The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-13
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

III uuSiucSs III Tie early udys, 10 az tho aiaSSs
He first crossed the plains with bis own train
In 184S, one year before the 49-ers made their
entry Irto this State. MIR. Majors is now in his
SEVENTEEN year. but still retains much OF his
youthful vigOr and enthusiasm. In 1850 he
established the pony express between st. Joe,
Mo-, and Sacramento, distance OF 2OOO miles.
The schedule time for the trip over the entire
distance then was ten days. and he ran the ven
ture for one year without single failure to get
through on time. When President Lincoln's
inaugural address was delivered on March 4.
1861, IL was telegraphed to st. Joe and
there turned over to the express company. In
exactly seven days and seventeen hours 1t was
landed 10 Sacramento, the number OF miles
Travelled being an average OF about 300 every
twenty-fOur hours. the quickest time, IL IS
claimed, ever made over like distance. The
company also established the first daily stage
line between the Missouri River and Denver
and Salt Lake. The pony express, Mr.. Majors
says, demonstrated The prdcticabity OF rail-
road line over the central route. The postage
on letter at that stime was So from one ex-
treme OF the line TO the other.
Nathan Walthall, one OF the successful "boom-
ers" who entered Oklahoma when thar Terri
tory was opened TO settlement, is In the city.
Mr.. Walthall Tells OF novel mission upon
which a resident OF that Territory Is now en-
route 10 the tbickly settled manufacturing dis
tricis OF New England. There are scarcely any
women in Oklahoma, and many OF the settlers
are already we-to-do in worldly matters, with
bright prospects before them. They want
wives, and have sent commissioner into the
locality mentioned who will endeavOr to secure
about 100 Intelligent and otherwise acceptable
girls who are willing 10 open negotiations look
ing toward marriage with the Oklahoma bach
elUrs. The commissioner carries with him the
photograph Of each manly candidate. with
description OF his business prospects and all OF
his personal characteristics which are likely 10
prove interesting to the girls.
DR.. l.. n. de Freese. member OF the faculty
of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Is WIS.,
iting friends in Oakland. The doctor says that
some of the experts at the university have re.
Gently been investigating the medicinal proper
lies and effects of certain species of cactus
found in the Indian Territory, the hearts OF
which are eaten by the natives and which pro.
duces species of intoxcatiOn somewhat sim
liar TO hasheesh. Used in moderation they are
found to De powerful tonic, and as a pre-
ventive OF the reaction which usually sets In
after ''spree" they have no equal. For this
reason the discovery will doubtless find
hearty reception from bucoic individuals at
least. No reaction of a depressing nature fol-
lows the use OF the plant and the Indians re-
gard It as sure specific for consumption.
1.-The clay-eaters of the South, OF whom men,
ton is frequently made In the press, form a
very small GLASS;" said L. o. Williams Of VIII
mingtOn, n. G., yesterday, land / knew OF only
one settlement myself. That is In the Smoky
Mountain region of my State. an isolated local.
lily near the watershed which drains westward
Into the New River In West Virginia and the
head waters OF the Big Sandy. The clay which
they eat Is OF d bluish-gray color, and is worked
up into pills or boluses about the size of a
bullet or small marble. The saliva quickly dis
solves the stuff ana leaves no gritty substance
in the mouth. That there Is some nutritious
property IN the clay would seems probable from
the fact that many OF these people have been
known to go for days without any other food"
There died In my town last week woman
whose name was known In almost every
Catholic household In the country" said B. ID.
Henley OF Independence. NO., yesterday '.Sbe
was known as Mother jerome, and for years
had charge OF ST. Mary's Convent In Indepen-
deDce' where she labored among the young
brought under her care. In her youth she was
q Deautlfui woman and one of The reignIng
bellies of Baltimore, with everything at her
command which wealth could secure but for
some unknown reason she left society behind
her and took the veil. Her maiden name was
Shubrick and her father was an admiral In the
United States navy"
Inc so-cdiled chameleons which the fblind
devotees OF fashion have added to the list OF
their pets. are not chameleons at ALL" said II,
Z. Lowe, New York dealer in curiosities. YES
terday. The genuine chameleon is found in
Africa, and Is twelve inches long. with head
ike frog. The little animals which some
men and women have attached3to their CLOTH
Ing by little gold chains are lizards, and they
come from Florida, where tue craze for wear.
Ing them or having ;hem about the room orig
In cd IN b
chameleon as 10 changing their hue"
Governor j. L. Richard OF Montana is one q,
the gentlemen In the city who will probably
take prominent part in the deliberations OF
the Trans Mississippi congress. He was inau-
Gurafed last January, and came into promi.
hence while Lieutenant-Governor during the
session of the noted "deadlOcked" legislature.
His ruling while 10 the chair at that time thai a
member could not be present and absent at The
same time "a result of members being present
and refusing to vote caused the Democratic
Senators to leave the State, all of which Is a
matter of history.
John T. Thomas OF Victoria, who Is at the
Russ, says tha!, although only 194 unemployed
persons have been registered in that ely, the
Council has been able so far TO fnd work for
only thirty Of that number. From the figures
OF the registry lists, he says, 1t is noticeable
ployed In Victoria than in Vancouver. One
good effect OF the discussion OF the labor prob
EN- in seen In the discharge OF Chinese w0rkmen
by the big Laywaid Sawmil Company and the
substitution OF white men al 81 90 a day.
James Christie, a prospect0r and miner of
many years experience, has recently returned
from a trip through New Mexico. He thinks
that TO be very promising country In a mining
point OF view. aud says that IN Lincoln County,
twelve miles from White Oaks, there Is vein
CT iron ore averaging Ga per cent OF iron. The
vein Is 600 feet long and "a feet thick. Within
fifteen miles OF this iron there Is vein OF coal
eight feet thick. Picarilla is the name OF this
promising locality.
Isaac l.. Stevens, Prosecuting Attorney of
Denver, and the man who successfully handled
The case ofithe State in the celebrated poison
Ing case against DIR. Graves. is at the Palace.
He has brilliant record and is looked upon as
one Of the rising young men OF Colorado.
II. p. Bennett, the first delegate from the
Territory of Colorado 10 Congress, is al the
Palace. He was first elected TO that position in
1861 and was re-elected'in 1868. his term ex-
piring when President Lincoln completed his