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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01
BASEBE GETS OFF.
By Annoying Miss Worn He Did
Not Disturb the Peace.


. The case of Charles Edward Basebe,.
convicted of breach Of the peace before
Police Judge Campbell last spfiug, has
been dismissed ON appeal by Superior
Judge. Seawell
Basebe is middle-aged man, apd: re-
sides near San Rafael. lie is engaged as
photographers artist in this city. and
being accustomed to travel every day on
the same boat and train with Miss Isabella
Worn, who also has employment In this
city as stenographer. Basebe was smitten
with her charms. He pursued her every
where, and insisted, despite the promise o I
a thrashing from the young lady's father
and friend of her family, on addressing
her on the street. Finally. Miss Worn
had Basebe arrested and tried in the Police
Court on charge of disturbing the peace.
The case was heard before Judge Camp
bell and jury, with the result that Basebe
was sentenced TO sixty days imprisonment
in the County Jail and a fine Of 500.
Against this decision Robert Ferral, repre-
sentng Basebe. took an appeal to the
Superior Court.
Judge Seawell rendered a very long
decision on the subject yesterday. the main
purport of which was to the effect that
the acts alleged and proved to have been
committed did not Of themselves consti-
tute necessary grounds for charge Of dis
turbing the peace. The case was ordered
to be dismissed.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01
MONSTER SHIP LA FRANCE.

named La France She was at the time
the largest ship afioat and was engaged in
the nitrate trade. There is no technical
term for the fifth mast. II Is termed the
second jigger or the second mizzen. There
are several five-masted sch0oners engaged
In the coast trade.
SHERMAN SILVER LAW - Oakander.
You take exception to the query editors
answer to correspondent, and your letter
is here given In full. as follows:
You say that should the Sherman silver law
be repealed no more silver could be bought aud
when the supply on hand became exhausted no
more silver could be coined at the mint, and
then gold would be the only standard would
like to know willy THE CALL should deliberately
MAKE such statement. We now have about
s615 ,O00, 900 Of silver In coin, bullion and GER
tltcales based on silver, which the Government
Is to-day sustaining at parity with gold.
have never heard that any one has at any time
proposed 10 withdraw or demoneiiZe the $685.
900, 900. On the contrary. our aim Is, and has
been always, to keep at parity with gold'' as
as was possible. The fact that gold has been
gradually drifting out and silver has been drift
Ing iu 10 the treasury has made 1t evident 20 all
that we must now stop buying silver or at once
place ourselves unon single standard-and
that silver. No one In Congress- has proposed.
so far as / know, TO place ourselves unRe-
servedly on a gold basis entirely. II the pur-
our best fnancers say we can maintain at par
the S6l5 ,0OO, 600. and II events prove we can
add TO tnat sum, we are willing TO do so. but
unless we Immediately stop purchasing, de-
moneti cation OF eolc Will be the result and our
basis will be silver only. A great financial
panic was upon US. II was largely because Of
the fear Of free coinage. There was
no daylight till the House voted against
free colnags and to stop buying
silver. Then Immediately there was marked
Improvement. Money became easier, all Sc
cnrlties advanced IN the New York market,
gold began to flow into the United States treas
ury and the outlook was bright. II was ex-
nected that the Senate would promptly act,
that no legislation shall be had except such
as they may dictate; Delay and uncertainty
ment OF stocks has ceased and they
are on the down grade again. Gold IL
flowing out of the treasury. and VIII continue
to do so until the senate says. mo more buy
ing: no free coinage" Then, and not I'LL then.
will confidence be restored. and banking men
and business men go ahead on the old lines.
with confidence i6 the future Again, ask
THE CALL what reasons IL can give upon which
to make the statement that sells ,000. 900 silver
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Figure Z contains SxS inches, equaling
ga square inches. Figure apparently
contains 5x13 inches, equaling IS square
inches. Let US see. Divide part l in
figure 2 by. dotted line into x and y; then
X contains 5x3 equaling 15fnehes. Ycoh-
tains 11s (2x5). equaling inches. Part 2
contains u (3xs). eaaaling: - inches. In
Ike manner part 9 equals u inches and
part 4 equals 20, making a total of GA
inches. The error lies in including the
small naralleloeram running dlagonally
across the figure as shown (exaggerated) liz
continuous straight line. as it-appears in
diagram 2. but Is. in reality, two lines
closely approaching each other, leaving a
vac ant space equal TO square inch. -,
LARGEST CITIEs-T. E. F.. City. II is
impossible to name lin order the three
cities which have the largest population.
In years past they were quoted as London.
Paris. Picking. but recent Investigation
Shows that the population of the latter city
was greatly overestimated. 1t has been
found that several cities In China have
more residents. No: country in the world
has as many aggregates of over a million.
Canton is now known to be the
most populated. OF the empire. .Ihe latest
census gives Canton. 1.6Q0. geo population.
Berlin 1.6O9.000. and New York 1876. 900:
Since these figures were tabulated $500
New York has grown and .he others have
been at standsti!l, so that 1t i. impossibl BILE
to say which should be placed third on the
list. Vienna, with ], 37S, 000. is the next
largest Brooklyn, though. under an in
dependent government, belongs properly
t, New York. and within a few years the
cities will be united. She has. nearly
600, 600 residents. so that the New York
Brooklyn Of today has as large a popuia-
tion az Paris. The cities stand: London,
4 211.056, Paris. 2,447;000: New York
BROOKLYN. 1900. 900; Berlin. 1909. 600; Cam
ton. 100000; Vienna, 1.37S,00O; Picking,
1900. 600. -.
-SHIps-L.: C. r., City,. 1t would be
an easy matter for you TO ascertain the
name of the ships by applying at the dock
in question. There are two or three five
masted ships afioat. The first was launched
on the Clyde for a French company aud
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01
Good Advice.

"Take my advice" wise man said,
To a young missionary,
"'Tis different from most you hear
In fact. tits quite contrary"
"Don't preach to those poor Feejee youths,
Until you cleanse their persons, :.
First feed item well, then lessons give
In baths and such diversions.
"Then brush their teeth with SOZODONT.
IL can't be contraverted,
That, by this time, you'll find they are
Already hali-converted !"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01
Every Day of the Seven

Teeth should be brushed with SOZODONT, In
order to Keep them white. or to render them so.
Specks and bIemshes upon their surface dis
appear after applying SOZOD0NT few times.
The gums acquire coral tint and grow hard
from the use OF SOZODONT. Analysis dis
closes nothing impure 10 this preparation. The
ladies' buy and use SOZODONT because they
know that 1t is most effective aid 10 beauty.
The sooner our readers commence Its use The
better for them.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01
QUERY COLUMN.
Readers Take a Hand in
L. BIS Puzzle. E.
SOME OF THE LARGEST CITIES
Lotta's Early Life as Dancing Girl.
:; Duties on Coal, and Other
Information.

PUZZLE SOLVED - L. B.. City. Your
attempt to make 65 square inches outof Ga
has caused many readers to prove the
absurdity of the proposition. and alge.
braic. geometrical and trigonometrical So
buttons have poured in on the query editor
the past week. "W. a." illustrates the
illusion you make use OF and demonstrates
the impossibility of the proposition. :.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01
A Young Woman Stabbed.

A young woman named MoIia Stone
was treated at the Receiving Hospital
early yesterday morning for several
wounds in the back caused by being
stabbed. She claimed to have received the
injuries from another female. who drew a
knife on her on the corner of Stockton end
Ellis streets. The wounds are not dan
gerous.
POSTAGE stamps are counted eleven times
during the process of manufacturing.
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porting foreigners is national one, pc
cause II for n other reason it involves In
ternatiOnal matters. The constitution
declares what the different States can dc.
but there is q vast amount or unwritten
law which implies what they cannot do.
REDUCTION IN FERRY CHARGEs-P. j..
K, City. The Southern Pacific makes no
change in the rates offered commuters.
You will pay as heretofore. So a month,
for your ticket. Single. trip fares are re-
duced from Is cents to 10 cents. that's all.
SEVEN Up-A Subscriber. City. It is
too late for A to claim misdeal. You say
that the cards have been dealt B has
begged" the proper cards have been
run off" b shows high and claims the
game. B is right and he wins.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT H. H.,
City. You are in the Congressional dis
trict represented by J.. q. Mcguire. A
letter addressed to him az the House OF
representatives. Washington. D.. CT: will
Garry alright.
: CASE IN COURT. D.. City. The
Grand Jury heard the testimony of several
witnesses In the case OF Sergeant Witt
man. No Indictment was found, so of
course the: case has been dropped. ..
SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR-Snb-
seriber. City. There were 2,772,3S8 men
enlisted during the war. OF these 176, 800
were Of German and 144.200 of Irish ma
tivity. s..::...
GOVERNMENT MONEY!. B.. Willapa,
WASH No, the Government does not lend
money to national banks at per cent
interest, nor does 1t lend 1t at all. -
VALKYRIE-T. w. B., City. Pronounce
it Val-kl-ree, accent on the second sylla-
Bile. In one of Wagner's operas the val
Hvriao Ia avpuulftO Suirifa .so
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Their Trial Set.

United States District Judge. Morrow has
set the date for the trial Of the two JAP
anese alleged importers of women. Ikeda
Zentaro and Fushita Jiroklchi. at a week
from tomorrow.
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jail not exceeding one year, and fne n ot
exceeding $780,"
DISCOVERY OF AMERIcA-Subscriber.
City. Waiting Island. one of the Ba-
hamas, Is generally conceded TO be the
first land "dise'f sred" on this hemisphere.
Columbus landed there October IL, 1892.
and few months later visited Cuba. and
adjacent islands. he made several voy-
ages from Spain after that and first saw
the mainland In 1893. John. Cabot dis
covered Newfoundland in 1887 There is
nc international census which will answer
your second question. The public school
system of the United States is considered
the best. The Mdwinter Fair will open
January 1.
THE DAYS REcKoNING-J. NJ. We are
unable to learn who is the author of the
lines you quote:
II we sit down at set Of sun
And count the things that we have done. :
AID counting find
One self-denying act, etc.
They bear the earmarks of genius that
dies young, and are possibly by the writer
of those other touching ines:
How pleasant on Saturday night
When we've tried all the week to be good etc.
Possibly some reader of the @. G. may
be able TO direct you to the author.
To THE PREsIDIo-G. D. G., City. You
would probably find the best driveway
along the following streets: Out Golden
Gate avenue to Broderick street, turn to
The right and drive to California, then up
California to Central avenue, out Central
avenue to the terminus. II ends at the
Preside reservation. where you will find
q nice driveway to the Preside.
MARRIAGE BY CoNTRACT-C. b. W..
City. The code of California provides
that In case Of a marriage by contract q
record OF such must be reported to the
County Recorder within thirty days from
the time of the signing OF the papers.
STATE RIGH-s-N. L. W.. City. You
must remember That only the United
States and no individual State is recog-
nized by q foreign power. Treaties are
made at Washington. The question of de-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-01

JAcKsoN's F1GHr-G. b.. City. God
frey was the first man Jackson fought in
this town.
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The Oldest and Most Reliable Specialists.
THE REASON THOUSANDS CANNOT GET
cured Of Special, Private. Chronic Diseases
weakness, Loss Of Manhood. elect. varicoceie and
results af abuse or excuses which unfit men for
marriage or fes dnties. Is owing TO complications
ost suce essfuI treatment for diseases of men
Qualification and responsibility unequaed. BEING
kn own. testimonials or photographs never put Ii
DIR. Ifebig's Wonderful German Invig.
orator. the greatest remedy for above complaints
70 prove it, power trial bottles given freq
mrl2 II Su
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VALKYRIE-T. w. B., City. Pronounce
it Val-kl-ree, accent on the second sylla-
Bile. In one of Wagner's operas the val
kyries are the avenglng spirits.
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able by imprisonment in the State prison
not exceeding three years. or in the county
Jail not exceeding one year, and fine not
exceeding $780,"
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GOVERNMENT MONEY!. B.. Willapa,
Wash. No, the Government does not lend
money to national banks at per cent.
interest, nor does 1t lend 1t at, all.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-05
NO. J..

litical party which polled the highest
number Of votes at the last proceed
ing election. The ballots must be
all alike and Mt least six inches long
and four inches wide. Each ballot
snail be attached to stub and all
the ballots for the same voting place
shall be bound together in convent
ent numbers in books in such man
ner that each ballot may be detach-
ed and removed separately.
The auditors shall provide for
each election district, seventy-fve
ballots for each fifty and fraction of
fifty voters on the Assessors list,
and an equal number of specimen
ballots, and shall obtain from the
County Commissioners the requisite
cards of instruct ion, which shall be
delivered with the ballots to the
Judge of election.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-05

The Sunday School Christmas fes-
tivals in Middleburgh were very
creditable affairs. The Cantata by
the Uuion school in the court house
was exceptionally meritorious.
VIM. Holtzworth of the Star Res
taurant, Selinsgrove, remembered
the PosT on Christmas with gallon
of choice shell oysters. They were
as fine an article as we ever sampled
and reminded us OF the fact that he
must have one of the most attrac-
tive eating houses in Central Penn'a.
The name of n. III. Downs still
lives, alth ough he has been dead
many years. His Elixir Cor the
cure of coughs and colds has already
outlived him quarter of century,
and is still growing in favor with
the public. For sale by w. H. Bea-
yer, Middleburgh and j. w. Samp-
sci, Centrevllle. Jan.
The Middleburgh Posr lately en-
tered upon its eleventh year since
Tom Harter assumed the helm and
lifted it out of the rut in which il
had been tloundering for many years
previously. 1t is now one of the
most readable country papers in in
terror Pennsylvania, and has circu-
lation excelled by but few of its con-
temporaries--all the result of Toms
management.-Junidtd XerdId
A local newspaper is often accus-
ed of bias in regard to giving per-
sonal notices-of mentioning the
coming of some and omitting others.
The fault is with the people and not
with the editor. He is always will
ing and even anxious to tell who
comes and who goes, if he can find
out. III you have visitors, let us
know who thoy are and where they
came from. If anything happens in
your vicinity let us know about it,
IL there is party at your house
furnish US with the names of those
present il you get married let us
know about it. You will find us as
ready to ''notice" one as another,
patron or otherwise, friends or
foes. Our object is to give the news.
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CENTREVILLE.

Did you get n Christmas present ?
This is overcoat weather. Jack
Frost reigns supreme. Tie ice
houses are nearly all filed The
political ball for the Spring election
will soon be rolling At the cleo.
tion of Camp No. 5s7 Z. o. s. of A.
on Friday evening the following off
GERS were elected; z. p, 4. Il.
Sheary Pres, DR.. J. w. Sampsel ;
V. p, Harvey Shook M. of f & c.,
+. B. Hartman Con, y. G. Hart
man Fin. Sec, l.. A. Mertz Rec.
Sec, G. Il. Sampsel Treas, Allen
Boyer O. G., j. G. NIiddleswarth
Inspector, JOS. Shawy-r; delegate
to State Convention, II IS CacIel:
Alternate, H. L. Lon. .,a., IT.. D <
G. Il. Mohn, Mrs. j.
Miss Ella NIel, ,
Shore. visited PoEtives nix way l.
during the hGhdays -. AZ. 1.tith
spent the h9la 'ays in Williamsport.
90. John l. lle to epon paid New Col
umbia bushc Ra visit last week.
DIR. j. O. Mcar M who is attending
lectures in JS;mntson Medical Col
lege, Philadelpl a, was home dur
ing the holidays The highest
cash price paid for rye at the Cen
treville distillery The Misses
Fanny and Bessie Campbell, of New
Columbia were the guests of Miss
Elva Hartman over Sunday . Miss
Hattie Stine, after spending several
months in Adamsburg, returned
home last week I'D. j. Drecse and
wife, of AdamsbuIg, were the guests
E'H llentine Walters over Sunday
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-05
TROXELVILLE.

/ | hope the editor and employees
az the Posr and it's many readers
will have IA prosperous and happy
New Year. Long live the POSI-.
Christmas aud New Year passed of
with their usual cnioyments. All
the Sunday Schools carried out their
programs rs per announcement.
jacob Dreose, of the Booney gang
shot bear on Saturday Our poo-
pie are auxiously awaiting the ar-
rival of certain county papers to see
what defense will be offered in the
ticket printing business mentioned
in the Posr last week. .... Rumor has
has il that Jere Grouse has sold his
stavo mill to Isaac Dreese, of Nc
Clure All the ice-houses have
been filled with the very best quail
ty of ice ... The two fellows who
borrowed Phares Fettorolfs fox
trap without asking his permission,
are hereby notified TO return it forth
with as he wants to use it himself
Should they hesitate they will re-
ceive call from Constable Wagner,
who will invite them to n walk down
to Squire Jim's, who will issue free
transportation for them to HoteLde
Bolender in Middleburgh. The fell
lows are known and only out of re-
spect to their relations are their
names withheld -. "Trapper jim
says "Boova, now doom ich, by ho-
kie, de Mollie tsu mere nemma far
good un all. De ice heiser sin oil
full un es kollick brenna gait net or
rick shtorrick. Fix kon ich kenny
mae Tonga, un won ich Sc hame nem
tsu der nam kon ich OILS awennich
surplus GUS der ice-cream dreshery
schnarra un hob derno much ebber
far helfas bed warren holda.'
CAL. JOE.
- =
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Holiday Visitors

Joseph Runkle, of Bellefonte, and
Irwin Bloom, of Lock Haven, were
the guests of their uncle, j. w.
Runkle, during the holidays.
Charles Erdley, of Glen Union,
Pa, spent the holidays with his pa
rents, James Erdleys', in Franklin
township.
Misses Rosa Schoch and Ge rtrude
Kreeger, of Swineford, spent the
holidays with relatives in William s.
port.
Miss Mollie Ulsh, of Swineford,
visited friends at Adamsburg.
Our foreman, J. NJ. Steiniuger
and wife and George Steininger and
family spent several days last week
with relatives in Northumberland
county.
Grandmother Rhoads, of Harris
burg, Pa, is paying her annual visit
to her son, Capt. ID. L. Rhoads, at
this place.
Mrs. j. H. Rhoads visited her pa
rents at Shamokin Dam last week.
A. S. Beaver and Miss Sue Neff
visited at Gordon, Pa, last week.
Miss Rosa Ayers is visiting in
Williamsport.
Richard Eisenhart and family, Of
Horseheads, n. Y, spent several
days last week with Recorder Shin
del and family.
John Amig and Adam Spangler
of Philadelphia, spent the holidays
with their parents at this place. The
former is n student in the Phila.
Dental College and the latter stu
dent in the University of Penn'a.
VIM. III. Smith, of Chicago, ILL.,, is
la ..fesest-at tho Hotel -GAntgal xXill
was born and raised in Middleburgh,
and after at arriving manhood left
for the West and had not been back
since. He 10 a Jolly good fellow.
John L. Bowersox, who was en-
ployed as salesman in store at
Monongah, w. Va, came home on
Saturday evening. John will not re-
turn to West Virginia but will go to
Shamokin where he has secured en-
ployment.
l.. G. Bowersox and family, of
Swengel; Union county, Sundayed
with relatives in Middleburgh.
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"That Glorious Climate.

Send for Sights and Scenes in
California, published by the Pass
engGr Department of the Union Pa
cific System at Omaha, or ask your
nearest Union Pacific Agent for one,
This little book will tell you of tue
beauties and wonders of California
the grandest winter resort in
America.
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MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA, JANUARY 5, 1893
Fall of a Snyder County Boy

Wellington w. Bilger, of Council
Blufb, Iowa, is refugee from JUS
tice. He is a forger to the extent of
nani thousand dollars. The Avoca,
Council Bluffs and Omaha papers
are full of his exploits, and the case
looki very dark for the accused. He
came to Council Bluffs several years
ago, and began business as n combi-
nation of lawyer, insurance agent
aud zeal estate dealer. In common
witha good many others, he became
eScit,d over the short lived real es.
tste boom in Council Bluffs in 1887,
aSd invested heavily in property
which he held for speculative pur-
poses only and expected to dispose
Of ath handsome profit.
Fol a time his conduct of his bus
mess was apparently careful and
conservative and he gained consid-
erabls confidence among business
men. But he was too heavily involv-
ed. He had negotiated loans on
property and had erected expensive
flats which he was unable to dispose
of AMI many of which stood vacant
month after month. His credit
dwindled. Foreclosure suits, un
paid bills, judgments, executions
ETC., followed in rapid succession
Then queer tales of real estate deals
in which enormous loans had beer
secured on property worth mucl
less than the loan foated about il
real estate circulars, but nothing
ever came of them.
| The beginning of the end came
nearly u month ago, when the Firs
National Bank of Avoca, Iowa, re
caiVa a note for $4,000 from it
correspondent bank at Waverly, 10.
.iSi Nccllectio2.- hpssas .fssade abop
TsiSl S1nths ago and was endorsed by
BiIser and seven others, payable to
himself. Among the endorsers was
Caleb Smith, of Avoca, son of our
neighbor, John p. Smith, of Middle
burgh. Mr.. Smith at once pro
nounced the signature a forgery
Then Franklin Nj. Bilger CWelling-
tons father who lives at Oakland,
wrote that neither he or his son-in-
law, VIM. G. Acker, knew anything
about the note. This opened the
ball and soon it was discovered that
number of similar notes were in
the hands of money-lenders. Mr..
Bilger suddenly disappeared. He
gave bill Of sale for his household
goods to his wife, and, telling her
that he would be absent in Des
Moines for few days, took his de-
parture and has not been seen since.
Meanwhile his crooked work is man
ifesting itself with remarkable rapid
ity and precision. The Omaha
Globe alleges that three years ago
Mr.. Bilger had entered into deal
with Miles & Thompson of that city
and skinned them out of $4,000
MIR. Bilger has II wife and several
children who continue to hope
against hope that the husband and
father will return and establish his
innocence OF the serious charges
preferred against him.