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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-22
NEW TO-DAY.
NEW TO-DAY.
CANCERS!
CAN THEY BE CURED?

DR.. C. A. HAScALL of 1902 Market street
says they can and that. too, without the use of
KNIFE OR ESCHAROTIC. SHOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO RUN. DR.. Hascall is q new
arrival in the City and has what he believes a
positive cure for cancer; at least, he has in his
the statements OF the individuals themselves as
to the cure. In reply to questions the doctor
saws there never was time when cancer was
SO prevalent as now. 1t seems TO be almost an
epidemic, invading the whole world seemingly
as peStllence.
Can cancer be cured by cutting, doctor?
Ny experience is it cannot be. Many cases
are reported as being cured, but If the truth
was known they were lupus or sarcoma,
seemingly cancerOus growth, which does not
materially affect the glands, but not cancer.
What is your cure, doctor
am not quite ready to give to the profes-
sion my cure, but intend to do so some time
but | will say it is not an escharouc-lt is
purely vegetable remedy, which Kills cancer
in few hours. 1t is afterward sloughed out
by the use of poultices. 1t requires usually
from eight to twelve days to get the cancer.
But my treatment for the cure takes from four
to eight weeks. Ny killing remedy affects only
malignant growths and does not atfect
healthy tissues. With my remedy I treat
cancer of the tongue and the womb. The can
Ger you see here / removed from the face of
Mr.. w. r. Defrees of Oakland, man 70 or
more years old, large cauiihower cancer. He
was sent home in four weeks and had gained
in weight fifteen pounds. He was cared forat
he was carefully watched by the resident
physician and others. Mrs. c. s. Mcdonald OF
this City, s. Stephenson of Oakland, Mrs. Bill
derbackt of Reddfng and many others have
been treated by me and cured. Any one deslr-
Gus of inquiring into my method OF treatment,
Market street from 1:30 to P. NJ. Communi-
cations by mail promptly attended to.
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DO we forget, from spring to spring, the
wonderful beauty of the years awakening?
Each winter of our discomfort, l think
remember, as look forward in anticipa-
tion, the tender charm of all the springs
wonder. yet with each recurring year it
comes to me as a fresh and mysterious
surprise. Note the first early hints of new
growths. as you will, there ALWAYS comes
one day when one suddenly awakens to
the consciousness that spring has really
come. Some date its advent from the
finding of the first poppies, but
these often make their appearance
in late November. The golden crowned
sparrow is welcome and unfailine
harbinger of springtime. but the wake
We find it early in February about
the, bay, spreading its green leaves
and rearing its beautiful head to remind
US that the time of quickening has come.
More often than not we have forgotten it.
We have filled our lives so full of COM
plexities and problems that it is well for
US to have this annual reminder that even
without our taking thought about it the
real world, that will be here when we.
with all our business, shall have
gone from sight, has renewed itself,
and restored ITSELF and stands bid
ding US come to her and find
peace. For Nature keeps open house
for US, and even when we visit her and
leave a trail of dirt and desolation behind
US. like stupid and untidy children, she
only sets herself to cover and remove it,
with the silent, persistent patience of her
age-wise motherhood. Down in the can
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variety peculiarly our own, though unmls-
takably the same flower as Its Eastern
co usin. Like most things Californian, 1t
is larger han the other varieties, ana very
showy. VARYING IN color from madder-red
to pale PINK; or even, though somewhat
ra arely. white. It grows from thick,
tuber-iike root, and the, calyx has, sur
rounding It's three red petals, three
green sepals, three broad, mottled-
green leaves, which, for some extraor-
dlnary reason, our florists remove
when they offer the flower for sale.
One wonders why the dealers DO TINS.
The poor blossoms, thus denuded, have
seIf-conscious and bewildered air, sucn as
m ay have been worn by that little egg
selling woman of old, who awoke from her
sleep by the kings highway to find her r
pettfcoats shorn. Stripped OF lts en- cnieI
beauty, wake-robin may we'll ask, III
be II Indeed, it is no longer the trilllum m
of the forest. 1t is only the trllllum Oh
commerce. a sad and unlovely object.
A hank where wake-robIn lifts Its ponny
head'is always lovely object. Ihe plant
has certain companions, bosom frlends, as
1t were, that are almost sure TO pc iouno
close at hand. The Solomon's seal Is one
Of these. Why Solomon's seal? Dig down own
so the stout rootstock and learn. You Will
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yon, among the trillium and loosestrifes
and wild potato, / found some picnickers'
inevitable tin can, left to desecrate the
landscape, but completely covered and
filed with soft mold, and growing in it a
mass of happy green woodsorrel. This is
better than going at things with broom,
removing them from one place to another,
which is about as far as we have progressed
with our science Of cleaning up.
There are no com mplexitles about the
wake-robin. You may see all there is of it
at a glance. It's principles are "brief and
fundamental, as wise old Marcus Aurelins
charges us to let our own be, and yet the
plant has had its vicissitudes; has met and
solved its problems. Reasoning from analo-
gies, time must have been when, like
others of its great family, it grew in the
water, floating out its broad leaves,
lolling at luxurious ease on the surface of
marshy, watery places and still ponds.
Then times changed. Lands rose and
waters subsided, and the trillium found
itself surrounded by new conditions. The
problem OF self-support confronted it, and
It met it by diverting from its broad, sus-
tanning sepais nutriment that was needed
by the long, swaying stem to meet the new
demands upon it. It still loves water, and
seeks shady woods and cool canyons, by
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find it marked and SCARED with large,
round, seal-like wounds, showing where
the stalks of previous years have
sprung up. withered away and been
shed. Seeing these. old foresters
imagined them to be like : the
imprint of a seal upon wax, and who
should thus have sealed these hidden
growths save he who sealed, also, the genii
in the old bottles-Suleyman. the son of
Daoud ION whom be peace y There is no
more exquisite green than the beautiful,
shining leaves of this plant, with its tiny
white bells of blossoms. 1t has near
relative, almost always to be found grow
ing in company with it, which. with. a
curious paucity of Imagination, our bot
anists have called False Solomon's Seal. (
1t is something of q reflection upon our
own mental habits, this trick we have of
falslfying the plants. I'VE say "false
asphodel, false rice,p "false hellebore," !"
false" spikenard and miterwort, but the
falsehood is in our own vain imaginings.
The plants are as true as the earth that
bears them, or the rain and sunshine that
bring them to perfection The Solomon's s
seal is one lily, the false" Solomon's seal
another, but we have heaped double insult
upon the pretty innocent, first through
Its popular name, in which we charge it
with deception, and then by giving it a
generic name which stamps it an imitator,
for the name Smllacina racemosa was be-
slowed on the thoroughly individual little
plant because of a fancied resemblance be-
tween its leaves and those of the genus
smllax. Man may be false, the ''perilous
godhood of choosing" is his, but the wild
things of the woods are true, ALWAYS. each
in the order of its nature.
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Continuing, the court says:
SIDE ENTRANCES.
Saloon Keepers Arrested Two Years
Ago Again Appear in the
Police Court.

]. B. Marshall, Eddie Homan, John
Mcknight and five other saloon-keepers
appeared before Judge Joachimsen yester-
day. to answer to the charge of violating
the "side-entrance" ordinance, but at the
request OF the defendants, the cases were
continued till March 26.
The defendants were arrested about two
years ago. At. that time J. Coleman, one
Of the saloon keepers arrested, was con-
victed in the Police Court and took an ap-
peal to the Superior Court to test the con-
stitutionality of the ordinance. All the
other defendants took steps to secure a
stay of proceedings in the lower court
pending decision on the Coleman appeal,
and promised that should the appeal fail, !,
they would all plead guilty.
After several delays Coleman pleaded
guilty before Judge Bahrs and was SEN
fenced to pay fine OF $50. AS result,
the constitntionality of the ordinance was
not tested and the status of affairs is now
precisely as it was two years ago, except
that Coleman was convicted.
Judge Joachimsen and Prosecuting At
torney Dare say they will proceed with all
possible dispatch to have the question
definitely settled.
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little streams, where it holds up its
head to welcome the spring. 1t is probably
not so big as in the days when it foated
idly on the water, but is the wake-robin
still, and it does more than summon the
birds, it calls US human creatures back to
nature. There is saving grace even in
the sight of the poor, shorn thing in the
florists windows. One may close ones
eyes and think of the, spring woods,
whence it came, and be blessed and re-
freshed. 1t is wise provision that gives
our city schoolchildren holiday
just at this season. We are fortu-
nate in this climate that we have no
such need, as exists in the East, for a
fresh-air fund" to carry poor children
away, during the summer, from the citys
sitting heat, but as means of promoting
good citizenship it would be great thing
could every child in our City be given, AS
could so easily be done, yearly visit to
our springtime woods and canyons.
ADELINE KNAPP.
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=
the time, of all the year, to go out into
neid and canyon and forest. Cool and
orlpplng, and dim and delicious, just now
are all the woodsy places that little later
VIII be, perhaps, not less beautiful in their
warm, maturer loveliness, but certainly
less approachable. 1t is as if the things of
nature grew sophisticated, as the season
advances. In the early springtime they are
FRANK and contiding and willingly tell the
secrets OF their growth to him who asks.
1hey nave time. then, in the first begin
nlngs OF Things, to stop and parley, as it
were. to show their tiny roots and bulbs
ana let you study the delicate, tender un-
lololngs OF leaf and bud and blossom. A
month from now they will be too busy
keeping up with the swift march of the
season TO gossip and visit, even with the
Youngest OF human friends. Already the
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IAN Communications concerning whist, an
swers to problems, etc., should be addressed
"Whist Editor" GALL City.l
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Y HEN the warm rains succeed
the driving downpours of the
winter, and the young grain
begins to mantle the mead
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Lecture on Cons ciousness.

]. ]. Morse will deliver lecture under tn,
auspices of the California Psychical Society a
National Hall, Ellis street, this eve ming at 7 45
o'clock, the subject being "Consciousness-It
Conquests and Prophesies." This is the fourth
of series of five lectures on Some Genera
Illustrations of the Principles of Psychic
Science"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-22

with the opening Of the caucus, it was
round that the Senatorial question had
been completely overshadowed. BY I'M
animous vote the nomination of Senator
was put over and the selecting of state
librarian was declared to be in Older Now
the legislators were all gallant men, and
the candidates were all fair women. More
over, this was in Mississippi. None Of those
who made nominating speeches, however,
eXcelled Mr.. Jones. He began with a
complimentary reference to Eva and scared
gracefully down through the ages on pin
ions OF rhetoric, winding up with grand
display OF pyIo echical eloquence, in which
he declared his unbounded admiration for
the whole female sex and announced
that he should vote for each and every
lovely candidate. The other members who
made speeches were just as eloquent, but
were more specific. After several days of
intense excitement the ballot ended in the
election of Mrs. Eel, and the whole state
gradually turned its attentios to other
topics.
Mrs Bell is native Missssippian, and
is graduate OF the East Mississippi Female
college. For several years she has held
a responsible position in Jackson post
office
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-22
THE FUNNY MANS OPpOR TUNITY

Both had newspapers and they were
CHANGING down the columns while coming
down town by elevated train. Although
they occupied one of the cross seats they
were not acquainted evidently.
1T looks like Reed" the one near the
window remarked after while CHANGING
at his neiYhbor
"Whut ~
For the nomination"
"Ohn'
"Don't you think so?"
NO"
Why not?"
because he wouldn't interfere with
Motion. He isn't in good health,
any way, and he couldn't stand the
strain y
Reed? Why he's in excellent
healthn
But New York fasn't two candidates,
Pldtt : in the way, too"
"lf the delegates are not bound to vote
:, lid, what's to hinder some for voting foi
Reed 2"
"Nothinp; but he hasn't any follow
ing"
"FolIowine Why, I've heard his name
everywhere"
He hasn't said anything to attract my
attention, except that he came out strong
for the Monroe doctrine. "
Where did you see that ~
in the newspapers "
Its strange | missed it. I've been
waiting for him to say something about
that
lis he? | thought he would be, but |
haven seen anything that he sad about
it,"
"But | doubt whether he will come
hack from Arizona before the conven-
tion.'
"Arizoua! Say! Who?"
"Whilelaw Reid"
Oh, -! Pm talking about Tom
Reed
"Oh!"
The man near the window crushed
his newspaper together and rushed for the
doorway when the train slowed down at
Park Place. The other shifted nearer the
window and continued reading. - New
York LINES
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-22
HER FIRST REHEARSAL.
Mary Anderson de Navarro Tells of the
Preliminaries of Her Stage Debut.

In writing of her first appearance on the
stage Mary Anderson de Navarro tells in
the Ladies Home Journal that the oppor-
tunlty toplay was presented her by Man
ager McCauley at his Louisville theatre
The star who was playing at the theatre
mad failed to attract paying houses and
Dr. Griffin. who was Mrs. de Navarro 8
stepfather and her business manager, sug-
gested to Mr.. McCauley that she be given il
chance to play. The offer was gladly
accepted, and Mrs. de Navarro writes that
there was only one rehearsal, and it was
called for the next morning son my way
to the cathedral" she adds, 81 was en-
chanted to see posters on the fences making
the announcement The main part of the
!, poster was devoted to advertising Milues
Levck in ''The spy and at the bottom
in smaller type the show bill read
Saturday evening, Nov. 81 1s95-Miss
Mary Anderson, a young lady of this city
will make her first appearance on any stage
as Juliet, in Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet, Mines Levick as Mercuttio, and a
powerful cast OF characters.
LAS | was in the quiet church the hour
for rehearsal struck, and started for the
theatre in radiant frame of mind. Pass
ing with my people through the darkened
house and private boxes covered with their
linen busters, | found myself for the first
time upon the stage. How strange and
dreamlikeit seemed, that empty theater
lighted only here and there by the faint
glimmer of the gray day without, bereft
OF the eager faces it had always been
peopled with! And the stage! Hon
dismal it was with the noisy patter of the
rain on its tin roof, a small gas let burn
ing in the center, throwing a dingy light
on the men and women they did not
relish the extra rehelrsal) gloomly stand
ing III the wings. On seeing me, all
looked surprised. Some made remarks III
whispers, which felt to be unknd Others
laughed audiby. Scarcely Is, my hair
in long braid, my frocl reaching to my
boot tops, tall, shy and awkward, may
have given them cause for merriment. but
it was as cruel | thought, as underlined, Ia
make no effort to conceal their mirtl at my
expense. However. their rudene,s wa
salutary in its effect, putting me on M
mettle before the work began"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-02-22
THE LAWYER AND THE THIEF,

A man who had been arrested for stealing
horse employed lawyer, who managed
his case so well that the jury returned a
verdict OF acquittal. The lawyer was
filled with rejoicing, but the thief was cast
down and said:
ALAS, but you did not seem to grasp
the opportunity"
why, my dear man, you are saved from
state prison"
Yes, know, but while you were salts
Tying them of my innocence you ought also
to have made them believe | owned the
horse which was found leading away"
He probably stole another that same
week.
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Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Railroad Company.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DEC. 18TH.

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DEC. 18th.
Water and rail routes to Ocean City aud al
points on the Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries.
For Health, Pleasure and Business.
UneXcellcd facilities for both Passenger and
Freight traffic.
Close connection with the trunk line rail
road nsuring convenience to the traveller, and
the luick dispatch of all freights.
Fifteen commodious and handsomely fitted
out steamers. Comfortable state rooms. Good
cuisine. Polite attendance.
Steamers leave piers 3 and Az Light street
wharf, Baltimore. lis foIows:-
RAILWAY DIvIsIoN-4.N p. m, daily except
Saturday and Sunday; 90 p. m, on Saturday
CHOPTANK RIVER LINES p m; daily, except
Sunday, for Easton, Oxford, Cambridge, and
landings to Denton Returning, leave Denton
8 p III; Oxford, p m and 1870 p IN; Easton,
$50 IN. arriving in Baltimore at s m.
WICoMICo RIVER LINE-3p M, every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday for Wingatc's
Point Deals Island and landings to Salisbury
Returning, leave Salisbury at $50 p m, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving in
Baltimore at Il M.
NANTIcoKE RIVER Lines p. M. every Mon
day. Wednesday and Friday for Deals Island
and landings to Stafford, Del. Returning leave
Seaford at IL noon, Tuesday, Thursday and
GREAT WICoMICO AND PIANKATANK RIVER
Lines p. M. every Tuesday and Friday for
Great Wicomico River, Dividing, Indian and
and Piankatank River to Frecport. Returning,
cave Frecport at 8 n. m. every Monday and
Thursday arriving in Baltimore at n. IN.
Steamers leave from foot of South Street as
follows:
POCoMoKE RIVER LINE-5.3O p. m, every
Tuesday and Friday, for, Cristicld. Tangicr
Island, Onancock, and landings to Pocomoke
and Snow Hill. Returning, leave Snow Hill at
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Thursday, arriving in Baltimore at a m.
hEssoNGo RIVER LINE-5.30 p. m, every
Wednesday for Ford's, Crisfield, Harborton,
Evans Bopgs, Hunting Creek and Messongo
Returning, leave Messongo every Friday at d
a m; CrisAeld. p IN, arriving in Baltimore at
Gam.
OCCoHANNoCK RIVER LINR--5.30 p. m, every
Sunday for Ford's. Crisfeld, Harborton,
Evans, Boggs, Cedar View, Nsndua. Concord,
Reeds, Davis, Shields, RUGS. Returning leave
Rues every Tuesday "a. $50 IN, Crisheld, p
m, arriving in Baltimore at am.
WILLARD THOMSON, General Manager.
Baltimore, Nd.
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WOMEN In POLITICS.
They Made Lively Campaign for State
Librarian of Mississippi.

AASJ f"etaS q LifSAJ campaign lOi StdtS
Librarian of Mississippi
The women of Mississippi have at last
entered politics. They refrained for long
time, but when they did invade the arena
it was with rush. A campaign for state
Librarian, for which Office women are eligi-
BILE, recently completed, has proved the
most exciting which the state has seen for
many years. Mrs. Helen d. Bell, an at.
tractive widow, carried off the prize, and
is the heroine of the hour The campaign
ing began early in 1895, and for year
gradually grew in intensity, until the
whole state became interested in the con-
test. First and last there were twenty
three candidates. There were as many as
this when the delegates to the Democratic
convention were elected. In many of the
counties the delegates were instructed as to
which candidate should be given their in
Iluence. These communicated with their
representatives, and so many of the legislc-
tors were committed to one candidate
Several days before the assembling of
the legislature the leaders in the race
opened headquarters in Jackson. When
the members of the legislature arrived, they
were met by friends of the various candi-
dates, who invited them to meet the fair
contestants. Receptions were held at the
hotels and in private residences, at which
wre-pulling went on with new and moved
acces sories. The number of ladies who
wished to be librarian had by this time
narrowed down to an even dozen, but there
were three other ladies, each Of whom hoped
to be chosen postmistress Of the house.
There seemed to he great deal OF hur-
mony among the candidates. Aspirants for
the same office buttonholed members and
then turned them over to their opponents
in the most friendly fashion.
When the climax of interest was reached