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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08

ness for cbrysanthemums. lie always fears
for the worst when cast In q play that does
not permit the wearing OF his favorte
flower in his buttonhole.
Della Fox has superstitious fear OF
opals. She never wears one. and will not
allow anyone occupying the stage with her
to wear the unlucky stones.
Harry kerneil the Irish com edlan, always
refused to undertake part in which he
could not wear stick and cane. Deprived
OF these essentials to a stage lrishman's
makeup, he was helpless.
Jessie Bartlett Davis. the contralto. has
had supersu tious fear of opals ever since
the first and last time she wore one on the
stage. The stone was set in thumb ring
given to her by a friend She slipped and
fell. breaking the setting and severely
spraining her wrist.
Frederick Bond never accepts the manu-
script Of part where the number Of pages
is even. Should this be the case, the part
must be recopled so as to fill an odd num-
Der of pages. He says be has made all his
hits with odd numbers, and he would not
dare TO risk taking an even number OF
pages.
1t is said that Lillian Russell has a SUPER
siitious fondness for diamonds, and will
not accept a part where she would be
obliged to wear a plain dress without jew
elry.
prominent actor now playing an en-
EdsCncht ~ OHe Oh lU6 CITY LHtaleI5 - III
the habit Of becoming intoxicated each Fri
day evening. He never drinks to excess at
any other time. He does it on Friday TO
eounieract the evil influences of the day,
and says that some mishap would be sure to
happen II he were to break this rule.
Grace Golden. who is devout Catholic,
always makes the sign of the cross over her
heart Just before going on the stage.
Sarah Bernhardts superstitiOus liking for
dogs is well known. 1t is said that when-
ever dog crosses her path she always pur-
chases 1t. fearing that otherwise some mis-
fortune would befall her. This failing has
been taken advantage Of by sharpers. Ii is
said. who have occasionally sold her inferior
specimens of the canine race at high prices.
She ID always accompanied Oh Der tours by
half dozen dogs. Many amusing stories
have been told of her fear lest harm should
come TO any of her pets.
Richard Man sfled is said TO have super
stitious fear Of sunlight. When he is en-
gagged in writing or composing during the
day he always pulls the blinds to so closely
that not a ray of light cal penetrate his
room, and works by gasIight.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
EQUAL RIGHTS.
Colonel Robert q. Ingersoll's Views on
Questions That Concern Women.

Chicago Times
Colonel Robert g. Ingersoi does not ex-
clude woman's suffrage from the list of
subjects to which he gives thought. Per
sonally," he says, 81 would not advise
women to pay much attention to practical
politics, but do think it the duty of every
woman to ascertain what she can with re-
gard TO her country, including its history,
laws and customs Woman, above all
others, is teacher. She, above all others.
determines the character OF chidren-that
is to say, Of men and women.
There is not the slightest danger OF
women becoming too Intellectual or of know
ing too much. Neither is there any danger
of men knowing too much. Atleast, know
of no men who are in immediate peril from
that source. | am a firm believer In the
equal rights of human beings, and no mat
Ter what think as 10 what woman should
or should not do she has the same right TO
decide for herself that have to decide for
myself. If women wish to vote. IL they
wish 10 take part in political matters, il
they wish to run for Office, ! shall do moth
ing To interfere with their rights. / most
cheerfuly admit that my political rights
are only equal TO theirs.
There is nothing very hard to understand
tn the politics of country. The general
principles are for the most part simple. 1t
is only IN the application that the COM
pleXity arises, and woman, l think, by
nature is as well fitted TO understand these
things as man. In short, have DO preju-
dice on this subject. At first women will
be more conservative than men; and that
is natural. Women have, through many
generations. acquired the habit of submits
sion, of aequieseence. They have practiced
what may be called the slave virtues-obe-
dience, humiity--so that some time will be
required for them to become accustomed 10
the new order OF things. to the exercise of
greater freedom, acting In accordance with
perceived obligation, independently Of an-
thority.
$50 | say equal rights. equal education,
equal advantages. | hope that woman will
not continue to be the serf of superstition;
that she will not be the support of the
church and priest; that she will not stand
for the conservation OF superstition, but
that in the east Of her mind the sun of
nroprpss will rise
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
What Came of Woman With Stray
Wire Around Her Ankle.
hieago Daily Tribune.

Chicago Daily Tribune
A bundle of tangled telegraph wires lying
on the ground at the corner Of Division and
North Clark streets was the cause of an &C
eident to Mrs. Bertha Mitchell, 400 Webster
avenue, which may result fatally for her.
She was standing at the corner Sunday
night waiting for northbound cable train,
and did not notice that her left foot had be-
come entangled in the wire. As the cable
train stopped she entered the last trailer
through the rear door and was about To take
her seat when her attention was called to
the wire, which was still wrapped around
her ankle. AT the same time the conductor
noticed il and made an effort to release her.
but the signal for the train TO start had been
given.
With violent jerk it shot forward and
Mrs. Mitchell was thrown from her feet.
The conductor sounded -four bells" the
signal for an instant stop, but there were
three tTailers TO the train, and by the time
the signal reached the gripman the train
had gone forward fifty feet. Several men
tried to assist Mrs. Mitchell. but they could
not reach her in time. The other end of
the wire was attached to a telegraph pole,
and as ii was drawn taut she was thrown
forward to the floor of the ear with terrible
violence. The rear door had not been closed
and she was dragged through it and hurled
against the end board Had the train no;
been stopped then, 1t Is probable that the
first thing to yield to the tension would
have been Mrs. Mitchell's ankle. She was
lifted from the car, and it was thought best
to make no effort TO remove the wire with
out the aid of a physician. Accordingly it
was cut and the woman was carried into tile
office of DIR. G. Macarthur.
DR.. Macarthur realized at once that the
wounds were of a serious nature, and with
great care he unwound the wire. 1t was
found that on the back of Mrs. Mitehell's
legs two deem cuts had been infiictad one of
which laid bare the bone. They were i'm
mediatey behind the kneecaD, as the wire
had slipped up when the car first started.
Serious spinal injuries resulted from the
violence with which Mrs. Mitchell was
thrown against the end board of the ear,
OF her sister she was In a semi-conscieuS
condition.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08

1ounce. Her long black hair was care 'ully
braided, and fell from beneath an embroi-
dered cap of crimson velvet with rounded
end which hung on one side in coquettish
way. Her neck was completely covered
with a necklace which descended to her
waist like breastplate, and consisted Of
gold coins, some of them very ancient and
valuable, medals, red beads and a variety of
brilliant objects tremendously combined.
Her heavy gold bracelets had been made
to order in Kazan after pure Tartar
model, and her soft-soicd boots of rose
pink leather, with conventional desig in
many-colored moroccos, sewed together
with rainbow-hued silks, reached nearly TO
her knees. Her complexion was fresh and
not very Sallow, her nose rather less like
button than is usual. Her high cheek
bones were we'll covered. and her small,
the slight upward slant of their outer cor
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
To Make Shoes Waterproof.


Shoes can easily be made waterproof and
snow resisting by the aid OF little paraffine
dissolved in benzine. A very little paraffine
is needed, and only enough benzine to dis
solve 1t and make 1t flow easily. The
preparation can be brushed over the uppers
and even the soles, and as it dries almost as
fast as put on the shoes are ready to wear
without any delay. The paraffine presents
a firm waterproof surface, and does not
look amiss, although it will not take shine
like unprepared leather. But it will resist
any amount of wet, and is very convenient
in snowy weather. The preparation differs
from the bulk OF waterproofers in What in-
stead OF making the leather stiff and hard
IL makes it very soft and Dliabe The MIX
tufe can be applied to patent leather tips
aud to uppers composed entirely of that
material, but 1t takes off the briliiancy Of
these stylish articles too pletely to be
used very extensively for the purpose. al
though when the paraffine has worn OFF the
polish appears as brilliant as ever.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08

words in my brain. like the regular move
ments OF pendulum, and inteTI0rlv. under
an unreasoning pulse. l laughed at the
words. Then / experienced new sensation.
rather knew than felt l was lifted from
the floor, and fell down and down some
unknown preeipice, among the hollow
rollingS OF adistant thunderstorm. Suddenly
a loud voice resounded near me. And this
time think l did not hear, but felt it,
There was something palpable In this voice
something that instantly stopped my help
less descent and kept me from falling any
further. How | was dragged thruuub All
those narrow holes will remain an eternal
mystery for me. l came to myself on the
syeranda below, famed by fresh breezes. and
as suddenly "a had tainted above in the
impure air of the CELL"
The writer was never able to explain her
sensations, nor the presence when she re-
vived of native mystic whom she thought
far away,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
Kangaroo Breeding.

newspapers are seriously discussing the
desirability and possibility Of introducing
the kangaroo into those regions. Much Is
urged as TO its utility because OF its
economic value In flesh, fur and foot
wear" and some little about the novel
sport it would afford. taking in this particu-
lar the place of the defunct buffalo. 1t is
said that the kangaroo would do well In re-
gions altogether unfit for other stock. Some
say 1t would be more profitable to raise kan
garoos than steers. Robert C. Aud ap-
pears to have been the first to suggest the
scheme.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
Kangaroos Wanted in America.

Some far Western and Southwestern
kangaroo into those regions. Much is urged
as to its utility, because OF its economic
value in flesh, fur, and footwear" and
some little about the novel sport it would
afford, taking in this particular the place OF
the detunet buffalo. 1t is said the &aDga-
roo would do we'll in regions altogether
unfit for other stock. Some say it would be
more profitable to raise kangaroos than
steers. MIR. Robert p. Aud appears to
have been first to suggest the scheme. Os-
triches, he says, are big success in Cal
ifornia, and he thinks kangaroos would be
more widely profitable.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
BLAVATSkY'S LIFE.
Details of Her First Visit
to India.
A PACKET OF HER LETTERS.
Strange Scenes in Mountain Caves
and Among the FaI1irs-The Land
of the Unexpected.
st Lou $ Globe-Demoerat.


Twelve years ago Nine. Blavatsky, the
recognized head-as the world we'll knows
OF the Theosophists. visited India for the
first time. and during her stay in that
stronghold of ancient things and dreamy
PHILOSOPHERS wrote series of running let
tiers to the Russian Messenger, then edited
by NJ. Katkcf. The correspondence was
given prominence in that journal under the
heading. From the Caves and JungIes of
Hindostan," and this title has been pre-
served for translation of the letters into
English. Those who expect to fud much
Of the purely magical in these pages will
be disappointed The searcher for occult
ideas and suggestions will be better re-
warded. But, most of all, the book will
give pleasure to the lover of sketches of
travel. Nine. Blavatsky was a descriptive
writer of no little power. with senses alive
to all passing impressions and forms Of
beauty. The book has a claim to be in
cluded in collections on travel and on
psychology. But the author sets down here
no absolute miracles, though the mysteri-
aus and the underlined ars always in the
background.
Such was India from first to last 10 the
writer of these letters. The original and
unconventional surprised her every hour.
Shaking the head with US means no; in
India 1t is an emphatic yes II you ask
Hindo0 how his wife is, even II you are
we'll acquainted with her. or how many
children he has, or whether he has any sis
ters. he will be offended So long as the
host does not point TO the door, having pre-
viouSly sprinkied the guest with rose water.
the latter would not think OF leaving He
would stay the whole dav without tasting
any food rather than offend his host by an
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
The First Law of Nature.

This seR-preservAtien is acknowledged to be. and
people who adopt against the encroaehes Of disease
genuine medicinal safeguard, accredited by ex-
perIence and the sanction OF physicians, afford
happy illustration OF the wisdom OF the saying, in
the health they restore aud continue to enjoy.
Among maladies, against the growth of which Hos
letters stomach Bisters affords efficient protection
diseases OF the kidneys and bladder are fraughr
with the utmost pefsl and exhibit great obstlnacy
when opposed by ordinary means. The Bitters can
and will subdue them. No testimony is stronger
than this Used at the outset and perslstenty. the
best results may be expected. This medicine also
eradicates liver com paint constipation. dyspepsia
malaria. rheumatism and nervousness.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
What's the Matter With the Sun.
Chicago Herald

III. TacehiDi, the Italian astronomer re-
ports an enormous solar pro.uberaGee
Which he carefully observed on the 10th Of
last month. Ii resembled an immense
explosion or eruption and shot outward with
frighttul velocity. at one time exceeding lis
miles beyond the so!a- ehromosphere
Clouds interrupted the observations. pos
sibly before the full magnitude and inten-
sity OF the phenomenon could be recorded.
There have been even greater pretuberances
than this, but such an on,burst is grand
the phenomenon ought to be regarded as q
grand solar e0nflagraiion-that is TO say, as
change of state Id matter. and veritabie
SportatiOn."
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
Many Meals a Day.
New York SUN.


When, as rarely happens, English farm
laborers come to this country. they find 1t
extremely difficult to accommodate them
selves to the current American custom of
eating bnt three meals a day. An English
maid servant and nurse who lived to be
more than 100 years old averred that she
had always been accustomed to " a dew bit
and breakfast, stay bit and dinner.
nommet, acrummet, and bit after supper"
Extra meals are common enough during
the harvest season In this country. The
hasty breakfast at half-past In the
morning is folio wed by stay bit" at 8
O'clock and by luncheon between the
MONDAY dinner and the after-sunset supper.
In parts of Southern Pennsylvania the
dinner hour Is IL o'clock In the morning.
and IL would not be difficult to show that
Americans living on the same meridian are
dining all the way from that hour until In
the evening Tho great mass OF country
folk still dine at noou.
Caldiara ho italian army ora olfowod
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
An Ingenious Bootmaker.
From chicago Herald.

TIUIII HtTaIU.
NJ. Brian, Paris bootmaker, has an in
genous fashion OF catching persons who
manifest an intention TO appropriate any or
the goods exposed for sale ontSide his shop.
Whenever he goes to his dining-room for
dinner he ties the out-of-door selection of
boots and shoes TO an electric wire, which
communicates with an alarm. Recently an
intending thief was caught in the act oftry-
alarm sounded and the bootmaker was on
the alert in time to point out the fast
disappearing man to policeman. M. Brain
lost several pairs of shoes before he tried
the ''eleetric bell arrangement
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08
A Tartar Beauty.

Isabel r. Hapgood IN the Atlantic.
Her loose sack. OF medium but brilliant
blue WOODEN material. fell low over a petit
coat OF tho same terminating In a single
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-08

Soldiers in the Italian army are allowed
cigars as part OF their daily rations.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-16
Apprcciating the Country.

1t is said that we never learn to appre-
ciate any blessing fully until we have been
deprived of it, A boy who had been accus
toned from infancy to the pure spring
water from the granite hills of New Eng
land was sent to school at a distance from
home where the water was impregnated
with minerals and had a brackish taste.
He said that he had never realized before
that there was any real pleasure in drink
ing glass of cold water, but he suddenly
came to the conclusion that it was the
greatest luxury in the world, and that for
months he used to wake up in the night
and lie awake thinking how he would
drink when he got back to his fathers well.
He felt as If he could spend two or three
days on his first return doing nothing else
People who have always lived in the
country have little of that keen relish for
its pleasures which one experiences who
has been for months or perhaps for years
shut up in the city The inhalation OF the
pure air, the chance to walk on the soft
ground instead of the unyielding stone
pavement, the songs of the birds, the shade
and the blossoms Of the trees, the hum
ming bees, the piping frogs, all the myriad
forms of life and beauty peculiar TO the
country-it is only the tired, long confined
dsnizen of the city who fully enjoys and
appreciates them. When he escapes into
the country, he feels translated as it were
to a new and delightful state of existence
New York Ledger.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-16
TAKEN For THE MURDERER.
Julian Iialph's Narrow Escape From n
Dangerous situation.

Julian ItaIphs Narrow Escape From "a
Dangerous situation.
Once, when was investigating the hor
rible and even vet mysterious murder of u
young girl in New Jersey village, | was
taken for the murderer by her relatives,
whom could not blame, for they were ig-
norant wrought up to an ugly pitch and
suspicious of every stranger who came upon
the scene. The girl had been buXofk and
pretty, and vet 1t must have been stranger
who slew her, they thought, for none who
knew her could find 1t in his heart or in
his nature to attempt to wrong her. In
the course of search of the neikhborhood
| visited the home of the afflicted family
more thanbnce, and ON the last occasion
was invited in to see the body AS could
not Judge What manner of girl she lSld been
without seeing her, went in. Hcr three
grown up brothers were there, ana rs |
stood beside the coffin one returned to the
door of the room, closed IL and put his back
against it. The others then attempted to
carry ont project they had cherished but
concealed, which was to have me touch the
body in order that they might see whether
blood flowed from the wounds, according
as an old superstition holds that such
dumb mouths will accuse "A murderer. AT
the moment would not have done as they
wished for fortune.
PUT your hand on her. said one.
81 will not"
Touch her with your hand. You must
tell YOU" said another.
you cannot get away. Touch her"
They were terribly in earnest.
81 will do nothing of the sort" | said
and then | made u very short, but yer!
earnest speech, in which / explained who
was and how easily they could satisf!
themselves about me. And now said |
advancing to the door, stand aside anC
end this folly-quickr'
He obeyed, and in an instant the air o
outdoors tasted almost as sweet as any
thing that l ever drew down my throat
Julian Ralph in Scribner's.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-16
The Hundred and Fifty-first Psalm.

Your Bible, if it is of the regulation sort,
closes the book of Psalms with the one
hundred and fiftieth. In the Greek Bible,
however, there is another, entitled "A
Psalm of Daniel after he had slain Co
Hath" Athanasius praises it very highly
in his Synopsis of the Holy Scriptures "
1t was versified by Apollinarius Alexan-
drius, A. d. $50, and Latin translation of
it may be found in the works of Fabricus.
The English translation is by Barring
Gould, the well known antiquarian:
PSALM Gil.
First-I was small among my brethren, and
growing up in my fathers house, | kept his
sheep.
Secondly hands made the organ and my
fingers shaped the psaltery.
Third-And who declared unto my Lord. He.
the Lord, he heard all things.
Fourth-He sent his angels and they took me
from my fathers sheep. He Amounted me in
mercy from his JUNCTION.
Fifth-Great and goodly are my brethren,
but with them God was not well pleased.
SIXTH went to meet the giant stranger,
and he cursed me by all his idols.
Seventh-But l smote off his head with his
own drawn sword, and / blotted out the re-
proach of Israel
st. Louis Republic.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-11-16
An Honest Gas Meter.

The penny-in-the-slot system has been
applied very successfully to gas meters in
several large English cities. In its latest
form the meter has three dials, marked
&c. s. and d., and no sooner has a penny
been dropped into the slot than the hand
Of the 80" dial records it. When II pen
MES have been dropped in, the ID" dial
stands at 80" while the hand on the go
dial records that one shillings worth of
pennies are in the drawer, and so on until
eco worth of gas has been paid for. The
hands can only move one way, so that the
householder practically gets an indispu-
table receipt for the pennies he puts into
the slot and the total amount he has paid
for his gas. An indicator shows how many
feet of gas are paid for but unconsumed ="
--Pittsburg Dispatch