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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29
MANY TYPICAL FLOATS.
Alameda County Will Devote
Monday to the Cause of
Republicanism.
Special Trains Will Be Run From All
Points to the Great "Tom
Reed" Celebr alton.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
q g Rrnnd xuau OnA 90

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
9JS Broadway, Oct. g.
Preparations for tom Reed day" are
being pushed with unabated vigor. A
large sounding-board is being erected over
the stand from which Thomas B. Reed
will speak, so that the thousands in the
grand stand at the racetrack will be able
to hear perfectly.
The advocates of woman suffrage have
secured permission for Rev. Anna Shaw
to speak after the guest of the day has fin
ished. 1t has not yet been decided who
shall preside over the great meeting Mon.
day afternoon, but it is probable that a
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29
CAN FEEL FOR
THE PIED PIPER
Artist Tramp Harriss Sends
a Complaint to Chief
Lloyd.
He Graphically Illustrates His
First Nights Experience
in Jail.
WAS SERENADED BY RODENTS
In the Interest OF Humanity He Thinks
the Tax Levy Should Not Be
Too Small.

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
908 Broadway, Oct. %.
For ten years past the CITY Prison has
been condemned as unfit for habitation
even by the permanent drunks and the
Fish gang. Many complaints have been
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29

and treasurer, c. B. Rutherford. The fol-
lowing delegates 10 the State Convention,
to be held in Pioneers Hall, San Fran.
cisco, November 10, were selected: J. s.
White. w. r. Thomas, T. w. Jeffries, A.
H. Rlckett, s. 3. Christy, E. ii. Benja-
min, George Burbeck, w. E. Hale, G. L
Taggart, H G. Biasdell, Du Ray Smith,
T. Chappelet, Mack Webber, G.. G. Yale,
w. C. Ralston, E. G. LOTUS, E. @. Rig
ney, Warren Shilling. Robert McKiIlican.
]. B. Eldridge.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29

of the State University was used for the
first time since its erection this afternoon
by the Associated Students. They were
called together under the monster canvas
canopv TO pass resolutions of gratitude to
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst in consideration Of
her generous offer TO erect two new build
ings and to oefray the expense OF furnish
ing plans for the iayiag out of the grounds.
A. II. Allen, c. a. Low and G. J. Rector
presented the resolutions of thanks, which
were passed amid a round of applause.
Death of Major White.
BERKELEY, CAL, Oct. 2S-Maior
Henry a. White, father of Mrs. Bernard
Maybeck. died this morning at the home
of his daughter In East Berkeley.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29
The last Week.

OAKLAND, CAL. Oct. 2S.-The Young
Mems Republican League has sent out the
following 10 all members:
This is the last week of the campaign, and it
is the duty of every good Republican to show
his party principles by ttending the closing
meetings of the campaign. 1t is the desire of
the executive committee that every member
Of the league attend the following meetings:
Thursday, Octo ber 8, Hansen Hall, West
Oakland.
Saturdas, October 81, grand day parade in
San Francisco.
The members of the Drill Corps will assem-
Bile at their hall Thursday evening, October
90 at z O'Clock, in full uniform, TO attend the
West Oakland meeting. A baud will be wait
ing tor you. Refreshments will be served by
the First Ward Club. See that your uniforms
are cleaned and that you present neat ap-
pearance. II you cannot go furnish substi-
tute or notify G. H. WETHERN, Captain.
WILL D. POWERS Secretary.
Miners Meet
OAKLAND, CAL. Oct. 2S.-The Ala
media County Miners Association have
elected the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: President, Felix Chapel t;
vice-president, E. II. Benjamin; secretary
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29

The French National Library has 72, 900
books on the French Revolution.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29

JAMES G. MAGUIRE, at Union Hall, October
20, 1896 Peoples party nass-meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-29

A for Morning p for Afternoon.
Sundays excepted. Saturdays only.
Sundays only.
IT Monday, Thursday and Saturday nights only.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
(PACIFIo sYSTEM.l
Trains leave nnd are due to arrive af
SAN FIsANCISCO.

CREEK ROUTE FERRY.
From SAN FRANCISCO-POot Of Market Street (Slip 8)
*7:15 900 1100A.M. tl:oo 1900 t3o0
$500 1900 'e:ooP.M.
From 0AKLAHD-Foot Of Broadway 1900 500
1o:00A.M. 1890 sl:oo t2:oo $500 tfoo
*5:ocP.M.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

NOT a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Gull
berson, of Texas, tells how he entered
politics and obtained his first Office.
that OF Acknowledgement.
IL had been practising law" he said,
" and thought | had made about
enough reputation to justify branching
out. | did not expect to be nominated,
but thought it woul1 be q goodsintro-
: lction to start with u race for the
MISUNDERSTANDING. George Clark,
one of the ablest lawyers in the coun-
try, was my opponent. He was placed
in nomination by q brilliant speech,
while my friend who proposed nv
name. neglected to mention my legal
attainments. 1t looked dark for me
when a man from the panhandle O
and said
"'Mr. Speaker, they say Clark's a
great lawyer. | come with proxies
from my end OF the State all in nv
pocket, an was notified to vote for
Clark. But [ know no one had any
idee he was a lawyer. This State has
been hogswaggled by the lawyers till
she's so pore you can't sell enough
cotton to pay for the cattle the cactus
kills, all on account of the lawyers and
the railroads that keeps ZEN up. !
hope we won't put in any lawyer, and
Pm for Culberson. Nobody ever accus-
ed him of being o lawyer.
That speech resulted in my nomi-
nation"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

to be made as beautiful as the land
scape gardener IA conceive it. Drives
are to be constructed throughout, and
the whole transformed into q park of
exceeding beauty.
There Ia much to see, to marvel at.
to admire on this great estate. From
the summit OF Kykuit Mountain the
vista OF the mountain, valley and river
is of rarest beauty. On the west rolls
the Japan Zee, while across the Hud-
son the sun glints on the roofs of
Nyack. Northwest are Haverstraw
Bay and Croton point.
Turning the gaze to the northwest
one sees the green hills of Massachu-
setts In the distance. Away down the
Hudson Is the haze that marks the To-
cation of New York City. On a clear
day eve the buildings a be distin-
guished. To the southeast lie Long
Island Sound and Connecticut, both
plainly visible. North, south, east and
west are the Pocantico Hills, while
| down the western slope to the river
stretches the village of Tarrytown.
Much OF this mammoth estate,
J where Mr.. Rockefeller Is making
mountains or valleys, as his fancy suits,
is famous ground, partly for historical
| reasons and partly because of Wash
ington Irving's legends. On the house
where f. A. Bolze, MIR. Rockefeller's
superintendent, lives is a big brass
plate which tells the curious that it
was here Major Andre stopped the
night before his capture. Then, not
far away, is the site of tho old school
house where. Irving has it, Ichabod
Crane taught before his encounter
with the Headless H~orseman, and wind
ing by Is tho road down which Brom
Bones Numbered that night so fatal to
the schooimaster's ambition.
The little tree-fringed valley at the
loot OF the northwestern slope Is u part
OF Sleepy Hollow, aud if one could sec
over the next hill Sleepy Hollow's an
clent cemetery and the old Dutch
church would come into view.
III Mr.. Rockefeller chooses he can
stand on Kykuit Mountain an look
down on the palatial summer home OF
his brother, near the eastern bank OF
thc Hudson, surrounded by charming
grounds, n congratulate himself
that, beautiful as the residence anu
grounds are, they never can be consid-
cred the equal Of his own.
So rcticent has Mr. Rockefeller b,en
about his plan to remodel a mountain
and to transform his 900 acres into a
park that TarrytOwn people them
selves kn0w little about It. 1t ONLY
needs a visit to the place, however, to
see the most convincing proof that
thc same resistless energy that has
gathered q colossal fortune is urging
toward completion a work which win
be q marvel of its kind.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

The LIBERTY BELL.-Tbe Spartan
has the following information in re-
gard to the history of the famous
Liberty Bell, which will doubtless in
terest many Of our readers: 1.-THE
bell was imported from England in
ll52. On its arrival it was cracked by
the clapper on its trial ring. BY order
OF the assembly OF the province of
Pennsylvania it was recast under the
direction of Isaac Norment. He per-
haps conceived the idea of the inscrip-
tlon which surrounds the bell at the
top. 1t Is from Leviticus 25:1O: PRO
claim Liberty throughoutthe land, un-
to all the Inhabitants thereof" So it
vas q Liberty bell before 1776. Under
this inscription is another: "Pass e.
Stow, Phila., MDCCLIII." Up to I776
1T was used in the assembly house of
the province. 1t was the first to ring
out liberty to all the people when the
declaration OF Independence was ac-
complished July 4, 1776. It's first Jour
ney was to Lancaster, Pa, when the
British troops captured Philadelphia
In TIT. After its return it was used as
the State house bell until 1928. 1t was
then used only on rare occasions. 1t
was moved to its appropriate resting
place, Independence Hall. It was
cracked while ringing in honor of
Henry Clay's visit to Philadelphia, ac-
cording to Appleton's C~yclopndia. A
newspaper statement Is that it was
cracked when tolled at the death of
Chief Justice Marshall. Which is
correct?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

THE TILLMANS ARE RECONCILED.-
George and Ben Tillman have become
~reconciled. The Edgeield Advertiser
Is authority for the statement. That
they were at one time bitter enemies
Is o fact we'll known to the whole State.
When they drew seats on the floor of
the constitutional convention, chance
placed them side by side. One of them
swapped his place with John c. Shep-
pard, n that placed Sheppard be-
tween them. They did not deign to
speak to each other; but occasionally
carried on certain conversations relat-
ing to the convention through Shep-
pard. During the early days Of the
convention, George studied to mortifv
Ben, and how he succeeded Ia q mat
ter OF general information. At that
time 1t looked as If reconciliation was
impossible {; but, according to the Ad-
vertiser 1t finally came. A few days
before the convention adjourned, the
two brothers were seen in earnest con-
~versation, and afterward one was oc.
casionally observed to have his arm
around the othor's neck. How thew
came to fall out originally is not a
matter of public property, neither Ia
1t generally known how the recon-
.ciliation was affected; but all that is
neither here nor there. Such an
unnatural quarrel could not give
pleasure even to the worst enemy
OF either, and the friends of both wifi
rejoice that the fued is at an end.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

Railroad building in this country
scoms to have reached and passed its
highest point OF activity. That is the
inference from the figures for the past
year as compared with previous years,
and seems to be the conclusion reached
by railroad experts. In 1894 only l,76O
miles of new railroads were built, and
this was commented on q year ago as
being about The lowest record likely
TO be touched. But during last veal,
only LAPS miles of new roads we're
quilt. 1T was argued 4 year ago that
economic conditions had
much to do with the limited railroad
extension, but there seems to be a gen
eral opinion this year, based on a view
OF the conditions tho country over.
that the extension of railroads In the
future will be small as compared with
the past.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04
A
John ID. Rockefeller is q Greater Mar
Than Mohammed-Money Does
More Than Faith These Days.

John ID. Rockefeller is a Greater Man
Than Mohammed-Money Does
More Thar Faith These Days.
New York Journal.
John ID. Rockofcller's latest scheme
Ia to cut the top OFF a mountain. Mil
~lionalrcs have a way of fixing things
to suit themselves. bat this is the first
time n of that interesting class has
undertaken to give nature points.
Mr.. Rockefeller is the owner of a
1000 acres-which he will convert into
q huge park at ar expense of no one
knows how much. On this estate is
Kykuit Mountain. From it's summit
can be viewed q scenic panaroma that
Is not likely to pail on the vision even
of a man of many millions. Mr.. Rookie
Teller made up his mind that this was
the place for his baronisl residence.
But Kykuit Mountain had not been
laid out for a residence site. Its sum-
nit was too sharp. So it was decided to
cut the top off, and q small army of
mon are hard at work now performing
that singular operation.
Nowhere could be found o finer illus.
tration OF the potency of wealth,
Here is q man using his gold to give
the lie to tradition-welding it into a
sword w~herewitb to shave the crests
med, who ruled millions of men, was
compelled to go to the mountain.
Rockefeller, who owns millions of dol.
lars, cOmpels the mountain to descend
to his chosen level.
Up at T%arrytown the people call the
country roundabout the Pocantico
Hills. What the standard by which
they distinguish between hills and
mountains is no n seems to know.
But after the visitor has toiled up the
winding road leading from Tarrytown
to the Rockefeller estate he will make
affidavit the Pocantico Hills arc in the
same class with the Andes or the Him,
alayas, This is tho scene where the
millionaire's Brogdignagian within is
being faithfully put into effect.
Nor is the removal of the mountain
top all That is being done. The noun
tain Is being remOdeled. Rows OF
stakes at different points on the slope
made, terraces constructed, and how
far the laWn is to stretch it's v~elvety
surface before the Rockefeller slope
begins. 1t is only proper to cali it the
Rockefeller slope because nature has
nothing to do with it.. 1t is the mil.
lionairc. his money and his men who
are making this mountain. When the
now mountain is finished, which will
be some time next spring, an architect
will rlans for the mansion which
is to be built thereon. Just what sort
Of a mansion it is to be has not beer
decided. but it is safe to say seven fig.
ures will be required to tell the cost.
When Mr.. Rockefeller bought the
old Parsons place at Tarrytown a few
years ag" he kept his plans to himself
Little by little, however, he bought il
adjacent property, and as the months
rolled by his estate grew to mammoth
proportions, until now it IS a Ions
journey from One end of his domain tc
the other. Nowhere along the Hudson
River is there an estate like this, not
a foot OF which is to be used for grow
ing trees and grass and flowers. 1t is
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

Two gentlemen were standing on a
street corner, when they were ap-
preached by O man Offering for sale two
dressed geese. They decided to bur
chase, but the dealer insisted on selling
the two fowls to one man. Accordingly
n OF them bought the two, and sold
again to his friend. After che transac-
tion was completed the goose vender
was asked why he wouldn't sell the
fowls separately. Said he, "That old
goose and gander have been together
30 years, and l wouldn't separate them
for any consideration"
Editor Religious Opinion, Baltimore,
Md, writes: We take pleasureS in
that your Japanese Pile Cure
has been used In our family with good
results, and we will do all In our power
to promote your interests by highly
recommending your medicine to our
friends and readers.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

Precedent Henry w. Cannon, OF
tine Chase National Bank, one of the
most Influential financiers OF New York,
began his career as a banker In a Min.
nesota frontier settlement, where a
common deal counter and q kitchen
chair served as the furnishings of his
establishment. His reputation soon
spread beyond tho confines of his own
state, n within a few years he was
called to Washington to ill the re-
sponsible position of comptroller of the
currency.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04
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Jan. s, 1896.

DORT ROYAL II w ESTERN CAR
i olina Railway Augusta
Asheville Short Line" }. b.. Cleveland.
Receiver. Schedule in effect Jan. 25th,
1896. 1907
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

Americas progressive women know
no such word as fall. Here is one who
has progressed " almost to the north
pole. Miss Dora Kahn, q California
girl, Is said to be the first American
or English woman who ever reached
eighty degrees north latitude. The
event was marked by planting the
stare and stripes on the island OF Spitz.
bergen, the region OF perpetual snow
and Ice, by the venturesome and pa
triotic San Francisco girl, amidst the
enthusiasm of ffty.two European
scientists Who composed the excursion
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04
Nervous Prostitution
Cured by DIR. Miles Neryiue.

Prolonged arrangement OF the nervous
system not only affects the brain and mem
tai powers. but develops disease in some OF
the vital organs. The most dangerous of
these indirect results is when the heart is
affected. This was the case OF the Rev. N.
F. Surface, Fawn River, Mich. who writes
under date OF Feb. IL, 1895:
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-02-04

opp. IN. a." q. m.
Trains leave spartanburg, A. and @. division.
northbound, e:ls a. m, 3,92 p. M, o.: 10 p. m
Vesabuled Limited); southbound, 1850 q. m.
s;@ p. m, nis7 ., m, Cyestibuled Limited.)
Trains leave arsenvillo, A. and o.. division,
northbonnd, bils o. m. Bile p. IN and 6:3op p. IN
(Vestibuled Limited); southbound, 1850 q. m.
eco p. M, 1928 p. m. Vestibuled Limited).
Pullman Service.
Pullman PALACE sleeping cars on Trains y
and SO. 81 and 80, on A. and @. division,
". II. GREEN, j.. M. GULF,
Gen. Superintendent, Traffic Mgr.
Warrington D. O. Washington, d. O
WA TURK, Q. H. aARDwICK,
zen. fass. Aga AT Con. Pass. Ag't,
Atlanta, O.
FL WELLS, supt Columbia, so.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-06
Cultivation Of y,o,sss.

violets in frames require great deal
Of attention during the dark winter
months, and light and air must be given
on every possible opportunity. IL does
no harm to leave the frames covered
with snow for O couple Of days IN 90
we're weather, but great damage 10 done
II snow Is allowed to remain for q week,
when mold will spread with alarming
rapidity. Even II sunlight can be ad-
mitted for but three hours and littls
ventilation given. IL Ia surprising how
the plants are benefited. There arc vsry
few days during the whole winter when
we do not give both light and air. Vio-
let's resent coddling. and air should b
given freely whenever the outside tenn
perature allows II the Thermometer
registers several degrees below freezing,
even in midwinter. the sun warns the
frames sufficiently to permit . moderate
amount Of air being admitted. violets
In frames make much moro work than
when they are grown in houses. and the
flowers are less convenient TO pick. bus
the quality Of blooms is as good In all
kinds, and much better in some. par
ticularly the single varietjea The DOW.
ering season, too. is little longer than
with those grown In artificial boat.
Garden and Forest.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-06

Experience Of Baltimore Man with shs
Arabs Of Egypt.

>s"~' W A@Nyfs-
DIR. James J. Mills Of Baltimore made
visit TO Europe and Egypt. He passed
through an experience that was as un.
pleasant as it was novel-that Of being
held up and robbed within the gloomy
and musty walls Of the great pyramid
OF Cheops. by the Nile Discussing the
trip, DIR. Mills said
IF had to live in a foreign city, Il
would either be Paris or Cairo. Cairo
Is unlike any other city in the world.
There Is strange mingling Of the white
faces OF the Greeks with the inky black
faces Of the Nubians and Sudanese
and the yellow skinned Arabs. who con-
stitute the bulk of the population. OF
course wanted to visit the pyramids.
and undertook to do II without being
accompanied by dragoman. Against
the advice Of friends, set ont on the
back Of donkey. with no attendant
save the donkey boy. As the boy could
speak no English and could speak no
Arabian. we did not talk much.
I'VE were followed out of Cairo by a
swarm OF beggars, whose only cry was
'Backsheesh. backsheesh When we
reached the vicinity of the pyramids, we
were met by a horde of Arabs, who
could speak but few words Of broken
English. They volunteered to take M
Inside the pyramid. With two Of the
wild looking SONS of the desert we ell.
tered the great pyramid Of Cheops, de-
scending long. gloomy passages, passing
the brink OF an enormous we'll. travers-
ing footway which led along by tho
tombs of numerous dead and up a mar
row passageway with a floor as smooth
as glass.
Here the ascent was so steep that il
was necessary for one Arab to 90 in
front and pull me along, while the 9th.
er came behind and pushed. When we
reached the end Of this passageway. we
sat down to rest The atmosphere was
sitting. while myriads of black bats
few clumsily about and gave an un
canny appearance to the place 1t was
then that my two Arab guides began to
think Of 'backsheosh' and ask in Eng.
fish, which could understand painful.
ly well, how much money had. II was
no place to argue with them. for If they
had left me there l might have been
there yet.
II tried to make them think that
did not understand, but the result of IL
all was that they turned my pockets in
side out and took all the money had.
Then they piloted me ont in great glee
and told me that l was a 'valy glud
man l got back to Cairo as soon as
could. and there my friends told me
might have well expected to have been
robbed. baltimore American.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-06

The ghost Of Knaresdale Hall nesr
Haltwhistle, in Northumb erland. was q
steady belief not very. very long ago. In
this case brother murdered an incouven-
lent sister by drowning her In pond.
and the lady revenged herself by walk
ing from the house to the pond upon ev-
cry occasion that q member Of the fam.
lily happened to be about after dark.
But il one were TO enunerate what may
be t med the private ghosts" Of Eng
land nd Wales, the walking ladies and
gent. men who, having been pobodies
during their lives. are determined that
something more than the mere epitaphs
over their graves shall keep their mem
cries green, the limits of this paper
would be very far exceeded. The very
house in which the author OF the paper
Is writing lie we'll known by the villa
gers to have white lady ON Its upper.
most stair landing. a discovery which
very much unbineed some American
visitors, who declared that IL they bad
known IL nothing would have induced
them to sleep so soundly in rooms 1T
ting ON the said landing during 60
months. But who abe was history say.
eth not Journal