davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05

The White House is always closed to Wis
itors after p NJ, and after this time if you
have important matters and must see the
President, you must use the doorbelI. The
doorbell is of bronze and like the door
knobs it was especially designed for the
White House These door-knobs are each
as big around as a baseball and they have
screaming American eagle cut into each Of
their brass faces.
The morning call., 1892-07-17

which Is pulsating almost at his feet, some
times over miniature hills OF blown sand,
sometimes through little knobs and pas
sages b0rdered and carpeted with profu-
sion OF wild flowers.
The low-level or beach route is found by
passing the cavalry barracks at the Pre-
sidio and continuing TO descend till tract
OF marsh land, trodden daily By the garri-
son horses, conducts the pedestrian past the
Fort Point life-saving station TO the fort IL
self, which is chiefly remarkable as the WIS.,
ible embodiment of obsoleteness and decay.
After passing the fort the Spring Valley
fume, thoroughly planked over, affords
nice plank road right under the cliffs for
mile and half, a better road in fact than
any footway in the city proper of San Fran
cisco. Thirty or 40 feet down the rocks are
picturesquely piled up as if a battle of the
Titans had taken place here and the de-
feated ones had laid down their weapons all
in a hurry. Ge0logically Fort Point has
created the Golden Gate. The sandstones
are metamorphosed, faulted and distorted
in very instructive fashion.
AT the point where the traveller over the
high level road deScends along the fence he
meets the other traveller journeying along
the fume. 1t Is the beginning of Bakers
Beach, a fine sea sweep OF nearly three
quarters of mile, where the SAND Is COW
cred and barred at every break of the
waves for space OF 20 or 80 yards.
This Is the ideal spot for the SURF
perch fisherman, and wherever a jutting
rock affords a standng-paee there one Of
these people will be found. Most of them
are stay -at-homes, and 1t is 10 TO that the
members of the family will be found lunch
ing under the cliffs within hail. The surf
perch Is large, strong. bold biting fish, and
takes bait just at the outer edge of the
long and strong and we'll thrown out.
Seventy or 80 fish of morning,
The morning call., 1892-07-17

with an average weight of a pound. Is
no uncommon catch, and one thing is GER
tain-the stay at-home family will never
want meal so long as they stick to a fish
dlet. Then, too. there are any number of
crabs to vary the menu. Lastly, countless
rllls OF water trickle down from the cliffs
even IL the hume did not invite robbery
OF corporation whieh-well- sub
sists on-pOlitics and annexation.
Bakers Beach has a climate peculiar to
itself. The fogs may mantle over Point
Lobus. and Mount Tamalpais may be
screened from view; the fog signal may be
booming monotonously for hours from
Lime Poinr, but on Bakers Beach it is
always warm and sunny. The curtain
drawn across the bay entrance lifts sud
denly once in while and then the at
mospheric effects are as wonderful and as
beautiful as the mirage of the desert or the
tata morgana. The stay-at home sees all
these things and enjoys them, capacity
which the obligations Of wealth and the
pomps and petty vanities of society deny to
the privileged ones VINO affect to despise him
and might well envy him. The millionaire
with the govt is apt 10 envy the toiler
whose limbs carry him sturdiiy over the
cTags at three score years and ten
The modern facilities OF canned goods
have rendered plcnicking an agreeable
pastime instead of a solemn sacrifice to the
housewife. She can share her husbands
pleasure instead Of bending painfully over
to the beach with her. To be sure a cup of
tea requires fire, but she is spared the
long ordeal OF the roast and stew Besides
which she can force the men into service,
ana IL is thing OF beauty and Joy forever
to see man trying to fry a mess of fish.
he VIII generally make mess Of the lob
too, which is grand exemplifcation of the
eternal fitness Of things and affords the
mistress oil ceremonies the opportunity OF
crlticizing instead of being criticized
1t Is pity that Bakers Beach is not
turned over TO the people Of San Francisco
entirely. There is no spot like ii on the
pay. The undertow makes bathing risky.
but not more so than it would be at Santa
Cruz without the precautions adopted
there. The beach itself suffers little by
comparison with Santa Cruz, and though
the fashionable world always fluids itself
compelled TO go far away from home in
order to enjoy itself fashionably. the
chances are that if Bakers Beach was in a
far northern or southern county instead Of
The morning call., 1892-07-17


BABY Ruth" Badge. which he was 70 deliver
before he sprinkled water upon the head OF
the only baby within a 100-mile circle Rut
the better natures of the rough miners GOT
the ascendency and one of them EXPRESSED
the sentiment Of the majority bv saving
something TO the effect that it was Inmeniy
TO "ring in any fun" on a child who was too
young to see the joke. IL NAV occur To
some of the campaigners this year that
tenderly nurtured BABY Ruth is entitled To
the benefit of that chivalrous instinct
which protected poor. nameless Tommy
Luck.
The Baby Ruth badges may be had i'm all
the cOlors Of the rainbow, and many others
which the good taste OF Dame Nature de-
bars from that symbol of the sky. Her
effigy may be purchased in dress of three
shades OF green. surrounded by strange
monstrous plant, with blue leaves There
Is nothing in the badge TO show lust what
Baby Ruth has To do with the Questions
that divide the two parties. Pertains that
problem was too much for the designer
AT any rate, the plan of the badge is utterly
destitute OF meaning, as was the original
idea. However, 1t was for sale on Park
row during the past week and appeared to
be going almost as we'll as SONS of the other
badges that contain a symbolism Of the
contest
The morning call., 1892-07-17

blessed indeed. He knows exactly where
to spend that day and how much or how
little it will cost him.
Leaving entirely out of view all the bay
side resorts accessible by steam boat aud the
county railroads, IL can easily be Demon
straIed how much enjoyment is available
for the average San Franciscan with q
family: the man who would feel that his situ-
alton was lost II he stayed away for a week
and who would have no excuses 10 make to
himself for wasting precious, haTd-earned
dollars in long, dusty, cOmfOTtleSs journeys
to fashionable points. only to be scorned by
the fashionable crowd and relegated TO a
garrett in an unfashionable clearinghouse at
81 day, with an extra charge OF 50 cents
every time lie looks at the waiter. The
Stay-at-home does not yearn for these joys
and does not care cent il his name doesn't
figure in the society columns OF some FASH
ionable resort alongside Mr.. and Mr. Shoddy
DUNK Of Junkville. Miss FiDnkina Nc
Fdget Of FiddletOwn and young Mandy
Panty, the millionaire prodigy OF Bore Hill
What the stay-at-home does like is TO get
away from his business cares as early on
Saturday afternoon or evening as he can be
spared, and get out on the cliffs. between
Fort Point and Point L0bOs. There are
about four miles of these cliffs. and they
are full of choice spots where a man can
camp out with his family, and enjoy life for
"A hours twice as we'll as can possibly. be
done by his employer, who carries all his
worldly cares and an expensive family with
him wherever he goes. 1t is quite little
revelation 10 see how many hundreds OF
families have real good time in June, July
and August on these roek-bound and pic
turesque shores of the bay. What is called
"camping out" in the Interior counties is
not for moment to be compared with the
enjoyment OF these humble stay at homes.
Half an hour after they have struck their
tents they are safe and comfortable at home
at the cost of 10 cents er member. III any one
is taken sick there is no costly visit from a
The morning call., 1892-07-17

doctor who may have to be looked for long
and anxiously at a point fifteen or twenty
miles away. There are no burning heats,
no mosq uitoes, no dearth of water, and the
daily paper Is at hand to keep the stay-at-
home as much la touch with the world as il
he were in his own house in the heart of
the city. lie can work at his desk all day
and become nomad at night The waves
will lull him to sleep and his lungs will be
filed with fresh air which has become
oZoDiZed by trayer8iDg 1000 miles of ocean.
Ii there be persons curious to see how the
stay at-homes get along so contentedly the
four-mile walk involved will not be found
tedious or unproductive of incident. Leay-
ing the cars at the Preside there is choice
of two routes in the first mile. The
one scales the bluff of Fort Point
and lands the pedestrian in the middle
of the batteries of 15-incb guns which
seem large enough and numerous enough to
sweep out of existence everything within
their range. The emplacement for the new
monster breech-loading rfled gun. for
tTess of solid concrete. Is about completed,
and is an eloquent object lesson of how far
the expensiveness of modern warfare con-
tributes TO insure peace. BY following the
barbed-wire fence in the neighborhood of
this emplacement down the cliff the trav-
eler reaches the beach just beyond, or on
the sea side Of Fort Point If. on the other
hand. he elects to take the high level or
cliff route he can keep right on, at an nlti-
tude OF several hundred feet abuve the sea.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
THE STAY-AT-HOMES.
How Busy San FranCiSCanS Manage to
Steal a Vacation.
It Costs Next to Nothing and the 0pportuni.
ties Are Right at Their Doors - I'm.
fashionable People Happy.

Not to- go too deeply into political and
economical questions it is a mighty hard
matter for the really useful citizen to get a
vacation nowadays. Public officials gen.
orally find it easy to abstract themselves
from their duties for period varying from
two 10 four weeks; sehoolteachers are
specially lucky because they get the benefit
OF the rest intended for the children. But
there are hundreds and thousands OF citi-
ZeDs Of San Francisco who never dream of
taking vacation at all. These stay-at-
homes OF course get no credit for their self
denial, but the world would get on badly
without them. Ii there were nc toilers the
wheels Of progress would stop despite all
the elegantly dressed and salaried official
overseers in creation. The man who gets a
long vacation is mostly man who can be
spared indefinitely, and. ceteris paribus. the
man who cannot be spared from his post or
will not allow himself to be spared is as
The morning call., 1892-07-17

at our doors every fashionable one would
to il.
At the western end of the beach is the
life-saving station which is never used, and
close by the Spring Valley finme winds to
the lett up Lobos Canyon, whose waters
(teing the output of Mountain Lake. il re-
eeiyes. If the time permits a walk of one
mile through this canyon will bring the pc
destrian TO its origin, about 800 yards from
the Marine Hospital The path lies through
a most lovely and romantic glen, in which
There are just now many scores OF stay-at-
homes camping out-'the world forgetting
and by the world forgot"
Beyond the lfe-saying station the beach
ends abruptly in cliff, with more piles of
rock iutting out. The sealing of this cliff
is nice little job for young couple who
have just begun TO discern matrimony on
quire lots of help In the scramble, and it
will be more cheerfully rendered then than
in after years when the young man Is
The morning call., 1892-07-17
when snake Poison Is HarmI. 50.

Nature seems to have provided that no
poison which acts externally shall have
any effect internally, and vice versa. Thus
the most deadly snake venom can be swal-
lowed with impnnity. the juice of the stom-
ach presumably decomposing 1t and rem
dering made harmless. Many experiments
have been to prove this. On one occasion
recorded by Humboldt one person swat
lowed the whole OF the poison that could
be obtained from four Italian yipers with
out suffering any bad consequences. In
the same way the poison from the enven-
omed arrows of South American Indians
can be swallowed with safety il there is
no wound on the lips or inside OF the mouth.
The morning call., 1892-07-17


even limiting that he might, if driven TO it,
go to work for her in some light employ
ment The Princess is naturally shocked
at the idea of Prince offering to go to
work, even at light employment, and has
concluded. it is said. that Prince Ferdinand
may be mentally unbalanced. The affair
Is arOusiBg much interest in court circles
These are the stories current in london
As for the truth of them nobody can vouch
1t is the custom to decry the fair young
Roumanian poetess in Z lgland just now, and
to try In every way to show that she was an
arch adept in intTigGes, who manage finally
to secure Prince Ferdinand in her web.
Nothing Is further from the truth. She was
Carmen Sylva'S companion, assisting her in
her literary work, and besides wrote
poetry herself. which is highly praised.
She Is not beautiful. She is an olive bru-
neste. true descendant of Dacian ances-
tors, but in figure is rather small ana stout.
Prince Ferdinand is still in love with her,
and his intimates say he will continue TO be
so, and express pity for the Anglo Russian
Princess whom he is to marry.
The morning call., 1892-07-17

suredly one Of those useful citizens who die
in harness, and on whose manhood and self
denial this country to-day rests.
But the stay-at-homeS cOntrive to enjoy
themselves in their own way, aud perhaps
there is no city In the union where the or
portunities are so many and so cheap. To
begin with the absolutely eauable climate
OF San Francisco renders an outdoor vaca-
tlon possible every day in the year. The
Eastern man who gets "a day OFF, has 10
submit to be frozen in the winter, chilled
and plastered with mud in the spring, frIZ-
lied in the summer and g0aded To madness
ny mosquitoes and malaria in the fail. 1t Is
like the physicians description of the eli
mate OF Panama. as composed of two sea-
sons. the wet in which a man contracts
pernicious fever and dies in a week, and the
dry, in which he gets yellow fever and dies
in three days. The San Francisco stay-at-
home can always rely on being thoroughly
happy If lie can get one days rest IN seven.
and when he gets an extra day of be is
The morning call., 1892-07-17

Viee-P Presidential votes were cast for George
w. Julian. In 1876 Thomas A. Hendricks
was the candidate for Vice-President on
the Democratic ticket. In 1880 William H.
English played a similar role. In 1884
Thomas A. Hendricks resumed his place as
second On the Democratic ticket. In 1888
Indiana for the first time had the first place
on the Presidential ticket. Benjamin Har-
rison was placed La the White House. This
year he has an opportunity to renew the
lease for further period of four years. 1t
is thus seen that in every Presidential cam
paign since 1868 Indiana has had vital in
terest in the result.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
Mr.. Aston Holds a Fair In London.
London Daily Telegraph.

At Mr.. W. w. Astor's house, IS Carlton
House Terrace, Princess Louise Mar
ehioness of LOrne, who was attired in gray
and white, with a black lace bonnet. opened
the sales of Scottish home industries pro-
noted by the Association for Developing
Cotter Work. Among the stall keepers are
Lady Willoughby de Eresby. the Countess
of Selkirk, the Countess of Aberdeen, Lady
Reay, Lady MaeGregor, the Marchioness Of
Tweedda!e, the Hon. Lady Campbell, Lady
Mackenzie, Lady Scott OF Harris and MIS-.
Cecil Paget; the wares on sale including ali
kinds of useful goods. knitted stockings
aud Clouds" from Shetland. Ayrshire en-
broideries. Inverness blankets, homespuus
plaids and linens. The practical nature and
excellent quality of the articles displayed
will. no doubt, cause them to be highly ap-
preciated by many who refuse TO be tempted
by the useless knick-knacks of the ordinary
bazaar.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
A Queer Exhibit OF Skins.

A unique exhibition will be held in LON
don this month. says the Collector. 1t will
consist OF a collection of the different skins
OK hide. walrus, elephant, kangaroo. hip
popotamus, alligator, zebra, giraffe and SO
iorth.whieh are or have been used for
bookbndngs. leather hanginCs and a
thousand and one objects OF the Industrial
arts. Morocco" is now but little exported
from North Africa. because it is made much
better in Russia ana England. "Danish"
IS made OF lambskiD. tanned with willow
Dark. Another kind of leather is also
called "chromo-tanned." The collection ia
promised to be the most complete ever
brought together,
The morning call., 1892-07-17

apt to "heave the brats" on his shoulders
and leave the wife to take care OF her.
SELF
a quarter of mile from the top of the
cliff Is the Bakers Beach station Of the Fer
ries and Cliff House Railroad, the most con-
venient point of debarkati0n for the stay
at-homes seeking the beach. All the way
along the line Of this railroad out to the Cliff
House the cliffs descend almost perpendicu-
larly to beach studded with tents. and at
this season frequented by as light-hearted,
contented and happy a set of men. women
aud children as are TO be found anywhere
in the world. They are stay-at-homes TAX
lag their vacation on the installment plan.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
Indiana In Luck.

Indiana was first represented on ma
tlonal Presidential ticket in 1852. when
George W. Julian was the candidate of the
Free Soil Democrats for Vice. p resident.
The ticket received no electoral votes. In
diana's next representative was Schuyler
Colfax, who was elected Vice. President
along with General Grant ia 1868. In 1872 no
Indiana name was on any of the regular
tickets. But after Mr.. Greeley's death the
Democratic electoral vosrs we're most of them
The morning call., 1892-07-17
A Tree-Cllmhinr eir.

An account OF a tree-climbing pig comes
from Australia. For a number Of years
wild pigs have been numerous In Queens
land, and the theory Is that The common piQ
mas been changed, partly by the necessities
oI MS wiid lie, into the variety discovered.
The fore feet are furnished with hooL liz a
claws. but the hind ones with only two
hooks upon each hoof. The tall is thick.
about loot long. and eurled like the
figure s.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
What Did She Mean.

She Go Cousin George. who has just re-
turned from the tropies)-"0h, George. dear,
how kind of you to bring me this dear
little monkey. How thoughtful you are
But-but-it is Just like you. Funny Folks.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
How Reeommenda,ions Are obtalned.

The most worthless man we ever knew is
In town, and we believe he has the best col
lection of letters of recommendation we
ever saw. We don't know that We wouldn't
be willing to give him letter of recon-
mendalon ourself in order to get rid OF
him.-AtchisOn Globe.
The morning call., 1892-07-17

n
whole may be worn as a
boutonniere by any man
who desires 10 express
consp;cuously his con-
yiction that the name of
MIR. Cleveland's pretty
little daughter should
be banded about the
field OF politics.
Ii may be remembered
that al the christening
of the Luck of Roaring
Camp" a miner who mad
a gift for humor had
1rnnarnd -
The morning call., 1892-07-17

The letters, so far as an
inkling of them has
reached the public, are
not only gushing, but
calculated to shock a
Princess of the good
breeding of Princess
Marie. Prince Ferdi-
nand is said to have
called Mile. VacareseO
all the endearing names
in the Roumanian voca-
bulary, and to have Of
fered 10 flee with her TO
America. if necessary.
and to do other things
Z
The morning call., 1892-07-17
savanna

Are not the only abode of malaria You find 1t
everywhere, even in localities where atmospheric
and sanitary conditions would seem TO be Hnfaver-
able to its development The universal remedy for
aud preventive OF the dire complaint is Hostetters
Stomach Bitters. Whenever the malady assumes
its most virulent form, and whether il be ehis and
fever, bilious remittent, dumb ague ague cake.
the Bitters Is most popular and constitutes tie best
means of protection and From Maine to the
Isthmus OF Panama, in Guatemala, Mexico, South
America and the tropics this truly famous edicine
has won golden opinions from all conditions and
classes In more than a metaph orical sense For de-
biiity. indigestion. constipation. rheumatism. iu-
somnla neuralgia. liver and kidney trouble 1t is
highly efhcaciouS Use it with persistence. 20
The morning call., 1892-07-17
A Comprehensive Sermon.

An old negro preacher divided his sermon
into two parts: First. all de things in de
text; and second, all de things not in de
text; and, bredren, We'll wraStle wild de
second part fust. The Presbyterian.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
A Hopeful Outlook.

Jaryis-Do You know what Pm going 10
do with the first hundred dollars l earn
Jessup-Pay your entrance fee to home
for aged men probably-New York Herald.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
Troubles With servants.

The lately married one-I never heard Of
such trouble as l have with my servants.
They are so stupid. The experienced one
Don't talk 10 mel The other day | sent
Patrick out for two egg plants; he came
back with two hens.-Seribner's Magazine
fer july
The morning call., 1892-07-17
One True Man in Ch,caeo

NO" said the milkman. as be took an
other dipperful from the teakettle and
poured it into the can, Il couldn't look my
customers in the face if l used anything
but boiled water in my business. Chicago
Tribune.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
A Joke From a Religious Paper.

a friend of ours. then living in Racine
ordered. with other books. from Chicago. a
copy of Canon Farrar's book, Seekers
After God. just then out. In short time
the other volumes came 10 hand, but being
out of the Canon's book the publishers
wrote OF the bottom of the invoice, NO
Seekers after God in Chieago."-St. Marks
Monthly.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
In a Dreadful Position.

Mrs. Topflat-Bridget, where did you get
that dreadful black eye?
Bridget-Me brother gave it to me, mum,
and wbatli the neghbors say. mum? Me
with an eye like that ana no husband =
Scrlbner's Magazine for July.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
tegrity Appreciated.

Railroad PRESIDENT have long observed
your sterling integrity and your coHscien-
tious regard for truth, and l shall now ad-
vance you 10 An important post in which
we are obliged 10 trust entirely to a mans
honesty to place our funds where we want
them, instead of putting the money 10 his
own pocket. Conscientious youth-You
will find me trustworthy, sir. What am [
TO do? Railroad pTesident-Take this bag
of green backs to the State Capitol aud buy
yOteS,-Puek
The morning call., 1892-07-17
OLD LOVE LETTERS.

How the Princess Marie of Edinburgh Is
Being Annoyed.
New York Recorder
Princess Marie of Edinburgh continues to
receive. one at time, from Mile Vacaresco
the love letters sent to her by Prince Fer
dinand of Rouniania, who was forced to
abandon the Yacareseo woman for Marie.
The morning call., 1892-07-17

"A r
What made you allow yourself to be
held up by rosd-agents?"
81 don't know. | guess it must have been
case Of stage fright Washington Star.
The Cushion Was Misconstrued.
Z. X. Woods want a plain wedding
ring"
Jeweler-SOlid ?
Il. K-WeH, If we wasn't I guess we
wouldn't hardly be gettin' Spliced.''
The morning call., 1892-07-17
INVITATIONS TO SMILE.
a Case of Stage Fright.

It's an unfortunate fact that after man
is dead and doesn't want the earth any
more he's Just in it.
The morning call., 1892-07-17
THE BABY RUTH BADGE

There Nay BE Men Foolish Enough to
Bny and Wear 1t.
New York Recorder
The very worst campaign badge that ever
was made is now on sale and any man who
is willing to buy it can have it for dime.
1t is the Baby Ruth" badge and consists of
a little doll IN q bunch of leaves The