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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
TURNING POINTS IN SUCCESSFUL Ca
REFERS.

In this volume Rev. William NJ. Thayer
seeks to show that "the chance of a life
time comes to every man." The author
aims to show to the struggling aspirant
for fame and glory just how others ac-
complished their purpose. From the lives
of over fifty men and women he points the
moral of their careers. Among these are
included the late Senator Stanford. Of his
career as a railroad builder it is noted that
his providence turned Leland Stanford
from the law by burning Up his library
and from traffic and mining to railroad
building, that the greatest secular enter
prise OF modern times might prove sue
cessful.'' The sketches make good reading.
The only criticism that might be made is
that the author makes fulsome eulogies of
all his sketches. Thomas Y. Crowell &
Co., New York.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
THE YOUNG REPORTER,

William Drysdale, author of this enter
tanning book for boys, evidently knows
whereof he speaks. 1t is a reasonably
faithful portrayal of the career of young
newspaper worker on one of the New York
dailies. Dick Sumner" is given good
start with sound principles to guide him,
and the author shows what pluck and
some luck may do for a wideawake young
man. dick" attends strictly to business
and avoids the whirlpool of dissipation
which lures so many journalistic workers
to disaster. He is bright, intelligent and
faithful. and these qualities lead him along
successfully. For any young man who
is contemplating career of this sort the
book contains many helpful hints, and is,
withal, a very readable yarn for older folks.
Nv. A. Wilde & Co., Boston.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

named Stocks House." lying back some
little distance from the main road, and
approached through picturesque avenue
of high trees. On entering the house one
is Immediately struck by the size of the
hall and reception-rooms, on the walls of
which are a choice assortment of old
masters, the Dutch and Flemish schools
being especially we'll represented; and by
the antiquity of the furniture and large,
characteristic fireplaces. Well in keeping
with these is the massive oak staircase by
which the study Is reached.
The home of the Rothschilds is near
4 ldbury ana not far away is the village OF
Ivinghoe, from which Sir Walter Scott is
said to have taken the name for Ivan
boo
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
THE TIDE OF THE PAST.

Sometimes the troubled tide of all the past
Upon my spirits trembling strand is rolled;
Years never mine-ages an hundredfod
With all the weight those ages have amassed
OF human grief and wrong, on cast.
Within one sorcerous moment grow old,
And blanch as one who scarce his way can hold.
Upon verge that takes some 1ood-tide vast.
Then comes relief through some dear common
thing:
The voices OF the children at their play:
The wind-wave through bright meadows, NOV
ing fast
The bluebirds skyward call. on happy wing
So the sweet present reassumes her sway:
So lapse the surges of the monstrous past.
Edith NJ. Thomas in the Century for October.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

have to be RACED for the widening of the
Kings Bridge road, which will cut the old
cottage just in half. The building is in
very dilapidated condition, but could be
moved in toto. Thomas w. Keene and
Augustin DAILY have already contributed
toward the fund, and three prominent art
lists have agreed to give benefit perform
ances for the fund at some prominent the
alter. President Morgan said:
Although Edgar Allan Poe has been
dead almost fifty years, and although his
genius has been acknowledged and ad-
mired by every English-speaking race for
more than hall a century, this is the first
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

practical parts. of his subject. He first
discusses the important question OF the
relation OF soils to irrigation. He de-
effect irrigation will have on it. to what
extent its value will appear. and the ouan-
tity of water required for each under given
conditions. The chapter on soils carving
alkalies is one of the best in the book. as
among other things it gives clear instruc-
ton as to the kind of crops suited to the
different alkalles and how the alkai may
be got rid OF.
Next he takes up the question of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
EDGAR A. PoE's BIRTHPLACE.

The Shakespeare Society of New York
met on the 22d ult in the Poe cottage at
Fordham. The principal feature of the
occasion, says the Times, was an address
by President Appleton Morgan. The par
ticular object of his remarks was to get
those individuals who wish to perpetuate
the memories of Edgar Allan Poe suffi-
GENTLY interested to contribute toward
purchasing the Poe cottage.
The cottage is now for sale, and if it is
not purchased in the near future it will
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
HOW NOVELIST NORRIS WORKS.

An English fiction writer of assured
fame is w. E. Norris. He was lawyer,
like Anthony Hope, and he event into
literature" by advice of that prince of
critics, Leslie Stephen. His home is in
South Devon, and there he spends most of
the year writing, SO he tells a biographer,
usually about four hours a day. OF this
the New York Critic says: Think of it. We
weary slaves of the desk-New York in the
dog-days ana eight hours work-South
Devon and four hours day of writing!
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
MRS. WARDS HOME AT ALDBURY,

The author of "Robert Elsmere' and
"Marcella," Mrs. Humphry Ward, has
charming home at Aldbury, a quaint
English village in the Chiltern Hills. 1t
is quiet sort of nook that busting civil
cation seems to have passed by. The
passer-by. says the Westminster Review,
can just catch glimpse, through the
clean, white-painted lodge gates, Of Mrs
Wards residence, which is appropriately
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
ToLsTors MASTER AND MAN.

Another edition of Tolstoi's Master and
Man" has been issued in response to the
public demand, and this time it comes in
the form of booklet, so daintily bound
that it will prove even more attractive
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
IRRIGATION FARMING,

The OrangeJudd Company of New York
never issued more valuable book than
the last which has come from its presses.
1t is entitled Irrigation Farming" and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

than ever. The success achieved by the
story is one of the best evidences we have
had of late of the excellence of popular
Judgment in matters of literature. There
is nothing in the tale that appeals to any
form OF false taste in fiction. It is the
simple story of Russian farmer and his
servant lost in a snowstorm and the sacri-
flee of the master to save the man. Tales
of that kind have been told before and will
probably betold again and again to the end
of time, and if there were nothing in
Tostoi's story but the incident it would not
have made much impression nor be long
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

During the coming year st. Nicholas
will print series of characteristic letters
written by Robert Louis Stevenson to q
boy relative, describing the romantic Incl
dents of his life in Samoa. Lloyd Osbourne
will contribute paper filling out the cpl
sodes touched upon by Mr.. Stevenson.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
THE MAGAZINES.
11pp1Ncorr's FOR OCTOBER.

LIPPINCoTT'S FOR OCTOBER.
This is about the only popular maya
zine, except the old Atlantic, which has
not yet yielded to the demand for illustra-
tons. 1t is full of good reading from the
best American writer's. The leading story
is my Strange Patient" by William T.
Nichols.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06

Rev. syIvanus Stall, DID,, associate edi-
tor of the Lutheran Observer, has in prepa-
ration a second volume of Give Minute
Object Sermons to Children" The first
volume, published by the Funk e. Wag-
nails Company, New York, has run through
several editions.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23

The great red Englishman laughed and
sat down well content, as all men 90
when they are tested upon concerning
1Ah. Sir James, he said, "had ] an
estate of farms and mills i had not SO
long have eaten the bread of another 9
baking. Elspie Marr is bonny lass,
and an honest, but would have never
have augbt TO say TO an ancient Bray
heard of an Englis hman.
"Never yet did 1 get the cnance 10 say
vea or nav. Umpray Spurway. But us
better late than nver, said the lass
EIsnie. speaking from the doorway where
sir lanes had stayed her. She was
brisk lass, with no i'll in her that ever
saw. at. >, o.ioa tina
Englishman, dating with her, "teh US
ali whether YOU will have me, or my
man Henry Bowneman that Is hinper
lad and likely of his face?' a.,
For married man or lad TO court!
asked the lass looking from one 10 tne
other. ,, .,id
"For married man, OF course, sala
Sir James, before the Engllshman hao
time to speak. o.., tbs
"Then choose Umphray Spurway, t tne
Englishman,v said she "bonhy iaces
make bare downsittings.
"A wise lass" said sir james; ye
couldna do better, Umphray"
But even as he spoke i saw MS ia"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23

''THE DEVIL TAKE HIM AND you BOTH"
house without another uncivil word,
Philip Standsiield or i will make hole
in you, you debauched man and BIAS
phemer OF your father. And you, Ja2et
Johnstone, shall be whipped at the cart
tail from here to Morhamaye, IL have to
lay on the lashes myselfH'
SO, snarling and counter-snarling, with
changed countenances, more like those OF
beast than human kinu, Philip stands
field and the wench went out vowing
vengeance upon us all. Then there
comes into my tale that night OF great
fear, which grips me yet In the telling OF
II. IL was a bitter night of frost at the
changing OF the moon. A horror OF great
darkness fell upon the earth. Yet there
was also. what is not SO common on a
night OF cold, n soughing and wandering
wind that whispered by whiles, going
and coming uncertainty among the
stepped gables OF the house OF New
Milns.
ITO be continued.)
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23
Deafness Cannot he Cured

~ local applications. a. ihoy cannot reach
fEe diseased portion ~ the ear. There IL
only orc GAY o. cure deafness. aud that II by
cTnsfifufl0nsl remedies. Deafness II caused
b. IN infaned condition % the mucous lin.
frz ~ me r.-rer------- -r- W nrrf tfrir- trrho
a. inffmcd ypu have y rumhling sound or inn
prrfact hearing and when ~ D. entirely closed.
Daafnezs IL The result and lnless fhe tn iamma.
ton can bo taken ont, and this tube restored
o. St. normal condition, bearing viii be- de.
famed condition. ~ fhr naucyus surfaces.
We viii giFe one Huuslre1 Dollar for any
case ~ Deafnees fcansed ~ rafaTrhI that can.
for circulars. free
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0rsold by druggists. 20.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23

rI,o LET-FoR TUE SUMNER SEASON. A
Large Room VIII excellent view - The river
on The east side. Two gentlemen preferred Fof
particulars address News. Box \ mar1s.u
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23
PROVIDENCE. r. l., July IL, 1895.
AGENCY OF THE NARcoTI- CURE,
447 Westmipster st.

AGENCY OF THE NARCorI- CURE,
447 Westminster st.
GENTLEMEN:-I purchased a bottle OF
your NARcorI- CURE on june 18th, and
used ss per directions for five days. The
second day could not smoke, the tobacco
was disagreeabie to me. ! have lost all
desire for tobacco, have had no longing
feeling whatever, which seems wonderful
to me after being IN inveterate tobacco
user~1n all forms for twenty five years.
/ have periodically sworn of and COM
menced again on the second or third day,
through that tremendous longing, which
this cure sbolishes entirely. You may
refer to me at any time you wish.
Yours respectfully,
j. II. aoLLEN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-23

If you or your friends
are suffering from the use of
tobacco, call at our office or
send sddress for book of par
riculars free.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
j. PHILIP SMITH

and young, rich and poor are pledging
themselves to the service of the committee
having the affair in charge.
j. Philip Smith, the director-general of
the coming fete, who has taken part in the
gayest carnivals of Europe, says emphati-
cally: "This water carnival of Santa Cruz
is to be more gorgeous than those on the
grand canal of Venice"
If the citizens continue to give Director
General Smith their hearty cooperation,
he cannot fail; intelligence, enthusiasm
and generosity allied to great wealth are an
invincible combination.
The carnival lcolors-eschscholtZ yellow
and white-will soon be displayed every
where. One of the largest hotels, the Paci-
fic Ocean House. is elaborately decorated
already. The electric-cars and several
public institutions are draped with the
artistic hues adopted by the committee.
Badges will be put on sale everywhere.
The Encinal Yacht Club. the Canoe
clubs of Oakland and Alameda, the Corin-
thians and the Stockton Rowing Club are
expected to take part in the water carnival
from the day of opening-June IL. This
date was chosen because of the closing of
the schools in San Francisco, San Jose,
Stockton and other adjacent cities which
will join HANDS with Santa Cruz in max
ing the carnival success.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
A SACRAMENTO MYSTERY,
Joseph Mackey Claims to Have
Been Shot for Kissing
Young Lady.
The Police, However, Think His
Wound Was Received While Try
ing to Loot Residence.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, May PA young
man who gives the name of Joseph Mackey
was brought to the Receiving Hospital this
evening by citizen who had found him
imping along L street, evidently suffering
great pain.
Mackey stated that he had been shot
near the groin in the right leg by a
stranger. He said he had been drinking
all day and while standing at the corner of
Third and L streets an impulse prompted
him to kiss beautiful young lady, per-
feet stranger to him, who was passing on
Third street. He stepped up to her, threw
his arms about her and gave her resound-
Jag smack. The startled girl screamed
and he then turned ana walked to Fifth
street, where he was approached by man
who placed a pistol against his leg and
fired, exclaiming, "Take that, you"
The police are inclined to doubt this YER
sion of the manner in which the wound
was received, as shortly after Mackey was
placed in the hospital, and before his
wound was dressed he escaped through the
side door, and despite the agony it must
have caused him ran rapidly up the street.
Policeman Talbot pursued and overlook
him after he had run a block, and he was
then locked in cell to await the arrival of
a physician.
On being searched a small ratchet-drill
such as are used by burglars in safe-drill-
ing, and minute powder-can, were found
in Mackey's inside vest pocket. These
coupled with the fact that it has been i'm
possible to discover any one who had heard
or seen the shooting, lead the police to be-
lieye that Mackey is a burglar and was
possibly shot while obtaining access to
some residence by the lady of the house,
who had discovered him after he had eff
fected an entrance. The weapon used was
22-caliber revolver, the size usually car
ried by women. Mackey will be held by
the authorities until the affair can be fully
investigated,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
RECORDS ARE IN DANGER.
San BernGrdino Trotting Mare GdzeIEe
Foals Colt by Mckinney.

San Bernardino Trotting Mare GazeIEe
Foals Colt by mckinney.
RsAN BERNARDINO, CAL, May 12-
There was a notable birth in the equine
world last week when Ben Davis four
year-old black mare Gazelle foaled a
colt. He is dark bay, big, strong and
handsome, and all that the fondest lover
of horses could ask for in form and color.
In. this youngster there is combined
the best racing record of this State. His
sire, Mckinney, trotted in 2:11H in the
seventh heat of race at Stockton. His
dam;. as a three-year-old, achieved the
States record of 2:16H. The faster time
has been made in private and in trial
heats, but not upon racetrack in Cali
fornia.
If heredity counts for anything great
things may be expected from this colt. 1t
is among the probabilities that he may be
able to break the worlds record if no mis-
fortune befalls him. The sire and the dam
each broke the record of State which has
produced no end of frst-class trotters, and
the son gives every indication of having
inherited the racing qualities of his pro-
genitors. The development of Gazelles
colt will be watched with interest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
WRECKED NEAR NEAH BAY.
The Port Townsend Tug Mogul
Is Disabled and Runs
Ashore.
1t Is Thought the Vessel VIII Be
Ground to Pieces by Heavy
SWells and High Winds.

PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, May r.
The Government operator at the Tatoosh
Island Signal Station reports that the tug
Mogul is ashore three miles above the
rocks on the soft, sandy beach between
Flattery Rocks and Neah Bay. The tug
left here last night towing the British
bark Darra, lumber laden for Sydney, and
it is supposed the vessels machinery broke
down or else it ran onto log, knocking a
hole in it's bottom.
Immediately upon receipt of the news a
tug was sent here having on board Man.
ager Libby, who will order the other tugs
of the fleet to proceed to the rescue of the
distressed vessel. The supposition is that
the Mogul will be lost, as the place where
she went ashore has not only the heavy
swell of the Pacific Ocean but also wind
from all directions. 1t is highly probable
that the vessel is leaking or it would have
been taken to Neah Bay, where ample pro-
lection is afforded against all weather.
The Mogul was built in Tacoma in 1887.
It was recently sold to Victoria capitalists,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
BURNED HIM IN EFF|GY,
Disrespect Shown for Governor
Turney of Tennessee
at Erwin.
A Dummy Figure Hanged by the
Sheriff and Then Cremated
by a Mob.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May IA special to
the Republic from Chattanooga, Tenn,
says:
Governor Turney was burned and hanged
in effigy last night in Unicorn County in
the eastern part of the State, the ceremony
being witnessed by large crowd. A scaf-
fold was erected at Erwin, the county seat,
and the fact that the burning would take
place was passed from mouth to mouth,
and the adherents of Evans gathered from
miles around. A dummy, dressed as much
after the fashion of Turney as possible,
was brought up and the moose adjusted by
the Republican Sheriff of the county. The
mob was bowling with derision.
'Have you any reason to offer why you
should not be hanged for disgracing this
Slater" the Sheriff asked.
There was no reply and the trap was
sprung. The effigy was then saturated
with Kerosene and torch applied.
Unicorn is a Republican county and
there was no disturbance except that
caused by those of the mob imbibing too
freely of mountain dew. The leaders said
1.-THE execution" was the only means they
had of expressing their Indignation of the
steal of the State by the Democrats and
the disfranchisement by the partisan in
yestigation committee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
FIRED UPON BIZ Il TRAMP.
Conductor MoIter Has a NdrrosC Escape
From Death at Sa CIR asnento.

from OeOth at 6U or GDtcnto.
SACRAMENTO, CAL, May 12-Con-
ductor Jacob Molter narrowly escaped
death tonight. A murderously disposed
tramp deliberately shot at him because
Molter elected him from the platform of a
passenger coach, where, in company with
three other tramps, he was endeavoring to
steal ride to Oregon.
When the Portland overland train was
leaving the Sacramento depot tonight,
and moving at very slow rate of speed
through the yard, Conductor Molter dis
covered four tramps on the platform and
forward trucks of the head passenger
coach. Molter ordered them to leave the
train, at the same time pulling the bell
cord to stop the loco motive.
Before the train could be brought to a
standstill the tramps sprang to the ground
and one of them drew large Colts re-
volver, and taking deliberate aim at the
conductor, fired. The bullet passed SO
close to Molter's head that he could plainly
feel the wind of the missile on his cheek.
As he was unarmed the conductor spranp
hack into the passenger coach in search of
a weapon, but before he could procure one
the murderous tramps effected their es-
cape.
Molter is experiencing surfeit of excit-
ing railroad experiences this season, he
having been in charge of the train that
was held up at Ben Ali Station some time
since.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
RECRUITS FOR CUBA.
Entssaries From the Rebels Said to Be
at Fork in the South.

Es,tfssaries From the Rebels Said to Be
at Fork in the South.
NEW ORLEANS, La, May II. - A
special to the Picayune from Montgomery,
Ala, says:
A prominent railroad official said to-
night he had positive information that the
Cuban rebels had emissaries all over the
South working up recruits for the rebel
army. One representative was in the
neighborhood of Montgomery and, he was
informed had arranged to take about 100
men from hereabouts. They leave osten-
sibly as farm laborers, and would be put
through to Cuba on small vessels from
minor ports along the Florida coast. The
official says these agents are operating in
the backwoods districts, and stealthily
avoid the towns. The official promises to
vouchsafe m ore information on the sub
iect later.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-13
MINNESOTA TROOPS OUT.
Trouble Anticipated by the
Operators of the Frank
lin Mine.
Military Companies at Duluth Await
ing Orders From the Adju-
tant-General.

DULUTH, MINI, May 12.-Duluth is
in battle array tonight, nearly all of the
various military companies being at the
armory waiting to see what will be the
outcome of the disturbance at the Frank
lin mine at Virginia, where the employees
went on strike for an advance in wages.
Acknowledgment Mahlberg arrived in
the city tonight and went to the hotel,
where he met Sheriff Buchart and repre-
sentatives of the mining company. The
adiutant-general was not disposed to favor
the sending of troops to the scene of dis
turbance, as he did not consider there
was any real danger, but the mining COM
panys officials asserted that unless show
of arms was made the strikers, who are
mainly Finlanders, Poles and Hungarians,
would become demonstrative and interfere
more seriously than they yet have.
At IL o'clock Adjutant-G General Mahl-
berg declined to send the troops, but the
militiamen are still held under arms.