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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
A NEW JUNTA BATTLES WITH BOSS BUCKLEY

Club is being developed into permeating
Tammany Hall organization. With the
first show of his strength and the first
pro misses of his success men are tum bling
into his camp. The iunta says that Buck
ley is beaten already, and many cannot be-
lieve that he can ever regain any control
of the party. OF such doubters Chris
says with a faint smile, "They have not
had my experience"
Both sides of the present battle, which
promises to become historical one, pre-
sent exceedingly interesting political
studies. The bold and surprising return
of the late refugee boss to the City and the
influence and sufferance he has already
secured is an interesting political phe-
nomenon, prophecy Of which would have
been laughed down but few weeks ago.
Yet if Buckley should completely regain
his power it would be but a repetition of
what has often happened before in the
politics of large cities where great waves
of reform have seemed to sweep rings
from the face of the earth. Yet public
apathy has generally relaxed in time, the
vigilance of good government" people
has relapsed, the new party organization
has degenerated, and the ring power, for
ever pressing inward like waters against a
fioodgate, has regained its ground. Mr..
Buckley is now showing how the thing is
done.
1t is quite interesting, too. to watch the
politics of the anti-Buckley wing of the
Democratic party. which is just now solely
engaged in holding onto the present ma
chine and getting ready to make brand
new one with the regular label on it if
their fingers slip. AS a whole the party is
a delightful mess in two sections, and the
stirring has only Just begun. There is no
mess in the Buckley section, but there is
a pretty one in the other.
Since the last election-or rather since
Max Pepper gave up the party leadership
in disgust some months ago--there has
been no specific and welI-recognized head
to the organization. The party slept, sup
posing that a General would be arc und
when it woke up. Buckley just wakened
it very early, and there was no one else to
give orders.
1t was Gavin McNab who first hustled
about and called to arms when Buckley's
tread was heard. TWAS plainly evident in
the dark that quick work was needed to
save the party organization from the grasp
of the Blind Boss and preserve it's decency
and purity. Probably it was an exemplifi-
cation of the truth that in emergencies the
strongest and the natural leaders are found
at the front that four reformers quickly
combined their power a week ago and
dealt Buckley that 1S4 to 154 blow in the
general committee last Wednesday night.
These reformers were Gavin McNab, o.
NJ. Welburn, John NJ. Daggett, and Sam
Rainey. McNab called the meeting at the
Occidental Hotel about week ago Satur-
day, at which the situation was canvassed
and the Wednesday programme and the
plan of work for it decided upon.
Buckley laughed at the pretense of these
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH.
Mrs. A. f. Smith and T. e. Zant, Lee
turers on Socialism, Arrested for
Obstructing the Street.

Mrs. A. F. Smith and T. E. Zant lec-
tured on socialism at the corner of Seventh
and Market streets last night. A crowd of
about $50 people gathered to listen to
them when Policemen Anderson, Galloway
and Castor swooped down upon. them and
placed them under arrest.
Mrs. Smith. who had just commenced to
speak, asked the policemen why they did
not arrest the Salvation Army, which was
also attracting crowd. The reply was,
"What they say does good, but what you
say does harm"
Then we are being arrested for what we
say and not for obstructing the street?"
was Mrs. Smiths next query.
"Well, you are obstructing the street,
and we have orders to arrest you," was
the reply.
Mrs. Smith and Zant were taken to the
City Prison and booked on charge of OBJ
structing the street and sidewalk. They
were Immediately released on $50 cash
bail each.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

We have also received elegant assortment of
Tapestry and Chenille Table Covers in all Sizes
Sets, Russian and Hamburg Nets and Embroidered Pill
low Shams.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
DEUPREY'S COMMITTEE.
1t VIII Set Up a Plan at Once
and Merry War VIII
Follow.
THE STORY OF THE BIG FOUR.
Gavin McNab, the Active Leader,
Tells Of the Situation and
His Plans.

1t is a remarkable fact that though Chris
Buckley has been prominent and many
times dominant factor in San Francisco
politics, he has been comparatively I'M
known TO the great majority of the people
of this City. This is due in great meas
ure to the fact that he has Systematically
kept his personality in the background.
THE CALL yesterday published an excellent
likeness of the Blind Boss and to-day pre-
sents smaller reproduction of the same
picture in order that the people may have
q good look at the man who aspires
10 once more rule them as with
an iron rod. Whether he will be
permitted to do so rests with the
voters of the City. The many dark
schemes in which this man has been en-
gagged, his flight from threatened punish
ment by outraged justice, his return
and his new ambition are phases
of the marvellous history of San
Francisco. Other members of Buckley's
party lay claim to having frustrated his
plans to secure dominance in their organi-
cation. II is asserted that Sam Rainey is
arrayed against him, and that with Rainey
a number of other well-known citizens are
allied in this opposition. The sincerity of
Rainey's present associates has not been
questioned; but the people of San Fran
Buckley are at outs until results have
proved such a state of affairs to be in ex-
istence.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
Two Literary Condolences.

In recent after dinner speech Rider
Haggard mentioned two old literary CO.
incldnces that bad occurred in c0nnec.
ton with his works.
One Of these concerned his invention
of an incident on the Tana river. where
q mission station Was attacked by the
MasaI and the mission people were
killed. Strange to say, after his imagi.
nary account had appeared, some mis-
sionaries did found station on that
river, were attacked by the Nasal and
some Of them We're killed
In his book, The People of the
Mist" he had fixed upon an unknown
part of Africa and bad described a re
giOn from his inner consciousness, and
only week before the speech was made
company, in which the author is a di-
rector, had sent ont orders to take pos
session of the very tract he had in
view, and so far rs the reports Of the
native agents who had inspected il went
he believed his descriptions were fairly
correct
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
He Knew the Place.

The man with bis eat collar turned
up aud his Lat pulled down over his
eyes, who MS slouching along in the
shadow # tine buildings, suddenly beck.
oned to the man on the other side of the
street
Here's graft, Bill . he said when
the other had crossed over.
"Wot is asked Bill grufly.
This here house, replied the first
speaker Its just like fndin things
all fixed for you. Some bloomin idiot
has gone away an left his latchley in
the door.
Bill took long look at the house and
then shook his head
"You KIN have it, " he said. Il don I
want nuthin to do with the game
"Wot's the matter:'
"The feller wot lives here amt To be
trusted. He's low down, mean, tricky
cuss. He amt got no feelins at al +"
Dye know him.
"No, but | was here onct before, an
I'm on to his game. He left the key just
like that before an | thought it was
dead easy went up an tried to turn
it, an thought was bein electrocuted
sure.
"Was he watchin for YOU"
"Watchin nuthin! HIS one of these
here electrical guys, an he just sticks
the key in there to catch suckers, turns
a million volt battery on an goes to bed
Iwouldn't touch that key If it would lei
me into the Bank Of England .
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

Fatalities resulting from blowing
out the gas" are generally considered as
due to rusticity and ignorance, but the
Philadelphia Record is responsible for
the statement that Henry Clay was once
in danger of his life from the same
cause.
Mayor Swift of Philadelphia and
Henry Clay were very intimate friends,
and several times during the mayor 8
administration the eminent kentuckian
came to visit him. On one of these oc-
casiens Mr.. Clay nearly lost his life.
During the first night of Mr.. Clay =
visit the mayor noticed an unusual odor
of gas in the house, and ON investiga-
ton it was found that Mr.. Clay had re.
tired without having turned off the gas
The new illuminating agent had been
lately introduced, and ii is not inrproha-
bile that Mr.. Clay blew out the light in
ignorance of tie proper method Of eXtin-
gushing it, Certain it is that bad Mayor
Swift not made his timely discovery,
Mr.. Clay's brilliant career would have
been prematurely cut off
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
Wood BENDING.

In an account Of the wood bending in
dustry a writer in The WoodWorker re-
marks that comparatively few persons
outside the carriage and boat building
interests are aware Of Its extent, and
but lew realize that the carriages they
ride i'll are very largely made Of such
wood-the fellies Of all their wheels
are bent and made in two parasitic
framework Of coaches and heavy car
riages is nearly all made Of bent stock
and not only better made, but more
cheaply, and the frames of pleasure
boats are bent, as also many Of the
frames Of the finest sailing yachts. Fur
niture, too, CT many kinds, has bent
frames, all the celebrated Thonet chairs
for example, being made entirely Of
wood thus treated The object Of bend
ing is twofold-namely, saving Of time
and stock and stability and strength of
the work when put together-thls in
dependent Of beauty Of form, and bent
carriage shafts are almost, if not entire
ly, used now, instead Of the old style,
clumsy, sawed oues. Skill in manlpu-
lating the material Is very essential
Simply the forms to bend ON and the
steam box IN which 10 soften the wood
do not alone insure success in the opera
tion--it is necessary 10 know perfectly
the stock to beud, it beng so varial,e
that no tive pieces bend alike
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

To appreciate his many sidedness we
have but to follow the development Of
his life. While his first work was main
Is mathematical, his second was III
quite IA different field. 1t consisted IN
the measurement of the velocity Of prop
agation of sensation by the nerves. Io
accomplish tins he must needs have
been an anatonist too.
His labors in the line of psychological
optics show that he was also a master
OF psychology.
But perhaps it is by his achievements
in the remains of music that he is best
known and most celebrated. In his book,
The Sensations of Tone - he solved
completely the riddle of nature which
had puzzled the world since the time of
PythagoraS. Thus to give rational nu-
mcrical explanation of the intricacles OF
harmony ana their effect on the ear,
there was need not only of Il mathema-
tieian an anatomist, physicist and IA
psychologist, but also of musician, all
united in one man. Helmholtz was all
this and even more. -Scribner s.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
THE POET TO HIS CAT.

Tuck in thy toes prick up thine ears,
Assume IA listening attitude,
And ! viii It'll thee, happy eat,
The tale Of thy beattude,
And when We told thee all the truth
just rub my hand in gratitude.
What hast thou to be thankful for
Besides thy far famed fattudeP
Thou roamest free, with ample room,
Not housed in cramping latitude,
And thou hast beds LUXURIOUS
On couch and chair and matitude-
Beds which but for thy .hairs would be
Adorned with ncatest Multitude.
Thy days are passed in quietness,
Unteased by brawling Gratitude,
Nor even are thy nerves outworn
BY steady stream Of Gratitude.
Simple thy clothing, happy cat,
UnveXed by styles in latitude.
Well may5t thou pity other cats,
Harricd and worn by scatitude,
For friendly hands are stroking thee
With touch of gentle patitude,
And never once has cruelty
Stirred thee to pitapatitude.
Noble cat pleasures ill thy life
And swell 10 high ccstatitude.
Thou me- test oft thy catfish kind
And ioja st in feline spattude,
And when the felincs 20 for thee
Thou CIV Il them tItS1rtatitude,
And in tho hou-e thou max 81 thy boast
OF cellars cleared Of latitude.
Let Other eats their homes desert
In folly blind as latitude
Thou'lt never seek divorce from thine
On grounds Of incompatitude
Now. cat. I've told thee all thy lot
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

Wlscst thing fur me toremain only your
frlend-onIy your faithful dog, who
may try to be Of service to you some
times. Can you forgive me sufficiently
to let me still hold that place in your
thoughts?'
Il shall hope that you Will be my
very good friend always, Mr. Tucker, "
she said gently. Il am TO marry Lieu
tenant Lacey. | should have told you
before "
Believe me, am very glad, he re-
piled. Il am only dull dog, but |
should be a poor sort Of fellow indeed if
| did not appreciate your kindness and
your confidence.
Thereafter the dull, stupid, common
place man showed so delicate "a tact and
was also SO cheerfully generous to the
fnan who had taken the place he had
hoped to occupy that she grew TO have
"A regard for him that was almost like
that of a younger sister for brother in
whom she implicitly believed and trust
ed For his part he was proud of the
position and would not have lost it for
anything else that the world might of
fer. To all others besides herself be was
the same dull stupid fellow that he had
ever been.
She came to him one day weeping
and in greet distress and told him tl1t
her lover mad been ordered to Africa
with hisregiment War was looming on
the horizon, and the work there would
be desperate.
Il know how brave he is" she sob
bed, "and know that he will 80 there
with no arm save his own to stand be-
tween him and death. | think | would
give the world to know that there was
some one with him who would watch
over him and bring him back to me at
last. "
The words were carelessly spoken
said only IN the agony of the moment.
But her head was on the poor, foolish
fellow S breast, her hands were touching
his, and the words spoke to him trum
pet tongued, even as command,
He had no thought in his simple
heart but that l~e might be of service to
her and might help this man whom she
loved. The next day William Tucker,
Esq, left the world wherein men had
laughed at him, and Private William
Tucker entered the regiment which had
been ordered to the front, and of which
Lieutenant Charles Lacey was one Of
the officers.
In the course Of time Private William
Tucker became merged as mere unit
in the regiment to which he belonged
and, with "a certain latent purpose in has
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
PRIVATE TUCKER.

He was plain man, with a plain
name. Before William Tucker, Esq,
became known to the world of men he
had been "a PLAIN boy, very good, very
tender hearted and very much in earnest
about nothing in particular Smaller
boys checked him with jmpunity and
made him flag for them; bigger boys
simply ignored him. Grown to man
hood, there was but little change in
him. His juniors snubbed him and vot-
ed him fool; his seniors for the most
part imposed upon him. He submitted
to it all with the best possible grace,
glad only to be taken notice Of i'll any
way and apparently considering that it
was the only thing be could expect.
Then, as though life itself, as it stood,
did not hold sufficient bitterness for
him, he fell in love.
He must have known from the very
first that it was all hopeless and that it
could at the best only disturb his peace
of mind. But he went ON nevertheless
in his own dull. stupid fashion. content
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
Come early to select your Christmas
Goods. Come to Headquarters.
M. E. HESELTON.
I37 Water St., Skowhegan, Maine.

only to touch her hand occasionally, to
get sort of second rate smile from her
1t is probable that there was no thought
of any future i'll his mind.
He would turn up quite unexpectedly
at any place to which he knew she would
be going He would linger about nerv-
ously and unhappily in corners, so that
he might have the opportunity of look
ing at her. He seemed to ask for moth
ing more.
he would carry parcels and run mes
sages for the pretty child-she was but
little more-and considered himself
well paid if he received only a smile in
return.
Once she was i'll, and he scarcely left
the house i'll which she lay until she
was we'll again. He haunted it by day.
He fingered about aimlessly at night
He ruined himself by his lavish pur
chases of flowers and dollhouse fruit.
When at last one summer day he was
told that she was convalescent, and that
she would see him, he felt that heaven
was within sight
He was shown out into a garden.
where she was seated in great chair,
with all her delicate beauty thrown into
stronger relief by the white bearskin rug
against which she leaned
She looked 50 pale and weak that, if
anything could have increased his love
for her, her appearance alone would
have done it.
You have been very kind, Mr.. Tuck.
er, " she said IN low voice, land am
very grateful You have done so much
for me, ard your flowers have been with
me every day.
There Were tears in her brown eyes as
she finished speaking and held out her
hand to INN. Then it was that William
Tucker made the one chief mistake of
his life, and, in stammering utterances,
tried to tell her of the emotion which
possessed him. But she staid him with
a light hand upon his lips.
II am more grateful even than be-
fore, she said slowly, "but you offer
me gift which l cannot accept. can
not tell you how sorry l am or how
much believe in all that you have told
me. But love another man, and love
him very dearly"
He was silent for few moments,
standing there with his eyes cast upon
the ground like a scolded schoolboy.
But he looked up at last, with some
thing of smile breaking across the
whlteness of his face.
II might have known, he said slow
~. Il might have known, above all
things. that it is not for such q man as
am to snatch 80 great prize. l might
have known that it was the best and
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

A noted man passed up Chestnut
street, and everybody smiled when they
glanced at him and made laughing re-
marks to each other.
The reason for their mirth lay in the
fact that he carried III full view Of ey-
eryhody-Stuek in the front pockct Of
his oyorcoat--a legal document hearing
the word mortgage" in large and con
spieuons letters Philadelphia Gail
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

According to oriental tradition the
tomb of Noah, the ark builder, " is in
the small town of Nakhtchevan, near
the foot Of Mount Ararat II is said 10
be niche in the wall of an abandoned
fortress.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

In the English army a soldier rs
drummed to church just as he is to drill
or dress parade.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

Il have come back to you, my dar-
ling, Charles Lacey was saying. "When
we We're cut off there, with mere
handful of men, little thought should
ever see your face again. I-of all those
who We're with me-alone escaped, al
though my wound took long time to
heal.
But how did you escape:' she asked
breathlessly, while she chung to him
There was soldier tbero--a brave
fellow who, for some unknown reason
had stuck to me through all the cam
paign. They found him lying across me,
with a broken rifle i'll his hand, and they
told me that his wounds were frightful
enough to have killed half dozen
men. only found out aftorWard who
he was. They called him Private vii
ham Tucker.
He wondered why She were a black
dress that night at dinner. When he
asked her, She said, with the tears shin
ing i'll her eyes, that it was for the sake
of the dead soldier who had sent HIM
back to her ILLUSTRATED Bits
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
China Ware.

DO not fail to see our Beau
tiful Display of China Wa e.
Cups and Saucers, Fruit and
Cake Plates, Olive and Pickle
Dishes, After Dinner Coffees,
Tete a Tete Sets, Mugs, etc.
You will be surprised at the
Rich and Rare Bargains we
are offering in these goods.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

Goods in Somerset county.
Prices, Low as the Lowest.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

mind, was glad to lose sight Of the
world he had left behind and to take his
place as one Of the rank and file The
latent purpose was never known-at
least until the end--but il became a ira
dition among the rough men with
whom he served that wherever the hthe
and active form Of Lieutenant Charles
Lacey was seen III the fight, there, close
beside him, WAS one grim faced Tommy
Atkins, fighting with "a 6erceness I'M
known in the character of the William
Tucker, Esq, who had disappeared.
As matter of fact, Lacey knew
nothing about who the man was or
whence he came. He had met him but
seldom in those old days and the fact
Of Private William Tucker was scarcely
one to be remembered.
There came a day when Lacey, with
IA mere handful Of men, was sent on o
forced march, III an endeavor to join
forces with another camp. But the
march was not a success, and they pres
entity found that they We're cut off, IL
the midst of the hills, with the day fast
SAo9ibS III, duti lllt uOetIlci 9ellIuS Viii
riers all round them They closed W
silently with u dim feeling upon then
that there Wis but small hope, anG
fought there steadily and doggedly.
While the light failed.
Il WAS a certainty from the first O.
their being absolutely outnumbered
and they fell one after another witt
those horrible black faces swarmlne
round them--with tiendish warcries il
their ears, and with only the determ.
nation IN their hearts To fight to the last
iar the honor Of the flag they served.
There WAS one gallant young figure
standing there and cheering on his mol
and overaWihg for moment even those
Who sWarmed about them. A speM
thrust had reached him AT last and be
staggered backward, with score of
weapons leyeled at him. But there was
another who sprang i'll there before HIM.
With Il dubbed rife swung madly round
his head--one who knew only that the
man he had sworn i'll his heart to serve
Was lying there beneath him; one who
saw only woman's face III faroff Eng
land, as it had lain last ON his breast
one who knew that they should not
reach the figure at his feet while he had
the power to stand and to fight.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17


will find appropriate gifts for all classes old
adm df the title
a mformI
andunm takaby low. Come andS thm
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17

In the course Of time Private William
Tucker became merged as a mere unit
in the regiment to which he belonged,
and. with a certain latent purpose in his
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
Games! Games!

Never before have we been
able to show such variety
of desirable Games and Toys
as we now have.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
Dolls!

See our Elegant Assert
ment of Dolls. Prices from
&c to So each. We can save
you money on this line Of
goods.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
+ ancy Goods.

Remember we have one of
the finest Stocks of Fancy
The Somerset reporter., 1895-12-17
Books! Books!

Picture Books in Great
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Cloth bound Juvenile Books
for the little ones at all prices.
See our assortment of Cloth
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each.