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until it began again to cry out most
piteously.
This Kid was from Nebraska, and its
Dleat had so much of sweetness and such
a silvery tone that it became great favor
lite, and was put in charge of the helm to
steer the old ship through the golden
breakers that threatened its destruction
every moment, Verify it had been an I'M
lucky year for the vessel, for Captain
Cleveland had been thrown overheard by
the superstitious sailors because he came
very near wrecking the ship on the gold
reef called Wall street, wherefore the adj
vent of the Kid was looked upon as good
omen.
A short time before they heard the bIeat-
ing of the Nebraska Kid the sailors had
seen two old farmers on the shore, who
hailed the vessel, because they wished to
voyage to their homes beyond the other
side of the lake. One was Farmer Bland
of the tribe of Missouri, and his voice was
so seductive that all who heard it called
him Silver Dick. The other was Farmer
Boies of the tribe of Iowa, man OF great
honesty, but he had come on his toes and
on his hands, and did not turn up his
pants at the bottom and keep a crease in
them. So the sailors needed him not, be-
cause they feared he might be Jonah, in
case of an unexpected rain in London.
Now, when the voices of the bleating
Kid and Silver Dick were heard they were
so much alike in tone that the sailors
could not decide between them and they
almost came to blows, so fierce was the
contention. Observing that the Kid had
q habit of sticking out first one of its fore
paws and then kicking the brains out of
the air with hind foot, the sailors de-
clared that the Kid was a tragedian and
that it could play the leading part in the
new play, "The Last Days of Democracy"
and the Kid became the idol of the ship.
Now, it happened that in the month of
November of the same year q violent
storm called public sentiment ragged, and
the old ship, weakened by many perilous
voyage and topheavy by reason of having
thrown overheard all her ballast and good
people, foundered and sank to the bottom,
the last thing heard being the Kids
bleating
But just as all the crew were about to be
drowned-some floating on free trade frag-
ments of the ships. hencoops and others
on pieces Of wreckage-the stanch ship
Republication, built IN 1861 and COM
manded by Major Mckinley, sailed by
that way and saved most of the unfortu-
nate sailors from death.
I'M q
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SEWALL IN SECOND PLACE.

During the Bailotlng for
Vce-Pre s.dent.
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO. Ill.
July 11.-There was very marked falling
on In the attendance at the Coliseum on
TINS, the fifth morning of the Democratic
National Convention. The sections as
signed to delegates showed rows upon
rows OF empty chairs, but all signal-poIes
OF the States were in their proper position,
including the ''badSer" of Wisconsin
which General Bragg had complained of
last night as having been stolen during
the great racket OF the Bryan nomination.
and as having been trained in the corteee
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-12
BUT THE MAN FROM MAINE
HAS A "BARREL."
''SiIver Dick" Bland Sacrificed Upon the
Altar of the Wrecked Bourbon
Party.

And Now the Dssenters Are Demanding a
Convention of Their Own to Choose
Sound Money" Nominees for
President and Vice President.
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The crank convention finished its work
to-day in the cranky manner that was ex-
pected. 1t had slapped the face OF it's
champion, Bland, ON the day before, and
when his friends. hoping that it would
have the magnanimity and gratitude to
The herald., 1896-08-24
PERSONALS

Congressman Mark Smith of Arizona
was in the city Saturday and paid
pleasant visit to the Herald editorial
rooms. Mr.. Smith says that Arizona is
solid for silver and Bryan.
B. D. Curl the well-known operator Of
the Southern Pacific company at Vol
cano Springs, is in Los Angeles on a
short vacation, and is stopping at the
home of his parents, 1876 Solano avenue.
E. E. Crandall of Crandall, AylsWorth
& Haskell. has returned from business
trip to the east. Mr.. Crandall left Los
Angeles a gold man. but has returned
convert to the white metal. Mr.. Gran
dali says that the silver sentiment in
increasing and that Bryan will sweep
the country
Among the visitors in the city Satur-
day was Gov. j. 3. Franklin of Arizona.
Mr.. Franklin says the territory was
never more prosperous than now, and
that everybody is for free silver. Gov
Franklin is accompanied by J. F. Fitz-
gerald, a prominent business man of
Solomorville and Ben Crawford, col
lector of internaN revenue for Arizona
They left during the afternoon for a
brief visit in San Francisco. Upon their
return to the city the early part of the
week they will remain here for some
GaVS
The herald., 1896-08-24
PHILOSOPHICAL LECTURES
Three Interesting Talks Before Large
and Appreciative Audiences
q. r. Baumgardt at the Broadway Headqusr-
ters-Dr. Holm and Mr.. Graham at
Biavatzky Hall

Mr. r Baumgardt lectured last even
ing to an overcrowded house at the
Theosophical headquarters, 356 South
Broadway. He began by recitlng phil
osophical poem by Mackey. The sub
ject of the lecture was the movable and
unknowable of Spencer's philosophy.
He said there were three known theories
of the origin OF the universe-atheistic
pantheistc and theistic. The first holds
that the universe is non-created and
self-existent; the second, that the un-
iverse is self-creative and the third that
all was created by an external agency
Now, positive knowledge does not flill
the region of possible thought. Science
is gradually increasing its sphere and
vet the horizon of knowledge is at the
same time receding. Certain knoWl-
edge must explain all the objects by
which we are surrounded. If we appeal
to our senses, do they not deceive US!
The stars look like fiery beads in the
sky. The earth appears to stand still
and the sun go round 1T. rms IS the re-
port of the senses. The mind can easily
grasp the idea that ten is more than
three. But suppose some should say
mo, three is greater than ten, ana
turn a rod into serpent to prove II, we
would still be certain that ten is more
than three. What assurance have we
that our reason will be any more re-
liable than our senses? During sleep we
give to visions a reality and may not
our waking moments be another sort
of sleep? Our conception of thing
depends on our point of view. To us
the earth and it's teeming millions OF
conscious beings seem the center of i'm
portance to the universe. Seen from the
constellation of Orion the earth is no
larger than a period appears on print
ed page held at arms length. How
ould the inhabitants of that star re-
gard each one of us at this distance?
To some stars in the universe we are
altogether invisible and thus inconse-
quential. 1t is only in relation to the
whole that any part is important.
The strangest paradox of all is that
one of these theories must be true, while
each contains an unthinkable and con-
Trajectory element.
The herald., 1896-08-24
The Defective FIue Again Gets
in Its Work
CAUSED BY AN EXPLOSION
Brisk Fire on Stephenson Avenue Sun.
day Afternoon
A Cheap Boom Structure the Prey Of Planes.
Losses and Insurancs-0ther
Details

The Eureka lodging house at No. 626
Stephenso navenue, near the corner of
East Third street, was gutted by fire
between 2 and o'clock yesterday after
noon. entailing loss of perhaps $4,000,
partially covered by insurance.
The building which was burned was
cheap up and down boarded, two-story
structure, containing thirty-two rooms,
and was used as a lodging house and
boarding house, Joseph y Caldwell be-
ing the proprietor. 1t was so feet long
and S5 feet front, and was erected dur
ing the boom in fiimsy manner. The
interior was not plastered, but finished
in cloth and paper, and when it was
once ablaze burned like kindling wood.
Mr.. Caldwell was sitting at the front
entrance on Stephenson avenue. when
he saw smoke coming around the side of
the house and went back to investigate.
He found the kitchen in flames and the
fire rapidly eating its way tovl I'd the
front. between the ceiling and roof
Running to the corner of Alameda and
Third streets, he turned in an alarm
from box 172, and the department quick
ly responded.
Before the apparatus arrived on the
ground, with the assistance of neigh
bors and passers-by, Mr. Caldwell sue
ceeded in saving a quantity of furniture
which was piled on a vacant lot near
by. The firemen were somewhat handi-
capped by scarcity of water, and as the
fire was between the roof and ceiling.
were obliged to chop through the shin
giles in order to reach the flames with
a stream. Finally the roof blazed uC~
and then the firemen fought the flames
from the roof of the Wentworth lodg-
ing house at No. $50. and the tops of a
couple of small cottages in the back
yard of the latter place.
The flames were finally extinguished,
but not until the Eureka had been
cleaned out. The walls still stand, but
the upper floor is gone and the lower
portion wrecked by fire and water. Mr..
Caldwell places his loss at $500 on the
building. and $500 on furniture, to offset
which he carries S2500 insurance in the
Hartford. n. Fetsch, who runs the
Wentworth. places his loss at some $50,
sustained by the cottages in the rear
of his place being scorched, necessitat-
ing a new coat of paint.
No one seemed to know the exact or
igin of the fire. but it is thought to have
originated from a defective flue.
The herald., 1896-08-24

press itself and further expand. This
process Is repeated continually. When
the human stage Is finally reached the
human animal receives Q soul, which
makes 1t self-conscious. and this soul
reincarnates life after life until all tina
lessons of earthly existence are learned.
Man, being Intelligent, can choose the
right or the wrong, but in each he must
take the effects of his doing. He is.
therefore. responsible for whatever con-
dition he Is in"
MORNING LECTURE.
Blavatsky hall was filled by an at
tentive audience yesterday morning to
listen to an address by H. A. Gibson on
the subject, The Mystery of Satan.
The speaker said that every ancient
cosmogony contains reference to the
wars in heaven, relating to the emana-
tions of forces from the one unknowable
source of all things. These forces were
personitied in the forms Of Gods and
angels. We can have no manifestation
without duality-light includes the
idea of darkness. pleasure that of pain,
wealth it's opposite of poverty, as well
the idea of life also change; change
means readjustment and friction. Force
must meet resistance or 1t would have
no field for its activity.
AS the informant in anybody expands
its consciousness the form and environ
ihCll iidot CHdHSC. Ddtdl Is Cdllcu Tue
adversary. the opposer, and represents
or personifies the conserving force in
nature-is constructive and resists.
Advance is the other pole from spirit,
the expansive force. Each acting on the
other gives the centrifugal and CEN
tripetal forces found throughout being.
In the Old Testament we find God say
ing: Il create evil" Evil is natural and
a necessary fact in evolution. The nor
NAL condition of one stage of progress
is evil on the next higher stage, on which
a higher form has become normal. Evil
is resistance of the evolutionary ten
dency in all and has it's root in the free
agency of self-conscious man. Stars
sweep along and question not, but man
has certain degree of choice and can
thwart the upward movement in him.
Looking at the Christian religion as
commonly taught, we find the origin Of
evil enshrouded in mystery and all at
tributed to person called the devil, on
the assumption of whose existence de-
penos the fabric of their system. What
is generally called the fall of man" Is
almost universally misunderstood
Adam and Eve are generic terms, and
signify the race at a certain stage of
evolutionary development called the
middle of the third round on earth. At
this point men were innocent animal
forms. having not the power of self
conscious thought. pure and simple. He
was not to remain thus, but the scheme
or his evolution includes the idea of his
gaming wisdom through choice and ex-
perlence as reasoning being. So the
serpent OF wisdom tempted him from his
negative innocence, giving him the pow
er OF mind. whereby he might become as
Gods and know good and evil. Man by
repeated experience in matter will at
tain wisdom and perfection as regards
that phase of life
The herald., 1896-08-24
EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
Short Sermons by Revs. Dye and Huddles6n
OF "Good Citizenship"

Rev. George Z. Dye, the pastor, and
Rev b. T. Huddleson, state president
of the American Protective association
of California, occupied the pulpit at the
East Los Angeles Baptist church yes
terday, and delivered short sermons on
Good Citizenship.
Mr.. Dye spoke first, stating that he
was glad that he was a citizen of no
mean city, but that, like every other
city, it needed better and nobler citi-
zens-ctzens who had for their motto
the words of his text. We ought to obey
God rather than man." Peter and the
apostles repudiated the ecclesiastical
bosses of the day and bowed only to
the mandate of God and an educated
conscience. The day has approached in
this glorious land when true men rise
up and throw off the yoke of political
bondage The great question before the
American people today is not QueS-
tion of silver or gold, protection or tar
if. but q question of right or wrong,
question whether the people shall rule
or be ruled. a question whether wrong
shall be enthroned or whether righteous
ness shall rule the nation. Wrongs are
enthroned today in government powers,
in political parties, in churches and in
high places. Scribes and Pharsees in
churches and bosses in political parties
propose to rule the people. and the peo-
pie propose to overthrow them once and
forever. l am not here to say how You
shall vote, but l am here to ask you to
obey God and conscience. and vote for
righteousness and truth, virtue and
honesty, though the heavens fall. l do
not say that every preacher should be
a politician, but l do say that every man
should be patriot, and as patriot he
must be in politics, or he
mus. be a coward. The true pat
riot wishes to do all he can for his coun-
try: the professional politician wishes
the country to do all it can for him.
The American people will take par
ticular pains this year to see that the
bosses remain at home. Lust for office
has been the curse of our country, but
the people are arousing to righteousness,
and there is a peaceful revolution at
our doors. Two revolutions have shaken
our government in the past The one
had for its principle political independ
ence and the leading spirit was Wash
ington; the other had for its principle
personal liberty. and the master spirit
was Abraham Lincoln; and now we need
a leader to combine the two principles
and free us from bosses and un-Ameri
can ways. Kings did not rule by divine
right, neither shall gold, silver. greed
or anything that smacks of selfishness
and mammonism. Dr. Parkhurst inaug-
urated a movement which was but the
echo of Peters remark, I'VE ought to
obey God rather than men,"
Mr.. Huddleson followed in a similar
strain, but as he was resting from over
work, he did not offer any extended re-
marks. Mr.. Raglin and the choir, which
is led by Mrs. Stone, sang some beauti-
full songs.
The herald., 1896-08-24
Y. Nj. c. A. HALL
An Address by Charles s. Horton Of the Crit
t-nton Evcngeliistic Band

Mr.. Charles S. Morton of the Critten-
ton Evangelistic band delivered the
address at the mems meeting yesterday
afternoon. He took for his text Cor X:
81: whether, therefore, ye eat or drink,
or whatsoever ye do, do all for the
glory of Cod"
The speaker said: Can we do that?
Men have intellectual truth and can
speak. What we want is life in Christ.
The first thing God wants is that we
should be obedient. To always be in an
attitude of perfect obedience. Then he
raises US above all the powers of Satan.
He will do the battling for us. You
must will to do his will through the
heart. ] used to pray, but not from the
heart. You may pray because you fear
that something will come to you, ami
your heart may be as black as hell it.
self. You will have the pains of remorse,
the pains of hell may take hold upon
you. Men take their own lives because
they are filed with remorse or fear Peo-
pie who have perfect peace do not COM
NIT suicide. God said he would give us
peace like a river. Jesus Christ paid
for it on Calvary, and you can get it
only through him. There may be lone
Illness with YOU now, but if you will do
Gods will it will be done away with.
Peace is harmonizing your spiritual ma
ture with Gods. 1t gives you grace to
suffer if need be and knowledge how to
cast your burdens upon the Lord. You
can never be satisfied unless Jesus Christ
comes into your heart. The natural man
cannot do everything for the glory Of
Cod. Stop trying to be good and get
cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ
No man ought to go out of this room I'M
saved We need not regard iniquity in
our hearts. God will take it away. II
YOU are willing God is willing. He is a
strong God and can deliver from every
thing. The blood of Jesus Christ oleanses
from all sins. 1t cleansed me. He died
to save you, but you have got to believe.
God wants you to settle it this after
noon"
There was an interesting after-meet-
ing at the close of the service. A num-
ber requested prayers, and there were
many testimonies.
The herald., 1896-08-24
most concern. We prove this true in

most concern. We prove this true in
several particulars.
Our character is our sum total. We
are for veal or woe what our characters
are, for that stays when all else has gone
Our character is the clue to all that
relates to us in this life or the next.
Back of all our circumstances is the
law in ourselves which determines
what these shall do for us. The grape
and the thistle turn all that comes into
their life currents each into. its own
In our character is the shaping of
our influence. We are consciously or
unconsciously helping to mould the lives
around us by our very personality, and
this makes life serious matter. We
cannot be one thing and power Tor
that which is the moral opposite. what
n man really believes prevails over
what he thinks he believes.
The strength of a nation is in the
strength of it's character, and the
strength of national character lies IN the
aggregate of the individual character
of its people Greece and Rome both
illustrate this fact for while there were
enough noble citizens to mould laws and
public opinion by their intelligence and
conscience, the states rose to greatness.
1t was only after the decay or indiViduai
character that the state tottered and fell
because OF the ldCk VI iildiiiy StiSh6e III
and virtue in it's people.
We have but one character, one fund
amental. eternal type of being. Know
ing that 1--WE can not pass this way but
once" how keenly we ought to realize
the Importance of cultivating only the
best and purest within our reach.
The sad truth Is character is being
made the chief concern of very few of
us. We are sensitive to our reputation,
but careless of what is behind the repu-
tation. Character is what we are, repu-
tation is what we are supposed to be-
We admire the noble and unselfish. and
wish to be thought so ourselves. but do
we deserve such an estimate? Is it not
a fact that we take greater pains with
our houses and horses than with the
symmetry and sweetness of our souls?
The artists dream may be whittier than
marble but too often he has left him.
self unshaped while he has done Won
ders in stone.
When men shall be moved to make
character their first concern, there shall
be such an advancement in human lives
conditions and relations, that beholding
the new glory of God. and the new ex-
altation of man. they shall call one to
another: Behold, the millinenium has
come!"
The herald., 1896-08-24
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Rev. Mr. Days Disco urse on Character On,
Firse concern

At the First Congregational church
yesterday morning, the pastor, Rev,
Warren F. Day, ID, preached on
Character Our First Concern" taking
as his text, Philip iv, s.
The speaker said in part: The artists
effort is to idealize, and he succeeds as
he presents an ideal form on canvas or
marble. The Christians effort is to
realize the ideal in himself or waken it
in others. To do this we must make that
our foremost concern which is of most
vital Importance and our most distin-
gushing mark. Our bodies, our employ
ments. that which goes on in the busy
lives around us, each say to US, In me
is your first concern" In all these we
have deep interest, but we press home
the proposition to every thinking man
and woman that character is our fore
The herald., 1896-08-24
Al Alpine Tavern

The following party enjoyed the hospi-
taiity of Echo mountain and Alpine
tavern during the past week: W. b.
Lonsyear and party of five; Mr.. Durgin.
mother and sister; Miss +. L. Hopkins.
Miss Albertis, Miss Louise Albertis, G.
h. Ehramport and wife, j. j. Clausen
and wife, w. $. Armstrong, Miss Arm
strong. A. BWilliams and party of three,
j. j. Pettigrew and wife, Chas. NJ Tay-
lor and wife, l.. r. Winan and family
Miss Thomas, Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. L. B
Smith and party of three. P. w. Hoyle
and wife, /. $. Comis and wife.
The herald., 1896-08-24
Right and Left

Paralyzing blows are being dealt at disease
by the great tonic and regulator, Hostel
ters stomach bitters. Fever and ague, gem
eral debility, rheumatism. nervous all
ments. constipation and dyspepsia, are
among the maladies for which experience
has proved it a specific. Its work is thor
ough, its effects are prompt. 1t is not,
however advertised to produce immediate te
cures. though ii affords speedy relief
and will, If given a reasonable trial such
as any standard remedy deserves, root out
the maladies to which it is adapted. In
emergencies arising in families il is par.
ticularly serviceable, and it is esteemed
prehensive uses, wholesome vegetable
composition and unobjectonable flavor 1t
has risen to popularity by purely legiti-
facts are alleged in regard to it. Use il
Systematically.
The herald., 1896-08-24
At BIeXatzky Hall

Last evening at Blavatsky hall, 52o
West Fifth street, DR.. G. F. Mohn ad-
dressed a full house on Practical The
osophy, and said in part that "the word
Theosophy was Synonymous with truth,
and is for the masses, the rich and poor
alike, and can be made comprehensive
ia ali. 1t is a vast ocean of knowledge,
religious, philosophical and religious;
deep enough at it's greatest depths to
satisfy the greatest intellect; simple
and shallow enough at its shores to be
comprehended by the lowliest mind. The
idea of Karma, or the law of cause and
effect, and reincarnation is practical
enough, for we find that in all the king
doms of nature there is expansion Of
consciousness. This expansion demands
larger and more perfect vehicles
through which consciousness may ex-
The herald., 1896-08-24
Lottery Drawino ps;dej

A Chinese lottery drawing, running in
full blast on Niger alley, was raided
last evening by deputy constables and
the two proprietors, All Quong and An
Dow, captured and locked up in iail.
They went into a cell for an hour OF two
until their countrymen could dig up 5000
cash bail apiece, depositing which they
were released to appear in court today
fO answer
The herald., 1896-08-24
The Smith Premier Typewriter
Wins n Great Victory

The board of education have placed an
order for eight Smith Premiers after
testing thoroughly in competition the
Smith Premier, Remington, Densmore,
Yost, Caiigraph, Williams, Dougherty
and Blickensderfer. The boards of edu-
cation at San Francisco and Oakland
had previously reached the same decis-
ion and bought thirty-two and fifteen
Smith Premiers respectiVelY.
The herald., 1896-08-24
Cast u, 6v the Waves

The body of Harry +. Dickson, one of
the two boys who We're drowned last
Monday while in bathing at Long Beach.
was yesterday afternoon cast up by the
waves on the sands very near the spot
where he sank for the last time. The
corpse was recovered and sent to this
city where il was placed in the care of
kregelo & Bresee. Coroner Campbell
will hold an inquest this morning