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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

e. CALIFORNIA-ST. METHODIST EPIS-
EF~S cOpal Church cor. California and Broderick
sis.-Rev. W. r. Goodwin, j. D., pastor. baptism,
reception OF members md the Holy Communion
at II A. NJ. Sunday-schOol at 1890 P. NJ. Epworth
League al 6:45 P. Rev. Anna II. Shaw will
preach at 7:45 P. NJ. This will be her last sermon
in this city Seats all free and everybody invited.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

- CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF Lat
GE~S terdav Saints Services at 2 and AS P. NJ.
every sunday Friendship Hall, 909 Market st.
At this evenings services Elder Willard Scowcroft
OF ogden, Utah. Will speak THE Coming Forth
OF he Book OF Mormon and the Restoration OF the
PriesthoOd.n Everybody welcome. Seats free.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

- FIR ENGLISH LUTHERAN
sr~S Church, on Geary St, near Gough-Rev. o.
II. Gruver, pastor. Services Sunday II
A. If. and :+5 P NJ; sunday school al 9:45 A. NJ.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 as PM Confirma-
ton service this morning; subject of sermon.
II nited With Christ evening, "The Messiah
Heralded-" special service Good Friday morning
Holy Comfiunlou on Easter Chidrens service
Easter evening. Seats free. ALI welcome.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

e. FIRST UNITARIAN URCH, COR
ES~S ner Geary and Franklin sts.-Rev. Horatio
Stebbins DID. minister; William 6. Eliot Jr-,
associate. at the church. Mondays from 10 TO Y.
Sundav-schoo at 9;45 a N. Services at II A. N.
and so P. NJ. Bible-class at 9:45 A. M, led by
Rev. Samuel SlocOmbe Subject OF evening ser
mon, social and Individual Destiny" All are
cordially invited.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

ER METROPOLITAN TEMPLE, FIFTH
Gs>S St. near Market-Sunday, March 90, 1896
. p NJ, lecture: 'Js the Bible a True Book" In
other words, is it inspired revelation from God
Admission free. w. II. Vance.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

pP CHURCH OF THE ADVENT (EPISC0-
Us paD, Eleventh ST., near Market-Rev }. A.
Emery rector. Palm Sunday. Morning prayer,wlth
sermon bv the rector, at II o'clock. At P NJ the
Right Rev. William Ford Nichols, I'D, Bishop OF
California. Will perform the Apostolic rite OF con
fTnation and deliver an address. Evensong, with
sermon by the rector, at AS.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

EE57 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY - FREE
~ public lecture every sunday evening a 800
Post St, 7;45 o'clock. To night, "Theosophy in
} ractice," by Mr.. Z. Williams.
E61 TURKEY AND ARMENIA IN
Ls~0 Prophecy by DR.. Morgan, Native Sons
hall, at . 2. NJ. Seats free.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

- FIRST CHURCH OF .CHRIST, SCIEN-
E-S tfst-Services at II A. NJ. IN Beethoven Hail
996 Post ST. cor Powell. Christian Science Bible
lessons international Series. Subject: "Review.
Al are welcome.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

D ARE CHANCE FOR WORKER-2SO ACRES
LII good land in mining belt in Tuolumne County
at bargain; cash only. Address Cash, box ITO,
Call Office.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

THE BEAUTIFUL FAIRVIEW VILLA,
n Santa Rosa, in subdivisions of acres to 90
acres, with or without fruit at your own price and
terms.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

F@s CALVARY ESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
us corner OF Powell and Geary stS.-Rev.
John Hemphill, DID, pastor, Will preach at II
A. n ard 7:3U p. NJ. Evening topic, "a Costly
supper and Too Late Repentance" Morning
music: Tie Deum" in L fiat (Schneckerl; offer
tory alto solo Thou Art Near" (Holdonl. Even
ing music: "Jubilate Deo," arranged from Mo
zart; ofTertory, trio soprano, tenor and bass, 81
VIII Lay Me Down %. b. Brown. All are
ccrd- ally invite
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

r. DIVINE SCIENCE SERVICE AT HOME
Ls-S College, 32S Seventeenth St, at 80 p. M
Subject. The Christ Method OF Healing" by NJ E.
Cromer, in which she VIII relate many cases Of
quick healing during her late work in Humboldt
COUNTY. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

MAN AND WIFE WANT WORK ON RANCH:
Nl man frst-class farm hand and handy with
tools; wife is good cook. Address w. g., box
122, Call Office
COACHMAN AND GARDENER, YOUNG
~ man, wishes situation in gentleman's place.
thoroughly understands his business has frst-class
references. Please address c. G., box 4S, Call.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

DOR SALE IN Los GATOS- WELL BUILT
IL cottage, rooms, with acre of ground; all kinds
fruit and flowers mountain waterpipe to the house:
Price $500. Inquire owner, 1882 Washington
San Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-29

- q RACE METHODIST EPISCOPAL
us Church, cor. Twenty-frst and Capp SITS,
Rev. NJ f. Colburn, pastor. Preaching at IL
N nv the pastor; subject, There Is No II ell.
Sundav-school at 2:30 p. NJ; Cecil W. clark,
snperintendent: bring the children, erybody
Brotber Robert Husband. Preaching at 7 AS p. NJ.
by the pastor; subject. There Is No Heaven"
Good singing Everybody invited Seats free
Evening star., 1896-11-14
Was TrOtted Out Too Much.

From the Chicago Journal.
The vital statistics clerk felt rather
than heard his visitor enter the office. He
looked up from the desk and beheld a
cadaverous individual, in whose eyes was
the feverish glitter of one to whose lids
sleep cometh not.
Poor commission three doors to the
right" said the official, glibly
Il don't want the poor commission.
want &c see you," said the intruder, with
something very like defiance in his voice,
and yet with that undertone of despair
that aroused the sympathy of the clerk
And what can L do for your" said the
latter.
1T isn't what you can do for me- but
what can do for you.'' responded the WIS.,
itor. I've been trying to do altogether too
much, and I've got to have a rest. 1 don't
belong to no union, and I'm willing to work
overtime when it's necessary, but III be
blamed If you amt trottin' me a heat that
ud distance anybody but me. I've got to
haye shorter hours and day off once in a
while, an If L don't get 'em I'll quit see?"
But, my dear sir, 1 never saw you be-
fore. L never employed you. Who are
you, anyway
Me? oh, 1 amt anybody hut Heart
Failure That's who L be, an 1 mean
what l say
Evening star., 1896-11-14
lncOrrfSible.


From the Detroit Free Press
A man of this city who thoroughly loves
good cigar was indulging i'm a smoke
after dinner when a friend who is given to
moralizing touched him on the arm and
said:
Il am sorry that you still have that
habit"
I'm not was the emphatic reply. Il
was examined for life Insurance yesterday
and the doctor says my health is first
rate. So there is no use in telling me that
1t is hurrying me into the grave for the
facts don't bear out the assertion"
But it's Very expensive habit"
Il find the satisfaction such as to make
me content to foot the bill"
How long have you been smoking?"
Fifteen or twenty years"
do You realize that with the money
you have spent i'm that way you might have
laid the foundation for fortune? Why,
you might have been the owner of that
block of houses over there
Il have heard that kind of an argument
before, and it does not impress me. IL I
had bought them with money saved in that
way I'd be miserable thinking of the good
times 1 might have had smoking il l hadn't
wasted my money on blocks of houses"
Evening star., 1896-11-14

most confidential tones, what do you think
they are saying? That Lady Peach never
lost that star at all, but that she gave it
away"
"Fidile!' l exclaimed. What will these
silly people say next, l wonder"
well. there is something in it-or it
seems So, Roscy went on. 1T seems that
the very same day that it was lost or sup
posed to be lost some young man pawned
1t at Cowpers. Cowper lent him fifty
pounds on it. and then. hearing that Lady
Peach had lost her star. he took it to Sir
Thomas, and-and asked him. you know. If
that was the one, for, he told Mrs.
Dixon. he did not want to be implicated in
anything shady Sir Thomas was quite
angry about it, and said it was not the
star or anything like it.
Il suppose he would be most likely to
know l interrupted. mildly.
MY dear Joe, said Rosey, Tysteriously,
"Cowper happened to show it TO Waters,
VINO sold 1t to Sir Thomas, ard Waters says
positively that it is the same"
For a moment | was too much surprised
to speak. Then pulled myself together, in
moral sense. Il darcsay the Old man had
reason for not wishing to have it talked
Evening star., 1896-11-14

l found that she and Rosey were sitting
together. l went straight across the room
toward them and sat down near to them
just in time to hear Rosey say: YES like
you in pink. but why have you not put on
your beautiful starr"
l never shall forget the start Lady Peach
gave when she heard the words. She bushnd
vivid scarlet and caught her breath with
what was almost a sob. "Dont-don't
speak about my star. Mrs. Dallas. she said,
with a nervous little stammer. lat least,
1 mean-weil. the fact is, I've lost 1t, and
Sir Thomas is 50 vexed about it-he-"
And | don't wonder at it, Rosey cried
impulsively. Il, too, should be vexed-fur-
iCus-if / had lost such thing as that
How did it happen? Were you wearing it,
or did you have it stolen from you? Surely
not that?'
Il don't know-it's gone: Sir Thomas saws
1 am not to think about it any more"
She seemed so desperately anxious to saw
no more about 1t that came to the rescue
with bit of news that 1 had heard during
the course of the evening" and so diverted
Rosey's attention from the subject of their
conversation. Nothing more was said
about the star in my hearing that evening.
but not little to my surprise few days
afterward Rosey told me that all North
towers was agog as to why the loss of so
valuable an article had been hushed I'D
And every one seems to think that it is
very queer Rosey ended
My dear child 1 rejoined; 'if Sir Thom-
Evening star., 1896-11-14
Part 1.

There are some things in the world which
are hard, very hard. to understand, and the
reason why Lady Peach never said so much
as a word when she icsJ her best diamond
star was one OF those things.
When Rosey and I first went to North
towers. which We did soca after our mar
riage, on my appointment to minor ca
1onry Sir Thomas Peach had just received
the honor of kniEhthood OH account of hav-
ing entertained royalty. and having, as
every one said. done it remarkably well l
remember so well that when he called upon
US We were Cut-we found his card lying on
the hall table when We came in. Rosey
picked il up and looked at it with great
interest. HIM. she remarked, Sir
Thomas Peach. 1 suppose he is some old
swell or other.
ON closer acquaintance, however. Slr
Thomas turned out TO be anything but a
swell. OF the contrary. he was an exceed
Ingly hoInely person. having the appear
auce Of weil-to-do tradesman or mer-
chant. Society III Northtovers was pleased
at That time to he delicately satirlcai On the
subject Of the hcnCrs which had so lately
devo!Ecj upon their feilowtownsman-
Poor ole Sir Thomas. one lady said to
Us when we returned her call he Is very
Evening star., 1896-11-14

pulse to tell me AL about it. You're
good fellow ant gentleman, and she has
always liked you;i I'll tell you how 1t was.
Ay wife is-a lady-you don't need a rough
Old fellow like me to tell you that. She
came OF good old stock. and if there wasn't
very much money. well, there was every
tning else that5people are proud of. She
married me, God bless her, and-and, If
lose her shalhsjqst put rope round my
neck, Ter life wouldn't be worth living
without her. As 1 said she married me-
and she has made me happy-happier than
I've ever been IN all my life, and meaning
no ulsrespect to my first wife. either. If 1
! he!peo her mother bit 1t was nothing to
any one but 1t seemed to be a great deal
to her, and she was never tired of telling
me now good l was-I, when she had mar
ried an old hulk like me. Well was tell
! ins you about that star. You know 1 gave
II 10 her on an anniversary, and she valued
II as such, besides liking it for what it was
worth as any other young thing of her
age would. happened. not very long after
days. o-
had run up to town on business.
was io!n TO leave her, somehow. and the
moment ~ got back l saw that something
~ irst could not get her to tell me what
II was; then she told me at last that
young cousin of hers. who had been
brought up by her father and mother, had
turned up suddenly, asking her to help
MIN out of some mess. She poor inao-
cent, begged him to wait for my return,
'ti9 ihs she knew l would help him out for
her sake: But the selfish beggar would
not do that and stuck to his point that
she could help him herself If she would
My poor little girl hadn't more than ten
pounds or SO by her. and she told him SO.
LOOK mere, he said, you've got a star ON
tnat IN itself would fetch more than l
want. Give me that ana I'll raise what
! ivan want on it. If you don't he went on.
IL just blow my brains out, and with
that ne whipped out revolver and put 1t
10 MS head. OF course. my poor little
girl took off her star at once and gave it
10 MIN, and she has been possessed of a
uread ever since that / should think there
had been something between them. 1
dldn Know just what she had in her mind
tlll heard her baDbling about 1t these
iast lew Gays. though Of course, 1 knew
that something was troubling her-my poor
little girl
l don't know that l ever pited any hu-
n an being more than I pitied that rich man
SlttlnS there so anXiOusly awaiting the is
sues or lfe and death then hanging in the
balance IN that upper chamber. | watched
MN Tor minute he sat huddied up all
IN a lump and then ! put my hand OH his
shoulder. Sir Thomas" l said, God
is very merciful.'
Il wish l dared comfort myself with
that, Mr.. Dallas he replied.
L left him then, and twice every day l
Went round to inquire how the invalid was.
Each time the servant gave me the same
Hournful and vague reply: mo change:
lhe master almost beside himself Then,
early on the fourth morning, before | was
out OF bed. in fact, | received line scrawl-
ed On piece of paper and hastily twisted
into a note. She is out of danger now"
1t said. God Is merciful. Bless you for
having cheered me. Yours, Il. p"
The End
Evening star., 1896-11-14
A HISTORIC Gun.
Cannon From Which Was Fired the
Last Shot of the Civil War.

From the New Orleans Picayune
The cannon which fired the last shot In
the last battle of the last war is a gun
worth knowing something about Hence
the sale of the eight-inch columbiad Lady
Slocomb. which is advertised in the Mobile
Register, arouses the interest Of old SOL
diers and old soldiers sons
This last engagement" said an old SOL
dier, recently, took place at Spanish Fort
ms engagement, of course, was not a
regular battle, and is not. perhaps, record
ed in history as such, but ii was, neyerthe-
less, fierce conflict. Gen. Forrest had
sent to Spanish Fort during the last days
OF the war a sufficient force of men to
guard the place, and among the number
was the Fifth Battalion of the Washington
artillery, Capt. Cuthbert Slocomb i'm COM
mand. The Lady Slocomb was brought
there. and there fired its last shots when
Wilson'S raiders Stormed the place and
took 1t. There the Lady Slocomb. for few
hours before the old fort was SURRENDERED
belched forth fire and scattered death but
to no avail, as the enemy numbered several
times as much as the garrison.
After the surrender of the fort some of
The members OF Capt. Slocomb's command
one night rolled the Lady Socomb off the
earthen embankment into a lagoon or old
slush hole, and buried 1t, giving as their
reason that they did not want the gun to
fall into the hands Of the enemy 1t was
afterward dug up and carried to Mobile
~ vas putCndSeu Dy Henry Badger,
a prominent confederate of that place who
mad served through the war. and knew Of
the experience of the Lady Slocomb.'
Inc gun was named after the wife of
Capt. Cuthbert Slocomb. who went out in
1e62 in charge of the Fifth Battalion of the
Washington Artillery. The gun at the bat
tie of Shiloh spat out its first smoke and
spread its desolation in the ranks Of the
enemy. Through all the memorable strug-
gle of the Army of the Tennessee 1t went
and everywhere 1t gained well-deserved re-
nown. 1t was prettily mounted, and was at
that time. as 1t probably is now, a hand
some gun.
Now the old relic is to be sold The es-
tate of Henry Badger is being wound up,
and the gun, along with other relics of the
confederacy, is to fall into the hands of
others. Years ago several efforts were
made by the Washington Artillery to buy
the gun. and they will, in all probability
be heard from at the sale
Evening star., 1896-11-14

Inc Woman Whose Mission WINS to
Reform Her Husband Almost Thinks
So.
From the Chicago Pos
1t is her opinion at the present time that
10 reform movement is fully equipped un-
less IL has brakes on H.
You see" she explained. II tried to re-
fern George"
''Of course" said the engaged girl. chats
what you married him for wasn't it,"
Well, not entirely" answered the Young
married woman, hostatingiy.
And. of course, you didn't succeed" put
in the older married woman. who had some
experience in that line herself
But that's Just the trouble" rerlied the
younger married woman. Il did-at least [
sot nun started, and now there's no stop
ping him. You see, 1 got him to stop drink
ing lirst. He didn't drink much, anyway,
but 1 got him 10 stop il entirely and for
a lew weeks he was so cross and irritable
tnat got over that. and | was so pleased
win my success that 1 undertook TO get
him TO stop smoking. lie said he felt so
much better since he stopped drinking that
he was beginning TO believe Their. WAS a
eood deal OF benefit to be derived from alb
stemiousness, and he stopped smoking. 1T
was three months before he was in a III
condition TO inhabit the same house with a
! human being. and two or three times 1
begged him. for heavens sake, to 20 TO
smoking again, but he wouldn't"
You ought to be gratified to think that
you nave so much influence with him."
said the engaged girl
III must be very gratifying to have
husband who neither smokes nor drinks
said the older married woman. There are
not very many of them"
Its "A good thing" returned the vounr
married woman bitterly.
Good thing exclaimed both the others
eS good thing" repeated the young
married woman with emphasis. "A reform
movement that you can't stop when Won
want 10 Is one Of the most annoying and
dls2greeahie things that IL is possible to
| nave around the hOusa. MY husband thinks
ne feels so much better that he has become
a crank He doesn't believe in pepper or
condiments of any description any more
ana has Instructed me TO dispense with
thom entirely in the house"
Outrageous"
He considers coffee injurious and won't
nave IL on the table. and he insists that
car dy vii! drive any woman TO an carly
grave"
"Preposterous"'
Isn't it? Eut there doesn't seem to be
any help for it. lie says that now he's
started he's going to reform that household
from top tc bottom"
THAT'S the way with mea, my dear You
marry one to refoIm him, and he thinks
you have married him to be reformed" and
the Older married woman looked very wise
while the engaged girl looked in the direc-
tion OF box Of bonhons on the table ard
began TO think that possibly she would bet
Ter not try 10 reform Harry at all.
Evening star., 1896-11-14
KILLS DISEASE GERMS IN TELE-
PHONES.
Antiseptic Diaphragm to Prevent In
fcctiOn.


fcctiOn.
From the Chicago Tribune.
After this every time a telephone is used
1t will be necessary for the speaker to have
his voice strained. This will be done in
voluntarily and without the speaker know
ing it, yet 1t is a delicate and scientific pro-
cess and one which. it is expected will
prevent injuries and disorders " hIch in the
past have come upon people in the most
mysterious manner
For years physicians have been puzzled
10 learn the origin of a great variety of dis
eases with which their patients have been
attacked without any reasonable cause be-
ing found. AS these diseases were invari-
ably of an infectious nature, showing that
the germs had been introduced into the
Lcdy through the mouth. all sorts Of pre-
cautions Wee taken by the doctors to reg
uiate the liNes of their patients in such 4
way that no more. at least. of these trouble
some and dangerous bacilli should be taken
into their systems.
In spite of every safeguard however the
trouble seemed 10 grow instead of decrease,
until at last some physician. more progress
i've or fortunate han his fellows, arrived at
the belief that the germs could be intro
duced through the medium of the ordinary
telephone.
Persons suffering from throat. lung or
bronchial affections had been in the habit
of using the same instruments as the pa
dents referred to. An examination OF hun
many Of them perfect nest of dangerous
germs, By breaking into this disease breed
ing chamber the healthy had been made Ill
without having even an inklng of the
source Of their illness.
Numer Gus preventitives have been used in
individual cases, but it remained for Mr.
Emil Wescheke of San Francisco to perfect
an arrangement which does away with all
danger of infection from this source.
The appliance is easily attached to any of
the makes of telephones now in use 1t
consists of a diaphragm composed of ia b.
ric which has been treated with an anti
septic fluid which brings quick death to the
tiny disease germs. This fabric Is cut into
disks of suitable size to fit over the mout h.
piece of the telephone. Over the disk
Is placed a cap. or holder, consisting of a
rim and flange adapted to receive and
hold the disk in its proper position over
the mouthpiece Of the instrument
The invention is very simple in construc-
ton. and while 1t kills all germs it does not
in any way interfere with the transmission
of the voice. By its use all danger of in
fection either from the germs of throat or
lung troubles Is done away with and con-
to impossible.
The character Of the antiseptic used Is a
secret of the inventors, but all competent
physicians are cognizant of the ingredients
necessary for this purpose. The invention
has already received the hearty indorse-
ment of the California medical societies.
and as its cost Is small it will more than
likely soon be in universal use.
Evening star., 1896-11-14
The Cause of His Death.
he Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

From the Pittsburg Telegraph
Mr.. Gaswell-"Mr. Hilltop's death was a W.
fully sudden. wasn't it?"
Mr.. Dukane-"It was. indeed Do Won
know what caused it?"
Mr.. Gaswell-"Well, when he left home on
Mount Washington the sun was shining
brightly. but he descended he got into
the fog. On the Smthfeld street bridge he
met man he knew, and Inadvertently
opened his mouth to say Good rnurning"
While speaking he Bit of a chunk tf fog
and II choked him before assistance could
be called