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chaste simplicity. The room is rather
long, and one end is almost entirely taken
up with huge bay-window, whose dainty
white curtains soften the light that
warns up brightly the pink sofa rum
ming around the curve. Several bookcases
of white wood are about the rooms and
filled with choice novels, while the creamy
walls are frightened with pretty pictures,
and about on shining tables are number
less little dainty ornaments and vases full
of blooming flowers. The general air is
one oflight and GOODNESS, com bined with a
cultivated and exquisite taste. Across from
this parlor is another small room, whose
polished floor is covered with handsome
rugs and whose furnishings are mostly of
antiques beautifully carved. There is an
other apartment, then one comes to huge
square chamber, with very high ceiling,
what must have once been used as ball
room, but which Is now furnished in pretty
chairs, sofas full of colored pillows, tables
full of books and silver writing material,
pictures and other ornaments. This apart
ment is large enough to entertain the whole
diplomatic corps.
The Is. day of January will be the one
on which Mrs. Olney will enter on her new
duties and her labors on the New Tear
are by no means light. By half-past TO-
she must be dressed and at the White
House to assist Mrs. Cleveland in her re-
ception, which lasts till after II. She
must then hurry home and meet all of
the diplomats and their families, all of
whom are expected to be entertained at a
sumptuous breakfast. The diplomatic
corps is large one, as there are great
many attaches or secretaries, and Mrs.
Olney will find her house, large as it IS,
considerably crowded by the foreigners.
There will be the traditional foes to meet
on pleasant footings, and the Minister
from China will hobnob with the gentle
man from Japan; the representative from
France will talk to his German cousin, and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
NEW FIELDS FOR LECTURERS.
Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa Offer Inducements.

Mark Twains success in Australia has
been much discussed by the horde of lee
turers and entertainers annually let loose
upon this country. Even the small cities
of the Union are less and less profitable
from season to season for, the one-man en-
tertainment, and those that once reaped
the rich harvest of this field are eagerly
seeking new territory.
New fields have been opened within the
last few years in Australia, New Zealand
and latterly South Africa. but they have
usually offered large inducements to celeb
rites only, not to the ordinary hack lee
turer. Archibald Forbes, who was not
especially successful in this country,
because he was not an orator, made
snug little fortune from a tour in Austria
liza and the Cape. David Christie Murray
made little mark here, but was popular in
the Antipodes, and Frederick Vil!iers is
making the same round with like success.
Max O'Rell did extremely we'll both in
Australia and Cape Colony, and Stanley
made large sums In Australia and New
Zealand. Henry George, whose lecture
tour in Australia was part of his propa-
ganda of the single tax, not only drew
large audiences in Australia and New Zea-
land, but was feted socially in many cities
and towns.
A curious feature of the lecture BUSH
ness in Australia is the fact that it is the
monopoly of a single Australian man.
ager. Furthermore, he is luckier than
American managers, in that he is able to
engage his attractions without the large
guarantees that have made the lecture
business a ticklish enterprise in the
United States. The canny Australian
simply becomes the partner of his lions.
Thus far the system has worked satlsfac.
torily all 70 und.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
Description Of Secretary Carlisle's
Lovely Home and Its
Inmates.
MRS. CARLISLE AS HoUsEKEEPER
The New and Fashionable Habitations
of Senator Hill and
Others.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. 2.-While
Secretary Olney is at the head of the Cab
met, Secretary Carlisle has probably been
longer in high official life than any other
well-known man at the capital. His home
is q quiet one on K street. and in the i'm
mediate vicinity are the residences of the
Attorney General, Senator German, Sen
ator Hoar and other prominent men. The
house is plain, red brick, but the vines
have made pretty covering all over the
front. Within the parlor is furnished with
exquisite taste and is full of handsome
pictures, dainty tables covered with deli
cate ornaments, while the polished floor is
bright with rich rugs, At the back is the
snug little dining room, where the mahog-
any is loaded with shining glass and
cleaning silver. The whole house is a
model of neatness and the care that its
mistress exercises. is so constant that
everything runs in apple-pie order with
out bit of friction.
Mrs. Carlisle is nothing of "new
woman" in her views, but she is a woman
of great force of character and lives up
well to her opinions. She is liberal in her
ideas, but does not approve of the adop-
ton by women of the branches which have
before been monopolized by men. 1t is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
A CHILD TRAVELLER.
Half Around tho World Alone and Onl
Eight Years Old.


On the steamer Dora, that recently en-
tered San Francisco Bay on it's return from
Alaska, was one wee passenger who has
quite history for a small girl.
Her father, Richard Beasley, was ships
clerk on the warship Pinta, and some years
ago sailed from New York to Alaska. He
left his wife and child behind, expecting
to send for them. After he had been gone
some time Mrs. Beasley died, leaving,
Jennie, then baby of A years, alone.
This wee mite was tagged, put on a train
and started for Yukatu, Alaska, where
her father had taken charge of trading
store. She arrived safely and for four
years was the only white child in the vii
lase, but was perfectly happy with her
native playmates.
Her father has now decided to send her
to Brisbane, Australia, to live with an
uncle and 20 to school. as the missions in
Alaska are not very advanced, and this
child, not yet years old, has started on
her long journey. If she reaches her des-
tination in safety she will be the greatest
travelled person of her age now living,
having journeyed half around the world
in westerly direction and one-third of
the way around in a southerly course.
She is not a bit afraid of anything and
thoroughly enjoys life, taking all the good
that comes her way.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
"KARAMOJAHS," OR THE BIC
BOOK-MEN OF THE GALL|NAS,


himself by such confidence, earnestly as
severates his observance of secrecy.
You must know, then" continues the
Book-man, that an ancestor of mine be-
queathed me-and it is this that makes me
happy apart from what / can do to make
others happy. l have, indeed, little to dis
turb me here, and have more than need
hereafter"
The eyeballs of the old chief dilate and
his breath is checked by en- acute throb at
his heart, as his companion now produces,
but without yet unfolding, the precious
document.
We'll, then, resumes his guest with
greater solemnity, "this ancestor of mine
The here taps upon the mysterious paper
with his forefinger to give emphasis to his
words this ancestor of mine, l say, was a
great mana good man, too-and great
Book-man, and when he died he bequeathed
me
SEVEN LOTS IN HEAVEN!
And secured them to me by this book
this big book" The chief is paralyzed with
amazement. His eyes gloat upon the
folded paper, while convulsive action of
his throat checks for a while his utterance.
"And may no see him?" he at length
eXclaims.
His guest shows some reluctance-a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08

said that she is recent convert to the
bicycle craze and spends much of her time
spinning over our smooth streets. Her
married son. William, lives in Chicago,
and the only grandson in the family is his
boy, young "John g., who is the pet of
his namesake, for the Secretary is wrapped
up in the little fellow, who is about s.
Senator Hill of New York has taken
big, red brick house on Jackson square,
and is to move in on the 18th of this
month, his servants being its only occu-
pants at present. The house was leased
by Senator Doiph' during his term which
expired last winter. 1t is just diagonally
across from the White House, faces q
pretty park, and all about are homes of
wealthy people. Brice's house is on the
next square, and so is the yellow home of
the Secretary OF War. The front of the
mansion is plain and not attractive, but it
is furnished in exquisite taste. First there
is large parlor, which has in each corner
opposite the door beautiful bookcase of
richly carved wood, and the mantel is
wrought in the same artistic style. Pic
lures and antique chairs and curios from
Pompeii make attractive ornaments, and
the whole apartment has an air of ease and
luxury.
The adjoining chamber is the back par
lor. The walls are in pale blue, the chairs,
which are richly carved, are in that tint,
and even the drapery on the mantel is of
the same shade. A beautiful cabinet of
precious wood is in one corner and before
the fireplace is a dainty screen or tapestry,
the design being that of a Numidian horse
man spearing lion.
Back of the second parlor is the dining
room, which is all in a dark Tone About
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
And they are duly selected and handed
ovor to tia Pio Roofy ,ooo

anu tney are Quly SelecteQ ana named
over to the Big Book-man.
The old chief now looks for his title deed
and the conveyancer looks puzzled.
II find on consideration, my friend, that
/ am likely to make bad business OF this;
very bad business. / no see clear road in
this matter before, but now see it will
bring trouble, and"
"Troublel'' exclaims the old man, ''you
no tell me no trouble lib in heben9"
That's quite true, my friend-we all
know that-but what l mean is, my an
cestor, who lives on the next big farm and
bequeathed those lots to me may not like
my disposing of any of them. see
have done wrong, very wrong, in showing
you my book, but my friendship got the bet
ter OF my prudence. must not spoil this
book"
The old man is bewildered. Will he get
back his seven slaves, or has the Kara
mojah bewitched them? This, for the
moment, is the leading idea in his mind,
but the faculty of speech seems to have
left him. Not so his companion, who,
now rising from his seat, continues, as he
takes deliberate steps backward and
forward:
'Of this am quite certain: NY great
ancestor would not like my sending two
or three strangers to sit down alongside OF
him. He dislikes strangers, and so do |;
so. my good friend"
His good friend simply waves his hand
which indicates desire to "cut the pal
aver" despair has overtaken him; his
heart, "too much hungry for heaven, u
now. like the vulgar stomach, seems to
reject the food it coveted his ais n,entis,
sustaining a collapse, or crushed in some
dark corner within him, sends up a hollow
sepulchral sound, which, with a gasp
escapes his lips in the following words:
"Why-you-call me--triesd ?"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
HAYWARDS BRAVE RESCUE.
Though Pulled Under by a Drowning
Bay He Swan Under Water.


Bay He Swan Under Water.
In St. Peters Church schoolhouse, in
Brockville, Canada, near Thousand Islands,
Paul de Witt Hayward, an eight-year-old
Chicago boy, was publicly presented re-
Gently W it'll the bronze medal of the Royal
Humane Society for saving human life at
the risk of his own.
Brockville stands on a bluff overlooking
the st. Lawrence River at point where
there is considerable bathing, though the
river is two miles wide and 100 feet deep.
Last September 14-year-old boy named
John Howard Curran, unknown to Paul,
went into this place to SWIM, got beyond
his depth and was drowning.
He was seen by little Paul de Witt Hay
ward, who was much smaller as well as
younger, but who at once swan out to
rescue him. TIE Curran boy at once
grappled Paul and dragged him under,
but even under the water Paul swan with
him to shallow water and brought him
out. When brought ashore the Curran
boy was unconscious and blood was flow
ing from his nose, and for two weeks after
ward he was confined to his bed. Paul
was unhurt.-From the Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08

a cozy, round table are grouped chairs of
massive make upholstered in brown
leather. Som bright pictures on the walls
make dash of color in the room. Above
on the next floor is the library, an inn
mense apartment, in the center of which
is a square, carved table Uttered with
books and a droplight.
There are about twenty rooms in the
house. and as there will be only the SEN
ator, his private secretary and servants,
the most of the mansion will be uno ecu
pied. The house IS owned by the Rath-
bone family, Colonel Rathbone being the
gentleman who was with Lincoln ON the
night that he was shot at the theater.
Just before leaving for their summer
outing, the Olneys purchased new home,
having previously occupied that of Sena-
tor Edmunds, house which is now occu-
pied by Mrs. General Grant. It was May
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
this; Ino see this before; there is gree

this; Ino see this before; there is gree
gree in this book, you no see. Ell?
"Come, come, my good friend" again
no like spoil your heart, come let's try
make this palaver cool" The old man LOOKS
up, but he speaks not. his eyes and ears
alone seek the cooling process of his skill
full exposition, who now drags, rather than
leads, the feeble mind OF his patient over
the intricate boundaries of his seven celes-
tial lots, of which we must here introduce
an outline, with the side lots numbered,
for the guidance of the reader.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
Remarkably Old Animals.

The Greenland whale is said to some.
times reach the almost impossible age OF
400 years.
Two tortoises of the East Indian variety
in the Geological Gardens in London are
known to be over 200 years old, and are
still in the prime of life.
In well-known museum in England is
a stuffed bird named 1.-THE old swan of
Dun which died in 1928 at the ripe old
age OF 200 years-a fact attested by authen-
tic documents.
The king of beasts in his native wilds
often lives for 100 years. A lion in cap
tivity in the Tower of London lived there
seventy years, and his age was unknown
when he was captured.
Ajax, the Greek warrior, is said to have
captured an elephant from an Indian
King. He had brass plate, inscribed
with the story, fastened to the beast.
Three hundred and fifty years later the
elephant was again seen with the plate
still in it's place.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
PrecOcity.

miranda" said Mr.. Proudpaugh, 1--WE
must put some money by every month to
pay for the education of our boy"
Eyes, indeed" was the reply.
81 want him to have a chance to learn
things in a practical way, as well as from
books"
do you, dear?"
s'Of course. / mean that he shall travel,
so as to get a clear idea of what he reads
about; that he shall, by personal contact,
acquire knowledge that is too commonly
and confidently assumed to be communi-
Gated by mere theory"
81 understand, George. And am sure
he will take kindly to that method of edu-
cation. Look at the little dear this minute,
ir the coal scuttle studying mineralogyw
Washington Star.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
1t come to America

able that she may not come to America
this winter.
Dr. Guzman, the Minister whose post,
has been abolished by his Government,
that of Nicaragua, expects to devote his
time in the future to the practice of law in
this city. His wife is an American.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08

In Great Britain and Ireland from every
quarter fox hunters are raising their voices
in pitifuI protest against barbed-wire
fences.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08

No less than eight persons have com.
mitted suicide in an old Brooklyn build
ing since 1856. The house has recently
been torn down.
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FREE!
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With the
Capital City
Commercial College.

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This course will he competed in
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Our methO of instruction by
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prompted us to widely advertise
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by mnil practically in the same
manner as those in our College
rooms which makes them equal
with personal instructions, and
lead the students TO a full and clear
understanding Of the science of
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We offer the above named course
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What TenneSSeeanS S
About The.
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What

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State Secretaryship Of Tenn. but has
not yet accepted. At the close Of the
convention Sunday night the dele
gates formed circle round the church
joined hands and sang "Blest be the
tie that binds" after which all went
away encouraged and strengthened to
do better work in the coming year for
their fellow men. f'''A=s
The Revival services at the College
closed last Friday night after twelve
days and nights of earnest work on
the part of the many Christians en-
listed in them. DR.. Elmore's
preaching seemed above criticism,
so clear, SO convincing. SO inspiring
was it. Many students took full
notes of the twenty-four mastery adj
dresses of the series, and in their fut-
ure work will avail themselves Of
what they have learned with great
profit to themselves and to those they
shall seek to help. DIR. Gilmore has
not an iota of the sensational about
his style, but he rivets the attention
of his hearers from the first word he
utters to the very close of his discus
sion. In his appeals in the inquiry
room he was moving in his tender
ness and faithful in his warnings.
He i, a prince among preachers, and
we are profoundly greatful to him for
his earnest efforts made for us during
the past two weeks.
The meeting began with only
about seventy-6ve unconverted STU
dents out of total Of about four
hundred and fifteen. The bad
weather and other causes prevented
about twenty of thesei seventy-hve
from attending the revival services,
many of the others attended irregular
ly. Almost all that attended regularly
were converted-about forty in all,
leaving very few unconverted. On
Monday morning, when DIR. Board
man asked all the Christians to rise,
it seemed as if almost every one In the
large assembly that now crowds the
Chapel rose to his feet. 1t was a
thrilling spectacle. Almost every
one above the Preparatory Depart
ment is protesting Christian. Out
of the seventy-fve unconverted at the
beginning of the meeting, fifty were
new Students. We thank God for
hi. great favors to Maryville College.
| Not The least part OF the beneht de-
rived from the meeting is that which
protesting Christians have, received.
Many renewed their VOWS, and
learned to take more earnest view
of thei: responsibilities and privileges
than ever before and their new life
will DE seen in all days to come.
The religious life of the College
is still broadening and deepening.
This is as it should be. The charac-
ter of the students is notably i'm
proved by these annual revival SER
vices, and l.iclr intellectual growth
IS also Increased by them.
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