its zoo. 900
members, added 17,5S7 to its number
and e159,303 to its funds, bringing the
reserve capital up to e4,500, 900. This
society appears to be rapidly ''leyeling
up its actuarial deficiency, the returns
showing that proportion equal to 73.4
Of its members are now paying graduated
contributions according to age, as against
59.5 five years ago.
The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows
comes slightly behind the Foresters in
respect to numbers, but occupies far and
away the front rank of all societies in
wealth, its invested capital reaching the
magnificent amount of e., ,25O,OO0.
The Hearts of Oak, the largest CEN
tralized society without branches, has
been advancing of late years by leaps and
bounds. Its annual report shows that in
1890 it added 10000 to its membership,
which now numbers $1,000, and e76, 900
to its funds, totaling its reserve capital
up to e1, ,51S. This society admits no
one to its membership over thirty years
of age, and is chiefly recruited from the
ranks of small shopkeepers, clerks and
skilled artisans.
In the aggregate these three societies
total up an adult membership of 1,500,-
900, with IA 600 juvenile members and a
gross invested capital of over e13, 900, ,000.
The great burial collecting societies
constitute quite another class, at the
head of which stands the Prudential,
with assets worth e12, ,OO0, 900, and which
claims to have 100000 policies in force.
The Prudential is joint stock limited
company, which began with a capital of
Sc 800 about forty years ago. A few years
since this grew to 100000. According
to statement recently made by Sir Her
bert Maxwell in the house of commons
the shareholders in 1887 received divi-
dends equal to 400 per cent. on the orig
inal capital, besides bonuses amounting
to e399, ,600.-St. James Gazette.