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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
Works of Art.

Two OF the most beautiful articles Of
adornment are sinGularly ugly
and unattractive in their crude state. Tor
toise-shell, as 1t comes to market from the
West Indies, is coarse. dirty and lusterless.
and only the most. skillfui and patient
manipulation makes it the rich and beau-
tiful material it eventually becomes.
Ostrich plumes. as they arrive in this mar
ket. look like bedraggled turkey feathers.
anu they pass through score of hands be-
fore they become the fluffy and graceful
adiunct TO feminine attire.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
Death of the Drsssing-Case.

Have you noticed the decline OF the
dressing-case as an all-jmpOrtaBt item in
the list of woman's goods and ehattels?
Not so very long ago the possession Of a
silver-mounted dressing-case was cunsid-
cred to impart a certain cachet of good
breeding to the owner. 1t was a ladylike
appurtenance and was generally followed
by ponderous workbox with motEer-of-
pearl fittings and pair of watehpockets
destined to adorn the bed curtains. The
two latter wares have long been deposed.
and now the dressing-case is going after
them to oblivion. 1t was cum bersome to
travel with. not secure enough for trinkets
and too grand for toilet accessories.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
A judicial Joke.
Vn1foV,a.uYg Naupa

Judge Fox of the Appellate Court is q
dry Joker. and generally makes himself the
subject of his gibes.
''Tbe Appellate Court is goingIto be ab0t-
ished." he said solemnly to q newspaper
friend the other day.
''Never heard of it" exclaimed the friend.
"Its fact. though. | am going to be
elected, and that means the adjustment OF
the court. was appointed criminal judge
over at Richmond and the Legislature
abolished the office. Then was appointed
Judge of the Superior Court of Wayne
County and that office was done away with.
The Appellate Court comes next
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23

kind of sulphur that he had smelt before
on the battlefield. For when the door was
closed behind his overseer he took the lamp
fully. There was the distinct hole made by
bullet which had missed Cato's head at
the open window by an inch.
Continued merit Sunddy3
Copyright, 1892. by the author. All rights re-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
Aii-Around Extr.vsgancs.

Cape COu ltcm.
$50 you think your sons wife extrava-
gant?"
"Extravagant is no name for It, She wont
have anything cooked over; she wont have
q dress mended. always has new one; she
gives away what would keep family. and
now she has capped the climax Of her ex-
travagance."
"In what way?"
"She has just lad twins"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23
Young Reformer.

Said q Pine-street lawyer to his young
clerk: "Why wasn't you at the office earlier
this morning?"
"Beg pardon, sir, but I'm reformer. i
believe that the Office should seek the man,
OF the man the Office. Texas Siftings.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-23

turn completely round-a difficulty the
young lady had evidently calculated upon
he was too late. The floating draperies of
the artiul and shameless Miss Sally were
already disappearing among the tombs in
the direction of the hollow.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
THE FLOWER GOD.
Buddhlsts and Mohsm medans Who wor.
ship Plants.

Buddhists and Moh,m medans Who wor.
ship Plants.
Since time out of memory alteration
of plants and flowers has been the
prevailing form of worship in many
sections of the far East. Even to this
day certain communities of Buddists
and Mohammedans pray by the hour
before their favorite plant or flower.
In India this species of worship seems
to be most prevalent. A recent pub
lished work ON Oriental travel has
this to say of Che believers in flower
gods: A true,Persian in flowing robes
of blue world sauntcr in and stand
and mediate over every flower he saw
and always rs if half in yis;on And
when the vision was fulilei, md the
ideal flower nc was 8ecfling foand, he
would spread his mat and sit before it
until the setting OF the sun. At sum
set he would pray dcvoutly, fold up
his mat anl go hoao. The next
night, and night after night
until that particular flower faded,
he would return to it and
bring his friends in ever increas-
ing troops and sit and play the guitar
and lutte bcforc it, = 81 = and so
again anl again every evening until
the flower died. Sometimes, Ivy way
of grand finale, the who,c company
would suddenly arise before the flower
and sercnade it together with an ode
from IaGz and then depart
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
VALUE OF DOCUMENTS.
The Good to BE Derived From Them Not
Yet Quite Understood.

The Good to BE Derived From T:,em Not
Yet Quite Understood.
The value of many documents issued
from our government members is but
little understood by the people of this
country. 1t Is n fact, however. that
some Of the most valuable contribu-
ti6ns to the knowledge of this country
are made in the form of public docu-
mentA
Every consul is required to transmit
to the government whatever Is of in
tercst in the city where he is sta toned
and volume of consular reports is Of
ten rs interesting as book Of travels.
In addition the bureau of education
sendsout every yenr an immense mass
of literary matter pertaining to the
educational system of this and other
countries.
While the reports of the government
agricultural stations ought to be in
the hands of every farmer, and IL
properly used would increase the ag-
gregstc production of our land 10 per
cent in u single year, yet neither
teachers nor formers seem us u rule to
care for these documents, aud, al
though they are to be had for the ask
ing, thousands of them every year, It
is said, nre left undistributed because
no one calls for them.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
MARRIED ANOTHER MAN.

A Matrimonial Advertisements That Did
Not Work just as Intended.
An advertisement appeared in the
London Advertiser short time agS
from man residing at Temby bay,
named Ibbotson, In which he spoke of
his desire to secure christian woman
as wife. Among thoss who read the
advertisement was q widow residing
at Perth, mother of two children. who
answered it. The gentleman wrote B
reply, in which he described his house
and worldly goods and explained that
he desired some one to take charge OF
his household.
The widow, after some correspon-
dence, purchased ticket to 20 to her
prospective husband. She did not find
things quite as she expected. The
household consisted of the father and
nine children, the youngest OF whom
was seven years Of age. The children's
mother had died insane, and the
charming widow was loath to co M
plete the transaction which she had
begun SO bravely. She was stopping
at Hilton, and the widower went
thither to interview her, but the lady
would not be seen at all.
This would be a sad ending were it
not that another chapter yet remains
to be told. A young man of Temby
Bay heard of the lady being there, and
that she had two little children, and
years old. He had nice little talk
with her Sunday, proposed marriage
with her Monday, was accepted, and
the wedding took place Tuesday. The
widow says she has not made a mis-
take even If 1t was a hasty action. for
the young man in question is sober,
respected and Industrious. At last
accounts Mr. Ibbotson was on his way
to Bruce mines TO meet another lady
who had taken preliminary steps to-
ward matrimony in response to the
advertisements
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
Minute Fractions of Timc.

A second is the smallest division of
time in general ucc, and when we con-
sidcr that in one year there are about
31,55s, 900 of these periods it would
certainly seem MS IL it was small
enough for all practical purposes. But,
after all, good deal can happen even
in q fraction of n second. A light
wave, for instance, passes through a
distance of about 1S5, 900 miles in this
length of time. A. current of electricity
has probably an even greater speed.
The earth'itself moves in it's orbit at .
rate Of about 20 miles n second, thus
fnr exceeding the fastest railroad
trains ON It's surface. A tuning fork
of the French standard vibratcs $40
times per second to produce the note
A on the treble staff.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
A Fireman to the Rescue.

Joe Dougherty, fireman on the
''shiftcr' at Thomas w. Va. did quite
a heroic act last week. A little girl
was on her way to school, and on the
road was compelled to cross over the
creek by means OF foot-log. The
water was hig.i, and as she was about
half way she fell into the water.
Doughertys engine was near the
bridge at the time, and seeing the lit
tie girl sink beneath the waves, he
bounded into the water and, after bat
sling quite awhile with the current,
succeeded in landing her on shore and
restoring her to her parents The act
was co.nincntcl on to a considerable
extent at Thomas, the young man re-
,civing the praise which was Justly
his
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
How Terence Voted.

An interesting election story comes
from Irciand Tho Roman Catholic
curate was busily engaged outside the
polling booth. coaching the voters as
they came up to the entrance. When
Terence Maloney appeared, n rather
protracted conversation ensued, and the
last words the priest said to him were:
Now, yea know who you're to vote
for. Just make the cross and put the
bsllot-papc In the box" AS Terence
came out Of the booth, he was asked II
he hat recorded his vote all right
.'Isedsd, yer yiverence, he explained
with merry twinkle, II did as ye
towld me. A. soon as the gentleman
gave me the paper, ! just crossed me-
self and dropred it in"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
PREHISTORIC MONKEYS.
Discovered In the Positions In Whicl
Death Found Them,

Death Found Them.
Some curious dried monkeys have
been recently discovered in the Trans
vaa'. From the extraordinary atti-
tudss which they have assumed, and
the fear and rage expressed by their
not too aminblc countenances, it would
appear that they must have been over
taken by some sudden catastrophe,
such as landslide or avalanch of
mud. The attitude of the female en-
deavoring to protect her little one
from impending death is quite idyllic,
while the rage and fear of paterfami-
las, who must have stood nearly four
feet high, are equally manifest. The
tails of all of them spring from an
unusual position, high up in the back
They appear to have been mummif d
by some natural process, and there is
still some hair adhering to the skin.
In the same cave in which these crea-
tures were found the diggers turned
up skulls of bushnan and Hottcn-
tot, also of deer and bird, the
latter with some feathers still 5ached
to it
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
THE cANNoN-BALL TREE.
Something About u Curious Tree and It's
Strange Fruit.

Something About n Curious Tree and It's
Strange Fruit.
The cannon ball tree owes its pecul-
iacity principally to the mode in which
the howers are borne on long branches,
which grow from around the trunk,
commencing at its base and continu-
ing many feet upward. They are ar
ranged in terminal racemes and fall
soon after expanding; the peduncle.
however. instead of falling and with
ering. hardens and enlarges, produc-
ing racemes of flowers in succession at
It's extremity each season.
Years sfterward the woody pcdicels
may still be seen upon the Towering
branches So nearly does the arrange
ment Of the latter resemble a creeping
plant growing upon tree that it Is
difficult 20 convince people to the con-
trary, and thnt they bear the flowers
of the tree itself, which describes the
flowers rs cupshaped, red within and
yellowish-white without
The flowers measure four inches
acrosA The large brown, ball-shaped
fruits, unlike the fragrant flowers
emit disgusting odor. rivaled only by
the flowers Of termnnilie belerica- The
latter. when In flower, scents the at
mosphere Of tho garden in way that
suggests to tho uninitiated that the
sanitary arrangements are in q bad
condition. The couroupita forms
large tree'some fifty to sixty feet in
heiUhf and hcnrs m dauso m n ss Of shin
ing leaves, be coming deciduous or
sometimes twice during the year. The
leaves on these occasions fall very
rapidly and are replaced again in
few days by q new set.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
A World Heater.

They were talking about echoes, and
he was an American. lie listened
while Germans praised German echoes;
Englishmen. English echoes; and
Swiss, Swiss echoes; and then, deter
mined to make II supreroe effort Tor
the reputation of his great country,
he said, quietly, But say Whar's
the echo that can compete with the
American echo in the Mammoth Cave
in Kentucky?" As no one had been to
Kentucky, no one dared to challenge
the speaker, who, thus emboldened,
continued: .'Surc as my names Hiram
Il. Cooling, If you call out to that echo,
'Hullo, Smith, burned II the echo
don't reply straight away, Which
Smith do you mean?"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
A pEaIpATErrc BARBER.
Ono OF the Industries Pecuiisr to the
r!ne Tree State.

One OF the Industries Pecuiisr to the
I';np Tree state.
Many Of Names rural towns d., MT
support professional barber Men
early learn to shave themselves, and
as to hnir-cutting, there is always
somebody in town who, with that
neighborliness for which these COM
muuities are noted, is ready to trim
your locks for you with all his heart
and with all his art
A writer on an outing, recently fell
in with one of these amateur BARRIERS
and humorously describes his accom-
modating ways: Soon ] was perched
astride of molasses hogshead with a
meal bag around my neck to protect
1t from the fall of hair. ! might say
the fall was great, or tho possibilities
of one, from the hogshead as 1
squirmed about on it to have the light
strike my head right so the cores
would be even. He was NO mean bar
ber, for he scorned to receive any
recompensc. wish all BARRIERS were
as charitable.
After our cutting acquaintance saw
much of the barber. One time he was
on the school house steps cutting q
mans hair; again, saw him hard at
work on q mans head in the middle Of
his vegetable patch. The farmer was
leaning against bean-pole with his
hoe in his hand evidently making the
most of his luxurious ease. Anywhere
and everywhere he happened to catch
his man the enterprising barber would
work. was on the shore one day
watching fisherman at his salmon
nets Shortly a small skiff went out
from neighboring cove. In it was
the barber, who rowed out to where
the fisherman was, and was soon cut
ting his hair.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
SLEEPS WITH EYES OPEN.
A Young Woman at Port Jefferson Puzzles
tho Medical Men.

A Young Woman at Port jefferson Puzzles
tho Medical Men. =
Richard Risley, of Port jefferson,
l.. l., is Woodworking bayman. He
has rather pretty daughter, who for
the past year has been puzzling the
doctors in consequence of peculiar
affiiction which has attacked her eyes
Miss Risley is about II years old A
year ago, while walking on the beach
near her home with her mother, she
suddenly exclaimed that something
had entered her eye. She pressed her
hands ever her eyes and moment
later fell in fit. ~
The young woman vas carried home
in u partially unconscious condition.
When finally she was restored to con-
sciousness it was discovered that her
eyes had strained look as though
some inward pressure was forcing
them out of their sockets. She COM
planned of no pain, but her eyes con-
tinued to protrude more and more un-
til it would seem they must fall out.
The eyes are now so much protruded
that the lids cannot close down over
them, SO that the sufferer sleeps at
night TtlNher eyes wide open. Her
sense OF fsight is gone while she sleeps,
this having been demonstrated by ex-
periments.
The peculiar trouble which has at
tackled her eyes also appears to be sap
ping the young woman's health. She
has become male and emacinted and
has the appearance of person suffer
ing from consumption. Her condition
has thus far defed the skill of the
local doctors, who admit that they arc
unable to explain the cause
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
Suicide Day.

A young Philadelphian recently
went abroad, and secured q position as
reporter for the London Times. lie
was sent out one evening to write up
the story of n rich and beautiful girl,
who had taken chloroform because her
lover failed to appear at the altar
when due. The young Philadelphiau
raced nimbly about. gathering various
particulars, and h2rri:a! back to the
Office in cab, after getting his copy
in shape. Not far from midnight, he
sped up the stairs to the local-room,
and turned his copy in with apologies
for his unavoidable latoness. 1T
doesn't matter" said one of the editors,
calmly, this is Monday, you know.
and we print suicides only on Satur-
,1nvso -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
4 New Language In England.

A London paper, mentioning a recent
anarchist meeting, says that speeches
were delivered in Yddish. This is q
term employed to designate the queer
mixture of Hebrew, German ard other
words that is called jargon in New
York. Jargon is so extensively spoken
and read there that it is profitable to
issue several newspapers in that lam
guagc. The expression 'our esteemed
jargon contemporary" is found occa-
sionally in the Jewish papers of the
higher class, and its use does not
imply any disposition to speak slight
ingly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
|, r,ylnu convict PAY. a Dobs.

Craig Brothers of Chambersburg, 10.
ceived postal money order from the
warden OF the New York penitcntiary
recentlv for Sl.oo. The order was sc-
comranied by postal card stating
thas man had died in that institution
the ,,light previous and before his
deata he told the warden that two
years arc lie had stolen a package ont
Of Mr.. Eraig's store containing a pair
of shoes marked s1.6o. He also said
that his wifo had been wearing the
shoes ever since. He requested the
warden to pay Mr.. Craig the above
amount, which he did by postal money
order.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-11-12
RIse. Canaan,

Mourning over the dccndepce of his
native village, country newspaper in
Canaan, Me-, cmits this lugubrious wall:
when will Canaan arise from her
ashes nd put on her beautiful gar
ments and utilize her water power to
produce something besides cells? A
town boasting q millionaire, with
thousands Of dollars hidden away in
trunks under his bed. and in o panta-
looms factory all fitted to run by water
power lying Idle, end not a religious
meeting in the place, except when
some one dies"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-04

by the report that a young lawyer had
come to live there, and there was great
rustling TO see who would give him the
first case. Two cowboys got up dis
pute about the ownership OF saddle,
and then shook dice TO see who would
have the lawyer. When the case was
called the courtroom was crowded, the
Judge behind his desk looking more
solemn than usual, and the lawyer, q
young sprig straight from an eastern
law school, with an uneasy look on his
face and a pile of law books, occupied a
table at one side. There were many
witnesses to examine, for every
body wanted a finger In the
pie, and when the evidence was
all in the lawyer made quite an
eloquent plea, and clinched his arga-
ments by reading the decision OF the
United States Supreme Court in a
parallel case. As he sat down with q
confident smile the defendant wore an
air of defeat, but the little judge arose
with an air of judicial authority that
would have stricken Supreme Court
Judge dumb, aad caused the utter coll
lapse OF the young lawyer when he de-
clared: 81 oierrule date decision, und
der defendant Wins"
1t is probably the only case on record
where the decision Of the United States
Supreme Court has been set aside. but
such is one OF the uncertainties OF the
Wild nd woolly West.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-04
"It Is Ours; We Bought 1t
and Paid for It."

Mr.. Charles j. Harrah, OF
Pennsylvania, a large manu-
facturer of steel, boasts in a
letter over his own sigma
ture, published in the Phila-
delphia Chimes:
"The tariff belongs to US;
we bought it; we paid for it,
and it is ours; we did not put
up our money to increase the
price Of labor, to increase
wages, and therefore we have
not done it; we put up the
money to buy the legislation
we wanted, and we got it. It
is ours; we bought it and paid
for it, and that is the whole
story"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-04

gross ana absolute falseh0ods at this
late day the REe1srER repnbIishes this
morning the letter Of Mr.. JoHE Nc
BRIDE, the president Of the union Of the
United Mine Workers of America, which
not only fully and specifically de-
MES the charges against Mr.. STE
vENsoN in regard to his connec-
ton with the miners troubles
in Illinois, but states that the company
of which Mr.. STEVENSON is the head,
was the honorable exception" among
the mine companies, that of itsown &C
cord dealt fairly with the miners, and
every miner who was connected with
the troubles In the Illinois mines, or
who has read the official organ OF their
union, knows that this is so.
When it comes to question Of
records on the labor question, neither
Mr.. CLEVELAND nor Mr.. STEVENSON
have a thing to conceal. On the other
side, however, Mr.. HARRISON and par
ticularly Mr.. REID, have everything to
conceal when it comes to reading
records in the matter of union labor.
Every printer knows we could publish
columns of testimony in regard to
REDS fifteen years hostile attitude to-
ward organized labor, but one instance
OF it is all that is necessary:
In June, 1877, WHITELAw REID had
printed and posted in the composing room
of the New YORK Tribune "Memoran-
dunn which ordered:
First-A reduction of about twenty-five
per cent. in the price of composition.
SecORd-A refusal to pay for time lost
during working hours through failure OF
the Office to furnish copy
Third-That the management should
have the right to call out preferred matter
and have it set by the hour.
Fourth-That double price would be no
longer paid for setting Objectionable mat
ter.
The operation of the last three clauses
in the notice meant, with the twenty
five per cent. reduction in the price Of
composition, difference of more than
forty per cent. in the earnings of the
compositors. The whole force, eighty
one-compositors, joined in signing a re-
ply to the Memorandum" in which
they said:
1--WE have deliberately and dispassion-
ately considered the four propositions sub
mitted to US, and have decided that we can
not accede to any Of them. Declining your
proposition, we hereby tender our resigna-
lions to take effect immediately"
Reid then issued the following boy
colt against all union printers:
1T is expressly ordered that under no
circumstances, and at no time, shall any
member of Typographical Union No. 6, or
of any Printers Trade Union, or any one
! known to be in sympathy with such organ
| izations, be employed in the Tribune COM
posing or proof rooms; and, especially, that
no man whose signature was attached to
the paper hereto appended (the eighty-one
referred to in the foregoing) shall ever
again under any pretext, be employed IN
any capacity in the Tribune composing
room, or permitted TO enter It,"
When it comes to matter OF labor
records Mr.. REID should be the last
man in the wide, wide world to open
his mouth and ask for workingmen's
votes.