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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

Tennessee wishes the country TO under
stand that she looks at the Atlanta Ex-
position only for the purpose of seeing it
in order to go it one better next year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

There is one advantage in the credit system
as practiced in country stores. 1t furnishes
each merchant with complete directory of
County Echo.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

He who has health has hope, and he who has
hope has every thing.-Arabian.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

TYPoGRAPHICAL elocution. Making the types
speak, The Roberts Printing Co., 22O Suffer. .
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

The right things are moving IN the San
joaquin.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

We trust the two sunstrokes in Boston
during the recent hot spell will not lead
our Boston friends to back down from
their proposition that the best summer re-
sort city is the best convention city.
There are no sunstrokes in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

There is not much of Massachusetts
Democracy, but what there is of it belongs
to Cleveland, and perhaps the fact that it
belongs to him is one of the reasons why
there is not much of it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

"He didn't have the nerve to propose, did he,
Bessie?"
eyes; but she rejected him. She said that
while he had the sand to propose, he didn't
have the rocks to marry."-Harper's Magazine.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

. 1t is curious fact that the South Caro-
lima Constitutional Convention which was
expected to make so much noise in the
world has furnished less news than any
other convention, conference or assembly
of the day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

A company has been formed in Florida
to dredge the submerged mud and muck
from the st. Johns River for use as fer
tilizer, and if the scheme proves successful
river-dredging in other localities may have
q boom.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

The board appointed by the Govern
ment to establish form of spelling geo.
graphical names has decided that the old
spelling Havana must give way to Habana,
and to that extent Cuba has received the
recognition of the Government.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

With an extra session of the Legislature
to head off the prize-fght and conven-
tion to promote the improvement OF
Galveston harbor, Texas is getting into
deep water and hot water at the same time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04
"Mrs. Wins1ow's Soothing Syrup"

MRS. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup"
Has been used over fifty years by millions Of moth.
for their children while Teething with perfect
success 1t soothes the child. softe1s the gums Al
lays Pain, cures Wind Collie, regulates the Bowels
end is the best remedy for Diarrheas whether
arising from teething other causes For sale by
Druggists in every part OF the world. Pc sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup. ESQ i
bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

The comments of some of our con-
temporsries on the ELECTROMAGNETIC
bilt wedding sound good deal like at
tempts to persuade the average heiress that
it would be better to be an American old
maid than an English duchess.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

1t is striking illustration of how far Du
Maurier's success as a novelist has eclipsed
his fame as an artist, that collection of
his drawings has been recently advertised
for sale as "drawn by the author of
FTriIhv -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

BACON Printing Company, sos Clay street,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

The pathetic news comes from China that
only half the usual amount OF firecrackers
were manufactured this year. We feared all
along that China would get even with US for
the exclusion act.-Arizona Gazette
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

The best example OF man cooling off is to be
seen in vigorous Democratic editor who saw
agely criticizes Platt and Quay and then gently
comments on the doings OF German and Brice.
Seattle tWash.) Post-Intelligencer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

The lull in gold exports is doubtless only the
lull before the storm. The balance of trade is
against us, and our securities are being re-
turned. These two conditions will remain as
and just so long will there be gold exports
Tucson (Ariz) Citizen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

Harriet Hilton Of Hayre de Grace, Nd, was
assisted In the late celebration of her hundredth
birthday by 1872 children. grandchildren, great
grandchildren and great-greatgrandchildre
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

Arthur Balfour is the latest English states
man, author, ETC., who is to marry. Hitherto
he has been determined bachelor. There
seems to be matrimonial epidemic of late
among Englishmen of prominence.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

There is no mystery whatever about the
heavy shipments of gold TO Europe, the contin-
ued depletion of the treasury reserve and the
consequent necessity of another bond issue,
with heavy addition to the National debt
The shameful inadequacy of the Democratic
tariff is the primary cause of the whole diff
culty.-Wichita Eagle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

Chummy-What would you think of a man
that always went around talking to himself?
Gruffiy-I should say if he did it to listen TO
himself he was fool; if he did it to avoid
listening to his friends he was genius, and if
he did 1t TO save his friends from listening to
him he was q philanthro pist-Truth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

1t will take Republican administration,
under Republican policy, from five to eight
years probably to pay off the $500, 00O, 900 of
additional debt which Democratic adminlstra-
ton in two and half has loaded upon the
country. And the worst of it is that Demo
cratic administration has year and a half
more to run.-Portland Oregonian.
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just then he noticed that Alice and
the doctor had started out a little dis
tance, as II for a walk over the open
prarie. He was now not more than a
quarter Of a mile from the place. and
few minutes more brought him to it,
As he was about to pass by without
stopping. Mrs. johnson beckoned to him
to walt a moment.
ming up with her arms fun of larkspur.
You see those folks yonder,". she CON
tinued. looking In the direction Of the
doctor doctor and her dauEhter. "something's 5
Tn, 'hnxs girl VII get fsr ns wfs and
besides. Come here! l want to show
The old woman ran hastily to the dug
out, and Bill deliberately followed to the
that perhaps half the dirt floor was COW
cred with shapeless-looking packages,
while big cook lng stove. a wash tub
and some piles of coarse, soiled clothes
occupied pretty much all the rest OF the
space.
See these" exclaimed Mrs. johnson,
most Historically. What do you reck
on's in EN-? Gold! treasure. something
better than gold"'
After pausing a moment to nod and
chuckle mystertously, she continued:
Alice don't have to wash. She just
does it for blind. Some day I'll show
you my treasure. but you'd better hurry
of now before they see us"
BY they" she meant her daughter
and the doctor. Bill Carpenter galloped
on without saying a word. so far as
history knows. but he probably thought
"A great deal.
Bins courtshlp seems to have been
short. sharp and decisive. as the war
correspondent would say At first glanc.
one would ma II hard to see what could
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WOULD DESEcRATE A GRAVE.
Brooks Asks Protection for His
Wife's Resting Place.

William Brooks, a well-known con
tractor OF West Fifty-eighth street. ap-
piled to Judge Beekmsn in the Supreme
Court to-day for a preliminary injunc-
ton to restrain the firm of Charles f..
Tointor Co. frcm removing a granite
tombstone and other memorial devices
from lot in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn. where his wife and daughter
are buried
When the structure was put In place
on Jan. 90, 1894, Brooks executed his
promissory rot to Taintor & Co. for
" $50 In payment. Brooks paid q total
or SooO on the note and then. he says.
becoming financially embarrassed, was
unable TO make further payments.
,Ia!ntor a. Co. assigned their claim to
nenry Bullenkamp on Jan for the
iull face value of the note. Bullen-
kamp was unable to secure payment,
perintendent of Greenwood a notice
that he intended to remove the monu-
ment and sell it.
ON the. argument for the Injunction,
counsel for Brooks contcnded that the
act under which Bullenkamp claimed
the right to remove the monument was
unconstitutional
In the course Of the argument Judge
Beekman said
1T is almost inconceivable that the
lien on a place where the dead are
buried. 1T is a most outrageous law.
The monument and other fixtures
passed to this lot owner and became
part Of his lot and now the maker of the
monument desires to obtain possession
of them and dispose of them. don't
agree with such proceedGlg at all"
Decision was reserved.
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and now some said that during her
temporary absence DR.. Adams would
slip In provisions for her. ! have only
current rumor to support this. though.
40 himself. Alice would stroll around
over the prairie. gathering tiowers-al,
ways larkspur-and whenever sne wouitt
see "A man passing she would beckon
81 wish you'd wear this in your but
tonhole," she would say, and II any
body asks you where II came from tell
'em" She would smile so wisfully ana
mournfully as she said this that her re-
quest was always granted.
Week after week she continued doing
this until the larkspur season was
nearly ended. Some thought the taint
OF hereditary insanity was beginning TO
make It's appearance In her, and others
thought there was a deep-seated method
In her madness. Perhaps boIh were
right.
Finally the trouble through which she
had passed and the exposures she had
undergone began to accomplish their
work. Her fragile body gave way and
she was confined to her pallet on the
floor of the dug-out. One cloudy even,
ing man st pped at the, door and
looked in. 1t was Tom Harrison, II
teamstei. who made occasional trips
freightins goods from henrietta 10
SAY" he exclaimed. "ain't you the
woman that gave me the blue flowers
last week.
eager smile. What about it"'
IAN oil woman saw them an aScd
me where | got EN-, and ! told her.
"What lid she say them?
lasIin' curses, ! wouldn't take it 81
she's rightly at herself in her mind"
Where is sheT
The evening world., 1895-09-19

"Congratulations," he said. shaking
hands with the bridegroom; ,.,
My best wishes" he said next. shah-
Ing hands with the bride.
The bridegroom cast searching
back glance at him. o,,
81 aIn't here to be insulted." he said; nL
sternly. "It ought to be impressed on
lines in this part Of Texas ,,,,,
This little burst of t"slonisy niGy,,a might dTnr
the occasion had not Mrs: Johnson
quickly diverted the attention. ,,.,,
bill" she exclaimed, w,.h sun" ,il,
would get pile OF treasure SOM " =,
thing beautiful-for a wedding present.
Hush. mother" said the prla'' I'M
p''I Won't hush. I've been saving them
up for this very time, ana no" I'm 10
'"F Fhe to Soman snSw e% OF 'S Sity ' ran with all the
undigniiied haste OF a girl OF hfteen
and disappeared within the dhgout. soon
she reappeared; rSa Sarrg,nsa dSoma zane nressing
around to see what was In II. lntyins
the string she poured The contents on'
There it was-nothing bu, heap Of
dry, dead larkspur' when she had
h""Ain't they pretty?' she asked with a
"Doii't mind mother" said Alice. en-
treatingly, laying a delicate hand on the
hrideyroEm's arm. "She-ain't right well
all the time n,
IL must have been pitiabie to see ais
appointment in the poor womans facr
as she looked up at the brlde anu DriIr,
proom and failed tI see the delight she
mad hoped to see In their faces.
"Yes mother sud ienly "NrAimP !
Alice STOPPING over am picking UP l'W
no,r dead SEEMS. They are pcrisc,iS
beautifuL and | love you for them.
Then she kissed her mother, and whs
rewarded hy scoIDg her sinil" a pleased,
childish smile again. Without "n"d
xii stroir sullenly over into the dug
out After few moments search he
resppearcd. Evidently he had found
The evening world., 1895-09-19
THEIR LETTER SAVED THEM.
Push-Ca0t Peddlers Wrote an APP
peal 10 Magietrate Wentworth.


Fifteen pushcart peddlers were ar
raigned in the Tombs Court this morn
ing charged with obstructing Chambers
and Centre streets with their carts.
They were arrested at 40 o'clock yes
terday afternoon by Policeman Breen.
Of the Elizabeth street station.
The peddlers handed to the Magistrate
this letter, which they had drawn up
during the night and which was trans
lated from the Greek this morning by
Marc MoustalIi. the court interpreter:
Your Honor: We wish to state that on the
l7th of this month some sixteen peidlers. out OF
which twelve are here present. were arrested in
Chambers street without breaking any rules of
our licenses, but simply because a raid was or
dered by the authorities Of that precinct through
the complaint OF a certain wealthy Arm. Your
Honor kindly saw the injustice done to us and
discharged us
Yesterday tthe lsth) we kept as best We could
out Of the way Of the police. who we knew per-
fectly well sooner or later would seek the same
course n wit, another raid. But this time they
firm, in fact, they took the law in their own
hands and made the raid at 40 p. NJ. thus pre-
venting us to appear before Your Honor and be
sdjudged guilty or not guilty, and were packed
because We. provided with a lawful license are
trying to earn hard our families daily bread.
Your Honor, we do not only respectfully de-
mand our discharge on the ground that we are
the victims of wealthy store-keepers. but for the
sake Of Justice. which we are perfectly aware
re!gns IN the Land Of the Free. Could not Your
Honor prevent such injustice In the future?
After reading the letter and giving
trate Wentworth announced that he
would fine those who were not pro-
vided with licenses 81 each, and dis
charge the others. ten in number
The evening world., 1895-09-19
LARKSPUR'S ROMANCE.
The Story of H0av and WAv u Little Teras
TO2V11 Got Its Name.

country. He was first called in to at
tend to some aiiment OF Mrs. Johnson,
but it soon began to be rumored that he
was going just 4 little more frequently
than the welfare of his patient seemed
to demand. and. of course. the rather
jocular public OF cowboys was not slow
to hazard guess as to the cause.
One May afternoon, as he was riding
down the road leading to the place. a
cowboy named Bill Carpenter galloped
up behind him and began to make some
good-natured inquiries into the matter.
Say. Doc" he began, ''is there any
danger of the old woman dying? She
seems to be taking lots OF your time
lately"
"She seems to be doing pretty we'll"
replied the doctor. straining his eyes
across the prairie. II think that's her
just beyond the dugout there now"
Yes, that's her. What in the deuce
is that she's picking up there now,
anyway
II expect it's howers.-larkspurs
There's no end OF them there around
the dugout."
We'll, is it them little blue flowers
that she gathers all the time? l never
went by there in my life that she
wasn't out picking up something, but
blamed II dbuld guess what 1t was.
What does she do with the things. any
way?"
"Oh, she Just likes to look at them.
reckon"
Bill stared a moment in incredulous
silence.
The mischief. You know nobody
amt goin' TO spend all their time gath
erin those pesky things because they
like 'em. They amt much pretty. no
way. Say. Doc, do you know. ! think
there's some mighty queer COINS on
about that dugout, some way. What
does that gal keep hid down In that
hole in the ground 80 much for? Blest
The evening world., 1895-09-19

The stories OF the free doctors OF the
Sick Babies Fund have not been printed
for soma time ov,np IN tho large snare
, ."e
ueHahdeu ny contributions 10 'ne cnari-
tv. But these stories show more fully
than ANYTHING .,se tho character ~ tho
-, - A.. a., -, ,
"ork zone ny 'he fund' ana are there-
fore not only intert sting but instructive.
Hundreds and hundreds of them have
hao,, r,,,,..-, =, 49, .e,a 49,. 4, ,u
,e'e''eN al '"'s o'''ee' "'', Il az
coz Gonld be ru. & ir type tn they , would "a wiring wiring
70 proho hlv ton ,imes i,s nrsse,, nronor.
~ r.o',pIi 'e" ''''ee i's pfesent p,opol-
tons Here is story received during
.wh,, r,,L,,,, ~, ,,,, ,,i. uo,,, :.
VIM NAMING my ro"'us 'h'S "eeN'
the doctor wrote, II found, In adjoin-
ing houses. cases which were good types
~ -, ,,,, No.. II, ,
."e wv ''aSs's We are .a''e' upon
to help. One case OF sudden illness
in a family temporarily embarrassed.
."e o.'e' al Illness oi long "ur" "''o''
occurring in "A poor but worthy family.
THE one was a little girl Of seven
vs,rs w,.. @ sarora ,a.a.,,.,s. ., &C., sau W go ,,u'
lily had been compelled to move the
dav saw her 7 found Tho ut,Ie suffer
er on the lounge with bundle, Of bed
ding and pals OF household utensils
nila1 nm a,o,,, ho, T., s,i,. =, ,,, 49,,
per,,ur. an% tbrntt,, Ipse had .. masm @ st, m
tiar,,u ,i aiiu ,,I ohpN,6 neau, sne was "a
otharV h enuur'ns tne hoise caused py ,ne
triad o., ,iiem'pers Oh .me iarli'y as .nes
III ,e" ~ "iahe .ne ne" roonle look nome
M m oh account OF moving there ha'i
pee Seeh no chance TO iind dispensary, and
a aor tne same reason no money 10 pay
Ptlraie doctor; The oner or help was
srdteiuIly accepted and the enid made
more coHiortaDle Win medicine Tor the
sore throat ana aching head. In day
or n"o shs was well; but she will not
foon forget the timely aid from THE
The evening world., 1895-09-19

Now. ] sorter had an idea that maybe
the old woman was gatherin' YARDS all
the time, and the gal was making some
kind of medicine to sell. and yo' bein' a
doctor wuz"--
'It would be hard to manufacture
any medicine out OF common larkspur."
Il don't know as to that, Doc, but
what is II they send back and forth on
the stage, so much? fonder's the
stage coming COW SoI 1Sn:on see an ara n1 be!
The big stage from Henrietta had
prairie. and, sure enough, In lew
question. Alice came out, the driver
handed her package, and she passed
another up to him. Then the stage
hurried on again. and she disappeared
"Fd like to know what's in them pack
ages Mighty nigh every stage that
passes brings her one. I'm going to
ask Dick about it," remarked Bill,
hicle came numbering along, but just as
they were about to meet Bill waved
his hand to the driver to stop;
Say. Dick" he asked. did you see
T yearlings anywhere along your roady'
While the driver was saying that he
did not, DIR. Adams rode on. Just as
the stage was about to start again. BIZ
by the way. what kind Of packages
is them YOU bring the johnson women
WHash.n'-dirty clothes" answered
Dick. with a grin. as the big vehicle be-
gan to get under headway.
carpenter rode on rather slowly, as
Shk Ir@s must m.h have be been NJ pokins fnn % at him him
1T amt likely that such a woman as
she would be washing other folkses dirty
clothes for living" said he to himself,
The evening world., 1895-09-19

that the old lady's only treasure con-
sisted Of the dead. blue flowers
"Gentlemen." ne announced in n graf
ing tone, I've been burned fool. The
old lady's crazy az LOOM and the gal
takes In washing for a living"
BIZ had seemed for awhile to resolve
for he settled down to housekeeping, and
for few weeks things seemed to get
along passably smoothly. The first dis
turbing question that came up was a
other families in more settled portions
ot the coHntry-inameiyi y, ne question
having her sent to the State Insane
Asylum, then only recently opened at
Terrell and after many arguments
and much persuasion he finally succeed
ed In getting kind of half consent
from his wife one night shortly after
wards two men drove up to the place on
wagon.
Come on, mother" said BIZ. taking
her by the arm.
"Where?" she asked In alarm.
TO the ,asylum-where they take
"But I'm not crazy"
Hep me, Alice" cried the now thor
oughiy frightened woman, struggling to
throw OF her captor,
Go on, mother; i'm be best for you;
They'll ne good to you there" said
Alice through her sobs.
What; Are you against me. too:''
screamed the mother. now wildly. Then
come back from the dead to haunt your!
Let her stay, Bal, pleaded Alice
"Not much" said Bill, as he srasped
his wife In his powerful arms, while
the two men carried the struggling,
screaming mother out into the night
A few days later Alice wrote let
ter to her mother. addressing II to the
insane asylum AT Terrell. After some
weeks and months OF anxious waiting
for IA reply. her letter was finally re-
turned Ia her from the Dead Letter
Once. With a heart fun Of misgivings,
she went to BIN and asked what he sup
posed 1t meant.
"Mebbc Il means that she never got
The evening world., 1895-09-19

have aided him, but something evidently
did. The doctor was small man
rather slow OF speech. perfectly moral
and not especially good looking. feel
no hesitancy In making this latter
me only the other day. Bill Carp'r:cr,
on the other hand, was "A powerfully
built fellow. rather inclined to lie
handsome. a good tslker. with a very
large dash Of daredevil about .iis MAKE
no. If these were not the points that
made him more successful IN his WOO
ing than the doctor, do rot know
what could have been. All I know Is
that a few months after tie events
The evening world., 1895-09-19

er age. 1t has not even begun to talk
about a railroad yet, but 1t hopes to
st cure a post-ofiice before very long.
Six years ago there was only one
dug-out where the town now is, and it
was especially interesting because 1t
was occupied by two women. The
younger one. Alice Johnson, was a frag
ile-looking little creature. with black
hair, and such wondrous. large, biach
eyes as would have gene far towards
making her a society favorite had there
been any society. AS 1t was, there were.
for the most part. only few cowboys
in the country at the time. The elder
woman, Alice's mother, had the same
eyes and the same features in general.
only much hardened and worn and
stained by age and perhaps something
else. Add thirty years of toll and mad
dening anxiety to the one and you pro-
duce the other. No one ever knew Just
where they came from or why they
Ssme. for at first nobody cared to ask.
and afterwards nobody could find out.
For perhaps II year the only man Who
vas known t. enter ths dug-out was
Dr. Adams, "A physician, who lives in
Lockspur to-day. and stili praciises his
profession there and in the surrounding