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The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22
SINGING FLOWER GAROEN
Entertainment to Be Given in
the First Congregational
Church.
Facts of Varied Interest Gathered
in the Thriving City of
Alameda.

ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. N.-The Gar
den of Singing Flowers" at the First
Congre gational Church tomorrow even
ing promises to be q very interesting e
affair." The participants, who will be
dressed to represent the bloom of popular
flowers and their character, are as follows:
Rose, Miss Clara Atkins; pansy, Miss
Maude Scott; sunfower, Miss Edith
Pariser; daisy, Miss Cora Franks; lily,
Miss Dorothy Mohns; buttercup, Miss
Mary Jackson; tulip. Arthur Babson /;
man-in-the-moon, Adolph Nissen, and
garde ner, Miss Ray Reed. Miss Jose phine
Patterson, Messrs. Crandall, Jacklin and
Rhorer Will open the concert with some
choice selections.
Gay May Plead Guilty.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. CIV. B. Gay,
whose matrimonial affairs have caused
his incarceration in the City Prison, was
ing. His looks Delied his name. Wife
No. 4, whose former name is given in the
marriage license as Miss Mary Gafford,
attended him aud paid long visit to the
Jail. She chats gayly and seems to think
there is fun in such work. II is thought
that he has thrown up the SPONGE" in
sporting parlance, and this was shown in
court, Wnen There WAS SOuuo WIdERAluS as
to the date OF the examination.
81 wish you would set it as soon aa you
can" said he. II think, as / get long
term anyhow, might as well begin on it
as soon as l cam" Justice Morris set the
hearing for 2 o'clock next Tuesday after
noon.
Surprised His Friends.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 21.-William B.
Hodges. Deputy County Tax Collector, of
1913 Park avenue, arrived home this
morning from Monterey with Mrs.
Hodges, who was Miss Mamie Pedlar.
The affair was kept so quiet that no one
seemed to know anything of it. Last
July Mr.. Hodges visited Monterey, where
he met Miss Pedlar, who held RESPONSE
bic position in the schools there. He re-
turned again about two weeks ago and
married her, spending his honeymoon
there.
BIN etal1ic Club OMcers.
ALAMEDA, CAL, Jan. 21.-The BIZ
metallic Club, organized for the purpose
of discussing and promuIgating public
questions, has elected the following Off
GERS: f. G. Voogt, president; M. F. Tar
pey, first vice. president; M. Kane, second
vice president; DR.. w. O. Smith, third
vice. PRESIDENT; F. E. Crandall, secretary !;
H. Hauch. treasurer; Green Majors, chief
OF literature department.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22
A BID ALTERED.
The Board of Works Will Investigate
the Affair.

the Affair.
OAKLAND. CAL, Jan. 21.-It has been
discovered that there has been change in
a bid for sewering East Twelfth street.
The bid originally read "S 8. 10 cents" not
specifying that amount was for square
feet, square yards, or for the whole job
The assessments were made out for the
sum mentioned for the cutters. 1t has
lust now been discovered that by the use
of ditto marks the bid now reads "S 8. 10
cents per square foot"
Assistant Ellery and Miss Babcock, both
of the Street Department, are positive
that the original bid was without ditto
marks. There is q difference of several
hundred dollars in the original bid and
the way in which it now appears.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22
AUCTION Sales
MILLINERY and HAIR GOODS.

AT 1857 MARKET ST., OPP. JONES.
TO-DAY (Friday), January %, 1897, at P. N,
will sell the Stock of Millinery and Hair Goods
formerly owned by Mrs. Hannah Jones, consist
ing ab out 500 Trimmed Hats, 100 boxes Of
Flowers 800 bolts of Ribbons, Feathers Velvets,
Trimmings and any amount of shapes; also an
immense amount of Hair Goods.
No limit or reserve.
INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22
The ssI.nrdO Indiciad.

OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 21.-Lord Athol,
alias Henry Aubridge, was indicted By
the Grand Jury to-day for EN- bezzlement.
He is charged with stealing horse and
buggy from Pumyea's stables and he is in
the County Jail.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22

husband, Gustav Hinrichs Francis
O'Conneil, the well-known 'cellist will be
heard in two numbers on that sweet in
Strument.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22
Ladies' and Gents Furnishing Goods:

THIS DAY. FRIDAY, Al A. M.
$50 Fourth Street, Near Folsom.
FRANK w. BUTTERFIELD, Auctioneer
900 Market Street.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22
RAILROAD TRAVEL

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
(PACIFIo sYsTEM)
Trains leave and are due 10 arrive As
SAN FRANCISCO.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22
Freshman Baseball.

BERKELEY, CAL, Jan. 2l.-The can
didstes for places on the freshman base
ball team at the State University will have
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22

OAKLAND, CAL, Jan. 21.-The COM
mittee having in charge the Washington
birthday celebration has received the fol-
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-22

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e.oo vu 6:22 PM
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
A New Glass.

The discoveries recently made by
Zsigmondi show that by the addition
of small quantities of protoxide of iron,
glass can be produced which possesses
sufficient transmission of rays of light,
while allowing the passage of small
quantity of heat. Such glass is espe-
cially adapted to the manufacture OF
protecting shades against radiating
heat, which would be of great value to
many industries as well as to the sin
gle lighting bodies. OF similar impor-
lance are those discoveries for the pro.
duction of good window glass. As is
well known, window glass may show q
rather strong green coloring without its
being noticed much or disagreeably
when put in the windows. BY using
glass containing protoxide of iron il
would, therefore, be possible to detain
to the greater extent the radiant heat
produced in the interior of the room,
as well as the caloric rays of the sun
falling from the outside upon the
windows. This, however, already
happens to considerable extent with
the everyday glass of commerce.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01

the head Of her baby then, bowling
her own head beside il, she sobbed
and sobbed. Was IL thankfulness for
the service rendered, or mute avowal
that she had wronged her old friend?
Mrs. Maberly had news for her hus-
band when he returned that night.
$50 You really found that you had
neighbour" he said when she had
finished.
"I think it was she who found the
neighbor,' she said, flushing. "And
who would not help her worst enemy
in such an emergency? Really, moth
ing could have happened better, since
it had to happen, and she will always
feel as if saved the baby"
After that one might have seen fire.
quent crossings-over to the cottages,
alternately. Sometimes the pretty
baby carriage, with its beautiful occu-
pant, stood for hours in the front yard
of the Maberly's-and often the two
mothers sat on the porch, talking of
old times, and finding pleasure in the
renewal of themes that had been SO
long forbidden to them.
Under Mrs. Maberly's directions,
the invalid gathered health and
strength, ard the two families became,
in deed and word, the best of good
neighbors. The Housewife.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
A UNIQUE WEAPON.
The Bolas is Deadly When Hurled by a
South American Cowboy.

The Western cowboy is said to be
helpless without his revolver, but this
does not apply to the South American
gaueho. He rarely if ever has such
an instrument, and not even a rifle is
carried with him. His indispensable
weapons are the lasso, of horse hair
rope, the bolas and the knife. The
latter is his weapon of defense when
first two are his weapons of offense
when chasing the wild horses, steers,
fighting with human enemies, and the
guanacos, ostriches, panthers, and
even birds. With his knife he can
perform wonders, using it for all
emergencies at close quarters, from
Sitting the throat of an animal to the
carving up of another human being.
A man who should use revolver in q
fight with South American cowboy
would be despised and would very
probably be strung up for his coward
ly actions. The revolvar has no place
in their wild, nomadic life.
The bolas is really the weapon that
is unique and peculiar to these South
American cowboys, and through long
years of constant practice, it is really
deadly instrument. 1t consists of
two or three small iron balls, one and
half inches in diameter, attached to
pieces of stout cord three feet long.
The other ends of these cords are
gathered toge ther in a big knot, which
gives the cowboy firm purchase.
The accomplishments Of the gaucho
with this instrument are little short
of the marvellous. He swings it over
his head once or twice to give it force,
and then, with a twist of his wrist,
hurls it with netring aim at the OBJ
ject. Within range of thirty to sixty
yards the man can bring down any
small game, and even at eighty to one
hundred yards he has been known to
hit panthers and rabbits. The two on
three balls swing wide apart in their
fight, and thus there is range of six
feet in which to hit the target. At
short range the cowboy hits the game
with the iron balls, stunning or killing
them with the blow, and in this way
he will bring down cartridges and
rabbits by dashing in their midst
and striking just as they jump to run.
On the plains the cowboys practice
daily with their bolas, using them to
bring down cattle, a stray ostrich, a
rabbit or granaco. When the cattle
are rounded up to be branded the
lasso is used, for the bolas is more apt
to break bones than anything else, and
consequently they are useless for this
work. But after the cattle have
been branded an exhibition of throw
ing the bolas may be given to create a
little excitement. The lasso is thrown
with the same skill as the bolas, and
it never fails to settle over the head of
the steer selected. Scientific Ameri-
can.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
veneering Doors.

OF late the system of wood working
known as the built-up method has
been coming into general vogue, es-
pecially in the manufacture of doors,
it being claimed that by thus cement
ing together thin boards, or veneers,
of different woods transversely with
the grain, greater strength, fexibility
and durability are obtained than exist
in an equal-sized piece of any of the
woods individually. Doors made in
this manner cannot twist or warp I'M
der any conditions, are much stronger
than ordinary mortise and tenon or
doweled doors made of one kind of
wood, and firm in Buffalo, N. ", is
now making successfully doors of
built-up woods, leaving the frames
hollow, which is saving of material
and produces lighter and stronger
door. In Canada built-up boards are
employed for packing cases, trunks,
etc., for which purpose the workman
cuts sheets of veneer from the log,
which is made to rotate against knife,
and the veneers are then glued up
with the grain crossed, the result be-
ing strong board of considerably
greater strength than much thicker
wood Of any other kind.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
Use Color Judiciouslv.

There are colors that are refreshing
and broadening, others that absorb
light and give boxed-up appearance
to room, others that make room
with bleak northern exposure, or with
no exposure at all, appear bright and
cheerful; some that make room APP
pear warm, some that make it cold.
The thermometer seems to fall six
degrees when you walk into blue
room. Yellow is an advancing color
therefore a room fitted up in yellow
will appear smaller than it is.
On the other hand blue of certain
shade introduced generously into 9
room will give an idea of space. Red
makes no difference in regard to size.
Green makes very little.
If bright, sunny room gets its
light from space obtruded upon by
russell colored or yellow painted
houses, or else looks out upon q
stretch of green grass, it should be
decorated in a color very different
from the shade chosen if the light
comes from only an unbroken expanse
of sky.
Red brings out in room whatever
hint of green turks in the composition
of the other colors employed.
Green needs sunlight to develop the
yellow in it and make it seem cheerful
If olive or red brown be used in
conjunction with nah gany furniture,
the effect is very different from what
it would be if blue were used. Blue
would develop the tawny orange Turk
ing in the mahogany.
If ceiling is to be made higher,
leave it light, that it may appear to re.
cede. Deepening the color used on
the ceiling would make it lower-an
effect desirable if the room is nall
and the ceiling very high. Various
tones of yellow are substitutes for sun
light. Upholsterer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
How John Hay Cot His Start,

Ex-Attorney-G General Williams, of
Kansas, lived at Quincy, ILL.,, in his
boyhood. At Warsaw, in the next
county on the north, lived John Hay,
afterward President Lincoln's Private
Secretary, and now Minister at the
Court of st. James. Mr.. Hay was a
country poet in those days-the "Un-
lettered Bard" he subscribed himself.
He wrote quality of poetry that made
Mr.. Williams tired, and his rural airs
and manners were simply killing to
the practical Quincy boy.
''I'll drive that fellow off the river"
Mr.. Williams declared one day, and
so he did. Mr.. Williams got himself
together one day and wrote the rot
tenest sort of alleged verses. These
he signed "The Unlettered Bard,
and caused them to be printed on
coarse brown wrapping paper, such as
grocers used in those days. Then he
stole up to Warsaw, and in the dead of
the night he posted the "Unlettered
Bard's" verses all over town. This
took the conceit out of Hay in an hour.
A stern resolve came into his face, and
the next week he left the town, going
to Springfield, where Lincoln took him
into his law Office and afterward in
stalled him in the White House as his
private secretary.
Whatever John Hay is or will be, I"
Mr.. Williams once said, II made him.
If had not caused him to see himself
as others saw him, he would never
have left Warsaw, and leaving War
saw is what gave him his start. -
Kansas City Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
The "Plug.Ugly."

"The werd 'plug-ugly' we see some
times in print" says an old-timer,
twas unknown to our grandfathers,
and photographers may look in vain
for the root of the word in the Ian
guages which form the foundation of
the English. 1t is a modern word,
but half a century old, and, we be-
lieve, in more general use in the mid
die states than elsewhere. The term
is applied to any rough, rowdy or
fighter in these days; but as originally
used it was applied only to one who
would fight for the possession of a fire
plug. This was in the latter part of
the forties, and early part of the fif-
ties, when the cities, in their water
supply systems, provided fire plugs.
The volunteer fire companies had be-
fore relied on the streams, pumps and
reservoirs for the water to extinguish
fires, and the aim of each company
when an alarm sounded was to get the
first water from plug and thus Sc
cure an advantage over the rival com
panies. Often when the fremen
reached the ground they would find a
man holding possession of the plug for
his favorite company, and if he re-
fused to give it up fight was the nat
ural outcome. 1t is not surprising
that the word plugugly should have
been evolved as descriptive of the
ugly fighters over the fire plugs.
Happily wherever there are paid fire
departments there are now no plug
uglies, unless we apply the word to
any one of ugly disp vsition, and the
real genus is yearly becoming more
rare in the towns and villages where
the old hand apparatus is still used. I"
Washington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01

Advancing, a-glancing,
The sunbeams out of heaven lancing,
The tide beneath green shadow tranc-
ing
With sweet delay.
Wild voices through the forest falling,
The wood-thrush to the wood-thrush
calling
The same old way.
Allowing, a-blowing,
It's showers of dew each low bough
throwing
In storms of fragrance round your
going
With toss and sway.
Murmur of bees in blossom swinging,
And children's cries more sweet than
singing,
The same old way.
Adjusting, a-gushing,
The roses on their red stems blushing
Before they close, with soft airs hush
ing
The dying day.
And all the woody ways discover
Down glimmering depths lass and
The same old way!
-HARPER's Bazaar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01

sidewalk, overcome by the smoke. A
gruesome sight 1t was, too, with the
dim figures Of the ambulance surgeons,
lanterns in hand, working over them,
and the thick smoke for background.
These were brave fellows who had
dashed in with the lines of hose, only
to be dragged out afterwards by their
comrades, nearly suffocated by the
thick, sitting smoke that poured in
volumes from every opening in the
basement. Over one hundred and fifty
feet Of Headlights" or grating, over
the sidewalk had to be broken in that
night before the cellars were relieved
sufficiently of the smoke with which
they were charged, to allow the men to
go in and extinguish the fire. That
required the combined work of the
crews of five hook -and-ladder compan-
les, who broke in the iron work with
the butt end of the axes-the hardest
kind of work. But the newspapers the
following morning merely gave this
fire ten or twelve line notice, men,
tiohing the location and the estimated
loss, and adding that cit was fierce
fire to subdue." No word of the pun
ishment and suffering the men were
forced to face before this fire was
under control; no mention of the dash
after dash into the cellar with the
heavy line of hose, only to be driven
back to the street by smoke, or
to be only dragged out afterwards
nearly unconscious; nor of the thud
after thud with the heavy axes on the
thick iron grating that required twenty
or thirty blows before any impression
could be made on it. This was muscle
straining, lung taxing work that the
average man has to face only once in a
lifetime; but the firemen in large
city have it always before them;
and each tap on the telegraph may
mean the signal to summon them to a
task that requires the utmost strength
and nerve.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
DIDN'T KNOW srsArroN.
But After the Colorado Millionaire Had
Ide0tifIed himself Ne Got HE Car.


identified Himself He Got His Car
Probably no town of its size has as
many very rich men as Colorado
Springs, Col. "They have million
aires to burn" said gentleman who
recently visited there.
Colorado Springs is the home of
w. s. Stratton, who q few years ago
was at work with jack plane, earning
scanty living, but who is now the
possessor of anywhere from $15, 900, :
900 to $40, O0O,0 O0," said my friend.
"Stratton does not have the appear
ance of man borne down with Q
weighty pocket book. Much of the
time he goes about in clothes a tramp
might object to. When he had, in a
couple of years, cleaned up the paltry
sum of $4,000, 000-or $1,000, 900 q
year-himself and family thought
they would like vacation. They
concluded to make a trip to California.
The next day Stratton went to Denver
on business. His banker notified him
that he had made mistake of quar-
ter of million in his bank account
He had that much more in the bank
than he thought he had. Upon inves-
tigation he discovered that he had sent
the bank check for that amount, just
taken for the sale of his mine, which
he had not noted. The matter cleared
up, Mr.. Stratton thought he would
see about getting the tickets for the
California trip. As usual, he had on
rather shabby suit.
Have you got bargain in tickets
to California; asked Stratton.
"The clerk looked him over carefully
and concluded that hobo had dropped
in to get out of the sun.
"'Not to-day; we may have one to-
morrow
"'Well, you sell tickets to California,
don't you?'
Certainly; but we have no job
lot at present.
"'How much is ticket to San Fran
cisco p
"'The clerk told him.
tLet me see. I shall have to take
along several people, servants you
know. Guess you had better give me
nine tickets.
"While the clerk was staring at him
Stratton was struck with new idea.
by the way, how much will O
special car cost ! like to go as com.
fortably as possible when l travel
Yes--I guess will have a special car
how much will it cost 2
''The man told him. 1t was large
sum.
That's all right. Look here. Tn
going to stay a month or six weeks
and / guess I'll sleep in the special
How much more will that cost He
was told. All right, I'll take that cal
for six weeks. Got a blank check 2
tThe clerk got him one. 1t was
filled out and handed to the clerk, who
said:
81 know all about Mr.. Stratton
but 1 don't know that you are Mr.
Stratton.'
SAT that moment banker Moffet
passed by-Stratton called out: Come
in here Moffett" He came in. Am
Stratton 2 You are. Il thought SO
but this clerk had his doubts. ThanI
Chicago Times Herald
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01
OVERCOME BY SMOKE.
The Danger of Fighting sub'ceIar Fire
in New York.

In the series of articles on the New
York Fire Department appearing in
st. Nicholas, Mr.. Charles I. Hill hes
contributed one on "The Risks of a
Fireman's Life" Mr.. Hill says: At a
sub-cellaar fire that occurred one night
few years ago on lower Broadway, I
saw over dozen men laid ont on the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01

Teapots are used in China only by
the poor. Among the wealthy it is
customary to put the tea leaves in
each cup and pour water on them.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-01

Baltimore, Nd, is to make two pub
lie Fairgrounds for children this
summer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-19
AFTER REESE.

Sheriff Logan left Yorkville last Mon
day to investigate the Reese mystery at
Lexington, Tenn.
The same parties who created sensa-
ton by telegraphing in February that
they had captured Reese, have, by letter,
been presisting in their claims ever since.
Among other things the letters claimed
that the man in custody answered de-
scriptions to dot, including the bullet to
be felt in the back of the meek, etc. 1t
was also claimed that the man had in his
pocket cabinet-sized photograph OF Mrs.
Anderson, which was identical with the
cut published some time back in The
ENQUIRER.
From the letters and other circum-
stances there was foundation for theory
to the effect that the Lexington man,
whoever he was, was down with rheu-
matsm, and was being nursed in farm
house some distance from the town. 1t
is understood that Reese was subject to
rheumatism, and everything except an
Indefinite assertion to the effect that the
man had been seen in the vicinity in
January, seemed to dicate that the Lex
ington people had the right man.
But, after all, the sheriff has had his
long journey for nothing. Having seen
the mysterious suspect, he has telegraph
ed back to Yorkville that the Lexington
people are mistaken. The sheriff ex-
pected to return home last night.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-19

commissioned officers, 6,1S5 non-com-
missioned officers, and 1914 men,
making all told an army of 1868
soldiers. Up to the end of January
the Spanish army had lost men wound,
ed in battle to the number of 4O
commissioned officers, 4Ol non-com'
missioned officers, and 1881 men.
Dead on battlefield or from the effects
of their wounds, l general, IL COM
miss toned officers, 107 non-commis,
stoned officers and 10,475 men. Killed
by yellow fever, l general, 30 commits
stoned officers, PSI non commissioned
officers and 1O,475 soldiers. Killed
by ordinary sickness or accidents,
q generals, "a commissioned and SO
non commissioned officers. Notwith'
standing the silence of official reports
in regard to the number of soldiers
that have died from the effects of Or
binary sickness or accidents, it is be-
lieved that over 10000 soldiers have
perished. The ocean liners and trans.
port ships have taken hack to Spain
over 10000 sick and crippled soldiers,
many of whom died en- route or after
having reached home. The losses OF
the Spanish army during the last two
wears of war in Cuba must be over
As. 900 men.