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USED A SEA ANCHOR,
T>s of a Budder-He by the
Sterling in a Gale.

when tile Sterling sailed into the harbor
vessel under fun sail, she did not look
is. vessel that had had q very rough
-..s.-.. uU, visit 20 her confirmed the re-
r-- d. she had experienced very rough
n--ta -. She was from Hong Kong, laden
r.. .egchandise.
Som after leaving port she had a sue
-s.s..a heavy gales and lost some canvas,
t.t Ir great damage was done until the
hip aas out twenty-nine days, when she
s-..a uttered q terrific gale from the north
7-s-. with very heavy cross sea. Sail was
- eaI % the two lower topsails. but the
r..s5'> bored so heavily that she had to be
hove 20.
Tie seas were tremendous and frequently
I-r5- over her with terrible force and the
.se-s were full OF water nearly all the
The gale lasted three days, and on
rHe morning of the second day the rudder-
-a. was twisted off and the ship became
Glullagel Bile A sea anchor was at once
uzs=a 10 keep her head to the sea but be-
re lis could be done the ship tell of into
cough Of the sea and her decks were
everal times
port door Of the torecastle was
5j 10 and the house filed with water.
mems bedding, chests and CLOTHES were
... The range in the galley broke adrift
res only secured after a great deal Of
p during which the cook had his leg
a.e and badly bruised. A. soon as pos
-...s the sea anchor was dropped over the
1917. and then with her head to the wind
md sea she rode in comparative safety.
file sea anchor was made Of three heavy
.Gsa1d together in the form Of a TIL
and covered with aspaUe maiDSaIl. To
angle Of the triangle a stout rope was
and 10 the triangle thus formed a haw-
was made fast. The anchor was then
0pt5 over the bow and the hawSer paid
-.- until he anchor was ninety fathoms TO
1dward Of the ship. thus forming a drag,
which kept the vessels head to wind and
Tie rev now worked ike beavers to re-
rr tie steering gear. This was done by
---Irg q heavy spar out over each quarter,
# ~ which a strong purchase was rugged TO
spur on the ruddeT, and the falls led to
Tie barrel Of the wheel The plan worked
well. aud rs soon as the weather moderated
tie sen anchor was taken on board and the
. kept on her course, arriving IN port
H.f furf her incident
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15
PROPOSALS.

NEW CITY HALL-OFFICE OF EDWARD I.
IN WOLFE, Secretary OF the Board OF New City
Hall ommtSsioners, san Francisco. April ~ 1881.
Sealed proposals for the following work and ma
terials will be received by the Board OF New City
Hall Commissioners in the chamber of the Board of
Supervisors Saturday, June g, 1891, between the
hours OF IL and 3 O'Clock A. N. of that day.
For the furnishing and placing OF document ils
boxes In the fittings made therefor, to the amount
OF 1900 or Whereabouts. in the County CLERKS
Office In the northwest wing of the New City Hall.
Proposals to be In accordance with contract draw
incs and specifications.
The work to be completed OH or before the 3Oth
day OF September, 1891.
Reference is hereby made TO the plans, specfhca-
tions and conditions of the contract in the Office of
the Secretary and Architect under which this york
must be done. The Secretary will furnish blank
forms OF proposals and bonds to intending bidders.
No bids VIII be entertained unless made upon
or the total SUN OF tender to guarantee the closing
panied either with certified check OF with two or
more good and sufficient sureties, whose names
must be submitted to the Commissioners at least
three days before tho opening Of the bids in order
that they may pass upon their competency. The
board reserves the right 70 REJECT any all bids.
fayments VIII be made by audited demands upon
che treasury drawn against the lew City Hall fund
Bidders must strictly comply with the proposals
with reference TO bondsmen Should they have
them) Instead OF cheeks
GEORGE H. SANDERSoN,
THOMAS J. L. SMILEY,
JOHN H. BURST,
Board OF New City Hall Commits sionefs
EDWARD !. WOLFE, Secretary. apps BOB
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heme of Mrs. Alvena Miller. $50 Sedgwick
street. Miss Peng came from POmeroy,
Iowa, few days ago to visit her aunt, Mrs.
Miller. Thursday she was taken III with
cramps, and upon retiring tied an alcohol.
soaked bandage about her body for relief
from pain. At II o'clock she arose to put
more alcohol on the bandage, and in some
mysterious manner the spirit was ignited
and the girl was at once enveloped In flames.
Her shrieks brought Mrs. Miller to the
room and she removed the bandage, but not
before Miss Peng had been frightfully
burned. Doctors were quickly called. but
they could do nothing to save the girls ilfe
She died yesterday morning. Mrs Miller
was severely burned about the hands In her
efforts to save her niece.-Chicago Herald.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15

The extension of tie California-street
cable railway below Montgomery is neeessi-
tatng the same filling in and raising of
GRADES that was required on Clay and Sacra-
mento streets. That portion of the city has
settled so, that the streets are nearly two
fee. below the Official grade. The inter-
sectnR streets will also be raised. IL VIII
take about two months to complete the ex-
tension.
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PROPOSALS.

NEW CITY HALL-0FFICE OF EDWARD L
IN WOLFE, Secretary Of the Board OF New City
Hall Commissioners, San Francisco, April 81 1891.
Sealed proposals for the following work ami
materials will be received by the Board OF New
City Hall Commissioners In the chamber OF the
Board OF Supervisors Friday, May 20, 1891.
between the hours OF IL and u O'Clock A. II
that day.
For the furnishing and placing OF water-cIosets
and their aDpendages to the prison cells, with
plumbing and drains attached thereto; also new
drains connecting Herewith and to drains already
60 the drain leading 60 Park avenue south, or else
where, all as per drawings.
Ali in the basement and sub-oasem emf OF the New
City Hall.
The work to be completed before the 3Oth
day OF September, 1891.
Reference IL hereby made TO the plans, Specif-
cations and conditions OF contract In the once
OF tho Secretary and architect. under which this
work must be done. The Secretary Will furnish
blank forms of proposals and bonds TO intending
bidders. No bids will be entertained unless made
upon blanks so furnished. The bona must be 20
per cent OF the total sum OF tender OF guarantee
the closing OF the contract when awarded. and to
be accompanied either with = certified check
with two more good and sulicient sureties,
whose names must be submitted TO the Commits
sloners ut three before the opening the
bids In order that they may pass upon their com
potency. The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. Payments will be made BY
audited demands upon the Treasury drawn against
the New City Hail fund.
Bidders must strictly comply with the proposaIlz
with reference to bondsmen {shoaid they-<1rG
1900 GEORGE H. SAN
THOMAS j.
JOHN II. D.
Board Of New City Hs<
EDWARD L WOLFE. Secret
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The will of Bernard A. Costello. who died
on March 30th at BaIlngarry, Limerick
County, ireland, leaving property valued at
So, 600 in this city, was filed for probate
Yesterday. The estate is divided equally
among his brothers and sisters, one of
whom is an inmate of convent in North
cumberland, England.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15

San Joses .............3 O.
Earned runs-San Franchises l. Three-5ase hits
Levy, McGuckeu. TWO-Dase hitS-Leyy, SWEET.
Sarrifce hIts-Sharp. Sweeney. First base on err
rors-San Franchises 3 Sau Joses 3. First base
called ballS-San FrauciscOS 8, San JoSes z. Lett
baseS-San FTancScoS IL, san JOseS 9. Struck
ouU-By Young ,, by Harper o. Hit by pitcher
sweeney, Van Zant Ehright. Double plays-HaSSa-
mer and Cartwright, Sharp aud Cartwright. Passed
ballS-Speer 2, SWEET. Wild pitches-Young. I'm
plres-Donohue and Sheridan. ScOrer-StapletOn.
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Notes of the Game.

Manager Harris has signed for the home
team pitcher named SOmmers, who played
with the Burlington Club last season. He
is n left-handed twirler.
This afternoon the Oakland and San Jose
clubs play at the Emeryville grounds with
L0okabaugh and Speer and Stephens and
Hines as batteries
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15
A Strange and Fatal Accident.

Clara Peng, aged 16, was the victim OF
curious and terrible accident Thursday
night. She was burned to death at the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15
Compromise on High License.

r. j. Tomalty, who maintains one of the
grocery-liquor stores that the High License
Society objects to. suggests to the Board of
Supervisors as a compromise measure that
all places where liquor is sold be- closed at
IL o'clock at night and Oh Sundays. He be-
lieves that the great secret of the liquor
evil is late hours. If young men could not
find open saloons after midnight they would
go home and to bed, and not be troubled
with bic head on the next day.
Nobody need suffer from Ianguor aud melancholy
IL they take SimmcnS Liver Regulator
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-15

BERTELING has the only reilable methods 10
81 defective sight. 427 Kearny street.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
PROPOSALS

To Furnish Forge, Etc., for Public In
situations.
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fered for years with Bright's disease,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
The Atmosnhsre and MainsnrInps.

IHour handspring is broke" was
the positive declaration of a jeweler to
young man as he entered and walked
up to tho counter, meanwhile probing
for his watch. The young man hadn't
said a word. "llow did you guess
it"' he asked when he recovered from
his amazement. "Didn't guess it; |
knew it," was the jewelers. reply.
"That is, could almost have sN orm to
it when l saw you feeling for your
watch. guessed then that something
was the matter with that article, and
having guessed that, | was ready to bet
$25 to 81 that it was the handspring
that was broken. And III tell you why
There's certain time of the year-and
this happens to be it this year-whcn,
if happen TO havcitwo or three per-
SONS come TO me with broken main-
springs, [ can make mp my mind that
I'll have twenty or Thirty more of, the
same kind of customers within very
short time. Now, it's just week and
day ago that a man came to have
job of this kind done, and up today
I've had no less than twenty MAIN
springs to put in. They break volun-
tarily; atmospheric condition has
something TO do with it. Now, I'll
put new spring in your watch which
lguarantee for year. 1t may last
two or three years, and, again. it may
not last two days, one day. Or an hour.
You can't tell they're liable to break
any time, no matter of how good
quality they are. I've had new springs
break right after have put them in"
buffalo Express.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
A Curious House.

The reporters and other strangers
who were in Sing Sing at the time of
the recent electrocutions, and who
climbed the hill leading to the prison,
noticed queer looking house, just as
the road turned off the main street.
As seen from the top Of the hill, it ap-
pcared to be substantial story aud a
half brick house, with mansard roof
aud huge windows A porch ran the
entire length and up to the second
story. Many people commented on
its peculiar appearance. A News
reporter who had occasion to go to
the telegraph Office beneath the hill,
noticed that the house was really five
stories and a half high, but was built
up against the face of the hill, so that
from the top only the upper stories
could be seen.
The peculiar feature of the house is
that the only entrance to it is from tho
fifth story, and the residents walk down
instead Of up stairs, as in on ordinary
house. The house or rather its own
err Patrick Rlgney, has quite his
tory. Some years ago when he
bought the bluff which his house ia
now built against, the people in Sing
Sing regarded him as little short of
insane. He paid mere song for the
entire strip Of land, a block in length,
which was underlaid by huge powders
and solid rock cliff. He was at that
time earning living by doing haul
ing around the city,
The old residents Of tho place could
not possibly see what he wanted with
what had heretofore been regarded
as q piece of waste land. BY the use
of dynamite and giant powder, Mr..
Rigny succeeded in getting out enough
rock, which he sold for building pur-
roses. 10 net him handsmna sam
With this nucleus he was enabled to
open profitable business, and subsc-
quently built the house, which excited
SO much comment OIL the part of those
who saw it for the first time. New
York News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
A Railroad on Tree-TOps,

In Somona County, Cal, there ex-
lists an original piece of railroad en-
gineering that is not TO be found in
the books. In the upper part of that
country near the coast may be seen
an actual railroad bed on trcc-tops.
Between the Clipper Mills and Stuart
Point, wherc the road crosses Il deep
ravine, the trees are sawed off on a
level with the surrounding hills, and
the timbers and ties laid on the
stump. In the center of tho ravne
mentioned two huge redwood trees,
standing side by side form substan-
tial support. These giants have been
Topped off sevcnty-fivc feet above the
bed of the creek. This natural tree
bridge is considered one of the won
ders of the Golden State, and for safe
ty and security is all that may be de-
sired.--[ chronological journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
The Color OF Mater.

What is the color of pure water?
Almost any person who has no special
knowledge of the subject will reply at
once, alt has no color" Yet every
body knows, either through hcarsay
or by the evidence of his own eyes,
that the ocean is blue. Why the ocean
looks blue is question that few who
have crossed it have ever sought to
solve, and there are probably many
travellers who, though they have seen
most of the famous rivers and lakes
in the world, have failed TO notice the
remarkable difference in color which
their waters present. Even the ocean
is not uniform in color; in some places
its waters arc green OF even yellowish.
- mature.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
He Wears Well.

John Furlong presents a fresh illus
tration of how much the human frame
can endure. He is ninety years old,
has outlived every one on whom he
had any claim, and was recently found
on the pavement in New York city,
where he had lain all night literally
dying of hunger. 1t takes so little to
keep him alive that, according to the
testimony produced, he had lived for
years on something less than the daily
equivalent of an average schoolboy's
lunch. Yet he had lived, and at last
accounts bade fair 10 live some years
longer detroit Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28

Herr WerInulh, tic Imperial Com
missioner from the German Empire to
The Worlds Fair, is great stickler
for form and etiquette. He was chief
commissioner from Germany at the
Melbourne Exposition in 1855. The
story is related by gentleman who
was present that at banquet given bv
Sir James McBain, president of the
exposition, to the foreign commission
crs, one Of the speakers referred to fhc
little trouble between England and
Germany that was being caused by
King Malictoa and the Samoaus. Herr
WerInuth, considering that the topic
was one that was out of place. arose
and left The banquet hall without a
word. On ano her occasion at a party
given by Sir Henry Loeb, The then
Governor of Victoria, Herr Wermuth
was promcnadiag on the vcranda when
he met the Governors aidc-dc-
camp. The German. with imposing
dignity, doflcd his hat and made a
most elaborate bow, which was re-
turned in Kind by the aide. On turn
ing to rctrace his steps the same pco-
pie met and the same performance
was gone through with. This was
kept up for some time, the German
stopping and making the most pro-
found bow on every occasion. Fin
ally the aide, highly amused, respond
ed to Herr Wermuth's salutatiom with
a simple slnilc Of recognition, decmlng
such sufficient. The Germans face
cloudcd and he stopped in the middle
of his bow highly astonishcd and in
dignant. lie at once sought the Cow
ernor and Indignantly asserted that he
had been grossly insultcd II took all
of Sir lIenry's diplomacy to smooth
the matter over, which was finally
ended by The aides making the most
humble apology. y.-[St Louis Rcpub-
lie
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
PORT MARYLAND AUGUST &,

Clond and Sunshine.
Waiting in gloom and pain;
Weary. obi so wcaryl
Steadily falls the rain,
Dsrk the day and dreary.
The biiicrest winds are waiing loud,
And the funeral sky is clothed in cloud
VIII the sun neer shine again?
Courage, in heart and brain,
Though the day be dark ming;
Waiting is not in vain,
If for God thou'rt hark'niDg.
The drearest weather will change some
day,
And never clcud but will pass away,
And the sun must shine again.
BE still sad heart, nor mind,
The heart Of tiery-trying,
The mystery entwined
With sorrow and with crying
The costliest gold, by a method slow,
Must lose its droSs in the hottest glow,
int il cometh forth refined.
-fCaptain Il. X. Carter, in New York
Observer
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28

this occasion at Mrs. Cavendish's cello
braied establishnent-and Captain
Maurice was at his wits end to know
why his plighted bride had changed
her mind so suddenly lie did enter
tcriain some vague idea of a "breach-
of-promise' suit, but wisely abandoned
it. But shame to say, he never sus-
pccted Valencia Morcl, who still works
on. pale and silent, in tho drcary
rooms, and never secs him now.
Captain Maurice had played with
edged tools, and ho hadnot come of
scathless. New York Ledger.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
HARLOW BROS
L. NJ. SWITZERLAND,
UC II 10 MEIER
Port Tobacco. Charles County. Md

Wil nit nd To all lnsin@s entrusted 70
him. in any portion Of the County Com
nmtli,,aiions addressed 70 in ~ Port
Tu5acco viii receive prompt att ntioA.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
To Preserve the Eyes.

A simple and excellent plan to pre-
serve and strengthen the eyes is this:
Every morning pour some cold water
into your washing bowl; at the bottom
of the bowl place a silver coin or some
other bright object; then put your face
into the water with your eyes open
and fixed on the object at the bottom;
move your head from side to side
gently, and you will find that this
morning bath will make your eyes
brighter and stronger, and preserve
them beyond the ordinarily allotted
time. Detroit Free Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
Cliffs Curious Currency.

The money of Chill at present is
peculiar. Mr.. Hoffman has his pocket
full of it. 1t consists of small tags of
pasteboard, on which man writes the
value for which he is willing to re-
deem it, putting his name on the back.
1t then begins to circulate until it
finally gets back TO the source from
which it emanated.-[ Boston Travel
ler
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
What Makes Sugar so White.

People who are on the lookout for
adulteralcl food often submit samples
of cube sugar for analysis, says a
chemist Here Is lump taken from
a downtown restaurant. The bowl
was filed with cubes of tho same sus-
picious appearance. 1t has bluish
tint and he man who brought it to
me Thought it might be adulcratcd
with hing harmful to the system.
4 nc, I 4; 81 chemical test 10 find out
what was ,nc matter. All white sugar,
and especially that manufactured in
cubes, is charged in the pans with u
very minute quantity of ultra-marinc.
The purpose is to make it purcr
white, the blue tint really dcceiving
the eye. If this were not done, the
snowy cubes would be drty-gray
appearance. This blue tint is the re-
suit of carolcssncss, the quantity of
coloring matter being slightly in cx-
cess. There's not enough in it to
hurt child. - Boston Transcript,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-08-28
A Tough Time.

"Tll trouble you for the time,n said
the footpad to the gentleman with a
gold watch in a dark street.
"Ii's just striking ouc,' said the
gentleman, hitting the highwayman
between the eyes.
"Don't hit with YOU second hand
said the footpad, skipping OIL DE.
troit Free Press.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-12-04

matched. in votes but where. the Demo-
Gratis have eleven congressman to two
Politics is the only game
in which underhanded and dishonest
methods are considered legitimate and
smart, to the shame of both parties be
it said, and until higher plane is
reached and adhered to there is little
hope for permanentreform. A case inn
mediately in point is the existing situa-
tion in New York state where the Dem
ocrats are doing their best-or worst
to steal the legislature after the Repub
licans have elected majority of its
members. Another instance nearer at
home was the summary theft Of the
seats of several duly elected Republicans
by the combination in the last South
Dakota legislature; while the arbitrary
unseating of southern Democrats by the
last house of representatives, while it
gave the Republicans a temporary ad-
vantage, has worked in the end to their
detriment. 1t were far better to re-
verse results and correct abuses at the
polls in subsequent election than to at
tempt to overturn the judgment ofwhat
appears to be majority on the face of
the returns.
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Isn't it remarkable that the rabid In

Isn't it remarkable that the rabid In
dependent organs feel impelled to at
tack every enterprise of public ma
ture? According to the Aberdeen
News:
The national organ of the Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, published
at Washington and called the National
Economist, has furious onslaught on
the government irrigation inquiry, and
denounces irrigation as scheme OF
plunder and speculation.
While the knights of Labor, Father
Haire's paper, attacks the Worlds Fair
commission in the following savage
fashion:
The plunderer's pow WOW committees
will soon be down on Brown county, to
get the people here to give them some
money, to build plute loating place at
the Columbian Worlds Fair at Chicago
next year. Don't give them a cent is
our voice on the subject. Why? First
on general principles. Second. we are
trying to get beet sugar factory here
in Aberdeen that will use up IS, 900 tons
of. beets and leave at least S3OO.OOO with
our farmers each and every year
Sugar factory before plute loafing
at Chicago every time. You bet.
The wonder is that the sugar bee1
enterprise receives any consideration
either.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1891-12-04

A newly elected Democratic congress-
man from Indiana expresses himself as
opposed to partisan gerrymapdering Of
a state, no matter by which party it is
done. He says:
The fact that the Republicans have,
prior to this, done the same thing in
Indiana does not atone for the present
inexcusable injustice. [ condemn it
whether practiced by friend or foe, and
/! hear with pleasure that the Ohio leg
islature will not take advantage of its
Republican ascendancy to redistrict the
poses. If this be true, it is to the ev-
erlasting credit of the Republican party.
His remarks were drawn out by con-
temptation Of the situation in his own
state In which both parties are closely