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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-19

after him with the order to bring him, dead
or alive, to BuenOs Ayres. Resistance was
impossible. Again the King was tmpris-
oned, and again he regained his liberty and
reached England. One more expedition ne
attempted, but at last worn out BY disease
and sorrow, he died at 1eurtoirac, France,
in 1878. When Orelte | of Araucania-Pata-
gonia, otherwise NJ. de Tnnneins, was on
his deathbed he looked about him To see
who could continue his work. When first
made King, Orelie had willed his crown to
his Iather, who was TO be succeeded by a
brother, but these were both dead.
Then he offered his kingdom to his
nephew, his niece; but, naturally, no one
had the courage to accept Achille La
viarde was his first lieutenant and was
already Duke OF PeTquencOt and Chialeona :;
to him Orelie turned in his last hours, and
after his death Aebille Layiarde received
the papers, political will and royal archives.
All the representatives OF Araucania in
Europe came to Paris, in order to acknowl-
edge Achille as King. The will was trans
lated in crypt0gra phical language for the
AraucaniauS, and at reunion of the prin-
clnal chiefs Achille was recognized as King
OF Araucania, Prince of Patagonia.
Achille has never visited his kingdom. He
says he would be welcomed by his subjects
but would be shot, either by the Chileans
or the inhabitants of the Argentine Repub-
lie. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is governed by
council that submits TO his authority. The
President, also Minister of War, is called
Toqui. Qui la Pau, and Chiefs Calfontraine,
Marionabeu and Que!aoueQue are Minis
ters of Justice, Interior and Agriculture.
The executive power is vested in tha King
and two Ministers, while the legislative
power is represented in Paris by a council
composed of lawyers. Both Chile and the
Argentn Republic wish TO own Patagonia,
and yet il is said these two countries pay 1t
yearly tribute amounting to more than
million dollars. THE only way for ne to
place nv crown upon my head" says
Achille, lis to conquer the Chilean fleet, and
fer that / must have a naval force" The
truth is, Chile holds Araucania like the SOL
der WHO cried:
General, l have prisoner"
We'll. bring him here"
But he will not let me CO."
For a long time Achille thought that he
could easily establish himself in his king
dom and then make the French regret they
did not aid him sooner. He also had a
plan by which the French Government
should furnish a shin laden with merchan
disc to the value OF 100000 francs. With
this he intended to sail for Araucania, and
In return for this merchandise, furnish
wool. skins, ETC., to the value of 10. OOO 600
francs. After he had kept his promise
with reference TO this peaceful exchange
Achilie would have asked for recognition
OF Independence and for a protectorate
But the French preferred expeditions to
Iunis, Tonqnn and Madagascar, and re-
fused their assistance
wo or three years ago Achille wanted to
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recipes In, where they can be referred TO
easily and selected from better than in
scrap-boOk, and one or more OF these afford
neat conveniences for every housewife
Alter the index is removed the case is a
substantial foundation for numerous arti-
eles OF everyday use. AS the outside IS
only finished with paper covering this may
be given two or three coats of paint and
vanished or covered with some neat-look-
Ing paper or cloth. A handsome handker-
chief and glove box may be made which
when closed has the appearance Of q richly
decorated album, the lid, back and bottom
being covered with plush, decorated on top
and edged st the margin with a heavy che
nile cord OF the same color to match the
projection at the edge. The sides may be
covered with gOld-coored silk and the same
used for n lining. Another attractive de-
sign Is one with an embroidered linen or
canvas cover, the lid being fastened down
and the end cover opened to show the three
partitions inserted to form four deep peck
cts. This is a convenient place TO keep rolls
OF chamois in which knives, forks aud
spoons are wrapped.
Easily made Is n wallpocket paper holder.
Accordion folds at the ends let the cover
part way down, while the side lid is raised
to fasten the holder to the wall, and the
whole is lined and covered with some en-
bToidered or decorative material and flu ished
below with fringe.
A pretty workbox may also be constructed
from one OF these letter Tile boxes. The
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-03-19
Beautiful Effects.

For producing the beautiful two-colored
effects now so much admired in figured
fabrics of silk and wool, in which the pat
tern is either made to stand out il the wool
or in the silk, some of the most ingenious
processes are required, and the principal
substantive colOrs which may be used
Tor the purpose of producing either
color or double effects have been
determined only by the finest ami nft-re-
peated experiments. 1t is now definitely
shown that the colors which dye both silk
and wool with the same intensity are orrhil.
turmeric, safranine, rhOdamine, auraminp,
quinOline yellow, az0flayin, alkali blue,
dlpheDylamlne blue, Victoria blue and
Bismarck brown. The cnlors which
have more affinity for silk are ord-
nary magenta, naphthaline pink, ruby,
loSaline, Paris violet, spirit soluble
aniline blue, soluble blue, methyline
blue, iodine green, malachite green, ana
nigr0sine. OK those which have more a fin
ity for wool mention is made of eosin,
erythrosin roccellin. xyhdne scarlet, fast
yellow, orange, chrysOin, ma room, Dor
deauX, acid green and napthol black. The
colors which. at boiling point, dye the wool
only, are indigo, carmne, cOchinea, acid
magenta, napnthol scarlet, picrlc acid.
naphthol yellow and tartrazine. Many
beautiful effects, however, are produced by
suitable com binatiOn of these different
dyes, either in one BATH or by first dyeing
and subsequently treating with boiling
wafer
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BUYING A BABY CARRIAGE.
Jones Knew Thing or Two, but Not
Much About Wheels.

An important event had happened in
young MIR. Jones' household and he came to
this city to buy baby carriage. Nothing
was too good for him and he finally selected
delicate creation of wickerwork, with
Russian leather trimmings and pale-blue
silk and lace. Jones lives in jersey, half a
miles ride from this city.
The carriage arrived next day boxed up
with as much care as though it had been a
crate of china or a racing bicycle. The
wheels came in separate box.
Mrs Jones had always declared that her
husband was stupid in doing work about the
house, but she made no remonstrance against
her husband putting the baby carriage to-
gether.
He succeeded finally in unpacking the
carriage and wheels, though in doing so he
nearly smashed his thumb with hammer
He screwed on the wheels and then, setting
the carriage up, examined his work with a
critical eye.
Certainly the vehicle had peculiar ap-
pearanee: 1t seemed lopsided. having a
decided list to starboard. That amt the
one ordered" said Jones to the nursegirl,
VINO came In just then and had fixed pair
OF wondering eyes on the carriage The
one they sold me was straight, and ia like
to know what they take me for to send n
thing like this" Jones gave tine carriage a
vicious push and it wheeled around in a
circle as a du K swlms when one side is
q
Jones was mad clean through. He had
the carriage put in the cellar and wrote to
the firm from which he had purchased it
to send man to take their lOpside swindIe
away.
Jones hadn't cooled off when man came
to look at the carriage. The man listened
patiently 10 Jones opinion of the firm
while he was getting the carriage out of the
cellar
Why, you blamed foolp he replied, how.
ever, when the vehicle was finally submitted
TO him for inspection, mo wonder it's lop-
sided. You've put both big wheels on one
side and both little ones on the other.
Jones begged the man not to say any,
thing about it and gave him some good
cigars and opened a bottle OF fine old Tokay.
But the thing was too good to keep. The
man told one OF Jones neighbors whom he
met outside the house aud so the story
spread That's the reason people look
curiously at the carriage when Jones takes
the baby out, then at Jones and then
SQicker.
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A DESERT CARAVAN.
A Graphic Pen-P Picture of the Arabs on
the March.

StEinutES MhBaAIne.
A great caravan in march is a superb
spectacle, alas too infrequent now in
Northern Africa. At first Arabs alone can
detect it. a mere speck lost in dusky halo,
whence it emerges at length, a tawny-
cOlored mass possessed of a strange motion,
the swarming Of a thousand lives in one
Here and there silhouettes of Struggling
camels stand profled ike hieroglyphics on
the fiery sky, as, iDsensibly trailing its
snaEe-llke curves. the convoy advances
Hours after being sighted 1t passes IN slow
defile, led by vanguard # bloOded camels
whose gait and bearing have an air OF
arrogance not customary to that race of
prnie iarians. the chiellaiDs seated aloft in
their floating burnoOses. alert OF eye with
gun in hard, siatuesque guardians of the
cOnYGy-tTeasuTe.
Behind them the camels of burden, ex-
hausled less by loads than with the fa,igues
of the journey, their legs and choppers bald
and SCARED by blows. siraggie forward Ian
guidly, thTusting ont the tongue as they
press heir huge, spongy feet in the Yielding
ground. What resignation IN their soft,
staring eyes! Verify, no philosopher knows
better than these poor brutes how inane are
the revots against memorable fate. Near
Mt hand walk the drivers, their emaciated
features savagely Illuminated by eyes of
fire and whit, cleaning teeth piercing their
parched lips. OF all who started with the
caravan how many have fallen by the way,
abandoned to agoniZe alone in the desola-
tfon2
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THE CITY OF MILAN.
WRITTEN FOR THE MORNING CALL.

Milan, with her far-away semi-mOon of
snow beyond Lake Como and her near
about belt of laden orchards, is not unlike
our own city of the plain-Sacramento, The
climate is not the same. the fruit not tho
same, but, as TO cereals they are much
alike only corn takes the place of wheat on
the broad, level fields of Lombardy.
sn0w-whte cathedral of matchless mapni.
fcence takes the place of our gold-topped
CAPITOL, and monstrous earthern walls.
reared by the Spaniard. take the place of
cur sweeping, semi-circling rivers As said
before, the natural resemblance is striking.
Milan is good old city, very popuous, and.
Tor an Italian city, very prosperous. II
will probably survive all other cities in this
hrst OF the Latin empires, as 1t depends
neither on trade nor travel, but sucks its
strength entirely from mother earth.
And yet Milan has long had one great
source Of revenue. and it is of this l want
10 speak, because the money is Americas
money mostly and not well spent.
The Scalal All, 10 make a debut in that
once famous place OF music, with its triple
crescent of boxes, filled and overlooking
with the beaUX and the bellies of Europe!
How many good but misguided American
Elrl has lett her happy home. gone among
strangers, struggled. starved and at last
died IN Milan OF broken heart rather than
own her failure ana honestly admit that
her highest ambition ought to have been
only to lead the village church choirl
1t IS said, and | trust truly, that the num-
her of American girls at Milan is annually
falling of, for little good and much grief
comes OF going there TO find master. / do
not believe there is or has been one real
master In Milan for long time Yes.
teachers 10y the dozen, but not one master
Stop here and argue out the difference be-
tween master aud teacher IN other things as
well as in music The difference is import
ant and wide as the gulf. These innumer-
able indolent and pretentiuus teachers Of
music in Milan, handsome, which all Young
Italians are as rule, picturesQuely clad.
cane, glass, ByTouic collar, Spanish cloak
and ali that, are continually quarreling and
detracting one another like the quack doc
Tors Of some country town, sure sign that
they are merely charlatans; not masters,
but teachers, and only doubtful teachers
at that. 1t were better to try Germany
France, almost any other country; aye
most especially and above all other
countries. our own cultured and kindly and
progressive United States. Truly San
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WHITING PARTIES.
How Ruralists in Pennsylvania Amuse
Themselves.
New York sun.


Whiting parties are all the rage this
winter In the rural districts Of Northeast
ern Pennsylvania. They have taken the
place of apple bees and other social amuse-
ments, and they are the most popular even
ing diversions the young men and maidens
now have. The desire to lecome skllful
with the jackknife got to be a craze in some
neighborhoods.
Nearly all of the whittlers are the descend
ants OF Yankee farmers, and therefore
handle the jackknife with dexterty. The
whiting contests take place in the farm
house Kitchens, the whittlers and their
families having been invited by The man
who gives the party. He furnishes all the
wood, and he puts up prizes oil 81 and 81 for
the most perfect and second best ak
helve. hammer handle. potato masher, or
other useful thing, and he appoints three
disinterested men of good judgment to de-
eide on the merits of the work turned out.
Their decision is final, and the things
shaped out of wood that evening become
the property of the giver OF the prizes The
only implements allowed in the contests are
1ackknife and file, and the work must be
finished within two hours.
Rosy-cheeked girls compete with the
young men for the prizes. Some of them
are expert with the iackknife, and can
whltile faster and to better purpose than
their competitors of the other sex. In Pal
myra Township one night last week a
bright-eyed girl of 10 whitfield, flied and
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A NATURAL RESULT.
Which Was Only to Be Expected From
St. Louis Whisky.


The st. Louis drummer had been telling
about he glories and beauties and perfee-
tion Of the town, and the Chicago drummer
hadn't had a chance to 80 much as pipe
His opportunity came after a while, though,
IS it always does to him who waits.
Speaking Of ST. Louis" he said gu city.
There is one thing you get there that Is
quite as incompatible as The others that my
friend here has been telling about. / re-
mem Der ON one occasion being In that town
during a temperance crusade.
"a crowd had gathered around saloon
and had dragged barrel of genuine st.
Louis whisky out into the street and had
knocked the head in. The barrelful sat
there waiting for the onslaught, when a
frenzed woman ran out with red-hot
stoye-lid In pair Of tonEs and flung it into
the barrel to burn up the hateful stuff. But
did il burn, gentlemen? ?"
"Oi course" put in the ST. Louis man.
We'll, it didn'l," said the Chicago man.
ION the contrary, that red-hot stove i'd had
so little burning power as compared with the
whisky that the sudden contact Ct the two
temperatures froze the whisky solid in one
minute and they had 10 blow it to pieces
with dynamite"
Then the Chicago man got mp and went
back 10 his own seat IL the car.
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narrow lid Is fastened down and beneath
the side cover there is partition fitted on,
extending half way up. forming a recep-
tacle for yarn. scissors. etc. at either eud
the opposite sides of the box, on which
spo0ls Of thread are held, the thread being
drawn through small holes in the ends. The
Oack OF the box, or the top when ii is in
position on the wall, is covered with a pin
cushion. This makes self-closing box and
conceals the miscellaneous articles with
which workbox always abounds, and at the
same time lessons the disorder.
A family shoebox and slipper-case is
MADE In similar way. A pocket is attached
at either end and two pockets of cloth are
gathered into elastic bands and fastened on
Inc cases, thus giving accommodations for
TWO or more pairs OF slippers, while inside
IS room for others or for shoe polish and
brushes. 1t may be covered and decorated
10 suit the purpose and taste of the indi-
Vidual
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Convicted by a Blotting Pad.


zone OF the most remarkable things that
ever saw introduced in court n evidence. -
said Rodger Milton to a reporter in the Lin
dell, was an ordinary white blOtter. This
happened in Norman. S. Oak. where fell
low was being tried for murder. The point
that the prosecution was trying to prove
was that the man had been In the
Haywood Hotel at that plare on a certain
day. The blotter in question contained
a portion Of signature to a letter and a
date, that of the day in question. 1t
so happened that the Prosecuting Attorney
mad visited the hGtel on the day the crime
had been perDetTated and that, too. shortly
after IFS commission. In discussing the
matter with the clerk the suspected mans
name was mentioned, and the clerk then
stated that the party referred to had Just
left the writing-room With detective sa-
gacity the attorney visited the room and
found this blntter. with the name and date
on it. Though sadly blurred and inverted
experts Were called and The writing was
proved to be that Of the prisoner. The
effect OF this was simply 10 destroy the
defense's effort to prove an abb, which
point being knocked out the criminal was
convicted"
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was hardly the same in both cases. The
Nymny dam Is 1172 feet long, 161 feet high
and contains 260, 600 cubic yards of masonry.
feet h Ugh and contains 95, 600 cubic yards of
masonry. The Vymny dam cost 81, $4,000,
while the Austin dam is estimated to cost
S576, 600 when completed. There is one
point, however, that clearly shows the
difference in practice between English and
American engineers. The former made a
great stir about the 'cycopean rubbIe"
which they employed, referring to the use
of stone blocks in the heart of the dam
weighing over four tons each. Mr.. Z. w.
Groves, the engineer in charge Of the Austin
dam, has placed in that structure limestone
blocks weighing ten tons and cut granite
facing stones nearly as large, without any
particular trouble OF necessity of raking up
Latin mythology for words big enough to de-
Seriha hiS WORK
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sandpapered out of piece of ash as shapely
rolling pin as the most particular house
wife could wish for.
She did the work in an hour and twenty
minutes aud she won the first prize in a
company of seven competitors. Ii the
prize-giver decides to get his guests work
on hickory ak helves they have to sn bmit
to it; If there are more women than men
competitors the giver of the party almost
Invariably faVors the former by selecting
something that will be easier to wbitte
than an ak helve.
While the whitters are busy the nom
whtilers have a jolly time in other parts of
the house playing cards and chatting and
occasionally peering into the kitchen to see
how the contestants are getting along with
their work. The kitchen is cleared as soon
as the prizes have been awarded, supper is
served In the front rooms, and by midnight
the whittlers and their companions are on
the way home.
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Marie, Queen Of ArGt- arde defended WeTle.
-, e s the DEPUTY. against
an association called the National
League of COnservators." His friends
say that during the Franco Prussian
war Layiarde was day and night ON
horseback observing the march of the en-
envy in order to inform his generals. His
friends also say that when peace was
signed he lai1 be fore Theirs a plan for the
liberation of French territory, a plan
which, unfortunately, was not epted.
In 1872 LaYiarde went to Chisplhurst in
1878 ne attended tie funeral of Napoleon Ill,
the neXl year he listened to the proclama-
ton Of the Prince ImperiaPs majority, in
1877 he was the friend of mbetta, and in
1878 he became King Of AraucaDia. The
story of his succession TO the throne is ill.,
terestng, as heard it from one of Lavi-
arde's friends. Some thirty years ago,
Orelie de Tonneins, a French lawyer, went
to South America, and reached Araucania
just as the tribes wished to unite under the
control of one supreme chief. AS all the
the Araucanlaus were embarrassed, but
they believed in a legend that their scerter
should belong TO a foreigner possessing a
long white beard. Monsieur de IonneiGs
had the beard required, and the tribes in
council chose him for their King.
The Frenchman accepted the high
Office, gave constitution TO his
people, and at the SAME time he
promised them the protection OF France
against the attacks of Chile and the Argen-
tine Republic Three days after he IAN
neXed" Patagonia ana founded the king
dom of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The Chilean
Government Immediately captured the new
King and made him prisoner at Nacia-
mento, where he was condemned to death.
BY the intervention of the French Consul at
Valparaiso NJ. de Tonneins' life was
spared, but he was sentenced to Punishment
for life. OF course he returned to France,
and diligently labured to raise money for his
new subjects, as his dream WAS to cOlouiZe
Patagonia. Tonneins made the tour of the
world, and at last returned to Patagonia.
H. found his people surprised, but enthusi-
astic, because they had never expected to
see him again. Leaving friend
as Minister of War once more he
returned to France; he almost succeeded in
raising money IN England. but at the last
moment the English were too afraid of
Chile 10 trust their money with the Arau-
Canaan King. When next TOnneins visited
South America Colonel Murga was sent
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The Funny SQuib.

SL Louis NIoOe-Democraf.
~ noticed with keen enjoyment" said J.
p. Edwards TO a reporter. "a funny squib
that some paper had started and which
went from one editor to another through
out the land, gaining with each Journey
cOmical addition that added much
TO the idea. One said That the
Sioux Indians had a newspaper of their
own; delinquent subscribers will be
promptly scalped.' Another added: No,
this is wrong, they Will be Siouxed.' A
third said: 'Sealping subscribers would
soon leave the editor in the Siouxp.' A
fourth said: Tine Sioux-ner the better A
fifth added: Certainly il Sioux-table.' and
sixth soul worn with the hilarious out
ra9eousness of the growth soliloquized: A
mueh-worn and aggrieved American popu-
lace Is now willing 10 Sioux for peace and
relegate these comments as q SiOuX-venir
OF the SlouX-preme ability of American
EDITORS 70 Joke il thev please"
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UTILIZING LETTER FILES.
Now York Hfrald-

new YORK Herald.
Among the most common fittings for the
store or Office are the patent letter files,
which are inexpensive as single articles and
used In great quantities because of the
demand for them as systematic and con-
venient receptaces for miscellaneous papers.
The usual form of these files is that Of a
book-shaped box about IL by 1911 by 81
inches IN size. II is a substantial case the
best grade being constructed of wood. and
each contains an indexed set of leaflets for
ming documents, etc, IN alphabetical order.
This IN It's original construction will be
valuable case to keep domestic papers and
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Can't Afford II,

The rest was drowned by the beating of
he ettledrum.-Chicago Journal.