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WAS A GOOD GUESSER.
But Sudden Light Had Broken in on
the Old Man.

But Sudden Light Had Broken in on
the Old Man.
He had several samples of the early
spring variety of New Jersey mud on his
boots, but it did not seem to interfere with
the interest he took in the sights on Lower
Broadway as he gawked along.
Suddenly he bumped into party and
backed off.
''Excuse me-" said the panty, and his
face frightened. "Why, Mr.. Johnson"
he exclaimed, extending his hand, chow
are you?"
"My name amt Johnson" replied the
claybank. 'It's Plunkett-James f. Plum
kett OF Piunkettsyille, N. j., and 1 guess
you're mistaken"
Eyes" admitted the party, ~ think 1
am, but you are the very image of friend
of mine named Johnson. hope you will
excuse me-"
"Of course; no harm DONE" and the two
drifted apart as people usually do in the
great city when there's crowd around.
Half an hour later nice looking man
extended his hand to Mr.. Plunkett and
smiled all over.
"Why, Mr.. Plunkettr' he exclaimed.
show do you do? How are the people at
home2 1 haven't seen you for so long
that L came very near passing you without
Speaking, anu ne Suooh MI. I1unkeCt
hand so vigorously that his hat jostled
down over his eyes, but he showed It back
and looked at his new friend curiously.
You don't know me, I'll bet a dollar"
laughed the party. "But | don't want to
win your money! he hurried on. 'pm
Charley Tucker, and l haven't been up
your way since was small boy, but re-
member you very WELL
Mr.. Plunkett braced up and was ex-
tremely cordial. aRV
II don't exactly mind, you,," said he,
"but boys grow up SO fast that we can I
keep the run OF them. But what are you
doing here2"
"Oh, IN in business, and doing tip-top.
I'm in Wall street, where a man makes his
fortune between meals. And, by the way"
he added as if on sudden bright thought,
I've got little snap that is just what you
are looking for" l,..-.s 81 -
III there's money in it I'm looking for
it, laughed Mr.. Plunkett.
well, there's thousand in it to you
for hundred, said Mr.. Tucker with con-
fdence. c--s.>.
They had turned into side street where
the crowd was small, and all at once Mr..
Plunkett thought of the stories of the bunko
boomers he had read of and he looked Mr..
Tucker over carefully.
'Lemme see." he said hating, didn't
you say you had knowed me since YOU
was little boy, say about 5 years old?''
"Jnst about that long"
II guess that's twenty-five years, amt
you've guessed it to a dot. Pm just 80
now"
Pm right good guesser, amt p'' said
Mr.. Plunkett with pride.
II never saw better, :" frankly admitted
Mr.. Tucker.
"Well Charley" said Mr.. Plunkett with
emphasis, II guess if you amt around that
corner in just ten seconds I'll kick you
clean across the street and ten foot up that
wall on the other sideP and Mr.. Tucker
got there with three seconds to spare.-New
York Sun.
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State, including large delegation from
this City. Among the notable members
who will attend the convention is P. Rohr-
bacher of this City, who holds the exalted
position of deputy supreme arch, the Sec
ond highest officer of the order in the
United States, and who is also the Callfor-
mia representative to the Supreme Grove.
At the next meeting of the Supreme Grove
Mr.. Rohrbacher will be advanced to the
honor OF supreme arch.
Another parsonage of note, who has been
an active worker in the order, and who
will be found at st. Helena as hard at work
as ever in the interests of Druidism, is E.
Cavagnaro, past grand noble arch.
In the forthcoming June issue of the
Druids' Journal, published in this City,
will appear a comprehensive article on
"Druidism in California" from which the
following is taken:
The sowing of the seeds of Druidism in Cali
fornia thirty-five years ago was attended with
difficulty, and if it were not for the zeal and
the Pacific Coast might have been deprived OF
the benefits of Druidism for many years after
May z, 1850, the date upon which the first
grove OF Druids was instituted.
The historic town of PlacerYille has the
honor to be the birthplace of Druidism in Cali.
fornia.
Herman Grove No. 2 was organized in the
town of Coloma, and San Francisco Grove No. 8
was established in this City on March 81, 1864
On May 10, 1865, the Grand Grove of CaIifor-
MIA, U. A. 0. D., was instituted, and recog-
milton of his great work Brother Sieg was
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An Ex-Confederate Ordeal.

One of the distinguished Confederate
veterans who went with the delegation to
Chicago is full of interesting reminis-
cences and instances, which he tells with a
quizzical smile. Here are two unpublished
incidents:
During the ceremonies of the unwilling
of the monument to the 5000 private Con-
federate soldiers who died in prison, a
wild-eyed old man, in towering rage,
rushed up to the party in a high state OF
excitement, shook his fist at them and
yelled:
You have got no business here. You
ought all to be hanged or skinned alive
He fixed his eyes upon Senator Hunton,
who smiled kindly at the Infatuated old
person, and said: "Oh, we're all right. my
friend, and don't you forget it," Then
two or three Chicago citizens grabbed the
elderly person and fired him to the rear.
At the grand banquet in Cincinnati the
party sat together. The band played
HAIL Colum bia." The Confederates never
moved a muscle nor cracked smile.
Every eye went upon them instantly
Then yankee Doodle" was applied. Still
there was no response in the way of ap-
plause. Then the band opened on them
with Dixie" butetill they sat silent and
dignified, like SO many Indian chiefs at an
interview with the Great Father in the
White House. Then that band threw up
the sponge, and the real business of din
ing began. Good fellowship broke the
ice, and the fraternization was complete
Washington Post.
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Day and Night on Mercury,

Professor G. V. SehiaparelH, the astron-
omer, gives some curious points concern
ing day and night, as exhibited to the peo-
pie of Mercury, that is, of course, proyid-
ing the torrid climate of that planet per-
mits of the existence of organized beings.
The professor says that on three-eighths of
the planet thick and eternal night forever
reigns, except, perhaps, during an occa-
sional exhibition of some phenomenon
similar to the aurora borealis.
Another portion of the planet of similar
area is continually exposed to the burning
rays of the sun, and the inhabitants, pro-
viding that there are any, know nothing
whatever of night, sunrise and sunsets.
Might" says Schiaparelli, "on that three
eighths of the Mercurian world, is physi-
cal impossibility, and the only change that
can take place is the varying obliquity of
the SUMS rays, which shift according to the
suns position during the eighty eight DAYS
which go to make up the year"
In another region on this planet there is
two-eighths of the entire surface which
has alterations oflight and darkness. In
these favorable sections the period of
Lightweight days is divided into two in
tervals, one characterized by continual
light and the other by perpetual dark
ness.
Taken altogether we should be well
pleased with the conditions existing on our
world, which are, perhaps, better suited to
human beings than those of any of the
SUMS great train of planets.-St. Louis
Republic.
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two iron cylinders in which play the
stamps. These crush the glass, turning
on their own axles as they work
For grading the powder several shifting
cylinders are necessary, covered with
gauze of different mesh. Beginning with
the coarsest the workman proceeds gradu-
ally to the finest. RESTING each time that
which passes through the network.
The paper to be used in the manufacture
must be good. Strong, and rather long
fbered. 1t must also be free from knots
and Irregularities, and if there be any such
they must be planned off. If they should
be overlooked they would interfere with
the proper use of the sandpaper; the knots
would protrude through the glue, and lit
tie ridges and channels would result, max
ing it impossible to smooth off a surface
evenly with the paper.
The paper is cut into large sheets, spread
on work tables, fastened down and then
painted by means OF large brush with
thin, even coat OF hot glue. II the glue is
too thin and the paper of bad quality, the
glue soaks into the paper, so that which
remains is not of sufficient consistency to
hold the glass. Thus results sandpaper
from which the glass easily rubs off, or
which, in places, has no glass at all, or not
enough. This is notably the case with the
coarser varieties, in which the layer of glue
must be put on with exceeding care
that the relatively large fragments of glass,
which can in no manner be soaked with
the binding material, may be held fast in
it. On the other hand, if the layer of glue
is too thick, or the consistence too yiscous,
the outer part hardens too quickly, so that
the glass powder cannot embed itself in it.
When the glue has been spread on the
paper the powdered glass must be sifted
on through an appropriate sieve. This
operation also requires considerable skill,
though not so much as the spreading of
the glue. For the glass must not be sifted
merely in such a manner as to use a given
quantity to a sheet, but so that each Sheet
may be covered evenly. Even then all the
powder will not stick, and some of the
particles lie upon others without touching
the glue; these can be shaken off by a
slight movement of the paper. When the
superfluous glass powder has been removed
a wooden roller is passed lightly over the
paper to press the particles OF glass as
firmly as possible into the glue and to form
perfectly even surface.-Philadelph
TnnnIrQr
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WHISPERS AND WIND.
A Further Contribution to the Literature
of an Interesting Affinity.

That feller," said the man with, the
ginger beard, as the smooth-shaven new
settler drove by, chat Teller, when l
knowed him out in Kansas, had a set of
goat trimmin's that would discount PETER.
And he lost 'em in the funniest way"
SCOT 'em shaved off?' asked the grocer,
trying to be sarcastic.
Much to the surprise of the man from
Potato Creek the man with the ginger
beard replied:
That's jest the way. Exactly"
When the man with the ginger beard
had enjoyed the grocer's surprise, he con-
tinued-:
"'Course, he didn't have to have 'em
shaved off, but after the way they took to
actin he allowed that was the best thing
come along acrost his place. He seen 'er
a-comin', an by the time he got the COW
and the dog and his wife an chillern in the
cyclone pit they was so little room that he
had to leave his head stickin' out. Purity
soon along comes O. ST.
"Old 81 who?" asked the grocer.
"It might have been old 81 Hubbard, but
Well that there wind took them fiowin'
whiskers and wrapped lem round and
round his neck, and durn nigh choked
i'm"
"And he lowed after that it would be
safer to go smooth, suppose?" asked the
man from Potato Creek
Hardly. Ketch any Kansas man takin'
OH his whlskers fer any SIGH frivolous rea-
son. But the ellicktricity, er something,
had sot 'em SO that they wouldn't grow no
other way than jist round and round. /
tried to persuade him to leave ,em that
way, seein' as how he had the finest neck
comforter ever man had in them whis-
kers, but he was too dadwormed high
minded, an keeps 'em cut clean off now"
The man from Potato Greek slowly
gathered up the two burlap sacks that
served him as saddle, put them on his
yellow mule and rode homeward, ponder.
ing, pondering.-Indianapol Journal.
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chosen the first N. G.. A., the duties of which
he filled with honor to himself and to the en-
tire satisfaction of the members throughout
the State.
Since that time there have been 1O4 groves
established in California, in Oregon, in
Washington and in British Columbia, all OF
which have been Instituted by the Grand
Grove of California.
The order did not make very remarkable
progress until 1884, when Louis F. Dunand
assumed the position of noble grand arch. by
his energetic work he gave an impetus to the
order which it has retained ever since.
Since the establishment of the order in this
State the benefits paid have been as follows
For burial of deceased members, $73, 575; for
widows and orphans, $43, 1854; for sick bene-
fits, 1869 1855.
Brother Sieg, the founder of Druidism in Cal
ifornia, was born in Saxony, Germany, in the
year 1915. He died ON August IA, 1883, at the
age of IS years, universally respected and be-
loved by all who knew him. In recognition of
his great services to the .order the Druids of
this jurisdiction erected handsome monument
over his last resting place in Plaeerville.
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THOUGHT 1T A BAD SIGN,
The Boston Servant Judged by the
Baked Beans Test.

The Boston Servant Judged by the
Baked Beans Test.
The custom of having baked beans for
supper on Saturday nights and again on
Sunday mornings is so common in some
parts eff New England that the servant
who has lived in New England families
cannot easily adapt herself to any change
in this respect.
This was amusingly illustrated in the
case of a domestic named Hannah, who
went to live with a family who had moved
to New England from the West.
On the morning of the first Saturday in
her new home Hannah came to her mis-
tress and asked:
please, ma'am, where is the beanpot ?"
"The beanpot, Hannah? We haven't
any,
mo beanpot, ma'amP" said Hannah,
'No, Hannah; we never eat baked
BEANS"
Don't eat baked beansP Why, ma'am.
what do You eat on Saturday night?"
about the same that we eat on any
other evening, but we never have beans.b
Hannah departed for the kitchen, NUT
tering something under her breath, and an
hour or two later her mistress CHANGED to
overhear the following conversation be-
sween Hannah and a friend who had
called to see her:
How do you like your new placer"
81 don't think I'm going to like it at ALL
I just believe that these folks are-are-
well, just don't believe they are respect
able people"
"Why, Hannah?"
"Well, they never have baked beans of a
Saturday night, nor no other time, so how
can they be respectable ?'-Burlington
Hawkeye.
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foreigners prepared to do yeoman service
for their adopted land. The Cabots went
out in the ship Matthew at their own
charges, and on st. Johns day. June "A,
first sighted the shore, to which they gave
the name of Prima TERRA Vista-''irst
seen land" Henry VII gave the bold ma
riners his "letters patent" which author
lied them to set up the royal standard,
and secured the stingy King share in their
of their expenditure. Selfshness and
greed prevented the speedy permanent set
Element of the island, and have always
stood in the way of its development from
basis OF sound prosperity
Journal.
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Forgot to Count.

Observation-Disclosures has been frequently
a characteristic of men of fame 1t IS to be
supposed, no doubt, that their minds have
been so wholly absorbed by great matters
that the smaller, more trivial things of
life have been considered unworthy of their
attention. Among men of this stamp who
have suffered in this way was leasing. a
famous German writer of plays and books
of criticism. Leasing discovered at one
period of his life that he was being robbed
of his ready money by some person in his
home, and, unable to determine who the
culprit was, he put the servants of his
household to test by leaving handful
of gold upon his breakfast table one morn
ing.
Meeting a friend he told him OF what he
had done.
''That was risky" said his friend. ssHow
much did you leave thereP'
Dear mel' cried Leasing. ST quite for
got to count. -" Harper's Magazine.
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THREE THOUSAND RELICS.
Two Brothers in Massachusetts, Make
the Collection.

Two Brothers in Massachusetts Make
the Collection.
The Lincoln brothers live in neat little
house on the west side of the Quaboag
River about half mile from the center of
West BrookfeId, Mass. The parlor has been
transformed into an Indian museum.
Tomahawks, war clubs and scalping knives
are everywhere. A little table fairly groans
under the weight OF stone implements
of all kinds, and the walls are hung
with pretty nearly everything used
by the red man in his principal
trade of killing, and his SUBJ
sidiary occupation of cultivation. In fact,
it is very complete exhibit of the nipple
ments of all kinds used by savages in both
the paleolithic and neolithic ages of the
hunting and fishing stage. The collection
proper is arranged in black walnut cabi-
net fitted with shelves and having glass
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A Stupid Butler.

Spanish people seem to suffer from the
stupidity of some of their servants as much
as we do in America, if the following story,
which appeared in Madrid journal, is
true. 1t seems that lady ordered her
butler one morning to tell all visitors that
she was not at home. At night, when
enumerating the persons who had called
during the day, he mentioned the lady's
sister, when his mistress exclaimed: az
told you, man, that L was always at home
for my sister, You ought to have her in"
Next day the lady went out to make a
few calls, and during her absence her sister
came to the house.
us your mistress at home? '' she asked
the butler.
Yes, madam" was the reply
The lady went upstairs and looked every.
where for her sister. On coming down.
stairs she said to the butler, my sister
must have gone out, for 1 could not find
her."
Eyes, madam, she has gone out, but she
told me last night that she was always at
home for you."-Harper's Round Table.
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FOURTH OF JULY PARADE.
A Mammoth Display Is to Be
Made by the Butchers
of This City.
NATIVE SONS IN UNIFORM.
A Drum Corps of Eight Boys In Con-
tInental Army Regimentals.
No Chinese.

The committees in charge of the man.
moth celebration for the Fourth of July
are still hard at work. Reports so far re-
ceived seem to assure the success of the
demonstration, but these only stimulate
the committees to further efforts.
The butchers are making extensive
preparations for the parade, and their con-
tribution TO the procession will occupy one
entire division, and perhaps two.
The wholesalers will have in line 500 men
in uniform and twenty-six 6-horse teams.
The horses are being carefully matched,
and they will be feature of the parade.
The retail butchers will have decorated
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GLASS PAPER THE THING.
That Would Be a More Accurate Desig-
nation Nowadays Than Sandpaper.

THU WOuIu DIG Il MOre Accurate Desig-
nation Nowadays Than Sandpaper.
Sandpaper as now made is false to It's
name, for it has no sand about it, the place
of that material being now taken usually
by powdered glass, which does its work
with vastly greater effect.
One of the most important operations in
the fabrication of sandpaper is the pulver-
ization of the glass into powder of the diff
ferent grades of fineness. Commonly an
iron mortar is used for this purpose, a
heavy iron pestle being the crushing in
strument. Stamping machinery is better.
1t consists of a stout box, whose iron side
walls serve as base for the stamping ma
chinery. In the box, which can be closed
by wooden door to prevent waste of ma
terial and also injury to the workman, are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-16
GRAND GROVE OF DRU|DS,
1t Will Hold Its Thirty-FirSt
Annual Session at ST.
Helena.
SOME OF THE NOTABLES.
Sketch of the Origin and Progress
Of the Order in Call
fornia.
SOME OF THE N0TABLEs.

For the past two weeks the officers of
the Grand Grove of California, U. a. o. D.,
have been busy making up their reports
and preparing generally for the thirty
first annual session of the Grand Grove,
which will begin at st. Helena on Tuesday
morning next.
The meeting will call together represen-
tatives of the order from all parts of the
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which it whipped in few seconds. In
fighting the animal stood on its hind legs,
biting savagely with its sharp teeth. AS
soon as the dog was whipped the otter
turned it's attention to Mr.. Babylon and
attacked him, giving him hard fight, in
which he found great difficulty in avoiding
It weighed twenty-six pounds, and the
skin, which is a fine one, will be stuffed
and kept as trophy. No one had ever
seen an otter around Frizzelburg before
Baltimore Sun.
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A FINE CHORUS.
Three or Four Hundred Singers
Are Wanted for the

The literary committee of the Fourth of
July wishes to make the chorus marked
feature of the celebration. Two hundred
vocalists have already volunteered their
services, but it has been decided to raise
the mum Der to 500 or more
Allvocalists desiring to take part in the
exercises are requested to communicate
with the musical director, ]. w. Mckenzie,
at 524 Eddy street, as soon as possible, and
receive the music for the first rehearsal.
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shows that these fish are remarkable, aside
from their appearance, in that they are
viviparous, bringing forth their young
alive and not depositing eggs, after the
manner of most other fish. They have
rudiments of eyes, but no optic nerve, and
by the most intense light Those who
tasted them say they are of excellent flavor,
but rather too plentifully supplied with
bones.-Goshen Independent Republican.
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Was a Skeplfe.

Lushforth-What is this Christian sci
ence?
Wickwire-I think can make it clear.
For instance, if you had the rheumatism
you would say to yourself that there was
no such thing as rheumatism; there
never was any such thing as rheumatism;
consequently, you couldn't have any
rheumatism. and first thing you know the
pain would be all gone.
Lushforth-It won't work. Many is the
time have said to myself that there were
no such things as crimson snakes with
pea-green whiskers, and that l knew they
could not exist, but the snakes stayed
right in the room just the same.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
Double windows adorn the better class of
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Killed an otter in His Yard.

On Saturday last, as Alfred S. Babylon
OF Frizzelburg, Carroll County, was sitting
in the yard of his home, a large otter en-
tered and Immediately attacked his dog,
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England's Oldest Colony.

Newfoundland was discovered in 1897
by John and Sebastian Cabot Tor Cabotto).
Italians settled and trading in Bristol
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The women of Morocco never cele brate
their birthdays, and few of them know
their ages.
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The English sparrow-hawk sometimes
flies through space at a speed of $50 miles
an hour.
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Double windows adorn the better class of
houses in Russia, to exclude the cold.