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The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25

hall, with stone floors and wooden benches
"a big, darK, dreary and ill-ventilated
cham Der, nearly always crammed with
dirty, ragged mass of wretched hum manity.
One or two narrow exercising yards give
some relief, but in bad weather the hail is
always full and at night the prisoners lie
closely packed on mattresses on the floor.
The prison system in Paris improves
directly the depot is done with. An
accused person must either be released
within twenty four hours or be sent to
MaZas, the ''triaP' prison, where all thus
com mitted await appearance in court.
The improvement means that he is now
lodged alone in small, separate cell
where his friends and his advocate may
have access to him and he may prepare
his defense. Only in certain cases he is
kept ''au secret" in absolute seclusion-
that is to say, seeing no one, speaking to
no one. The hand of justice is thus heavy
upon him for fear he should escape con-
viction by planning some subterfuge or
manufacturing an allbi and false evidence
to support it. Whether ''au secret" or not
he is continually harassed by the Judge.
who 'instructs" or prepares the indict-
ment and whose business it is, by re-
peated questionings, to elicit confessions
or admissions OF guilt.
This, to English ideas, is taking an un-
fair advantage of him, but in France the
system Is CdrTleQ -SIlil tuTLU6T, anu III Is
the custom for the Chief of the Detective
Police to visit accused persons in Mazas
once a week and talk matters over with
them. l have assisted at some of these
Mondays in prison. as M. Mace, an old
Chief, calls them In his book on the sub
ject. They appear quite friendly unofi-
cial interviews; all sit cozily together, the
prisoner and the police, cigarettes are pro-
duced and the conversation at first is quite
general. But woe to the prisoner who is
not on his guard; a simple hint, word
dropped casually, change of face when
some doubtful detail In the affair is men,
toned, will serve to give strength to mere
suspicion and, perhaps, complete the case.
At one time still more indefensible
practice obtained. If an accused person
continued obstinately dumb, he was given
cell companion, false friend, some
other prisoner known in slang talk as the
mouton, or la musique, whose role is that
of the spy, to worm himself into the
others confidence, obtain revelations,
then betray him to the authorities. Oc-
casionally disguised detective has per-
formed this dangerous and rather disgust
ing duty. Nowadays right-thinking
French judges are found who disapprove
of the practice, and it is seldom If ever
tried The double cells used for the pur-
pose still exist, but the association of two
prisoners is generally reserved for cases
where one of them shows suicidal or other
mania.-Cassell's Family Magazine.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
ON THE TAIL OF HIS COAT.
Man Dislikes to Have Amy One Sit

A Man Dislikes to Have Any One Sit
There.
"Ever notice how much a man dislikes
to have any one sit on his coat skirts in
streetcar 2' asked the observant man as hs
olded his paper, according to the Detroit
Free Press.
Because it will crease his coat?
mo, l never thought it was that. It's
sort of natural impotence at being held
down. Then, the offender is nearly all
ways a woman and nothing short of an
earthquake will move woman in a streef.
car. l always hold the skirt of nv Coat
around me and watch for emergencies
But saw iunny thing the other day. A
woman who weighed 200 sat down on
mans coat just as he was going to snatch
it away. The poor fellow fdgeted, but If
was no use, he might as well have been
nailed to the seat of the car. When he
reached his street he said to the woman
as he tried to edge away:
"'Will you kindly release my coatY
"She was deaf, it appears. for she nevsr
budged step.
"'You'r re sitting on my coat, madamp
"'What does he mean?' she said To tbo
car generally. What does the man
want?
"The- conductor explained to her and
she rose as the man shot through the door
to the sidewalk.
"'Why didn't he say what he wantedP
she asked. L thought he asked me some
thing about a goat
annoYs a man to be pinned down in that
way. Women don't seem to care, for I've
seen one of them sit on some other
woman's new gown or cloak and sAs
wouldn't seem to mind it bit. ButG&S
different with men,"
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organ to be exhibited Mr.. EDDY is gener-
ally called upon to illustrate its capaci-
ties.
Therefore Mr.. Eddv's opinion, which is
given in signed communication is enti-
tied to, and will receive great weight.
The City and the church are to be con-
graduated upon the possession of this
noble instrument.
The best opportunity to hear the organ
will be this evening after vespers. 1t will
be heard at A. NJ, 1880 A. NJ. and also
after vespers. During the masses 1t will
be used effectively, and much OF its power
and beauty will undoubtedly be made ap-
parent, but only incidental to the service,
the exceptions being in the voluntaries
and the offertory.
But this evening, after vespers, where
there is practically no time limit, Mr.. Eddy
will perform several great organ works.
The programme as made up yesterday by
Mr.. Eddy is as follows:
Double theme varie (new), Rousseau written
expressly for and dedicated to Clarence Eddy;
pastorale in E (new), E. 81. Lemare; andante
in (new), Hollins; fantasie, op. 101 new,
Sa1nt-saens; sonata in minor, No. o. Gull
mant dedicated to Clarence Eddyl-D Al
az Recitativo, (5) Choral ct Fugue;
(b) Fugue in D minor Oouis Thiele; Saint Ce-
celia Ohertory in C minor (Edouard Batiste)
(a) In Paradisum I'm Paradise), (b) Fiat Lux Let
there be Light Theodore Duboisl Suite Goth
ique, op. 2S (new) Il. Boellmann): Intro
duction, choral; 1I-Menuet Goihlque; Ill
Priere Notre Dame; Iv-Toccata.
These are the selections, but the order
OF performance may vary from this. The
programme, as will be seen. EN- braces rep
resentative selections from the greatest
composer for the organ. The opening OF
the great organ will be musical event
not only for San Francisco but for the en-
tire coast.
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WEALTH FROM A FEW GENTS.
A Postage Stamp Investment That
Yielded 500, 900

A Postage Stamp Investment That
Yielded 100000
81 had always been a believer in the old
saying that Fortune knocks once al every
mans door," said Abraham White of
Boston, "and perhaps that may have in
spired me to invest that A cents in post
age stamps, out of which Mrs. White and
l cleared up a little better than $100, 600
profit"
1t was in Cham berlain's th at Mr.. White
was being interrogated about what is to
him an old story now--Ihe bidding of him
self and wife on 81, 500 600 of Government
bonds at the time Uncle Sam invited sub
scriptions from the Nation at large, in or
der to replenish the gold reserve. 1t is a
story, though, that will never lose its in
terest, says the Washington Post.
81 had never bought or sold bond in
my life, said Mr.. White, ''but it occurred
to me that here was a chance to make a
few dollars with but little risk. Mrs.
White knew of my plans, and she had
been doing little figuring on her own ac-
count, put in bid for a $500, ,0O0 allot-
ment. No other woman bidder was sue
cessful to that extent. Well our bids
went through all right, though ]. P. Nor
gan and his associates thought they had
blocked my path by getting a treasury
ruling that the allotments were non-trans-
ferable, and that the payments for the
bonds must come from the original bid
der. As they had cost me on an average
1I1% and were worth mediately alter
1l9 l had no difficulty in financing such re-
munerative securities. / went into Rus
sell Sages Office, explained my mission
and came out with check for $500, 1000
with which l got all the gold needed for
securing the bonds. That's about all
there is to it, and I'm afraid it has given
me a notoriety disproportionate to the
size of the transaction"
Mr.. White is a man OF about 80 years,
with an energetic and sparkling manner,
and full of good humor. He was born
and reared in Texas and when but 16
years of age astonished the veteran cot
tom buyers by his dashing methods of
operating in the heecy staple. Ten years
ago he went to Boston and here wooed
and won a charming little Yankee
maiden, whose pluck and wit were on
par with his own. Since her good luck on
the bond transactions Mrs. White has
made for herself not less than $4,000 by
iudicious investments. Her husband was
not the penniless adventurer that sone of
the sensational statements that got into
print made. On the contrary, he had
been earning a salary of $1,000 year as
the Eastern representative OF the Armour
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
THE LOST CHORD.
An Incident of the Wreckage Of Last
Springs Flood.

ElOO0s
The lost chord is found, says the Lewis
ton Journal. It was lost last spring, went
gliding down the Aniroscoggin gracefully
but stealthily at dead of night, was arpeg-
gated on the Rips and finally siIenced in
the roar of the falls of Topsam. But there
is funny side to the funeral, If you will
pardon the solecism.
Beside all the grotesque sights in the
way of floating indebtedness, / recall an
incident that occurred about ten miles
down river on the Lewiston side where a
party OF would-be Lewistonians was stuck
in the frappe at the time.
l had jumped from the carriage for a
change for myself and the horses and had
been wallowing along for some distance
when l saw youngster just ahead who
was resting for fresh effort toward
Lewiston, as thought. To make sure |
inquired. Yep" came the answer.
then looked at him more closely and saw
that he was braced up in new store suit
of the hopeful size, with the trousers
turned up to clear big pair of boots that
belonged probably to his big brother. He
seemed to be afraid of me Il was sight)
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Crowds of Eager Listeners
Will Visit st. Ig.
natius.
Clarence Eddy Will Manipulate
the Keys and Show the
Instrument.
The Famous Organist Says That This
Is the Finest and Best Church
Organ In America.

The great organ in st. Ignatius Church
will be heard to best advantage to-day,
under the skillful manipulation OF Clar-
ence Eddy. Thousands who attend the
services will critically listen. The opin-
ion of Mr.. Eddy is that this is the best
church organ in America and one of the
greatest and best organs in the world.
Mr.. Eddy is known as the ''organ opener, /"
for the reason that wherever there is a big
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
POLICEMAN STEVE BONNER'S
BIG FEAT WITH A PISTOL
He Shoots at Two Children Going Home From a
Senior Class Dance at the Girls
High School

Packing Company, though at the time of
the bond deal he had gone into business
for himself.
Just few days ago Mr.. White executed
another exploit in the same line that
caused goodly amount of talk in the
New York papers. 1t was a bid on
Brooklyn bonds to the extent of 81, 795, ,000
in payment for which he gave cheek for
81, ,S95, 600, the largest check that ever
passed through the hands of the City
Comptroller. On this he pocketed the
neat sum of $50 000
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25

world 1t tn
finest and best church organ in America have opened nearly all the great
familiar The ST.
mechanical 1t
pleased
q
specification
the be by the pedal and
toful with
taking hands off By the adjustable combination pon between the
perfect control
the
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25

editor of the Spokane Spokesman. Mr..
Bolce was married two years ago to Miss e
B. Kline. sister of Miss Rolinda Kline,
who is now studying music at Florence,
Italy. She formerly sang here.
The purpose of the new church, accord
ing to Mr.. Bolce's ambition, is to insE-
tute practical plan by which the broadN N
doctrines of Christianity may be taughN
on basis not incompatible with modern
thought.
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General. There were no discrepancies in
his two statements After he had been
examined by the Judge Acknowledgement
he was discharged. There was nothing
whatever in his statements to show that
he knew anything at all about his broth
er's terrible act before it had beer perpe-
trated. ."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25

In the Queens household furniture and
the more permanent articles required in q
household are bought under the direction
of the Lord Cham oerlain, while the Lord
Steward undertakes the purchase of proyi-
sions and liquors.
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,on sale at all new stands to-day. The
regular weekly edition will be issued to-
morrow morning.
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PHYSICAL MANHOOD.
THE FIRST INDICATIONS

THE FIRST INDICATIONS
Il of a wasting vital force, the
first evidence of weakness,
may mean the total collapse of
all sexual and mental vigor in a
few years. 1t is dangerous to-
treat this symptom with indifT
ference, to suppose that it means
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1t is the forewarning of COM
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1t tells of the result of past fol-
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
Words Of q Patriarch.

The patriarch of the legions of sound
money Democrats who have absolved
themselves from allegiance to the party
since the Chicago convention is certainly
Names grand old man, Senator Brad
bury of Augusta. The senator was
prompt to renounce the platform adopt
ed, and recently, in response to u re-
quest from the New York Herald, he
wrote his reasons for so doing, using
the following strong language:
SIN response to your request l have to
saw that | am and always have been a
Democrat from principle, and | have
uniformly voted the Democratic ticket
for seventy-three years, and | cannot
with self-respect turn about and sustain
a ticket nominated on a platform in di-
rect conflict with the principles and prac-
tice of the Democratic party from its
foundation to the present time. The
nlatform means a deprecated currency
of silver and government paper money
worth the value of the silver necessary
to redeem it. 1t means recommendation,
as the coinage of silver at ratio double
IFS value would of course eXpel gold
from the country. it being worth twice
as much to send abroad to purchase sill
yer as to coin none would be coined. 1t
means stain upon the character and
credit of our republic, and l love her too
well to fail to enter my protest against
it.V-Y oungstown (O) Telegram.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27

60 mercy if they found a farmer who had
borrowed money that was good as gold
attempting to pay II back with money
that was only worth half as much. The
worm will turn and SO will the holders of
farm mortgages 1T the very first indica-
ton Of the enactment of a free-silver
policy.
Where would the farmer be then
Surprising the mortgage We're forfeited
and he lost his farIii. or if he was COM
PEELED to pay off the mortgage in good
money to save his farm. how would he
profit by this policy of Reputation which
the free silver men advocate?
Hundreds of thousands of dollars be-
longing to widows. and orphans, and
trust funds, have been invested in farm
mortgages. Those persons are entitled
to some consideration as well as the
farmers who are, struggling with poor
crops and low prices. At present the
creditors are considerable and disposed to
give all the time desired, but if the farm
ers of the country vote for free silver
with the expectation of repudiating
part of their just debt they will have
only themselves to blame if their lot is
more severe than now.-Syracuse, n. Y,
Post
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27

IN moment GuTnnra nad sprung ar
him, had seized him by the throat, and
with the other arm had cncircled his body.
$50 be it." he Kissed in Smerdon's ear,
SIT suits me better than prolonged pun
ishment Of your crime would do"
For moment they struggled locked to-
gether, and in that moment Smerdon
knew that he was doomed; that he was
about to expiate his crime.
The long, sinewy hand Of the Spaniard
that was round his throat was choking
him; his own blows fell upon the others
body harmlessly.
And he was being dragged towards the
edge Of the moraine, already his back was
against the wooden railing that alone
stood between the plateau and destruc-
ton.
He could, even at this moment, hear 1t
creaking with his weight; it would break
in another instant!
evil you yield, assassin, villainw
Guffanta muttered.
"Neyer! Do your worstv
He felt one hand tighten round his
throat more strongly, he felt the other
arm Of the Spaniard driving him back;
in that moment of supreme agony he
heard the breaking Of the railing and felt
it give under him, and then Guffanta's
hands had loosed him, and, striking the
moraine with his head, he fell down and
down, till he lay senseless mass upon
the white bosom of the glacier.
And Guffanta, standing above, with his
head barred to the stars and to the wan
ing moon, exclaimed, as he lifted his hand
to the heavens:
"Walter, you are avenged"
Go be continued.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
ASLEEP UNDER WATER.
walter, you are avenged!
Go be continued.)

How Divers Sometimes Loaf and Sol
der Away Their Time.
In an article on divers and Their
Work." Framley Steelcroft declares
that it is not very uncommon thing
for an expert diver, now that diving ap-
paratus has been perfected to the point
of entire reliability, to take quiet lit
tie nap under water in those soundless
regions where no disturbances, unless
possibly that made by too inQuisitive
shark is likely to occur.
He tells of one man who was at the
bottom of the water in harbor clean
ing a ships hull when he became tired,
and made up his mind to knock off work
and take a refreshing little snOoze,
where nobody would be the wiser, and
there would be nothing to prevent the
time SO spent from being paid for
among his hours Of work when he re-
ceived his wages.
Unfortunately for his plan, he forgot,
when he droWsed off, to secure to his
wrist-as must be done when it is not in
use-one of his Implements, couch
grass brush. AS his hold upon the light
brush relaxed it rose. to the surface
and foated conspicuously near the side
Of the vessel, where it was noticed by
his comrades on board.
The officer on duty promptly opened
communications with his submerged
subordinate by telephone "a telephone
attachment being one of the recent i'm
provements), and the startled man,
after having hopelessly committed him
self by laundering answers and halt
ing explanations, was sternly ordered
to the surface of the water, and dis
charged as he emerged.
Another and Il lazier diver, engaged
to work upon wreck, once went down
with the deliberate intention of sleeping
for an hour or more. AS soon as he
touched bottom he dashed his air-pipe
and lifeline to a spar, and settled him
self comfortably on a rock and went to
sleep. But after time his attendant
at the surface noticed that the lifeline
showed no movement, and gave the
two quick, inquiring tugs which form
the signal, ''Are you all right?"
No answer was received, and it was
found impossible to obtain one, or to
draw the diver to the surface. At
length, after an interval of intense anx-
iety in which the slumberer's life was
despaired of by his mates, a second
diver was sent down-and his wrath
when he found the supposed victim
sweetly sleeping, and the scene that en-
sued when he awoke him, was funny
and bordered on the tragical
A quarrel in diving suits at the bot.
tom of the sea has not yet found place
even in the ingenious pages of M. Jules
Verne's submarine literature.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
Paving OFF the Mortgage.

The chief argument that is being used
nv the free-silver men when trying to
convert farmers is that free silver would
thus enable them to pay off their mort
cages sooner, even if the dollars had
danreciated in value. The money which
the farmer borrowed may have been paid
TO him in gold, if not, in money as good
"a gold: but he is told that he can pay
off the mortgage in money that is worth
nerhaps only half rs much as its face
yalue and let the creditor suffer.
A farmer who is inclined to be caught
nv this kind of talk should go slow. It
Il not certain that if free coinage were
asta blished every farmer who has q
mortgage on his farm would be allowed
IN nav it off in 5O-ceIt dollars. There
are thousands of mortgages overdue and
thousands of mortgages that are subject
- call If there were any danger OF the
Government adopting free-coinage poli-
ev there would be thousands of mort
oaees forecloscd at once. Creditors have
5aen natiently waiting during the hard
fines for their debtors to get something
ahead. They have carried their own
mortgages from year to year, even
+houoh interest has been defaulted. They
bova Given extension after extension to
tha farmer who has had hard luck. They
haye been very patient with the mort
.,aoor. But their patience would cease
r fhe debtor attempted to play dishon-
=. trick. They would shut their hearts