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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-11

fuses 10 make the dress check bigger II desired,
and she has few wishes unqualified. II she
marrles her sutton can only offer her a much
smaller home than that 10 which she has been
accustomed; restricted income, probably; the
sweet yet solemn duties OF a wife, and later,
Outlines, those OF a mother. Tie prospect does
not appeal very keenly 10 The egOtistical
maiden, and, as the life she is living only
teaches her 10 love herself before any one else,
the would-be lover receives his congo, and the
mother Is again disappointed
Marriage need not be made he goal for which
they must strive and strain, but unselishneSs,
love OF home, domestic tastes, tolerance ana
tact must form part OF a daughters education !,
and then, II a mother b. wise she will see that
girPs imagination Is fed on pure, ennobling
literature aud hat her serene attractive innO-
cence Is not irrecoverably swept away. Then
il VIII come TO pass hat men, Influenced by the
purity and sweetness of The women they seek
10 wed, will consciously and unconsciously
struggle 10 fulfill the maidens highest aspira-
ton, and when united 10 a high-thinkIng large
hearted wife will thankfully acknowledge That
they have won prize "far above rubies."-The
I adv
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PAID FOR TALKING.
Profits Made by Platform
Lecturers.
THOSE WHO EARN THE MOST.
Experience of Two Well Known
Authors at Private
Residence.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. - DR.. Tafmage's
refusal t. accept Immediately call to an
other congregation leaves him compare
lively free to accept lecture engagements ::
and in the lecture field he could find an
occupation more profitable than any other
he could undertake. But on the heels of
the statement that he vii! not take charge
ofanother congregation Immediately comes
another - that he will 60 through the
United States delivering sermons without
charge. This does not sound much like
DR.. Talmage, for the reverend gentleman
is a money-maker, ana it seems altogether
Improbable that he would lecture or speak
for nothing when he can get $500 to $1,000
a night for talking At the time this story
about DR.. Talmage was published there
was in Washington a man who has the dis
tinction of being the Oldest lyceum- an
ager in the country, and who was at one
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Indians Tracking,

II was most strange and interesting expert
enee 10 see the Indian read all the signs OF The
different animals IN the grass or among tie
woods with the same ease we read an open
book. The least disarraE cement in the grass or
sticks, however small, was enough. CHANGING
casually al il in passing, he would say: Bear,
Il week Old" Yesterday" Deer, this MORN
ing" Every old. :" Caribou. last month";" and
so on. 1t was wonderful 10 hold this In stinct
In man.
had for a longt time been following this
trail OF the moose. which 1 thought was fires n
trail. when got sick Of it, and began 10 cross
examine Mr.. Big Partridge as TO how far of our
quarry was likely TO be. Big Partridge then
showed that lie was sick OF The ina ginary moose
hunt himself. and owned 10. "Old trail, all
moose nipoh"-that Is, dead. He had only been
leading me about 10 this way TO amlise me-
knowing il useless the whole time! He exacted
So so for that days sport.-Blackwood's Mag
aZiue.
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swimming toward him by some of the
crew, who started to row out to meet the
swimmer; but before they reached the spot
The shark had seized him ana cut him in
two.
The little shark or dog-fsh of the New
Engiand coast has not very savoTy repu-
tatlon IN these waters. l have seen them
In such schools that it was impossible to
throw line over without their biting il.
1hey appeared to be starving and on one
occasion bit sail into shreds that was
hanging overheard.
These ravenous fish appear so suddenly
mat recall one day one could not be seen
IN mat porIion OF the coast and tie next
DAY the fishermen all gave up their regular
hshlng and devoted themselves to d0g-fsh-
Ing. bringing the FISH in by the boatload
Al such times Il is extremely dangerous
tic fail overheard, and numerous fatalities
point to ;he conclusion mat these little
sharks are as dangerous as a man-eater.
I On one occasion some children were play
| ing about the deck OF p schooner when one
Tell overheard, and by the tine The ere "
reached the side the BODY was surrounded
by living ball of dog-fiShes and torn IN
pieces. a fisherman. having left his dory
anchored 10 cove during run OF these
fish swan out 10 it and was caught by
them and killed in sight OF his friends on
the beach. who could not aid him.
So insignificant thing as she'll would
not be believed 10 be a menace to human
life, yet several shells have earned repu-
tatons as mantraps. Among these is the
great clam that is often seen about resi-
dences in the suburbs of San francisco.
This mollusk lies deeply buried in the
coral rock and partly open, the proirudlng
portion resembling a sea anemOne, but
when touched by hand, foot or any object
/ together come the shells, each valve often
weighing two hundred pounds, and The
victim is held and not released until the
shell is cut out. In this way natives have
been imprisoned at low tide and drowned
as the waters rose.
Tie ordinary abalone, common on this
coast, has often trapped Cinnamon by
catching their fingers, and several in
stances of death from this cause have been
reported.
On the New England coast, near Ply
mouth. a large clam known as the quohaug
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A NOCTURNE.

The moonlight falls upon thy hair
And turns its gold 20 molten silver;
Ii shines across thy melting eyes
And sets their shining orbS aQuiyer.
We hear the music from afar,
The dancers yet are lightly tripping,
While fast the hours on wings OF bliss
Toward the morn are swiftly slipping.
We've left the crush and glaring lights,
The hot perfume OF witnered flowers,
And found cool secluded spot
Amidst the gardens moonliJ bowers.
l sit beside thee, yet far away
Ihy heart is in another's keeping;
! hush the words of love feel
Lest thou shouldst know my inward weeping,
The music sounds a sobbing waltz,
An ecnO OF my hearts sad sorrow;
l gaze within thine eyes once more,
For 1 must leave thee on the morrow.
Thou'lt wed the one thou lowest best
While become hopeless rover:
The muScs huShed, the dance is done;
Good-night-a sigh, and all Is over,
The moonlight falls upon thy hair
And turns its gold to molten silver;
II shines on thee, but ah on me
The shadows fail, TO rest forever.
w. r. DUNRoY in the Inter Ocean
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verses he wrote at the time of her DEATH
We'll, he seems TO feel her loss Just as
much to-day. He has n picture of her
hanging in his room, and every day he
takes his little boy To pray before that
picture. Mrs. Burdette was responsible
for his Ieeturiug She was an invalid, you
know, and had to be carried about Well,
he used 10 bring home to her at night a
long strip of clippings-he called it his
menagerie-and read them to her as sh e
lay in bed. he was raising little mus
tacbe, and she made great deal OF fun OF
II. One night he brought home roll of
clippings which he had labeled The Rise
and Fall of the MusLache.' There were
some ladies at the house anu they insisted
that he should read his budget to them.
They were very much amused, and they
urged him to read for an entertainment
they were going TO give at the church. Bob
said that he wouldn't think of It, But his
wife spoke up and said: Yes. you must
go ana I'll 60 TOO
Well, if You'll go, I'll co. said Bob.
So he did. There was preacher from
Dubuque at the entertainment, and he pro-
pOsed to Bob to give reading before his
church and offered him $50. boo said he
wouldn't think of that either, but his wife
said: Yes, you will; ana | will go with
you,' If you go, Pll CO. said Bob. And
from that beginning grew his experience
on the platform. He is one of the best
platform attractions in the country to-
day
Another first-class attraction ia Bob In
gerSull. He is confident of his own popI-
larity and always willing to Tire hall or
to play on shares. Very few lecturers are
willing to do that 1t is safe to say that
Mr.. Ingersoll seldom gets less than $500
from lecture and that he frequently gets
a great deal more.
DR.. Tnlmage is not the only pulpit
orator who is popular as lecturer. De-.
McGynn is very popular speaker, and
he gets $50 every time he goes on the
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Made Two Bites at The Goat.

few days since a full-grown goat was
quietly browsing Oh the shore OF Star Lake at
Palmetto Beach when large alligator fully
ten feet long. was seen by several persons TO
suddenly emerge from the reeds and with one
stroke OF his ponderous jaws bite the goat in
half. He disappeared for a few minutes and
was then seen TO rise again and take the other
half of the animal that had been left on the
shore.-Palatka Advertiser
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ARGUMENT AGAINST CORsETS

This
is the
shape OF
woman'S waist
on which a corset tight
is laced. The ribs deformed
by being squeezed. press
on the lungs till they're
diseased. Ihe heart
is TANNED aud
cannot pump,
the liver
is 4
tor
pid lump;
the stomach,
crushed, cannot
digest: and In mess
are all compressed. There
Tore this silly woman grows 10
De beautiful mass OF woes
but thinks size has a lovely
shape. though hideous
as a cril p ed ape.
This is
womau's
natural waist.
which corset never
yet diSgracec. Inside IL
Is a mine of health Outside
OF Charms it has a wealth.
It is thing of beauty
true, and sweet Joy
forever new. Ii
needs 10 artful
padding vile
or hustle big TO
give il style"
It's strong ana solid,
plump and sound, and
hard to get one arm
around. Aiasi IL women
only knew the mischief that
these corsets do. they'd let
Dame Nature have her
way. and never try her
waist TO stay"
-Plowman's Journa
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11

we are engaged on tonight. That is
the work we r engaged upoL at this
hour. And every Republican victory
means a step nearer to that business
confidence and that restoration OF
prosperity which we left in 1892.
Il adjure the citizens of Minnesota
to help elect a national Republican
house Of representatives. Return your
useful and efficient member to the
house again (applause) by an in
creased majority tapplause), and give
to Gov. Nelson an endorsement
(cheers) by a rousing, eld-fashioned
Minnesota Republican majority, such
as you used to give In the younger
days of the republic"
Hon. w. X. Merriam threw open his
spacious mansion after the auditorium
meeting, and there the prominent Re-
publicans of Il e city and state Were
given an opportunity to meet Gov.
Mckinley at shorter range. The af-
fair was entirely informal. The in
yitatioD was a general one, and the
guests came and went at will. During
the course of the reception several
hundred gentlemen took advantage of
the occasion to pay their respects to
the distinguished guest.
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His Matrimonial Duplicity shown Up
in Court.


Minneapolis, Oct. 6. - A romantic
story eliminated in the district court
this morning when Miss Annie Blanch-
ard was released from the marriage
vows which apparently bound her to
John l.. Smithson. The story is n
Of duplicity on the part of the defend
ant and trusting confidence on the
part of the plaintiff. Some time ago
Smithson came to Minneapolis from
st. Cloud and obtained employment
here. Becoming acquainted with Miss
Blanchard he began to show her at
tenticns, and after some time pro-
posed to her and was accepted. Be-
fore long the two went to st. Paul,
where a marriage license was pro-
cured and the two were made one.
After the honeymoon the fond hus-
band borrowed $500 from his wife,
Montana to work. She never mis-
trusted that he was not all that he
claimed to he. After he left her she
did not hear from him for some time,
and in the meantime Mrs. Smithson
No. l came down from St Sloud and
she and Mrs. Smithson No, 2 became
acquainted. Smithson's peridy was
discovered, but the two ladies became
good friends and the second wife did
all in her power to assist the first wife
In her distressed condition. She had
four children and herself in poor
health.
The first word that came to the Sec
ond wife from Smithson was in a let
80. e,1ro No., Hrloon aCIyinD Nor 70
go there and to live with him. doubt
less with the idea that he could get
hold of the balance of her property.
This she refused to do, and after she
had assisted to relieve the last hours
of the first wife, who died shortly af-
ter, began an action to have the mar
riage annulied, which was granted by
Judge Jamison to-day.
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How They Worked 70.

A beggar sat on a stool near the
curbstone offering l~eadpencils for sale.
Near him stood a ragamuffin selling
newspapers. Both were miserably
clad and it was bitterly cold.
A nice looking old man came down
the street. The newsboy ran up to
him and the old man purchased an
afternoon paper. The begqar held
out his hat and cried out for aims.
The old man looked at the beggar
for a moment and vas about to pass
on without giving him anything. The
miserabIy clad newsboy looked up at
the comfortable old man with surprise
in his eyes. Then the boy pushed his
hand into his pocket, pulled out five
pennies and dropped three Of them in
to the begsar's cap.
This unselfishness Immediately
touched the old mans heart. He put
his hand into his weli-lined pocket and
gave the boy and the beggar each q
quarter, then passed on with some
thing like a tear in his eye.
The boy and the beggar tried it with
success on everybody who passed
alongthe street that afternoon.-Kate
Fields Washington.
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TROOPS FROM INDIA
ENGLAND WILL SEND SOLDIERS At
1 ONCE TO CHINA.
Treaty Ports and the British Legal
don 1t Pekin Will BE Guarded
The Madagascar War Cloud Blows
Over.

London, Oct. 6. - The cabinet met
to-day. Most of the ministers were
present. Sir William Harcourt, chan
cellor of the %exchequer, was absent.
1t Is announced on authority that the
cabinet council, after discussing the
state of affairs in China, decided to
send troops to that country in order
to protect British interests. Ii is also
probable that additional ships will be
sent to strengthen the fleet in Chinese
waters under the command of AID
miral Freemantle. 1t is also said that
n consequence of to-day's meeting of
he cabinet, the British legation at
Pekin will shortly be guarded by
British gunboats and native Indian
soldiers.
The Exchange Telegraph company
says 6,00O troops will be sent from
India to protect the treaty ports in
China. The first rifle brigade will
leave Calcutta on Oct. s for Hong
Kong. The other troops which are ex-
pected to be dispatched include the
Northumberland Fusilrers, two bat
talions Of Ghoorkas and four rcgi-
ments of Sikhs and drafts from the
Punjaub.
The British consuls at Hankow and
Ning-Po sem alarming dispatches to
the government on Tuesday and
Wednesday reporting disturbances in
those places, and stating that the
European residents were in peril. The
Evening News publishes a sensational
statement that the cabinet council was
called to consider a dispatch received
from Minister O'Connor at Pekin, in
which ii was stated that Russia was
intriguing to assist China against
Japan in return for the cession to
Russia of certain ports of Corea. If
this is true, the Evening News adds,
1t will be a question of sending first
class British men-of-war to China to
thwart Russia's intentions. There is
20 confirmation of these statements
from other sources.
The war scare owe Madagascar has
subsidized, and it is now known that
there is no trouble between England
and France that cannot be settled
amicably.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
WORK OF wRECKERs.
A Train Thrown From the Track I'm
TENNESSEE.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 9.-At a
few minutes past ! o'IioCk train NO =.
from New York, on the Southern rail
way. jumped the track about three
miles south of Bristol. The eayi1n
fol- across the track and the express
AMI niail "a jumped over 1t, fa ,.ns
Oh their sides, aud were soon II prey
10 the flames, which consumed all Of
IT,: t~rain-eiSht coaches-with the ex-
Gel tiol OF the last Pullman, wn'ch
vas cat loose and backed from the
train. The injured are:
Samuel Smith, engineer; will prob
ably die. win Holmes, fireman; w.
w. Rogers, express messenger; -.
Tucker, postal clerk; G. n. Markworth,
postal clerk; w. IL. Simpson, baggage
master; Thomas McDermott, Michael
Coleman, John Coleman, emigrants
from Ireland; a foreigner, name I'M
known.
Everybody was badly shaken up,
and 1t is a miracle that many deaths
did not result. Cant. Bell, conductor,
escaped with slight bruises. The ac-
cident happened in a cut between two
high entertainments, and was the re-
suit of a bolt having been placed on
the rail by unknown persons.
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a jog

AfDid you ever hear OF dog tnat
wopld drink beer and 90 on sprees!
Well, I've got one" said Representa-
tive Donnell OF Madison County, as ne
replenished his cob pipe from his
tobacco bag. Eyes, sub; it's a water
spaniel, about two years old, and he's
a dissipated little rat. There are
about ten saloons in Fredericktown,
and my dog has the run OF them. lie
will walk up to the barkeeper and
put out his paw, and everybody
knows what he means by that.
"'Want beer2" says the barkeeper.
"sBow-wow, says the dog, who
thereupon squats on his hind legs and
waits for the tipple.
1.-THE barkeeper draws him a glass
of beer, puts it between the dogs
paws, and in a few minutes the dog
has Tapped up every drop OF the beer.
He will do that several times a day
for three days, when he swears on,
and you cannot get him into a saloon
for a week.
Just before l left home a spring
wagon was driven up to my house and
some young fellows carried i'll my dog
blind drunk.
Here, num-" said the boys to his
mistress, here's Yer dog. He's on
another spree
And il was a fact. He had visited
too many saloons and the foam had
gone to his head. He was a purity
sick dog next day and was content to
remain at home. I'll have to send
him over to Dwight if he keeps on in
his downward road to ruin."-St.
Louis Republic.
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NEWS BOILED DOWN.
Items of General Interest Placed IN
a Few Lines.


In San Francisco James II. Cross
man, a well-known mining man and
sp%eculator, committed suicide.
1t is stated that the Pacific Mail
Steamship company is about to alb
sorb the Occidental and Oriental
Stenmship company.
The number of fires from electric
wires or lights during the last year
was 23S, and the value of property
thus destroyed amounted to $780,
g
Near Sallisaw, Ind. T., Nathan Jones,
a deputy United States marshal. shot
and instantly killed Newt FRY. of
the w%ealthiest C~herokees in this part
of the nation.
Brew. Brig. Gen. Charles Robert
Thowrson, of the United States vol
unteers and colonel of the Twelfth
regiment, United States colored in
fantry, is dead.
Gen. Booth, head Of the Salvation
Army, arrived at Montreal to-day and
will remain for several days. He will
proceed from here to Ottawa and then
go to New York.
A deal has been closed whereby the
Penny Press of Minneapolis is to be
the organ of the Populist state central
committee and the champion of S. NJ.
Owen, the Popuiist candidate for gov
ernor.
In a circular letter, dated Geneva,
Sep:. 81, Henry Willard protests
against the charge that he has de-
rived S363,000 of illegitirhate gains
from the business of the Northern
Pacific.
The r""~nan Lumber company will
not rebuild its mill at Hinckley. All
the property was burned except about
15,0O0,000 feet of logs In the river.
These will be shipped by rail To Still
water and sold.
4. h. LorWin, superintendent of the
main line of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois road, retires to-day. He is to
become superintendent of the Cascade
division of the Great Northern, with
| headquarters at Spokane.
Commander-in-C Chief Lawler, of the
G. A. r., has appointed G. v. r. Pond.
Muskegon, Mich, Inspector general,
Matt III. Ellis, Yonkers. N. ", Judge
advocate general; j. l.. Bennett, Chi
cago, assistant adjutant general.
| The Iong-dela?ed settlement with the
creditors of ex-Goy. Foster and his
partner, Mr.. Davis, has at length come
about. The assignee today announced
that he would be able to pay 40 cents
on the dollar. and the claims amount
u $213.000.
Mrs. Segrid Young. who was former.
ly employed as a domestic In the fam
lily of Halvor X. Halvorsen of Mime
apolis, and who has, it Is claimed,
confessed that she was the thief who
recently stole $500 worth of dia.
monds and jewelry from Mrs, Halvor-
sen, has been arrested.
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FreckIcH md Carrots

There are two kinds of frecke
and constitutional. The first /
from the sun, last all summer an
appear at the approach of Jack
the others come from a superabunI
Of iron in the blood or a bad con
Of the liver. Citric acid, applied
'pinches of Phoebus," is recomns
by reliable authorities. No harm
be done the face even if they d
come off. The discolorations will
off rs the weather and the sun
and n diet of carrot is said TO
nature. Nothing will do away
the constitutional freckle but a
purifier or liver reform.
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BROKE THE RECORD.
Flying Jib PAGES n Mile I'm Remark
able Time.

o"h shtc
Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 6. - Flying
Jib went a mile with a running mate
to-day against the record of 2;01 "a,
made by Westgate in Chicago ten
years ago. He went without a skip
and shot under the wire amid the
hushed silence Of 10000 people who
eagerly strained forward awaiting
starter Loper's announcement Of the
time. Some who had caught the PAGER
began cheering, knowing that he had
beaten the worlds record. Lopez said:
You have witnessed something which
no audience In the world has ever
seer before. You have seer the fast
est mile that vas eve paced. Flying
Jib has beaten Westmont and made
the mile in 1:5S Ia" The audience
once more broke out into cheers and
applauded the PAGER and Andy Nc
Dowell as they came up in front Of
the grand stand. The first half Of the
heat was made in 80 and the last
half in 80 IA. Another worlds record
was broken by Onoqua, the game lit
tie Iowa trotter. She trotted under
the wire in the first heat of the three.
year-old trot in PHI "a.