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The San Francisco call., 1896-07-26
THE POETS. DOOR.
hin the CIRCLE Of the light

Within the circle Of the light
We sat alone, and all the room
Beyond the lamp was full Of night
And hung about with shadowed gloom.
With love and music in his voice
He read me from his lyric page
The sweetest numbers Of his choice
Songs of blended youth and age.
Then telling forth snother's song
Music and love rang doubly clear;
The same soft cadence on his tongue
Brought distant miEstrelsy so near
And to the doorway strange and dim
L ihought mystic presence came
With glowing miep and gazed At him
That read and gently spoke his name
And said: "Hail, seilow-soul Of man,
For here thy kindred voice at last
FuIfus the song 1 once began
Then back into the darkness passed.
n. A. Dewolfe Howe Jr. In New York Critic.
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NOT LIKE THE
REgL GHETTO
An Untrue Story Of
Low Life
The Tale Is Sordid and Gains
Nothing From Its Manner
of Publication

'Yekl" is the title of recent book by A. Ca
han, published by D. Appleton & Co.
Mr.. Cahan started out with the object of pre-
senting to mis- readers picture of life in the
poverty-strieken Jewish quarter of a great
city To writer desirous of treating such a
subject there would occur but two previously
exhibited models-Sir Walter Besants GRebel
Queen" and Israel Zangwills "Children of the
Ghetto" The author of the book under re-
view has chosen Mr.. Zsngwin for his Gamaliel,
and to such an extent has he studied his mas
ter that we find Mr.. Cahan has been under the
necessity of appropriating one of Zangwill's
jokes.
Here, however, the resemblance of the work
of the pupil to that of the master ends. In
"Children of the Ghetto we have veritable
study of the doings of the peculiar people We
find described their mannerisms, their Gus
toms, their vices, their vanities. Mr.. Cahan
in his work tells us nothing of these. So far
from being "a Tale of the Ghetto" his work
might, with equal accuracy, have been sub
eaptioned ga Tale Of Canal Street" or "a
Chronicle of the Boweryr
But the cardinal defect of "Yekl" is the
fiimsy foundation upon which the story is
built. "Yekl," we learn, is the Russo-Polish
equivalent for Jake which In turn is the cog.
nomen of young man working at the press
er's trade in sweaters" den. He is a mar.
ried man, having left wife and child in
Poland. This fact he conceals from his fellows
in the sweatshops and from his feminine as.
scciates. One of these latter forms an attach.
ment for Jake, and loves young dream is
progressing favorably when bis Polish wife ar.
riYes at Ellis Island.
Her semi-barbarous manners do not appeal
to Jake as of DID, so, with the aid OF an old
rabbi, he gives his wife the scripturai ''gett u
or bill of divorcement. He is then free to
marry factory hand named Mamie, and the
story leaves him at a point where he is driving
to the City Hall to procure a license.
The story is mean and sordid, and il gains
nothing in the manner of telling. The author
is no t particularly well versed in the use OF
qualifying adjectives, nor does he appreciate
the shades of meaning expressed by the perfect
and pluperfect lenses. His moods are varying
and irregular, too.
Geographically the book is not all thai
could be wished. We notice three errors in
almost many paragraphs. On the whole
neither the author nor the publishers can be
complimented on this very unsatisfactory pro
duction. New York: d. Appleton & Co. Fol
sale by William Doxey price $1.l
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The second volume of the plays of Maurice
Maeterlinck translated by Richard Harvey,
which Stone & Kimball have just issued in
their Green Tree Library, contains the "Three
Dramas Cor Marionettes." and now ali the
most notable works of Maeterlinck can be had
in English.
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Thomas slater has message for every man on
page 25- Don't fail to read it.
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When he was in England last spring, ]. Pier.
pont Morgan purchased Mazarin Bible. in
two volumes, published in 1850 and l455,
printed on vellum, with illuminated margins:
a set of the Polyglotta Bible, six volumes, also
published in 1450-55; and set OF the first
four folio editions OF Shakespeare, published
in I623-32-64-S5. The books, which were
invoiced at $4,000, have just been received
in this country.
Messrs. Chstto & windus of London will.
in the early autumn, publish an edition OF
stevenson's "songs of Travel" with an intro
ductiop by Sydney Colvin.
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LITERARY NOTES.

NJ. Francis de Pressense, the well-known
writer on international politics, and one of the
most distinguished OF French journalists, has
almost ready volume on Cardinal Manning.
NJ. de Pressense is a quite recent convert to
Roman Catholicism.
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the RIVER OF RockAsYE.

Oh, river fair, with your ripping fiow,
That lieth afar in land OF dreams,
Where the stainless lilies OF morning
blow,
And the grace of eternal glory beams;
Thy lifting Groom Is the mother song
That bushes an infants wailing cry
Oh, the way il dark and the years are
long
From the beautiful river Of Rocka-
bye.
The way is dark and the path Is steep,
And eyes grow dim when the heart 10
cold,
While the jaded spirit but longs for
sleep
In this wearying. wretched race for
gold.
How fair the glories Of morning seem
When the night Is upon us! and
would that l
Might drift away In a sinless dream
On the beautiful river Of Rockabye.
ALBERT PAINE.
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First Man of America.

1t was an Italian who discovered the
New World. 1t was n second Iatlian
who, wrestling from the first the epony-
mic glory which was his right, gave his
own name to the newly discovered
lands. What should have been Col
umbia became America, because it was
falsely believed that the main land had
been reached by Amerigo Vespucci
among all modern explorers.
1t is therefore fitting that an Italian
publisher, U. HOepli, OF Milan, is to
bring out fac-similes of sundry works
of great interest and rarity which bear
upon the question of the naming of our
country
Most important of these Is a little
treatise, entitled "Globus Mundi,"
which was published anonymously be-
tween 1905 and 1910 It's authorship is
attributed, though on insufficient au-
thority, to Henricus Lovitus Glarcan-
us, a geographer and map maker Of
the early sixteenth century. 1t is
memorable as the first book in which
the name America Is fOrnfa11y given to
the new continent. The suggestion of
this name had, indeed, been made in
1907 by Hylacomylus, in his "Cosmo-
graphiae IntrOductio," published in Die
in a passing allusion to "a fourth part
Of the world, which since Amerigo
found 1t, we may call Amerigo or
America" But it was the "Globus
Mundr' that first adopted the sugges-
ton.
Another feature of great interest in
the "Globus" is map of the Eastern
Hemisphere, containing in the left
hand corner a small fragment Of the
newly discovered continent, which juts
out at about the same longitude as the
Cape of Good Hope. This is labelled
not America, but Niuw Welt, or New
World. The map is especially inter-
esting as being, with the possible ex-
ception Of the Ptolomaeus edition Of
1908, the first that contains America.
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A Magnificent Rose Bush.

There is in Ventura, CAL, magnifl.
cent specimen Of white La Marque
rose. 1t was planted from cutting in
November, 1876, and has been trained
over a large arbor. Its main stem, i'm
mediately above the ground, measures
two feet nine inches In circumference.
Two branches start from 1t, and each
Is two feet one inch In circumference.
1t has been cut back and pruned heav-
lily each year, and last year over wag-
on load of prunings was taken away
from it. For several years the girls and
boys of Ventura have counted the num-
ber Of blossoms every March and
April. In five years they have annual
" been over 1900, and hast April they
numbered 21,6I0. Botanists say they
can discover no signs of degeneracy due
to old age or rare fecundity in the won
derful plant.
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NAL became more tractable and recon
'cIled to it's fate. III
Kenniston, as may be supposed, never
missed attendance at country fairs that
were at all within reasonable distance.
The moose In harness on the trotting
tracks was one of the great attractions
of these gatherings. Those who re-
member the exhibitions say that the
performance was not very impressive
The moose was not much on speed.
He used. 1t Is said, to slouch desp0nd-
emily along the track between racing
heats, his wobbly legs slobbering out
In four directions at once, while he Oc-
casionally raised his great nose and bel
lowed like bull.
The crowds lining the track used to
yell at Remission, LET him Out!
Brad him upr' but Remission was too
prudent to comply with the request or
the command. The fact Is, he was
afraid, for the moose, once started,
could not be stopped by anything short
Of locomotive.
The moose was profitable invest
ment for Remission. 1t attracted at
tention to him and his show, and he
made money. He Is now In California,
hunting gold mine.
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MOOSE TRAINED TO HARNESS.
He Runs Races and Has Been Taught to
Trot Like Thoroughbred.

A big brown moose, trained to go in
harness, trot and run races-that was
the unprecedented achievement of a
citizen of the State of Tom Reed. His
name is Nj. ii. Kenniston, and he for
merly kept a hotel in Phillips Lower
Village, where his eccentricities as a
host made him famous even beyond the
boundaries Of Maine. His politics may
he guessed at from the motto with
to his hostelry. 1t was: mo niggers
and no napkins"
After he had abandoned the hotel
business, or 1t had abandoned hin,
Kenniston adopted the interesting pur-
suit of q Snowman; i'm other words, he
started menagerie. That was the be-
ginning of the career of the moose as a
trotter. Remission bought the animal
when II was a calf. 1t had been found
wandering in a pasturage, and was
evidently deserted by its mother.
Kenniston gave his first lesson to the
animal by means Of a childs express
cart. The harness was of rope yarn
and q piece of tough leather served as a
bit. At first Remission, who was not
remarkable for his courage, very pru-
IDENTIFY led the beast with his cart at
tachment by the head. This arrange
ment appeared to suit the moose admir-
ably, and 1t and it's Instructor got along
very amicably.
BY and by Kennlston got tired Of the
walking act and resolved to have ride
| In the cart. This appears to have been
regarded as an imposition by his moose
ship, who Immediately marked his re-
sentiment of 1t by running away on the
main avenue of Phillips. The spectacle
| was the most novel and exciting free
show the villagers of the little town
ever beheld. The wagon was wrecked.
kenniston, of course, was SPILLED out, I"
but managed to escape from the ca
| tastrophe without much serious injury
| He persisted, however, In his course of
moose education and gradually the ami
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Cunning of the Eox.

No other still hunter can travel so.
quietly as a fox, and mighty few men
are as crafty as the four-legged hunter
when 1t comes to matter of getting
meat. Foxes have been seen in Eng
land, slipping from bush to bush,
crawling and creeping after sleeping
hare, for all the world like man stalk
ing deer. Inc fox cannot catch rab-
bit In fair chase, but it's food Is mostly
rabbits, in spite of their fieetness. But
at no time does 1t display it's skill SO
well as when running for life with a
pack of hounds in its trail.
Lord Willoughby de Broke writes to
the Badminton Magazine to tell how n
tired fox made straight for flock Of
sheep in pen, ran through them, and
In the end escaped. CLAUS Magnus.
Archbishop of Upsala, wrote a book
called "Historia de Gentibus Septentri-
onalibus." of which an English trans
lation exists. This book tells of n fox
that leaped from hack to back of a herd
Of goats. AS the dogs could not fol-
low, the fox escaped.
"a SWiouS 'iich VI ruSilSu IOXeS IS TO
jump as high rs possible. grasping a
tree branch with their teeth, hold on
till the hounds have gone ON, and then
dropping to the ground, escape. This
is similar to the trick Of the American
fox, which jumps into a tree and rests
on branch; but American dogs are not
such fools as English dogs. They gath
er around the tree and howl till the
hunter comes.
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|, bsttlng = events Of the turf among the
English working-classes, some statis-
| tics, given in evidence by q detective
the other day In the Liverpool Police
Court, are very Significant The ac-
cused person was very young man
who had carried on business a. q book
maker on an extensive scale In bets OF
small amounts, taken on operatives ON
some waste lard adjacent to the Edge
Hill statien, Liverpool. On the frst
day the detective saw him receiving
cash from 10 men, 8 women, 30 boys,
and II girls, between the hours Of 1920
d. m. and 2 o'clock-the dinner interval.
On a subsequent day, this youth was
seen making bets between 1920 p. m.
and / o'clock, with 81 men, women,
IS boys and 8 girls. On third day he
was detected booking bets between
12:45 p. m. and o'clock, for 112 men, 4
women. 13 boys and 10 girls. On
fourth day he was watched doing SINH
lar business between 1':50 p. N. and
1:45 p. m. with SO men. Z women, 22
bOys and girls. He was fined 500 for
his enterprise. There appears to be no
reason for doubling the accuracy ef
the police figures.
In the Forum appears an article by
Mr.. NJ. A. Mikkelsen on the ''Cultiva-
tion of Vacant City Lots" which IL an
interesting and valuable illustration Of
the efficacy Of this mode Of relieving
the unemployed. In the case Of New
York, where the experiment was very
successful, he presents the following
statistics: The highest yield of pOta-
toes-the principal crOp-was Alp BUSH
els on one acre. On the assigned plots,
aggregating 71H acres, besides lettuce,
onions, radishes and fodder corn, the
following crops were raised: potatoes,
6,235 bu.; peas, S17 bu. beans, 1859 bu.;
beans for seed, SO bu.; tomatoes, $50
crates; corn, 1000 doz.; turnips, 1,4O0
bu.; carrots, 93 bu. The total value Of
the crops on the assigned plots was $8,-
S03.51; the expense incurred by the
committee, $3,SO1.9S. The quality Of
the crops may be inferred from the fact
that the exhibit Of the Vacant Lot
Farms took the second prize at the New
York Live Stock Show. Part of the
product was consumed by the planters
as 1t matured, part was stored away
for the winter, but a great deal was
sold, many of the planters peddling
their produce from house to house. One
man. on plot Of 8 acres, earned $40S;
another, on acres, earned $3362O; and
still another, on 31a acres, $216.O5. One
OF the plot hOlders-a stonecutter-kept
record of his time. He worked so
hours, and earned $12O.23. OF the 81
plots assigned, the largest was 8 acres,
the next largest 4, the smallest one
quarter of an acre. The average size
was six-sevenths of an acre. The larg-
est receipts obtained were $4OS. Twen-
ty-two plotholders took over 500 each
from their individual holdings. The
smallest receipts were $3.50. Three
plOtholders earned nothing at all. The
average earnings were SOLOS,"
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The Capr,ces of a Watch.


To most people, says the New York
Journal, the whims and caprices Of n
watch are deep mystery. The many
parts of the timepiece apparently enter
into a conspiracy to the end that the
owner may miss trains and business
appointments. When q fairly good
watch leaves the hands Of a reputable
matchmaker it is always in first class
condition, and IL it does not behave it.
self afterward 1t Is generally the fault
of the man or woman who Is wearing
1t. A very common cause Of the watch
gaining or losing is the disposition
that is made of 1t at night. If you wear
n watch next to your body during the
day, and put it on a cold marble MANTLE
piece at night, or, in fact, anywhere In
a cold room, the watch is sure to either
gain or lose. Cold causes contraction
of the metals composing the balance
wheel and It's parts. and the watch con-
sequently gains. When the parts ex-
pand under the heat of the body the piv-
OTIS, bearings, etc, tighten up, and the
watch loses. An expenses watch which
has compensating balance Is
not affected by changes Of temperature.
Some metals expand in cold and others
contract, and the compensating balance
is made of metals of both kinds, so
that the contraction of one balances the
expansion of the other. Everybody
knows that the proximity of dynamo
will magnetic the steel parts of a
watch, and ruin 1t for the time being.
A watch should never be laid hor-
izontally at night, but should always
be hung upon nail. Change of pos
ition will not affect mechanically
perfect watch, but such n watch is yet
to be made.
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forms Of the Name Smith,

There are families-some of you may
know them-named Taillefer, Tolliver,
Tollfer, Telfar. Now what would you
say If told you all these were only In
good, pain Englsh-Smith? 1t is fact,
nevertheless. Taillefer is derived from
the French, and the others are only con-
fractions of that word, or changes made
by mispronunciation and custom. Tail
ler fer means to shape or fashion iron;
and who shapes iron but smith? SO
4 taille-fer was, after all, smithy, or
Smith.
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At San Marcos, Tex. there is a curl
Gus arteslan well, 1888 feet deep, which
Yields about half pint of shrImps a
day. besides various new varieties of
aquatic animals. The well is supposed
to be connected with an unknown sub
terraneuu
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able companion, and he on his part saw
her In new light, and began to feel
decidedly cousinly and affectionate. Al
ways bright and artless, she was this
morning really amiable. Only once
did q little sarcastic remark escape
her, whereupon Alfred, without q
word, pointed smilingly to the hand
kerchief still waving from the parasol
that lay across her lap.
A bright color rose In Laura's cheeks,
but she looked up sweetly and frankly
into his face. "Please forgive me-"
she said; IL had no business to fire
that shot, but did 1t from force Of
habit"
She turned away her head immedi-
ately, but Alfreds keen eyes noticed
the slight CULVER of her lip, and that
she had to wink hard to keep the tears
back. He changed the conversation at
once. and they were soon chatting gay
ly again.
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In 1895 Cahfornia's mines produced
s15,834,S17 Of gold and $599,770 Of sill
yer.
Crawford avalanche., 1896-05-28

There are forty-seven Chinese tenn
pies in America.
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partT
"Oh, it's shame to joke when poor
auntys hurt herself sor' said Laura,
with sudden change of tone. "She's
sprained her ankle badly, just when
she's expecting company, too. Uncle
won't be back till tomorrow, and she
feels she must depend upon you and
me. and so I thought we might"
"Clasp hands temporarily over the
bloody chasm," broke in Alfred. "Well,
agree to 1t heartily, and you may
command my services at any time. I
am sorry Aunt Lefty has surt herself,
and If you'll excuse me for five min
utes, I'll run up and see her."
"Well, you are a real good natured
boy, after ALL" thought Laura, as she
bounded away.
"And now / understand we are going
to markett7 said Alfred, gayly, as he
returned to her side.
"Yes. / believe that's the first thing
on the programme" returned his cous-
in.
They started or together, Laura very
happy, though little embarrassed. 1t
seemed strange to be on such pleasant
terms with her enemy. But this feeling
soon wore away. The ride In the noun
tain air was delightful, and ere long
she found herself talking with Alfred
as she had never talked before. He was
an uncommonly intelligent young fel-
low and good student, but not in the
least abscnt-minded. Nothing seemed
to escape his observation, and with II
all he was so full Of fun and boyish
spirits. Laura found him most agree.
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The only remedy that has been found
at all successful is to build a strong
wire netting around the infested dis
trict to confine the rabbits. There is
one fence that is 40T miles long, and
another 346. As Is well-known, Aus
traila's rabbit plague is the result Of the
introduction Of few English rabbits
into that country.
Ex-senator Henry L. Dawes, of Puts
field. Mass, has been delivering a
course of lectures In Hanover n. Fl,
In his last lecture, which was on "In-
teroceanic Commerce" he spoke of the
importance to the United States of the
Nicaragua Canal. Lake Nicaragua -
he said. will become naval station of
the power whose capital builds this
canal and cne OF the most formidable
character on the globe. 1t can float the
largest navy In the world, and lies mid
way between and less than twenty-four
hours from the entire commerce Of the
United States on both the Atlantic and
Pacific. 1t would be to the United
States what Gibraltar Is to the British
Empire. 1t would he an act of the
blindest foil, If not of the most humili-
ating cowardice. for this nation to
quitely fold its arms. and permit this.
the grandest Of naval stations, to pass
out Of our control. compelling every
ton Of our coastwise commerce. already
exceeding the ocean tonnage of all
Europe. to pass under the guns of for
eign power. as It Is transmitted from
port to port on our own coast"
Az an instance Of the prevalence of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-03-07

paid with 10 per cent interest be rendered
to the purchaser.
All deeds Of sale made or that may be
made by collectors OF taxes shall DO
received by courts in evidence as prima
facie valid sales.
Sec. s. Be- 1t further resolved. etc.
That Article two hundred and forty
two of the Constitution Of the State OF
Louisiana be 50 amended as to read ~
follows:
Article 242. The General Assembly
shall have power to enact general laws
authorizing the parochial or municipal
authorities Of the State. under certain
circumstances. by = vote OF . majority
OF the Taxpayers in number and In value
voting at the election, to levy special
taxes In aid OF public improvements. or
railway enterprises undertaken by pri-
vate corporations: provided that such
tax shall not exceed the rate Of five mills
per annum, nor extend for longer neF-
Tod than ten years. and provided further.
that the foregoing provisions shall
not apply to public buildings.
bridges and works Of public improvement
mentioned In Article 20e. II being the In
tent and meaning Of this proviso that
parishes and municipalities shall have the
right to tax themselves to any limit SUBJ
1cct to the restrictions OF Article 90.
G. w. BOLTON,
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
H. r. LOTT.
President Pro Tempore OF the Senate.
A true copy:
T. g. ADAMS. Secretary Of State.