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The morning call., 1893-03-05
LAND AGENT.
10 MontgOmerY st S. 7. 3 SnTnTh Z

A CHANCE TO SECURE A HOME IN ONE OF
the hnest fruit colonies IN California.
Great success o; the Toms Creek Tract.
over 80 people purchased In the last few months
Many already Oh their lands.
year.
One OF the healthest localities In the State; con-
yenIent TO railroad, schools, churches, etc: on a
large creek OF neVer-faiiing water; a fine treut
stream: The richest sediment bottom land; ali
under high CIVILIZATIONS under large Irrigation
ditch; surrounded by the finest orchards in the
State; will plant IL in fruits and care for it for you
IL desired at cheapest possible rates; this is the
greatest offer in the state; look into it; good
fruit farm is fortune.
See prices and terms, only $40 an acre.
acres, 5000; payable 81 SO week
~ acres, 500; payable s5 E
20 acI es. $500; payable $40 week.
More IN Ike proportion; no interest taxes on
you can pay by tho month part cash and balance
on time; call and see Tor yourself or send for map
$40 Market st.
100O FARMS FOR SALE IN ALL pARTs OF
1oVO the State; all sizes. prices kinds and de-
scriptions. from chicken ranch to prinoely do
main; call or write for what you want: can suit
you; tue oldest country real estate office in the
state WESTERN LAND COMP ANY, $40 Market
0STS0 or EASY TERMS WILL BUY FINE
10 OU improved place near Los Gatos OF az
acres OF It Is fruit OF the finest varieties
good house and other improvements; plenty of
living water this is forced sale: any want
Ing a nice home in healthy locality viii take this
Market st. mr5 suTuT6
7 oOK HERE FOR BARGAINS = $4,000: I6O
l. acres rolling: 100 acres farmed; good house
and barn; l acre orchard: running water; near
market, and would make a fine stock or hog ranch.
s400O-s0 acres; level, fenced and all in gram; 2
hours ride on southern Pacific Railroad.
Se5OO-l00 acres; level, fenced. deep rich SOIL;
good fruit and grain land; 212 hours by rail-; 8
hours by buggy from Oakland.
soo00-4U acres; half mile from above place:
nicely improved; orchard. vineyard and aue home;
land for sale aud exchange Apply TO % NJ BOIL
hAN co. IS Ctoe&er building. mrs SuTuTh II
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GE0OO CLEMENTINA ST; 3 HOUSES;
SGOOOO. rents Si2; lot S51SO
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NEWSPAPER DESCRIPTIONS OF RANCHES
FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE ARE
ALWAYS DECEPTIVE

The owners description OF a property which he
OF all " ~
But very few San Francisco agents handling
country property have ever personally seen any OF
the places they represent, many OF whom have
t.AVed scarcely hundred miles in the interior OF
the State aud consequently know nothing OF land
iocAIloAs climates or comparative values, and are
therefore, wholly incompetent aud untrustw orthy.
NOW THEN. NOTE THE CONTRAST.
\. y. SlCKELS THE LAND AGENT, OF IL
montgomery street, this city (who makes strict
eneSl@'Iy Oh handling country property. spent
CNI IL years almost Constantly travelling, with
horse and bu9 gy, throughout the entire state per
sonaly Inspecting and sppralsng nearly every
rahch on the fac!nc Coast. and who even now has
Two energetic men travelling in the same manner
thrCughout the country In every direction, secur.
m Tor SAFE ahd exchange every desirable country
property poss bic for his list
NO dEARSAY, THEORY OR GUESSwORR
about any OF descriptions for no is personally
acquainted with each OF the hundreds OF ranches
he represents. and is now Offering some OF the
greatest bargains ever placed the market: but
his list is by far too large for newspaper pubca.
tion. His long and varied experience and expert
Judgment on land location. climate and compara.
tive values turned to your benefit would be lnval-
liable.
hint to the wise should be sufficient. but the
blindest of all people are those who viii not see
eau or send Tor circular valuable iufor nation
anu catalogue of glitedge propositions to
n. ID. SICKELS
The morning call., 1893-03-05

ZONES, ALLEN & Co.
$50 MARKET ST,
REAL ESTATE OWNERS.
q Ok FOR A BEAUTIFUL LOT IN OAKLAND
ID D1ZC a few feet from Southern Pacific depot,
near Frutvale go and see tbem and you will
surely bny; very easy terms; any lot
at this price; get nap at Office. JONES, ALLEN &
CO.. $50 Market
GOSO ELEGANT LOTS on SILVER AVE.
UZCO. near Mission road: 25xl0o: men are
working on the new electric road that will run to
these lots: $5 or $40 monthly. JONES, ALLEN &
CO.. $50 Market St
> FRoNTAGES, 25xI4O; OPPOSITE YALEN-
- cast cable. few feet from Mission road; $40
monthly. JONES. ALLEN Il CO.. $50 Market st.
. 5o-YARAs on LOMBARD ST, Mr.. FULTON
- Iron Works: corners; street work all done on
Lomb4rd st.; safe investment; cheap for cash
JONES, ALLEN & CO. $50 Market st.
G9R0 NICE LOTS: 25xl2U; s. OF THEPARK
UcOO' on the grand boulevard; the new electric
road Will run on these lots; is being collected
now to build this road buy while you can get them
reasonable JONES, ALLEN q Co, $50 Market
street mrs SuTuTh st
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RoVEE. TOY & CO.,

REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND AUCTIoNEERs.
1s MONTGOMERY ST.
The morning call., 1893-03-05

GIS 0N0 SACRAMENTO ST. NEAR SAN
Gp IL .ONO. some; S-Story brick building. with
elevator; one of the best Investments offered to-
day: loox Into this; particulars at office. BALD
WIN q HAMMOND, 10 Montgomery St
The morning call., 1893-03-05
CITY REAL ESTATE
> q. UMBsEN q CO..

~ ID. q OO
REAL ESTATE AGENTS, Rent COLLECTORS
20. AND GENERAL AUCTIoNEERS.
Il Montgomery St. S, F.
CAL and obtain one of our "Real Estate Rec
ords." which contains list of properties for sale
N all parts OF the city.
IMPROVED PROPERTY.
O. fO0A 'BAY-wINDOw RESIDENCE OF g
:N4UUU. rooms and bath: brick foundations
stone walks, etc.; lot 81 :SxlO5. with an L :6x26
c1f5O OCEAN VIEW; NEW COTTAGES;
CIOoO. rooms and bath each; lot 50xl35;
c106O MINERAL WELL AND APPARATUS;
y i-DO; cottage OF rooms; corner on 2lst
SO9Ou. dence Of ! rooms and bath isiSi BRICK
Togpdations etc. electric bells; lot 25xI37:6;
10000 PAGE ST; ELEGANT 2-sroRY
Oath' stone walks, etO.i lot 25x1s7:e; fine view.
Sl2800 @1H ass sa saai, 75 5IaTs s9 SH2 COT
$500 FILLMORE ST. PACIFIC HEIGHTS:
-SCOU' elegant fats of and rooms sud
oiFu@enized; lot27 :6HlOO; rents s62 so.
G160O STORE AID FLAT, RENTS $40;
p u CdOOO. lot 2Ox75; Tenama St. near sth
&6000 GRoCERs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SDOOOu- corner on 2Oth ST: improvements in
store and fiat; fixtures and goods Included; lot
2sx92
81 .UUO. in store and aars; 81 rents $50; 10:
$4,000 InIAMoND ST, NEAR l7Tn, COT;
Oi 8 rooms; rents s65: lot 25xI Is: Day-windOws;
brick foundations; ali modern improvements: Ehls
Is . bargain.
$4,000 HILL sT.i I FLATS OF : AND
. &7r00 HAYES ST: 2 NICE FLATS OF 8
4 UUU. and rooms and bath each; French
- Eahge; bay windows, brick foundations stone
wslss, etc; stable: rents $50; lot 25xl2o
$4,000 GLE 0LEMESrINA sS y: s.sa ST; HOUSES;
5000 NEAR 27TH AND MISSION; NEW
rents S25.
$4,000 S2E;-Iz,N SoENER ON TAYLOR ST: NEAR
renting for s5S per month: under Lease lot SOx6O.
S80OO TEssIo.o 6sos D. EE5snTs; Edem ELEGANT ANT
lot 6t26xlo7;6; Laurel ST.
$500 4 FLATS; BAY-wINDOws; BRICK
SOCOO. foundations; new building; rents $40:
corner on L2guna St; lot 51:SNloO.
$4,000 TAYLOR ST. AND ri MONTGOMERY
SCCOE. ave 2story house OF Is rooms aud
bath lot IS feet 'front.'
= G9SOO TENFMENTs OF s ROOMS EACH
tGOOOO. rents $40: sbipley ST.; street accepted /.
G1S 00O SELEGANT FLATS OFT ROOMS.
.. II C.OOO. and tn: bay.wl1dow brick fou n
datlous stone walks, etc; rents $3.50; lot 23x9O +;
StoCktJn ST,
G1TO0 COTTAGE OF 5 ROOMS. HIGH
C1 w. basement; lot 25Il27 81 =; Clay ST.
GeOGO ? COTTAGES OF 5 ROOMS; RENT
NOONO' S32 SO; lot 3O1l22:6; howard ST,
UNIMPRoYED PROPERTY
The morning call., 1893-03-05

] oTs IN ALL PARTS OF THE MISSION.
Isots,nOrth and south OF park
Lot. on San Mateo electric road.
Come for prices at Office
:. JACOB 'HEYMAN, $50 Market st.
The morning call., 1893-03-05

ROOMS TO LET. -.
00I GEARY CTHE R1CnELTEU HOUSES =.
A-2 thoroughly renovated; sanitary plumbing in
every room; pleasant sunny rooms newly painted
aud carpeted, en- suite and single; tourists
specially; transient rooms by day, week and
month mrs Inns
1904 McALLISTER ST. DESIRABLE NEWEY
GOe furnished sunny bay-window suite or sim
gle; bath and gas: reasonable; private mrs II
Oe CLARA BET. THIRD AND FOURTH =
~ Pleasant sunny front room In private family;
rent cheap.
eI GOLDEN GATE AVENUE-sUNNY FRONT
O2 room; cheap; also side room
ol0 MONTGOMERY AVE. FURNISHED
o1O rooms from 81 week upward.
$50 EIGHTH FURNISHED OR UNFUR-
- nlsned sunny rooms. mr5 81"
l11O MARKET-FINE FRONT ROOMS, SIN
1dC gle and en- suite for Offices; very cheap.5 %
70Q CALIFoRNIA-PARLoR BEDROOM FOR
TUG gentleman; quiet place: priyate family. 5.z"
9OeA ELLIs-NIcE FURNISHED ROOM TO
oAO let, mr5 3ts
Q1Si GEARY-LARGE- SUNNY. NICELY FUR
01O2 nished room; 81 rs per week. mrs re
OCe HARRISON SUNNY FRONT ALCoVE
Gu room, with or Without board. mrs st"
4 YERBA BUENA. NEAR COR. TAYLOR AND
I Ciay-Large furnished sunny front room. lower
fiat; cheap. mr5 2t'
on SOUTH PARK-LARGE SUNNY FRONT
1O2 rooms; nIcely furnished; private. mr5 st"
ne SOUTH PARK : SUNNY FURNISHED
" front room; So. mr5 2ts
Of7 sECoND-sUNNY SIDE; FURNISHED
- rooms day. week. month; reasonabIe.mr5 m
R0O THIRD-noUBLE AND SINGLE FUR
OOZ nished rooms; cheap. mrs 2ts
QE1 HOWARD - LARGE DOUBLE NICELY
cOI furnished front room; rent $40.
11e SIXTH - NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
11O suites or single; gas and running waters 3t+
70I BUsH-2 NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS;
IL private family. mr5 2ts
10 BRADY. OFF, MARKEP-UFPER TENE-
= ment OF rooms cheap to small family
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GAPETALISiS, ATT ENTIoE "A FEW CAPI-
~ taists wanted TO in :erest themselves directors
I'm properly organized new con- pany having for its
obiscts real estate, building and financial oper-
atians. prospective OF great extension ard large
profits. Address NJ, box 80. call once. MIRO 3t+
$500 ERm Haf on sread apd daPGa s oesln
View McEwEN BROS, 4l5 Montgomery ST.. or
q. TI1ES"S ~|nN Ocean View. mr6 3teuWeFr
The morning call., 1893-03-05

ELEGANT NEW HoUsEsI
IL Cor. Twenty-firs and Castro sts
Latest improvements
p.o,r on Easy Terms.
mrl WeFrSu 23S Montgomery St, near Pine.
The morning call., 1893-03-05

G10 PER MONTH! RICHMOND LoTSi WE
Sp IO have 200 lots In the Richmond district for
sale at prices ranging from 500 $1,000, on easy
terms. orr monthly prce-list contains map OF
Rlchmondi mailed free to any address.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

Blake guilty or VA u inll Is5 This
Question set the oohntry by Fhe ears,
and II has never yet been satisfactorily
answered. For year or more tno
newspapers were in an uproar aoout u,
and woe to the luckless scribe whose
managing editor assigned him to the
task of looking up the Mulllsan case.
His defense, made most dramatically
on the floor Of the house, was memoir
able scene in the annals OF the Amerl-
can Congress. But was MIR. Blaine SIN
cere or was he only acting?
A so-called force bill was pending IN
the House while Mr.. Blaine was Speak
err. 1t was measure championed Oy
his own party. The Democrats opposed
it. There came rumor that MT.
Blaine as presiding officer would make
a decision which would place 1t within
the power OF the minority TO defeat the
bill. Was this true or false? A score
of newspaper correspondents were set
to work to ascertain. IL was she sensa-
ton of the hour. But Mr.. Blaine I'M
derstood the art OF keeping his own
counsel, the value of the dramatic sur
prise as well as of the talk producing
mystery. How he finally came TO the
front with q decision which amazed the
country, but more securely liked MIN IN
the public eye as rising aud cour-
ageous man, is a matter OF history.
Then came q long series OF Blaine
mysteries. Mr.. Blaine was candidate
for the presidential nomination OF his
party. Could he secure it? Mas be 10
earnest, or was he trying to throw
the prize first to another In hopes
of picking il up for himself later on?
On the steps Of Washington church he
was taken suddenly i'll, Just before the
nominating convention at Cincinnati In
1876. Was he seriously I'LL, was it q
case Of sunstroke, was he suffering from
some organic disease or was he acting q
Fart? There were men mean enough
TO suggest the last named explanation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01
BIN NYB IN OHIO, !
,,Oar WITH 4 MORAL OF SELF MADE
NAN.
How :, III 1'R i Bad Break s, WHEN
he Proposed to bis Wiz
Of Good Young Nan
o.....,,,,. 1892, by Edgar " NS'.

MI I' Eve we are at the Gockroach
O well We have Just arrived wee i, aae the
n ou,sp has tried to snatch cur ll'tle va
porter away and check them " ~h len we In
y1 T p ~sa allow this myself d.d for once
w We, erin was siruptitloIsIy opened and
my my COUGH 5lp syrup taken by an unknown
person. obout over Ohio. hav.
we H S'i,l look and fnancial strin-
Ing s q p ~bich I hope will be relieved
g g haH Mr.. Cleveland takes the chair.
G Gno5 times will then be plentiful, and if
U ,,os Se need need never come before the peo-
n rIa cain for anything. | know a dray-
I2 a mite we'll here. l had letter to
MAJ rom truckman in New York
n n'-v He says that his case is only one
ci' LAW in Ohio. He had to mortgage
~ ' lam under Republican rule offour
n naS Int after the 4th of March next,
g be ooes out to the barn and finds that
y mortgage ~ still on his team, he is going
70 Nv vote hereafter with the third party.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

ilghtest, cheeriest, most comnodious
uepots In the Union, think. while the
one at Marion is so small that you have
70 go to the ticket window and ask the
price OF your ticket and then go outside
70 get the money out of your pocket.
AT Ashtabula, o., we found the old
nome OF Ben Wade. Ben Wade was
very bald and yet he had many admir-
ers both In the State and out Of 1t.
On the evening of Mr.. WINDOWS sud-
Gen death at the great dinner at Del
mon!co's we got to discussing Wade be-
lore going into. dinner, and to sort Of
cheer me up he spoke of Wade's great
ness and badness, as II they went In
pairs, which is really not so by good
deal.
Zone day." said Mr.. Window, "Wade
had made particularly brilliant speech
and was welcomed by the great general
mass OF people, and Ohio people in par
ticulaf. One old lady especially said:
"Mr. Wade, have come over 400 miles
to hear that speech, and I am tickled
plum to death with the way you socked
it to 'em. want to shake hands with
you, and also want, as special favor,
to carry home lock OF your hair."
Certainly says Wade, stepping for
ward with gallantry and shaking her
warmly by the hand, i will shake hands
with you with much pleasure and jerk
ing off his wig he told her to help her.
self"
Joshua r. Giddings, with Wade. also
lived in the county seat, which is near
the city of Ashtabula. The city has
tried six years to get the court house,
but failed, and so there is q feud over IT..
A country without feud Is rather a
dull place to live in. am getting ready
to have one in my beautiful North Caro-
lima nome, but so far cannot find a
worthy man who will attend to the feud
while write it up for the press. POSI-
bly, the man who onilt my house will do.
Ashtabula has $4,000 people and is
very prosperous.
Gaspipe, the great penman and au-
thor Of How to Avoid Bad Breaks In
Good Society,"" lives here. He came very
near eStranglng my wife and myself. L
used one OF his ready written proposals
of marriage, and she, having studied the
same with the idea OF famlllarlzlng her-
self with the manner Of rejecting any
such thing without causing needless
pain, recognized the composition of the
| B: but got a chance to write one my
SELF afterward, which was so earnest
yet full of wit and command of lah-
guage, that 1 gave her my hand in mar
riage and endowed her with all my
worldly goods. including a good shot-
gun.
Mr.. Gaspipe is good man to prepare
forms OF correspondence, even to leu
ter from defeated candidate for mayor
to his wife's mother, in which ne ex-
presses the opinion that the successful
party will be so lacking in Judgment
during his term that the opposition VIII
easily win. at which time, should he De
successful and build an addition to the
house, he would be glad to have visit
from her.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

the conspicuous position which he has
so long occupied. However this may
be, it is certain that Mr.. Blaine has
ever kept the press guessing and watch
and hunting, with the inevitable result
that he was the best advertised man in
America.
/ am quite ready to sympathize with
the view taken by the veteran CORES
pondent whom I have already quoted
81 have written so much of Blaine, said
he, talked so much Of him, walked and
rode so many Thousand miles In quest OF
information about him, have taxed my
wits aud my Imagination so much with
him az the central figure, that indeed IL
has seemed to me at times that my
dreams were of Blaine, and that q
storm had swept over the country add
twisted all the telegraphic wires into
fantastic shapes, which spelled his name
in fifty places along every one OF the
hundreds Of thousands OF miles OF tele-
graphic lines in TIE country.
81 have reused from sleep In cold
swent caused By dream that some one
had scooped ne on Blaine. have re-
posed sleeplessly upon my pillow p-
dred nights thinking about the
Blaine puzzle and trying TO
much like q perpetual motion q
deavoring 70 evolve an acconl
Of the impossible For tuenx
| Mr.. Blaine has been 70 ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01
SCNATRA WRAPPERS.
HOW TIE TOBACCO IS GROWN AND CARD
FOR.
A Traveller Recently Rssurssd ron Sunirs
wri!ss Letter Fhal Will lnierssl Al
Smokers as Wei a. American
Tobacco 6rowsrL

Sp.-fal Csrrssposdencs Of tN Rscfrfr.
NEW YORK, December $40 those
accustomed TO the spreading aud we'll
kept tobacco fields OF America the culti-
walton OF tobacco In Sunatrs Is reve-
lation. The tobacco growing districts
are almost jungle. consisting OF trees
and thick underground. This Is cleared
In a perfunctory manner by blazing
right through the tract selsetea, and
then starting a scrub fire. What burns
I'D remains as ashes, what Is hail
burned is left lying where 10 Is, aud In
the widely dispersed clear patches or
varying size the cody plants the young
tobacco, carefully traRsplantcd from
seed beds or nurseries.
The care and labor bestowed upon
the culture OF the tobacco Is Infinite.
The young plants are tended like chill,
dren. Green boughs are placed over
them TO shade them, and every morn
ing the plants must be cleared or Inc
sects, etc. Before dawn one can often
SEQ these interchangeable workers In the
field, looking like trebugs with their
twinkling lanterns. Eternal vigilance
is the price OF the maximum salary, for
each cody is given just so much seed
and is paid an equivalent 10 eight dol
lars per Thousand for the actual mum
Der OF plants produced. Day and night
tic cody tends his "trees" until they
are cut down, sixty or ninety days after
planting, when they are carried TO the
drying house, where he sorts his littid
crop into sizes, hands IL up and at
taches his account 10 IL.
When field has been cleared tobac-.
co Is grown on IL from three 10 four
gears. Then 1t Is considered grown
out" and a move Is made TO another
tract. Where IL Is possible 10 plow this
Ia done with oxen, but II is practical In
very few places. II is almost impossible
20 20 through n tobacco field unless ono
follows the wagon tracks cut mere aud
there leading 10 the barns or farming
houses. These barns are marvellous
structures 400 feet long by 800 feet wide,
SO feet high at the sides and 90 feet in
the clear, matched with atap or palm
leaf thatch, the sides and ends almost
all windows, and never mil or screw
in the entire wooden structure, every
Joint and fastening being made by dove
failing one piece with another.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01
SMILES


A divorce lawyer likes a domestlc
broi, done bro8n.-Bin9hompto" ~
/ publican.
The trouble IS that when a man needs
HIS nerve most be can't find it.-Atc"'So"
I Globe.
When the small boy starts carry lof
the pantry 10 isn't to avoid inc J"~'-
fRteT-OcsGn.
Talk is cheap. This is partly due 70
the fact thar 50 much OF 1t needs 10 De
ppted.-Pbuadelphid Times.
Jagson saws ne supposes ciog-dancing
had ira ORIGIN in the great stamp act we
hear 50 mpcb about.-Elmtro Gazette.
ia Miss Hinote a good singer?" "She
must be- Every other gIrl ~ %, 'ue cuo.I
seems to dislike her. "-#a$''"9'o"
Star. ..
tioD for himself, but woman, bless her'
u,srts 70 make one for everybody In the
nefgbborbood.- Einira Gazette.
Poom for One Only.-Clara-"What
do ION tbink OF my new muff?" Maude
.:T@veIv. But where do you put your
49, bondP"-NClU York Herald.
A nieno tuner who would admit that
snv other piano tuner ever did good
iob would be curiosity worth taking
. ,,osd look at.-Nsl0 York World.
A matter OF dOuot-"Is thai man
there a sculptor or surgeon?" II
DOM know. Why?" II heard him say
he had been doing a foot ball player in
master. "-IRdiOnGpOltS Journal
Stells-"Dld you know that Mr.. Tip
,ler rms laundry?" Fannie-"How
Si5 YOU fiud that out?" Stella-"l
h ard Tom say that Mr.. Tippler had
n zee sheets in the wind last night. y
4 IT Ocean.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-01

Maid than was contained In the remark
of a veteran Washington correspondent.
.sFor,a quarter OF century" said he,
flames G. Blaine has not for o single
day teen out Of the mind Of any news
paper man in the capital. Blaine has
made more trouble for the newspaper
writer's of America than any other man
In our history. AS l look back over my
newspaper career-a career filled with
hard work, day and night, ceaseless
Quest for information, never ending
hunt for facts and winnowing OF the
grain from the chaff-it seems to me
that at least one.haf my time and more
than one-half my energies have been
devoted to Mr.. Blaine"
The veteran correspondent went on to
explain that this was not alone from the
fact that Blaine has occupied such a
prominent place in the political and
governmental world, but because he has
been man of mystery as well as OF ac-
tivlty; man who was always doing
something, but who was not always
willing the world should know what 1t
was. There has always been Blaine
mystery of one sort or another in this
country, mystery which it was the
duty OF the newspaper correspondent to
endeavor TO solve. From the mystery
OF the congressional investigation or GER
tain charges made against Mr.. Blaine
at the outset OF his career In Washing
ton to the deathwatch placed upon him
as he lay fatally stricken IN his historic
Washington residence his name has
been TO newspaper writer's synonym
for work, for midnight riding In cabs
and for ceaseless anxiety and worry.
The correspondent who started out
thirty years ago to keep an eye on MIR.
Blaine, 70 note what the rising young
statesman was about, TO interview him
and gossip about him with hiS intlmates,
is now an old man, worn and weary In
the service Of the reading public. Mr..
Blaine has led him q lively dance, in
deed such a dance as no other public
man we have mad since the newspaper
art was perfected has led his friends OF
the press.
Mr.. Elaine has been o man of mys-
teries seemingly without effort to be
mysterious. There has not, so far as
Guy JUG COulu oCc, Occu duJ COueSiOuo-
ness on his part OF the peculiar position
which he was occupying with reference
to the purveyors OF public information.
But if Mr. Blaine mad started out delib-
erately to make himself talked about.
to win that sort OF advertising which
keen old Zach Chandler said every sue
cessful public man must have, whether
it consist Of praise or abuse does not
matter, he could not have chosen q bet
ter method than that which he unwit-
tingly, perhaps, adopted.
There are men who think that Mr..
Blaiae's prominence in the politics OF
this country has been out Of all proper
tIon to his public services or his abilities;
men who say that but for his peculiar
knack Of mystlfying the public,a and thus
setting the sleuths Of the press barking
at mis- heels, and thus making his name
known wherever newspaper was
read, he would never have assumed