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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
H1PNorIsM AT FRESNO.
Mrs. Hert1Uick Claims She Vas Robbed
While PotuerIess to Resist.

While PoIuerfeSS to Resist.
FRESNO, CAL, Sept. IA gypsy
woman, giving her name as Lizzie Lowell,
is in jail charged with robbing Mrs. M.
T. Hertwick, who resides with her two
sons on Clark street, of $50 and gold
watch Saturday afternoon.
According to Mrs. Hertwick's story the
robbery was a rema rkable one. She says
she was hypnotized by the gypsy woman
and while under her power gave her the
valuables. The feminine Svengali she
says, came to her house last Saturday
afternoon and asked for a drink
OF water. After this had been given to her
she caught Mrs. Hertwick by the hands
and produced the hypnotic spell. Mrs.
Hertwick remembers everything that
occurred, but she says she was powerless
to resist. The gypsy claims that Mrs.
Hertwick gave her the money and watch
for sale keeping.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
P..ln.am Oo,apanv s,.ea at HtsaNa.

YIsALIA, CAL. Sept. IA suit was
filed to-day in Department of the SUI
perior Court entitled Mrs. e. A. Gill VS.. the
Pullman Palace Car Company. Plaintiff
prays Judgment for $4,000 damages, $500
expended for medical attendance and costs
of suit. She alleges that she purchased a
through sleeping-car ticket from San
Francisco to Burnton, Kansas, but was
forced TO change cars ct Barstow, and in
doing so was thrown violently to the
ground and crippled for life.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Marin Co,.nty,s Grand JURY.

SAN RAFAEL, CAL. Sept. THE
Marin County Grand Jury has been drawn
as follows: William Patten, d. Grandi,
John R. Lincetser, George w. Grinter, H.
B. Bass, e. II. Pussey, II enry f. Allen,
NJ. V. Arilla, G. Codoni, Alonzo Coffin,
David Warden, P. L. Bourne, f. L. Lund,
James King. r. S. Alexander, l.. G.
Bailey, d. Sutherland, D. B. Burbank and
John Vonsen. Judge Angelotti appointed
d. Worden foreman.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Tacoma,s Captire Whale.

TACOMA, WASH, Sept. THAT whale
did duty as towboat for the last time
Yesterday. He was finally killed and
landed at Quartermaster Harbor, nine
miles from this city. Tomorrow his
captors intend to raise him on the Puget
Sound drydock, load him on barge and
bring him TO this city for exhibition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
BMrird at Montecito.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Sept. THE
funeral of the late Kinton Stevens took
place to-day from his beautiful family
residence, Tanglewood, in Monticello. The
funeral service was read by the Right
Rev. Joseph H. Johnston, Bishop of the
diocese. The remains were inferred in
the Montecito cemetery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
santa Baroara Votes for Bonds.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Sept. THE
question of voting 100000 bonds to pro-
vide the city with a saltwater plant and
to pipe water to Cold Stream Canyon ex-
cited little interest among voters to-day.
Nine hundred and eleven ballots were cast
for the measure and seventy-four against.
The City Council by this vote secures the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Rail Casuaftv at Sea,,le.

SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. THE body
of w. Mack, salesman for Gordon G. Nor
rison, wholesale jewelers. of Chicago, was
found in the suburbs of the city to-day, ne
having been run down and killed yester-
day afternoon by Northern Pacific
passenger train.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Yeterams a. Paeifc eroye.

PACIFIC GROVE, CAL, Sept. THE
Army Veterans Club of the California an
nual conference will meet tomorrow even
ing at the Methodist church. This club
is composed entirely of ministers who are
mem beers of the conference, and who took
part in the late war. Every year since
they have met either just before or during
the conference totak over "reminiscences
and TO enjoy good music and speeches by
their comrades and friends.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Iamte Cruz Restaurant Attachod.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Sept. - The
United States restaurant, opposite the
Pacific Ocean House, on Pacific avenue, a
resort well known to many late winers
and diners OF Santa Cruz, was attached
to-day by Bourcq & Waltz for $235 The
liabilities will amount to $500, with assets
practically nil.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08

SAN JOSE. CAL. Sept. I. Elijah T..
Cable, a pioneer OF 1S49. died at his home
in this city yesterday. He was native of
Connecticut, aged 70 years. A widow and
nine grown children survive him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
Eire NJ Snn .Inae

SAN JOSE, CAL, Sept. THE grocery
store of John w. Cotter at Santa Clara
was DESTROYED by fire about 1 o'clock this
morning. The loss is $500, with $3.50 in
surance. The origin of the fire is IN
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.
Canadians Beat the United States Team
by Forty Runs.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. THE
international cricket match between
Canada and the United States, which
began on Friday and was stopped by rain
Saturday, was concluded to-day, and re-
suited in a victory for Canada by forty
runs. The defeat of the local men was a
sad disappointment to the local cricket
admirers who now feel that they will
make poor showing against the Austria
lians who are booked for three matches
here, beginning on the 18th inst.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08
PLin.s,ler DEFEATS Co,1teId in En0lan

RUNNER OeJeuTS COJJLctu IN England
LONDON. Eng, Sept. IA fight took
place tonight at Sheffield between Plim-
mer and Corfield for purse of f400 and
$50 a side. The men entered the ring at
IL 20 o clock. Plimmer was the favorite
in the betting, the odds on him being to
4. 1t was : good fight until the sixth
round, but after that Plimmer was easily
the superior of his opponent. He pun
ished Corfield severely until the twentieth
round, when he knocked all the fight out
of him. II the latter part OF the fight
Corield was feeble.
HUI Climbing Contest on Bicycles.
ORANGE, n. j.. Sept. THE bicycle
hill-climbing contest under the auspices
of the Manhattan Athletic Club of New
York City which took place to-day on
Eagle Rock Hill was won by a Michael
of the Iroquois Wheefmen. Time, 4:53
Thomas Dunn of the Yonkers Bicycle
Club was second and Warren Lyon of
Montclair third in 5:14 There were
twenty starters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08

THE only Jew pawnbroker open to-day
Coleman. Al Third street. e
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
The Large Flying Squirrel.

The large red flying squirrel is inter
e3ting, but not beautiful. 1t is wholly
nocturnal, and, like most nocturnal an
imals, is extremely surly and spiteful if
disturbed III the daytime 1t is as large
as Il cat, with a face like rabbits. Its
coloring is extremely brilliant for a
mammal, and i'll general appearance it
resembles some curious monster in a
Chinese painting. Tho fur is rich and
deep chestnut OH its back, light chest
nut below, its head white and it's eye u
dull pale gray
The wide parachute membrane be-
tween its legs is covered with fur, and
its tail is long, thickly furrod and
round This squirrel does not ely in
the proper sense OF the word, but III the
forests its parachute membrane answers
its purpose almost equally as we'll as
wings. 1t runs with wonderful agil-
ity up the trunk of the tree, and to the
end of a branch, and then takes a flying
leap, with its limbs extended to tho ut
most and tie wide flesh membrane
stretched.
This "aerial slide" carries it forward
and downward to a horizontal distance
Of perhaps 40 or 30 yards, ai;d it is no.
ticcd that, as III the case of birds when
making use Of their powers OF descent
with fixed piniOns, the squirrel throws
itself upward and ascends slightly at
the close OF the flight, perching on
the h1ugh it aims mt, with all the light
ness of pigeon descending from tow
er, to some point upon tho roof below
-SpcCtatur
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
a VISIT FROM THE DEVIL.
How His Satanic Majesty Once Made Iii
Appearance IN Bungay.

How His Satanic Majesty Once Made His
Appearance IN Bungay.
a rare pamphlet in tho library of tho
editor Of Il department of The Rcpub-
lie bears the following quaint title: ga
Strange and Terrible Wunder Rought
Nclic Lately In tho Parish Church of
EuGgay--namely, on the fourth of thys
August i'll the YCcro Of our Lorde 1871"
The story, stripped of the quaint Ian
Glage in which it is corchcd, and brief
ly told, is as follows: a storm of cx-
traordinary fury ragged during divine
services in the church alluded to; rain
fell i'll torrents, and the lightning flash
ed 'bluc, red green and in a mixture
Of indcscrihablo coiCrs," while tho
thunder peals mot only disquioted men
and dumb creatures, bat senscless things
devoid of all life ard feeling trcmbled
AID shook with terror -
While tic tempest vas at its height,
1iend from the lower regions appeared
il the midst of the terror stricken con-
grCration. The account says: "It was
i'll form, as we'll as could be discernod,
of an enormous dog, of black color, the
sight whereof, together with the fearful
flashes Of fire which then were seen,
moved many Einds to the belief that
tho end CT time had como, and that
d0Omsday was upon US. Tho evil one,
Tor he it was in sJch strange likeness,
ran with extraordinary speed into that
portion Of the church where tho major
ity Of the congregation was seated In
doing 50 it p;;sscd between two persons
Who We're upon their knees in the atti-
tudc Of prayer, graspCd and wrung the
Eccks Of both in an instant, so that they
died presently as they knelt. AS he pass
ed by another lie gave him such grip
on the back that be waG drawn together
and instantly sArunkeY up like piece
Of leather scorched in hot fire -
Leaving the church at Bungay, the
devil is said to have "hown with
create noise and rustling" to the
church at BlibeIy, seven miles away.
He was seen to alight upon the roof and
to instantly pass through it. dropping
from the vautcd ceiling upon the heads
of three persons 1.-TWO men and boy
who were all instantly killed, "beying
scratched bye tie horyd thing and burn
ed to nearlie a cracklyng "
The Book of Wonderous Vista
tions," published in 1857, 40 years
after the events mentioned above, says
that the prints of the DEVILS claws
where he ran down the aisle of the Bun
CAV church were then still plainly to be
seen st. Louis Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
Massachusetts Official Ink,

There Is no longer any uncertainty in
regard to the permanency of the official
record ink adopted for use on the state
records and official documents. As the
ink stands i'll the ink we'll it is of deep
greenish tinge and looks not unlike q
wri ting fluid. 1t seems hardly thicker
than fluid and flows smoothly and
easily from the pen. While still damp
on the paper it shows the same greenish
tinge that is apparent in the ink we'll,
but as 1t grows old on the paper it takes
on deep black and has smooth and
clean cut appearance, without being
glossy. After it has been ON the paper
minute it is only family smutched by
vigorous rubbing with the moistened
finger, and if allowed to become old on
the paper can be wet thoroughly with
out being effaced. The secret is that the
ink eats directly into the surface Of the
paper and cannot therefore be removed
without destroying that surface. There
is no danger that the ink will become
brown after it has been on the paper or
book for many years, for the brownish
tinge is given by logwood, and no log
wood is used i'll the record ink. k.-Boston
TranScriDt
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
POSTAGE ON WEDDING CAKE.
Miscarriage of An Attempt to Economic
EreVents q Marriage.

Miscarriage of An Attempt to Economic
Prevents a Marriage.
''Do tell me all about Nell's wed.
ding" said the girl in the crash suit.
"Did it all go off we'll? And how
'Oh, bcautifully!" cried the girl in
the white frock. "My dress was perfect
ly lovely, my gloves were an ideal fit,
and my hair kept its curl as we'll as if
/ was only attending an old maids tea
party
Chow nice! But tell me about Nell.
Was she''-
"She was horrid. Actually wanted
me to help her dress for the ceremony
AS if l hadn't my bridesmaids toilet
10 think Of l am afraid that dear Nell
is too selfish to make really good
wife,"
"Thcn she will naturally have an
nnsclfish husband, dear"
''Perlaps SO. Oh, it was delightful
to walk up the aisle feeling that every
eye was fixed On''-
eyes, know. But tell me, how did
Nell get through the ceremony"
81 really don't know. My mind was
full of the one awful thought that
was standing with my back to all those
people, while there was no telling but
that my gown was cr@,pled after that
long drive to the church"
ooh, probably it was all right. Was
Nell's gown
"And wasn't it too bad that Harold
was out of town and unable to see me
in my lovely new drcss!'
ooh, well. you can send him a photo
graph
''Not unless he apologies.
"For what. going away? But then,
even an engaged man must attend to
business"
''It wasn't only that. 1t was his sub
scqucnt behavior. You see, 1 wanted
him to share some of the festivities, so
[ sent him a box of wedding cake. You
should have seen the letter I got in re-
turn. -"
But perhaps it disagreed with him. :"
SIT wasn't that. You know,
thought it would be nice to write him q
sweet little note and slip it in the bot
tom of the cake box, so that when he
had eaten it all he would have pleas
ant surprise.
"Good gracious do you mean to say
that YOU gave the box away and never
linow''--
no, | don't. The-well, the truth
- that those horrid, mean postoffice
employees actually opened the box and
.1Curd the ro!c! Oh, how l do despise
such prying inquisitivcness! Not salts
fled with that they
Goodness, cau--can they send you
to Jail for violating the postal laws?"
I, NNo, they can't But they actually
made Harold pay letter postage on the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
ONG-TWELFTH OF A DOZEN.
The Way Ingenious Tradesmen Make Ii
tail Purchases at Wholesale Rates.


The Way Ingenious Tradesmen Make Re-
tail Purchases at Wholesale Rates.
1t is not every ono who knows how to
take advantage of the difference between
wholesale and retail prices All up and
down Broadway tho wholesale stores
display the sign, mo goods sold at re-
tail, y or the more emphatic announce
ment, Positively no goods at retail"
Inquiry at these places will only bring
out the assurance that everything is
sold by the dozen, if the stock be divis-
ible in that way, but as no one wants
doZCu hats, or a dozen neckties, or 4
dozen boxes Of collars, or a dozen. suits
Of clothes, the fact that the price by the
dozen is about 20 or 30 per cent less than
the retail price is neither very COM
forting nor saving one.
The ingenious gentlemen who are Sin
trade have found out way to make
retail purchases at wholesale rates and
yet not transcend the commercial rule
which prohibits wholesale men from en-
Gasing in retail business When these
clever fellows want a new necktie or
two, provided there are no samples
handy, they send around for 'one-quar-
ter dozen crayats' of such and such q
pattern, or two men who wear the same
size gloves will mako Il purchase Of
one sixth Of q dozen, while it il related
with much glee among tho Baunis and
the Bergs that ono smart salesman put
in a seriously worded order for "one-
twelfth of dozen brown derby hats,
extra quality, size 49, He got the
hat. and moreover, he got il for So. 27.
while its retail price would have been
$3. so. New York sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
WOMAN AND HER WOES,
Here Are just a Few of the Handicaps
the Sex.

Here Are just a Few of the Handicaps of
the Sex.
First. Excepting on the sly, she is
inhumanly barred from using a cigarette
case.
Second. She is not allowed to make
love, but merely to receive the manufac-
tured article.
Third.-When she bets with any mem
Der of the other sex, she rarely has the
privilege of paying it if she loses.
Fourth. h.-She is unable to go unat-
tended to the theater.
Fifth.-She cannot even dance more
than three times in succession with q
partner whom she likes without being
suspected of tendency to flirt.
Sixth No matter how put out-by
her maid or her milliner-she is not
permitted the use Of stronger language
than Dear men' or Chow tiresome |"
Seventh. may not chaff the
waiter at a foreign table d'hote, al
though she knows his language perfect.
ly and longs to take advantage of the
chance of showing that she knows it.
Eighth.-By masculine assumption
she is deemed unable to play cricket or
football and is doomed to less violent
games, like croquet and tennis, with
mild young men.
Ninth.-Though over head and ears
in love, she may never make an offer,
except, perhaps, in leap year, and for
this it would be hard for her to quote
an actual precedent.
Tenth.-She is expected to be able to
make use of a needle and is thus dis
abled from competing with men in
works of idleness.
Eleventh. Her ears are steeped in
slang when her brothers come home
from school, and yet she is obliged, as
far as possible, to keep her lips from
using it.
Twelfth.-If there be a baby in the
house where she is visiting, she is pre-
sumed to be unable to talk sensibly
about it.
Thirteenth. When her married sister
makes call, she is always pounced up
Oh to entertain the children.
Fourteenth. However humorous her
temperament may naturally be, she can
not crack joke Or sing comic song
without being thought eccentric.
Fifteenth. She must not practice
boxing, except as regards the ears Of
her small brothers.
Sixteenth. She is not allowed the
privilege of a latchkey. - Cassell's
Weekly
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
IN THE KINGS GARDEN.

oh, not for long, ah, not for long shall be
lingering
In the garden of the kingi''
So blithely and so proudly sang the rose.
"For my lady found me fair
And will pluck me for her hair,
And shall so with her where she goes"
81 care not, oh, care not for the king or for
the queen,
Though the fairest ever seen,"
Sang the primrose from the bed across the
way,
"For the poet passed along
And wove me in song,
And shall live forever in his lay"
But the violet beside them only bent its head
and smiled,
For it knew a little child
Had stolen to the corner where it grew.
She had named it best of all
And fairest, though so small,
And crowned it with q kiss. But no one
knew.
-Abbie F. Brown in Youths Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
FIRST LOVE.

First love is best, the poet said
All, poet, wise and truel
In youth it famed my heart to flame.
In manhood burns-about the same
And will my whole life through.
That first love! Can e'er forget
The dawn of that fair time
When dimpled checks and soulful eyes
Revealed glimpse of paradise,
And l bowed at the shrine?
Twas then l swore my heart was true;
That she was wondrous fair.
But here today I've tried in vain
Just to recall her Christian name
And gave up i'll despair.
Many maid I've loved since then
Hope to love many yet
An Alice once, q winsome Ray,
A Beatrice and twice a May,
And then n Margaret.
But then know the poet said
The first love strs the flame.
Though maids galore you love and woo,
That first love lasts your whole lif,
through.
Naught changes but the name.
Albert Lang in Boston Globe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31

drown the sound of that mocking mirth
the snow foam billow that curls upon
its lower edge sweeps them out into the
gulf below.
There is IA woman's cry, a man S
curse, Il mocki"s, laugh cut swiftly
short, and the avalanche passes on.
1t roars along, its breath going before
it like u destroying storm, and the gulf
i'll which the three br.!ised bodies lie is
filled with its snowy whiteness.
They sleep soundly there beneath
that chilly counterpanc-ahclto in
silence, shroudod i'll srow-Exchange
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
Shirt Waist Collars.

The scheme to have detachable collars
with shirt waists is very happy
thought of somebody, and the quick
popularity of this style of waist attests
its general favor. One waist will easily
retain its freshness to wear through two
collars, now that the shirt waist is
such only i'll name and does not neces-
sarily mean Il bodice with shirt front.
Some drcssmakers also make up the
stylish shepherds plaid silk waists to
be Worn with linen collars-white lin
on, of course, being referred-though
II few plain batistc collars have been
seen.-New York Times
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31

The medical statistics of this country
have been stndied by DR.. John T. Bill
lings from the racial standpoint. He de-
duCes many curious facts: The infan-
tile death rate among the blacks is very
high; the race itself is shorter lived
than !c white; it is loss liable than the
white to malaria, yellow fever and can
Ger, but sucGumbs more readily to tu-
berculosis and pneumonia. Irish chill
dren survive infantile diseases, but tho
adult death rate is high; tuberculosis,
pneumonia and alcoholism cut them
down. Germans are especially liable
to digestive disorders and cancer. Jews
have a low Death rate; they 1.-Two long;
their diseases are diabetes, locomotCr
ataxia and kindred nervous ailments. -
ZiOn's Herald, Boston
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31
Dangerously Near.

Passenger (to train boy)-You proba-
bly, did not know when you put this
book i'll my lap that was the author.
Train Boy-Did you write that book?
Passcnger-I did
Train Boy--'Then you had better keep
mighty quiet about it. l just sold
copy to the man back of you.-Harlcm
Life
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31

Elsie neutrality-suspicious., don't
like these toys.
Mamma--Why, Elsie, you said just
now you were pleased with them.
Elsie ively)--Sometime 1 don't
even like what pleases me.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31

box before they would give it to him.
-Four square inches of wedding cake cost
him just $l.50, and now he-he says
that he is afraid that l am n-not eco
nomical enough to make g-good wife
for u poor man! After 1 had put the
note i'll the box to save extra postage
toor-Chicago Times Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31

1t cannot be denied that outward ac-
cidents conduce much to fortunes favor
opportunity, death of others, occasion
fitting virtue-but chiefly the molding
Of a mans fortune is in his own hands.
Bacon,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31

A teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda
Is an excellent remedy for sick headache
or nausea. 1t is also best to keep in q
horizontal position. Chloroform is also
recommended, from five to ten drops Oh
lump of sugar being the amount to be
taken.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-31

Said little boy who, during a visit
to Florida, was obliged to drink con-
densod milk, Mamma, I Just wish
that condensed COW would die Amer
ican.