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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The late Congressman William H. Grain of
Texas was one of the best classical scholars
ever sent to Congress. 1t is said that he knew
the "Iliad'' and the great Greek tragedies
almost by heart.
Professor C. E. Hite of Philadelphia is pre-
pairing to send scientific expedition into the
interior of Labrador during the coming sum-
mer. 1t will include representatives OF Har-
ward Columbia, the University of Chicago and
the University of Iowa.
The Duchess of Abercorn holds q record.
Four great-grandchildren were born to her in
one day recently. One of her granddaughters
had son, another a daughter, and third
twins. She was heard to remark that great
oaks from little Abercorns grow.
Recent sales of autographs in London show
that Mark Twain's signature is worth II shil-
linqs and pence. Bret Hartes 8, Andrew
Iang's g. and Rider Haggards 8. Mrs.
Humphry Wards chirography is considered
worth 6 shillings, while southley's is only 10.
Charles T. Yerkes' New York mansion is to
he a regular palace. Mrs. Yerkes' boudoir is
being finished regardless of expense. The
decorations alone will cost in the neighbor-
hood of S25. 900. One of the special features
is the perfumed wood used for paneling in
every available form.
No vassal or independent sovereign has ever
sent so valuable gifts to the Queen OF England
as the Ameer of Afghanistan, whose offerings
are estimated to be worth over $500, 600. The
presents were selected with the aid OF Miss
Hamilton, the English woman who has become
the court ply sician of the Ameer.
Prince Boris, so European journals hint, was
not admitted to the Orthodox Church In a
"a
to arise from the holy oils used in the act OF
conservation The oils of the Bulgarian branch
of the Orthodox Church sre not recognized by
Russian theologians as effieacious, SO that
Prince Boris, according to Russian ideas, really
belongs to no religion whatever.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Miss Breezy of Chicago-Let me help you to
the sausages, my dear. You will find them
very nice. They are some of papa's own stuff
ing.
Miss Fancy of Boston tdreamilyl-Thank you;
if you have some without any bark on you
may help me.-Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

.Vernal astidiousness-"Any signs of spring
out your way, Mr.. Gobbidge:" "Yis, sor; me
billygoat won't ate a tincan widout it's got
Crane label onto it."-Chicago Record.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

AS the discussion continues concerning
the attitude California should take at st.
Louis, it becomes every day more evident
that the main issue in the eyes of Repub-
licaps generally is not which candidate
shall be nominated for the Presidency, but
what can be done to advance the inter ests
of the State. In other words, measures
and not men" is becoming the prevailing
sentiment of the party.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

The only defender of the administration
in the Senate is David Bennett Hill, and he
never fails to repeat in every speech that
he doesn't visit the White House.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

The experiment with Democratic free
trade shows it means tariff that para
lyzes home industries and sets those of the
foreigner free.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

1t will be better to see Los Angeles this
week than to see her later.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Some one of the Cabinet offices of the
next administration should be made to
hunt its man in this commonwealth.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Alaskan gold fields should be left to men
who have money to burn to keep them
selves warm when the freeze-outs come.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

To purify the blood restore the lost appetite and
build up the whole system take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. The necessity Of spring medicine Is
universally admitted. Take only Hoods.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

By going to St. Louis unpIedged the
California delegation will stand good
chance to come home with the pledge of a
Cabinet Office.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

AS storm center Buluwayo is getting
the bulge on Havana and drawing the
eyes of the world.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Before the Democrats undertake to com.
bine with the Populists they had better
learn how to combine with themselves a
little bit.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Now that Russia's hand in Korea has
been plainly disclosed, Japan is in doubt
whether to step on it or shake.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

1t is admitted that Cleveland can have
all that he wishes of Eastern Democracy
this year, for it seems he has not left
enough for any one else to care to scram bic
about it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Democracy should whirl in and run a
syndicate or junta for the Presidency
and thus get rid of a whole lot of old
chromos at one graceful stroke.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Chauncey Depew has lost none of his
eloquence. He says California is the most
beautiful land he ever saw.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers,
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery. .
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

1t looks now as if the Democrats would
like to inveigle the Populists into their
faction fights.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

From the chilliness of the spring all
over the world it would seem that DR..
Nansen must have opened way to let the
north pole spread itself southwark a
good deal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

1t is agreeable to the world now to lie
Los Angeles have her own sweet way ant
to applaud her in doing it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

The funding bill lobby has quit shouting
for while and we may look out for sneak
tactics to be adopted next.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

What grinds Lord Sails bury most is that
he cannot send his famous flying squadron
into Central Africa to dazzle the deryishes.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

There is more gold yet in California for
the average miner than in any other land
under the sun.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

So long as Great Britain has surplus
and the United States a deficiency the
tariff issue in this country will be burn
ing one.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Some get into the swim at the festivals
and some Just drift there.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Kaiser Williams insistence that the
custom of dueling shall be maintained in
Germany is probably due to some extent
to the consciousness that he will never
have to fight one.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

1t seems as easy to run a prediction
bureau as to roll off log, and perhaps
there is not much difference between the
Jobs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

LOUIS XII. c., Oakland, Cal The version
of Louis XI presented by Sheridan is by Ca
mile de Ia Vigne, while that presented by
Tom Keene was written by Boucicault
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

BILLIoN-F. D.. City. In writing billion
in figures the people of the United States and
of France use 1,OOO, 900 900, while the people
or England write 1,000, ,000, 200, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

California interests must have show at
st. Louis.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Make it unanimous for an unpledged
delegation.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

DIR. SIEeERrs Angostura Bitters, the world
renowned South American appetizer and invigo-
rator, cures dyspepsia. diarrhea, fever and ague.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

THROAT DISEASES commence with Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat. "BroUn's BronchfGI Troehes''
give i'm mediate and sure relief,
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

SAN PABLO CAvE-I. NJ. D., City. The tree
cave recently described in THE CALL and
located at Point San Pablo may be reached
from either San Pablo or Pinole.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

SCHOOL LTRUs1EE-Inquirer, Eaglesville Modoc
County, Cal. A School Trustee being elected
to perform certain public duties is public
officer
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

CONCEALED WEAPoNs-s. T. D. c., Forbes
town, Butte County, Cal. traveller in this
State may carry a irearm or other weapon con-
cealed while on Journey.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Senator PETER may be crank, but if he
keeps his bill for the investigation of the
bond deals moving right along the people
will not be sorry that there is one such
crank in the Congressional mill.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

STRANGERS, take home Townsend's California
Glace Fruits. soc lb. 627 Market, Palace Hotel.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

THE QUEENS SEcRETARY-D. c., Los Ange-
les, Cal. Sir Henry Ponsonby, private secre-
November and was succeeded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Sir Arthur John Bigge, K.C.B. and
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

INsANITY-G. N, City. Insanity is not one of
the grounds for divorce in this State The fact
that a wife is IN unfortunate inmate of an ssv-
lum for the insane will not give the husband
the right to apply for a divorce because she is
such an inmate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

The expansion of trade in England has
led to a wonderful outbreak Of activity in
shipbuilding on the Clyde, and in the
meantime the Democratic deficit and de-
preston are holding US back while our
rivals get ahead of US.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

There is hardly any need of argument to
prove to sensible people that to fund the
Pacific roads debts for 2 per cent while
the Government itself has to pay more
than that would be not only blunder in
business but crime in politics.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

PARIS ExposITIoN-S., City. The year 1900 is
the year named for the opening OF the next ex-
position in the city of Paris, France.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

No Republican in California should be
willing to sacrifice the interests of the
State for the sake of personal prefer
ence among candidates all of whom are
equally eminent in the party and faithful
to its PRINCIPLES.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

PRIVATE BUsINESs-A. S., City There is no
law that empowers the Legislature or munich
pal authorities to regulate the amount that
either physician in his private practice may
vate cases an undertaken may charge for his
services.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

The late Congressman William H. Grain Of
Texas was one of the best classical scholars
ever sent to Congress. 1t is said that he knew
the "Iliad' and the great Greek tragedies
almost by heart.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

GAS BILL CoLLECToRs-J. R., Alameda, CAL
The salary of collectors of gas bills in San
Francisco is $500 year.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

POLL TAx-Reader, Minturn, MADEIRA County,
Cal Ii a person pays poll tax in San Francisco
that exempts him from the payment of that
tax Tor that year in any other county of the
STATE, but 1t will not exempt him from the
payment of special school or road tax in an
other county.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

GUIDE OF SAN FRANCIsco-S. T. D. c., Forbes
town, Butte County, Cal. Any frst-class book
seller will be able to furnish you copy of q
guidebook of the City and County OF San Fran
cisco. The California State Board of Trade,
this City, can furnish you matter that will give
you information OF the City and County.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

WATCHEs-A. D.. City. The man who says
that as good watches cannot be made in the
United States as are made in foreign countries
betrays his ignorance of the watch industry in
this country. AS fine watches as are made in
the world can be made in the United States,
provided the party wishing extra fine one
will pay the price asked.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

AIS that really true
B-My dear fellow, always tell the truth,
but this is an absolute fact.-Tit-Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

EASTER IN 1s47-W. H., City. Easter Sun
day, 1s47, fell on the 4th of April.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

Correspondents should not feel disappointed ii
their questions are not dnstUered Immediately. In
many cases the information solicited requires con-
siderable research and delay. The ans,Cers dp-
pear in the order IN aufich they turned in and
as space sriU permit.
The name and address Of the toriter should dc-
company letters of inquiry not for publication, but
TO enable the editor in charge of this department to
correspond aUith the Writer, If necessary to obtain
clearer idea Of tohGt is auanted.
EASTER IN 1e47-W. H., City. Easter Sum
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21

EASTER SUNDAYS. W, Cal. The following is
the rule for finding Easter Sunday: Easter Sun
day is always the first Sunday after the full
moon which happens upon or next after
the 21st of March, and if full moon happens
on Sunday then Easter Sunday is the Sunday
after. This year the 21st of March was on Sat
urday, the full moon happened on Sunday. the
Goth, consequently Easter fell on the following
Sunday, April ).
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-08-06

Lord Chelmsford relates that friend
Of his at the bar was once engaged in a
nautical case in which it appeared
that vessel had been exposed to very
severe gale of wind, and had been
thrown upon her beams ends.
The barrister, ignorant of nautic-
al matters, asked a seaman who
was in the witness box how it
was they did not lower the top
mast. upon which the witness said,
with a sneer: ''If you knew as much of
the sea as do, you would know that
this is not very easy matter" This
incident led the counsel to turn his at
tention to the subject, and he invented
an apparatus for lowering topmasts,
for which he obtained patent and real
lied thereby upward of 100000 by his
invention.
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A SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
On Account OF the Brown Hoisting Com
pany Trouble Urged.

On Account Of the Brown Hoisting Com
pany Trouble Urged.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 3-At a meet
ing of the representatives of the labor
unions of this city Sunday night it
was determined to urge upon the Cen
trail Labor union, at it's meeting We'd
nesday, the calling of a sympathetic
strike on account of the Brown Hoist
ing company trouble AS the unions
reported and those which have already
expressed opinion in favor of such a
course contribute large majority of
the members of the Central Labor
union, a general sympathetic strike is
acertainty. The plan is first to call
out all iron workers, who number
about 10000, and, if necessary,
every union man in the city
will be called out later. Four
companies of troops are now camped at
the brown works and more Will likely
be ordered Monday. The situation is
the gravest which Cleveland has ever
faced. John Prince. the man shot by
the ''scabs" Saturday, still lies in a
critical condition. The union men
are now arming, claiming they have
the same right to carry pistols as the
s'SeabS ;,
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WINCHESTER, O., Aug. 3.-The Anti
Saloon league, recently organized here
by Field Secretary S. H. Bartlett, OF
Cincinnati, and which gained victory
by having council close the saloons at
o'clock p. M. and later passing the
prohibitory ordinance, is NOW giving
its attention to the druggists. Rev. N.
g. Humphreys, representative Of the
league, and pastor of the M. E. church,
served written notices on the druggists
that the league will prosecute them for
selling liquor. The -druRgists will
hght the league and their attorney
seye they can recover damages whore
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POLLY WORRIED THE NURSE.
Learned to Cry just Like tho Baby


A nurse at Broomhill complains TINT
she has difficulty with parrot, says
the Weekly Telegraph. Polly's cage is
in the nursery and she has learned to
initiate baby's voice when crying with
wonderful accuracy. One ofternoon
recently the baby's mother came run
ming into the nursery because she
heard the wailing cry, not of one, but
of two babies. Baby was crying as
though his heart would break, and
Polly, on her perch in the cage, was sob.
bing a doleful accompaniment, while
nurse alternately soothed the one and
scolded the other.
"It's that drafted parrot. ma'asn," !"
she said. "She's that aggravatin'.
just because won't give her lump
of sugar she starts crying like child
and that sets baby off, SO that they
fair worrit my life out between them"
"Give me the child" said the mistress,
scarce able to repress smile at nurses
distress, and as she went along the
passage she heard the girl say:
"Oh, you are an aggravatin' insect if
there ever was. Give over crying, can't
you?" And in reply Polly sobbed loud
er than ever. so that the cage was
shaken with the violence of her woe.
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A TIN MINE IN PERAK.
Primitive Methods That Seem sumciens
for the Purpose.

Primitive Methods That Seem sumciens
for the Purpose.
We came to the edge of the mine. or
paddock, as 1t is called, which, after all
is nothing but broad open pit with
sloping sides and perhaps some 40 or so
feet in depth; a poor thing in the eyes Of
anyone expecting shafts and machinery
and the elaboration of western meth
ods, but sufficient for it's purpose, as
Chinese methods are apt to be. says
Macmillan's Magazine.
Three hundred men clad in loose blue
coats and drawers and plated sun hats,
three feet across are digging up the pay
dirt at the bottom of the pit with great
hoes and putting it on fat wicker bss-
kets; others catch up the baskets,
sling one at each end of yoke and,
balancing the load across the shoulder,
they carry them up to the level ground
vibrating in time with their steps) by
narrow tree trunks, notched with foot
holes, which are placed at short inter-
walls athwart the sloping sides Of thel
pit. ~ e8s
Having gained the higher level, they
throw down their burdens by the wash
boxes and descend by other bridges ~
q steady trot in a silent, orderly and so
broken stream. The men at the wSEh
boxes. which are long, sloping troushs
Of wood. throw in the dirt and by rak-.
ing It back and back under q nicely reg
ulated flow Of water they separate the
black tin sand from the spoil and shovel
it into tubs ready for the smelling
house, while the spoil il flung down the
alone 0f fha hifhax. cida az fhe raaf1dfAnle
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KAlsgR AZ An lNvgMroa.


Dsvisss system Of Fastsnines 5sor DssroI
In Man-ss.wsr. +.
The latest capacity ID which the Ger
man emperor has chosen to reveal hi1
self, says the New York Times, y that
Of an inventor of . new system Of fastr
enings for watertight doors In men-ofsl
war. He turned up in the harbor o.
Syracuse recently in the Hohenzollefus
and the officers of the British cruisep.
Astroea, which happened to be lying
there, were not little astonished soonI
after to see him approaching their vss-
sci in steam launch, attlfed In ~
panopoly of British admiral. He I'M
spected the Astroea minutely and then
carried off the captain to the Hohen-
xollern. After entertaining him royal
ly he took him down into the engine
room and there pointed out water
tight door in one Of the bulkheadab
which, he said, he had invented himsel1
and expected to see initiated generally.
The door was of the kind known tech
nically as a ''clipped door''--that Is, it
is secured when shut by means of short,
lever catches which are called "clips.~
In the English service as many a. b
dozen of these clips are often used 70
secure one door. The Improvements
claimed by the emperor is that instead
of having to work the clips singly, thus
involving several operations, he can, By
an arrangement of levers, work them
simultaneously in one operation only.
Provided the mechanism is not too COM
plicated and likely TO get out of order,
the invention seems 10 be one of consid-
cradle practical value, the manifest OBJ
lection being that If the lever happens
to be out of order at critical moment
all the clips and the door would be use.
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His Brother Was Deaf.

A millionaire railway king has a
brother who is hard of hearing, while
he himself is remarkable as having a
very prominent nose. Once the rail
way king dined at a friends house,
when he sat between two ladies, who
talked TO him very loudly, rather to
his annoyance. but he said nothing
Finally one of them shouted q common
place remark, and then said in an or.
dinary tone to the other; ibid you
ever zee such a pose In your life?''
Pardon me. ladies' nlid The million
AaEe. "l$'s my brother Whp = 6eak.s
JnsGins ~ tssses - ~ Dnloiea. Y
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LIVED WITHOUT a BRAIN.


human rsrAAos. who Has Been N.Y.
tsry 70 Physicisna
A Williamsport man has surprised
the scientists by living for years with
out brain, claims the Wilkesbarre
(P.) Record. John Bly,, aged 20 years,
who died recently. had suffered for q
long time with . tumor, which grew
into the very base Of the brain, and oc-
casioned his death. The growth had a
visible effect upon his brain, and the
case became curiosity to the medical
profession. The tumor was imbedded
too deeply into the brain tissue to adj
NIT of an operation. It was found that
the tumor was nearly as large 40 8
billiard ball. It was SO located as 70
demoralize the nerves of the sight GEN.
ter, and as a consequences young Bly,
was blind for over three years:
It was developed at the autopsy that
the entire brain had been followed out
by the action Of the tumor. The cavity
was at least f1ve inches in length, and
was filled with pus. All that was left
of the brain was thin shell, composed
Of the tougher tissues, which were less
susceptible to the process of decay.
When an incision was made in the shell
the whole mass collapsed.
The circumstance which made the
case almost unprecedented in the an
mails Of medical science was the man
ner in which the patient retained his
nationality and faculties under the cir
cumstances. He had the senses Of
touch, taste, hearing and smell, had
very tolerable control of his locomotor
muscles. could talk, and, in fact, was
comparatively disconnected in no
other way than by the loss of vision.
His retention of memory was remark
able. He was able to memorize poems
up to within two weeks of his death.
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BORROWED FROM eYzANriUM.

Russian Coronation Ceremonies Closely
Resemble Those of the Old Empire.
Only those who have studied By
zantine history can have any idea of
how closely the ceremonial of the Mos
COW coronation resembles, even in it's
minutest details, that which used to be
observed at the coronation of the By
zantine emperors, says the London
Chronicle. Although the Russian
church did not separate from that Of
Rome until the twelfth century-that
is,nearly 400 years later than the schism
Of Photius, which rent the western and
eastern churches asunder-nevertihe-
less it retained its oriental rite. In
1854 n Russian commission arrived in
Byzantiuln to study the etiquette and
ceremonial, ecclesiastical and profane,
of the court and church of that cap
ital. On their return to their native
country great change took place in
the national costume, architecture and
ceremonial. When Moscow became the
sacred city par excellence Of the en-
pire the kremlin was rebuilt on the
same lines as the Blachernae palace.
on . the land walls of Constantinople.
Like its Greek model, it consists of
series of halls and apartments-kiosks.
as the Turks call them-linked to-
gether by gardens and ipterspersed
with scores of churches and monster
les, the whole surrounded by a wall
and entered by strongly fortified gates,
above which were icons of the virgin
and saints. Burnt down early in the
century, it has been rebuilt in palmer
architecture. but on the same Byzan-
tine plan.