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The morning call., 1894-07-08
BLOCKED SIXTEENTH STREET.
Freightcars Arranged Like Chinese

It is just possible that the Southern Pa
cifc Company had great coup planned
for the early hours of yesterday morning
1t is certain that, if they had, the strikers
effectually baked 1t.
Ali of Friday rumors were increasing
that the railway company had decided to
get out mail train, despite the fact that
the STRIKERS had deadened all their engines
in the West Oakland yards and on the
mole. The cars, four in number. were
made up in the sheds, and men were ready
TO man the train and an engine, If the COM
pany could get one. That was the rub.
How would they manage it, and If they
The morning call., 1894-07-08
O'DOnneII's Meeting.

There was a meeting on the corner of
Grant avenue and Market street last even
ing. The meeting was addressed at length
by DR.. G. c. ODonnell on the subject of
the strike
The morning call., 1894-07-08
MOVING THE MAILS.
An Overland Train Still Tied Up at
Winnemucca.

An overland train due in this city eight
days ago with mail from the East is tied up
at Winnemucca. Nevada. and the super
intendent of mails has not the faintest idea
as to how or when it will be moved.
The steamer Coos Bay sailed yesterday
The morning call., 1894-07-08
CONGRESSMAN Lisle Dead.

WINCHESTER. KY, July 7.-Marcus c.
Lisle. Congressman for the Tenth District,
died this morning.
The morning call., 1894-07-08
MACHINISTS IN LINE.

They Resolve to Support the Action
of the A. K. u.
At the regular meeting of the San Fran
cisco Lodge No. 6S, international Associa-
tion of Machinists, lit was resolved to sus-
tain the summary but just action of the
American Railway Union. 1t was also re-
solved to encourage and support the action
of the American Railway Union.
The morning call., 1894-07-08
THE LADIES' LEAGUE. .
Ready for Any Emergency-Extend-
ing Its Scope.


News that the regulars were coming
from San Francisco to the Oakland mole
was received by the American hallway
Union Sympathetic League in the middle
of its meeting at Bartlett Hall yesterday
afternoon. For a moment it caused con-
sternatioD. but the ladies soon recovered
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Uses of Raw Hide.

For wide usefulness, few things eX-
coed raw hide, though it is not COM
monty understood IN the East, or
among civilized people, as should be
the case. The Western pioneer
through necessity learned the art of
manipu ating it long years ago, and
its use has not been forgotten. A
coil of sun-dried cowhide tied to the
plow-handle, turret ring or wagon
stake, says correspondent, Is secur-
ity against breakdowns and many
mishaps which are likely to overtake
the farmer or teamster. Soaked in
water, ii becomes timber quickly and
will tie a harness, wagon or other
things together and hold them firmly
whether wet or dry. When 1t dries
1t shrinks, binding more firmly than
ever. On the treeless, rainless wastes
of the Southwest, where the fiercest
sun and constant drying winds would
shrink the tire from any wheel used
in moist climates, the raw hide tire
Is indispensable, because the dryer it
gets the closer it sticks. If after
long wear tire is found loose, new
one can be quickly whipped about
the wheel at night, ready to start
with in the morning. For belt laces,
traces and ether harness straps, chair
bottoms, and innumerable other
places where hard wear is demanded,
the raw hide with the hair exposed,
or turned in out Of sight, is invalua-
bic and could be used In the older
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
THIS HORSE HAS A MUsTACHE.

Strange Freak of Nature Shown by a New
York Car-Horse.
Nature Is proverbially partial in
the apportionment OF personal en-
bellishments. Masculine heads that
are the best furnished inside are
obliged to struggle through life with
out the slightest trace of hirsute
adornment, while the CircaSsian
bearded woman has superfiuous hair
enough to stuff sofa and never miss
it. King Humbert of Italy finds
his enormous mustache frightfully in
the way when eating bolognas and
spaghetti, while 1t is said that Hoke
Smith would give 81, 900 il he were
able to raise one of any sort
II Dame Nature dallies thus with
creatures of the genus homo, 1t is
not surprising thai she is equally Ca
PRECIOUS in her treatment Of the genus
equus. Horses are not supposed to
have mustaches; even Pegasus, Blu
cephalus, Hambletonian and other
noted equine cracks never thought Of
sporting anything of the kind. But
a mare named originally Lady Jane,
but now struggling along as No 139
Of the car horses owned by the Dry
Duck, East Broadway and Avenue B
line, of New York, has been more ia
vored In this particular. The animal
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

bell, the slaves returned from the field
as they went, only with far more of
noisy merriment, for there was always
q sense Of relief at the conclusion OF a
days toll
Evening at the QUARTERS was the
merriest part OF the day. Among SO
many slaves there were always some
OF musical tendencies who could play
the guitar or banjo, and sodances were
frequent while corn hu kings we're
quite as much of a frolic. The me-
grces' quarters" consisted of a row or
rows OF cabins, generally OF logs, 'front.'
ing a street not tar from the owners
house, and to the rear. Here, after
supper was ended, the slaves were left
to themselves, and found what amuse-
ment they could until the bell rang for
bedtime. Then all we're supposed to
retire, and any who failed to be in
place when the overseer or driver
made the final round for the
night were subject 10 severe pun
ishment The slaves were not per-
mitted to leave the plantation with
out written pass or permit from their
owner or overscer, and In town the fire
bell was generally rung at . o'clock as
a signal for them to GO home. After
the ringing Of the bell the night
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Market Girls OF Paris.

Some lovely types Of animal beauty
may be found among the dairy, fruit,
and salad booths Of the great Central
Market Of Paris. Here is where ar
lists, sculptors, glass painters, and
illustrators 90 for national types and
native beauty. The young women
are always bare-headed and brown as
nuts, but they have coquetry Of
their own that is often irresistible.
Nothing but satin could compare
with the gloss they get on their hair.
Like Carmen, they have an eye for
colors. They wear the toughest Of
dresses, but under the average is a
custom-made corset. And such fig
ures. Most of the collars are turned
in, and the V-shaped corsage, fin
ished with a poise or knot of green,
must be seen to be appreciated.
Every motion Is grace, every article
even the tinfoil lozenge Of cheese,
the twin artichokes OF red buttons in
their heads, the peach in green
leaf a la Venus in her SHELLS artis-
tic.-New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Ancient Trees.

The age of the DO tree OF Anura-
jahpoora is a matter of record. 1t
was planted 2S8 years before Christ.
Its ccnservancy has been an object Of
solicitude to several dynasties, and
the story OF its vicissitudes has been
preserved In a series of continuous
chronicles, among the most authentic
that have been handed down by man
kind. The yew trees OF Fountains
Abbey are believed to have flourished
there 200 years ago; the olives 10
the Garden of Gethsemane were full
grown when the Saracens were ex-
PEELED from Jerusalem, and the cy-
press of Soma, in Lombardy, is said to
have been tree In the time OF julius
Caesar. yet the DO tree Is older than
the oldest of these by century, and
would almost seem to verify the
prophecy pronounced when it was
planted, that it would Flourish and
be green forever
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
A Philosophical Housekeeper.

Among Gen. Maury's "reminiscences
of Fredericksburg, Va, are some OF
Col. Byrd Willis. Somewhat late in
life, after breaking up his home In
Florida, he returned to end his days
in Fredericksburg.
He boarded with kinswoman of
his own, Mrs. Carter, a decayed
gentlewoman OF great piety, but ap-
parently not a flrstrrate housekeeper.
Col. Willis took his meals for the
most part at restaurant, although
he paid Mrs. Carter liberaly for the
board she was supposed to furnish.
One day, as Col. Willis used to tell
the story, the old lady's resources
were exhausted, that is to say-but
she was equal TO the emergency. She
took to her bed, leaving this order
with her servant:
Nancy, there Is nothing In the
house but mush for dinner. Give
that to the boarders. If they are
Christians they will eat it and be
thankful; IL they are not Christians
it is much better than deserve.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

picking cotton. cultivating the corn or
sugar cane, both men and women took
a hand, the latter frequently doing
quite as much as the former.
The entire plantation was under
the supervision of the overseer, who
was usually white man. The
owner rarely troubled himself about
the details of the plantation work,
leaving all these matters to his
overseer, who was supposed to
carry on all the business pertaining to
the plantation, to keep the books, to
preserve an account of the expenses
and the income, and, in short, to be
the business agent and account keeper
Of the plantation. He, and not the
master, lame in direct contact with
the slaves, and to him they looked for
their orders II the overseer was
honest and CAPABLE the plantation busi-
ness frequently prospered: If he was
the contrary, the plantation soon ran
down, and not few plantation owners
went through the unpleasant expert
ence of every year being compelled to
sell off a piece of land or few slaves
to make b til ends meet
While the overseer was the princi-
pal ecutive off Ger of the plantation,
he fire luently, however, delegated
portion of his authority to subordi-
nate known as q driver" The plan
tation driver was commonly an old and
trusted negro man, who, by many years
OF faithful service, had acquired a
claim to his masters consideration.
He was often a preacher, and thus had
&C luired over his fellows an ascenden-
CIV which caused him to be respected
as in every way their superior. His
official position In plantation etiquette
was next to that Of the overseer, and
he was even occasionally intrusted
with the power of infiicting corporal
punishment on the negroes placed in
his charge, an authority he was rarely
slow to exercise, for 1t was notorious
fact that the driver was always harder
on the plantation hands than was the
overse er.
The plantation was always fitted out
with bell, which hung In a frame at
the top OF, a post and was rung as a sig
nal for the beginning and end of the
hours OF Work. Small slave-owners
contented themselves with q horn,
which answered the same purpose, and
the sound of the dinner horn has thus
been perpetaated in Southern litera-
tune and insnegro imagery, but the
bell was the accepted feature, and a
plantation without bell was consid-
cred to. be somewhat below the aver
age. At the sound OF The bell the ne
groes proceeded to tho fields, walking
in a struggling line, exchanging gibes,
repartee and comical remarks on sub
iects of mamentafy interest. Their
labor among the cotton and the corn
plants was enlfyened by all sorts of
jokes and running fire Of ,witticisTs,
which, however, were checked as the
overseer ior the; driver ycamo within
hearing. :, Resting spell were fire. uent;
indeed, were 1t not for the presence 70
some one In authorityscthe resting
spells would. have occupied the most
of the day, Tor as not one OF the la
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

~%<fA<0oA <O8Ssev~o I'm 2gaO~o <0808 " NUN
Arc Apt Ia Explode.
The oil tank steamship Kasbek,
Captain Briggs, from Batoum for
London, arrived at Dartmouth for
coal, says the Westminster Gazette.
The captain reported that while at
Marcus Hook, Batoum, q leak was
discovered In one of the tanks, and,
as 1t was unsafe to use lamps. the
tanks being full of gas generated
from the remnants OF previous car
goes, Captain Briggs tried the exper-
iment of DETECTING solar light som
twenty-seven feet intO the dark hold
This was successfully accomplished
by means of number of highly pol
ished plates or mirrors, members of
the crew being so stationed as to re-
fleet the sun rays from the mirrors
into the hold. A flood of light at
least ten feet square was thrown
across the leaking joint until 1t had
been thoroughly repaired. The work,
however. was attended with consider.
able danger to the men, who ran
great risk Of being suffocated by the
dense fumes Of accumulated gas
Ropes were tied around their bodies
and every few minutes they were
hauled to the deck for fresh air.
Some Of them actually became intox-
icated with the fumes and were
hauled up laughing and in some cases
crying. Captain Briggs, who went
down to superintend the work, re-
NAMED there too long and.was drawn
up In an unconscious condition and
did not regain consciousness for sew
eral hours.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

Lieutenant Van Hohnel narrates
with considerable JUNCTION the story
Of his recovery from fever and dys.
entery in the wilds of Africa. lie
had been growing worse and worse,
compelled meanwhile to travel, and
deprived OF everything like suitable
food, till at last he gave up the fight.
closed my weary eyes, convinced
that l was falling into my last long
unconsciousness. / woke again about
4 o'clock the next morning, but 1t
was long before realized that l wac
still alive. Again and again / asked
myself, "Where am 1? Am really
not dead yet?"
Then l remembered that Count
Teleki had stood beside my bed the
evening before, asking me how
felt, aud l had answered, all hope
had left me, that was near my end.
After that gray veil had shrouded
everything from me, and / had died.
How was it now? Had / indeed
walked in eternity? Surely that was
a cockcrow / heard! Was l to live
after all?
For long time l could not believe
it, and yet when i called to Chuma
he appeared. kept repeating "Boy!"
in d doubtful manner, and he replied
"Bwana," so that / began to feel it
must be true and not dream.
Convinced at last, began to hope
l might yet recover. For weeks l
had scarcely taken food or drink.
Now 1 had fancy for eggs, IL / was
to take anything.
And the eggs caIhe!-in such an
unexpected manner, and so in the
nick of time, that ! could not help
looking upon them as gift from
heaven. One of the men found an
ostrich's nest containing eleven fresh
eggs, enough to feed me for twenty
days. Never before nor after did we
meet with anything Of the sort.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

shape like round peg, about four or
five inches long. The hair thus ar
ranged looks like a miniature can
non. Among the tribes of Burmah
we find various modes of trimming
the hair by which knots are pro-
duced. The Karens usually twist the
hair into knot on the side of the
head, but some of them wear 1t as an
adornment on the forehead. The
Mohammedans allow a tuft of hair
to grow on the crown. They believe
that If they are good, when they die
and have to cross the bridge, Al-sirat,
which is so narrow that the pathway
is as sharp as scimitar, passing 1t
would be impossible unless Moham-
med helped them over by holding the
tuft in his hand.
There is certainly something worth
investigating in this Oriental man.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

character of its narrative, must be
credited with most of the remaining
mistakes which, even at the present
day, are current in many neighbor
hoods as to the condition OF the former
Southern slaves. Many of these mis-
takes, saws correspondent OF the st.
Louis Globe-D Democrat, were even
grotesque in their absurdity. In some
New England neighborhoods it was
supposed that Southern planters
hitched negroes to plows like beasts of
burden and compelled them to do the
work of oxen, nor was this idea COM
pletely dissipated by Southern man
explaining its fallacy by showing that
not less than six bodied slaves
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

States oftentimes with great advan-
tage. Or these skins may be "tawed,"
as the process is called where the hair
or fur is preserved, and no tannic
acid is used. This is done by spread
ing a mixture of finely powdered salt
alum in equal quantities upon the
moist flesh side, and doubling one or
laying pairs flesh side together. The
hides are left thus for several days,
when they seem to have become some
thing like leather They are then
stripped, scraped, rubbed with chalk
and pumice stone until smooth, and
pulled and scraped while drying to
make them soft
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

would be need to draw one plow that
six slaves would cost from $4,000 to
$4,000, while a m lie, which would do
the work much more efficiently, could
be hal for less tn fl 0.
1t Is true that there were n asters N
the South who treated their slaves
cruelty. 1t is trae that there were
brutal overseers, who someti e5 in
fiicted needless cruelty upon the hap
less creatures over whom they were
placed in authority. 1t is true that
helpless negroes were sometimes
frightfully maltreated; that famii Lies
were separated and their various II n
bers sold to different purchasers, to be
taken to different quarters of the coun-
try. All these things were abuses of
the system incidental to it, probably
inseparable from it. But 1t is not true
that cruelty was the rule, that the
slaves were starved and uselessly beat
en-, for such policy would have been
in direct contravention OF the owner 8
interest, and while Southern planters
did not as rule consult their own in
terests as much as they should have
done, they were sufficiently aware Of
the value OF their own property not to
inn air 1t by usele cruelty.
Among the masters of the South
there we're many men who did what
they could to ameliorate the condition
of their slaves, who recognized the
fact that the peculiar institution was
among them. not by their own wish or
act, and that it should be managed in
such a manner as to entail the least
possible suffering upon its unhappy
victims. Under the care of such mas
ters il was poss BILE for the slaves to
lead q quiet and not unhappy life. and
even, under exceptionally favorable
circumstances, to acquire little prop
ertv. Instances were occasionally seen
of slaves being allowed to purchase
themselves where the laws of the
State ermitted it though once in a
while curious misuse was made Of
the purchasing power, as In the case
of the old kentucky slave who b.
working overtime. acquired enough to
bu, a half interest in himself from his
master-of course with the latter's
consent Half of his time was thus his
own, and his ma ter naturally expect
cd that. having gone 30 far, he would
continue his efforts, and finally manu-
NIT himself. To the surprise of the
gentleman, however the half-literated
slave spent his own allotment OF time
In loafing about the village, and after
few months OF this sort of exercise
he disposed OF his own interest In him
self to neighbor Of his masters, q
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

in question is the possessor of a fine,
silky, blond, curly mustache fully
four inches In length, which, as the
mare is gray, gives her very curious
appearance. The stable boy in care
of the mare occasionally wakes the
mustache, which adds still more to
her singular appearance.
or the 500 horses kept in these
stables, No. 1895 remarkable adorn-
ment has singled her out as a special
pet and favorite. So accustomed ia
she to receive visitors, in particular
from James Morgan, the foreman of
the stables, that frequently, when
released from the two and a half
hours work required of her, she will
come to the door of his Office, thrust
in her head and wait for lump of
sugar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

got into no mischief. and gave the
youngsters their rations. These were
Of the simplest description, pot liq-
uor" being the basis OF the substan-
tials and molasses of the dainties.
Pot liquor was the water in which
ham, beef and other meats were boiled.
1t was, in fact, a thin soup, but when
thickened with meal or vegetables and
roboiled, 1t made reasonably nutri-
tious diet, and so highly was 1t re-
garded on the Southern plantations
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

master for many hours every dav, and
there were persons who imagined that
they wore chains such as graced the
limbs of refractory work-house con.
yicts or unusually tough members Of
"Uncle Toms Cabin" with it's vivid
pictures of the miseries of slave life,
was re ponsible for not few of these
mistakes, while legion of limitations
of this really strong book, copying its
dramatic and sensational features
without emulating the interesting
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
Is Only slcepless i'm Verse.

One Of the poems of r. b Aldrich's
coming volume is entitled ~Insom-
MIA" and is a picturesque record OF
the "horrors of sleeplcssness. When
this 1rst appeared In a magazine IL SO
deeply impressed the public that the
poet received from many sympathetic
strangers advertisements of sure
cures for the trouble SO graphically
described. aThe amusing part Of Il
Is, adds the correspondent, sMr.
Ahrich admits that there never Wa
= sounder sleeper than he.s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

to be under the circumstances. Life on
the big plantations was, it Is true,
mostly work. During the blu y season,
which OF course depended upon the
crop, the hours were long and the
work severe, but at any other time the
slaves were, not ss q rule overworked,
nor indeed during even the busy sea-
son was their labor much more arduous
than that Of, the construction gangs
now employed In building railroad.
In the field work, whether hoeing or
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

JAPANESE roP-KNor. locks and twist
them into knot on the top OF the
head, where it stands erect. For
covering this tOp-knot apeculiar hat
Is worn, made OF horse hair or some
fine black fiber and SO thin that rain
and wind can pass freely through 1t.
The Japanese also have a peculiar
top-knot. They shave the front OF
the head and then gather the hair
from the back and make It into
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

While the men and women we're en-
ployed In the fields the little negroes,
or pickaninnies - they were called,
were left in charge Of some Old
smsmmy," an ancient colored woman
no longer able to do plantation work.
She took care Of the babies, watched
the pickaninnies, to make sure they
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

gentleman a NE Vicinity. when asksd
how be cane 20 do his he replied
that he he'd no confidence in negro
property, anyhow. II not entirely
apooryphal, this Illustration seems 70
show that the hegroes Of the Southern
States accepted their lot and were IS
happy in II - IL was possible for them
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

that to raise little negroes without
pot liquor" was regarded as a prac-
tical impossibility. Pot liquor and
hominy, "pone bread" and fat bacon,
with molasses, constituted the staple
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08
The Young Khedive's Amusements.

The Young Khedive's Amusements.
Although the youthful Khedive of
Egypt does not smoke and is strictly
obedient to the Koran's injunction
not to use strong drink, he finds vari-
Gus ways Of amusing himself. One is
In his yachts, OF which he has four,
the largest being about as big as an
ocean liner. Under his rule woman's
position Is fast improving in Egypt,
and harem life is disappearing. BY
the Mahommedan law an Egyptian is
permitted to have four wives, but at
present 1t Is considered bad form for
a man to have more than one help
mate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

HE IDEA IS general
'ly prevalent that
the condition of the
slaves in the South
before the war was
one of abject and
hopeless mise ry.
They were 8 up
posed to be COM
PEELED to labor I'M
der n cruel task
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-08

INQUIRER-"Does fish diet
strengthen the brain?" Philosopher
@Perhaps not; but going fishing
seems to invlgorate the imagination.
New York Weekly.