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The San Francisco call., 1896-01-01

January 257, February $50, March 227,
April 273, May 237, June 279, July 239,
August 287, September 246 October 327,
November 300, Decemb Der 272.
The books of the Health Office show that
during the year 1924 deaths occurred in
this City, and that during the same period
there were 5435 births. During the six
months ending yesterday the number of
deaths was 3344; during the same period
for 1894 the number was 3471, showing a
decrease for 1895 of 127. During the same
period of this year the number of births
was 2185, and during the last six months
of 1894 the number was 1864, showing an
increase in 1895 of 221.
From figures furnished by Secretary
Casey and Librarian Clark of the Free
Public Library an idea is obtained of the
labors of the year in that institution. The
figures are up to December 80. Number
of books issued to borrowers outside,
1873, ,544; number of books issued for use
in the library, 145, 161, making a total of
33S, 705; number of visitors to the news
paper department, 176, ,S69; number of visi-
tors to the periodical room, which was es-
tablished in April, 1885; number of Dor
rowers' cards issued to enable patrons TO
take books out of the library, 1884.
The records of the Police Department
show that during the year the total num-
Der of arrests was 26, 129 That is the record
up to s o clock yesterday morning.
The books OF the Auditors office show
that during the year the collection of taxes
from all sources was Sc, ,337, 800 58, of which
$439, ,582 OF was for personal property and
$69, 433 for poll-tax. A few days since the
Auditors Office transmitted to the State
Treasurer the sum of 81, ,034,000, being the
States portion on the first installment of
real estate tax.
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little Improvement did she show that only
on Monday her trainer Daggie Smith of
the Oakland stable, resolved to ship her
back to Mr.. Follansbee's ranch. How
ever, she was starter in yesterdays race,
along with nine other maidens, with
~"Skeets" Martin in the saddle. When her
trainer fell heir to a 500 gold piece and
proceeded to bet it on his charge in the
ring the bookmaker handed him the
ticket with look of com passion. on his
face. Mt. McGregor II was an even
money favorite in the ring, but when
challenged in the stretch by the rank out
slider, who was always prominent during
the running, fell easy prey to her sud
denly acquired speed and was beaten out
easily in the excellent time of I:0119.
/; After the ong-priced outsider, Hiram
Argo,. had captured the following race,
and Kamsin had been taken nto camp by
Crafty, the: favorites: had clear sailing;
three strai ght getting to the wire in front.
t.: The. mile and "a quarter handicap re-
sulted..in prettY*contest; in which the
coast recorder 2:071@ was. equaled Semper
Lex looked to :IaNe- the pull in. weights.
ana was deseryediy made an 8 to 5.favor-
lte:~ Dungarven money was plentiful the
black horse s friends knocking his odds
down FROM. ..4]2G=: to:21 x ito l.: Fred Gardner
was heavily played, and not a few took a
I chances at Santiago showing some Of his
real 'forn:;:@ A.=quiet play cut. the odds
against b. H. Shirleyfrom, so to 20 to l.. :.
! The iight-Wefgh E.. H::.Shirley% was
-seIlt. out in front when the: flag fell, and
wi ith.s Fred Gardner at his: side the pair
raced well togetherj tn the 1avorite in
third position until squared: away:for the
wire the. second time: Fred. Gardner here
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IT WAS A RADICAL CURE,
The Vice of Indiscriminate
Hospitality Efectually !.
" Corrected. H..
WoMAN's WIT TO THE FORE.
Terrifying Experience of Genial
C1ubman. on the Day, After a =. 4:
High Jinks.- .s. - III. III:

To give the names of. the: actors in this
true story would be to expose them to that
gentle sort of .badinage known as. josh,
ing which is =the: recreation of idle and
lily regulated minds. :' =, =:
Il. Ayoung elubman, of the: most. hos
pitable disposition, possesses a, wife who
is. charming, genial and as -=hospita bly,.
disposed as her handsome husband: But
she: believes in: moderation and the
only -..dissension in their: i household
arises from the fact that when her
goodman Isl taking#a might off at the.
3 club he invariably invites to. dinner llhis
friends, and as: invariably :forgetsthat he
has asked them. This, of course,:is en-
barrasslng. To have a adozen=peopIe pour
in: when: the table is; set for: three would
irritate. the: most even: TEMPER Things
grew so bad in this line that Mrs. Charles:
thought and thought how*Chariey light
be. cured. :She took afew elubfriends into
her confidence" and: they willingly con-:
spired Wit h:the:perple exed dame -. ~: !
= Two O'clock :in the morning. the wine.
s wa pping G merrily in thesclnbrooIn: t:
:was.#.a friendly scene, and 1.-THE >grayest
banker. was a. :boy="and was willing to be-.
stow the earth the. most .tmpecunious
Bohemian. in the .thr0ng.1 Charley was
largely in : evidence. + But, he :had:.tied a.
string. on: his finger as a. reminder. that: no.
nnerinyitations were. to. be issued, and.
although=he poured out frequent: :libations:
to the. de1ties of*mirth b he. .steered" clear of
that rock On which he had SO: often been:
wrecked And that morning, when, by the
light. of the gray. reproachful* dawn, he:
crept out of his dress clothes, he eongratu-
lated: himself that:=on one occasion, !: at
least, he: had gone through: the fiery fur
mace of "a club. ght without casting: invi--
tations abroad as the sewers of: seed after:
the earth is thro bbng from the pfow.::: Z:
+: He was not SLOW to" communicate his
forbearance to*his wife. +. ~ ..::=:
l.Impossible Charley, . said that best of.
women; lit is not in you TO go through
such an ordeal without the" commission of
your familiar sin: ::
81 assure you, my dear. 1 did not---I give
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! 96 7

Tomorrow we go house-cleaning, or to
make ourselves better understood the
cleaning out of all the balance of the win
ter stock. .''SeIl, not Profit" is our motto
now. Heavy Goods, always acceptable in
San Francisco, and particularly for the
next three months. No relics to sell you
here. All late and stylish fabrics. Dur
ing the rush of holiday trade many odds
and ends accumulated all good and
worthy, but lonely. Their companion
sizes gone. All such join hands with the
winter stock and rush into the stream of
clearance prices.
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DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.
Charles Hook Charged With Man.
slaughter for S. w. Cooks Death.

Charles Hook Charged With Man.
slaughter for S. w. Cooks Death.
G. w. Cook, the employe of ]. A Folger
& Co. who was run over by an express
wagon on Market and Spear streets Mon
day evening, died at the Receiving Hospi-
tai yesterday morning from his injuries.
Charles Hook, the driver of the wagon,
was arrested and charged with battery.
Yesterday morning Chief Crowley on learn
ing of Cooks death ordered a charge of
manslaughter to be entered against Hook
and the bonds were fixed at $4,000.
Hook says he was driving along at an
ordinary rate of speed. He was looking
around watching an electric car and did
not know that he had run over anv one till
somebody yelled to him.
The deceased was an elderly man and
was on his way to the ferry when the acci
dent occurred. He lived on Linden street
Oakland.
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I 500 7

For the next few weeks here is where the
most is to be had for the money. all we
know during Clearance Sale time is "seI."
We make prices to sell, to clear our
shelves. Cash is easier to inventory than
merchandise and we shall as rapidly as
possible turn our stock into cash. All the
winter stock in the entire Enlistment
has been marked down. Not q triAing
corner clipped off, but whole chunks. A
quarter, third, and in some cases 8 half
is cut off to force a rapid clearance Wide
awake buyers find a rich harves9 in our
sales. The old adage, ''The cream at the
top" Come early.
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A 100 TO | SHOT IN FRONT,
-.
Mt. McGregor II Easily DOwned
by the Rank Outsider,
La Mascota.
THREE FAvORITEs. GOT COIN.
---:..E
Semper Lex Took the Handicap in
Coast Record Time From !. :.
E. N. Shirley. =. -..7 =. :. +. 5. ):
THREE FAvoRITEs. GOT COIN

Had handsome 'Jack Follansbee been
at the Bay District. track Yesterday lie
could have won Fortune. Z hat is. if he
had backed his. flly,.: Ia: .Mascota, who
started in the opening. hFe:furlong dash
for maiden wo-year-olGfs,' With-. odds: of
100 to / against. her. I'M: the. books. The
tlIy, who.is al daIghter:.of imported San:
Simeon has started on 1llree. or -four: dit.
ferent occasionsin the past, andwas uni
formly successful in: bringing up among.
the tan-enders; the: finish: In fact so.
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/ 1896 :

The meeting OF the years is over. Good
night, good morning welcome, good-by.
Since last we wrote we have passed that
unseen line that divides the years. The
impress of new year is upon US. The
figures 1886 greet US inspiration"
faction" are the watchwords for the new
year. Already great bargains begin to
blossom. Every day in the year shall be
remarkable for something worthy of your
attention. Progressive retail dry-goods
selling is our guiding star.
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/ 1896 '

Our Great Annual Winter Clearance Sale
begins tomorrow. What does it mean?
1t means an opportunity we have all been
looking for. You for a chance to buy at
sacrifice-we for chance to convert our
stockroom stores into cash and make room
for spring goods en- route from Europe and
the East. The clearance sale is an item of
much consequence in the history of a dry
goods house, and this, our fourth great
clearance, will be an item in the history of
every dry-goods establishment west of the
Rockies.
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BARRIERS, Union Election.

At the last meeting of the BARRIERS Associa-
tion the following officers were nominated and
elected: President, H. A. Wolfe; vice-president,
cording secretary, F. Hodges; employment
secretary, S. Fuchs; trustees-L. NJ. Valentine,
D. McGilvray and NJ. Fromholz; treasurer, S.
Heller; sergeant alarms, NJ. Dias. The install
lation Will be held next Monday at 102 OFar-
rell street, when banquetwill be given.
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The increase in. the gold coinage is due
to the fact that the deposits of gold were
greater than in the previous year, owing to
the revival OF gold mining all over the
Pacific Coast. The indications are that
there will be still greater gold deposits
and consequently larger gold coinage at
the San Francisco Mint during the coming
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:. Turf. Items.


!: Horsemen=will remem ber that the: en-
tries for the Nursery and :Futurity stakes,
to be run during the State. Fair*of 1898,
close with Secretary Edwin. F.. Smith. to-
day. ~. :: j.. " =. = -
s. :: The: entries and weights for the Pom
merry Sec handicap, one: mile, to- pe run
Saturday, -. January. 4, were :. announced
yesterday. They areas follows: : =: ;... Hi
{ Clrarmion so, Fllashlight 80; Miss n orma
IS, imp: :PiCcolo:- 50, Strathmeath 106, :Lo-.
:bengula: 103;i imp. Star: Ruby i IA, Perha ps.
:96t Beficoso:95, ,.Agitato go: Con :Moto=75,:
*Rey Alfonso. 98,, Oregon: Eclipse" l00; Ser.
.vice@1Q7, Highland: lob: Sister. MARY: ia;
weinberg 120, "A Applause. II |, Fred Gardner
Is. Centurion 85, Little Cripple 102ii: White
stone :95; Montana. 102, s EmmaD :98,
Potentate 108. lucky Dog 96; 6 }laeier Z ;:
Goodwin II 80, Fannie :Iouise90 :Rosebud
80, Eioertfne 119, Chinook <z5;*Benhan*82 50 /,
Pepper Q,@ fnstalfator: 106, Ninctor. Ill ;,
Roma .100,:=Dunga 108, Yo:el Rey. 80 !:
McFarane*88 Garcia 80, ,,cThelma 105:. ~. NJ
Entries for the Chicago Racing }Associa-
tiOn's%~ valuable stallion stake with $4,000
added, close: with Secretary Harry Kuhf
at Hawthorne track Chicago, to-day. ::-* .'
For the staketo be run: during the. sum-
nler of#1S9z< 145 *of,:the#great sires. of the
country were entered,@ the entry fees
amounting to- $45z5, and the foals got *by
them must be: entered daby:t day: For: the
stake fo:be run during the meeting of1S9S,
the stallion en- try closes to-day. The:event
is a sweepstake for. o-year-oIds, and will
be one of the rich stakes of the year in
which it is*run.::* - 80
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Notions.

What an accumulation after the Xmas rush /!
No departm ent offer better inducements.
Gloves, Hairpns, Belts, Brushes etc, etc, mag
net prices. They draw you here, and when car
rived" they draw your money-make it so long
way mean.
COME EARLY.
READ EVERY ITEM.
IT'S MONEY.
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Corneille would have died of want had
not Louis XIV accidentally heard of his
condition and sent him a sum of money.
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MONEY COINED.
Uncle Sans Dollar Factory In This
: City Did Big Business
.

The coinage at the United States Mint
at San Francisco for the calendar year is
over $2,500,000 greater than for the pre-
vious year, the denomination of coinage
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Donestics.

At the counter Of Household necessities are to
be found crowds every shopping day. Our induce
ments this week in Linens, Woolens and Cottons
are the greatest ever offered. Trade bringers
every one of them.
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LADIES' EGYPTIAN COTTON UNDER
WEAR, Jersey ribbed, heavy quality, were
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had enough and began falling back But
e. H. Shirley was not so easily disposed
of, for it took Bergen's hardest efforts to
get the favorite past the wire neck in
front of the outsider, who was ridden by
Eddie Jones. Claudius, carrying top
weight, was fair third.
The Westchester stables Adam was sent
out a to choice for the second event on
the card, a five and a half furlong run, but
finished in second place behind the 10 to
l outsider Hiram Argo ridden by Chorn.
Jake Johnson, another outsider, was
third.
With but six, starters the two-year-old
race for colts and geldings over the short
six-furlong course was considered a
moral for Kamsin, who was hammered
down from 4 to 5 to1 10 D.: Crafty, the
TO 1 second choice; was away in front and
kicked dust in his face all the way, win
ming by scant length in 1:12M. Benham,
with rs to about him. was fair third.
The Burns and Waterhouse entry, Rose
bud, was to favorite for the six and a
half furlongs: run for mares, with. nine
starters, and, showing in the lead the entire
route, won easily from Raindrop, so to. L
shot. Miss Norma, a Is to i chance, was
close third. - ..:... :: -.
I. .The:last event of:the day.was a fye-fllr:
long dash for maiden two-year- olds. Bur.
:ney Schreiber's Winnie: finally. closed :a2116
to fayorite IN the: betting and in a: hard:
driye:b beat Big Chief out. a nose on the wire
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Silks and Dress Goods.

take a poet describe them. Combinations of
lines, dots, dashes, splashes, figures. Glowing
with colors that suggest warmth in their very
Iriu
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Ladies' Furnishings.

All-the-yeararound goods in this department.
All the corners taken OF the prices and marked
so they will Just roll of the counters. The biggest
trade Of the season-these goods for the money NE
ask.
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COME EARLY.
READ EVERY ITEM.
IT'S MONEY.
Special Clearance Price, 25c pair

LADIES' BLACK COTTON HOSE, hest maco
yarn, high spliced heels, ETC., were 4Oc.
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Splendor-CoIima
Powhattan- Nerna
st. Sayiour-EIla t
Gano- Mandy Fortune
Jack Brady-Peg Leg
John A-Tillie G
Major Ban-Libbertiflibbet
Coloma-Lanra ID
Emperor-W acoola
JugeMc G Kinstry-O -OrphanGirl
Joe Hook er-by Joe Daniels
Three Cheers-Lady Emma
Powhattan-Hattie Harris
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Jim Gore-War Banner
Warfellow-Le Lessie p
Imp. st. BIaise-Guenn
Tom Ochiltree-Sadie z
Wildidle-By Monday
Apache-ir
John A-Victorine
Joe Hooker-LuIu Riggs
Wyndtte Chf-Zadn WinfroW
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Special Clearance Price, 25c garment

LADIES' COTTON CLOTH WAISTS, heavy
quality. wool finish, fancy braided edge,
full back and front, large sleeves, reduced
from
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03

and that may account for the fact that the
"Fourt street gang" has 1t in Tor him.
Muuson says he knows of no other
reason.
He was at the police station this morn
ing and he wanted a warrant for &. A.
Pearson, who cursed him at the Salvation
Army meeting on Saturday night. He
was indignant and he said that Mr..
BCnebrake had told him to have Pearson
arrested.
"The police are never where they ara
wanted" said he. "One time last fall on
Seventh street that crowd came near
killing me and l called for an officer as
loud as l could but no one came. Mr..
Bonebrake was mad when 1 told him
about it, and after that there was a po-
liceman around Seventh street during
the Army meetings, but they did not
bother me any more.
II was at the meeting Saturday night
whom this fellow Pearson told me he
wanted to see me in the alley. l went
with him and then he began to swear at
me and call me names. He drew back
his arm as if he wanted to hit me, and l
told him to strike, because Mr.. Bone
brake told me that must defend myself
and not allow them to run over me. He
called me a monkey headed something
and l want him arrested Why, l did not
say a word to him. 1 have not spoken to
him for year, and ! have no idea what
was the reason he went for me like he
did ,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
TOOK WILSON'S NERVE.
a WaxwOrk Representation Caused Him
to Confess q Murder.

4 Waxwork Representation Caused Him
to Confess Murder.
Frank Wilson. the chief of an organized
gang of crooks who have been preying up
On the people around Hollidaysburg, Pa,
for three years, has been put on trial for
the murder OF Henry Bonnecka.
Bonnecka was miser, and while re-
puted to be wealthy led a hermit life in
miserable howell in Altoona. He was
found murdered on Sunday snorning,
April II, 1895, and his treasured money
had been stolen. Suspicion pointed to
Wilson and three others, who left that SEQ
ton Immediately after the murder.
Six we'll known detectives testified in
the case. Three of them, disguised as
companion crooks, Travelled with Wilson
in New York city. While there shey Wis
tied the Eden Musee and went down into
the chamber of horrors. Wilson was led
to a waxwork representation of a burglar
killing man for his money. This sight
unnerved Wilson, and while he was in a
conscience stricken condition ne confessed
to his companions that he had committed
a like crime and spilled his hands in Bon
necka's blood He told them that he had
strangled his victim with pocket hand
kerchief
When this information was c>mmuni-
Gated to District Attorney Hammond, he
ordered that the body of the dead man be
exhumed. 1t was thus discovered that
death was due to strangulation and not
to the effects of a blow, as was at arst sup
posed. Wilson bears a strong facial re-
sembIance to II. H. Holmes, thu multi
murderer. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03

stDo you have any distinct recollection
of this occurrence?"
No"
"Do you know what happenedf"
apo you know what distinct recollec-
ton means?"
mo, don't think do"
And SO it went on. The things that
the peddIer was sure about was that he
passed the two boys, heard three shots,
two close together, and that he stood on
his trunks and looked back and saw Ill
ston STOPPING over as if to pick up some
thing.
RaffleIch's Introduction upon the stand
caused little less than a sensation.
Coulter's attorneys had idea
that the neddIer had been found until he
began to testify.
The evidence was concluded al
$50 Saturday evening and adjourn
ment taken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
ENGLAND GRABBED HIS FARM.
He Has Written to the Government, but
Received No Satisfaction.

He Has Written to the Government. but
Received No Satisfaction.
Representative Heatwole has q copy of
letter from Frank Gardner, a Canadian
of Rat Portage, Ont, regarding Coleman's
island, Lac La Croix, which was sold by
the United States government and which
is taxed by St. Louis county. Gardner
claims that the island has been surveyed
by the Canadian government as part of it's
territory. Congressman Towne recon-
mends that Gardeners letter should be en-
bodied in Heatwole's report upon the
boundary question.
In his letter to Towne, Gardner states
that in 1882 he bought several hundred
acres of land on Coleman's island, sup
posed to be in St. Louis county. He paid
the United States government for this
land and has also paid county taxes since
1882. He states that the Ontario govern
ment has surveyed this island and claims
it, and that if he should attempt to cut any
of the pine timber upon it the Ontario gov
eminent would confscate this timber.
Gardner says that he has written to both
the state and interior departments about
this matter, but can get no satisfaction
Minneapolis Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
BE HAD FAITH.
A Preachers Son Has His Paralyzed Arm
Restored to Usefulness.

A Preachers Son Has His Paralyzed Arm
Restored to Usefulness.
The other evening the Revs. William T.
Macarthur and James Scoville of Scranton
and NJ. 7. Tulfort of Elmira began con-
Quoting revival services at West Pittston,
Pa They were from Scranton, where they
had been for several weeks. While there
young man named Charles Miller, son of
the late Rev. EIkin Miller OF Scranton, be-
came interested in the faith cure that
these ministers preached. They set forth
doctrine that anybody suffering from any
physical affection could be cured if his faith
in God was strong enough and if he pray
ed with fervency and sincerity
Young Miller for years had absolutely
no use of his left arm, it having been para
lyzed several years ago. He became be-
lever in the faith cure, and followed the
ministers to West Pittston, and requested
them to pray that it might be Gods will
to restore his arm to its former strength
and usefulness. They told him they would
do so, and instructed Miller to pray also.
This was in the afternoon.
When Miller went home for supper, he
could move the fingers of his left hand.
When he went again to the ministers aft
er supper, he was able to lift his left hand
and place it on his right hand and in the
ministers hands. The arm quickly grew
more vigorous, and before morning ne
was able to whirl it around his head.
The arm seems now as sound and useful
as before the attack of paralysis. Miller
says that it is his belief that the paralysis
which struck him down was a visitation
from the Lord as a punishment for not en-
tering the ministry and his lack of faith.
He now intends to enter the ministry and
dedicate the remainder of his life to preach
ing.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
Punishment IN POETRY.

William Watson keeps up his denuncia-
ton of the Turk in unmeasured terms.
One of them, entitled Craven England, )"
mathematical the sultan as abdul, the
damned, on his internal throne His
latest sonnet emphasizes the epithet. Here
it is:
Caliph, I did thee wrong. 1 hailed thee late
Abdul the Damned and would recall my
word.
1t merged thee with the industrious herd
Who crowd the approaches to the Internal gate.
Spirits greGarious. equal in their state,
As is the innumerable ocean bird,
Cannot or gull, whose wandering plant il
heard
On Ailsa or Iona desolate.
For in a world where cruel deeds abound
The merely damned are legion. With such
souls
Is not each hollow and Granny of Tophet cram.
med?
Thou. with the brightest Of hell's aureoles,
Dost shine supreme, inconparably crowned,
Immortality beyond all mortals damned.