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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15

sgs Of our dollars on the 1st of May, 1906, aud
no more were coined until 1856 Ihat ended
free coinage. The coinage OF dollars was p,
1873 February IL, the dollar was omltted
from the coins to be minted In tne onlteo n;sl
S;a tes Mint and its branches. "nen sns e1,n s,n
age oF the silver dollars was resumed aIter
1886 the ratio was changed as means 70 s'oP
the traffic which resulted IN tne orIeL r ..
President Jefferson In loIo me s,et sar Vas reA
of 4 2II grains troy OF standard silver was 70.
stored but free coinage was not re-eStaDilsneu
SO lar as silver is concerned
VANILLA BEASs-T A. C., City. What is COM
monJv called the vanilla bean of commerce II
a fruit that is pod-like with an opening along
the side The vanilla of commerce was ior-
merly supposed to be the fruit OF the 'ahii.a
aromatica, native of tropical America, pu'
in fact, the fruit of the Vanilla planitola;
species indigenous to Mexico, Gulhta D IN
Peru and other places and it is cultivatesu IL
some of the West India islands, the Maurlhus
and Ceyion. The fruit, which Is ABOUT ,. sp"
long and less than half an men trioA IN t;bs
gathered before fully ripe and drleo IN Ing
shade. Itis stepped in fixed OIL, genetag
that of the cashew nut. The beans are pug Pue nS
in packets of from fifty to 100 ana are wrappu
cane leaves and sheet lead or In un 20. poAes. -
There is no work that is specially oeVoleu W
the vanilla bean.
''YANKEE SULLIvAN''-E. L. H., Los Angeles
Cal. Yankee Sullivan" whose true name
was Frank Ambrose, but who was also known
as Frank Murray, was one OF q NUMBER OF in'
dividuals gathered in by the Vigilance ComI
mittee OF 1856 as dangerous TO the salesS VI
the community, and while he was conhneo IN In
"fort Gunnvbags." the headquar ters OF the
committee on Sacramento street, he Decame
impressed with an idea that the commlltess
intended to hang him. and nothing coulo
allay hls fears. One night he, with raIoi.
severed the arteries of one of his arms ana was
found dead in his cot There was coroner
inquest, and it was not charged that ne nau
been put TO death by any one. The asseItion
on his tom bStone that he "was put to ueatn
by the Vigilance Committee" is like the asser-
tion on the toni bstone of James Z. casey, VINO
was hanged by the commi ttee for the murder
of James King of William, "Murdered by the
Vigilance Committee" the declaration oi an
en- husiast, but not q TACT.
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f. w. SPENCER Not Guilty,

The charge against F. w. Spencer, preferred
by R. T. Ross. OF having opened letter ad-
dressed to Ross, was dismissed by United
States Commissioner Heacock yesterday. Ross
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
Uprt.sno of Hinn,oaoo Indsan. Feared.

DAKOTA CITY. NEB., Aug. 14-The
Sheriff has been asked by telephone from
Homer to wire the Federal Marshal at
Omaha to come with deputies. A serious
uprising among the Indians on Winnie
bago reservation is feared.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15

AN ACTION IN COURT - /. .. B., City. This
department has no means of informing Won
when the particular action or any other action
in court will come up fer trial You shou,d
watch the calen dar of the court in which the
action is to be tried.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
Kansas CHy Boy Killed oy ltghtmtpo.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Aug. 4-While
flying kite during a thunderstorm
Walter Vinson, 12-year-old boy. who
lived in Chelsea place. Kansas City, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed.
The boy was the son of w. II. Vinson
yardmaster at the stockyards.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15

COLLARS AND CUFFs-R. R.. Napa, CAL There
are no gold or silver collars used in place of
such as are m ade of linen. At one time there
were steel collars covered with a white com mo-
sill ion, but they were not popular
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
. north FORK
SAILS MONDAY
Gold-Hunters Still Pressing
Toward Klondike
Nuggets,
A Plucky Little Woman Will
Follow Her Husband to
Aurora Land.
/ Rumors of Gold Discoveries Still
Come From Peru and Many
Want to Go South.

There was interest in Klondike matters
ali day yesterday, and the passenger list
! of the steamer North Fork was greatly en-
larged, many of the new passengers being
experienced mining men.
The ship is advertised to sail to- m orrow,
and the owners say there is no doubt that
the voyage will be made in plenty OF time
to get up the Yukon before the river
freezes. The story that the river steam
they are taking is not safe is denied by The
owners. Speaking of the matter yester-
day Mr. Troy said: ut is a libel on our
undertaking, anu the story was no doubt
started by business rivals. Our ship is
safe, our crew competent, and our captain
has had long experience in the northern
waters. The people who know most abo ut
the trip and the steamer are perfectly sat-
isfed."
One of the passengers of the North Fork,
who feels confident that the trip will be a
success in every way, is Mrs. Frank
Walsh. Mrs. Walsh is petite blonde, a
charming talker and a woman of good
nerve. She denies that she is in any sense
a new woman. in the common acceptation
of the term, but says she is eager to try
the rigors of the north.
Mrs. Wash is accompanying her hus-
band, and they have not been married
/, long. II married my husband under a
promise to stay with him for better or
worse" she said yesterday, "and l do not
think it would be fair for me 10 desert him
because he has made up his mind tc go to
Alaska. 1t would not be right for me to re-
main here and am glad to 90. l think l
can stand the climate and l am glad to
have chance for new experience. From
what | can hear of the country it is new.
l mean that the glacial action is still
grinding up the mountains, and as that is
the case we may have a good chance to
pick up few punches of what Mr.. Win
ningstad and others call free gold"
Another passenger of the North Fork
will be Mrs. Carrie Dimond, late of Homo.
lulu, who expects to make her fortune
singing for the miners.
The following is the passenger list COM
plete OF the North Fork:
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15

LCoHoL IN GRAPES - A. NJ, City. Your
question about how much alcohol will Ton
OF grapes produce in fermentation is too gen-
eral to admit OF an answer. There are To-,
known varieties of grapes, and the ouanfitv
OF alcohol produced by each varies.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
DOCTOR SWEANY,

Ten years OF successful practice at 757 Mar.
ket street, San Francisco, has slammed him as
the leading specialist of the Pacific Coast in
the treatment of all Chronic, Nervous and
Private Diseases OF both men and women. An
diseases of the eye, ear. head, throat. lungs
stomach, liver and bowels; Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary troubles, Catarrh. ECzema and
ali Rheumatic troubles treated with unfailing
success
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
Lunchina of a Nearo.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., Aug. l4-Miss
Kitty Henderson, a crippled girl Of Weav.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
Ans wers to Correspondents.

TRAINING SCHooL-subscriber, Sonoma, Cal,
There is training school for te eachers in KIN
dergarten work in San Francisco. 1t is con.
necled with the Golden Gate kindergarten
Association.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15

and Spencer were associated in business in a
Market-street musicstore. Spencer is almost
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15

where his name was Jack Creman, and
his reputation that OF a killer"
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
Heart, Brain and Nerves. II y

difficult breathing and suffocating feeling,
tired, irritable. disconnected feeling and a fes
OF death; if you are nervous, sleepless, gloom
and respondent and feel an aversion 10 s.
of the nerves, brain and heart. You have n
time 10 lose. Call at once and CONSULT DOt
TOR CWEANY
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-15
Weak, Aching Backs. There are

II
dle-aged and Old Men suffering with weak,
aching backs which is the result of overwork
dissipation or excessive lndulgences in former
years. The kidneys become affected the gel-
eral health impaired or broken down, causing
all manner of aches and palms, loss of vIgor
and partial or total loss of sexual power.
Many die of this difficulty ignorant of the
cause. Remember that weak, aching back
means diseased kidneys, and diseased kidneys
means short and wrecked life. DR.. Sweany
cures such diseases.
Young Men. II you have INDUCED in
consequence have losses, exhausting drains,
p1mples bashfulness, aversion TO society,"
tired, stupid, gloomy feeling and failing of
memory, lack of vigor, absolutely uniting
you for study, business or marriage, do not
neglect yourself until too late. Do not allow
seeking immediate relief. Get cured and be
man.
VaricoceIe, Hydrocele, Piles, Fistula,
swellings and tenderness Of the organs and
glancs treated with uniailing success
RUPTURE. New method, sure cure, painless
treatment; no knife no detent tion
from work. no experiment. A positive, certain
and permanent cure.
Ladies' will receive careful and spec,sl
treatment for all their many ail.
ments.
Write IT away from the city. Thousand,
are cured at home. Book, "Guide to
Health" treatise on all organs and their
diseases. free on application. Strictest conn-
dence observed.
F. L. SWEANY, NJ. D., 1877 Market st.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27

general discomfort in riding over are
indescribable. After days of agony for
horses and drivers and great wear and
tear on vehicles and harness the travel
ed roads begin to be worn down to COM
parative smoothness. Then comes thaw
and mud again and ruts, until the next
cold snap hardens them once more into
adamant.
So it will go on all winter, until the
vernal thaw comes, and the frost breaks
up, and the very bottom seems to fall
out of the wretched sloughs which men
in grim irony call highways.
One would think that with such va
ried yet incessant object lessons before
them, men would learn to serve their
own best interests by constructing de-
cent roads. Yet too generally they do
not.
One says it would cost too much, ig-
noring the patent fact that it would
really reduce taxes and save money
Another is unwilling to spend money
for the benefit of bicycle riders and the
city folks who come out for just little
while in summer with their fancy turn
outs, the fact being of course, that the
farmers and permanent residents of the
villages themselves use the roads and
suffer from their badness and would be
benefited by their improvement ten
times more than all others put together
The bicyclists can make their runs
in other directions where the roads
are good. The city folks, with light
pleasure carriages and little worked
horses, can endure poor roads with COM
parative Indifference, but the people
who live right there and have to use
the roads not merely for pleasure, but
for work and business, every day the
year round, they are those who suffer
most from bad roads and who would
get most good from good roads. That
any one of them should for moment
fail to perceive that fact and to act
upon it is one of the incomprehensible
mysteries of the age
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27

and that was chance to deliver a Bl-
BILE prize and exhibit a prodigy. Several
pupils had few yellow tickets, but
none had enough. He had been around
among the star pupils inquiring. He
would have given worlds, now, to have
that German lad back again with
sound mind.
And now at this moment when hope
was dead Tom Sawyer came forward
with nine yellow tickets, nine red tick
cts and ten blue ones and demanded
Bible. This was thunderbolt out of a
clear sky. Walters was not expecting an
application from this source for the next
ten years, but there was no getting
a:ound it, Here were the certified
checks, and they We're good for their
face. Tom was, therefore, elevated to q
place with the judge and the other elect,
and the great news was announced from
headquarters. 1t was the most stunning
surprise of the decade. and so profound
was the sensation that it lifted the new
hero up to the judicial ones altitude,
and the school had two marvels to gaze
upon in place of one. The boys were all
eaten up with envy, but those that suf-
fered the bitterest pangs were those who
perceived too late that they themselves
had contributed to the hated splendor
by trading tickets to Tom for the wealth
he had amassed in selling whitewashing
privileges. These despised themselves as
being the dupes of a willy fraud, guile
full snake in the grass.
Tho Io1iporoI TO
as much effusion as the superintend-
ent could pump up under the circum-
stances, but it lacked somewhat of the
true gush, for the poor fellows instinct
taught him that there was mystery
here that could not we'll bear the light
perhaps. 1t was simply preposterous
that this boy had warehoused 1000
sheaves of Scriptural wisdom on his
premises. A dozen would strain his Ca
pacity without a doubt
Amy Laurence was proud and glad,
and she tried to make Tom see it in her
face, but he wouldn't look. She Won
dered. Then she was just a grain trou-
bled. Next dim suspicion came and
went, came again. She watched A fur
tive glance told her worlds, and then
her heart broke, and she was jealous
and angry, and the tears came, and she
hated every ybody-Tom most of all, she
thought.
Tom was introduced to the judge, but
his tongue was tied, his breath would
hardly come, his heart quaked, partly
because of the awful greatness of the
man, but mainly because he was her
parent. He would have liked to fall
down and worship him, if it were in
the dark. The judge put his hand OH
Toms head and called him fine little
man and asked him what his name was
The boy stammered, gasped and got it
out:
"Tom."
"Oh, no, not Tom. 1t is''-
"Thomas.
"Ah, that's it! thought there was
more to it maybe. That's very WELL
But you've another one, dare say, and
you'll tell it to me, won't you?''
"Tell the gentleman your other name
Thomas, and say sir You mustn t for
get your manners.
"Thomas Sawyer, sir. -
'That's it, That's good boy Fine
boy. Fine, manly little fellow. Two
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27
knights of Honor,

Why not pay all the special assessments
as II whole and so help the supreme lodge
to settle promptly with the beneticiaries of
the dead in old class Is? The assessments
are only eight in all, and it will not take
very much money from the individual to
settle them all at once.
The ritual in Swedish is now being
printed by the supreme lodge and will
soon be distributed to Scandinavian lodges.
Thirty eight new lodges have been in
stituted in kentucky since March, 1896.
Every Knight of Honor who pays the
special assessments all at once gives the
widows of his dead brothers the money
which is their due the more quickly.
One assessment now raises about $305,
000 On the July call tho amount called
for was S276,00O.
Since last September Deputy Organizer
H. G. West, with the aid Of his brother,
also an organizing deputy, has instituted
81 new lodges in Kentucky, with an aver
Hge of 40 members per lodge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27
THE OLD HUMORISTS
MARK WAN TELLS HOW TOM SAW
YER WON A BIBLE.

The Bfae Tickets, the Red Tickets and the
Yellow Tickets-Tom, the Prodigy. and
the Dignified Judge-The Names Of the
First Two Disciples.
Sabbath school hours were from un-
til half past 10, and then church serv-
ice. Two of the children always re-
mained for the sermon voluntarily, and
the others always remained, too-for
stronger reasons. The church's high
backed, uncushioned pews would seat
about 800 persons. The edifice was but
small, plain affair, with sort of pine
board tree box on it for steeple. At the
door Tom dropped back step and &C.
costed Sunday dressed comrade:
"Say, Billy, got yaller ticket?''
"Yes''
"What'l you take for her?''
"What'll you give?'
"Piece of lickrish and fishhook.
"Less see 'em."
Tom exhibited. They were satisfac-
tory and the property changed hands.
Then Tom traded couple of white al
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27
DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN.
Why People Will Suffer With Bad Road.
and Make n Effort to Improve Them.

anu uahe NO 10 Improve Inem.
The season is approaching when the
dweller in rural communities, except in
a few instances, begins to see the coun-
try road i'll what is perhaps its worst
aspect although there is likely to be
differences of opinion as to when the
dirt road is at its very worst. Last
spring, as well as every spring preceding,
when the frost was coming out of the
ground, mud was hub deep and clung
tenaciously to whatever it touched. 1t
seemed as if the limit of badness had
been reached Again in summer, when
the roads We're simply canals of dust
interspersed at very frequent intervals
with powders Of various sizes, it SEEM
ed that their condition could be no
worse. Now comes the period when
rains and frost get in their horse kill
ing and wagon breaking work.
Autumnal rains soak the soil and
make the roads pasty, with a deep, stiff
mud that is hard to drag wheels
through, and that becomes cut up into
all kinds of ruts. Then follows a frost
and the mud is frozen into stone pre-
senting surface that for roughness and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27
Keep Water Out of the Road.

The worst feature in the working of
the roads is that they are made the
cutters of the county. The ditch ON the
upper side of the road gathers all the
water from the fields above the road
and carries it to the foot of the hill The
ditch on the lower side gathers all the
water coming from the road, and be-
tween the two our road systems are be-
ing washed out Drainage can and should
be provided to get the water outside of
the road limits at short intervals. Water
is poor road material. Keep it from
getting on the roads where possible. -
Kenyon Mich. Leader.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27
s4aaase4 saa.mB.
{5ECREL!.-..:S:l!0CIETIE:SS.::fl' TIE:S.:l'
@v1y IS o7Sy5w $780,
.s.SY-- se S,s &2s9
So
MASONIC.
Practice Courtesy and Decorum In tb,
Lodge-South, West and East.

Practice Courtesy and Decorum In the
Lodge-South, West and East.
The young Mason or the old one can
not too soon divest his mind of the notion
that he visits his lodge simply for pastme,
as he would attend the theater or saunter
into his club to while away an unemployed
hour, and, having thus discarded an er-
roneous idea, which we fear IL large por-
centage of Masons entertain from first to
last, let him seriously consider what he
can do to advance the honor glory and
usefulness of his craft. 1t will very likely
occur to him, bat lest it should not we
will suggest that one excellent way of
showing his high appreciation of the So
cioty into which he has obtained admission
is to see that his conduct and department
while present at stated meetings are mark
ed by that courtesy and decorllm that the
place and occasion rcquire.-New York
Tribune.
During an experience of 32 years in
Quebec and Ontario | never saw Il nom
affiliated Mason refused admission to u
lodge, and still the craft in Canada can
show as good a record as any on this con-
tinent. nt.-Canadian Craftsman.
The triangle, being the first perfect fig
ure in geometry, is therefore the universal
symbol of the Deity. The letter CO. can
not be universal.
Masonry in many respects is the same
the world over. The language of symbols,
the legend of signs and the tencts are alike
everywhere, so that IL man may be recog-
niZed as Mason as well in Africa as
England or in Germany as America.
Freemasonry plants the flower of broth
erly love i'll every Masons heart, brings
down king and baron upon a level with
the meek and humble, binds man to man,
with never thought of caste or creed,
pride or purse obtruding.
Even among Masons there is no call to
such an undue use of titles as we have
sometimes noticed.
In Europe, OH the continent, officers of
Masonic bodies and enlightened brothers
are in the habit of meeting occasionally
to consult together concerning the general
interests of the fraternity.
From returns received by the grand Sec
retary of Illinois so far it is apparent that
the gain in the membership will be quite
small. The amount of work done is much
less than last year, while the number of
suspensions is greater.
The grand lodge of England, or rather
the members thereof, always wore aprons
Charity is one of the grand characteris-
tics of Freemasonry. What we need is
more practice of it and less boasting a bout
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27
FEAT OF A SPIDER.
How 1t Raised a KernaI of Corn to the
Ceiling.

How 1t Raised a Kernal of Corn to the
Ceiling.
Not long ago a spider set out to lift a
kernel of popped corn from dish in IL
chair to an electric light wire on the
ceiling. 1t descended on the kernel by
spinning cable of the necessary length
1t was evident, however, that when the
spider hoisted the load clear from the
dish its uneven weight would cause it
tolop to one side so suddenly as to prob
ably snap the cable To prevent such an
accident the 'r.,ider attached two small
er sized cal les to projecting parts of the
kernel and made them fast to the main
cable about five inches above the bur
den.
All being ready, the spider returned
to his headquarters and started its wind
lass, and the kernel began to rise. That
was the situation when first discovered
what was going ON. After getting the
corn up about foot work was suspend
ed for Il time. The spider had begun to
mistrust some of the machinery 1t
made an investigation, repaired slight
break or two above i'll the guys and
then slid down to the corn Everything
there was all solid, but the engineer
thought prudence a mark of wisdom
and doubled up the cable where the
main weight was seen to hang. This
was II o'clock on Tuesday night, and,
with IL more cheerful air of confidence
than it had before displayed, the spider
ran lightly aloft to the hoisting appa-
ratus The machine started, and so did
the corn. Inside of minute the corn
was raised at least four inches. Then
there was another delay, which was on
ly short.
At midnight on Tuesday the corn had
risen two feet At daylight ON Wednes-
day it was up 36 inches. There it SEEM
ed to stick. All day Wednesday only
slight progress was made, though the
spider never relaxed its efforts. Some
times the burden even recedcd. Then
there was a series of jerks, but the ma
chinery overhead seemed to slip cog,
and no headway was made. Late on
Wednesday night operations We're tenn
porarily suspended, and the spider re-
tired to its inner chamber for contem-
plation. Thursday was spent in the
completion of further plans OF in rest,
and the work rested where it had stop
ped ON Wednesday night. Friday morn
ing the spider Went up and down the
main cable time and time again, APP
parently mending and finally sue
decided III drawing it to the ceiling
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-27
ALL SHOULD CONTRIBUTE.
Good Roads Benefit All Interests and All
Should Pay the Cost.

The farmer said that he needed
money. If he could have hauled his
corn, he would have paid off store bills
and extinguished other obligations and
thus more than 81, 900 would have been
put in circulation in the little nearby
city. There it would have been passed
from store to store and from office to
office, stimulating and increasing trade,
paying bills and every day working good
i'll the business of the city. If the mill
could have been kept grinding, dozen
men, instead of being idle, would have
had wages to spend, and the farmers
hauling wheat to the mill would have
left i'll the stores thousands of dollars,
to pass from hand to hand in multiplied
increase of the trade of that city, while
other thousands would have been sent
by the merchants to the city wholesalers
and jobbers.
All these interests SO affected-and
pursuing the investigation will show
that practically all interests are affected
would have been benefited by good
roads; hence all should contribute to
the cost of good roads. john NJ. Stahl