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The morning call., 1892-05-23
Alameda.
Berkeley.

The next bone of contention is likely to
be the matter of reineOrporaton. Since the
annexation Of Lorin this has been talked of
considerably. Some advocate the special
charter scheme and others are in favor Of
incorporating as city of the fifth class
under the general State law The North
Berkeley improvement Club is taking the
lead in the agitation.
During the past two weeks burglaries have
become common in the gymnasium. Many
OF the students report that their pockets
have been rifled or money while their cloth
ing was left In the dressing rooms.
r. V. Whiting of the University, holder
OF the coast record for the running high
jump, spralned his wrist on the cinder path
the other day and may not be able TO take
part in the championship games on May 80
Stanley A. Easton has resigned the seere-
taryshlp OF the Associated Students body.
mass-cOnvention will be held in the
Golden Gate school district tomorrow to
select candidates for school trustees.
A petition has been circulated and pre-
sented to the Postotfice Department, asking
for the removal of P0simistress Burbank Of
LoTin, because of lax management.
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GOD IN THE LIFE OF MAN.

The Rev. DR.. jenkins Delivers an I'm
presive Address to Young Men.
The Rev. DIR. j. l.. Jenkins addressed a
mass-meeting of young men at the Y. NJ.
c. A. Hall on Suffer street yesterday after
noon and large number Of young men re-
sponded to The call. The subject of the ad-
dress was GOD in the Life Of Man" The
speaker maintained that conscience showed
that the Almighty power, had possession of
the larger spot in the hearts of all men.
That no matter how much the human being
might strive and apparently succeed in
deadening and dulling all signs of spiritual
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ment.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
" New City Hall. San Francisco. May IL, S92
BY order of the Committees Supplies,
Buildings and Grounds ana on Printing. sealed pro
pOSais will be received by the superintendent OF
Common schools. IN open session OF the board.
WEDNESDAY, May rs, 1892. from TO 1890
o'clock P. NJ, for furnishing the school Department
the fiscal year 1929, with lumber hardware.
furniture. stoves, fuel books stationery. paints,
oils etc, and also for printing such blanks, cards
reports, reeordDoOks, etc., as may be required By
the department during the same period. Samples
OF printing required may be at the office OF the
Board OF Education.
Copies of specification Will be furnished on appl
cation by the secretary.
Each bid must be accompanied by certified
check in the sum OF two hundred and hfty (S250l
dollars ade payable to the order OF the secretary
OF the Board OF Education conditiOned that II The
proposal be accepted and the contract awarded ana
II the bidder shall fail or neglect 10 execute writ
ten agreement and give the bond required within
six DAYS after the award is made then aud Ia thu
the said check shall be forfeited TO the Board
OF Education.
NOTICE-Bldders will estimate with the under
standing that bids viii be entertained only from
parties known to be regular dealers In the materials
required.
the board reserves the right to reject any or all
bias OF any portion OF any bid as the public good
Blank proposals and specifications furnished by
the secretary
The parties to whom contracts awarded win
be required prior TO or at the time OF execution OF
the contracts to pay their proportion OF the cost Of
myii I'd GEORGE BEANsToN. Secretary.
The morning call., 1892-05-23
BurgIarized a Stable.

Henry Lempke a butcher, residing on
Sixth avenue. in the Petrero, notiti, d S T.
geant O'Connell at the South San Francisco
Police Station yesterday that thieves had
forced an entrance into his stables and
stolen a valuable horse and buggy, with
several sets Of harness, late Saturday night.
The robbery Is thought to be the work of
q gang of young hoodlums that frequent
the Potrero and annoy the residents by their
depredations. No trace of the stolen prop
erty could be found, although thorough
search for the thieves and their booty was
made by the police.
The morning call., 1892-05-23
MONSTER CASH PURCHASE
HouSe-FurniShing Goods!
-OFF7ERED
This Week at About Half Price

As the result COLOSSAL PURCHASE made through New York
the GREAT AUCTION SALES that city
THIS WEEK Goods that bound to
create the greatest sensation known the purchasing public
TINUE EVERY DAY UNTIL YARD GOODS
prompt
exhausted anything
like the following
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POSITIVELY NONE GOODS DEAL
Frs OR MANUFACTURERS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
desire al the benefit this wonderful sale
right to limit quantities to reasonable amounts
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PROPOSALS

For Lumber, Hardware, Furniture
Stoves, Fuel, Books, Stationery, Etc,
and Also for Doing the Printing Re-
quired by the Public School Depart
ment.
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UNPRECEDENTEDLY Low PRICES!

At Csc Each.
100 dozen ENORMOUS SIZED TURKISH
TOWELS-40c quality.
At IOc Each.
$50 dozen HEAVY TURKISH TOWELS
81 dozen grade.
At 25c Each.
800 dozen ELEGANT DAMASK TOWELS.
mixed qualities and patterns, some very
fine goods, all worth nearly double.
At $3.50 Each.
80 6O-INCH SMYRNA RUGS. reversible.
irst-class goods, just half their value.
At &c a Yard.
$50 pieces DOUBLE-FOLD SERGE SUIT
ING, broken lots, worth more than
double.
At SC a Yard.
% cases YARD WIDE NEW YORK
MILLS MUSLIN.
At 3Hc a Yard.
cases 36-INCH FINE CAMBRIA, equal
to Lonsdale make.
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At 22c a Yard.
20 cases 10-4 BLEACHED PIQUOT
SHEETING.
At I5c a Yard.
% cases "a UNBLEACHED PIQUOT
SHEETING.
At &c a Yard.
80 cases yard wide FRUIT F-LOOM
MUSLIN.
At Csc a Yard.
IA cases HEAVY TABLE DAMASK. ele-
CANT patterns and good quality.
At 6Oc a Yard.
cases HEAVY UNDRESSED TABLE
DAMASK. elegant goods, fully bleaehed
At Sl.oO Each.
Z cases 1874 ENGLISH MARSEILLES
SPREADS-S27 70 quality.
At TIC a Yard.
cases BEST GRADE AMOSKEAG STA
PIE GINGHAMS.
The morning call., 1892-09-18

men in the kentry in yo' station eZ 'ud a
offered ter marry Cl'rissy, no marter how
much they loved her. You-uns desarve
better"
The next day was Sunday and at the noon
time meal Mr.. Coffee had an announcement
to make.
Look hyar, folks" he began. "the riders
done KEN an thar's gwine to be meetin'
down at Shiloh ter-night We-uns air bound
ter go. Ez fur me, I'm plum glad Nv it. 4
low it tex good spiritooal shakin' no ter
git the taste O. the reyenuers 0utn my
mouth"
"Air you uns a-gwinep" Clarissa asked,
glaneing shyly at her lover. He hestated
He understood enough Of the mountain
character to know that all their peculiarities
came to the surface under the influence OF
their very jealous religious meetings. He
shrank from seeing Clarissa under these
trying circumstances, and his cowardlce con-
uuered his inclination.
81 think nor," he replied. 81 must fix up
my things, and shall take that time for it,.
/ may ride down later aud come home with
YOU"
About sundown Josh hitcbed the two oxen
to the wagon and the party started. The
three men sat on the drivers seat, while
Mrs. Coffee, Clarissa and the children were
on the straw in the body OF the wagon.
Left to himself, Lucian Hartredge packed
his yalise and smoked cigar. Then be
threw on a pine knot and tried TO read a
home paper: put the flckering light hurt
his eyes, and his mind was far away down
at .Shiloh Meetin'- house" lie took his
chair outside, and smoked two more cigars
In the soft moonlight, with the pine stirring
drearily around him, and the tree frogs cali
ing in the distance, answered by the katy
dds. To q man or woman reared In the
city there is othing so narrowing as these
country noises at night. He began TO think
he would saddle his horse and start down
the mountain.
A screecll-owl On pine tree near began
his lonesome "To whoOi to-whooi to-
whoo-awbi" and in answer three or four
dogs began bowling as though keeping q
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tgate further. and Ii you care to sell may
buy the land"
'Jes so! Jes sol You must low to run it
on yo' own hook: Waal. CANT say but ez
'zactly pushed, bet Cl'riSsy have got idee
in her haid that'il take eXtry moaer ter
humor. She's les nataliy a-honin arter
gwine ter school"
Going 10 school?"
"Yaas. l tells her hits all foolishness,"
the old man replied, mistaking the signih-
canoe Of the exclamation. But she sticks
ter it. "Then her nanny an the boys
back her up-w'at fur Gawd kn9ws-an
wen A mans wife an chillun git combined
agin him he'd as well gin the matter up fust
as last.
You misunderstood me, Mr.. Coffee. /
think CiariSsa IS perfectly right 10 want an
education. She is such Beautiful girl you
should give her every opportunity you can
afford"
"Tooby Shot Cl'rlssy be plum pretty
gal! She favors her Granny Coffee. Thar
want no gal in the iole North State. whar
papa KEN FUN, eZ could beat my nanny
fur looks Leas' ways, that's wat they
tells me-"
At this point Clarissa appeared at the
door to say that Mr.. Hariredge'5 dinner
was ready, and her father chmed In with:
KEN right long in an git bite O.
sump'in' L know in reason you uns are
tuekered out CPrissa, git out the jug an
gin him pull at the moonshine whisky"
1t is wonderful how long it will take under
certain circumstances TO survey and pur-
chase limited quantity of worthless land.
and how the value of said land is apt to
fuctuate according to the conditions of the
purchasers affections. So Lucian Hart
redge. sharp and prompt by nature in
business transaction. bought that arid
mountain land which he had no earthly use
for, paid double the price Coffey asked. and
took three times as long as necessary for
the trade.
But in all that time not one word of a
private nature did he have a chance to ex-
change with Clarissa. He lett the matter
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fallen into troubled sl1mber, where his
gentle refined mother and Ciarissa Coffee
were badly confused. when he was startled
into consciousness by biood-curdling
screech and yell.
He sat u in the bed Just then he heard
the child called Jake" cry out
NANNY! Nanny! The wildcats got
the calf creetur %
all was hustle for while; then he heard
shot. aud soon quiet was restored.
But before he could connect the broken
edges OF his dream be was again reused by
whstle-long, loud and shrill. In an iu-
slant he heard ii football on the floor, the
outside door was opened softly. and he
heard heavy walging across the boards.
Subdued mHrmur OF voices and muff1ed
laughter. But soon all this became indis
tincf. and he remembered nothing more till
next morning. when Jake entered the room
with a pan of water and the intelligence
that "bre kfus wuZ mos ready, an pap an
the boys done kem."
Somewhat to Hartredge's surprise, when
he went in TO breakfast Josh Coffee. the
pater-famIllas, took hold of his hand and
gave him a welcome that made him vince,
with the remark:
Il hearn all bout you uns down the
mounting. Air CPrissy an the ole oman
bin a-treatin' ye gOOd?"
His sons greeting was rather more re-
served, but Hartredge felt that his character
had been cleared in the minds of these
moonshiners. They treated him as
friend, and soon began laughing bolster
ously over their escape from the 'reY-
eBuers."
"They cotch Us at the still. followed us
home an nabbed us 10 we uns could get ter
the guns" the old man exclaimed. Then, ez
they wuZ kyariD' we uns down the mounting
in wagin, Pete an Bud Hale an the ole
man KEN up. an they started affirm at the
revenuerS an skeered 'em mus ter death.
~. i ~ IL.
guch an' couldn't get out. They laid down
fiat in tho Hagin' an wuZ a-drivin' like Ole
Nick wuZ arter 'em, wen we 'uns jumped
out an LETT. They mought be a-driVin' down
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entirely to chance, and finally chance seemed
to be propitious.
He had announced that he would start for
home on Monday. That was Saturday
night, aud they were sitting around the pine
knots blazing in the fireplace. Lucian had
come to make himself very much at home.
He got up and announced that he was going
to the spring-that he was thirsty.
Mrs. Coffee kicked hound from under
her feet In order to reach Jake and jabbed
him with her foot.
"Hyar. Jake Coffee!" she exclaimed.
take yO' lazy bones off'n that b 'ath and go Z
tn spring." But Jake gave a snort of dis
appreciation and rolled over Oh the floor
"PIl 90. nanny" Clarissa said, rising.
Let Jake lone. He's bin a-ploYing all
day long"
"Clarissa and will both CO." Mr. Hart
redge replied, the bucket already in his
hand. The two started out together.
It took a long time to get the water. The
moon was shining brightly. but the thick
laurel, which had so often proved secure
hiding-places for the moonshiners In times
OF revenue raids, now cast their deep
ard her lover. Before they returned the
die had been cast. She had promised to be
his wife. and he had taken her in his arms
and pressed upon her lips the first lovers
kiss they had ever known. while tlecks Of
moonlight danced over their bowed heads.
Of water.
"Why. whar's CPrissy?" asked her father
II think she said she was going to walk
down TO the cowpen. We have some news
for yoH, and she preferred me telling you.
Clarissa has promised to be my wife"
What" The old man spTang to his feet,
while his wife turned In her chair and
stared with her mouth wide open, as though
she had been stricken dumb. "What air
you uns e-talkiRg bout? lie ye plum dis
tTacted?'
Il think not" Hartredge answered with
smile.
WY. man alive" continued old Coffee.
still considerably dazed. "CPrissy's my own
darteT, an she's dear ter me eZ my eyeballs,
but / hain't no fool. She's good gal, but
Lord she can't write her own name-she
hain't never been out O. the shadder o. the
mounting-why. dern my cats, man! she
don't know B FUN bulls fOotP'
81 know all that, Mr.. Coffee. / have told
myself every word Of it and much more,
thousand times over. But still love
her. love her so dearly that / can't give
her up. She has promised to marry me
and death alone can keep me from having
her."
Mrs. Coffee burst into tears and left
the room hastily. Josh Coffee's eyes were
dim as he laid his hand on the young mans
shoulder.
"You-uns air one in Million" he said in
a husky voice. Don't low thsr's two mo-
The morning call., 1892-09-18

Miss Eleanor ormerod. specialist.
The real work OF her life began in 1865.
when the formation of the collection of
economic entomology was set on foot by the
Royal Horticultural Society and the South
KensingtOD department. Andrew Murray,
curator of the museum, who was In COM
munication with her, suggested special in
vestigations, and she contributed specimens
Illustrative of insect depredatiOns. for
which the silver flcral medal of the Royal
Horticultural Society was awarded to her in
recognition of her services. In 1872 Miss
Ormerod represented British natural history
modelling from life, at the International
exhibition held i'll Moscow, for which
she received the silver medal, the great
silver medal. and also the gold medal
OF honor of the University of Moscow.
In 1873 she was elected a fellow 0l
the Meteorological Society, being the frs;
lady ever admitted to fellowship Her
manual of Injurious Insects" was pub
lished ia 1881 and followed in 1884 by her
"Guide to Insect Life" and she is now en-
gagged on the preparation of an enlarged
edition under the title of "a Text Book of
Agricultural Entomology" Miss 0rmerod
was unanimously elected consulting ent0m-
ologist to the Royal Agricultural Society of
EDgland by her council on May ., 1891. Her
member of the Royal Agricultural AMI HoT-
tieutural Society of South America, and
also as one OF the patrons of the Natural
History Society Of Eas. Province. Cape
Colony. has placed her in connection with
agricultural work in noth these large dis
tricts, and she is constantly receiving from
colonists specimens of insects and insect
injuries, as we'll as from farmers aud others
in this country.
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A PRETTY INCIDENT.
Two Children whose Sudden Grief Was
Changed to JOY.
London Figaro

Changed to JOY.
London Figaro.
| saw two children, the boy, | suppose,
about u years. a fine. gosden-haired Scotch
laddie with bare feet, carefully mended
clothes, worn bonnet and bright. open,
ruddy face aglow with health. Clinging to
him was the most fragile fairy. with long,
brown ringlets Of fashion OF forty years
ago, great blue eyes and, alas for her ex-
qulsite face seemed destined TO blossom
into superior beauty bent aud twisted
limb and crutch which held her up with
one arm, while the strong boy steered her
with the other.
They bad not vet gained the object which
they sought and l wandered after them,
not from mere curiosity, but drawn by the
magnetic attachmentthat seemed to radiate
from one to the other Now, JESSIE" said
the boy, 1T will be all right; you just hold
on" but, Jock, the pennies will nae buy
1t, doubt" "Oh, never you mind. we'll
see" Then they came full in front of the
object Of their search. Itwas a dwarf rose,
full of bloom, and the boy, with all the GER
tainty OF youth, stepped forward to the OLD
woman.
s'Please. mem, dye ken what may be the
price of yon?" Then his face fell, for the
price was evidently far beyond the coppers
which he held so tightly in his little hand.
He just whispered to the girl, great tear
gathered in her eye and rolled slowly down
the beautiful face. stepped forward, but
some one was before me, and the boy and
girl passed out Of that crowded show, the
boy holding the plant with his protecting
arm so proudly, and the girl with her face
shining with JOY that words fail to tell.
The morning call., 1892-09-18


Cl'rissy ter kem en- fix mp bite fur the
stranger. | low she be bout done milkn'
by now. Milly Ann" she explained to her
her mammy's daid The rest o. the ehilIun
air mine. None O. the men folks air hyar
PYe two crowned boys, but they WIZ tuck
long O. the ole man. Air CPrissy a-comin ?''
she demanded of the tow-beaded child, VINO
Just then re-enteTed the room.
"Yaas-sum, granny, she's a-comin ter
rec'ly."
In short time the back door again
opened, and this time Lucan Hartredge
experienced a genuine shock of surprise.
1t was only mountain girl who entered
and began preparations for cooking his
supper in the open hreplace-a girl bare
footed, like her mother. dressed In
checked homespun dress, with red cotton
handkerchief tied about her neck. Her
face was fair and oval, with delicate flush
n rich hue of light brown that seemed red in
the freight; her eyes were the color OF
sherry. a deep reddish brown, her move
ments were slow and graceful.
"CPrissy," said her mother, this be a
MIR. Hartrndge, fun down in the low ken
try. lie KEN ter see yer pappy bout mine
som'eTs up hyur on Screamer i tells him
he'd better bde here a spell till we uns kin
hyur sump'n 'Duther bout yo' pap an the
boys"
The girl smiled ana disclosed teeth white
and regular.
''Hit be bodaciously cold ter be a-gwine
uD an down these hyar monntngs on
vile goose chase" she remarked in dialect
as rank as her mothers.
But even that could not dispel the Illusion.
Lucian Hartredge felt vaguely that the
mountain weather and log cabin home
would not be as uncomfortable as be I'M
agined. The light OF those wine-br0wn
eyes had raised the temperature consider
ably.
His sleep that night was broken. he was
cold and felt iii at ease. He got up and
piled his clothes on his bed and had just
The morning call., 1892-09-18
A ID. abol:caI Trio,

If there Is one more iendish than the hateful
trinity, dyspepsia. biiousness irreguIarity OF
the bowels, usually existent together. una
ware OF it. Those cooperative organs. the stom-
ach, the bowels and the liver. usually thrown
out OF gear together and the restoration of regu-
larity to Is usually the signal for the others
fall into line Hostetters Stomach B.tters controls
all three beneheenty and completely. not only
regulating but invlgoratrg them. IL also exerts
most happy influence upon the kidneys and the
blood. giving heal thfu i'm pulls and enrichipg the
second. 1t overcomes malaria and tendency 60
chronic rheumatism and neuralgia. and improves
appetite aud sleep. To the nervous 1t affords I'M
speakabIe relief. A wiHeglassfui three times daily
WILL II persisted In achieve results to be expected
from no other health medium. 3S
The morning call., 1892-09-18
Saved His verscity.


When Mr.. Smith returned home what was
more natural than that he should have a
fishing story to tell ?
Mrs. Smith, as became dutiful spouse.
was all attention.
"To relieve the monotony OF wait for a
train," he began, II went fishing. Sho rtly
before the train was due | was so fortunate
as to hook an enormous bass. The fellow
rushed to and fro, and, in my anxiety to
capture him. l nearly upset the boat.
Finally he rose to the surface near the boat.
rhe fish weighed exactly FIVE pounds six
and half ounces. l thought / would land
him sure; but with last mad effort he tore
away from the hook and escaped. l had to
run for the train"
''But how was it you knew the fish
weighed five pounds and SIX ounces?" asked
Mrs. Smith, as a troubled look 0verspread
her face.
Because he had scales on his back" was
the reply.
The morning call., 1892-09-18

Anglesey. the ethereal "Undne" who ere
ateG such sensation at her first appear
ance in Paris in a dress of white tulle.
trimmed with water lilies, and with her
mass Of golden hair shrouding her shoul-
ders like mantle, appears always in white.
The walls Of her boudoir are hung with
pure white damask; the chairs and eouches
are also of white. and huge palms in snowy
urns cast their graceful shadows over what
might otherwise be a mOnotOny OF white
ness. A unique entertainment was given
recently by this modern Undine, who. be-
fore the English coronet rested on her brow,
was known as the beautiful Minnie King.
The hour was midnight. the place an island
in one Of the lakes of the Bois de Boulonge.
Venetian lamps decorated the boats that
glided between illuminated trees, and, in
tent Of pure white satin, hung with rose
garlands, the guests were received by their
hostess, dressed in a cOud-like robe of fine
white lace over pale blue transparent tissue
shimmering like sea waters
The morning call., 1892-09-18
THE ISLES OF SUMNER.

Retnne the Tyre and sweep the duivering strings,
For of the isles where spring is always young,
And summer res t. with ever-folded wings,
Shall one more song be sung.
To him who roams their hills and valleys wild,
Caressed by all the wooing airs that blow,
They seem an ocean Eden, indebted,
That never dreamed OF woe.
Year-long the Ministries OF the woodland close
Are Jubiant within the boughS above:
Year-long unfolds the eTlmsOn-hearted rose
That plighted lovers love-
To fair perfection swells the luscious fruit.
or fears the wan and whitening touch Of cold
The waves resOund as does a mighty lutte
Whose strains are never old
And in the calm sequestered coral eOves
Clear depths reveal. where priSmy lights fash
free
Enrapturing the visions of the shadowy groves
or caVernOus under-sea
Brim me yon carved and polished Gala bash,
And will pledge, as high the cup r Use,
Fond memories that fire can burn 10 ash,
OF bland Bermudian days
CLINTON SCoLLARD.
The morning call., 1892-09-18
Where the Eggs Went.

The other day little girl OF j. r. Cour-
son of Baxley found guinea nest near the
house with several eggs in it. Much to her
surprise when she went to take the eggs
from the nest she spied huge snake snugly
coied in 1t. She reported the case to her
father, who went Immediately and killed
the reptile. The fulIness of the snake
aroused the curiosity of Mr.. Courson, and
to ascertain the cause he cut the snake open,
which clearly revealed the fact that it had
swallowed twelve eggs from the nest, and
had he not been molested would have
devoured them all-nearly two dozen.