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Evening journal., 1897-08-05
GROCERIES,

GROCERIES.
A. b. Gillespie q CO., e. Second street.
u. w. Lynch & CO., n. W. cor. Fourth
and Madison streets.
u. w. Lynch & Co, s. W. cor. Eighth
and King streets.
II. NJ Wier, 42O King street. cor Fifth.
III. Ramsberger, cor. Sixth and Madison
streets.
Cam < Bro. cor. Sixth and Lombard
VIM. w. Crawford. sO1 shalcross ave.
j. l.. Cooper, Eighteenth and West SITS.
J. II. McDermott. p Sixth avenue.
Harry l.. Gray. cor. Eighth and Spruce
i. L. Rice N. w. cor Second and Tat
j. Horace Johnson S. E cor.'Third and
A, NJ. Price S. e. cor. Sixth and Wash
ingtOn streets.
Holley x Bro. n. e. cor. Tenth and
Charles r wohar, 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue.
}. G. Buckingham, n. w. cor. Twelfth
N A. bennett. cor Lancaster avenue
and Searles street.
strqog s Sons. S W. cor. Thirteenth
j. q Singles. $. w. cor. Jackson and
S. S. Paivis, cor. Firth and jefferson
w. H. Lummis. 1901 Lincoln street
james Grant. S. w. cor. Second and
Monroe streets.
j. NJ Smith. 320l Madison street.
Excelsior Grocery, Henry f. Schmidt.
Proprietor n. w. cor Front and Van
Buren, streets.
Harry Schlice. cor. Ninth and Van
Buren, streets
O, T. McKagney, cor Fourth and Union
streets.
j. l.. Cooper, Seventh and Van Buren,
streets.
G. \. Elberson, 2l2i Market street.
VIM. McSorley, n. T.. cor Seventh and
Monroe streets
j. w. Mccoy, s. w. cor. Lancaster ave-
nue. and Scott street
A. n. Scarborough n. w. cor. Fourth
and Rodney streets.
Evening journal., 1897-08-05
Ocean city.

Returning. leave RehObOth $40 p. nj,
Ocean City p. m.
Children under twelve years Of age,
one-half the above rates.
Evening journal., 1897-08-05

Bring che children to see Wieland
the clown jugg,er, at Shellpot Park.
Evening journal., 1897-08-05
GENTS FURNISHINGS.

Finn Bros. 307 Market street
w. II. Mearns, 7l3 Market street
James II. Wright, S. E. cor. Eighth and
Market streets.
Evening journal., 1897-08-05

BRCOKS.-In this city, on August g.,
1897, Martha A. Brooks, aged rs
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

1t was Thanksgiving eve. The trees
had been robbed of their beautiful
garments, which had just taken on bril-
liant shades of red and golden brown.
Scarcely a yellow leaf remained on the
bare and naked boughs to give tinge Of
brightness to the quaking branches.
The sun had set an hour ago with all
the glorious hues of an autumn sunset
when mellow clouds wrap their folds
caressingy around the departing sun,
like friends hovering over the deathbed
of loved one.
Darkness had thrown her sable curtain
over the world, and the wind howled
madly around the corners of the lonely
cottage.
The two sisters, having partaken OF
their evening meal long before, had sat
watching the sunset from the windows of
their dilapidated home. Nightfall did
not disturb them, and they still sat by the
Pickering fire. each deeply absor bed in her
own reveries.
At last the elder spoke to her maiden
sister. Jane" she said. softly.
eyes, Susan" she returned.
"Do you know, Jane, I am just as sure
as fate that somethin' is a-goin' to come to
pa 8, this very night2'
Now, Susan, whatever makes you take
these fits, anywayP''
"Well, I'm sure this time I feel as IL
was a-goIn' to have little good luck yet,
even if after pa died, came to California
TO find my only boy, my Harry. You
know my success as we'll as / do and that
l had 10 stay here on account of not havin'
money enough to go back to old Indiana
on after I failed in locatin' my boy.
$50 jest had TO stay in this pesky coun-
try. I've lived here for fifteen long year,
and it's terrible when you despise place, 4"
she went on energetically, land do de-
! spise your God -forsaken country of Cali
| fornla that swallowed up my boy and
gives me nothin' but disappointment.
| I'll never like it, L never will"
Never mind, Susan, you know we can't
help what is" said her sister. "And I'll
| tell you what l was a-thinkin' of. 1t was
about the old school where we used to go
when we was children. Well, let's sing
| some of the old songs, and maybe it'll
cheer our old hearts up bit.'
Then tie frail and faint voices of the
| two sisters were raised, and as they sang
the songs they bad sung in their child
hood their voices grew stronger, and pow
| erty, pain and sorrow were alike forg often.
! Suddenly, as the third song was upon
| their lips, loud knock was heard upon
| the door,
Jane arose and admitted a tall, hand
somely dressed stranger of about forty,
who glanced in Susan's direction.
What CAN" Jane did not finish
the sentence, for her sister had arisen and
was exclaiming:
'Oh, it's Harry. my dear boy" and she
| fell into his arms.
81 always knew" cried Jane raptur-
ously, "that California could give as well
as receive"
| come back.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
GETTING READY
FOR THANKSGIVING.

Did you ever? The Mastodon in the
Academy OF Sciences having come out OF
the Museum to see what is going on has
been set upon by the pumpkins, who, if
they subdue The Mastodon, will have the
biggest and strangest Thanksgiving din
ner upon record. And there are the Sea
Lions, too. They will not go hungry, and
a diet of fish will not suit for a real
Thanksgiving feast. That fat and POM
pous Mr.. Turkey must go to the block.
Then two of the young authors who
wrote for the Young Authors Page"
gave their stories Thanksgiving flavor
They fit in very nicely this morning
Mary Morris Lloyd tells a Thanksgiving
story that teaches how those who are
truly thankful can manifest the fact.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

Callv was seven years old when her
mother died. They were living in Ken
lucky then. Then her father got she gold
fever. sold out and came West with some
neigh bors. They stopped at little min
ing town and her father built them log
cabin.
There were about ten miners living
there. The town consisted of a few
cabins and a store and postoffice in one.
where the miners spent almost all OF their
money in gam bling and drinking.
When the miners heard that there was
little girl in town they tried their best
to see and talk to her, for they seldom saw
little girl in those parts; but she was
afraid OF their rough speech and looks.
She gradually grew to like them though,
especially Tom Miller, who whitfield out
wooden dolls for her and carried her on
his shoulders and never seemed tired of
answering her questions.
Sunday evenings her father took her to
the store and put her on dry-goods box
while he talked to the boys. But while
che was there there was very little drink
ing and gam bling done, for one day when
she saw Bill Saunders going home tipsy
she cried so hard that Bill said he'd "be
! blamed if he want ashamed OF him self
fur maxim that purity little thing cry"
This did not suit Jim Carew, the store
keeper, so he told Pete that 'if he didn' t
keep that kid home he'd make him" but
Tom Miller told Jim that "if he tried to
keep that little gal home he'd thrash him
within an inch of his life'; and Jim
thought that it would be wiser to keep
still.
| Her birthday came on Thanksgiving,
and the boys said they would have a
! turkey dinner with cranberry sauce and a
| plum pudding in honor of the occasion.
| At last the day came, the dinner was to
be at Dick McPherson's cabin, as his was
the largest, and he was considered pretty
| good cook.
The men were all there on time, and
nearly all had something for her. Tom
Miller gave her pair of shoes that had
! belonged to his little girl that died; and
| Sam Thompson gave her handkerchief.
| What if it was a mans handkerchief? 1t
| had never been used, and it was all he had
to give jim Carew was there too, and
mad brought her a little bottle of perfume
that he had found somewhere among his
| belongings.
Then the dinner began, and the boys
spun yarns and said speeches alternately.
! Finally. Jim Carew stood up and said
Boys, once told Pete to keep that kid
away from the store, because you fellows
wouldn't buy so much whiskey when she
was there, but I'll take it all back now,
and L m sorry said it, and what do you
fellows say if we pitch all of that stuff into
the guIch and turn over a new leaf?"
"AIl right" they all answered, after a
little hesitation, well do it,"
Then some one proposed a cheer, and ii
was given with will.
A the miners joined heartily and
Caliy's face was wreathed in smiles.
When all was quiet again Caliy stood up
| On her chair and said. Thank you ali
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

The California stories written by our young
authors win appear on this page in due time.
Thanksgiving demanded some of the space
:his morning. The two stories by Clara Ken
nedy and NJ. Eva Navene are sample of what
the young authors produced. Thanksgiving
matter crowds out some communications
to-day.
MAURICE ASHER. I6 Turk street-story
pleasing, but It came too late.
MARY MACY-Poem will be published
H J. S B.-Good story.
BEATRICE PRICE has written a plea sing
account of the Alexander Valley. She shows
loyalty to her own section, saying: alt is one
of the prettiest valleys in the State. 1t is
divided up into orchards and vineyards and
fields There is one store, one blacksmith
shop and three sch oolhouses and one church
Houses are scattered all over the valley"
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

gladly gave two children to Desire. They
were a boy and girl (twins) Rosabella
named them Apollo and Diana after the
great sun god and goddess. These chill
dren grew up to be very beautiful.
When the King and Queen died they fell
heirs to ali Eldorado. After many years
the fairies became less numerous and diff
ferent people came to Eldorado. These
people were considered giants by the
fairies, who became so frightened when
more and more kept coming they ran
away and hid. some fifty or. sixty years
after this country's name was changed to
California, and where the castle of Diana
had stood a beautiful yellow or orange
color flower began to bloom, which all
Californians now proudly acknowledge as
our State flower.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

maiden of six whom they called Juno,
after the goddess of beauty. King Desire
and Rosabella became much attached to
this little girl. They were very sad be-
cause they hadn't any children of their
own.
OF course Juno's parents could not
spare her. But ber father said: Desire.
be comforted. In yonder hum BILE cottage
dwells widow with her twelve children.
They are very poor, and l think she would
part with one or two OF them" The widow
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
THE HUMMING BIRD.

There is little humming- bird,
That hovers round my door.
And oft l hear it humming,
AS it fits from flower 10 flower.
No matter if the days are dark,
And clouds obscure the sun.
That little bird huns merrily,
From morn till day is done.
1t has lesson taught to me,
Which / would fain impart,
For often cen ray of light
VIII cheer the fainting heart
So let not sad or dreary days
Cause US to be cast down,
Butle US earnestly press on
To win the heavenly crown.
Cayucos, Cal. E. NJ.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
A FAIRY TALE
OF CALIFORNIA.
BY A. MARGUERITE WEEKS.

IN THE good old days when fairies used
| to haunt hill and vale there lived king
named Desire and his beautiful wife,
Rosabella.
Although this king and queen had no
children they were very happy until one
day when they went to visit two other
royal rulers.
This couple had one little golden-haired
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
A THANKSGIVING
IN THE MINES.
BY CLARA KENNEDY.

THERE lived in the Sierra Nevada
| Mountains, in 1854 man named
Peter Hopkins and his little girl,
California, or Cally, as she was usually
called.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21
THE STORY OF THE
OLD SCHOOL SONGS.
BY NJ. EVA NAvoNE.

TWO old ladies were sitting by the open
L fireplace, where pine log was cheer
fully burning, the blaze tapping its
scarlet tongues up the back OF the Chin
ney.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

very much for this nice birthday party,
and I hope you will all have one as nice
some day"
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-21

aunties, but l very much fear they are
never TO dine with US again on Thanks
giving dav." MARY MORRIS LLOYD.
The herald., 1897-06-11
STATE PRINTING
A Private Firm May Not Be Paid-A
Hitch in the Award of Contract

SACRAMENTO, June 10-A few days
ago in San Francisco the Beard of Re
gents of the State University awarded
a contract to the Pacific Press Publish
ing Company of Oakland for printins :
the announcement of courses and reg.
isters at a cost Of SAT. According to ar
opinion sent by Attorney General Fitz-
gerald to Controller Colgan, the Pacific
Press Company may have difficulty i,
getting pay for the work The ATTORNEY
General held that no printing for Stat
officers, boards or commissions done
outside of the State printing Office
should be paid for out Of the State
Treasury ard the Controller would be
liable under his bonds if he drew war
rants to pay for such work The unor
printers and bcokbinders are greatly
exercised over the matter and propose to
hold mass meeting to protest againsc
giving the State work to an Oakland
concern. State Printer A. ]. Johnston
went to San Francisco this morning tt
consult with the Attorney General as L
the best steps to take to prevent the pay
ment of State money to the Pacific
Press. 1t is probable that injunction
proceedings will be commenced.
The herald., 1897-06-11
TO PHOTOGRAPH SOUND
A BAPTIST MINISTER DABBLEs
IN SCIENCE
He Hopes to Build q Satisfactory
Talking Machine to Excel the
Phonograph

| NEW YORK, June 10.-rhe Herald
| today says: The process of photograph
| ing sound waves and from the plates re-
producing the original sounds has beer
announced as having been successfully
carried out by the Rev. A. S. Ferguson
a Baptist minister, now living in Brook
lyn.
The astonishing part of his discovery
he says is the simplicity of the process
by which this result has been achieved
There is no ponderous or complicated
machinery. Only two discs, each about
seven inches in diameter, revolved by
ordinary cranks. One OF these, the re-
| corder. Is horizontal; the second. the re-
producer, revolves perpendicularly.
Speaking of his invention, Mr.. Fer
guson said: About six years ago it
struck me that it would be possible to
photograph sound by manipulating a
ray of light. and repi oducing the sounds
recorded by such manipulation upon a
seEsitized plate. The 'lighteophone.' as
call this instrument, have secured by
patent both here and in England.
II am now working on machine to
not only record sound, but to reproduce
it in typewriting, and I am confident
that 1 can do so.
Many scientific men here and In Eu-
rope have written to me about it, and in
this city Professors Peckham and Seld-
ner of the Adephi College have seen
it and have pronounced 1t an inven ton
of marvellous interest and possibilities.
There are now but two talking ma
chines-the gramopbone and the phono-
graph or raphophone-which will re-
produce tone. The former Is the inven-
tion of Berliner. the latter being the
production of Edison. In both of these
the sound is recorded by a needle or
stylus upon wax. This requires pres
sure. resulting in friction. which of ne
cessity produces distortion.
THE lighteophone records upon first
surface, and as there is no mechanical de-
vice. needle or stylus used, there can be
no distortion. In the photograph the
wave lines are perpendicular to the sur
face upon which they are recorded. In
the lighteophone they are parallel to the
surface of the glass plate on which they
are produced. The horizontal lines af-
ford the best conditions necessary to
tone study. 1t is possible with the pho
tographs to throw upon large screen
pictures of the sound waves produced
by speaking. singing instrumental mu-
sic or any other sound whatever.
The possibility of using this instru-
ment in laboratory work is very great
for comparing sounds, infections, modu-
lations, crescendoes and so on of the
human voice l am now constructing a
diaphram that will record even perhaps
a whisper
There is no electricity employed IL
the production or recording of tones In
the lighteophone. The sounds are pro-
duced by vibration, or, more properly,
pulsation."
The herald., 1897-06-11
UNEARTHED IN EGYPT
Collection of the Sayings of Christ.
Early Christian Documents

A great find of ancient papyri In
Egypt has been made by Grenfell aIL
Hunt, who are working in behalf of the
Egyptian exploration fund. At Behne-
sch many ancient rubbish mounds
yielded a rich store In three mound.
the quantity of rolls found is lars.
-nough to warrant the assumption that
a part of the archives had been throw
there.
The Papyr range from the Roma.
conquest to early Arab times. Eacr
century is largely represented Most
If the documents are written in Gree K
with sprnkling of Latin, Coptic anc
Arabic. Little is yet known of the cor
tents, but Grenfell's hope, in digging
the site of Czyrynchus of finding earl;
Christian documents is realized
Among the papyri is a leaf from {
thrd century papyrus book. containing
j collection of the sayings of Chris +.
Some Of these sayings are not in the gos
pels ard others exhibit Emergencies
from the text Of the gospels. 1t is be.
lieved that when the papyri are exam
ined in detail further discoveries a
Christian records. as well as fragment,
Of lost classical literature, will be found
since in some of the mounds large pro
portion of the papyri are written in un
cials, which were largely employed dur
ing the first century of the Christian era
one hundred and fifty rolls, in man.
cases several feet long, have been re
tanned at the GiZeh museum, and tn
rest are on the way to England.
Resides .he papVr a number of coir I
200 inscribed tiles, bronze and ivory or
naments and other objects of the Roman
and Byzantine periods have been recor
ercd.-London cable to the New Yorl
Sun.
The herald., 1897-06-11
Moslem Justice

The pasha told us today story of
judgment he gave. which reminded me
of the Cadis in the Arabian Nights. He
had imported an English coachman and
groom. and these did not agree with the
Moslem servants, who complained that
the Englishmen cursed their religion.
"In what language did they curse?
I'm Arabic" How loHg have they been
here?" six months Have they had
lessons in Arabic?" No" Then they
learned the phrase from you. will tell
them to curse YOU in English" But
we don't want to be cursed at ALL
Then why do you curse them?" And
so. having extracted a promise from
each party to abstain from curses, he
dismissed them.
One must not expect too much virtue
from Orientals. In the east. as you will
have noticed, the sheep and the goats
are very much alike.-Cornhill Maga-
zine.
The herald., 1897-06-11
A Seaman's Suicide

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, June 10
message was received at the offics
of the Pacific Coast Steamship COMPANY
today from Captain Alexander of the
steamship Santa Rosa, to the effect
that while off the entrance to Port Ha,
ford yesterday A. X. Rogers, ore of hi,
passengers. jumped overheard arc
drowned. Rogers for many years wa
purser for the steamship Queen of tn
same company. He had been i'll som,
time and supposed to have been tempo
rarily insane at the time of his tragi,
death. He leaves a widow aad one chill
in this city
The herald., 1897-06-11

put together. He is more Of boxer than
a fighter. II he has the time he Will DO
great damage to a man from constantly
hitting him, but anyone Of courage who
will go in and take some Of his smashes
will In all likelihood get away with him.
His skill is not backed, as 1t were
with SUFFICIENT force. He has to hit his
antagonist several times in the same
place to have any effect upon him. There
are several men today who can whip
him-Maher, Goddard. Jackson, Shar-
key, Choynski and Hall. He is merely
very clever boxer. That is all that can
be said of him. Corbett. however, is not
what he is cracked up to be when il
comes to real ighting.-Robert Fitz-
simmons in the New York Journal.
The herald., 1897-06-11
The Shirt Waist Girl

Girls in shirt waists generally look
prettier, more natural and unaffected
because their is less put on about them.
Philadelphia Times.
The last Sunday of May is called
shirt Waist Sunday" in New York. as
it usually marks the blooming forth Of
that garment But the shirt waist will
presently claim all days for its own. and
rightly. for it is neat and thrifty fash.
ion-one of the best for women that ever
came from the bargain counters.-Phn
adelphia Record.
The herald., 1897-06-11
A Diving Judge

ST. MARY'S. Kan. June 1O.-Judge J
w. Fitzgerald is dying at his home here.
Judge Fitzgerald came to Kansas from
Cincinnati ten years ago and since ther
has practicedlaw and been an important
factor III politics.
Judge Fitzgerald at one time was very
prominent in Irish affairs. His name is
sometimes confounded with that of John
Fitzgerald, former President of the Irish
Land League Of America
The herald., 1897-06-11
Anybody Can Whip Corbett

James j. Corbett is very clever, big
strong fellow. One of the best men
ever met He is much cooler than ex-
pected to find him and knows how to use
his hands, arms and legs. have seldom
seen such fine specimen of manhood
The muscular development around his
shoulders, under his arms and on his
arms is very fine, and his body is well
The herald., 1897-06-11
Unfairly Convicted

OTTUMWA, Iowa. June i0.-All the
members of the Ottumwa bar, except
six, three of whom were engaged in the
prosecution of Hamilton. the convicted
Seldom bank robber. have petitionel
the District Judge to reconsider his de-
cision and grant him a new trial, stat
ing that in their opinion he was wrong
fully convicted under the evidence.
Hamilton will not be taken to the pen
itentiary until the result of the petition
is known.
The herald., 1897-06-11
Dodged the Lynchers

CINCINNATI, Ohio. June lot was
developed in the testimony at the in
quest today on the death of Alfred Quick,
who committed suicide, that the motive
was to escape mob vengeance. Quick
had been discovered in an attempted
criminal assault upon 10-year-old girl,
and, with the Urbana incident fresh In
his mind, took his life.
The herald., 1897-06-11
An Electrical Trust

ST. LOUIS, Mo, June 10.-F. w. Gran
dali Of the Western Electric Company
of Chicago, who bought the Scudder in
terest in the st. Louis Electric Light
and Power Company, has sold out to the
Edison Illuminating Company. This
practically combines all the electric
light companies in the city.
The herald., 1897-06-11
4 DeSperate Inver

WASHINGTON. June 1o.--Mrs. Chiro-
arc Guilani, shot by an Italian yesterday
morning, died today. Ferrari, the mur-
derer Wooed the woman in Italy but was
rejected ard came to this country. tried
to win her from her husband, and, fail
ing, shot and killed her and himself.
The herald., 1897-06-11
A Boniface Dead

YOSEMITE, Cal, June 10.-A. b. Glass
COCK, proprietor of the Sentinel Hotel
stricken with apoplexy Sunday mornins
last, died last night. He was native a
Missouri, "a years of age. He will b,
buried here today.
The herald., 1897-06-11

Albert ]. Aiken, wealthy Quaker
of New York state, will soon present
gifts of an aggregate value of nearly
$500, 900 to the Society Of Friends al
Pawling, Duchess county, N. Y.