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The morning call., 1891-04-05

CPECIAL BARGAINS AND SPECIAL RATES IN
- Fruitvale. IN the Fruitvale Tract, tue part Of
Oayland that is improving faster than any other
only sl75 lot; $50 cash and $40 mouth; this IS
positively the Lest chance TO get good lot at low
price. centrally located on 14th St, near High;
greatest opportunity in Oakland. S. :. AUSTIN,
1IUl Tweuty-third Ave. Station. ap3 I'm
The morning call., 1891-04-05

NoTICE-S80O TO $3.50; LOTS AT FRUITVALE
~ Station, opposite the depot now offered for
sale at The most reasonable terms follows:
one-iourth cash. balance In 9, H. IS and 81 months,
OF in monthly iustalments from $40 upward; these
lots are the most accessible to railroad
yenlenees OF any lots in East Oakland. Apply TO
JEFFRESS 4 W HIfE, or Twenty-th4d-aye Land
Co. TWenth-third-ave Station. East Oakland. mrI II
r. HE EVENING BULLETIN, PRICE REDUCED
TO is cents per week delivered by carrier to any
part of the city; the Bulletin Is the best Oldest
and largest evening paper published on the coast;
orders by postal-csrd or other wise will receive
prompt attention. once 500 Montgomery St
The morning call., 1891-04-05

Finest property on Piedmont Gable road: grand
view OF san Francisco, Golden Gate and Piedmont
nils; special induceme Is to purchasers making
good improvements: cement walks, sewer and
macadamizing done free Of charge 10 purchasers.
The morning call., 1891-04-05

- Al EEANAlSEt- AEtEli4 = 1871
- Dear John: am back from my trip to the De-
wolf Tract. in Frutvale. Oakland, and AM ready to
pronounce sc the choicest place Tor q home that l
have seen. Dewolf offers to repeat the lovely ride
Tor your benefit ana to meet At his Office cor
OF Twelfth avenue and East Twelfth street East
Oaslanu at your convenience: please let him know
al what hour TO expect Us The electric railroad is
completed this road we get free pass good
for Years if build have talked Let me sus-
Cest that mike our selection Of ut al) SUoa,
because land is likely 20 increase In value when the
electric road is in operation.
aus st Yours rrniv HENRY.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
BENEDICT ARNoLD's OLD HOME

His Apothecary's Sign Preserved by the
Historical Society I'm New Haven.
1t is not generally known, even to
those interested in matters historical,
that Benedict Arnold in his younger
days kept an apothecary shop at New
Haven, Conn. He was born in Nor
witch in pretentious house still
standing, and DR.. Lathrop taught
him the drug business in little shop
in the village street. Arnold removed
to New Haven and started drug
shop, where he dealt out pills and
nostrums to the townspeople, whom
he later treated to pills OF which lead
was the principal ingredient.
The old sign which swung in front
of the drug shop is now an interest
ing relic in the possession OF the His
torical Society, the words From Lon
don" being a clever dodge which he
played on the guileless Yankee, and
clearly showing his character years
before he became traitor.
Surrounded by freight trains and
lumber yards stands the house in
which Arnold lived. 1t is a roomy
structure. A pathway bordered by
lockwood leads to a covered porch, on
either side of which is a seat. The
waters Of New Haven Bay came up to
the gate OF the house in years gone
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

about 5 years, with long golden curls,
entered the shop in which was then
employed, and approaching me, timid-
ly said:
Il want TO Diet my turls tut or"
looded at her incredulously, as
did the many customers who were
present, and said:
why, my child, do you want to
have your pretty curls cut of? Does
your mother know OF this?"
NO" she replied, "but am going
to give mamma the money Diet for
the turls."
~But why do you want to do this,
my child" asked kindly.
well, my.mamma is so sick, and
she said yesterday she would like to
have IS to pay the doctor, and she
needs medicine; and, oh, we need so
many things for my little sister, and
myself, and the man what keeps a
hair store on our corner said he would
div me $5 for my turls, and / want TO
Diet the So and div 1t to mamma"
You may well suppose we were
deeply touched by the child's recital.
l did not "tut" her "turls" but the
hat was passed around and 1 counted
S12.60 as the result. One OF those
present took the child to her home
and found her story but too true
New York Recorder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
In a Chinese Printing ONCE.

One Of the most interesting places
in Pekin is Chinese printing office,
conducted just as it was centuries
before the barbarous world outside of
the Flowery Empire had dreamed of
the art of Typography. The Office
contained score Of plain square
tables, on which the cases of type
were spread out, much after the En-
glish method, only taking up much
more room. One man was engaged in
setting up type; another was print
ing. The former stood before table
on which was what may be called the
Chinese "case." 1t was a solid block
Of wood about twenty-five inches long
by fifteen inches broad, and perhaps
three inches deep. The inside was
followed out to depth OF about a
quarter Of an inch, this depression be-
ing still further followed out into
grooves about three-quarters of an
inch deep. The block has twenty
nine 81 UncSc Brvvrvo, vaUu niIvu w
depth Of quarter of an inch with
ordinary stiff clay.
With his copy before him, armed
with small pair of iron pincers, the
compositor began his work; character
after character was transferred from
the case and firmly pressed into the
clay. When the form" was complete
a fiat board was placed on the top
and the characters pressed perfectly
even and level with the surface, and
the wooden edge was cut to form the
border found round every Chinese
page.
The printer now received the form
and carefully brushed the ink over
the type. Taking a sheet OF paper,
he pressed IL down all over the form
so that IL might be brought in con-
tact with every character He then
removed the sheet and examined
each character, carefully adjusting
those which were not quite straight
with the pincers, and apparently
never touching the type with his
fingers After sufficient copies had
been struck of the type was dis
tributed, each character being re-
turned to its particular box. The
type in the form was of three sizes,
each character being kept in place
entirely by the clay in which 1t stood.
They were cut out of some hard wood
and were perfectly square.-New
York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

IT must be manifest to any close
observer that the time is ripe for a
new national bird in this great and
glorious land. The eagle, as has
been said before, does not represent
us and should not be permitted to
perch upon our banners. He belongs
to the Indian and the Indian is no
more, and it is noted with pleasure
that the General Government has
taken up the matter and begun to
send out campaign literature in favor
of the heu. Tne latest STATISTICS
from Washington show that the
value of eggs produced in this coun-
try surpasses even the value of the
corn crops, and in this country money
not only talks but is positively gar
rllOuS.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
Mistaken Identity,

An American lady visiting in Eng.
land one day rashly alluded to feas
by their common name, and it was
only when her English listeners
looked slightly Mortified that she
realized that she should have spoken
Of those offensive insects as # sharps, I"
or applied to them some equally
euphonious title. That unfamiliarity
with them is confined to their names,
rather than their persons, may be
guessed from the following story,
which is told about proposed enter
tainment Of performing fleas, long
while ago, before the King of Prussia.
All the royal party had assembled
about platform, on which the ex-
hibition was to take place. The en-
tertainment was called "Napolean
and his Generals"
The court sat in expectation, but
the professor" who was manager of
the affair, shook his bushy name and
rolled his eyes in anguish, while he
wrung his long hand, and marched
Hg eRsabeedf!" " bis '''-''-
Napoleon is missing!"
He paused, and cast his eagle eye
over the distinguished company. He
observed that the princess royal fld-
geted little. Throwing his whole
soul into his eyes and voice, he APP
preached that august lady and the
King.
"Sire, madam" he cried, "this ex-
hibition is poor mans all! With
out Napoleon, his generals are value
less. There can be no entertainment
without him. An unfortunate en-
treats. Allow me"
The princess wore an old-fashioned
flchu. In the fraction Of second
the professor had turned back several
OF its white folds, made capture,
and proudly returned to his troop.
Arrived on the stage, he ventured to
relax his hold, and examine the
captive.
--<Dh," me sroansa, An despair, -tt -
a wild one."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
Funny Names.

A Somerset House clerk has lately
declared that the tedium Of his labor
on the registry Of births and deaths is
often relieved by coming across a
humorous juxtaposition of names.
There is, indeed, good deal of humor
in the Somerset House registry; the
fun consisting in an odd or barbarous
collOcatiOn of names. For hours the
eye Of the clerk will roam over reams
of dull propriety in such names as
Henry Wilson, George Williams or
Samuel Smith; and then the face of
as Ge ES95 a rs 6er fof smile Tile
front name attached to the surname
of Spray" 1t may seem strange, but
it Is certainly true, that entered in
the books is oot-bath, which must
be written in capitals Foot Bath" as
really the name of fellow-creature.
"River Jordan" is another case in
point. Mr.. Jordan had a child to
name, and, like free-born Briton, he
claimed his right to name it as he
pleased. Unfortunately, the name he
selected has left the sex Of the child
rather doubtful. Mr.. "Anthistle" had
daughter to name, and he must be
forgiven for giving her the Christian
names "Rose Shamrock. "Rose Sham
rock Anthistle" is young lady whose
name must please any patriotic man.
Another happy father who gave hi.
innocent offspring the names Arthur
Wellesley Wellington Waterloo Cox"
hah IN rot hnr 70 rl u m 4 lar INF
as he pledged him to career of great
ness. The baby must have had some
difficulty in understanding the obli-
cations imposed upon him. Probably
Master Arthur" ETC., ETC., found 1t
difficult to live up TO his names, and
despairingly ended an existence which
gave no promise beyond mediocrity.
Miss Fanny Amelia Lucy Ann Re-
becca Frost O'COnnor Douall Luck
Holberry Duffy Oastler HILL" it is to
hoped, has realized all the expecta-
tions formed Of her when she received
her baptismal names, somewhere about
the time of the Chartist agitation.
One lady is actually going about with
six-and-twenty "front names"-one
for each letter of the alphabet in its
proper order as "Ann Bertha Cecilia,
and so on down to "Xenophon, Yetty
and Zeus."
Some children have been rather
cruelty named, in a manner which
forever reminds them that they have
made mistake or committed a fault
in coming into the world. Thus,
Zone Too Many Harry" or mot
Wanted James" may be happy young
men; but If they are, it Is in spite of
their names. That's It, Charlie" OF
Who'd Have Thought II, Too" are
names which certainly give utterance
to a mild surprise. -Cassell's Maya.
zine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

THE actress or comic singer who
continues to lose her diamonds as a
good advertisement Of her business is
behind the times. The trick is an old
one and no longer works. A new one
has taken its place. When eager for
newspaper mention she must now find
some one else's diamonds instead of
losing her own. The new idea orig
mated with a clever young actress
playing with company in Chicago.
On her way from the theater to her
hotel she saw a small package on the
sidewalk, which she picked up and
found to her great surprise that it
contained 81, 500 worth OF diamonds.
The idea is a good one and it will
doubtless "catch on" Actresses, bal
let girls and comic opera singers have
lost more diamonds than were ever
taken out of Golconda and all the rest
Of the mines together, and they will
now begin to find them in just as
great abundance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

THE Indians who have been enlist.
ed In the regular army seem to be
making good soldiers. Secretary Of
War Proctor reports that the six COM
panies OF red men so far enrolled
show great ambition to become pro-
ticient in military drill, that they are
very neat, obey orders faithfully, and
take much pride in wearing the army
uniform. This result is an agreeable
surprise TO most army officers, WIN
have held that while the Indian
made highly efficient scout, he
would never make a trained soldier.
1t may be that the final solution of
the Indian question" will be yet
reached by enlisting the warlike
young men in Uncle Sans army.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

It Is extremely difficult for a for
eigner to see wedding in Japan. In
China guests are freely invited, but in
Japan they consider it too serious an
affair for any one to witness who is
not blood relative.
The bride has no dowry, but a very
extensive trousseau. Great stress Is
laid upon her disposition and ability
TO manage household matters.
When a japanese OF the middle
class has no son he adopts the hus-
band OF his eldest daughter, and the
son-in-law takes the name of the
father-ln-law and inherits his busi-
ness or patrimony.
The betrothal is an affair OF great
Importance, and often the bride and
groom meet for the first time. The
wedding Is celebrated on the night
that the bride reaches her sixteenth
year or the groom his twentieth. On
the eyentful morning the trousseau of
the bride Is carried to the house of
the groom and such articles of furni-
ture as she may possess are arranged
to give elegance to the coming fete.
The images Of the gods of both fami-
lies are brought and placed before an
altar ornamented with offerings. A
lacquer table holds dwarf cedar and
the figures of the first pair and the
ancient tortoise and stork. Then to
complete the picture by lesson of
morality ana paUrloJlsm they mix
among the presents Of the fete some
packages Of edible sea weed and dried
fish, to teach the young people the
frugal habits of the ancient japanese.
Toward the middle of the day a
splendid cortege approaches. The
young wife, yelled and dressed in
white, advances escorted by two
friends and followed by a procession
OF relatives gay in costume and rich
in embroidery. The two friends who
do the honors are called male and
female butterflies. In their dress
they initiate this charming insect,
which the Japanese consider an en-
blem OF conjugal felicity.
Excepting a few Buddhist sects, in
no part OF Japan do they employ a
priest to bless the nuptials. They do
not publish the names or 90 through
any of the formalities with which
other countries surround the civil
The officer of the police
in whose quarter the marriage takes
place writes to his chief announcing
that a couple intends matrimony and
the day.
1t is worthy of remark that in
all the ceremony there is no written
contract. 1t is simply verbal. This
gives all the advantage to the hus-
band, who can divorce his wife IL she
talks too much. The most holy part
Of the ceremony is touching symbol
OF union. Among the objects in the
center Of the circle is a metal vase
in the form Of drinking vessel with
two mouths. This is beautifully or
with bands of colored pa
per. AT given signal one of the
ladies Of honor fills with saki, jap
anese drink, this metal vase; the
other takes it and places it at the lips
Of the kneeling couple, first the hus-
band and then the wife. 1t is thus
that they begin their married life and
drink equally Of the joys and sorrows
If this nnW 1ifo---I L.. 49, H.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

If a man owes you dollar, don't
try to collect it on a rainy day. When
the sun is not shining, the most
cheerful man becomes respondent
and sees starvation and the poor
house staring him in the face. Let
the sun show itself bright and clear,
and in five minutes he feels rich
enough to afford anything. The
women understand this popularity of
a mans disposition. If wife asks
her husband for money on a rainy
day, it is sufficient proof that she is
a poor student of human nature.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
Girl. who Max. Poor wives.

never see petted, pampered girl
who is yielded to in every within by
servants and parents, that / do not
sigh with pity for the man who will
some day be her husband. 1t is the
worshiped daughter, who has been
taught that her whims and wishes
are supreme in a household, who
makes marriage failure all her life.
She has had her way in things great
and small; and when she desired
dresses, pleasure or journeys which
were beyond the family purse, she
carried the day with tears or sulks, or
posing as a martyr. The parents
sacrificed and suffered for her sake,
hoping finally to see her well married.
They carefully hide her faults from
the suitors who seek her hand, and
she is ever ready with smiles and al
lurements to win the hearts OF men,
and the average man Is as blind TO
the faults Of a pretty girl as newly
Matched bird is blind to the worms
upon the trees about him. He thinks
her little pettish ways are mere girl
ish moods; but when she becomes his
wife and reveals her selfish and cruel
nature, he is grieved and hurt TO
think fate has been 50 unkind to him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

THE temperance OF the train
wrecker is not surprising. He will
continue to reappear until legisla-
tion In all the States furnishes the
appropriate penalty for his offense.
A man has just been arrested in
Pennsylvania for trying to wreck a
passenger train with dynamite. On
looking over his record it is found
that he was imprisoned few years
ago for blowing up train in that
State, and causing the death of sew
eral passengers. Here is the case OF
a train-wrecker who was not re-
formed. If the capital penalty is
ever justifable, it certainly is in cases
Of men like this one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
FOR OUR LITTLE FOLKS.
A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR I'M
TEREsT TO THEM.
what Children Have Done, what They
Are Doing. and what They Should DO
20 Pass Their Childhood Days.
A WoIf story.

You wouldn't suppose that a wolf
could be trained TO obey a master,
would you? But patience can do al
most anything, and the little boy in
the picture made playmate and a
friend OF the animal which sits so
quietly before him.
But that Is because he found the
wolf when 1t was very, very young
the tiniest sort of cub, in fact.
The mother had been killed, and
the boy discovered the helpless little
creature all alone in the forest. He
took 1t home with him and watched
1t and fed it, and even petted it The
baby wolf grew larger every day,
and the boy began to teach it little
tricks, which it learned as naturally
as dog would have done.
1t carried basket in its mouth, IL
learned to push up the latch with its
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

WE have noticed that when a good
looking man marries good-looking
woman, they are not so happy as
homely people are. Each one does
not admire the other as much as is
demanded. The happiest marriages
are those contracted by the homeliest
people. Those who have received all
their lives the admiration of great
many, very seldom settle down con-
tent with receiving the doubtful adj
miration Of one.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

ON the Atlantic Coast the patrol of
the lifc-saving crews has commenced,
and now all night long their tireless
lanterns will go up and down along
the rocks and the beaches through
storm and through starlight until the
winter is passed. There is not half
appreciation for the hardships of
these poor fellows and the importance
of the work which they do. The
lives and the property which they
save is greater than any one who has
not investigated the matter is at all
likely to appreciate and their bravery
worthy of the highest praiese.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
A Waste of Raw Material.

How sad IL is to contemplate the
selfish Indifference to the welfare OF
others that marks the average human
being. In how few breasts the
golden rule Of doing as you would be
done by finds place.
Not long ago worthy granger
rushed out of his house to warn off a
lot of hunters he saw tramping over
his just sprouting wheat.
Never mind your wheat, old Hay
Seed" said one of the party. "We
amt after quail this time-we're
business from way back. A fellow
held out four aces on us down at the
saloon last night, and scooped the
entire gang. He lit out before we
tumbled, and as we have a suspicion
that he's hiding in the brush round
here, we've come out TO bag him."
"Oh, is that alp" said the hard.
worked farmer We'll, boys, I'll tell
you what | wish you'd do when you
drop your man-just prop the stiff up
agin that stake in the field yonder.
/ can't find time to make a scare
crow, and the geese are comm in
powerful thick these moonlight
nights"
The outraged community" promised
to comply with this very reasonable
request, took pull at the old mans
flask, and passed on.
And now for the contemplate
sequel. Nearly a month afterward
the granger discovered the remains
Of the four-acer lying in the midst of
the chaparral, right where he fell,
where not even buzzard could have
seen them-where he was of no sort
of good to anybody on earth.
1t Is occurrences like these that
shake our faith in human nature,
and may well cause the moralist to
ask, whittier are we drifting?"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08
An Unexpected Downpour.

A venerable preacher of the United
ra-~A---- >.'----rs. --~----~~- --~ON-y --.-s
been conducting revival meetings in
a school house near Huntington, Pa,
and deep interest has been mani
tested. The minister has shown a
Partially for the phrase, 20, Lord,
shower thy blessings down upon u.s."
which is incorporated in all his pray
ers. When this period of his invoca-
tion was reached, the other night, the
congregation was thrown into a state
Of CONSERVATION by copious fall of
water from a trap-door directly over
the minister, drenching him through
and through. The services were
checked by this extraordinary fulfill
ment Of the preachers duplication,
and tranquility was not re-established
until an investigation revealed the
cause Of the unexpected downpour.
A l5-year-old boy had secreted him
self in the attic of the school-house
before the meeting and given practi-
cal effect to Rev. Mr.. Eberly's prayer
with two buckets OF water.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

Tho Largest One I'm the World Built AZ
bethlehem, Pa.


There has recently been completed
at Bethlehem, Pa, the largest steam
hammer in the world. 1t is TO be
used for forging armor plates for the
new men-of-war, and two years have
been employed in its construction.
The total weight OF the hammer it
self, that is, the portion of the ma
chine whose impact is felt, is 125 tons.
This weight by the use OF a steam
piston, Is raised sixteen and one-half
feet, and from that height drops upon
the object that Is to be forged. The
force OF such blow can scarcely be
imagined, The total height of the
framework of the machine is ninety
feet.
The anvil weighs 1900 tons, and is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

A MAN by walking day and night
could circumambulate the world in
4s5 days, if it were all land and he
covered his five miles an hour. Every
effort should be made to induce George
Francis tram 10 adopt unrs meunou or
locomotion when he next goes globe
trotting.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-10-08

ENTITY stomachs make poor fight
ers. If Russia spends $50, 900, 900 to
make up for bad crops this year, and
has trouble raising loan for the
emergency, there won't be as much
war in the next twelve-month as
some alarmists make out.