The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-03
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purpose. A small fire: is built under it anda
| therrnor ter. placed ia the oven About 80
degrees, and no higher, IS. considered the corr
/ rect heat to thaw With, but Frank did n seem
to know: how to yegniaf e 1t: He. knew that so,
degrees was required, and 1T was his me h0d of
regulation thai caused me to come DOWN to the
| city for. q few days: We. wanted: to do some
blasting. not long ago, and the foreman told
Frank to get the powder ready He put: a fire
| unqer:the machine that would have fused cast
iron; and loaded the oven: with the explosive.
He as So long about it that the foreman went
over to the: seat of operations and found the
fellow perspifang Ikea coalheayer.. = Every.
encein a. Mhi lie he would peer. in 70 the oven,
+ grab the thermometer and sousef it into a
/ bucket of water which stood handy until It
went dowll to So degrees again
a'What. the dickens are YOU deing7. shouted
the foreInari.: do ssou want; TO blow UP. the.
eGrtflg. !. H. i: ~
q 'eh, guess she's: not geta: ver' hot. Meba
I she's KEEP XeF'' cool in. one bucket Watar any
| tiIfae j. polka: :thees therrem in oven. see
she's all right. Cooled off:eYarY time
+ < GAS 9oon as. the foreman S aW Frank trying to
keep the thefmo meter cool. instead of the.oxen
he pulled Linn away at. rate that: would mako
q .ter-second Splinter eIlvfons Luckily the
stun did not explod pr i might have had to
write home. to Frank paEeIi IS that he had
pgetA ,AteSx ~ ~ Us! .i.
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f. A.sJ.. Young, o prominent business man OF
t Kansas City, who was atthe Palace Yesterday
! fe}ls of recent :deyelopIneTits regarding the
family: of Alexander Ma jors, the ori gfnator of
The pony express across the plat as; -Wiliph viii
be sorrowful news to all pfd-tirhe Galffornfans:
"A Short time ago., said Mr.. oung; fethe wife
and daughter Of Mr.. Majors made an applfcaa
tion before our Coun Court that they be sent
/ to the Poorhouse. Th re- announcement, when
/ made public created mnch excitement, and
/ was the cause of: widespread expressions of
| sympathy from all those VIII had known Mr.:
Nfajors in his days. Of affiuenee. "A movement
was immediately set afoot by men Of means to
relieve the troubles: of the old gertlenan's
family and it issafe to say thatrheyWill never
/ be permitted to. seek shelter in a;poorhouse..'
/ Mr.. Majors has been visitor III San Francisco.
+ twice within the past year-once at the session
of the Trans Mississip Congress and aga in at
/ a subsequent date; He first went into the:
| freighting: business between " Independence
E(Mo9 and Santa he {N. Mex;l In 1S4s, when his
outfit .eonsist edo of six wagons and tearns+ For
! many years. he: was in THE employ Of the Gov
Eernnent,s transporting stores to the different
/ fortsin. New Mexico, Colorado and U tah. Late
I in the SOS the firm of RUSSELL Majors 81 w adj
/ deli was formed. and the business Increased
| enormously :: in. 1860 MI. Majors bought out
his partners and con tinued the business alone.
The pony. express which he started, proved to-
| be a great Success: The line extended from
Missouri to lifernia, and the section: between
| Missouri and Salt Lake alone paid 1900, 600 q
! year. After the construction of the Pacific
railroads the liiisfor tunes f1Ir. Majors flowed
| thick and fast, one upon another, until he had
lost his entire property, and is now said to be
in this State; brokenip hea lth and practically
without a dollar. -. -. :. "
/. &c. F, Goodman, an Eastern fruit-buyer who
| has justreached the city from the southern
/ portion of the State, says that the growers are
| meeting with quite a demand for lemons from
the East, and that many of them are preparing
to- devote more attention to the cnltiHatien of
/ this fruit in the future than TREY have in the
past. 9Th ere Will beam enormous increase in
the acreage devoted to II kinds fruits in this
State" said he, sand the outlook is certainly
very bright one: SO many conflicting reports
have been received as to the conditions of af-
tfairs in Florida that our house concluded to
send q nlan down there: to give the matter his
personal attention. His reports fllllysubsta1i-
| tate the great. iiij Jury dome by the severe
/ weather that see ton has encountered He says
that all the young trees*are dead down. to the
roots, and that any of the old trees that maybe
living will hayeto becutback and allowed to
| bud over again: He reports that cases came
under his observation where trees from 2 to 10
inches ia diameter were; being cut to within
three to ye:feet from: the ground. California
nursery men are likely to have q big trade from
that section when replanting fully begins, 81.
The warhorse OF the Santa Rosa Democracy,
Editor Thompson of the Democrat was in the
city yesterday. He reports business mattersup
his way as showing signs OF revival and thinks
| the bright outlook fora good crop win have. q
decidedly beneficial effect. Mr.. Thompson: is
somewhat of a ookworm,,' SO far at least as a
great admiration for: old and obsolete works is
concerned. There is a little bookstore up on
Kearny streetwhich he visits every time he
comes to the city, and there he meets num-
Der of'congenial spirits, who takeiup and. dis
cuss any interesting discovery any one of their
| number may have made since they last met
together. =: s.
*Langley's Directory has more pages and
1884 more names than Interpretation and is
] less cumbersome: -. ~ {. -. 80: