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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

The visit of nearly $40 members of the
Early Settlers Society of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, to Major Mckinley is one
of the notable political events of the week,
as it shows the interest which the old men
of the country are taking in the campaign
for National prosperity. These veterans
in life remember the great contest of 1860,
and now, as then, they see that the saliva
ton OF the Republic depends on the sue
cess of the Republican party.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16
THE SUMMER MONTHS.

BUSINESS OFFICE:
10 Market Street,
San Francisco, California.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

The September circular of Justice. Bate
man & Co. says: "It is not strange that
the wool sales during the past month
have been the dullest on record when it
is remembered that IS per cent of the wool
manufacturing machinery of the United
States either is entirely idle or is running
en- short time" Il was not that way
VIXEN the Mckinley tariff was in force
and the wool industry was protected.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

The disintegration of the Tammany tiger
progresses slowly but surely. Soon there will
be little left but the howl.-New York Morn
ing Advertiser.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

and rolled together: then successive layers OF
paste-covered husks are added the whole tleo @
and steamed But it takes an adept 10 maze
them
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

Bryan has dropped his crown of thorns, but
Tom Watson continues to remain a thorn in
the side OF Mr.. Bryans prospects.-New York
Press.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

The farmers want markets for wheat and
corn more than they want markets for silver.
They have wheat and corn; they nave no sill
ver.-Iowa State Register.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

The annual wages of labor in this country
are $1,000, 100000 Is there any particular
use in reducing them to $780, 900 900 P
Syracuse Post
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-16

HE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

tell what 1 saw and heard and know
of him, his home, it would spoil pop
ular picture; but have never told-any-
thing that II learned in slavery con-
-cenning my people, and never will.
But Cen. Lee snot a perfect man. 1
Suppose he was as good other men
who have opportunities and power to
DE bad; but few men are good, cs-
Pecin1ly to women.
Il belonged to the Randolphs before
the war; Continued Aunt Lizzie. ''and
that is how 1 came to be servant in the
family of Secretary of War John H.
Eaton, whose wife was the great beauty
who broke up President Jackson's cab
dnet. have heard great many wicked
things read about that lady in the news
papers, but seldom heard good things
read about her. She went to her grave
very poor. and / was at her funeral
She was beautiful, and she was warm
hearted. too. She did lots of good in
the world. Her beautiful daughter,
Miss Madge. married Lieut.. Randolph,
of the navy, and her other daughter.
Miss Virginia, married foreigner in
the diplomatic service and went to Eu-
rope. / never saw her again. She
was a splendid harpist. a wonderful
singer, and a woman of beauty in char
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
AUNT LIZZIE STUTELY.
Venerable Colored Woman Who
Has Met Many Celebrities.
When Young. She Belonged to the RAM
doiphs Who Were at the Head of
the Four Hundred OF Ante
Bellum Days.
Especial Washington Letter,1

Especial Washington Letter,1
Stories of the body servants of George
Washington are at last obsolete When
men and women, white or black,
live beyond the age of usefulness; when
their teeth disappear and their eyes
grow dim; when their noses and chins
hold rubicund meetings, they no longer
claim to have seen and known George
Washington. That test of old age has
passed away with its mendacious ad-
-juncts.
Elizabeth Stutely is very old, but she
never claims to have seen Washington.
She remembers the capture of Washing
ton city by the British during the
war of 1912, but she was only
"a little girl, and remembers it
mainly because it was talked about
constantly for many years afterwards.
Aunt Lizzie, she is known to all her
friends, does not know when she was
born. She knows nothing of her birth
day, but has selected the Fourth OF
July as her birthday, and always cele-
brates 1t from that standpoint, rather
than as national holiday. She says
that some one told her when she was
young that the Fourth of July was
better day than any other in the year,
and SO she selected it as her birthday.
81 belonged to the Randolphs," says
family in Virginia, and my friends have
always been white folks. don't know
how to read, but know how to talk
for my old Mistress Brokenbrough used
to make me talk right. 1 was 4 house
servant, and of course heard less of the
talk of the field hands than the average
slave. 1 was raised with the white
folks and 1 talk as they talked. I
know what grammar is, but never was
taught anything out of books, except
the big Book. 1 can tell you all about
that. can remember the wonder
full story, and believe in it, too. The
Bible is all the book 1 know anything
about, and whenever it is read to me I
listen and just remember the words, SO
that my preacher sometimes tells me I
can repeat more of it than he can. But
it don't make any difference whether
have much learning or not, for, after all,
when slave gets free enough to know
that there is freedom for all UP yonder,
that is education enough for the black
folks. The men of these days have
made laws which make my race rqup,
with the white race, but don't believe
in those laws. Gods law was that the
descendants of Ham should be servants,
and they are the best servants in the
world"
That is the philosophy of a very intelli-
gent old woman of the African race.
She must be nearly 100 years old.
She is growing stout, heavy, and
finds it difficult to move about;
but she has a wonderfully brilliant
brain. She has beautiful gray kinky
hair, and is neat, tidy, cleanly and
dignified as any of the white ladies
with whom she was raised. She says:
Zone thing 1 learned was that it is
never proper to speak ill of the dead.
was in the Lee family during the war,
and 1 saw a great deal of the great
general Robert Z. Lee. If 1 should
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

columbarium is a large stone building
whose inner walls are indented with
600 inches in which the urns may be
kept. Thus the sentiment which de-
mands some token of remembrance Of
the deceased is satisfied by the return
To an ancient and poetic custom.
With a few notable exceptions, tho
church has shown itself apathetic to-
ward the growing practice of crema-
ton. But there are prominent minis
ters of all denominations who have
spoken in favor of it. The pope has de-
clared against cremation, but as it is
question of practice rather than of
doctrine, the Catholic church may at
any time change its attitude. Strange
to say, one of the most enlightened
governments of the world, that of Prus-
sia, will permit no cremations in its
territories. There is a colum barium m
Berlin, but the incinerations take place
at Hamburg, Gotha or Heidelburg.
The better educated people of all
countries are to a large extent in favor
of the reform, but its more rapid spread
is hindered by the fact that in ninety
nine cases out of a hundred in which
the deceased preferred cremation with
out directly ordering it, the execution of
his wish is prevented by the opposition
of some more or less distant relative.
In this country the practice of crema-
ton has grown more rapidly than any
where else with the exception, perhaps,
of Italy. From 1876 to 1884 there was
but one crematory in the United States,
then a second was built ut Lancaster,
Pa, and third at New York The
twenty-second has Just been completed
at Milwaukee. Nine hundred and fifty
four voluntary cremations took place
in 1895, as against 25 in the nine years
from 1876 to 1885. Forty-six hundred
and forty-seven cremations, of which
1855 fell to New York, is the total to
January 1 of this year. The twenty-five
American crematories are located at
Washington, Pa, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Pa, Lancaster, Pa, New York
city Cat Fresh Pond, L. I.), Buffalo, N.
Y, Troy, N. Y, Swinburne Island, N. Y,
Waserville. n. Y, Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena, CAL, and two at San Francisco,
st. Louis, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago,
Detroit, Baltimore, Davenport, Ia, Ft-
Wayne, Ind, Milwaukee. There are three
crematories in Germany, and about 25
in Italy, with a total number of crema-
tions almost equal to those of the
United States. Other crematorics are
located at London, Glasgow, Paris,
and Stockholm.
In reality it is the old country that
most needs the reform. The filthiness
and infectious character of cemeteries
increases with the thickness of popula-
ton.
About 5000 cubic feet of gas are given
off by decaying human body and must
find an outlet somewhere. Some of it
rises out of the ground and pollutes the
air above and about the burial ground,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

acter, as well as in face and figure Peo-
pie talked about her, too, but they talk
about all women who are beautiful.
1 heard the play Hamlet once, and 1
remember that Hamlet told q beauti-
full lady in the play that no matter
what she did, she could not escape cal
umny. That's true. Indeed it is. Cen
orally, however, it comes from women
about women. That has been my ex-
perience.
''I never had much trouble as slave.
The good negroes were well cared for;
and nearly all of them were better off
in slavery than since they became free.
They are servants by nature, and by
the Bible. and it is hard for them to get
along without the help of the white
folks. I was punished sometimes, but
generally when I did something to de-
serve it. Mistress Eaton once got after
NE when interfered in the punishment
of one of the children, and / went and
had myself locked up in Jail. That
was a sure way for any intelligent col
ored person to call attention to his or
her rights.
81 knew Gen. Jackson very we'll. Mr..
O'Neill had a fine farm way out in the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
NUMBER Is.
what He Knew About It.


Have you seen MathIde's new
dress?" asked Mrs. Cumrox.
mo, I haven't seen Matilda's new
dress," was the not very genial reply;
land what is more, don't want to seq
it,
81 should think you would have
enough of the sentiments of father
about you to take an interest in what
Mathilde wears"
81 can find out all I want to know
about Matilda's dresses" he rcjoinedy
Persisting in his own pronunciation,
without seeing them"
"Oh, indeed. Then perhaps you can
describe the material of this. one"
II can; not minutely, but none the
less accurately. The most conspicuous
thing about the material is large
check. I feel sure about that, because
I wrote the check myself" lf."-Washing-
ton Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
FURNACE IN CHICAGO cREMAroR1

FURNACE IN CHICAGO CREMATORY.
while a part presses laterally until it
finds an opening generally through a
spring or well through which it es-
capes. The danger from such drinking
water is extreme. Very frequently the
peculiar sulphurous taste of polluted
well water Is mistaken for health-giv-
ing mineral. So well known is this
danger that all over crowded Europe
we find regulations prohibiting ceme-
teries within 800, 500 or even 5.OOO feet
of private dwellings. One hundred and
fifty years after the great plague of Lon
don. the cemetery was dug up and every
workman employed on the job died of
the disease. The miasmatic atmosphere
that hovers above cemetery is swept
along by the wind, and infectious dis
eases are almost certaln to reappcar
where victims are buried.
The problem of economy in land is
intimately connected with that of
hygiene In the old ard densely popu-
lated districts of Europe it has led TO
the most outrageous abuses. 1t is bnt
a few years ago that tbs English govern
ment found n large district in a Lon.ion
cemetery filed with u layers of rof-
fins, packed side by side. one genera non
directly on top of the other. with t;rist
enough soil to intervene so that the reIa-
tivcs of the last arrival could not detect
the fraud
1t has been estimated that At 900 600
people die annually, and that it takes FL
square miles to bury them. Twenty
one square miles year are thus taken
from the living, and tie country with
in a radius of half mile is made prac-
tically uninhabitable.
EFT GUNDLAcK.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Misplaced Sympathy.

Mr.. Textly-My dear old friend, ann
shocked and grieved to notice that the
destroying angel has visited your home.
Old Bonder-What do you mean?
Mr.. Textly-I was alluding to that
band of Grape which you are wearing
Old Bender Cooking at his hat)-Jee-
Wilkins! Unjust have traded hats with
that fellow in the barber shop.-Bay
City Chat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

Lucky? Well, I should say be was.
He's one of the luckiest men that ever
was born.''
What makes you think so?"
think so! I don't think so; know
it. Why, sir, that man actually put
down an umbrella in public hallway
on a rainy day and thoughtlessly left it
there Is minutes without losing it,
Chicago Post
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
knowledge Lends Power.

Kate-Has Charlie acquired any ac-
complishments since he went to COLI
lege?
Flossie-I should say he had. You
ought to see how easily he keeps q
cigarette in his mouth when he's talk
ing.-Tit-Bits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
A Slayer.

lady's watch" Miss De Smith concluded
when young Mr.. Featherly had forgot
ten for ever and ever SO long how late
it had got to be.
because he hesitatingly began.
''It never is going,'' explained Miss
De Smith, in clear, incisive accents.
But that wound him up again.-N.
Y. Recorder.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Most Appropriate.

Emily" said old Mr.. Tibbetts, stern
ly, who was that young man found
kissing you at the door last night?"
1T was Mr.-Mr. Lippincott," stam-
mered Emily in faint voice.
Old Mr.. Tibbetts glared at his daugh-
ter fxedly for a moment, and then q
softer light shone in his eye. In both
eyes, in fact.
"B'George!" he cried, slapping his
knee, hes well named, tooi"-N. Y.
World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
just suited for IL.

Mr.. Muchblest-I don't think we can
do better than put Johnny in the dry
goods business
Mrs Muchblest-Why so?
Mr.. Muchblest-His teacher says he
is always getting marked DOWN.. Y.
World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Could Not Wait.

The Old Man (tearfully)-And yo1
want to take my only daughter from
me in my old age! Can you not waltz
The Suitor-Well, no, not exactly. T
don't mind taking her in your old age,
but I don't care about taking her in
hers.-N. Y. World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Ispeclal Chicago letter.

With the rise of Christianity aod the
belief in the doctrine of resurrection,
the ancient custom of burning the dead
fell into disuse. Inhumation took the
place of incineration. The modern world
has, however, discarded their crude con-
ception of the meaning of resurrection
and also knows full well that in less
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Used to 1t.

II hope our conversation did not an
noy you?" said gentleman to a friend.
who sat behind talkative party ut the
opera.
''Oh. no, not at aIl,'' replied the man
addressed; my Office, you know, is
next door to a boiler shop.''-Yo1kers
Statesman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
The Difference.

May-How quickly you learned TO
wheeli 1t took me the whole winter to
learn.
Minnie-Oh, how deliciously jollyi
You must have had a perfect love of a
professor to have been all that time at
it.-Town Topics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Unmitfxased seln.hness.

"Ruggles, how does it feel to have a
tooth pulled?"
1T cost me a dollar to find out. If
you want to know how it feels go and
pay for the knowledge, like man.
Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
The Starting Point

WhiHies-Have you read the new
novel, when His Love Grew Cold? ?"
ShufRes-No; but 1 judge it must
have been the first time he saw her In
bicycle costume--Philadelp North
American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Well Prepared.

Magistrate-What have you brought
that thick stick into court for?
Defendant-Well, every body told mo
I must come provided with a means of
defense, and I fancy I've brought it,
Tit-Bits
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
A Correct Definition.

Il see that a number of gentlemen
have organized a Homeless club Does
that mean that they have no home ?"
remarked a Dallas lady to neighbor.
NO, it only means that they will be
home less than ever now," was the re-
ply-Texas Sitter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
A Mistake Corrected.

First Delegate don't believe ycu
opened your mouth during the entire
session of the convention.
Second Deiegate-That's where you
are mistaken: yawned every time you
made speech.-Texas Sitter
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Other .Chap Held Four Aces.

Mabel called on the queen while I
was abroad It cost me over $500 for
MY clothes.
Jack Potts-I called on three queens
last night and it cost me $500 and my
clothes besides.-Town Topics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
The Very Thing

Platfeller[I want book on practica
politics
Bookseller Here is Sheridan
school for Scandal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Kind oner.

Highwayman-Your money or your
life.
Poet-Money I have none, but if You
will tell me of some of your adventures
will write them down and divide the
profits with you.-Fliegende Blactter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

The Zend language is one of tho
most ancient known to antiquar;es or
Philoiogists- 1t is said to bear q close
resemblance to the Welsh.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Make a Successful Doctor.


DIR. Emdee-Don't be discouraged;
your son will be successful physician
before you know it.
Graduates Father-What indications
of this have you observed?
DIR. Emdee-He has just the face for
hot-house whiskers.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
LATTER-DAY CREMATION.
Complete Description of the
Process Of Incineration.

The Method Much More Popular Than 1t
Was Five Years Ago-Number of
Crematories Now In Active
Operation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
Making His Mark.

She-Have you heard that our min
lister is to be tried for heresy?
He-Yes- 1t is quite a distinction for
80 young man.-Erooklyn Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

The Man-Therei Guess tket sign III
keep the loafers off.
The Hen-Well, it would be a crazy
sort of a hen that would try that.-Up-
tO-Date.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22

Sergeant-Put out dat light!
Voice Within-Dat's de moon, sahgent.
Sergeant-Don't keer what it am put hit out.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-04-04
SPECIAL NOTICE.

A recent examination of our books
shows that a number of trustees, adj
ministrators, mortgages, executors,
attorneys, agents and others have
unsettled accounts, which aggregate
several thousand dollars. This is too
much to carry and the audits in many
cases have been made out from three
months to one year. Some cases
have been closed with the printing
bill unsettled, and number of briefs
in the Court of Appeals remain I'M
paid for. Charges in some estates
are ten or more years old, and remain
unpaid. 1t is our desire to close these
accounts. A number of bills have
been sent out, and the others will be
as soon as practicable, and it is hoped
all will be given prompt attention
Subscribers will please look at the
dates on the labels of their papers,
and all who owe for another year
should settle at once. Money can be
very safely sent by letter.
We hold notes against a number
ofpeople. These must be paid shortly
or all win be placed in other hands
for collection
vANDERFoRD BROS,
Proprietors of Democratic Advocate,
mar21 ct Westminster, Md
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-04-04

Iu the Circuit Court for Carroll county, sitting
as Court of Equity.
NO. 1928 EQUITY.
Mary Hahn, plaintiff, VS.. Elizabeth Toepke.
Mary Meyer and - Meyer, her hus-
band, Maggie Smith and Josephine Smith,
defendants.
The object of this suit is to procure de-
cree for the sale of the real estate, situated in
Carroll and Baltimore counties, in the State
of Maryland. of which William Smith, late of
the city of San Francisco, California, de-
ceased, died, seized and possessed, or so much
thereof as may be necessary for the payment
of the claim Of Mary Hahn, Of Baltimore city,
Maryland, and the other creditors of said
deceased.
The bill states that the said William Smith,
deceased, was, at the time of his death, in
debted unto the said Mary Hahn in the sum
of SOS. go, with interest thereon from the 10Th
day of December, 1885, as shown by the &C
count or statement filed with said bill, and
that being so indebted unto the said Mary
Hahn and other persons in divers sums of
money; the said William Smith died in San
Francisco, State of California, ON the 10Th day
of December, 1885, intestate, leaving no per-
sonal property, but seized and possessed of
two lots or parcels of land, one lot in Balti-
more county, and the other lot in Carroll
county, in the Stale of Maryland, and leaving
his daughter Elizabeth Toepke, and his grand
daughters, Mary Meyer, wife of Meyer,
Maggie Smith and Josephine Smith, his only
next of kin and heirs-at-law, all of whom re-
side in the State of California, and are adults,
and to whom said real estate descended, and
all of whom are made defendants to said bill;
that the said Elizabeth Toepke, conveyed by
deed, fled with said bill, all her interest in
and to the lot of land in Baltimore county
aforesaid, to the. said Mary Hahn; that said
Elizabeth Toepke, Mary Meyer and --
Meyer, her husband, Maggie Smith and jose
phine Smith are nonresident.
1t is thereupon this End day of March, A.
D., 1896, ordered by the Circuit Court for Car
roll county, sitting as Court of Equity, tuat
the plaintiff, by causing copy of this order
to be inserted in some newspaper published
in Carroll county, once in each Of four sue
cessive weeks before the 18th day of April,
1896, give notice to the said absent defendants
of the object and substance of this BILL warn
ing them to appear in this Court in person or
by solicitor. on or before the said 9TH day of
April next, to show cause, il any they have,
why decree ought not to be passed as prayed.
CHARLES B. ROBERTS.
True Copy, Test:
mar 4 st BENZ. F. GROUSE, Clerk.