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The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
THANK SGlVIN G.

A king rode forth one summer RS day
And all he peasants by the way
Said to emSelVes:
How great are We
The king rides out that we may see
\ housewife with her buy broom
Brushed dust and crum bs from out her room;
A sparrow puffed him sell and -aid
This dame mad me bread.
ARCO MORROW in Womankind
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A SlNGER'S COLD.
The kOOkman.

A striking example OF Charles Dickens
chiyalrous regard for an absent friend is re-
called by Dean Farrar. Mr.. Sims Reeves had
been announced to sing at q small public
dinner at which Dickens presided, and, as
happened not infrequently, Mr.. Sims Reeves
and was unable to attend. Dickens an
nounced this, end the announcement was re-
ceived with general laugh of lncredulitv.
This made Dickens very angry. and he rose
manfully to the defense of the delinquent.
"My friend, Mr.. Sims Reeves" he said quiet ly,
"regrets his inability to fulfill his engage
meut. owing" he added with caustic severity,
face tiouS cold"
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
REFLECTION OF A BACHELOR
New York Press.

After a while the women VIII get up a
movement to have q curfew rung for the men.
The reason why most old bachelors have
never married is because they have never
asked any girl.
When a girl can't judge man by the COM
pany he keeps sne judges him by the creaseA
in his trousers.
There may be such thing as man con-
vlnced against his will, but there never was a
woman convinced any wy 81 all
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
NOTES AcOUT BLES.

Sir Moren Macken zie's medical library is to
be sold a auction In London
Alphonse Daudet is q candidate for the late
Duke of Aumale's seat in the French Academy.
Ibsen has decided to abandon Norway and
is going 10 Berlin to attend the celebrations in
com memoration of his birthday. Thereafter
he will i've in Germany.
John Swintou, an associate editor of the New
York Sun for many years, has retired from the
staff of that paper. Mr.. Swinton halls from
Hadding tonshire, England.
Bonaparte's house at Lougwood, St. Helena.
is now barn; the room he died In is q stable,
and where the imperial body Icy in state may
be found machine for grinding corn.
At meeting of the Archeolog ical Society
OF Hawick it was resolved to erect tablet on
the house at Hagg sha, in which Robert Pater-
son, the prototype of Sir Walter Scotrs "Old
Nor atty" was born in 1715.
John Magee, aged % years and pres ident Of
the Fall Brook Railroad, is the younge ST
American to hold such position. Besides be.
ing head of railroad operating several hum
dred miles of track. he is president of the Fall
Brook Coal Company of Antrim. Pa, succeed
ing his late father, General Magee ofWatkins,
n. Y. in both capac ties. He employs thou
sands of men and manipulates capital
amounting to over $4,000, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
THE TRAGEDY AT DIXON.
l(yET TE jury, find Louis Beew Susie
wv to their deaths from arsenic poison admir-
' tered hY q The Jury unknown

I(vxTE the jury find tuat and Susie Belew
w came to their deaths from arsenic poison admins
tered by person persons to the jury unknown"
returned after thirty minutes delberation ty
jury Corone inquest places the Dixon tragedy
category mysterious crimes and leaves public
that the of the poisoning brouh
justice.
That death of these young people Of
murder suicide accident anything
full truth is known. BY whom however
such murder have been commttedP The brother and
crcums yance and had
yond those caused by the little that generated
from in small communities where every mans
affairs respect affect those of another and conflicts
continually arising Such anagonsms
except they affect horribly depraved
be almost insane. What i'll the
circle of victims have
hated them as to poison thema
Popular suspicion greater or less extent
upon a brother victims upon the girl
the verdict Of the Coroners jury
neither suspicious sufficiently
Justify a charge against either hoped
nothing will arise change this verdict The crime in itself
enough without having piled
very young lives destroyed any
bound to them by the ties of brother
The old maxim way o author
of is seek out the who is profit by it
many exceptions Criminal literature abounds
many of crimes committed simply for the
striking illustration OF this is under
ton in Paris a
Vache This wretch reported having said at his examin
the people he killed poor he could be
for the of money and he had
them is clear he could have
moved by personal anmosty Now said he to the
Judge acts without motive and since had
sona unavoidable conclusion in killing
tn ese people directed by the hand OF God
There may be depraved monster Dixon
as who killed without motive
nal to like him has evidently
has Justice
halt in until been discovered
brought The present cassed
mystery, but it should not long remain
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-At the Plaza, NJ.
Duffy; Murray Hill, W. Babcock; Albemarle,
Mr.. and Mrs w. C. Ralstou; St. Denis, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Cowan; Grand Union, W. E.
Shultz; ImI erial, 6 A knight; Manhattan,
A. Mclean. California-Broadway Central
Mrs. II ildebrand; Astor. Mrs. Kenneally; Gill
sey, F. Beaudry. H. W. Grant ey left the Plaza
and sailed on the ST. Louis for Sou hampton.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
cALIFoRNlAN5 IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-At the Great Northern
Robert Hector and wife, San Francisco; at the
Wellington-Mi.s F. s. Brown, Los Angeles; at
the Audltorium-Mrs H. w. Strong, Los An
geles; at the Auditorium Annex-M q. Dun
kin and wife, Pasadena; at the Palmer-Y S
McClatchy, Sacramento.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

"There's one thing 1 will say for your
irend," said Miss Cayenne. "He is yery
truthful"
"How do you know that?" inquired Willie
Washington.
.-"Because there is no excuse for his being
otherwise. He never says anything interest
ing. ."-Washingto Star
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
cALlFORN ANS N WA5HING TON

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a H. Banning of Los
Angeles is at the Raleigh Hotel. A. J. Bell OF
San Jose is at The Riggs House.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

Plankington-I understand that you had to
go TO law about that property that was LETT
you. Have you smart lawyer?
Bloomfieid-You bet l have. He owns tho
property now.-Boston Traveller
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
THE COLLEGlAN'S RETORT.
Kecollections of Aubrey de We're

Mem bers OF the class IL Cambridge had
been rather fippant in regard TO some POM
pous authority and Fellow was eulogi zing
MIN. Said he:
You are proba bly, ignorant, young gentle
men, that the venerable person OF whom you
have been speaking with such levity is one
OF the profoundest scholars of our age-Indeed,
1t may be doubted whether any man of our
age has bathed more deeply in the sacred
fountains OF antiquity" "Or come up drier,
sir, was the reply of an underg graduate.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

While there is naturally repuRnance to mentioning the
people propose married in of ons
them advertising and tends to
authorities should stop if there is possibility of doing
So vet necessary In this blessed day of
strange and woman cannot be enioned from
making of themselves least doing in public
However pair be permitted TO proceed
hoped will the intrusion tooth and
the occasion without bite of bride
green groom intelligence has been
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

A CoUeH, COLD OR SORE THROAT requires
immediate attention. ByolCn's Bronchial TTo-
cheS " will invariably give relief.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

Perhaps Board would be unwise to listen
discharged That distinguished
that people listening and that taking
the liberty formulate its verdict
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

purposed giving an entertainment, which L
hoped they would all patroniZe. However,
unfortunately for me, somebody mentioned
the little scheme 10 my father, and he, furious
at my clandestine enterprise. begged every
one of his acquaintance to uphold his parental
authority by ignoring the performance. But
even then l wasn't disheartened, and when
the day came 1 drove off to the hall. and at the
hour announced for the commencement OF my
concert stepped on the platform - to fiud
myself face to face wi audience of two
And nobody else came"
From Rome it is telegraphed that Signora
Verdi, wife OF the celebrated composer. Gut-
seppi Verdi, now in his eighty oIrth year, is
dead. The death of this lady vii uudOubt-
ediy be severe blow to the venerable COM
poser. She was Verdfs second wife, formerly
Nine. StrepponL 1t was while she singing
Abigail in Verdi's opera "Nabuceo,' at Milan.
thirty five years ago, that the great con- poser
fell in love with hel. The romance of the
courtship was continued in married life, and
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

problem OF what holding Office shall with
confront the vanguard
feminnity matter the husband
will admit Just by of suggestion would it
give old allowance latchkey, admoni-
and him shit for hmselff the
drsn there plenty of asylums
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. NJ. B., City. The
average temperature at Ontario the year
round is 40; 10 get into warmer climate you
would have to ascend the St. Lawrence River.
sULLIvAN-KuRAIN-S. V, Sierra Valley, Cal.
John L. Sullivan did not break his arm in the
fight with Jake Kilrain. W h ch took place at
Rlchburg, Miss, July 8, 1889. He broke his
left arm in draw fight Win Patsy Cardth tor
gate money Minneapolis January 1S 1887.
Sullivan and Kilrain met but once in the ring.
"PHRYNE'-N. y, City. The poem entitled
"Phryne" appeared in the Argonaut of June
g. 1898 In reply to the query it was located
bv Mr.. B. e. Gre nfell OF odesto aud Ida B.
McJuukin of Hanford, who Will accept The
thanks of this department tor having assisted
q correspondent in search Tor poem not in
dexed.
BIRrHs-I. X L., Hollister, Cal. The law of
the State of California says ''all physicians
and Professional midwives must keep regis.
ter of the time of each birth at which they al
tend professionally. the sex, race and co or OF
the cnlId and the name and residence OF the
parents" They mus file gu rterly report
OF such re gister with the County RecorderJ
and ii no physician or midwife attend the
birth the parents must make the report TO the
County Recorder.
INTEGRITY-M. C. NJ, City. 1t certainly is al
lowabe TO speak of the integrity of The earth
well as to speak of the integrity of an em-
pire, for in that sense the word integrity refers
TO the state oil being enIre or com pteIe. II
you wish to refer to the dispersion OF things
which car never be CO lected or restored then
the of dissipation would be correct. While
it is not improper to say, "Jonn Jones builded
q house, " it is antiQuated- 1t would not be
proper to say, Il unbeileve him"
Two BUILDs--A. s., City. In the game of
casino snou d player build up card to a
certain denomination and his poneut de-
cine to build it up higher, he, the first player,
may not alter his build but must take ii with
q card of the same denomination; he is how
ever at liberty TO make another build. either
OF the same or of any other denomination or
he may pair or combine any other cards be-
fore aking up his first build, but he must
comply with one of these conditions before
playing a card which viii do either,
HEENAN-SAYERs FIGHT-Subscriber, Civ
The great international fight between John
c. Heenan. the "Benicia Boy" and Tom Savers
took place at O'Clock on the morning of the
18th of April, 1860. in Farnsborough, near
AldersEot, England. The first az count OF this
event was received in San Francisco on the
night OF the Sth of May, but full details were
not received until the 10Th. The news came
by Pony Express. Tnev were patient peoDIe
in San Francisco, who thirty-seven wears ago
could wait q month Tor news of so important
an event. From this 1t appears that the men
fought thlrty-seyen rounus, but neither was
the victor, tor the crowd rushed into the ring
ana the police coming up, put stop to the
hgnt Each man awarded chamDiorN
snip belt, but as heenan's was never paid for
he was forced 10 return 1t. The fight LASTED
two hours and eight minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

CALIFORNIA glace fruits soc 10. Townsend,s-
GUILLET Thanksgiving mInce pies. 905 Lar
kin. Tel. East 19S.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

SPECIAL info rma tlon daily TO manufacturer,
business houses and public men by the Pres,
Clipping Bureau AEen's) $40 Montgomerv :
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

While there be way which to interfere with
the doctors of killing young women who call
upon advice the might reasonably be sup
posed to be expected degree that touc
ing which induces them be calmly TO the
slaughter. And it very glorious death either
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

"PHRYNE''-N. Y, City. The poem entitled
"Phryne" appeared in the Argonaut of June
%, 1893 In reply to the query it was located
by Mr.. B. e. Grenfell OF Modesto aud Ida B.
McJuukin of Hanford, who Will accept The
thanks of this department tor having assisted
a correspondent in q search for a poem not in
daXpH
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. NJ B.. City. The
average temperature at Ontario the year
round is 40 10 get into q warmer climate you
would have to ascend the st. Lawrence River.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

Low horehound cough syrup for coughs
and colds, price 10c. AT Sansome st.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

Somebody trying upon veracty of
he Mr.. Banther
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

ULLIvAN-KILRAIN-S. v, Sierra Valley, Cal.
John L. Sullivan did not break his arm in the
fight with Jake Kilrain. " h ch took place al
Rlchburg, Miss July 8, 1889. He broke his
left arm in draw fight Win Patsy Cardiff tor
gate money at Minneapolis January 1S, 1887.
Sullivan and Kilrain met but once in the ring.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

Sir Moren Macken zie's medical library is t,
be sold at auction In London.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

Alphonse Daudet is q candidate for the late
Duke of Aumale's seat in the French Academy.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

The first two acts of 'Sapho" are being re-
hearsed, and N. Cavalho hopes 20 produce the
whole opera on November 80.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

E1ouard Grieg, the Norwegian composer,
went to Lond on to conduct some of his works,
but on arriving there was SO i'll that he has
had to defer his intentions.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

Among other reforms, NJ Mailer, the new
director of the Vienna Opera, has ordered that
people arriving late shall not take their places
during the playing OF the overture.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-25

The Society G. Verdi at Venice is preparing
Masseners oratorio. ''Eve," unoer the direc-
tor NJ f. de Guarneri, professor OF the violin
at the conservatory of that city.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-06
A CLEVER FORGER.

But He Overshot the Mark and Was
Trapped by the Bank.
Not long ago there stood before the
paying teller's window of one of New
York's big banks an unctuous little
man smiling blandly over 500 check.
Signature, Endorsement and every detail
were correct. To make assurance doubly
sure, the little man explained with
some insistence, ''You see, have had
my Endorsement certified.
The check was paid without hesita-
tion, but the teller said to himself.
"Why is that idiot standing there with
such broad grin, trying to fix his face
ON my memory" And duly he took
note.
A few days later the man appeared
at the window again, his countenance
distended in the same smile, with an
other check from the same firm. The
Endorsement was certified in exactly the
same way, and this time the amount
was 5000. There was absolutely moth
ing wrong with the check on it's face,
and it came from we'll known custom
er of the bank. In spite of ALL, said
the paying teller, something told me
that fellow was crook. So I said
should have to look up the account be-
fore it could be paid, and while he
waited slipped around to the firms
office, which was only short distance
away.
''The check was examined and pro-
nounced perfectly good, and was about
to walk away when the head of the
firm said: Why, hold up. We've issued
no checks this morning And then
went back and bagged my crook. He
had first sold the firm bond and got
his original 500 check in payment
This he had used to initiate the firms
signature ON the second and likewise
to impress me with the fact that he was
all right, SO that when he came around
a second time would not bother him. ;
&C. d. Lanier in Scribner's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-06
The sultan.s Household.

In the time of the sultan predecessor
the seraglio buildings stretched along
the banks of the Bosporous for "a miles,
and contained some 1000 persons, the
household order and arrangement being
much as they are at present. The sui
tan's mother-when he has a mother
receives servile obedience from all its
inmates. Then comes the hasnadar
ousta, or mistress of the treasury, gen.
orally shrewd old woman, promoted
from the ranks of the servants for her
talent for housekeeping and gossip If
the sultani valide dies, the hasnadar sue
ceeds her. Under Abdul Medjid the
seraglio was long ruled by washerwo-
man, whose chief adviser was a bal
tadic, or newer of wood, who could not
read, but had the power of dismissing
viziers. The sultan's four kadines come
next, who rank as spouses till he di-
vorces them and marries them to some
of the pashas. Then there are five or six
ikbals, or favorites; then the guieuzedes
(from guieuz, eye-girls who have at
tracted the masters glance).
Every woman who marries from the
seraglio takes with her, besides large
portion in cash, her clothing, jewels,
furniture, carriages and servants. After
them come the kadines-effendis, the
mothers of the sultan's children; then
the unmarried princesses of the royal
blood, then the foster mothers and foster
sisters Of the sultana or princes or prin-
cesses Among the attendants are cham
berlains, secretaries, guards, eunuchs,
scullions cooks, pages. musicians,
dancing girls, dwarfs, buffoons, priests,
astrologers, BARRIERS and shampooers,
tasters of the sultan's food, athletes,
cockfighters, ramfghters, jugglers and
grooms to look after the 500 horses con-
tanned in the imperial stables. New
York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-06
FOLLOWING THE HOUNDS.

1t is not alone in exceptional recreations
like fox-hunting, that a woman needs steady
nerves, strong muscles and a healthy, Wig
orous constitution. She needs them in her
every day duties and pleasures Recently
a Buffalo lady called upon DR.. K. V. Pierce
of that city and stated that she was so nerv-
GUS that after months of trial she could
not learn to ride bicycle.
She was put under scientific course of
treatment, consisting of DR.. Pierce'S Golden
Medical Discovery before meals and his
Favorite Prescription - after meals. The
Favorite Prescription promptly cured
the weakness and disease of the organs dis
tinctly feminine, from which she suffered
and restored strength and steadiness to the
nerves The Golden Medical Discovery y
cleansed the blood, making it pure, rich
and invigorating, and built up solid, mus
cular flesh The lady now rides her bicycle
with grace and ease and without trepida-
ton. Both medicines are for sale by medi
cine dealers. DIR. Pierce answers letters
from ailing women without charge
II suffered with bearing down pain in my
pelvis and hurting in my back and loins .
writes Mrs. Tillie Cunningham of Weir, Choctav
Co., Miss. whenever l would take walk OF
ride very far it would always make me sick
After using DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
and Golden Medical Discovery for three
wards My appetite is good all of my bad feel
ings have disappeared and am strong and we'll
You can secure DR.. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser free by sending
stamps to cover mailing. Paper covered
81 one-cent stamps; cloth-covered, 81 stamps
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-06
whore Brides ARC Hungrr,

How would an English bride care tc
fast on her wedding day until after the
sacred ceremony, and this after endur-
ing the hardships of a farewell party
given the day before? Yet this is what
Russian girl is supposed to do. AS the
marriage, to be fashionable, should not
occur until evening, it may easily be
imagined in what an exhausted state
she is to commence her new period of
life.
Besides bridesmaids there are brides
men, these latter being obliged to pre-
sent the bridesmaids with sweetmeats.
A parsonage follows the procession bear
ing an elegantly mounted picture of
Christ in gold and silver, which is sta
toned against the altar The brides
maids do not all dress alike, and their
number is unlimited. London An
swerS.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-06
MUCK AS MANURE.
Experiments Conducted In New Hamp-
shire to Determine Its Value.

Experiments Conducted In New Hamp-
shire to Determine Its Value.
Muck is on an average of about the
same ratio of nitrogen as manure This
nitrogen was organized into plant life.
Why is it not available and why have
farmers made failure of it? asks ]. W.
Sanborn, Belknap county, N. H., in a
communication to Country Gentleman.
Twenty years ago he tried muck with
favorable results and would have in
creased its use but for a call to agri-
cultural college work. On return to his
farm one of the first things done was to
secure an analysis of the muck. This
was followed by an exit drain for the
water of the meadow. For the third
season it has been used with satisfac-
ton.
The explanation Of the failure Of
muck formed by this writer, and on
which he is acting in its present use, is
that it's alomst complete deficiency of
minerals, especially potash, made its
nitrogen Is less deficient than potash
and phosphoric acid, while it is gather
ed by plants in part from natural
sources, including rains. He says:
''How short sighted in the old hands
is the use of muck to add to the soil a
material least required and expect it to
succeed in the absence of the minerals !
I use with it, in all cases except expert
mentally, potash and phosphoric acid.
The time has not come to pronounce
it's use on my farm proved success,
yet in all cases it appears to be profta-
bly, applied" He adds:
In 1894 muck alone was used. Muck
with potash and phosphorio acid was
also used and lot planted with chem
icals alone. The muck was taken green
from the meadow and showed better re-
suits where it was used than where it
was not used. The ratio Of yield was as
follows: For the two minerals alone,
100; muck alone, 1876; muck and min
erals, 1853. For the following year muck
alone gave as 100 is to 102, where the
three elements, nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid, were used. Muck drawn
from the meadow in pile the last of
the winter and then placed at the bot
tom of potato drills doubled the crop by
the scales.
Last year permanent set of expert
ments was laid out for the test Of muck
by the side of yard manure, chemicals,
rotting plants and muck and minerals
Muck appears to have again given an
increase of crop, while muck and the
two minerals missing in it appear to be
still better, for the third year, by the
scales and rod, confirming the impress
sion that muck is yet to be found of
very great value to our agriculture, and
that in the addition Of the missing min
erals is to be found the key to the sue
cessful application of its nitrogen con-
tents. If am correct, it will save mil
lions to sections in command of it and
yearly hundreds of dollars to the writer,
who uses chemicals literally.
/ am aware that all muck deposits
are not alike and that some samples
might be injurious in use in the raw
state, yet the principle remains the
same, the difference being merely in the
detail of use in the way of correcting
acidity.