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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
THE LITERARY GOSSIP.

do not know what Byron wrote
No time to read I've had,
But he's the man whose foot was dubbed,
And morally was mad.
I've never read up Shakespeare
have TOO much work for that,
But am quite familiar
With his tendency to 'bat"
don't recall q single bit
OF Mr.. Shelley's rhyme,
But he's the man who tried TO have
Two spouses at one time.
They say that Pope was pretty good
I've never seen his work;
But he's the humpbacked fellow
With tongue just like dirk.
I've not perused line of Poe,
But know what 1 think;
He Is the man who couldn't write
Until he'd had drink.
And so you see, upon the whole,
Pve really somehow got
A good idea of all the queer
And literary lot.
And while could not lecture quite
To please the learned mind,
i sort of think I'd captivate
The "Sewing Circle" kind.
So, Decreases, take notice:
You can help struggling mate
By subscribing TO her lectures
lon the Failings of the Great"
-Harppr's Wepklv
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The title of the book will be "a Pretty
Bandit" Those who have read some
of the tales and sketches that Mr.. Millard
published few years ago expect great
deal of the coming volume. They expect
to find in it keen dramatic interest and
literary excellence. The tales will be not
only interesting. but we'll told, and Cali
fornia will boast of another author who
will, if the signs fail not. take rank among
the producers Of what the world calls
''good literature" The publishers ore ].
Selwin TAFT & Sons, 65 Fifth avenue, New
York
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
WIT AND HUMOR.

"Bill Nyes Sparks" and "Nys's and
Riley's Wit and Humor" are the names of
two volumes just issued in Neely's Popular
Library. Each volume contains biograph-
ical sketch of the late Edgar Wilson Nye
(BillNye) "Sparks" is collection of Nye's
characteristic stories, about thirty in num-
ber, and every story is warranted to bring
out a number of healthy laughs. The
other is series Of poems and yarns by
Nye and Riley, and contains some of the
best work of each of them. New York !:
F. Tennyson Neely, publisher. Paper
covers, each 25 cents.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

teen volumes OF Cruikshank's Comic Alma
macs sold for f20 los. At an auction sale
of a library in northeast town some time
since set of Cruikshank's Almanacs, two
large volumes, which might have cost
their original purchaser $40 apiece, sold
for 35 cents all told. The people were not
interested in Cruikshank and the an
nouncement that the almanacs were fifty
years old made the people smile. If they
had any wish for almanacs they wanted
them strictly up to date
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
Every Man His Own Poet.


You build a sonnet on about this plan
Your first line ground out, take the next one-so! !
And make it rhyme with this one Just below,
Then, next, you match the first line, If you can,
Don't hurry the machine. The lines must scan.
With steady motion turn the crank. You know
'Tis not sonnet if 1t limps. Go slow.
Now find the rhyme for 'scan''-for instance, man,
AS TO the last six lines some latitude
May be allowed. Take any word as ''grove,"
Now hunt line for "latitude." Try shrewd.
This line must end with dove or love or strove,
And this with mood prude or crude or dude,
And there's your sonnet. Throw it in the stove.
Hartford Courant.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
SHE WAS TIRED OF LIFE.
Mrs. Giusifini Albera Takes a Fatal Dose
of StrYchnine While Despondent.

of Strychnine While Despondent.
Mrs. Giusifini Albera, aged 60 years and
a native of Italy. took dose of strychnine
in her room, at 035 Pacific street, at II 40
o'clock P. NJ. yesterday, and died from the
effects She was despondert and tired of
life. Her husband had suffered reverses
in New York some years ago and she has
been brooding over the loss ever since
Yesterday morning her husband went out
to the City Hall 20 transact some business
and when he returned she told him she
had taken the poison. He summoned
medical aid, but she died in q short time
ano the body was removed to the M orgue,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
A NEW CALIFoRN1A BOOK.

On the 18th of this month an Eastern
publishing house will bring out volume
OF short stories by Frank B. Millard, who
is one OF the ablest newspaper men on the
coast, both as an editor and as a writer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
HOW TO LIVE WELL ON a5 CENTS,
A DAY.

At first sight this seems improbable. to
saw the least. Yet the reader of small
treatise just published by the ]. s. Ogilyie
Publishing Company is assured that it
may successfully be done, and that with
out stinting or pinching. This plan will
scarcely prove popular in America, how
ever.
Mrs. Gesine Lemcke of the Cooking Col
lege in Brooklyn. N. Y, prepared these
recipes and menus for the New York
World. 1t is comforting that before COM
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
The Pail Mall.

The Pail Mall Magazine is very prosy,
not to say insipid, this month. While it
is well illustrated and handsomely printed,
it appears to depend upon the prestige of its
aristocratic editors and makes no pretense
of publishing interesting, popular or di-
gestible reading matter. An exception
might be made in the case of Zangwill's
without Prejudice" but even the Ghetto
word painter fails to come up to the mark
this month. A dainty etching, "a Diff
cult Question:" is bound up with the
April Pail Mall.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
OCEAN ROvERs.

The late William II. Thomes was pro-
life as writer of tales of trave. and ad-
venture, and his numerous stories have
for years been read with pleasure by young
and old. After his death (which was of
recent toccurrence) his publishers secured
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

This is the title of new book by Gar
rett Leigh, author of "The Burn ing MIST
The pain and deception that follow
an ill-advised marriage find treatment
in the story, and the title Is we'll
borne out by the tale. Edith Loveret is in
clined, from her own experience, to the
view tina. the only real love to woman is
OF "the dog-in-the- manger type, when it
apes self-sacrifce it reveals its unreality."
Edgar Browning and Gerald Watson are
close personal friends. 1t appears that
Edith, after her marriage to Edgar,
discovers that she had made blunder in
the analysis of her own feelings, and she
has resolved thereafter to feign love
where love had no place. Gerald was the
man to whom her heart went out in
reality; but he could not be hers, and
rather than he should be to any other
woman what he might have been to her,
she would tear the heart from her own
Edith is free once more. Gerald has
never married, and the widow receives
him with rapture when they met. But
the rapture is brief, for Gerald has only
come to say farewell. He discloses to
Edith the secret that Miss WiIberforce, the
woman who was believed to love Gerald,
and of whom Edith had been jealous. was,
III laCt, III rove Win DrOWnrlg ana tnat
Gerald had pretended to love Miss Wilber-
force only to protect the good name
of Edith and himself His ideal
of marriage, however, is too high
for him to use the death of
his dearest friend as glad escape, and to
make falsehood a link to such union as
Gerald and Edith. And so they kiss ana
part-Gerald becoming martyr to his
ideal of right and honor, and Edith, in her
woe, acKnowled eing the Justice of the num-
ishment. The Stole philosophy of Brown
rig gives zest to the early chapters of the
book. The author is quite epigrammatic
at times. The illustrations are by Ida
Lowering. New York: Macmillan g. Co.
For sale by Doxey; price IS cents.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
Scenic Painters Honored.

At meeting of the Protective Alliance OF
Scenic Painters of America No. 38 of the Ma
tional Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes),
held in New York on March 26, Harley Merry
of New York, formerly of San Francisco, was
rosco's Grand opera-house was appointed cor
responding secretary for the State of Cali
fornia.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

No TROUBLE from mosquitoes, feas or poison
oak if you have Mitchell's Magic Lotion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

Sydney Town Hall contains the largest
organ in the world.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

al the manuscripts LETT by him, and
among them was found, ready for publi-
cation, the one entitled ocean Rovers, y
which is claimed to be the equal of any of
the previous works from Mr.. Thomes'
pen. ocean Rovers" is series of stories
dealing in considerable part with adj
ventures of American privateersmen in
the war of 1872, and all of them are of
character very attractive to the reader
who would like to pass leisure hour in
the enjoyment of narratives that yield de-
light and are never weary ing. [Chicago
Laird & Lee, publishers. Price SO cents;
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

ID DrRMANENTLY REMOVES sUPERFLUoUs
L lair by electricity at 81 sitting: first sitting
free: no scars left; moles, warts, ETC., also re-
moved.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09
A FLEA FOR PARDON.
Fer Three of the Men Prominent In the
Great Railroad Strike.

Washington City, Oct. s-Col. Christie
OF the counsel OF the American Railway
Union and the Knights OF Labor. called
at the department OF justice today and
filed q petition to the president and at
torney general for the pardon OF ". r.
Cinne. Philip Stanwood and Isaac Rose.
convicted IN Southern California of con-
spiracy to obs,ruct and retard the United
States mails during the strike OF 1894. and
sentenced 10 eighteen months .raprlson-
ment. The petition bears many signatures.
including those OF number of ciergymen
IL asserts that the prisoners were not
present n the time the boycott went into
effect which resulted in stopping the malls
in 1894. ana that no overt acts have been
charged against them Involving injury to
property or violence to persons: thar they
were convicted only on kilograms signed
BY them perfunctoriiy a. officers OF the
American Railway Union. and that they
had not the slightest idea of violating the
Law. but headed petition OF 700 railroad
men TO guarantee service to move the
United States mails. and presented the
same 10 the United States district nttor-
rey. that they were convicted purely on
technical grounds. that they are men OF
good character ant bear excellent reputa-
tioas In the communities where they 1--we.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09
from CIRCLE CITY.
4. Constantine Hcsly. Who Has Been a
Miner In Many Lands.

r Constantine Neaiy. enc ~ the most
expegiencea miners y no h4sve visited Alas
IA. Was a. the Ratuisr-t;rara last Might
having blss returned from she Yukon n1in-
{n< region. where ae has spea. a year ard
4 AAlf NJ HeAIy Is native - New
York .hIt early IN life weEs 20 Montana
and engaged "a mining. On oae occasion
b hapnaA % be IL New ycrx when
F5rus chance cSFnussrl "a t3cr hreaght him
iaso contact with TIRE secretary OF the Big
South Afr.san company OF whica Cecil
Rhodes wzs sAa head. tbs led % his
gong 70 London. and as reSust % his
visit ,asre he weas % Sosfh Africa. Dis
liking The way n walsh ire affairs q the
eeuspany we're managed. ne soen lett i
ana Struck au, for himself Ee sslll has
svferess II Tire TrAasw&Ai Soane tao Years
ago - zent - Britain Guiana ana en-
g4geS 81 operations there TIE stcrr, BE-
fwsen ne EaxlixA ard shs Venezuelan
was ARA " brewing eof.cernsa< tAr S3s-
~atas boundary sine. and IS TIE Tensws-
elan s~cs0S aIcwg re hssrsser were extreme
Is teasN.t< % any work that locSesa Ike
sncroxc ? susut On re tine- Nj Hsaly seft
aza wens - AS ska whsre he has s@sea
eve~ s.nee. fis spent last ssassr ana al
tAAs seaxsn al Ctrnse Cay. ana gheu<a yses
oug among sas rsisss much himself. ~ has
an intimate kaewi~Szxe 60 What ~ras On
- tA4s lee&lssy. lie rroa0Gaces Alaska a
great mineral =es.Sa. aEe .l-<@lctS 1sr - =
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09
FLOATING on THE WAVES.
A Tin Can Containing the Body Of .
Male Child Found nv q Fisherman.

n TN can containing the dirrsnuttve form
or dead male child was the peculiar find
OF y. Jacobson, fisherman. as he passed
near the West Point lighthouse Wednes-
day afternoon.
This curious receptacle for SO precious
freight was floating peacefully on the
waves as IL IL did not hold a secret thai
might cause genuine sensation.
Jacobson picked up the can and brought
Ii 10 this city last evening. He landed at
the Oregon Improvement coal bunkers and
made his report ar police Headquarters
The police reported the matter 20 the cor
oner. Deputy Coroner Teaier took charge
of the case. He could no. be found last
evening.
Although the matter was reported at
police headquarters at $50 o'clock. the
police said that nothing had happened
when a Post-lntelligencer reporter called
during the middle OF the evening. When
he received tip on the case and asked
the officials al headquarters If such case
had come to their notice they suddenly
remembered that such a report had been
handed in.
The tiny form OF the infant now lies on
slab at Butterworths undertaking
rooms. Judging from appearances the in
FAINT was about three weeks old. Its head
is d.scoiored. but ii did not appear from
a somewhat superficial examination last
night that there were signs OF violence.
This is the first time in the history OF
the coroners Office. since any attempt has
been made at keeping records. that a child
has been found in a tin can The fact
that the discovery was made so far from
the city will tend to make the case fun
of perplexinE problems hard for the most
skillfui detective to unravel.
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MONTESANO NEWS.


Montesano, Oct. s.-Special-The supe-
rior court of this county convened in
special session on Tuesday for the trial Of
K. l.. Moody. on the charge of numbering
Mrs H. J. Bum. The panel OF twenty
four jurors was exhausted yesterday and
an open venire for another twenty-four
was issued The sheriff has been filling
the venfre from the harbor towns. as
to get those as little conversant with the
facts as possible. There Is every prospect
that the trial will be a long one, and that
IL will be appealed IL the verdict is guilty.
is foregone conclusion.
Clark Davis. the reformed preacher.
spoke here last night, and his speech was
mostly made up OF apologies. He seemed
10 apologize for the fact that his ances-
tors had been Democrats and for every
thing which they or he had ever done.
Whether he meant IL that way or not. that
is the way il was taken by many. He also
did a little apoiogizing for Bryan. and
many OF his audience seemed TO think
that he needed TO. Taken altogether his
speech was a failure, the same as his
sketch OF his life would proclaim him
to be.
The county commissioners have made a
levy of mills for general purposes. IL for
road and bridge, making none for schools.
They also made a levy of mills for read
purposes In those road districts which did
not vote any tax. which was three-fourihs
of the districts. The levy Is considerably
below that OF last year. when they levied
mills for general purposes. for roads
and bridges. and for school. The aver
age levy for district purposes last year
was nearly mills. This year IL will fall a
little below 3.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09

WhatcorrI. oct. Spec:ai.-There was a
sad disaster at the homo OF James Wal
lace. north OF Fernsale. in this county
Tuesday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
went TO rsrndaie tn the morning. leaving
the house and the baby. IS months old. in
charge os their f2-yesr-ola daughter. The
girl stepped out doors for a moment. leav-
ing the baby In the room IL IL supposed
that the kitchen stove pipe fen down ami
set the house on fire. The whole interior
was ahizze in a moment or two. and the
frightened girl was unable % rescue the
utt.e child within. ani II burned 70 death.
the ashes CO the little body raiBgling with
tie ashes Of The parents home.
Charles Ridge and sam Seiman. OF this
city. narrowly escaped death yesterday as
they were driving along the road a little
this side OF Edison. in Skagit county. An
immense tree fell close behind snern. AMI
In falling /; knocked down another smaller
tree. which fell soaare.y across the from;
o. fhssr wagon. breaking * IN txo. Ridge
ha4 both collar bones broken. a5A SeirnAn
naa one ankle broken and both men were
aths-vsse badly bruised They were
brought home last night on the steamer
May Qsesa. which happened 10 Be a. Eds
son az the ssre.
Tss county commissioners have s2pro-
--sa,~~s f1ss to 3efrav the expenses Of put
stnx a ran through from Geneva TO the
u.Igehrand ranch CT Lake Whatcorn-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09

Everett, Oct. S~Snecial--Mr. Savage. -
the firm OF Savage s Scofeh. Olympia.
WHO were awarded .hs contract Tor the
nile ana brush work Of the tsrsor I'm
nroyemen. here for sli.0si. IS Ia the city
arranging 10 0sSin work. :. n Parsons
has t,sen appointed by Capt Taylor az in
xoertor % the work The work % be done
this fan viii extend the present dixie 10
a posns below the Everett Land Com
uassv's mill. now operated rs Daring s
q, or fourteenth street. The remainder
OF the appropriation. ss,asn viii be spen,
in dredging the channel inside the h9ls-
head.
Mr.. Troas'als. who alss In the general
haspital n Seattle On THURSDAY. WAS =
sawrAte- q john spencer. Of Everett.
No les, another daughter, Mss Be!
snenrer. a few months age. TIE dcats5a
afri!cston arouses general sympathy NlFh
the family,
Arranxements have teen made se-
.s-,.Ssgal ear from Everett 10 tosn Tire ex-
carssoa ot tAe Seattle business 1ssa %
vsAssr,sn On Saig-ssy TO hear I4ege
fs1rkF.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09
J. PARK HENDERSON
Personal.

F. II. Folsom. a mill man OF Everett, IS
at the Northern.
T. " Maxwell. a whatcom attorney, Is
az the Stevens.
A. VI Moore and George NJ Sinclair. Of
Mount Vernon. are at the Stevens.
Mr. and Mrs. u. r. kinsey. OF Nook
sack. are among the Diller arrivals.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. F.. Ringhouse. Of Bur-
Nngton. arrived at the Diiier yesterday.
Mrs. A. r. Coleman. prominent in Port
Townsend social circles, is at the Butler.
f. Albert Bartlett. with Barneson &
Chslcott. Port Townsend. is at the North
ern.
Lot Wilbur. druggist OF Snohomish.
Is the guest OF his brother at the Hotel
Diller.
r. S. Mccord. Of Falrhaven, and s. NJ.
Bruce. OF New Whatcom. attorneys. are
a. the Butler.
r. w. Ross, of Castle Rock nominee for
attorney general on the Republican ticket
Is at the Stevens
Thomas R. Benton, of St. Paul, attorney
for the Great Northern. is at the Butler,
accompanied by his wife.
II. A. Chadwick and Mrs. Chadwick
leave this morning for Portland. 10 spend
several days taking in the exposition. etc.
Martin Ford and S. r. Stokes. OF Astoria.
cannery men who have interests both at
Astoria and at Anacortes. are at the Stew
ems.
F. F. curtiss parser on the steamer
Northland. of the Great Northern Steam
slip Company, is at the Butler. accom-
panied by his wife.
Capt r. S. Boidchiid, Of the ship Bal
moral and Capt. Robert Dryer. of the
ship Pyrenees are az the Northern. Both
ships are az Port Townsend.
Hon. J. r. Kinnear leaves for San Fran
cisco today for the purpose OF trying a
case In the United States circuit court of
appeals. He will be away about ten days.
George III. Tyson. of San Francisco, gen.
erai manager Of the German Amer.c
Fire Insurance Company. IS al the Butler,
accompanied by his wife. They are on
their return from New York to San Fran
cisco.
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University Notes.

A BEGINNERS Latin class was formed
"Wednesday by Miss Karr. who graduated
last year.
tits Roundtree has returned to school
This means another aistfon TO the foot
ball team. as Roundtree played tackle on
last years team.
Enthusiasm In football seems 10 increase
as more men turn out The number of
candidates is sufficient 10 line up a team
and furnish enough FOR opposition, making
quick. hard practice possible.
D'Arcy Thompson. professor of natural
history Of the University OF Dundee Scot :
land. and the English representative on
the seal commission. paid Mr.. Hindshaw a
yisi; AZ the university Wednesday
On Friday evening the Joint debate he
tar lace In Denny hall at O'clock.
Harris. karshner and Murphine will up
hold free silver. and Steffeu. Foote and
Smith the doctrine OF sound money.
r. II. Thomson. city engineer. les>tI,re-,
before The class in sociology yesterday
morning on Sewers AMI Sewerage. the
system used In Seattle" THIS X the f9rs+
OF series OF lectures DR. Catch is ar
custoned 10 have IN his class during The
term.
c. II. Steffen. os the Mckinley Club has
been appointed organizer OF the America n
ReplGacan College League for the siS.r ir.
OF idaho. oregon ard Washington. hv I'D
ward j. Heuairs, campaign ruaraeer or
this league. The university has been
made the headquarters. and from rhis
place Tue clubs Of the colleges in s4ea..
states will he supniiea with literature e.r
The design OF the league Is n penrart WITH
the letters A r. G L. am! NcKinlov in
purple and gold.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-09
FAITH IN SEATTLE.
HER CREDIT SHOULD NOT BE IN
PAIEED BY srlyEE's TEIuMrH.
Alonxa Elliott. Of Manchester. ~ H.,
LArge Owner OF Real Estate in This
City, Tells why Washington should
Not sanction Such . Policy -Frank
Y. Jsgo Returns From the Yellow
stone.

A,onzo EIiis... OF Marchex.s-. - a, a
large ovner OF real estate In this city and
also holder Of Seattle csty warrants, ar
rived yesterday from Spokane, where ne
has ot en- spending n oIple OF days To a
reporter Mr.. Elliott said last night az the
Butler:
This IL my third visit, 20 Seattle. my
second having been about I'VE years ago.
IL rs harry necessary for me to say /
am delighted with the evidences Of gowth
and solisfity which see on every nand-
i am FIRM believer In Seattle, and ar
sure that with reasonable precautions on
the part OF her citizens she Is bound 10 60
forward into the very front rank OF Amer
deeply regret 10 see any step taken that
would impair the credit OF the city or OF
TIE state. People In the East. representa-
tive business men, mean, have high re,
gard for this state and for this CITY, anu
they have shown that regard in very
practical and substantial manner. One OF
the greatest casamitses that could come TO
Your people here would De the loss OF tnat
confidence and commercial credit which
tEey now enjoy.
Now. in my judgment the election Of
EryaT-uo. will not say that. for Bryan
election is lrnpcss.ble--the triumph Of the
Tree silver cause in 8he state % Washing
ton, would operate precisely in the oirec-
Ton OF IN pasr.ng tie credit Of ne state.
IL would os tantainouat to indorslng a
policy o. reputation. and from such a
policy every honest business man of sober
judgment shrsnks with loathing. The
state OF Washington should not do herself
ard her commercial interests the intas-
tice TO give her sanction TO such a policy
Things In the East are going we'll for
Mckinley. New York will give him any
where from $4,000 10 10000 majority.
Pennsylvania lis absolutely safe by great
majority Some Of the states further west,
which have been spoken OF as doubtful.
are now safe for Mckinley. as for exam
pie Illinois.
1T seems odd TO me to find myself
speaking hopefully of the election OF
Republican president. for am a lifelong
Democrat. but can't support the ChGca-
60 platform"
Dir. Elliott goes TO Moniesano today.
Returning to Seattle in a few days. he
will 80 to Portland and San Francisco.
and thence back East.