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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02

ioTiheu, winch traverses the weaker bill
lows and turns all into a eeething mass of
ocean that t1ows toward or from the land
WIN such force that small boats cannot
beat against it.
1t was 10 one of these sudden rushes of
lhey were drifted farther and farther
away from their vessel until her hull, then
tne UPS oI her sDars, sank into the haze
mat ahmed the edge of the horizon.
Night came and went. Morning dawned
win the sun trying TO shine through a
rays into wrggling spears of subdued
light
Ihe surface of the ocean was not wholly
calm. though the tide did not manifest its
strength. There was no land in sight
anead or astern or on starbOard or port
bow.
Then the sharks came. First they came
In paIrs, then their numbers increased
until there appeared to be at least fifty of
them IN the wake Of the boats.
The provisions gave out the first day
and from that time on until land was
reached, five days later, raw seal flesh, half
spoiled and unfit for food, was partakeD of
by all hands.
1t rained one night and a scant supply
OF water was secured, but OF sufficient to
wet their lolling tongues sufficiently to
afford relief from suffering. though per-
haps 1t might have been Instrumental in
saving life.
ster man-eaters with white striped bellies
and wicked little eyes that shone even al
depth of fathom or more.
! A first the creatures were content with
/ following al a respectful distance. but, as
( If endowed with human instinct, they
seemed to note the rapidly failing strength
! of the boatmen, the weak stroke of the
! oars and the loose Tapping of the sail.
! Bolder and holder they grew until their
! d0rsal FMS cut through the water within a
/ few feet OF where the balf-starved wretches
| struggled with what seemed certain death.
A hunter inadvertently dropped his
! hand over the gunwale. A shark made a
! dive for IT,. but bOat-sieereT struck the
brute over the nose with boathook, and it
turOed from its prev
More sharks arrived, and with the re-
endorsements the temper of the man-ea tiers
became violent. They actually tried TO
leap out of the water to seize their in
tended victims, ard on one occasion a
12-foOt monster caught a boats painter
between his tangs and cut it in twain as
smoothly as If the job had been done with
a knife.
Watches had to be kept all night, and it
was with difficulty that the sharks could
be kept from swapping the boats, so des-
perate were their rushes at the craft.
Seal meat began to give out, and hope was
almost abandoned.
On the sixth day out land was sighted.
The boats were beached near a Japanese
town. There tho men were given food
and water, and the natives hauled them a
distance IT ffty-eigbt miles TO a seaport.
where they were looked out for by the
United States Consul.
AZ Rakodate the men joined their vessel
again. Shortly afterward the Cox sailed
for Victoria. arriving there on the 18th
inst.
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INSURANCE.
Insurance Company, Limited,

OFloNDoN, ENGLAND, ON THE 31ST DAY
" of December, A. ID. 1898. and for the year end
Ing on that day. made TO the Insurance Com
missioner OF the State of California pursuant to
the provisions of Sections 10 and Gil of the Po-
lltical Code condensed as per blank furnished by
the Com missioner.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02
Those Branch Libraries.

There will be a meeting of the Trustees
of the Free Public Library on Tuesday, at
which the matter of closing the Potrero
and Richmond district branches will be
discussed Secretary Casey says he can
not see what can be done in the matter.
Expenses have to be cut some $4,000 below
those of last year and the two branches,
If they are closed, will only make saving
of $1,000, and cut in some other direction
will even then nave 10 be made The
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02
= SHARKS PURSUED.
Plight of Seal-Hunters
/. and Sailors.
:.
+ ADRIFT ON THE OPEN SEA
Without Provisions and Hounded
by Man-Eaters.
: TALE OF THE CREW OF THE cox
: How They Drifted Away From the
:. Schooner and Were Five DAYS
p >-*.. Living on Seal Meat.
ALE OF THE CREW OF THE cox.

:oeaf meat with the fur still clinging to il
is not very palatable article for food. So
say the hunters of the Charlotte {. Cox.
q: The men of the Cox ought to know. for
they have been forced to eat seal on more
than one occasion during their recent
TIP to the Japan seas and the waters of
Alaska.
- The Cox came into port at Victoria on
the 25th of this month in command of
Captain W. D. Byers. who had charge of
her when she left the Pacific Coast nearly
a year ago. She had I947 pelts stored
away below. iDsuring all hands a good
. share OF "lay" money and sprees galore
-. "Al hands we'll on board" reported
Captain Byers. and this is good, for it will
. be recollected that three of the sealing
boats were adrift for six days during the
early part of April During that period
the men were with out wholesome food
anu without water.
Not alone from starvation and thirst did
the hunters and boatmen suffer. but from
the fear OF a band Of ravenOus man-eRting
sharks that followed the little fabrics
swan about them. and every little while
snapped their great jaws at the terror
stricken and famine weakened sailors,
W hO huddled together IN the center of the
boats 10 avoid having their arms wrenched
from their sockets by the relentless pur-
g suerS o. human flesh.
.. a. hunter Of the Cox writes to this city
from Victoria. under date of August %
He relates the facts from which the fol-
lowing story of the three bats and the
sharks is compiled.
-. Several contrary streaks of weather
brOdgh the Cox on April within couple
=: of hundred miles Of Kngkasam. off the
Japan coast The day was a delightful
one. The temperature was warm and
: the wind light. ii WAS fine day for seal
hunting, numbers of the sleeping animals
having drifted temptingly near the
schooner
=. Three boats were lowered and manned
wltd boatswain, OaTsmen and hunters
Provisions enough for one meal were
placed in each, and the little feet set sail.
But the waters about Kingkasam are
=. treaeherous, Currents and cross currents
:. mark the face of the sea with serpentine
ribbons of green aud blue. Sometimes a
miniature maelstrom twirls between item,
but Oftener great rush of tide-water is
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02

Supervisors, to whom the people of the
Potrero have appealed, do not meet until
September II, Unless they have fund in
reserve upon which they can and will
draw Tor the benefit Of the library the
branches will have to go.
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REAL ESTATE.

REAL ESTATE.
AUG ION
Won RHEIN & co.,
THURSDAY, SEPT. Is.
AT 1a O'CLOCK NJ, SHARP,
Ar.
5l3 CALIFORNIA STREET,
Fashionable Corner Residence.
451l05-S3S Hayes. NE. corner OF Steiner; all
streets accepted; IL handsome rooms: furnace;
conservatory: electric appliances; grounds. etc.
50X100-Fillmore ST., Near Suffer.
5OxiOO-W. line OF Fillmore, So feet n. of SUIT
1es the business
and Fillmore; in or lots.
Turk-st. Fashionable Home.
6s:9xl37 :6-lslS Turk St; II rooms: strictly
California-st Flats.
27xs7 :6-l506 ana 15u61a California st.. two
modern flats; rents sos, formerly $50.
Pacific ST., East of Hyde.
2Ox60-132S / acfc ST.; present improvements
old, but the lot Is suitable Tor business.
Undivided "A 5O-vara.
NV. corner of Leavenworth and Beach; 1877 e
on each street; subject to confirmation of court.
Large Guerrero-st. LOt-49x180.
491l SO-irregular depth; Il. line of Guerrero
ST., bet. 18th aud 18th: sold TO close an estate.
9Th ST., East of Ellen-5Ox114
50xll4-S line of 9th s.: 1929 Il. OF Ellen
sold 10 close an estate.
Y Ritch-st. Flats, Near Brannan.
50x7S-322 Riteh, bet. Brannan anu Townsend.
Sd and 4th; II fats; rents from So TO 81 each.
Seventh-st. Flats.
25xsO-32O Seventh St, bet. Folsom and Har-
rison; flats; rents 1913: mortgage of 5000 now
on property
Quinn ST.. Bet Guerrero and Dolores.
25xSO-54 Quinn ST., bet. Ridley and l4tn. Guer-
zero and Dolores; house suitable for families.
Tehama-st. Flats
25xSO-l63 Tahama St. bet. I'd and Sd; fats
OF 8 rooms each: rents S1l each.
Brannan-st. Warehouse Property.
5OxSO-156 Brannsn S., bet 9th and 7th; 3-story
wareh, use; rental value $40 per month
Mason ST., Near Lombard.
2OxS2:6-2lO5 Mason st, with 2story house for
families; rent S2S.
CastrO-st. New Flats.
25xS0-l512 and 1929. Castro ST.. bet. 25th and
10Th; flats; and rooms and bath; rents S3i.
Two Building OTIS, 23d ST., near Bryant.
Two lots each 25x10O; ). line OF 23d ST., rs feet
Z. OF Bryant
24th-st. Building Lots.
Two lots, each 25:lOxIl4: y. line oath st., ESQ
feet w. OF Douglass: also \ f. corner of Path and
Bellevue Sts l Ia on Bellvue by 1875 on Gath.
seq II IL Il OF
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-08-11
HERE AND THERE.

Market the crops on the farm by
feeding stock and saving the manure.
1t costs nothing for transportation to
a home market.
With the proper kind of cows and
conveniences butter-1nalSing is pleas
ant business. and with convene Mt
market will pay as well as any other
farm work.
Plenty Of shade in the hog pastures
is necessity and not a luxury. 1t is
to your interest as we'll as for the good
of the hogs that they are not compelled
to endure the heat of the sun.
He who plants corn reaps this year;
he who sows wheat reaps next year: but
he who sets out an orchard is reme1n-
bered when he is dead.
The famous Berlin Thiergarten
lawn. on sandy SOIL is said to have been
produced by equal proportions of the
seeds Of English rye grass, Kentucky
blue grass and creeping bent grass.
Prof. Mingo. the horse trainer. says:
NO horse should ever be whipped for
shying or boiling for he is sure to
connect the pain with the object of
his fright and be more afraid of it
thereafter
Owners of good and well-bred sad
die stations in Kentucky have done
we'll with them this season. There has
been a disposition to breed this class of
horses. as they have proven to be more
profitable on the whole.
Two pounds of good butter is worth
as much as bushel of wheat, Or seven
pounds of cotton. A good COW will
make 400 pounds of butter in a year.
At twenty-five cent a pound this is
worth 500, as much as three bales
Of cotton, and you have the COW left
The poultry breeding season is now
practically over. and after the confine-
mcnt to the breeding pen and the
strain of egg production and incuba-
ton has greatly reduced the vitality of
the hens, they now need all the stimu-
lating food they can get.
"A young orchard may be cultivated
for one or two years. or until it has
made too much growth and acquired
large roots. Potatoes and cabbages are
excellent, as they require clean cultiva-
ton, and the manure used in the rows
will also benefit the trees. If the
growth of the trees is too rapid, how
ever, the orchard may be used for grass
for one or two years and then cultivated
again.
for five or six years if the cultiva-
ton during the first year Is thor
ough. The difficulty with the matted
rows is that in the second and third
years grass and weeds take possession.
To avoid this the young plants should
be worked frequently in order to kill
every weed or blade of grass that APP
pears, and after the rows are filled with
runners the weeds must be pulled out
by hand.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-08-11
THE HOUSEKEEPER.

POWDERED charcoal, if laid thick on n
burn, causes the immediate abatement
of the pain. a superficial burn can thus
be healed in about an hour.
WHEN stung by bee always remove
the sting, which is left in the wound,
and over it squeeze the juice Of a red
onion or apply a little hartshorn.
NATURAL flowers are being used again
to decorate ball toilets, although gas
and heat are so trying to them that the
hardest sorts should be selected.
A STRIP Of oilcloth placed at each
side of a bed will cure any case of SOM
nambulism. 1t is said that the cold
surface of the oilcloth will invariably
awaken the sleeper.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-08-11

hours Of ii1e, strhen Illness and SORROW
and losses depress the most buo.f amt
nature. oftenf possess ia the highest de-
gree the power of cheering -physi-
clans, vbosef'Snsre prdEzesse's. seem to
bring healing: lawyers and cisrsyyu1en,
whose help Glo,~s with the unaffected
goodness Of their sunny patures; and
others, weighted with the exacting
cares OF business life, VINO yet have
pleasant word and ., bright smile in
evssa5 hc darkest ssonr of their own
,rn,e - es.
Tiessei be al, Of vsnateveT age. ssS,
or condition sr}t.S are in the cheering
up business t's--lIarpar's Uazar.
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Halls Cat1rrh Cure
Il Q Constitutional Cure. Price &c.
oE@oa ne NOTE

HERE are the names and ages of four
notable New York men: Roswell p.
Flower. SO years; David q. Hill, 81;
Edward Murphy, So, and Grover Cleve-
land, 81
MRS, Pu11.r1, SHERIDAN is said to be
almost the only widow of a great war
chief who has absolutely declined
purses. funds, and any such testi-
monials after his death.
DEpEw cabled Rosebery after tho
premier's victory with Ladas at Derby:
s.NEw YORK, June lord Rosebery,
London: Congratulations. Heaven
alone is left. ClIAUNCEY M. DEPEw."
REV. CHARLES ID. COOPER, d. D., has
resigned the rcctorship of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church Of the Holy Apos-
ties. Philadelphia, which he has held
for more than a quarter of n century.
His retirement is due solely to his ad-
vanced age, he having completed his
eightieth year in November last.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-08-11
THE COUNTRY HOME.
1t Is Capable of Being Made Attractive Be
yond That of the City.

1t is Capable Being Made Attractive Be-
yond That of the City.
The following excellent article.
gracefully written, sound in sentiment
and fruity with good advice. was writ
ten some time ago by Gen. Clement a.
Evans, of Georgia:
There is claim about the story of
old Obcd Edom. the honest. the brave
old farmer. who took the ark into the
house and kept it there until it could
be esta blished in its national position.
1t is certain that according to the laws
of his country it was his house. held
by good title and unencumbered by
mortgage. Doubtless the earliest duty
that a man owes to himself, his family.
society and state is to provide a home
where he can enjoy the sweets of fami-
~ and social life, and which he can hold
as a free citizen of his commonwealth
This is sometimes difficult to do, and
vent the attainment Of his object. But
"happy is the man who is in such a
case" where he can call his home his
own, however humble it maybe.
The farm home is capa BILE of attrac-
tions that can not be given the houses
in the cities by the expenditure of
thousands of dollars. The site on the
hill, the natural growth in the yard.
the broad view unobstructed by brick
and mortar, the sweet, fresh air, the
pure water from the well or spring.
are all advantages which nature pro-
vides for the family in the country
home. What a splendid place in which
to rear the tender offspring of the
family into well-rounded maturity, free
from the excitement that overstrains
the forming nerves. Perhaps this has
something to do with the fact that so
many successful men in cities proudly
point to the fact that they spent their
early years rs toilers on the farm.
BY all means make the country home
the most attractive spot on earth.
True enough that the farmers toll is
not often rewarded with riches. and hc
has many obstacles to overcome III
order to succeed even in making u liv-
ing. but admitting all that, he has =
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-08-11

The Cheersng-Up Business a Good Busi-
ness to Isc In.
When the hard times began last year
it was reported that clever woman
declared that if She had to earn her
living she would become a general
sym pa thizer. going to anyone who
wished to pour out her troubles and
worries. listening and comforting for a
fixed sum per hour; the interviews to
ice strictly confidential, and the profess
sional sympathizer never to allow
herself to have pains trials greater
than those of her client. This seemed
an odd little fancy, as impracticable as
original. until a short time ago, when,
reading over the lists which a wom-
ans exchange prepares to meet the
wants of its patrons, the eye fell upon
this item: I'm the cheering-up bust
ness A lady who has had successful
experience will read to or a1nuse in
valids convalescents." Then there
is such occupation, after ALL
and one which this cheering
lady has made successful well.
How does she manage her deli
cate work? by what cunning1y-de-
vised means has she bottled up the
sunshine which carries it's brightness
into the lives of those who are stran-
gers to her? and from what founts does
she draw sparkling, eXhilarating
traughts? and who, after she has spent
l1cr day in reading to and amusing in
valids and convalescents.'' cheers her
when twilight gives her back to her
self?
It is a beautiful and sclf-effacing oc-
cupation. demanding special gifts of
tact and sweetness, and calling for
keenness of eye and quicxness of ear,
and also, contradictorily enough, for a
certain judicious near-sightedness and
mental deafness, which can leave I'M
noticed and unheard all that tends to
~ Il
essential to maintain. While as a means
of gaining livelihood the business is
undoubtedly new. it is really
an old, very old, vocation, to
which from time imme1norial women
have spontaneously devoted themselves.
In the home nest, as daughter and SIS
ter, a woman learns to express the SYM
pathy of a loving heart, and in the new
relations of wife and mother her oppor-
tunitieS increase immeasurably and I'M
ceasingly. Upon the so-called weaker
partner has ever fallen the duty of
tightening by her ready responsive
clcerfulncss the burdens borne by her
lord and master. When everything
downtown goes wrong home is made
&c, take on more than its usual attrac-
tiveness, and the domestic atmosphere
has soothing calm which refreshes the
tired man. whose wife and bairnies are
at their brightest when poor papa
coroes in. married man is more apt
to retrieve his fallen fortunes and to
reinstate himself more speedily than
| the unfortunate bachelor, whose only
| comfort is that when he puts on his hat
his whole family is under it.
1t is by no means claimed that
women have a monopoly of this in
l spiriting. bliss-impartins quality, yet
| It is always conceded to be such q
| right wo,nanly talent that the highest
compliment that can be paid to one OF
| the other sex is to lil<en his powers OF
/ sympathy to those of ours. The mer
whom one must depend on in the {sarl
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FoNGsops ooeolP.

The king OF Greece isan excellent
swimmer. and has 3 perfect passion for
Ashing.
Sweden claims to have the best
known woman painter in northern A,t.-
rope-the baroness Emma Spaire.
Donald Graham, who died til. 18th.
Or day in England, aged eissitty-five
years, was u schoolmate of Gladstone,
and 1t was his proud boast thai he Used
to s'beat the prime ministe, at The
shorter catechism."
Two thousand five hundret, we'd
dings were celebrated in st. Peters
burg during the first week after the
Russian Easter. This week is especial
ly chosen for marriage by Russians of
the Orthodox Greek faith.
The death is reported on South
African ostrich farm offs male ostf4cn
named Saul, which was known to be at,
least ffty-fve years old. At ONE ti8Qe
the plumes from a single plucke1g of
this bird sold for more than one hun
dred dollars.
Rosa Bonheur. upon whose breast
Empress Eugene personally fastened
the cross of the Legion of Honor in
1865. has just been promoted to the
grade of officer in that order, the first
woman artist upon whom that distinc-
ton has been conferred.
A South African publication states
that many trees in the government
compound at Kimberley have been de-
stroycd by a species of underground
ants, which eat into the roots and pene-
trate upward into the trunk, where
upon the tree slowly withers.
Turkey has for some time been
planning a great exhibition to be held in
Constantinople in 1896. The sultan has
just decided to postpone it until 1897
or 1898 on account of the Millennial ex-
io1 iS To 1Da Mt !,
in 1896, and at VIII ich Turkey will be Il n
extensive exhibitor.
During last year lib murder charges
were tried in Great Britain, of which
twenty-one were of child-1nurder. In
thirty cases verdicts of wilful murder
were returned; in twenty cases the de-
PENDANTS were found not guilty; in
fourteen the accused were found to be
insane. and in the remainder verdicts
of manslaughter in various degrees were
returned. The number of charges of
vilful murder were more than double
the number in the preceding year, and
the number of convictions was also
nearly double.
The decree of President Carnot,
forbidding members of the French dip
lomatic and consular service to marry
without the permission of the govern
ment, caused a stir in diplomatic cir
clcs. The fact that the decree was
issued SO soon after the marriage of NJ.
Jules I'atenotre to an American girl
is regarded as significant, although
the French premier insists that it only
has reference to the marriage of French
representa- tives to ladies of other ma
lions which are objectionable to the
French government.
Under the new electoral scheme
passed in Belgium last year, under
some notable pressure it will be re
400
voters. instead Of 10000, as under the
Old regime. 1t is calculated that in
the rural districts the electors will be
increased to fourfold the extent of the
increase in Brussels. Under the old
regime about one inhabitant to five OF
| the capital had vote, but only about
one in twenty of the rural people had
a vote. while in villa es containing sew
cral hundred people not one person
could vote.