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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02
The Ranks Are Swelling.

Since the Salvation Army moved into
the old Peoples Theater in the center of
town there has been an increase both in
membership and attendance. To-day En-
sign Reed gave several prospective soldiers
the articles of war that they are required
TO sign before they are allowed TO take the
VOWS OF a soldier. When a number of re-
cruits are ready to be sworn in. there will
be special meeting held for the purpose.
Realty at Auction.
The property belonging to the Nickals
estate, consisting of eleven lots located on
San Pablo avenue and Twenty-third street,
Oakland, Will be sold at auction by order
of James Stanley, administrator, next Sat
urday September Z, at the salesrooms of
William J. Dingee, 460-462 Eighth street.
The property is located in desirable part
of the city and is in line of immediate i'm
provements. Three lines of streetcars
penetrate the property, which is attracting
the attention of those seeking investments
in realty for business purposes. The sale
will be made without reserve and to the
highest bidder for cash.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02
Why Should DR.. McLean's
Successor Come From
the East 2
PEDDLING THE JUTE MILLS.
Hon. Judge Simonds May Expect to
Build Competing Road 60
Stockton.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANe1sco CALL,

$40 broadway, SenG. L.
The First Congregational Church of this
city is without pastor and the trustees
are holding secret negotiations with an
Eastern minister whom they are inducing
to succeed DR.. Mclean. Just why 1t IS con-
sidered necessary to import minister to
the First Congregational Church IS ques-
ton that three-fourths of the church-goers
OF this city are now asking 1t is argued
that there is available talent right within
the shadow of the church's steeple and
that 1t should be employed. 1t Is certainly
8 Ieft-handed compliment to the PACING
Theological Seminary OF this city to send,
only the trustees at present know where,
Tor pastor. DR.. Mclean said: 1.-The trus-
tees had almost closed with one man in
Boston, but the newspapers here got hold
of his name, his congregation heard of it
and demanded an explanation, and of
course the man had to break off negotia-
tons and tell his people he intended to
stay where he was.
This certainly was coup on the part of
the newspapers that should be commended,
and if BY pursuing the same policy all
negotiations with Eastern dIvmeS can be
broken up no Californian should raise an
objection. 1t is this practice of sending
professorships that tends to lower the
educational standard of California on the
other side of the continent. 1t is con-
strued as an implication that home talent
is inferior, which is certainly not true.'
Much surprise has been expressed that
Rev. William RAIDER, who for several years
past has been DR.. McLean's assistant, is
not offered the vacant pastorate.
Mr.. RAIDER is an aggressive man; he is
not too young, he has made himself popu-
lar and respected, and is man of nerve.
While in the Hawaiian Islands, less than a
year ago, he was offered pastorate at
salary equal to that received by DR.. Nc
Lean, but refused it on the ground that to
90 to Honolulu would be to partially sever
connection with the great work of which
he Justly considered himself a legitimate
part. 1t is not even known whether he
wants DR.. McLean's pulpit, or whether he
would accept it II offered, but thousands of
loyal Californians are wondering why Mr..
RAIDER has not been already appointed.
There may possibly be reasons why the
assistant pastor is not as satisfactory to
the trustees as to the great part of the con-
gregation, but if so, they have not been
made public. But surely, among the many
able ministers of California and the many
gifted graduates of the Theological Semi
nary over which DR.. Mclean now presides,
there can be found an able man who would
prove acceptable to a leading Oakland
congregation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02

nese gamblers hold the law could not be
better shown than by two Oakland dealers
during the past week.
One was arrested twice and another three
times for the same offense. On each occa-
sion they furnished cash bail and went back
to their business. Under the new Chief of
Police, perhaps, juries will be secured that
can be depended upon to do their whole
duty and then there will be some hope.
In connection with this sudden outburst
OF a desire to execute the lottery laws on
the part OF the police, question has been
asked that merits an answer. Why is the
crusade limited to Chinese? There are
many places where gambling is being con-
Quoted by whites and so far they have not
been disturbed
Ihere are twenty cigar-stores on Broad
way, Washington and adjacent streets
where gambling is carried on, in addition
to several private places, and the respecta-
BILE portion OF the community is waiting
Tor Chief Lloyd to suppress them. The
hrst month OF his term of Office closed last
night with good showing. His next
months record will be eagerly watched.
This afternoon at Mills Tabernacle Rev.
q. w. Henning lectured to small audi
ence on "a Fallen Nation" A few weeks
ago Mr.. Henning lectured on a similar
subject IN San Francisco and was quite ex-
tensively reported. Several of the rev.
erend gentleman's friends in Oakland are
wondering when he discovered that this
country has fallen. Mr.. Henning is well
known IN this city. Within the past five
years he has held two pastorates in West
Oakland and before that he was Los An
geles preacher.
Before that year he was San Francisco
newspaper man, but prior to that no one
remembers him. In neither of his Oak
land churches did Mr.. Hennings create
great Juror, and ia his new role of calam
lty lecturer he is not making any greater
success. The number OF Americans in
Oakland who think the Nation has gone to
the dogs is very small
STUART W. BOOTH.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02
PACIFICS-FIRsT INNINGS,
Ward Jr "a balls, 80 runs, 5 maidens, wickets
Sloman 80 balls, 40 runs, 0 maidens, 6 wickets.

ALAMEDAS.
E. Hood c. 4. Theobald b. Brown $500. ......... 20
F. s. Price c. G. Theobald b. Cassidy. ........... Is
J. J. Morey C. Wiseman b. Cassidy ......... 65
f. G. Sloman C. Howard b. Gardner. ........... 9
r. B. Hogue C. Mulch b. Cassidy. ............... 9
II. Ward Jr. C. Cassidy b. Howard ...............
III. Virgins c. g. Theobald b. Howard ........... 6
E. T. Randall C. Harbour b. Cassidy ..............
j. j. H. Peel NOT OUT D
H. Bird C. Wiseman b. Cassidy. /
+. Croll C. Mulch b. Cassidy.
Extras.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-02
Weak Men dWomen

CHoULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE
- great Mexican Remedy; gives Health and
Strength to the Sexual Organs
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-26

THE Christian Standard, in dis
cussing the tendency of the times,
says there is a deliberate effort being
put forth by keen, influential and
undemocratic men to discredit pop.
ular government. 1t requires no
genius to discover growing aristo-
cratic tendencies in Our older and
weather. states. This stream Of
tendency has flooded our blouse Of
Lord" with its aristocratic driftwood
and now if the lower House can be
ridiculed out Of all prestige, what
better safeguard for the public well
fare can there be than to put a
strong, sagacious man in the presi-
dency, and keep him there, not for
three terms, but for life, says the
Standard.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-26

The VOICE places new paper on
its clubbing list this week-Western
Soil Culture. We call attention to
its announcement elsewhere. We
wish every farmer in Sumner county
would take this paper in connection
with the VOICE. 1t will afford a
whole lifetime of information con-
corning the peculiarities OF western
soil. 1t is a warm advocate of SUBJ
Solling-that which is going to make
this country the grandest on the
globe. Every farmer will profit very
greatly by reading it regularly. We
furnish it and the VOICE for only
$3.50 per year.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-26
BY LYMHN NHUCLE.

The indianapolis Noncomformist
very truthfully remarks: "If there
was ever a time when prudence
should prevail in Populist councils
It's now. With 100000 demo-
Gratis refusing to vote at all and
waiting for the coming Of a party
with principle it is time for wise
councils to show forth"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-26

Now, if Cleveland could be induced
to turn patriotic on the meney ques-
tiOn, he would be a mighty good
president, after all.-Conway Star.
On the contrary it looks as if he
just gave this slack in order to get
anew hitch on the people. Three
days after his squirt of patriotism he
sends another message asking con-
gress to let him issue more gold
bonds.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-26

The newspapers ran out Of some
thing to talk about last week and
emanated sensational story about
Pat Patterson who was committed to
the penitentiary from Cowley county
for murder two or three years ago,
and who died and was buried at Ar
kansas City about one year age, be-
ing still alive; that he went into COL
lusion with a Pop official (of course)
and gave him several thousand dol
lars to give him his liberty and send
a "stiff' home to be buried in his
place. Now comes Mrs. Patterson
and knocks the story all into a
cooked hat by asserting that she
knows absolutely that her husband
Is dead and that the body buried by
her was his. And that ends it. The
Mail devoted more than acolumn TO
the silly story and puts Mrs. Patter-
sons avowal in eight lines.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-26

1t is just announced that Con-
gresham Chester Long is the
father ola bouncing girl baby. We
are informed privately that the
child was born nearly two months
ago. We know Of no law requiring
the public announcement of births
in "royal" families, but nevertheless
there are some who wonder at
the slothfulness Of newsgatherers.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-12-26

The American Federation OF Labor
is discussing the question of postal
savings banks. A system Of such
banks might 60 long way toward
preventing the difficulties which are
besetting the treasury at present.
II few hundred millions Of the peo-
pies money had been on deposit with
the government which it could have
appropriated to its own use as other
savings institutions do there would
have been no occasion for an issue Of
Oonds.-Topeka Journal.
Yes, but that is one Of the planks
in the Peoples party platform and it
is therefore visionary and i'm
practical"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
CHAPTER V.

The battle considering the romantic
environmenD did not amount to much
Meryon began 1t with two impulses,
both foolish. The first was to put him
self between Terah and danger-which,
since they We're both already sur
rounded by the enemy, was impossible
except he formed himself into hollow
square, which is we'll known to be inn
practicable. His next idea was to
swallow the hollow ruby, which would
have resulted, had he accomplished it,
in his being cut asunder like Il bean pod,
for the sake of what was inside. He
put his hand to his pocket and felt the
ruby there. but it had clipped through
a hole and lodged in the Inning. While
he was frantically fishing for it, he
heard Terah cry out; the memory of
his dream flashed over him-but where
Were the black mountains and the em-
broidered eagle? He felt a burning,
numbing sensation in his right shoul-
der and would have fallen over back
ward but that he was sent the other
way by bang on the back of the head;
after which he knew nothing.
Death is said to be a painless opera
ton: when MeryOn came to himself he
was assured of continued existence by
the excrutiating discomfort which he
suffered. He was in small dark place
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
lSIiIjji|lIs9Z!ESg|Aa1 Iijj|l;||'9 ny Y (
NnN Is 1901

NOV. ~, 1871.
Train leaves Scranton for Philadelphia
and New York via D, q II. r; r at 7.i5
am, 1905 23S and l.3S pm, via D., l.. d
w. r. r., 500, sos, 1l.2O am, and l.3O p m.
Leave Scranton for Pittston and Wilkes
Barre, via D., l.. & w. L. r., 600, sos l.2o
a. M, $50, G.07, $50 pm.
Leave Scranton for White Haven, Ha-
zleton, Pottsville and all points on the
Beaver Meadow and Pottsville branches,
via L. & w. V r. r., $40 a. m, via d. & II.
Z. X. at 7.45 am, 1906, 23S 400 pm, via
D., L. q W. L. r., 600, sos, ll.20 am l.1V'
$50 pm.
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem, Easton.
Reading, Harrisburg and all intermediate
points via u. & H. r. r., 1.i5 am, l2,05.
2,SS, 400, l1.3S pm, via D., J.. d w. K. r.,
GOO, SOS, ll.20 am, 1.Sy pm.
Leave Scranton for Tunkhannock To.
wanda, Elmira, Ithaca, Geneva and all
intermediate points via D. & II. r; r., S;45
am, l2.0j and ll.35 pm, via D., l.. < W.
r. r., sos, 9.55 a m, 80 pm.
Leave Scranton for Rochester Buffalo.
Niagara Falls, Detroit, Chicago and all
points west via d. d II. +. r, S:45 a m,
1905, 9.15, II. IS pm, via D., /. & W. f. Il.
and Pittston Junction, sos, $50 am. 1.30,
$50 pm, via Z. d W. V. Il. r., 94l pm.
For Elmira and the west via Salamanca,
via D. d H. +. r., S.45 am, l2,05 Cos p m,
and GO7 pm.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or L. V.
chair cars on all trains between l.. & 3.
Junction or Wilkes-Barre and New York.
Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Suspension
- ' RoLLIN H. WILBUR, Gen. supt.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Phila.. Pa
A w. NONNEMACHER, Asst. Gen.
Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem. Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
ITO Be Continued
THE BASIS OF MATTER.
Discovery of New Element Opens Up
Large Possibilities.

From the New York Sun.
The existence of another element in
the atmosphere, announced last sum
mer but received with a good deal CT
incredulity, has now been fully DEM
onstrated. The new element has been
named argon by it's discoverers, Lord
Rayleigh and Professor Ramsey. There
is still some doubt whether this
strange, inert gas, which deties some
of the best known laws of physics, con-
sists of one or two primary elements.
The dscoverers have finally succeeded
in separating it from the atmosphere
on "a large scale and have sent a por-
tion to Professor Crookes, the eminent
spectroscopist, and a portion to DR..
Olszewski. of the University of Cra-
COW, to liquefy and solidify. These
great authorities have found that the
new substance gives a spectrum of its
own and has its own boiling point,
freezing point, critical temperature,
and critical pressure, that are all differ
ent from those OF any other element.
one of its properties is it's invincible
reluctance to combine with anything
else. 1t will have nothing to do with
oxygen, chlorine, phosphorus, sodium
platinum, or various other substances,
Even the electric arc does not make it
take companionship with anything.
one important quality is a great puz-
zle. All the heat given to the new sub
stance produces only the motion of
translation. In another respect argOn
presents difficulties. The great Rus
sian chemist Mpndelpipff has djsCOV-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23

the cave in the big rock. as he
rlShtly surmised-with a gag in his
mouth, bullet wound in his shoulder,
cash in the back of his head and Il
splitting headache. A raging thirst be-
set him, hiding from him the fact that
he was also fainting with hunger.
The first thing he did was to feel in
mis- pocket. The ruby (as he eXpected)
was gone.
In his cropping, however, his hand
came in contact with his canteen.
which he had filled at the spring just
before Terah's arrival. After a fierce
struggle he succeeded in getting his
gag off and took drink-the best drink
he ever had, before or after. why had
he been gagged at all? Why shut up in
the rock? There We're several perplex-
ing features about this affair. Mean
while he was not going to submit with
out struggle to being buried alive. He
got to his feet and dragged himself
TO the doorway of the cave, revealed by
CLEANS of light coming through chnks,
and found it stopped by a mass of rock.
With all his remaining might he gave
this rock a kick; to his astOnishment it
fell outward, being only slab resting
against the aperture; he staggered over
it, out into dazzling daylight, and into
the arms of a man in European dress,
who exclaimed in some surprise:
"Hullo, Fred Meryon, L might have
known it would be YOU" in the voice
of his old friend, Horace Chase. the
surgeon. Meryon said: Great Scott,
Horace"' and fainted-not being an or
iental.
The meeting had come about thus:
The English had post" in the capital
of our princes ally, and hearing that
row was brewing between the two
other principalities, sent a detachment
out to stop it. Chase went with it to
cut off arms and legs in case anyone
was injured. After transactions which
do not concern us, they got on the
trail of a marauding party and cap
tured them with their booty, among
which was young person dressed like
a boy, but a girl underneath She said
she was a princess, and told queer
tale in consequence Of which they kept
on until they came to the tall, conical
rock, and We're about to investigate it
when it opened and out popped Mer-
yon, as we have seen.
Among the prisoners was a fat old
person whom the princess denounced
as her fathers chief eunuch, a fugitive
from justice, and the shooter of her
lover. This creature, upon interroga-
tion. denied not only what was charged
against him, but most shrilly Of all,
something which was not, namely, that
he had taken the hollow ruby Fur
ther inquiry developed that he had got
togeter his band of cutthroats osten-
sibly to vaylay Meryon and capture
the princess, who was to be held
for ransom: but he himself had secret
knowledge of the ruby, and designed
to get that for himself. Accordingly he
had shot Meryon, gagged him lest he
recover and swallow the stone, and de-
posted the body in the rock, meaning
to sneak back unobserved and hunt for
the jewel at his leisure. Fate had then
stepped in and laid him by the heels as
narrated.
What was the hollow ruby? the Eng
lshmen wanted to know. Terah told
them; though 1t was news to her that
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Del, Lack. and Western.

Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
press for New York and all points East,
1.4O, $50, Sis, 800 and 9.5j am; 1255 and $50
pm.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Philadel-
phia and the south, 5.l5, 800 and 9.55 a. M.
II So and $50 pm.
Washington and way stations, 3.5j pm.
Tobyhanna accommodation, G.10 pm.
Express for Binshamton, Oswego, Ell
mira, Corning, Bath, Dansville, Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 1910, 2.3j am. and la
pm, making close connections at Buff
falo TO all points in the West Northwest
and Southwest.
Bath accommodation, 0 am.
BnghamtOn and way stations, l2.S p. .rns
Nicholson accommodation, at 5.15 pm.
Bnghamton and Elmira Express, Cos
pm.
Express for Cortland, Syracuse, Oswego
Utica and Richtield Springs, 2.3j am. and
L2i pm.
Ithaca 235 and Bath am. and 1.24 p M
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth, Bloomsbury and Dam
vile, making close connections at North-
umberland for Williamsport, Harrisburg,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate sta
tions, 600, $50 a. m. and l.3O and G.6 pm.
Nanticoke and Intermediate stations.
8.08 and 11.20 am. Plymouth and inter-
mediate stations, $50 and S52 pm.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains
For detailed information. pocket tirne
tables etc, apply TO N. i. Smith, city
ticket office, 32S Lackawanna avenue, or
depot ticket office.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
LINCOLN ON GETTYSBURG.
Tho Omniscicnt Matthew Arnold Had
Never Heard of 1t.

A correspondent writes to the New
York Sun as follows: remember talk
ing with Matthew Arnold, when he was
in this country, about Abraham Lincoln
you will remember that he said of
Lincoln that he had no distinction
and | called his attention to the Gettys-
burg speech. / shall never forget the
imperturbable Saturday Review stare
with which he asked: "Ah, what is the
Gettysburg speech?'
lie had never heard of ii. I believe
when he went back he asked Professor
Bryce what it was about. and when it
was hunted up in an American school
book and shown to him, he read it hast
lily and put 1t away with commiserat-
ing reticencc.
Suppose you ask NJ. Bourget, who Is
looking into the American heart by the
way Of the American bodice. and on
space rates, If he has read the Gettys-
burg speech. | happen to know of my
own knowledge that Robert Louis
Stevenson had not heard of it when he
was exploring our continent, and Sir
Lepel Griffin and Rudyard Kipling had
an idea that it was II newspaper fake.
The current number of the Saturday
Review lies open before me, and this is
what my eye falls on:
"The common American delusion that
there has been number of great
American poets, that there Is, indeed,
such a thing as American literature,
disports sitself with unusual pomposi-
ty'
1t Is impossible for these literary
prigs of special cult to understand
that there may be stimulant conditions
af national life that wake into tumul-
tuous activity all the higher and better
functions of the soul, prior to the char
tered formulation of them into an art,
and that 1t is In these periods of awak-
ening and not In the after repose of an
elaborate aesthetlcism, the most preci-
Gus heartbeats of the race have made
themselves heard and felt, sometimes
In half articulate tones, but oftener in
organ blasts which have set the key OF
liberty and fixed the vocabulary of
hope and victory.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23

ing for, arrived with his bowstring-
too late!
But his highness was indignant. and
somebody must be impaled. He sent
for Terah. 1t was then discovered for
the first time that she had eloped with
Meryon, and left the slave boy Ebal--
now the true prince-in her place. The
latter was brought to his father, eX-
pecting instant death; but as his high
ness needed an heir and had no other,
he was forced to spare him. He sent,
however, for the father OF Terah, who
ever he might be.
The messenger learned that he used
to be a gardener in the service of the
harem, and that he had died natural
and easy death only week before.
Here truly was maddening state of
things four implements missed one
after another, and Hatipha and Meryon
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23

also out of reach. Some one must be
slaughtered, and at once; but whom?
No one who had offended the prince
could be got at, and nobody who could
be got at would offend him. His high
ness wrath, which had been warmed
up for eight and forty hours, now at
tanned the temperature of super-heated
steam, and the boiler exploded. In
other words, this great and worthy
potentate expired of an apoplexy in the
midst of his trembling courtiers, who
instantly, with hosannas of joy, pros
trated themselves at the feet of the
astonished Ebal and proclaimed him
their ruler.
ITO BE Continued
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-23
Noble English Militiamcu.

An officer of the British militia recently
expressed himself as personally aggrleved
because an English journal inadvertently,
or otherwise, put some Of his fellow-mi-
ltiamen down as snobs." He AYERS that
It is not bad record for the militia when
II includes four princes, twelve dukes,
eight marquises. twenty-one earls< :
teen viscounts, thirty-three lQr( :
six baronets, besides innups
lieutenant, high sherlffs