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The morning call., 1893-12-03
THE MAZE,
Cor. Market, Taylor and Golden Gate Ave.
WHEN WIRES ARE CROSSED.
The Time When You Can Call Up
Spirits From the Vastly Deep.
race MacGowan Cooke in Puck

Orace MdcGoWan COOKE IN Hucks
The modern equivalent for ''calling up
spirits from the Vastly deep" is talking over the
telephone. Central is your sibyi; you stand on
your given point and howl to her. out In the
void somewhere. Central, Oh Central give
me 999v'-and she does it-that many and a
few more, for good measure. She pulls out
plug somewhere, and, suddenly, you are in a
place of giant whispers, the rustic OF condor
wings. the hiss and rattle of gigantic serpenrs
the sn piping and roaring OF a vast and distant
prairie fire. and around and about In this vor-
tex are borne the wailfu spiri's OF the damned.
who speak you foul or fair as they whlrl past.
First comes the soul OF a little man with
gate IL, walls Dack. II don't want you. Oh,
don't want you'll never asked for youl" You
are inclined TO tell the uncivil spook that ips
mutual. when he is swept on. ana you hear a
woman crying In little thin. dry shrek, some.
where on the distant shores OF purgatory,
why don't you send up those plumbers-Say?
The heater won't work, and we're all freeZingi"
It's evident that she's not In the orthodox
Kind of limbo; but her shrilling Is interrupted
by Tine voice OF woman waling for her demon
lover" Fred, o Fred, where are you. dear?
1 had you moment agoy but now they've cut
us off-they'ye cut us Off-they've cnt-" The
voice OF the poor little ghost died i'm an eer1e
wall. and The two are swept past. like Fran.
ceSca aud Paolo In Daute's vision - driven
through the gloom In an eternal (verbaD EN-
brace. When she talks there is an odd little
sound like churr-I-r churr-r-r, in the machine,
which you know to be gIggle. A-rs,
The language of these. who. in a simpler and
less occult civilization would be called lovers,
Is not 10 be understood by the exoteric. She
assures him. In her faint aud mufiied tones,
that he Is 100 mean to live and awfully hateful,
and that she just despis him; 10 all of which
he answers: law. uow," and 'hey?" which.
10 initiate, must be a wtticism, for the little
chnrr-r-r churr-r-r sound always follows 1t.
Meantime, chorus Of the lost, who are like
the sands of the sea for number. and appar-
emily in great torment. are crying out in all
Keys for Central, oh Central Centrali" and
demanding every number from l to 1000.
Suddenly and strangely the sounds all cease
ana out of the silence big. accusing voice do
mdnds. "Who are you, anyhow" Startled into
iofgetfulness OF your own name, you are slow
IN replying. and before you can 40 so pau
demonium break loose again: "Ceniall"
"Heiio, there" Ninety-three" "Who?"
"Wha;?" "Wajier say?' Nope" yep"
Gimme me G0!' "I don't want 20i'' "Oh
Central = Central - CENTRALi-" All inter-
spersed with bursts OF goblin laughter, sighs
and faint-drawn cries. Aud you hang up the
phone and walk mile to see the man you were
In n ~
The morning call., 1893-12-03
AN HISTORIC WOMAN GONE.

musician, whom she met In the army.
They settled in Michigan. Seven children
were born to them. Four died in one day
Of 6iphtheria, and some years later the re-
naming three died within two days of the
same dread disease. Dickinson died
married Jerry Fryer, Sheriff of Pinole
County. Ariz. A few years ago they sep
arated, but were moi divorced. Mrs. Fryer
came to San Francisco about three years
ago and has lived here since, though she
was absent twice on visits to Arizona and
Texas.
Her only source of income was a pension
granted her by the Government, and her
literary work. She had little room on
the third floor Of the lodging-house. 1t
was very plainly furnished, containing
only necessary furniture. She told Mrs.
Taylor, the landlady, late on Friday ever
ing that she was gong To Alameda the
next day to see the Grand Army people
about delivering a lecture some time during
the month. About 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning Mrs. Taylor entered her room
and found her unconscious and breathing
heavily. Drs. Harvey and Moore were
called in, and. thinking that the patient
had taken poison. gave her an emetic She
did not recover consciousness. and died at
2 o'clock. The body was removed to the
MOrgue.
On a table near the head of the bed the
Coroner's deputy found bottle which
had contained carboiic acid, another that
contained antipyripe and third that
contained what looked like strychnine.
These we're taken to the CGronel's Office
and with them were several letters written
by the deceased to friends. The letters
were in envelopes, which were directed and
STAMPED. but unsealed. There was moth
ing in any Of these epistles that indicate
that she contemplated suicide. They were
all dated December /.
One of these letters, addressed to MY
dear friend" contained the following para
The morning call., 1893-12-03
MAKING 1T CLEAR.
Just How Cars Are Run by Electric

An old man from somewhere beyondfhe sub
urbs stood yesterday on Forty street
corner watching d trolley-ear moving swiftly
eastward with heavy load of passengers.
That's one OF these 'lectrc cars. ,.ain't lt?" he
said. turning to bored.looking man who was
leaning against telegraph-p pole.
"Yes."
II don't see how Electricity eau make a car
full O people flip along over the ground like
that"
"You don't ?" exclaimed the other becoming
interested. why it's easy enough TO see
through when you once understand it'
~. IL ,xpect SO, but I've never heard enough
about 1t To understand it."
1T is all matter OF watts A watt don,t
you see, IS traction of horse power ex.
pressed in the technical language of electrical
engineering. You know what an ampere is
don't you?'
"a what 2"
An ampere. II Is quantity OF electricity
tnat goes through the wire and develops the
wait. The electricity comes from the central
dynamo through that wire you see running
along overhead, runs down through that iron
pole and goes 10 the motor. which is an ngen-
iouS Dut perfectly simple Arrangement OF wire
coils with revolving frame acted upon by The
current, which sess it TO spinning, and thus
puts I'D motion small cegwheel that engages
tary movement TO third cogwhee fastened TO
the axle OF the car. It's as plain as day when
you get the idea"
Yes, but how"
"Don't you understand it yet? There's sort
of wire brush that presses against a copper
plate connected with the motor, and the wire is
wound on the frame was telling you about, so
that when the current enters the moi or 1t can
90 either way. and part of II goes one way aud
part the other. SO that the pressure Is applied
in opposite directions. and that's what makes
the jgger ieyolve and seiS the wheels in mo-
tion. The current goes back through an under
ground wire. See through il now?'
''Yes. l think l kind o. get The idee.n
The affabe stranger StrOlled down the streat
and the old man took another look al The over
head wire. gazed earnestly in The direction in
which the Car had gone, took off his baI and
wiped his forehead. ' "uu
What I'd like 10 know" he mutterea ..is
ao!' As' 'uo o"i
The morning call., 1893-12-03

classes though it is not least striking among
the nobility. Six feet is common height for
a man here, and really do not believe / exag-
gerate IN saying the men OF six feet three or
four inches are as abundant in Stockholm as
men OF six feet are with Us.
The tallness OF the women is just as note
worthy. You remark it less. however, because
they are SO well proportioned. They say IT Is
easy 10 tell by the SIZE OF the boots outside The
doors which rooms of a hotel are occupied by
the Swedish fair This is very endurable hit
at the Swedish ladies. Though they do wear
skies or sevels In shoe ealher, no SCULPTOR
would find iault with them on professional
grounds. Moreover, they have most winsome
compilations, and. OF course. blue eyes are no.
where more intensely blue than here.
1t Is comforting to know Il speak on the evil
dence Of one OF the pensionaires>, That swedish
maicens have great admiration for English
bachelors. They read French novels. but thew
believe in English bridegrooms. The blood
bond still exists, l suppose, between them
anQ us
The morning call., 1893-12-03
A YELLOW JACKET NEST.
The Biggest of Its Kind and in Very
Active Occupation.
Galveston New

OalVeSIOn news.
Seven miles northeast of this place, near the
Logansport road, there Is a most wonderful
yellow jackets nesr-wonderful In size. age
aud locality. These little stinging flies, or
whatever they should be called, usually
nest In the ground, and have one door for en-
trance and exit. Their nest is built of material
like wasp nests, about the size OF half bushel
with several rooms. or APARTMENTS, ana many
cells In which the young ones are raised. They
usually occupy nest but one year.
The nest in question IL located upon a pine
tree, or rather around the trunk OF pine tree
that Is about a foot in diameter aud 1t is about
eighteen feet above the ground. The tree ap.
pears to pass through the very center of the
nest, which is conlcai in shane, or, as farmer
expressed II. shaped just like an old ia shone ed
hoop SKIRT" but much larger. being about
flve feet high and same in diameter at the base
which Is as fiat as If it had been sawed
of. 1t appears TO be many years Old. and
Is built OF The usual wasp nest material
The yellow jackets may be seen standing at The
many holes In the base or the nest, or on the
under side, They are not tightly, because they
are ont OF reach OF Disturbance. The ordinary
ground nester Is always ready to raise Cain.
aud woe be TO the animal that stamps and
stands upon it.
The morning call., 1893-12-03
THE MAZE.
Market, Taylor and Golden Gate Avenue.
JUST "DASHED 1T OFF,"
1t Was a Fair Bit of Verse and the
Poetic Editor Remembered Ii.

Atlanta Constitution.
He was a pale, thin young man, with blue
eyes and feelings, and he struck the office
about 8 A NJ. with poem and forlorn aspect.
1t was poem for the times and for sale.
~ just dashed 1t off," he explained. "in a
hurry. at the Kimball House this morning. and
Pll say that it's good one IL did write it.
VIII you read it?"
The poelica editor took the manuscript.
handing it back 10 the pale young man, said:
You wrote this poem?"
"Well. now, isn't it singular that remember
all OF it without having read il ?"
"You dOn't!"
"But dol' and then the poetical editor re-
peaied the poem, word for word, while the pale
young man held the manuscript.
While this little performance was going on
the pale young man was sight to behold. HIS
fingers iwltched nervously; he gnawed of the
rim OF his hatband and perspired freely over
his shirt 'front.'
..Yes." ne gasped, "rll be hanged il you don't
know il by heart. but I'll swear wrote it this
morning"
he poetical editor was sorry for him, be-
holding his confusion. and so he said, sooth-
Il don't doubt tnat you wrote it, my frien d.
1t is possible that our thoughts run 10 the same
channel; perhaps was thinking out the poem
While you were writing It."
No, SIR" said the pale fellow, stumbling In a
corner on pile of Georgia exchanges and per-
spring faster Than ever. "No. sir, it couldn't
US, duu yci-IIl swear WrOtc II, ana III
swear you know IL without readn' i'll l guess
I'll take the elevator, IL you WON'T take the
poem"
With one hand pressed against his brow and
the other closed tightly on tile crumpled verses.
he stumbled into the hallway and rang weakly
for the elevator Then, while 1t was ascending
10 the seventh story, he rushed into the room
and shouted through his perspration:
II don't care what you say or do-Ill swear
l wrote that poem darn your
The poem was the old familiar one be-
ginning:
IL had known In the morning
How wearily all the day
The words unkind would trouble NV mind
/ said when went away
had been more careful, darling
Nor given you needless pain;
But we vex our own with look and tone
We may never take back againI
And that's why the pOatical editor amazed
the young man who had "just dashed it OFF, by
remembering ii. ~
The morning call., 1893-12-03
COLLEGE GIRLS.
Something Wrong With Higher Edu.
cation, as Half Become Old Maids.
ST. Lonis RenuI

st. Louis Republic
The question OF what becomes of the college
girl is one of very considerable importance and
with a view TO throwing some light on it an ex-
animation, has been made Of the history Of
FaSsar graduates.
The result is interesting IL not decisive. OF
the first twenty-four graduating classes at Vas
sar. embracing S67 members, 315 were re-
ported as married, 305 as teachers, % as ply
Slcians. 80 as literary workers and the rest az
artists, oookkeepers and SO forth-fve of them
being farmers" and let us hope, highly scien.
tihc ones.
The main point is whether or not the college
girl Is less available for matrmOuv on account
seem TO indicate that she Is. Only SO per cent
of marriages reported among graduates of
's Nassar Is NOT record OF which that
1t is said by the experts, however, NaT.
that these figures are not fully reliable, and
that very nearly half of 1.-The Vassar graduates
half marry. there is certainly something wrong
with the curriculum. The world would become
unnhabitable II only 30 per cent of the women
III IL married, leaving an equal percentage of
men unprovided for. It would not do at ali
IL Is said that Ii the Vassar girls marry later
they marry better than girls who are not
question, which may finally turn on what
is meant by better" 1t does not appear
that the husbands OF Vassar girls have ever
hgured extensively among the great men OF
the world. the patriots. statesmen. scientists
and phianthrOpists. whose work has been
blessing to mankind. 1t is certainly true
that the husbands of women not educated
at Vassar have been represented extensively
In that class.
II the statistics do not lie most outrageously.
Vassar IS disconraging mafrimony. Whether
1t does Ii by making lis graduates over-fastidi-
Gus in their attempts TO select husband or
whether here Is something In their training
that makes young men suspicious and wary in
dealing with Them, Is less 10 The point than the
fact that al least half of them are reported as
confirmed old maids.
The morning call., 1893-12-03
Tunnel and Bridge to Copenhagen.
London GIohe

!. Go Copenhagen is often cut off from the MAIN
lions OF Ice in the Great Belt, and ii is now nro
p possa 10 make tunnel between the islands of
Hee,sno Fnnsn "a ana Funen, and bridge between
t'm,ai uuen "nu Tue mainland. The termini of The
1ovea. r' ana Its length about eleven niles
Inc construction will be easy, owing to the soft
.i maruse OF Inc bottom, and the Island OF SprogOe
,n n9 90 cost OF the tunnel is estimated at
InU,voo.Voo Danish crowns (about 81 L 20, 000);
tnaeo tnes OF the bridge, 100000 crowns
s,.o S"oosU,uuol. sl. and Copenhagen Will be brought
The morning call., 1893-12-03
THE MAZE!
Market, Taylor and Golden Gate Avenue.


went off to roost alone and thfsdeserted chicks
huddled together, vaguely thinking, 'What
cold world,"
Another interesting characteristic about this
old grandmother hen was her sOlieitude for
young hens who were just beginning TO expert
ence tne nrst 1nciinations 10 SET. She would
stand before heir nest and talk" In the most
earnest, subdued tones; her vocabulary must
nave been quite extensive, for she could con-
tlnue without any hesitation for such a long
tlme 1t always seemed to me that she was
relating her own experience and giving ADVICE
70 me young and Inexperienced OF her kind.
certainly the young hens appeared to listen
with all the respect possible; they no doubt
thought that she magnfed the cares and
responsibilities; 1T least she never dissuaded a
young hen from her resolution TO set
agree with the writer In the last issue
Science, who says: 'There is no need of going
beyond the barnyard 10 hear definite animal
vocabulary OF considerable number of words. -
III our language Is he result of evolution it has
come up through lower forms, and it Is only le.
gitimate 10 credit animals with a varying de-
gree OF power of communicating.
The morning call., 1893-12-03
THE MAZE.
Market. Taylor and Golden Gate Avenue.

aud to ease the lazy of trouble" On the other
hand still older wri or (Turtullian bids those
who have wigs consider whether hey are likely
TO 20 to heaven in such things; moreover, he
aShs them ''how they can be sure that what
they are wearing may not be the hair OF some
damned person or other" The language of
1.-THE fathers" seems 10 have been vigorous. Ii
one ''talt ed like father nowadays ir would
BE- con sidered rude
The morning call., 1893-12-03
THE SWEDES.
The Men and Women of Sweden Are
Big, Strong and Vigorous.
Cornhill Magazine

CorDnlu mdRdZiu6
What enormous fellows and what levathan
persons some Of these Swedish men aud women
are! Nowhere Will you see such noble speci-
mems OF adult humanity as Ia Stockholm's
streets Tbs feature seems TO pervade all
The morning call., 1893-12-03
How IT'S Done.

The horse must stretch to take first place
And gain the pelf:
The bicycIist TO win a race
Must hump himself.-N. 7. Press.
The morning call., 1893-12-03

1t is no longer the fashion to use marks
OF punctuation in our letters. What a
pity. said one society lady the other day.
Tor had just mastered the arr"
The morning call., 1893-12-03

The Shetland women are the finest
knitteIs in the world.
The morning call., 1893-12-03

RICHARDS & Co.. druggists. 4o6-s Clay.
The morning call., 1893-12-03
DRY GOODS.
THE MAZE!
THINGS for Holiday Presents.

SEND FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
rms book contains 160 pages handsomely Illus
traled. giving you All the required in ormaton
department store In san FRANCISCO. 1t has thirty
pages devoted TO TOYS and holiday goods, and is
snost Yaiuaoie to those living out OF the city.
Sent Tree upon application.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-25
IN JUNE.

From The Academy.
wake with The flowers that VIII watch out INC 'o"''
Yellow and white -
In the midsummer twiilchts over the land
For the dawn at hand
From the secret and sileIt regions OF birth
To earth.
You shall find me early ana leave me late'
can always walt, 80 .
As sure as that summer and sun will disclose
The heart OF the rose.
With the brooding passion OF poet or biid
Til life be stirred
In the formlcss thought. in the eggs or blue,
And love in you.
Oh. the sky delight OF the roscbud's rcd
oh, the word unsaid.
"' >
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-19
R[GElI[S DEPOSITS PlYlRLE on lENlEl

uuys aud coils exchange on New Yorf. ssn
ltanglfUl, thicuru, IT. Louis. Omaha. london
ahd Hll principal Continental Giles.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-19

he student 10 travel aud one act o
OPINIONS for him 10 adopt In order 70 q
himsuIf Tor everyday practice. In the
face u these facts, ! say, let US have no
arbitrary laws that Will Obstfuct rec.
dom aud intellectual Liberty ia iuriher.
ing and pefitcting the sciences u
me llciue. Nm. MCCOY.
SALT LAKE Cf1Y.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-19

Safety Deposit Vault, absolutely bur.
rlar and nroproof H9nt- IS 10 e2j nor
NfHr.
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- NIEREsT PNo 0N sArlNas ~ rlnE pEposIrs :.
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OF SALT LAKE CITY,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-09-16
SHUN THE SHARPERS.
The Grocery Fake Again Being Worked
Among Our Farmers. How People
Like to be Duped.

About year ago some sharpers cam
vassed the farmers of this county for an
eastern grocery supply house and duped
many OF their customers. The DAILY
LEADER exposed their methods fully at
the time and opened eyes OF many to the
iniquity OF the business. These fellows
sell few OF the most common articles
of household use at perhaps the same or
little less price than the ruling price in
small quantities in the stores of this
city. The farmer on the supposition
that he isgetting a bargain, buys in large
quantities and in most of cases quantities
OF articles such as spices, etc., which he
cannot use up in years. He is not aware
how much of the unnecessary material
he has on hand until he has paid for it
in cash and looked it over. The sugar,
teas and coffees, perhaps, he has got
cheap enough, and they may be of good
quality and they may not; but il he had
attempted to buy the same large quanti-
ties in stores here for cash, he could
have purchased the same much cheaper
and better. The result is, he has been
badly cheated by these sharpers
He ought TO have done an honest
business with his own merchants at
home, who have, perhaps, been carrying
him on credit for months. A DAILY
LEADER reporter is reliably informed
that there will be car load OF such
groceries and other articles delivered at
the station here the 10th OF next month,
and II those who patronize the swindle
shoald find out hereafter that our home
merchants in the future will NOT give
them credit when they ask for it, they
should bear in mind that these business
men have lost confidence in, them by
reason Of their connection with this
swindling grocery scheme.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-09-16
Circuit Court.

The jury cases in court are nearing a
close, but several court cases will remain
to be heard next week. The following
have been disposed of:
The case of Gessel and Van Doren VS..
John Huss and c. M. Klotzbach has
been argued and is with the court.
Lewis Spawn VS.. Jas. H. Hadfield was
dismissed on it's merits.
Mary Hurry vs.. Geo. P. McQuillan
judgment for plaintiff
Jacob B. Koehler VS.. James Ward
Referred to VIM McGrath.
Fuller & johnson VS.. j. NJ. Hurley
Settled.
M. z. Nichols vs.. w. w. James. Re.
ferred to McGrath
Chas. Dielman vs. ]. A. Trow, ct al
Referred to Judge Palmer.
r. S. Peale & Co. VS.. j. B. Seminars
On trial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-09-16
Royal Relics.

A writer in La Vie Contemporaine''
has discovered that an old box in thel lum-
Der room of the Louvre museum instead
of containing archives, ~ was supposed
by many. Is full Of the relics of royal per-
sonages-jawbones, shoulder blades,
shanks, ribs and vertebra. The writer
states that there are among them the
scapula OF Hugues Capet, the thighbone
Of Charles V, the shinbones of Charles
vi and Francis l, the vertebra Of Charles
VII and Charles TX, the ribs of Philippe
le Bel and Louis XII and the lower jaw
bone Of Catherine de Medicis. The au-
thenticity Of these relics is, he says,
proved by papers also found in the box.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-09-16

Miss Gizzelle Sikay, 16 years old,
daughter of John Sikay of Bridgeport,
died Sunday. She was to have been mar
ried to Henry Callopee. Miss SiIxay bad
just been trying on her wedding dress,
and displaying an opal pin intended for
the veil remarked TO her bridesmaids:
Some girls think opals bring i'll luck. !
am sure this will bring Henry and me
nothing but happiness.
She deposited the pin in it's case and
turned 20 rearrange the display Of her
wedding gifts, when the muscles OF her
face contracted and she was seized with q
CONFUSION, during which she sank to the
foor unconscious. Her heart ceased to
beat in DO minutes. New Haven Regis.
ter