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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
Ancient Insects,

Recent discoveries In the coal mines
OF central France have furnished by
far the greatest advance that has eyer
been made In our knowledge of the
insects which inhabited the world mil
lions Of years, As biologists believe.
before the time when man made his
appearance upon the earth. In that
wonderful g when the carboniferous
plants, whose remains constitute the
coal beds OF to-day, were alive and
h~ourishing, the air and the soil were
animated by the presence of flies.
g%rasshoppers, c~ockroaches, dragon
il.es. spiders. locusts and scores of
other species which exist but slightly
changed at the present day. But the
insects OF those remote times attained
a giantic size, some Of the dragon-6ies
measuring more than two feet from
tip to tip Of their expanded wings! The
remains OF these insects have been
preserved In the strata OF
coal and rock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08

l have always figured to myself Troll.
lope's novels as all written on a long
endless scroll! OF paper rolled on an
iron axis nailed up In his study. The
publishers approach to buy SO MANY
yards OF fiction; the shopman, Anthony.
scissors In hand, unrolls the scroll and
ships off at the desired point. This
counter-jumping conception OF the
muses. prevails with the customers to-
day, with the editors who buy fiction
at so much a thousand words. CARLYLE
heaven preserve me from finishing n
book as he did his French Reyolu.
ton 10 lose it and write 1t all over
ngain-had the truer idea when he sug-
gested that the authors should be paid
by what they do not write. But IL was
reserved for the Libraries to reach the
conception Of literature. Their
enjoy the privilege of having so
many books at a time. a book being a
book, just as an orange is an
Without Prejudice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
When You Sneeze,

The old custom OF saying God bles.
you!" when n sneezes is still quite
common In some oriental lands, and Ii
heard not i%nfrequently In this country
In the time Of Gregory the Great the ali
at a certain season Of the year was
filled with a rank vapor or malaria
and those who sneezed were stricken
with sudden death. Gregory devised o
prayer to be uttered when the parox.
ysm Of sneezing was felt approaching
in hope 1t would avert death, and this
ejaculation is a survival of II. Great
results have grown from a sneeze The
fate Of the Greek army was decided By
a sneeze. When Xenophon was deliy.
ering his famous address to the army
urginE 1t to be firm and bold, a sound.
ing sneeze. came from the ranks ant
this, being accepted as an omen, al
tents were burned and the famous re
treat begun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
Facts AbOut the Snn.

Here Is the last published descrip,
ton OF the sun from the pen Of S!i
Robert Ball: For every acre on the
surface of u globe there are mora
Than 10000 acres on the surface OF the
great luminary. Every portion of this
iilimitable desert OF flame is pouring
forth torrents of heat. II has been esti.
mated that II the heat which is inces.
sanity flowing through any single
square foot Of the suns exterior could
be collected and applied to the boilers
OF an Atlantic liner, 1t would produce
steam enough to sustain in continuous
movement engines of 10000 horse
power, thus enabling a large shin to
break the record between England and
America.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08

seemed to bring great luck to the yes.
sci. A few days after that we ses an
to get sight of the whales we Ner.
after and by the time the ice began
to drift into the Arctic and 1t was tiino
for MS to start for home we had taken
twelve Of them. The men began IN
call me their mascot. But for the
death Of our first mate. who was killed
during a battle with a whale. that cast
a sadness over us all. we were n io,lv
party all the time We were in the Arc
tic. and |. for one, am a little sorry
that 1t is all over"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
MRS. COOK.

justice to a Presbyterian pulpit. Some
artists like 1t, others are habitually Sc
much absorbed In their work that the
preacher sitting on the model throne,
wearing a costume very much insult
ed to the subject in hand. can drone
to any extent without disturbing
them.
There are still others to whom the
models preaching has become burden.
some. and these have cut her off their
list OF availables. They have been
unkind enough to assert that the fail.
ure OF the woman as a physician was
due to her patients becoming weary of
the everlasting discourse on the helm
OF the mind and the body of doing
without n meal a day. combining the
remaining two to potatoes and cab.
bage and thereby growing in grace.
Many Of the artists tolerate the
preacher model for the sake OF her face,
which makes q very interesting study
foy a certain class of pictures. After
q particularly long sermon from the
model during the progress of a recent
sitting. the artist who was the victim
on tndt OCCdblOu wal asked what he
thought Of the arguments.
Argument" he answered. "Was
there any? Oh, yes, she talked and
;ailed against meat eating and ques.
lned me concerning my spiritual wei.
ire, and all the time | was bothering
Fbout the bones in her arms. Did
YOU ever see, out of a coffin, a thinner
arm? / have the bones all right. in
their right places, that is all. Now !
must look for some young girl with
4 pretty arm to finish the painting"
When the picture was exhibited the
artist. as is usual with the members Of
THE craft, both young and old, mixed
with the visitors to the gallery to hear
the criticisms.
"Oh. what an innocent. youthful
Facet" was the exclamation he heard |
most frequently. "And how spiritu-
plle" The latter criticism the artist
heartily Endorsed.
II is not recorded that the preacher
Model has made any converts, but she
karries on her crusade as actively as
S,er, and moves among the artists
vithrher Madonna-like face and her
hin figure like a r~eincarnation of a
Sfteenth century nun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08

stories are told concerning the disap.
pearance OF the American princess. One
Is that she was abducted by the Hun.
garian musician who disappeared with
her. Another Is that she deliberately
left her husband to elope with a gypsy.
IL the latter story be the true one there
Is no explaining the mystery of how
the princess managed to meet the must.
sian n keep the fact so profound Q
secret.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
HOME OF FRANCIS.

with ex-senator Sawyer's house they
are amply equipped to do 1t. They
nave rented the house furnished, and
nave found 1t necessary to make a few
additions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
LOVELESS LOT
PRETTY, DASHiNC CLARA WARD
AS A PRINCESS.
Her Recent Escapnde In Paris Recalls
How She Welded with de Chimay de
Caraman 80 Her Reckless Career in
Europe.
Detroit letter.

RIENDS OF THE
Princess de Chimay
dc Caraman In this
city, where the
princess was born
Clara Ward, are
u interested In
the g a I ional
story Of her flight
from Paris with q
shiftless musician,
and the consequent
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
HONEYMOON UPNORTH
THE BRIDE PROVES PRoWEss
SHOOTING POLAR BEARS.
Shooting the Chief Diversion During the
Tedious Months When the Bonds of
Ice Hold All Rigid-Trophics woa by
valor.
(San Francisco Lottery

f'oSAN ttiP
to the Arctic. OF
all the ~desolate,
dreary places one
could imagine to
take a bride on a
wedding trip the
polar seas take the
lead. but Mrs. Jo-
seph Whiteside,
who returned to
San Francisco q
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08

~''e 'hNat O"h TAI
ent ana the lack OF taste exhibited nv
an unappreciative public. The model
is merely Town as Mrs. Cook, al
though 1t is believed that she hides her
identity behind a fictitious name. She
oeiongs to a great and ever increasing
army OF women who graduate in some
profession with a failure of trumpets
ana q shout of encouragement from
TRENDS n are never afterward heard
OF outside their own homes. Mrs. Cook
passed the ordeal of an examination
lor a medical degree, but speedily found
mat the sick and afflicted of New York
were not dying for want of women ply
sicians to attend them. She then
went INTO the seclusion of married life,
and found this a failure, too. for she
was left a widow at 90 with a family of
three children I O care for.
casting about for a means of filling
the little mouths, Mrs. Cook found
that her features, which still remained
sirlish and pretty, would do for her
what her thin figure and arms would
not-procure her work as an artists
o So far her case does not diff
Ter materially from that of many
other models. as any artist knows. The
eccentricity, so called, that speedily
made her conspicuous in the ranks of
models was her determined attempt to
surn the mode throne into the pulpit
at the expense of the artist. Her texts
were: Higher Spiritual Life and
Lower Animal Fare" Ascetic herself
to a degree, Mrs. Cook is no very at
tractive advertisement for the cause
she breaches, but she steadily pounds
away on the evils of meat eating dur.
ing the progress of a sitting and pur-
sues her missionary work with a zeal
worthy OF a better field.
The artist who hires the mode,
knows that the sitting would be en-
livened by q sermon that would do
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
A Moving Scene.

It was, indeed, a moving sight
To see the frantic man
Attempt to rescue bric-a-brac
From underneath the van.
Detroit News.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08

When one is lying down the heart
makes about 10 strokes less q minuu
than when one 10 upright.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08

! Maryville. Mo-, they say that the
grease from a yellow dog rubbed on
the chest Is a cure for consumption.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
Cotton at Augusta, GA

Cotton at Augusta. Ga.
IL requires on an average Of more
100000 a day to pay for cotton
brought into Augusta. Ga.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08
HER UNLUCKYCAREER
q MODEL WHO THINKS GLE
HAS A MISSION.
'"e breaches to the Artists of Chatham
something About Her Life and
What She strives to Accom,,,s,-u.
studied Medicine.

HERE is a model
known to many of
the artists of New
York, whose eccen-
tricities have made
her the subject Of
II
at the numerous
semi b o h e m / a n
gatherings where
artists meet to dis
- "
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-08

|rbe British aristocracy includes H..
y persons. 1.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
A COMMITTEE SELECTED.
Those Who Will Pass On
Teachers Applications for
Retirement
Election Held at the Girls High
School Yesterday-Will Or.
gapize at Once.

The meeting of schoolteac hers to elect
a committee of five to pass on applications
for retirement under the new teachers
annuity and retirement law was held at
the Girls High School yesterday, about
400 instructors being present.
The following names were presented
when nominations were called for:
High Schools-Miss Frances Hodgkinson
Girls High School; Mrs. Mary J. Mayhorn,
Girls High School: A. Z. Kellogg, Lowell High
School.
Grammar Schools-Miss Annie E. Gavigan.
Hancock Grammar; T. H. Mccarthy, Wash
ingtou Grammar; William A. Leggett, LIN
coin Grammar,
Primary schools-Miss Addie F. Sprague
Whittier Primary; Mss A. \. Huntley, Long
Primary; Miss Minnie 6. Sebbins, LIE Conte
Primary.
At iarge-Adolph Herbst, Adams School !;
Miss Agnes NJ. Manning Webster School; A. L.
lie Conte School; Miss Laura Fowler, Normal
School; Miss KATE Conklin, Starr King Schooi ;
Miss Ruth Campbell, Broadway School; Silas
White, Spring Valley School; Miss p. N Now
lin. Washington School; Miss Jessie Smith,
Denman School.
The returning board consisted of R. D..
Faulkner, E. NJ. Walker and E. Knowl-
ton, and on their report Superintendent
Webster announced the election of the
following to constitute the committee
Miss Frances Hodgkinson, Girls High
School, 209 votes; T. H. Mccarthy, Wash
Sprague. Whittier School, 1856; Miss
Agnes NJ. Manning, Webster School. 231;
Silas White, Spring Valley Grammar, 104.
The newly elected committee will meet
early next week TO organize. elect officers
ana prepare Tor the work before il.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
BRIDGES PLAN TO
ABOLISH BRIDGES
It Meets With No Favor
by the Southern Pa
cifc Company.
Some of the Objections Urged
to It by the Railroad
People.
1t Would Interfere With the Present
Frequent Servic to Oakland
and Alameda.

Lyman Bridges project to abandon all
bridges over the estuary known as OAK
land:harbor meets with no encourage
ment from the officials OF the Southern
Pacific, and if the present attitude OF the
company does not undergo some radical
change, there will be at least one hand
some and substantial bridge connecting
the towns of Oakland and Alameda in the
vicinity of Oak street.
On Monday proposition is to be pre-
sented to the Supervisors OF Alameda
County for the construction OF tunnel
from the foot of Broadway, under the
creek. to the south side OF the harbor, for
the use of wagons, streetcars and pedes-
TRANS, and to prevent the Southern Pa
cifc or any other railroad from building
bridge across the harbor.
At the offices of the railroad company
the idea is treated as not being worth
Sc rious consideration, and as being I'M
practicable, so far as doing away with a
railroad bridge is concerned.
II Three serious obstacles, 1t Is claimed by
the railroad people. stand in the way OF
carrying out the plan outlined by Bridges,
who also contemplates carrying all the
Alameda traffic to the narrow-gauge mole
and all the Oakland traffic to tho broad
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

that l could eat anything. Pork and
beans were great and slapiacks and strong
coffee tasted better by lar than l mad
known in years. Even when the dust and
sand got mixed up with the food, as 1t ala
sometimes when the wind blew strong, IL
didn't seem to make any difference.
II camped one night in canyon rlght
alongside of Panamint Tom, the Indian
who is alleged to have killed so many
people, and he made no effort to disturb
me, though happened to have more than
the $40 for which he is said to be so ready
to kill a man. also saw and talked to
the men who were killed off by the Rands-
burg correspondent. This Indian is no
such desperate character as has been
charged.
'Randsburg, found on my return, was
a good deal better off after losing third
of Its population. The country is staked
off for miles around there, but as yet there
are only few mines developed. There is
q good deal of dry washing around there,
and a good deal OF money comes In from
that source, so that one way and other the
business men of Randsburg have pretty
fair amount of money"
Mr. Hatch is looking we'll except that
he is thinner in the face. He will be here
about week.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

He Located Some Claims and
Slept by the Side of Pana-
mint Tom.
The Erstwhi'e Big Fruit. Grower on
Randsburg-Money From Dry
Washings.

A. T. Hatch returned here yesterday
from the Panamint Mountains, where he
has been prospecting since January Is.
Prior to his engaging in fruit-growing, in
which he became so conspicuous, Mr..
Hatch was for twelve years a prospector
and miner.
When he saw his vast orchards and the
whole of his fortune fall away from him
he concluded to again take up the pick
and prospector's pack. He went as far as
Mojave by rail, and thence made his way
over the desert and finally into the
mountains of Inyo. There, with a burro
to carry his heaviest effects, he bravely
climbed the heights of the Panamint
range and began to look for outcroppings
of quartz.
Zone of my old friends had grubstake
me-" he said. land so 1 thought l would
see if / couldn't get some gold out of the
ground by mining. located two or three
claims. but / don't know yet whether
they are good for anything. It is very
hot on the desert, but cool and pleasant in
the mountains. l got in little while 30
felt better than / had in years. l lost
good deal of flesh, which was just what
wanted to do, and got such an appetite
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
MEMORIAL TRIBUTE.

Programme of Exercises Arranged by
George III. Thomas Post, G. A. r.
The annual memorial services of George
H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., will be held at
Golden Gate Hall next Tuesday evening.
The exercises promise to be highly inter-
esting. The following programme is an
nounced:
Introductory; assembly call; prayer, Chap
lain William Royal; presen ia ton of the col
ors, Veteran Guard, G. A. B.; quartet, Knick-
erbockers; obituary, Hugh M. Burke; cornet
solo, w. Carl Murray; vocal solo. Miss Florence
Doane; recitation, Miss Daisy Gilmore; quar-
let, Knickerb ockers: instrumental trio, Mrs
Beckett and the Misses Beckhusen, THE Graves
on the Hearth; vocal solo, Miss Stella Fried
lander; memorial address, General r. A. Fried
rich quartet, Knickerbockers; closing, Amer
ica''. fans
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
gauge mole, thus obviating the necessity

OF bridge.
''The greatest objection to this plan,
said one of the chief officers of the South
ern Pacific Company, would come from
the residents OF the two cities across the
bay and also from many San Francisco
people. To all who use the ferries 1t
would mean that instead of having the
use of both ferry lines for reaching either
Oakland or Alameda. they would be con-
fined to the narrow-gauge for Alameda
and the broad-gauge for Oakland, with
the incidental result that they would be
getting only balf-hourly and hourly SER
vice. according to the time of day, in
stead of quarter-hourly and half-houIly
service, as is now the case.
'Then there would undoubtedly be
protest from the bondholders and stock
holders of the narrow-gauge road, as that
would be deprived of the present proper
ton of the Oakland traffic, and would
thus have its revenues considerably re-
duced.
Thirdly, it would deprive the Southern
Pacific Company of the revenue it derives
from carrying passengers between Oak
land and Alameda, which cuts consider
able figure, and would throw this traffic
to the streetcar line that operates be-
tween the two cities. And it must be re-
membered that many people prefer the
train for this trip"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
SUDDEN DEATH.

AIonzO Kichards, Hack-Dr1Ver, Fouhu
Dead in Bed Yesterday
Morning.
Alopzo Richards, hack-driver, was
found dead in bed a. 9:45 o'clock yester-
day morning in his room at 1853 Howard
street. He had been afflicted with lung
trouble for some time, and on the day be-
fore had serious hemorrhage. He was
single man, and had been rooming at the
residence of Mrs. Mary McManus for sew
eral months. His failure to rise at his
usual hour attracted her attention, and
she called in a neighbor and opened the
door.
The Coroner was notified, and the body
was removed to the Morgue. There is no
doubt that death resulted from natural
causes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

1t has been found that the average pro-
fessional life of a trained nurse is only
ten years. In that time she ust save up
enough for her support in case of illness,
to which she is peculiarly susceptible,
owing 20 the nsture of her work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
w.rt.d Tn Re Released.

DR.. Arthur Marten was recently declared in
sane by jury and committed to the Ukiah
Asylum. Yesterday. by his attorney, he Pc
titioned the Supreme Court tor writ OF
habeas corpus, stating that the commitment
was illegal, as one OF the jurors had expressed
mis- doubts as to Marten being insane. His
petition was denied.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
Surrendered Himself.

DR.. F. W. Stable, ex-superintendent of the
City and County Hospital. surrendered him.
self at the City Prison yesterday and was re-
leased on $500 cash bail. He was again in
dicted by The Grand Jury on the charge Of
O IN he element
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

left natural. The surface is highly polished
and the lights and shades of the gra in give it
the appearance OF a mapof some noun famous
country. This niece Of timber VIII be for
warded 10 the Hamburg Exposition on the
next shipment of California products to the
great international fair.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
SOMETHING WHICH THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW!

Mr. Doane stated % that the stock OF Doane q
Hensewood would invoice between $4,000 and $4,000 The
Emporium adverses it a. worth $4,000 of Dry Goods
End. Mr. Doane offered to sell the Doane Henshe
wood lc the dollar and stated to that he would
accept less than 75c the dollar The Emporium adver
they bought this stock for SIC the dollar
3d. That remarkable Statement in view of Mr. Doanes
consider offer less than 75c the dollar from
and the for the Empor
prove If it true the statement is grossly unustto
merchants If it is and the Emporium
will the Balboa Boulevard Fund,
deposited $1,000 with the Examiner for that
The distribution of this the needy unemployed
should certainly the Emporium for the trouble
they would be put proving their statements they true
4h We willing to submit the issue to the Honorable Mayor
Phean decision the of the Emporium
prove their within week Of the date
of this paper
HALE Bros, Inc.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
The Store Will Close.

The Paragon Cloak and Suit Company will
soon close its doors. There are seventy-fve
new styles of dresses, worth $50. to be closed
out at 81; 200 new capes. worth So 80, at 95c |;
75c new waists at Csc. 1880 Market st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
Germans viii Admir-. It

There Will be on exhibition for few days at
the State Board of Trade, 16 Post street, a
beautiful specimen OF curly redwood. The
piece is SKA feet in size and inches in
thickness. The edges. with the bark on, are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02
SHIFTS for Divorce.

Divorce suits have been fled in the County
Clerks Office as follows: Caskelean v. Raley
against w. J. Rsley, for desertion; Rose Hat
tabough against William F. Hattabo ugh, for
failure to provide.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-02

THE YOUNGEST OF HALE'S CALIFORNIA STORES.
FIVE YEARS OLD TOMORROW.


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