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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
interrupted voyage to the unfathomed
hereafter
HE WAS THE nBuFFER.n
Sang Froid of Typical English Sentry
on Duty.

on Duty.
certain popular general takes great de-
light in talking to young soldiers, espe-
cially when he is not recognized. One day
a Lancashire recruit was posted as sentry
on the generals quarters. One of the
servants gave him something to eat. A
moment later short, elderly man, attired
in a tweed suit and CATERS, with his billy
cock tilted over his eyes, came up.
"What dost ia want heer ?" said the SEN
try,
And what are you doing, eating on SEN
try?"
NAV, I'm not. If tina had been two
minutes later I would had been fair on ia
job tina knaws."
What have you got-bread and hamP"
Nav; guess agin."
Bread and beef?"
NAY, it's not; guess again." said the
sentry.
well, then, it's bread and butter"
"Eh tha's rect. Wull thu ha bite?''
Thanks nc" said the stranger "But
as you don't appear to know me, try and
guess who l am"
"Eh! tha's rect. Tha's generals
groom"
You're wrong; try again.
We'll, tina might be generals butler
No, but you are getting nearer"
.Eh thow moight be th'owd buffer his
Right said the stranger. '1 am the
old buffer himself"
"Eh!" gasped the sentry, shaking vic
lently and holding out the food. How'd
this while gle thee chuck up (Present
arms0."
The general turned away to hide smile
he could not suppress at the sentry's con-
fusion. A few days later, at his inspection,
no nj az
ent times in places who failed to recognize
him and hoped it would not occur in fu-
ture. Our Lancashire lad, who expected
to get severely punished, was heard to say:
Hes not very big, but he is every inch a
soger, tina knows. london Telegraph.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21

Brings comfort and Improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive; effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all Drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufaetured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will MOI
accept any substitute if offered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
KNIGHTS OF HONOR ADJOURN
The GRAND LODGE CONCLUDES
ITS SIXTEENTH ANNUAL
SESSION.
RESOLVED TO MEET ONCE IN Two
YEARS AND ELECTED GRAND
OFFICERS.

The Grand Lodge of the Knights OF
Honor concluded the labors of its six
tenth annual convention yesterday in
Alcazar building.
The new constitution was discussed
during the morning session, and late in
the afternoon was adopted as a whole
after being acted on seriatim.
1t was resolved that the Grand Lodge
shall meet only every second year instead
of annually, as heretofore.
The finance committee reported that the
expenses for the year would be $4375, for
which per capita tax was fixed at 81 %.
A resolution of thanks was rendered to
the press and to Grand Director A. III.
Voigt.
The bond of the grand trustees was made
500 each.
AS reported by the committee on
finance expenses of the Grand Lodge session
amounted to 1886 95.
Officers for the ensuing term were elected
and installed as follows:
P. L. Archibald, grand dictator; W. w. Nor
ison, vice-grand dictator; W. I. Thompson
grand assistant dictator; George B. Allen
grand chaplain; c. II. NJ. Curry, grand re
porter; F. w. Zehfuss, grand treasurer; T
Learned, grand guide; j. C. Harvey, grand
guardian; w. S. Lane, grand sentinel; Dorsar
mont, grand trustees; c. II. NJ. Curry, supreme
representative; Alfred Wekie assistant SUI
preme representative.
The Grand Lodge closed its session late
in the evening, to meet in this city either
in one or two years, as the Supreme Lodge
in approving the constitution adopted dur
ing the day shall decide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
UNMARRIED WOMEN
SHOULD BEWARE.
CONTRACT MARRIAGES ARE NOT
LEGAL UNLESS THEY ARE
RECORDED.
NO MORE SECRET MARRYING.
THE New LAW PROVIDES FOR THE
SOLEMNIZATIoN OF ALL
CONTRACTS.
NO MORE SECRET MARRYING.

Every girl and every girls mother in
California should read Assembly bill 567.
1t abolishes all common law marriages,
and young girls and middle-aged women
whohave been married by contract, and who
have not recorded the document, should
do so at once, otherwise the instrument is
not worth the paper it is written on. No
more can young people under age run
away from home aad return to their re-
spective homes a week later with the an
nouncement that they have been married
by contract. No more can such scoundrels
as Simon Meyers make a contract with a
respectable girl and then see her good
name dragged in the dust sooner than
acknowledge her.
Under the old law all that was necessary
was the mutual assumption of N arital
rights, duties or obligations, but the new
law provides that consent alone will not
constitute a marriage" 1t must be fol-
lowed by a solemniZatiOn authorized by
the code. The old provision which pro-
YldeS that noncompliance with the re-
quirements shall not invalidate a marriage
is done away with and the amended Sec
ton in the new bill reads:
Marriage must be licensed, solemnized, au-
thenticated and recorded as provided in the
article; but noncompliance With its provisions
| by other than the parties to the marriage does
not inyalidate that marriage.
Every mother in San Francisco should
learn the new law by heart" said Notary
George [. Knox yesterday. "She should
teach it to her daughters and in this way
institute a reform that has been long de-
sired. Many girls have long held the idea
that mere consent is good enough intro
duction to matrimony, but now they will
have to be taught the new law in order to
prevent them from being lured into mar
riages that will be legally worthless. The
widest publicity ought to be given to the
matter in order that those who are now
! basking in the security of a contract mar
riage may rectify the evil before it is too
late, and that those who are contemplating
such a marriage may be warned"
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Truth Not Always the Best.

II always used to be told" said Footinit,
"that frankness and truthfulness endeared
a man to his friends, but the whole thing
is delusion. 1t is lying that makes fell
low popular. y
Now, take my experiences of to-day
My wife made some wheat cakes for me
with her own little hands. They were the
worst slabs of putty l ever tried to eat.
When she asked my opinion of them, be-
ing truthful man, told her that I had
never put anything so unpalatable in my
mouth, and that 10-year old girl could
have done better. Then she began to cry.
After that l went downtown to my
store. A woman came in to get some
dress goods. She picked out material en-
tirely unsuited to her years. Having been
taught that truthfulness commends itself
to customers in the long run, said to her:
You're much too old for that sort of a
dress; it is not suited to a woman over
So l thought she would be obliged to me
for my tactful interest in her appearance
but instead of that she hounced out of the
store in rage, and l think she'll never
come back.
81 don't believe frankness is the best
policy at all; and Pm going to make the
acquaintance of some frst-olass liar and
get him to give me a few lessons. New
York Herald.
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TOOK ALL HIS VALUABLES.
GARROTERS BLINDFOLD AND HAN
DIE PRINTER JOHN DALEY
ROUGHLY.
He Is GAGGED, BEATEN AND
ROBBED BY MEN WHO Es-
CAPPED UNSEEN.

John Daley, a printer in the employ of
II. S. Crocker & Co., received some very
harsh treatment at the hands of two
garroters Saturday night. AS result, he
mourns the loss of $12 so in money, his hat
and some jewelry, and sports two great
gashes along the front of his trousers.
Daley was on his way to his home at 361
Eleventh street. When he reached Folsom
street, between Sixth and Seventh, two
men jumped upon him from behind, one
of them pinioning his arms and the other
fastening bandage over his eyes.
AT the same time, they roughly ordered
Daley to open his mouth. He thought
they were some OF his friends, and began
to struggle, when one of the men said with
an oath that if he did not keep quiet he
would mutilate him.
AS Daley still struggled the man slashed
a knife across the printers trousers, cutting
two long holes. At the same time the other
man struck Daley on the nose, making it
bleed. The frightened man opened his
mouth wide at once and a gag was thrust
into it. He was at once thrown on his
back with his hands fastened with hand
| cuffs.
| The men then went through his pockets,
| taking his money and some little jewelry.
/ AS he lay helpless one of the men pro-
! posed that they kill the - -. The
| other said: ooh, no, let him alone
Then they raised him to his feet. The
handouts were taken from his wrists. He
was ordered not to move on pain of death,
and the pair of robbers started through the
park near the spot where the robbery oc-
Cured.
Daley was so thoroughly frightened that
he did not move for fully five minutes.
! Then he started in the direction the men
| had taken, and at Harriet and Folsom
streets met stranger who had seen two
men running through the park toward
Sixth street. The gentleman could not
describe the men, though he said one of
the men carried hat and an umbrella.
Daley reported the matter to the Chief of
| Police. Officers are now at work on the
case, but they have no clew as to the men,
although they may be able to trace them
from the jewelry. AS Daley did not see
either of the men, the police have nothing
whatever to guide them in their search.
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dice she said, ''and after all our labor
and all the promises and pledges that were
made we did not receive even halt Loaf
nothing more than possibility to which
is attached such an amount OF labor and
worry and expense that 1t nearly dlsheart-
ems one to contemplate it. Still, it was
better than nothing at all to get the amend
ment," she interjected, with Frightening
smile. but the Republican Senators
should have stood on their platform, in
deed they should. If they had, don't you
see, we could all Of US have voted for the
constitutional amendment when it comes
before the people at the next general cleo
ton.
GAS it now is" she continued, 1--WE have
not any too much time. There is a great
deal of work to be done. In fact, the work
of organizing has already begun, with
bright promise of happy results. Auxiliary
suffrage associations are forming all over
from Fresno by which | am informed that
an auxiliary with 115 members has been
formed in that city and new members are
coming IN steadily and numerously. One
thousand women in Fresno County have
been interviewed and all of them are in
favor of woman's suffrage. That looks as
| if the movement is growing in force, does
it not?
"But we expect to give new and greater
impetus to the work very soon," Mrs
Blinn went on. eve shall have an irresis-
tible champion in the field very soon.
Susan 3. Anthony will be here in May to
attend the women's congress. Am effort
will be made to have her canvass the en-
tire State before our amendment comes
before the people to be voted upon. She is
a wonder among men, is Susan B. An
thony, and she will make more converts
than any other score of public speakers.
On the whole, | feel quite encouraged for
the work that lies before US. l think we
will win"
Mrs Laura de Force Gordon, who was in
Sacramento and watched over the desti-
MES of the suffrage bill and the constitu-
tional amendment was seen last night,
She said:
I'VE had scrub Senate; the worst that
this State has ever had. That was the rea-
son of our partial defeat. We had no regu-
larly avowed champion OF our cause. But
we had enemies, and Senator Gesford was
one of the worst. If | live long enough
I'll see that he is properly punished. Ii
not l shall haunt him when [ am dead.
All we have to do now is To go to work like
Troians and carry the amendment to the
constitution"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
months ago. and since then I have been
finding my own Sailors"
CRUELTY TO AN ANIMAL.
A SaloonKeeper Brutality Cuts Cat to
Pieces.

n Sa1oon-heepef Brutally cuts a SaG TO
Pieces.
A case of gross brutality was reported to
the Humane Society yesterday and war
rant will be issued to-day for the arrest of
Finlay Macgregor, a saloon-keeper at
Twentieth and Valencia streets.
The neighbors who make the complaint
against Macgregor state that he took cat
which strayed into his saloon on Tuesday
and tying rope around its neck hung it to
pole in his back yard. While the feline
was struggling in its death throes Mac
gregor picked up cleaver and literally
hacked the animal to pieces. The neigh
bors demonstrated with him at this brutal
ity but he defed them with volley of
oaths to cause him trouble.
The society is gathering evidence in the
case and the prosecution will be vigorous
one. The case is on par with that of a
man named Ryan who some months ago
killed a dog by stabbing it thirty-two times
with a blunt knife. He was found guilty
by jury and fined 500.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
TO EVIOT THE EVIL ONE.
| GuIlibi1ity of a Woman Who Fancied
Herself Possessed of the Devil.

Herself Possessed of the Devil.
An extraordinary case illustrative of the
superstition and gullibility which render
some people an easy prey to designing in
dividuals has just occupied the attention
of the Amiens Police Court. AT that town
lives venerable maid, who, by some crazy
fancy, took it into her head that she was
possessed of the evil One" who every
night made his unwelcome appearance at
her abode and sent her furniture spinning
in all directions. She implored the gen.
darmerie and the police to rid her of the
diabolical presence. AT last good-natured
commissary sent an agent of the law (who,
of course, saw and heard nothing) to pass
a night at her abode.
In her despair the old lady now had re-
course to a somnambulist, who told her
that the only way to make everything
happy and comfortable once more was to
procure q mysterious mirror which was
then in the possession of merchant in
New York, and which she warranted TO
act as an infallible talisman. The worthy
dame had no idea of exposing herself to
the dangers of the deep with the inevitable
accompaniment of NAL de mer, so in her
perplexity she applied to business man
named Lenne, who consented to start at
once on the voyage on the condition that
his expenses should be paid.
Lenne was supplied as first INSTALL
ment with 500 francs, but in fortnight he
reappeared with a story that he had heard
from New York that the talismanic mirror
was in London, whittier he must proceed.
Six hundred francs was given him for this
Journey, but he remained in the neighbor-
hood of Amiens, his wife taking to the old
maid letters from time to time, in which
he averred that he had entered into rela-
tons with policemen, lawyers, and even
with the "Chef de la Marine but that
several thousand francs would be required
to carry the whole thing through. No
mirror (talismanic or otherwise) was forth
coming, and soon afterward Lenne got his
victim to sign promissory notes for him.
At last matters came to head. The old
lady had parted with all her money and
the notes remained unpaid. Threatened
with prosecution in consequence the VIC
tim turned on her prosecutor, who was ar
rested with an accomplice. Lenne has
been sentenced to fifteen months i'm
prisonment and the other culprit to two
months of the same penalty. At the trial
the old lady expressed the confident hope
that she might yet procure the talisman,
as the demon was still playing havoc with
her furniture and turning her house upside
down.-Paris Letter to London Telegraph.
God writes the eospeI not in the Bible
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
TO Be FOUGHT TO THE END.
The UNITED STATES GRAND JURY
WANTS TO INDICT C. P.
HUNTINGTON.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FoOTE ASSERTS
THAT No CHARGE CAN LIE
IN LAW.

There is quiet but determined fight
going on in the Federal part of the city
government. 1t is a question of indict-
ment or no indictment, and the United
States Grand Jury is one of the contestants
while the United States District Attorney
is the other. The question at issue is,
"Can Coils P. Huntington be indicted pr
The Grand Jury says he can and the Dis
trict Attorney SAYS there is no law under
which he can be convicted. In conse-
quence Mr.. Foote will not sanction the
drawing OF an indictment and deadlock
has resulted.
The grand jurors are confident, how
ever. The determination of the body
seems TO be that Coils P Huntington
must answer the charge of issuing pass
to Frank NJ. Stone in violation of the in
terstate commerce law. II the District
Attorney will not make out the indictment
the jurors will frame one themselves, so it
is said, and present it to Judge Morrow.
Should such a course be followed his
Honor will undoubtedly instruct the
United States Marshal to take the neces-
sary steps to arrest Huntington. Foote
and Knight will not be parties to any such
proceeding, but should the Grand Jury
persist in filing an indictment they will do
all in their power to convict the railroad
magnate.
The Grand Jury met yesterday morning
and returned one or two unimportant in
dictments. This did not engage their at
tention for more than few moments, how
ever, and then the Huntington question
was taken up again. District Attorney
Foote explained the law points in detail,
but he could not convince the jurors. The
result of the whole contest will proba bly,
be the arrest of Coils P. Huntington, and
his trial before one of the United States
courts.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21
Ohildren Born on HOLIDAY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas B. Remally of Ger
mantown have eight children, six of whom
came into the world in pairs Six of the
children were born on legal holidays. The
eldest, daughter, was born on a Thanks
giving day; the second, a boy, on Wash
ington's birthday, and on July 4, 1892, twin
daughters arrived in the home. On the
Washington's birthday just past Mrs. Re-
mally presented her lord and master with
a pair of bouncing boys.-Philadelphia
Record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21

Alice Edith Blythe has reappeared. She tells
the story of her retirement and OF the latest
settlement in the Blythe estate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21

God writes the gospel not in the Bible
alone, but on trees and flowers, and clouds
and stars.-Luther.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21

Columbus Waterhouse has filed his answers
10 the suits brought against him to recover on
his note for $40, 900, and in so doing gives some
more inside facts about the management OF the
Peoples Home and Pacific banks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21

Peter Conaty has brought suit against P j.
Paynter, master of the ship Stockbridge, and
her owners, to recover $4,000 damages for
malicious prosecution. He was charged by the
defendants with having received and held part
OF the.stolen cargo of the ship and he was tried
for the crime in the police courts HI alleges
that the defendants knew at all times that he
innocent and that his prosecution was I'M
warranted and malicious.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-04

A REVOLVER IN HER HANDBAG
Mrs. Frank Singleton, of Dover, N. j.,
tracked her husband to Morristown, N.
j., on Saturday, and located him in the
West Eud Hotel with young mar
ried woman named Bullock, also of
Dover. Singleton is superintendent of
the Singleton Silk Manufacturing Com
pany aud wealthy. Mrs. Singleton
confronted the couple in the hotel and
there was an exciting scene. The wife
upbraided the husband for his miscon-
duct ard threatened 10 shoot his com
panion. Mrs. Bullock wisely fed 10
concealment In Mrs, sipgleto2's
IIsldbsg was revolver fully loaded.
She was finally persuaded to withdraw
from the hotel, and shortly after she
had gone Singleton and Mrs. Bullock
walked arm in arm to the railroad sta
ton and there took train for parts un.
known. Mrs. Singleton has consulted
lawyer and it is probable that pro-
ceediags for divorce will be instituted.
Singleton is the father of ten children,
some Of whom are grown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-04
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY EVEN ~ F.. 4, 1895.
PATHETIC STORY OF THE DEAD

PATHETIC STORY OF THE DEAD
CARA pathetic story comes from
Russia about the last p esent receive d
hy the Dowayer Empress from the late
Car. Last 5, m Ger The Gar and ii e
g aprSsa visi,eu IL great shop in St.
Peier=huss. The Empress adniied d
heAur;ful bracelet, aud tolu the Car
she wished it. On their return he be-
came i'll, and the Empress forgot the
bracelet. Ga her birthday, the 14th of
November, the Car had been wont to
place bouquet in the morning room
of the Empress. Inside the flowers
was always folded some rich and rare
yift. The Empress hal avoided the
room, as too full of painful memories,
but on the morning of her sons we'd
ding day Nicholas requested her to go
there as favor to him. The first
thing she saw was bouquet in the
usual place, and inside the flowers
was case, fastened and sealed by the
Cars own hands. 1t contained the
bracelet. He had ordered it the same
day the Empress saw it, and on his
deaih-bed had given Instructions for
the birthday gift, bidding his son be
near to comfort her when she receiv-
ed il.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-04
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-02-04
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