The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-27

office and pay their postage TO the postmaster
who sticks on the stamps himself. Id an pup
lie places men are found sitting arounu pio'
vided with pen, ink and paper, reauy 10 oou
duct the correspondence OF any one unaoie "
DO 1t himself. Many of these secretaries a.
expert linguists-or rather, shouiu soy, 49,
readily understand number Oh iahsuase'
while they may not be able 10 spehA 49,
They are thus OF great assistance TO iofeiene's
who are NOT conyersant with the Spanish
language and who may have ous'ue''
transact"
L. ID. Morton. an attache OF the Chalies.on
Is. CO News and Courier. who Is III .he ely,
says that that city Is possessed OF an nlstoi,oAi
church which was constructed in 1852, the
bricks with which II was built being prousn'
from England, and enough Of which were lei'
after the completion OF the church 10 ouiiu q
high fence that surrounds the graveyard, WIZ
Is IN the rear and on one side OF Tue cDu'0"' "
MlchaePs Episcopal Church, the sifuctuio -
feired to, has suffered from Two wars, IL oeius
damaged by the fire of the British arthieis o ~
1880 and by that of the Federal forces III iooo
TO. While 10 1885 it was greatly ibJureu ny
cyclone ana was almost destroyed py INC eas.n
quake OF August 81, 1856. At the foot OF tne
steps ascending 10 the pulpit is an Oblong hole
In the floor caused by a shell from 'ne ohion
forces, which crashed through the chance'
window and buried ITSELF The organ, Duiit III
England In 1857, though greatly injured curing
the late war, was repaired ana IS sun III uoo'
But two OF this style of organs were ever punt
George III having one, when Is SIM III eAis'
ence, and Charleston the other. Inc chimes
were made in England in 1875, ana IL Is saiu
that they were captured during Inc iate war;
taken 10 Columbia and broken by ORDER OF ecu
eral Sherman, but that afterward the pieces
o. tl1ar England
10 per cent of new metal was added. melted,
recast and returned TO their old place In the
tower. Candles were used in The cnurcn up 10
twelve years ago. when gas pipes were run
through the old chandeliers. A large, square
pew In The center Of the church belonged TO the
historical Vanderhort family. In 1871 wash
ington was an attendant at services In the edi-
fee. and many years later General Robert T.
Lee was also wOrshiper
In the burly-burly hustle for customers these
days the average railroad passenger agent loses
good deal Of valuable sleep, ana the teie'
graph brought story from Lincoln, Ne0r..
few days ago which failed To find place IN the
columns of any OF the dalles, but Which Illus
trates one OF the irritating phases OF the Voca-
ton mentioned. When the Lincoln contingent
of Coxry's army was about ready to move some
wag notified The agents at Omaha of the three
that big party was there going East and that
its mem bers had not yet arranged for transpor-
tati0n. or course the nature OF the party was
not mentioned. and as consequence three en-
ergetc young men boarded he nrst train out
OF Omaha for Lincoln. Arriving there each man
hunted up the individual who had sent the dis
patch, but they were separately informed that
the D4riy had already started for Omaha. Still
In ignorance of the identity OF the undesirable
passengers whom they were so anxiously pur-
suing the three men started on their return.
One OF them. more enterprising than the other
two, chartered special engine and rode into
Omaha several hours IN advance OF his Compel
itors. When the three agents reached their
Offices they found kilograms awaiting them
which stated that the informant had neglected
TO say that the party referred 10 was composed
Of Coxey recruits.
"A woman who by an act OF bravery gained
reputation of national proportions and who
was rewarded by the Government with the
medal OF honor therefore recently died near
Boston," said Fl. l. Press OF that city at the
Palace yesterday. Her name was Nellie
Turner ohan and she was born on Gulf ISL
and, near Boston Light, and as girl naturally
learned TO handle boat just as other girls
learn TO ride their brothers bicycles. She was
once familiar figure at the Hull Yacht Clubs
ladies' day sailing trips, an event Of great local
importance, and always had party of ladies
on her boat, which she Unanswered with the
best OF the shippers in the feet. She and her
brothers frequently rowed up to Boston, dis
lance OF nine miles. and Nellie became so
strong an oarsw0man that she easily won sew
eral rowing races AT picnics. Her first act Of
herosm was performed in February, 1871,
when early one morning, after heavy gale. she
discovered bark anchored in dangerous po-
sition. and with her father, her eldest brother
and her sister she manned dory. pulled out 10
the vessel and offered to pilot the captain up
the harbor. The offer was accepted and with
Nellie at the wheel the ,rID was safely made
through the narrow, dangerous passage and out
into the channel"