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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

the one donkey on the island, upon which
the children sometimes ride, comes to the
only real hard work which falls TO his lot
There are coal and supplies to be landed,
food, oil and the other articles which are
included in what are collectively known
as light ship rations," and the donkey
hauls car over small railway to the
engine house. There are other articles
which are not supplied by the solicitude
OF the 7o,0oO,000 persons who collectively
are Uncle Sam. There are packages and
bundles and supplies which have been
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

meet. As they bend over their tasks they
know that there will be no parades, pro-
cessions, circuses, theaters, concerts or
crowds to divert them later in the day.
They occupy world of their own, educa-
tional and workaday. into which outsid-
ers very seldom intrude. Weeks may pass
without daily newspaper coming to them.
Tugboats visit them very seldom, if ever.
There are about four great days in the
year when excitement runs high among
the little schooIchildren.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

the four families there had only stated
amount of provisions and had no way to
Immediately replenish their Iarders, and
so they could not entertain visitors.
Finally the intruders could not be consid-
cred in any light other than a nuisance.
Their coming to the island was stopped
and the little schoolehiIdren knew that
they would be thrown more than ever be-
fore on their own resources for diversion
and amusement.
The best way to point out the environ
ments of the schoolchildren of the South
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

Farallon may be to show what other
schoolchildren may have on the mainland.
Trips to Golden Gate Park or the country:
baseball games and parties; the sights
and scenes of great city, supplied with
cable and electric cars, museums, libra
ries, stores and ferry boats, daily newspa-
pers and crowds of children in one and
every school, with theaters and the occa-
sional circus. OF course there are none of
these on the South Farallon.
A word concerning the library which
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20
THE STRANGE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL THERE IS or IT.

Once every quarter the United States
Government, through the lighthouse tend
ing-s teamer, comes blowing its way
proudly to the island. Then there is a
holiday, for the children come in contact
with the wonders of that outer world in
a faint way, which is ordinarily only
mysterious, but magnificent and huge
something, replete with the joys and ter
rors of real life, the visible outer boundary
of which is only shore llne, piled with
bre akers and whitened with foam. Then
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20

purchased out of the stores, which seem
so great and wonderful to the little fell
lows, and these are admired and wondered
at and drive days lessons out of the
heads of the sea-beleaguered babies.
Some OF the children were born on the
South Farallon and they have not over
one excursion to the mainland per annum
to remember. In fact, Also as they have
grown older their visitors have grown
fewer Formerly there were many visit
ors 70 the South FaraIlon. The heads of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
FOR THE GENERAL GOOD.
A Suggestion as to Some Productive Pull
lie Uses Of Wealth

A Suggestion as to Some Productive Pub
lie Uses of Wealth.
There are number of kinds of bust.
nesses capable Of returning a small
profit, but in which the chances of gain,
though not absent, are too limited to
attract private spectators, careful only
of their personal interest, which might
be undertaken by wealthy men satis-
fed to put out a part Of their revenues
for low interest. An investigation
made about Is years ago by the Indus
trial Society of Upper Alsace brought
to light several enterprises of this
character, inspired by philanthropic
feeling. and yet giving a modest in
Identification for the capital invested
in them. Among these are societies of
popular credit. Of which Schulza-De-
litsch and Raiffeisen have described
admirable types, consumers cooper
ative societies, worltingmen's insurance
under variety of forms. baths and
lavatories for workingmen or for the
small middle class, workingmen's
lodgings. cheap dining houses and
other establishments of similar char
acter. All these organizations that
concern the people are usually despiscd
by professional SPECTATORS and by
capitalists.
Wealthy men might we'll apply a
part of their disposable revenues to en-
terprises of this sort. not ms aims, but
on the score of general utility; and
there would be no improperly in their
deriving modest interest from them.
Many organizations of this kind have
been formed during the past quarter
IF century in England, the United
States and France, and have demon
strated the applicability of the method
Associations formed for such objects
should vigorously maintain the self
supporting principle, or aim to pay
their own way.-Paul Leroy Beaulieu,
IN Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
THE MEANesr WOMAN ALIVE.

she showed That She was Even Able 70
Get the Better of Lawyer.
There is an elderly spinster down In
Lancaster county, Pa, who has earned
u reputation of being the meanest wom-
en- alive. Her whole career has tended
toward upholding her right to this un-
envicd repute, but recent act OF hers
absolutely clinched her claim in the
mind of her neighbors.
Her meanness got her into litigation
with q neighbor which lasted several
years, and ended at length in her VIC
tory by reason of the cleverness and
hard work of her lawyer. She antici-
pated that the counsel's bill would be
large, and, although woman OF wealth,
the thought of having to part with sew
eral hundreds racked her mentally and
physically.
One day the lawyer received hurried
call to her home, where, 1t was said,
she lay at the point of death. He
found his client ill AIDED, breathing
hard and apparently very weak. She
explained that she expected to die very
shortly, and as she had no near kin
wished him to draw up her last will
and testament. The lawyer made
ready, and then the old woman, be-
tween gasps, said:
II want you to make the will out so
that your two sons, John and William,
will divide between them all my prop
erty at my death. They are fine lads,
and appreciate the fact that they have
always treated me with more consider
alton than any of my acquaintance
The lawyer protested. His sons had
no claim ON her; perhaps she had some
poor, deserving relatives. No, there
was none, the spinster insisted. John
and William were to get all or she would
not die contented. After q half hour
of expostulation the lawyer finally gave
in and drew up the will in favor of his
sons and had it duly signed ard wit
messed. Then it was placed in a draw
er where the testator said it would be
found at her death.
She was fast growing weaker, but
managed to say: Now, before die I
wish to settle my bin with you for legal
work"
But, madam, after such generosity
1 cannot take cent for such services.
Your goodness to my sons thousand
times more than repays me for my
work. / will not take cent"
but you must l wish to leave this
world free of debt Name the sum a.
once"
Then she reached under her pillow
and drew forth her purse The lawyer
10 satisfy her named the ridiculously
small sum of $40, which he received and
gave a receipt for. This done, he
backed out of the room. But as soon as
he was gone the elderly woman leaped
from her bed in the most sprightly
manner, ran TO the drawer, got the will
and threw it into the fireplace, where
it went to ashes and smoke She care
fully filed away the receipt, dressed
herself and is living to-day.-N. Y. Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
A New Lifc-savlnr Ruoy

The adoption by the United States
navy Of the Illuminating life-saving
huoy marks the advance in details
that is going on rapidly in the per-
fecting of various minor devices III
practical navigation. MAN overheard"
is cry that will have fewer terrors
hereafter. This illuminated buoy is
so arranged that as it is released two
bright lights, about two feet high, are
ignited, and remain burning for long
time. 1t has one distinct advantage:
1t will Gamble the man overheard and
the boat crew cndeavoring to find him
in the darkness to determine the where
abouts of each other more readily.
With one of these buoys burning or the
water, both the men swimming in the
ocean and the crew trying to rescue
him will seek common object. Many
n man has been lost in the darkness be-
cause the rescuing crew did not know
where to look for him, or because he
could not see the buoy, which was pos
tibly floating near him.-Harper's
Weekly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
WITH a BARREL OF OYSTERS.
How . Great Russian Banker Bought His
Freedom from Serfdom.

| How . Great Russian Banker Bought Hi
| Freedom from serfdom.
One Of the best-known banking houses
| of st. Petersburg, and the one to which
most American visitors to Russia carry
letters of credit is that of Messrs
Shalounine & Sons, the founder OF
which, father of the present head OF
the firm, owed his liberation from serf-
| dom IS wears before the decree of eman-
cipation TO a barrel Of oysters. Old
Shalounine was serf belonging to
Count Sheremetieff, one Of the wealthiest
mobiles in Russia He had frequently
entreated the count to grant him his
freedom, offering him as much as $780,
900 for the boon. But money was no
object to the count, and 1t gratified his
pride to feel that one of the leading
bankers of the empire was one of his
serfs, unable to marry either his sons
or his daughters without his masters
consent. Moreover, serf, the banker
was liable to have his money seized and
confscated at any moment by the count,
since everything that belonged to a
serf, including his wife, children and
property, belonged ipso facto to his
master.
One day Shalounine, who had just
that very morning returned to the cap
ital from Odessa, called at the Shercme-
tieff palace for the purpose of reporting
his arrival, as in duty bound, to his
owner. He had brought with him a
barrel of delicious Crinean oysters for
presentation to the count, but left them
in his carriage at the palace door until
he should have obtained his masters
intimation that the gift was accept
able.
On entering the presence of the count
the banker; found him surrounded by
party of guests and engaged in berat-
ing the chief butler for neglecting to
provide oysters for the breakfast to
which they were about to sit down. The
butler was explaining to the count that
there were no oysters to be got in the
capital at that moment for love or
money. Catching sight of the serf-
banker, the count exclaimed:
'Oh, 1t is thou again; thou art come
to poster me once more for thyhhera-
ton! Thou knowest that it is useless.
should not know what to do with thy
money. But stay, will tell thee some
thing. Get me some oysters for my
breakfast and thou shalt have thy free
DOM"
Shalounine bowed low, left the room,
fetched the small barrel of oysters
which he hadleft in his carriage at the
door, and laid it at the feet of his mas.
ter.
AS soon as the barrel had been opened,
the count called for a pen and paper.
wrote out a declaration emancipating
both the banker and his family from
serfdom, and then bowling courteously
to the man who but moment before
had been his slave. exclaimed "And,
now. my dear Mr.. Shalounine-wsil you
give us the pleasure of your company
at breakfast?"-N. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
LATER.

The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 9th were as follows: Cleve-
land, $50; Baltimore, .634; Cincinnati.
.c19; Philadelphia, .G19; Boston, .575;
Washington, .513; Brooklyn, 800; Chi
cago, ASS; Pittsburgh, .474; New York.
.439; st. Louis, .2o3; Louisville, .22O.
a terrific hailstorm destroyed thou
sands of acres of fine growing corn in
southern Kansas.
AT Shelbyville, Ind, Lee, Edward and
Theodore Skotski, brothers and we'll
known young men, quarreled during a
drunken spree and Lee killed his two
brothers. =
Thousands of cows, mules, horses,
sheep and hogs were dying in northern
Louisiana from the bite of fly.
Josiah W. Begole, Iwho was governor
of Michigan in 1883 and a member Of
congress in 1872, died at his home in
Flint, aged 81 years.
The house of George Cradens, a farm
er, living near Ramsey, Ind, was de-
stroyed by fire and his wife and son,
aged 10, were cremated.
Steve Samaritan, aged So; his son
Benjamin. aged 10; and daughter,
Kueen, aged 30, were murdered in their
home near Fresno Cal.
Four boys were drowned at Leaven-
worth, Kan, during cloudburst. Two
were sons of Michael Desmond, a con-
tractor, and the other two were sons
of Dennis Cummings.
Cullen and Robert Wilson and Carl
Fry, all aged about IL, sons of prom
inent farmers, were drowned near
Marengo, H., by the caving in of q
river bank.
M. j. Atkinson, of Clear Lake, Yer
non Gait, of Albert Lea, and Roy c..
Slosson, of Northwood, were drowned
at Nora Springs, Ia, while bathing.
They were all members of the senior
class of the Nora Springs seminary.
The Utah democrats met in Salt
Lake City and elected free silver dele
gates to the national convention.
Washington, June s.-The senate gave
its almost undivided attention on Sat
urday to the conference reports on gen.
eral appropriation bills and several of
them were agreed to. The house dis
posed of all the essential business before
it,which consisted of conference reports
on appropriation bills. The presidents
veto OF the general deficiency appropria-
ton bill was sustained, and substitute
was sent to the senate emitting the
French spoliation and other claims
which incurred the presidential oppo.
sition.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
CHARlTABLY SPHiNxlIKE.
Well Bred Women Never Indulge In III.
Bred Gossip.

Well Bred Women Never Indulge In III
Bred Gossip
One of the ethics of good breeding is
not to talk about people. The woman
who is continually pulling to pieces
personalities soon finds herself ignored
by those of her acquaintances who have
kindly gossip.
1t is really pose with elegantes, this
clam-like reticence in regard to fol-
lowing up gossip's lead. The out
and-out artistocrat is go secure in her
own position that there is no canker
worm of envy eating away her souls
serenity. You may depend upon it, the
woman who is forever indulging in
caustic criticism does so because, feel
der very insecure, she does her best TO
pull down from their position those of
her sex who may have climbed a round
or two higher, says an exchange.
SIN going 10 stop talking about peo-
pie" young girl was lately heard to
declare. I'm the first place, I've just
come from quite little colony Of swells
and l noticed that they were all either
too indifferent or too well-bred to en-
courage, by word or look, character dis
section. One young man, in particular,
the sort of fun-making fellow who
might be expected to turn any subject
TO general amusement, always, found,
deliberately shut his eyes to criticism
possibilities.
Sometimes / tried to coax him into
making uncharitable little remarks
about certain persons, but he never al
lowed any malice TO enter into his con-
versation.
Gradually learned to respect him
for his pose, II pose it was, and said
10 myself:
IF a man Of the world who might
be forgiven for doing that sort of thing
refuses to run people down, l, woman
who ought to make charity her byword,
don't intend to allow him to out-prin-
ciple me.
$50 in the future you will probably
find me very uninteresting, but chart
tably sphinx-like." = Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
Conee Sherbet-

Make quart of coffee from four table
spoonfuls Of finely ground coffee and q
quart of boiling water; the coffee may
be either stepped in boiling water TO,
one minute or made by percolation;
add one-half cup of sugar and one.
half pint of cream; pack it in the freezer
and freeze, stirring occasionally. When
frozen serve in glasses 1t may be
made without the cream and stirred
constantly while freezing. This, OF
course, does not give as delicious fla.
vor as with the cream, but is liked by
many persons much better.-House-
hold News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Most of the candidates, headed by
Alva Crabtree, of Springfield, nominee
for secretary of state, have withdrawn
from the prohibition state ticket OF
Ohio as result of the split at Pitts
burgn.
At the state election in Oregon the
republicans elected Bean for chief Jus.
tice by 5000 plurality, a large majority
of the legislature, and reelected Con-
gressmen Tongue and Ellis.
The democrats of the Sixth distric.
Of Georgia renominated Charles L. Barr
lett for congress
James G. Mcguire was nominated for
congress by the Fourth California dis
trict democrats.
Miss Julia, the eldest daughter of
vice president ind Mrs. Stevenson, was
married in Washington to Rev. Martin
d. Hardin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. p. Watt
Hardin. Of Danvile, Ky.
Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, hns with
drawn as presidential candidate.
Judge o. p. Stearns, OF Duluth, Mimi,
died in San Diego, CAL, aged IS years.
He was elected United States senator In
1871 and served one term.
The Ohio socialists in convention ut
Massillon nominated q state ticket
headed by Daniel Wallace, of Hollister &,
for secretary of state.
The Maine republicans in convention
at Bangor nominated Llewellyn Pow
ers, Of Houlton, for governor. The
platform opposes free silver coinage.
favors protection to American indus
tries, restriction of immigration, Just
administration of pension laws, and
closes with declaration of loyalty to
Thomas b. Reed.
Thomas L. Barrett, president OF the
Bank Of Kentucky and the greatest
banker In the state died at Louisville,
aged II years
The Kansas democrats in convention
ut Topeka declared for the free and un.
limited coinage of silver at the ratio 81
sixteen to one, and instructed the 20
delegates chosen TO vote only for such
a platform and candidate at the national
convention.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
FOREIGN.


Further advices from Moscow say
that 5000 persons were killed and 1900
injured, the majority of them fatally,
by the crush on the Khodijnskoje plain
The entire towns of Jamaica and
Puerto de la Guira, near Havana, were
burned by the insurgents
Dispatches announce that Spanish
guerrillas in Cuba were again inflicting
horrible tortures upon men. women and
children.
Persimmon, the prince of Wales colt,
won the English derby at EPSON.
p. NJ. Arthur was reelected chief Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
necrs at the annual meeting in Ottawa,
Ont.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, who was appointed
United States consul general to Havana,
reached that city.
It is said that Russia had warned tho
porte that Christian massacre in Crete
would unite the whole of Europe
against Turkey.
An explosion of gas occurred in the
Fontancs mine near Rochelle, France,
killing 25 miners.
The French government has sent q
formal protest to Washington against
the retaliatory action of this govern
ment in putting an absolute embargo
on French cattle.
The sugar crop has been gathered in
the Sagua district of Cuba and shows
$4,000 bags, against 100000 bags last
year.
The French Niger expedition from
Salaga was totally routed by natives
and many of it's members were killed
by poisoned arrows in the Borgeo coun-
try.
The committee of the French chamber
of deputies unanimously approved the
bill making Madagascar French coll
ony-
Gen. Ftz-Hugh Lee, the new consul
general for the United States to Cuba,
had long conference with Capt Gen.
Weyler in Havana.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-13
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL

The Proceedings OF the First sessioa-
The bill to prohibit the issuance OF In
tcrest- bearing bonds without the consent
OF congress was further discussed In the
senate on the LIST. but no action was taken
....In tho house the bnl authorizing the
appointment Of q labor committee OF %
members to investigate the relations OF
labor and capital and to report to congress
desirable legislation In relation thereto was
passed.
The senate on the ID passed the bill TO
prohibit the issuance OF interest-bearing
bends without the consent of congress by
a vote Of 81 to rs. In the house the river and
harbor bill was passed over the presidents
veto by vote of go to co. The conference
report on the naval appropriation bill was
agreed to.
The senate on the Cd passed the river
and harbor bill over the presidents veto
by vote OF Sc TO e. This was the last step
IA making the bill effective, and II Is now
q law. The house agreed to the confer
ehce report on the bill makinsAappropria-
tons for Notifications and coast defcnses.
The contested election case of Murray VS..
Elliott, from the Charleston Is. c. district,
was discussed. but no action was taken.
The senate on the 4th passed the filled
cheese bill which taxes manufacturers 200
annually; wholesale dealers, $3.50, and re-
tail dealers. $40 Conference reports on
the naval and Indian appropriation bills
were agreed to. =. In the house the claim Of
William Elliott from the First South Caro-
lima district was defeated and the seat
was given to George W. Murray (colored).
The committee on ways and means by
vote of Is to decided to report the senate
bond bill adversely.
In the senate on the 9Th the resolution re-
lating to Americans captured on the Amer
lean vessel Competitor in Cuban waters
and sentenced to death or imprisonment
was discussed. The immigration bill was
considered. as was also joint resolution
for constitutional amendment for the
election of senators by the people A reso-
luton was offered for final adjournment
on che sth inst. In the house Gen. Rinaker
(rep) was given the seat from the Six
teenth Illinois district now held by +. z.
Downing. The senate resolution to prohibit
the issue of bonds without authority OF
congress was reported adversely.