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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01

She came one morning on deck, and there,
sitting in undisturbed possession, was the
other medical graduate. He arose smil-
ing and greeted her with gentle friendli-
ness. "Franklinl how dared you Gomez
she said. 1.-THE highway of the seas is
FREE" he replied, "and have desire to
go to China"
One of Formosas patients was study,
mystery to her.. She was something
taller than the ordinary height of the
Chinese woman. She could not walk
alone, her feet had been bound so young.
She spoke the scant dialect of her caste,
but she was white and Caucasian in
feature, and her hair would slip from it's
stiff plastering and cling in soft little rings
about her low, wide forehead. Her eyes
were radiantly blue, she was young and
she was beautiful. When Formosa told
her that her Chinese baby was girl and
was dead she laughed.
Day after day Formosa besought her to
become Christian, but the slowly recover
ing girl-woman cried impatientlv, DO
not talk to me of gods p, and she reached
out her hand and filliped an ugly little
joss on the head. 1t toppled over and fell
on the floor. She looked scared and lis
tened. One day Formosa had her story
from her.
NY mObueT-lu-ldW IOlu IL Iuc tudt ldSC
time she beat me. / have never seen my
face, but my hands are not the color of the
hands of other women. / was looking out
at man, his face was the color OF my
hands. watched him every day; I will
watch him again. She beat me very hard
she will beat me again, but shall watch
him. She said / was of the white bar
barians, that my father was poor white
missionary. My father and mother were
killed when l was one year old, and a
good rich man took me and brought me nd
and made lady of me- (she thrust out
one of her pitifully little feet) land sold me
to my husband. That is all know. only
that to watch unseen the man with face
like my hanos go by and to feel my heart
grow big and great, and the little beating
thing in my wrist that you hold in your
finger so often tiutter, futter at the sight
of him, is all care for IN this world"
"That is wicked" Formosa said. you
are wife, and" she could not finish it
the words stuck in her throat. The woman
uttered little cry, "There-there he isl"
Formosa peeped out, then stepped back
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01

could be done; yet the energetic city editor
felt that something had surely happened
or was about to happen, and that his hated
rivals would get the story of it before him.
He knew it was high time that something
should turn up. Long training in their
sharp, quick trade teaches these bright
men to predict change in the dizziness
and dearth Of news with the precision of
an astronomer when measuring the stars !;
aye, almost as certainly as the dullest
planter of corn can count on the changes
of the moon. But no more now. All that
old dead matter that had been slain and
laid aside, day after day, till shrouded,
almost buried, indeed, with dust, will have
to go in.
With a sigh the city editor pushed the
ball of his thumb against the button as
viciously as if it had been the eye OF his
enemy of the other paper looking down at
him and leering at his discontinue. He
heard shutting step and raised his head
impatiently to give the final order.
'Got an item; body found in the bay
twenty dollars"
A long, bony hand, long, lean arm, a
long. lean and leaning old man hung above
the city editor; and the "item," at least a
4ozen pages of item in pencil, was laid I'M
der his eager eyes.
"a body in the bay? Bosh! We have
had all that before. Get out~ And again
the city editor assaulted the button, this
time with his whole fist and force.
pieces of a body, yes. But this is a
whole body; perfect state of preservation !;
only few minutes in the water, and that
body the body of the Mayor of Alameda,
sir"
The creaking of his new boots and that
only family and far away at the toes told
of the editors agitation. For in matters
of money the city editor must be cool. he
was q veteran under fire. and must not
show concern now.
But the long, lean man was hungry, and
all his animal faculties were alert He
had heard the creahing OF the boots; he
felt sure Of his money now. Yet the editor
had never yet surrendered to a reporter on
demand Precious as time was he would
fight down that eXorbitant figure; at least
he would try. But oh, is it a SCOOP
How fresh is this2" he Numbered.
$50 fresh, sir, that you might still see
that the ink is wet, but for the fact ="
We'll, well, but for what fact?"
but for the fact that | wrote it with
pencil, SIR on the boat"
This managing editor was myself Much
as should like 10 write like the great first
OF all the twelve Caesars, and save the gen.
erous display OF the great big personal pro-
noun. 1t is better to set them up as thick as
plckets around garden fence than be sus-
pected OF trying to get revenge for having
an article returned as '.not suitable to our
columns" " o--
Yes, indeed, | was once, alas how briefly!
an editor in San Francisco. You don't
believe it? Well, perhaps you would not
believe that staid and honest old Tom
Magee, now the rich and respectable real
%tate dealer, was once an editor here; but
be was, editor and proprietor of the Led
ger, and he rejected novel of mine, now
lost, and [ borrowed book of him, 1.-THE
Curiosities of Literature" by the father of
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cleaning, glittering and fascinating head
lines in funereal black that even the blind
in the asylums must see and read. Thrust
ing the money down into the deep anC
hollow curve of that still reaching hanC
he Numbered, as he chewed at his pencil
and began his startling headlines, ''Read
onp'
'shall skip my headlines2 Don't YOU
need them, sir?-took great pains with
them, sir"
"Hang you and your headlines! l wan
facts. Read on and read fast or drop thai
coin and get OUT
The tremulous voice arose above the
scratching and rasping of the pencil. "a.
two young Berkeley students of Jewish
extraction, pupils and personal friends o.
the distinguished DR.. Mclean of the Cali
fornia University, were returning about
the going down of the sun from a duck
hunt on the south side of Alameda City
they saw the large, bald head of human
body floating in the water near the shore
Only the head and the right hand were al
first visible. The right hand was thrown
up over the face and eyes as if to protect
the head either from the sun or muir
derous blow. On the forefnger of this
right hand an enormous diamond glittered
in the setting sun and flashed above the
dashlng salt spray of the inflowing tide,
and cast soft and luminous"
"Cut the soft and luminous. Here Ito
the man with the mallet) take that por-
zion of it. Here's the head, too. Double
column! Half page! Pack her with lead
See2" The man vanished.
The editor rubbed his hands He was
radiant in the face, almost hilarious, as
the man with the mallet rushed out.
The poor old reporter with the pyra-
midal nose raised his right knee and
wrestled as fast as he could with his mass
of paper. He had certainly taken great
glory to himself in putting that diamond
and the dying sun in such close compan-
ionship. But now, alas and alas he had
to run relentless pencil through four
pages of his work.
"Got her cut? Then go on buchanan
Only five minutes left"
The ancient child of Israel and lover of
diamonds read on as fast as he could.
"These two young medical students who
first discovered the body floating in the
water are of good family and cannot pos
sibly be held to answer in any way. The
large diamond, still to be seen on the fore
finger of the body of the Mayor"
son, Israeli Got all l want of the dia-
mond cut thatP'
''Cut, sir"
"Then go on ! go on FAST fasterl'
ssThe father of the eldest of these medical
students is shoe merchant of high stand
ing at
3Upon my SOUL" cried the editor.
s'The grandfather of the other and his
grandfather as well, +" read the reporter.
"oh, Abraham an ado Isaac! wan G you let
whole tribeP
''Cut, sir"
'.sThen read Read fast!"
''These medical students, on beholding
this huge diamond glittering in the sun
were fearful they might be accused, yet
were too brave aud honorable to leave
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
So a Month, Medicines Included.
A PROMINENT ATTORNEY
States What the Treatment Has Done
for Him.

Probably no gentleman is better known in
San Francisco nor in the whole State, than
Attorney F. NJ. Hustled. He has lived here for
years and is proprietor of Husted's Directories,
which are made for all the cities in the State
Hustled suffered from catarrh since his boy
hood and was treated for it by Drs. Copeland,
Neal and VIM. The results of treatment are
shown in the following letter.
Drs Copeland, Neal and Winn-DEAR SIRs: In
reply to your inquiry of the Sd inst, permit
me to say that do not require further treat
ment as oil traces of my catarrh seem to have
disappeared. When came to you, by the adj
vice of a friend, 1 was very skeptical about the
possibility OF a cure, as had suffered from
chronic catarrh since boyhood, and had been
treatment with you l almost Immediately ex-
perienced great relief, and now consider my
self entirely cured.
You are at liberty to use this in any way you
may see fit Yours very truly,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01

Her father was missionary and she was
named for the city of her birth. She was a
pretty child-a slender, elfn little creature,
adored entirely by her fathers yellow con-
gregation, with the exception of her feet.
They could understand the Trinity and
the Plan of Salvation, but not how a
gentleman who had money enough to have
his daughters feet bound could let them
grow, and thereby condemn her forever to
low-caste society.
When she was years old her father
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01

r. d. WAGNER, CAPITOL HOUSE.
sT was troubled with catarrh for about five
years. 1t began with bad cold, and became
so bad that gave up my business in the Napa
Valley so as to attend to it. 1 had suffered SO
much and heard that it was incurable, so was
about to give up in despair when I met a
friend who had been cured at the Copeland
Medical Institute, and on his advice 1 applied
for treatment. That was several months ago,
and l now scarcely know that 1 ever had
catarrh. The treatment has been almost mir
aculous in my case, and want to add my
testimony in favor of the doctors. They are
-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-01
So a Month, Medicines Included.
READ THESE STATEMENTS.
If You Doubt Them Investigate and Be
Convinced.

|
If You Doubt Them Investigate and Be
| Convinced.
Mrs. M. c. ellison, an elderly lady formerly q
resident of Prescott, AriZ., but now living at
217 Francisco street, speaking of her ex-
perience with tie Copeland treatme1,
says: sI called on Drs. Copeland, Neal
treatment 1t was but short time until II
could hear and smell, and now 1 am safe
in saying that am well woman again. Thdir
treatment is wonderful as the results in fny
case are but little short of miraculous
earnestly advise all sufferers to go to the Cbpe-
land Medical Institute if they want I'd be
cured"
Anton Decio, well-known business man of
Arcata, CAL, says: 81 took the home treatment
and began to improve, at first very slowly, but
now l am as well as ever was, with the ex-
ception of my throat, but that is due to some
of the treatment l had before. / want to
recommend Drs. Copeland Neal and VIM,
and cannot find words to express my appre-
citation of their good treatment"
F. A. Pust 22O Bush street, says: "on the
advice of a physician, l called on Drs. Cope
land, Neal and VIM. They removed a num-
Der of polypus without the least bit of pain and
then cured my catarrh. 1 now feel perfectly
well, and feel very grateful to them for the
cure they have effected"
Mr.. E. Nelson, 12S Elite street, Oakland, saws:
81 had read and heard so much about the
Copeland Medical Institute that determined
to make q trial there. did. and now feel like
another man. / can testify that the immediate
relief after the first treatment was fully worth
the small fee charged for the full month, and
after short course l was entirely cured. ANY
one desiring any further information regard
ing my case will be cheerfully received if they
will call on me-"
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So a Month, Medicines Included.
RETIRED FROM BUSINESS

So as to Have More Time to Attend to
Happy.
F. D. Wagner, former rancher of Napa
County, who now lives at the Capital House,
Sacramento street, is another one who wants
to be heard in praise of the treatment Of Drs.
Copeland, Neal and VIM. He says:
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oKzuM@EL>
So a Month, Medicines Included.

TREATMENT BY MAIL.
For those desiring the treatment by mail the
first step is to drop line to Drs. Copeland, Neal
and VIM for question list or symptom blank.
Return same with answers filled out and treat
ment may be commenced at once. Every mail
brings additional proof of the success of the
mail treatment
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
nWOULD GIVE THE DEVIL A FAIR TRIAL,

count. The Prince of Naples, only son of
King Humbert, is a delicate, somewhat
dissipated young man, and in the event of
his death, the next heir to the throne
would be the Duke of Aosta.
The Duke degl AbruZzi is stepson of
that frolicsome Princess Letitia, who is
constantly bringing down on her skittist
head the reproofs of her august relations
for her inconventionality. Not that any
members of the house of Savoy are par
ticularly austere. King Humbert is jovial.
democratic sort of man, who is the first
to lend a helping and encouraging hand
if there is a fire, panic, an epidemic of
cholera or any other public disaster. 1t is
said that his nephews resemble him in
this respect more than does his son.
LItalia of last night states that the
Italian Chamber of. Commerce has re-
solved to tender a banquet to the Duke
and the other officers of the Cristoforo
Colombo, and active preparations are
already being made in the Italian colony
to give them fitting welcome.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
Ed SULLIVAN IS MISSING,
A Boilerman of the Risdon Iron
Works Disappeared Thanks
giving.
Was Sufferer From Consumption, and
1t Is Thought He Went Back
East to Die.

Ed Sullivan, an employe of the Rsdon
Iron Works, has neither been seen nor
heard of since last Thanksgiving day. On
foot of Market street, saying he was going
to Rodeo.
After week or ten days had passed in
quiries were made and word was received
from Rodeo that Sullivan had not been
there. 1t was then feared he had been the
victim OF foul play, but later on it was as
certained that instead of stopping at Rodeo
he had continued East on ticket for Syra-
cuse, n. Y.
He was suffering from consumption, and
his friends can see no motive for his de-
parture for the cold climate unless he had
the idea that he would die anyway a nd
wished to be at his old home.
Sullivan was gentle, manly fellow,
but rather reserved and possessed but few
intimate friends.
John Crawford foreman boilerman of
the iron works, takes his friends depar-
ture very seriously to heart. He cannot
conceive how Sullivan could have left
without so much as saying good-by when
he was Sullivan's only real friend on the
coast, and one who loved him like a
brother.
''I have known the boy" said he, "and
have taken brotherly interest in him for
longer than seven years.
He worked under me in the East for
five years, and was skillful boilerman.
and was always liked and respected wher-
ever he was. Two years ago we came to
this coast, and until now we have kept
together. ggSaa, .t,o. o .-,. ,ouo ;, 49,
tracted severe cold and never seemed to
recover from it. he went to a physicia
and was told he had consumption. This
worried him great deal, and he began to
fail in health very rapidly. l had made
arrangements to send him TO Arizona to
take charge of some work there. / thought
the climate would benefit him. Thanks
giving he was to have taken dinner at my
house, but he did not put in an appearance
that day, aid so we ate our turkey with
out him.
II was told by Tom Madden, a work.
man in the shop. that Sullivan had slept
at his house Wednesday night and had
said that he would be obliged to go to
Rodeo to arrange about getting some tools
down -iere that belonged to him.
Madden went with him to the ferries,
supposing him to be on the way to Rodeo.
He might have told me that he was GO
ing away. 1t seems to me he must be
wanting in some kind of manly spirit.
Why couldn't he have come and said
John, | am going East Why, then
would have said, .All right and would
have put him on the train.
The landlady where we board told me
that the boy had spoken several times
about going back East; that he believed
he was going to die very soon and wanted
to die there, and that he was afraid to tell
me because he might break down and
bring on hemorrhage, which would
hasten his death.'
1t was learned at the ferries that ticket
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

to the American Protective Association.
There will be a conference between the two
Judges tomorrow, and if they can agree
upon third party, the principals in the
case will be at once called On to submit
proofs in support of their respective posi-
tions.
Yes, I have consented to act for Mr..
Ross on the committee deciding Father
Yorke's challenge" said Major E. A. Sher-
man yesterday. Il am not an a. P. A.
and I would give the devil fair trial. So
l think l am qualified to act on this ques-
ton.
$50 far have not been interested in the
controversy between Father Yorke and
Mr.. Ross, nor had l the least idea that the
latter gentleman would, until he COM
municated with me this morning, select
me to act for him. I think it unfortunate
that so much publicity has been given to
the matter before the men who are to form
the committee were chosen, but of course
that cannot now be helped, and I am sure
the decision will be just one. This ques-
tion will not be settled by our judgment,
however.
"Since the Reformation these discus
sions of one kind or another have ragged
between Catholic and Protestant, between
priest and minister and the followers of
each, and it will always be so; but there
is no doubt that one or other OF the men
engaged in the discussion is wrong, and if
it is question of deciding which it is that
holds this position certainly men un-
biased toward either side should be- able
to do so justly.
while man cannot help forming
opinions for his own guidance, when it
comes to case of documentary evidence
or proof he could not but be fair. The
truth in such case could not but be plain
to him.
Il am very slightly acquainted with Mr..
Ross. So he could only have selected me
as man whom he deemed capable of act
ing fairly in the matter. | have never met
Mr.. Foote, and, OF course, could not sug-
gest man to act as the third party on the
committee until meeting for that pur-
pose had been arranged between us. My
own idea, however, would be that man of
go years or more of age should be chosen,
a man of Acknowledged integrity of char
acter and one who would not wish or hope
to gain anything politically or in his prac-
tice by acting in this capacity. man OF
these years would probably have made his
mark in life, and would also be of sound
and mature judgment. For obvious
reasons l should also think it would be
well TO choose man who lives neither in
San Francisco nor Oakland
Major Sherman is a pioneer of California,
having come here in 1849. He is a veteran
of the Mexican war, and also served in the
War of the Rebellion. He is prominent
thirty -tbird-degree Mason, and has served
as secretary of the veteran lodge for several
wears. Although admitted to the bar he
is not best known as lawyer, having given
the greater part OF his time to the work of
the Masons.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
A LABOR VICTORY.
Important Decision That Workingmen en-
Need Not Accept Time-Card Pay
ments for Cash.

ments for Cash.
A victory has been won in the San Fran
cisco courts for the workingmen.
Several years ago large corporations,
such as lumber companies, contractors,
etc., adopted the system of paying their
men with time-checks of thirty, sixty or
ninety days duration, as it suited their
pleasure. In a few places these time
checks or certificates of money due were
accepted by storekeepers and brokers at a
discount, but as rule the paper was of no
use except to the possessor and his en-
ployer.
In order to accommodate" the laborer
the employers cashed their own time
checks, but always at a heavy discount.
The average laborer was obliged to get the
ready money, even if he lost ten to twenty
per cent on the check by discounting, and
in this way large corporations, by dis
counting their own paper, were able tn
cheat employees out of hundreds of dollars.
AT last the State took up the matter and
passed law making it compulsory for
corporations to pay their employees in cash
on stated days of the week or month.
Like many laws, this became dead let
ter, and the time-check system was soon
in operation all over the State again. 1t
was not until recently that the matter was
taken into court, and the laborer won a
victory. A man named st. Germain OBJ
tanned situation working in Blochman &
Cerfs | x L Lime Company at Eel
ton. When $45 rs was due him, he re-
ceived instead time check, which he was
unable to cash. so he went to an attorney
and sued for his wages. The case was be-
fore Justice Barry, who promptly decided
that the presentation and acceptance of
the time check was not a payment of the
debt owed st. Germain by Blochman &
Cert. The latter appealed from the de-
cision of Justice Barry to the Superior
Court.
A few days ago Judge Trout heard the
case, and sustained ustce Barry's de-
cision. The defend dants will now have to
pay st. German his full wages, the labor
ers attorneys fees and the cost of the ac-
ton, as provided by the statutes of 1891.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
Has Not Read the Controversy
Between Rev. Mr.. Ross
and Father Yorke.
THE FINAL TEST AT HAND
Probability That There Soon Will
Be Show Down of the Con-
tention at Issue.

There is a strong probability that the
contentious of the Rev. Father Yorke and
the Rev. Donald NJ. Ross over certain
questions of Catholic doctrine will soon be
put to the crucibie.
Major Sherman OF Oakland has accepted
the appointment of Rev. D. NJ. Ross TO act
as umpire in the place of Attorney Quit
zow, who withdrew, because w. W. Foote
said very plainly that he would not sit on
the board with any person who belonged
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
KING EUMBERTs NEPHEW.
An italian Royalty Who Will Visit
This City Next Month.

An italian Royalty Who Will Visit
This City Next Month.
AS announced some months ago in THE
CALL, this City will soon receive visit
from the Duke degli Abruzzi, nephew OF
the King of Italy and son of the late
Amedeo, ex-King of Spain.
The Italian Consul, Cavalieri F. Bruni-
Grimaldi has officially announced that
the Italian warship Cristoforo Colombo,
on which the Duke degli Abruzzi is max
ing tour of the world, will arrive in this
port some time between the Goth and the
25th of next month. The Duke is one of
the richest and most popular of the
younger European royalties. He is a
grandson of Victor Emanuel, and as his
mother was a great heiress, both he and
his elder brother, the Duke Of Aosta,
who recently married the Princess Helen
Of Orleans, are wealthy on their ae-
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
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We invite special attention to our ex-
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GOODS, especially imported for the HOLl-
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