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The herald., 1897-05-01
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The following unique communication
has been received by The Herald:
II desire to notify the public generally
that I will, on Sunday, May End. at
Santa Monica, deliver lecture at 5
O'Clock sharp 1t the band stand. Relig-
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! Latest style Of wall paper at A. A. Eek.
stroms. S24 South Spring street.
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TO Cure q Cold In One Day

Take LaxacIve Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II It
fails to cure. Csc.
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Stimulant to muscular and intellectual
activity; relieves mental exhaustion. Bro
mo-Kola.
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All prices Of wall paper greatly reduced
A. A. Hckstrom. 234 South Spring street
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Mechanic's tools. EuFrsy's, l5s North
Spring stfeet.
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07

1t was in the camp of some lssanti-
Sioux at Sault Ste. Marie that [ first saw
Joe. Our steamer was delayed several
hours in passing the locks. and 50 we had
time to take the few wigwams ii and get
acquainted with their owners.
In one OF these was baby fast asleep in
a hammock of bark and fastened upright
in some mysterious way. Oar presence
did not disturb the little dreamer; and
even when l tossed the straight hair from
the swarthy brow and dropped into the
brown palm a bunch of heather bells 1t
only smiled a little quiet smile and went
on dreaming. In the center of the wig
wan few Goals were smoldering. Upon
3 bed of bircheD bark an old squaw lay
half asleep and beside her the queerest
little roly- poly of-something-I had ever
seen. It's brown eyes seemed asking ac-
quaintance and the squaw explained that
it was baby otter weighing exactly
lhree-quarters of a pound. A very little
silver looked fortune in those days TO an
Indian, and so we carried off the otter.
After being bathed and be-ribboned 1t was
christen Joe, " and became one of us
Joe was so very tiny that at first he
had to be fed on milk from Quill with a
bit of cotton for a mouthpiece. He very
soon learned the meaning of it all, how
ever, and would give little imperative
calls for food, following as everywhere
with soft. beSeeching eyes.
Until Joe was three months old he
lived mainly on the bottle, just as many
another baby has to- but he soon learned
TO like anything that cat or dog would
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oo1,ed 70 m went straight through the camp.
Then thev followed me-roped me-and by care
.Inr,eing brought me back 10 reason and to
life"
You have seen deaths from thirst too?'
s.Y,s with crewsome iaagh. L''s OF
em You can see lois and lots o! Dohes Where
mon have dropped in their tracks, but they have
not all been mining men. Iranps IaI ire
ouently, but nobody misses them ana l suIPo'e
nobody cares. | will tell you an expeTIence
had some years ago. which gives ne KiAo Oh
chill even now though it is warm oaV.
at was on the Yuma road, near to Yuma.
was going toward Yuma, and had my oui Us
with me, when l saw in the distance WIN
figure moving aimlessly about IN the sahu an
off the road. 1 hurried toward 1t ana sa"
man entirely naked. He was mumbling 10 ni~'
self He was large, powerful man, and
proached him quietly, for l knew If he wAs@
onile mad he was insane enough to be dahger->
Gus | called to MIN, but he neither sa" nor
heard me. L went 10 him ard caugh' MN
by the arm. He turned savagely on me anu
made grab for the canteen. But was as
ouick as he and beat him off, He rusheo at
me wickedly. There baeful glare In MS
ewes his body was scratched by hi nails till the
blood mad ccme his face was cawed as II by
some cat and he looked ugly man TO en-
counter. We closed again, and We struggled
long and hard Fortunately one clnnot get
bruised in the slnd, and as he was naked with
ont heavy shoe, l felt fear Finally his
strength gave way and he lay the ground,
exhausted and painting, his eyes blinking at me
baI(-savaceIv and half-pleadngly and then
leaving my face their glances would be direcIeo
toward the canteen.
Il would not let him hold the canteen, but l
gave him small sups until he coud axe longer
drought, and about evening his senses returned
to him But before he recovered his faculties
he continued 10 repeat: Where are the funny
little grav dogs Tney have kept a-following
and a-following me- and they won't leave, and
kent on a-blrking at me. l don't see them
funny little gray dogs more Where are
they?'
II shuddered, for the little gray dogs were
coyotes tracking him. waiting till he dropped
and then to feast on him.
"When his reason perfectly restored he
told me he had been in the army and had about
S12O0 He was making his way to San Diego,
and thought that as he had been used to m trcA-
ing he could sa ely make the place. When his
pack became heavy he had buried II, along with
his treasure which he was positive he could
find | imagined he was suffering from the
heat and that the money part OF a deIusion.
But a few days afterward we found his $1,000
and his blankets. y
"'Why on earth did you not take the st 5e 1
asked.
~ wanted to save the fare, was he reply. J
JOHN HAMILTON GILMouR.
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eat except meat, which no amount OF
coaxilg could induce him 10 try. He was
especially fond of cake AMI sweetmeats
and, given dish of icecream, would turn
somersaults into and out of it, apparently
wild with delight, though he would net
be persuaded to taste it.
Joe was beauty in every sense of the
word. His body. 1.-the and supple as that
of a serpentne dancer; his legs snort and
strong, so loosely jointed that he could
turn in any direction with ease and grace !
his fine, soft fur that made him like q
lady's sealskIn ID uff, always a delight to
hold and hug; his little webbed feet
creeping in upon you unaware like a
child's feet, bent on mischief; his mild,
wise eyes that seemed To read you
through and through and to correctly es
innate the strength of your forbearance.
All these made Joe welcome attraction
in the house. More than all this, his
true loving heart made him dear to US,
almost as babe might be.
Joe's closest friend among the lower
animals about the house was a cat named
| Tabby. Tabhy was fond OF Joe and some
times would play with. him quite JOLLY.
But she was old, and as a rule, loved 10
sit quietly in a cane chair in the sunshine
blinking sIeepily, oblivious to The fact
that Joe was planning surprises in which
she was interested. Often at such times
l have seen Joe creep noiselessly from
his special corner of the room, wriegle
himself under Tabby's cnair without
jarring it in the least, and then covering
| his nose-the most Vulnerable part of his
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anatomy-wlth one paw, with the other
would reach up 10 the cane seat and
send Tabby' foot straight into the air,
emitting the widest screams. He seemed
rather TO enjoy the paving and the spit
ting that followed, and in minute Tabby
anu Joe were the same good friends again.
Joe was always playing Irlcks Of one kind
or another on the poor cat, but she speedily
forgave them and often went to sleep be-
fore the fire with her chin in the folds of
his funny little neck. Then he kept guard
and showed his long white teeth warn
ingly if a servant ventured too neir.
Joe could calculate and compute. He
could reason, too, from cause TO effect
For instance: There was small iron
pump in the back kitchen from which he
was often helped TO drink when thirsty,
and the working, of which he watched
very closely during many days. He
seemed then to conclude he could manage
the business for himself, and thereafter
scorned to accept n drop Of water he had
not OBJ aimed himself He would toss up
the pump handle with his nose, rush TO
the spout and drink from the Tiny little
stream, wagging his broad tail exci,edly
and evidencing in a hundred ways the
real delight of conqueror.
1t is constant amusement for wild
otters to have real loboggan near their
homes along a stroam in the woods. A
sloping bank is cleared OF all distractions
and patted with paws and tails to a CLASSY
smoothness. Then the whole colony of
| otteIs will dash into and out of thestream
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and rush up the little hill, carrying on
their bodies as much water as possible
with which to wet the ide. Then lying
fiat on their bellies and putting their fore
legs backward beneath them they shoot
like f1lsh down into the water chatter
ing and gruntinG for all the world like
parcel of schoolboys.
Our Joe chowei such desire for
downhill slide that we fixed him an origi-
nal chute. A twenty-foot smooth plank
laid slantingly against a flve-foot fence,
frequently wetted, served him well even
in summer, and in winter when coated
with ice was tremendous. Hour after
hour Joe would toll up that plank careful
to stick his nails in the edges only. Once
at the top he would square himself
around, draw his tail up between his hind
legs and grasping it in his mouth and
using his fore paws to keep him straight,
would "shoot the chutes' in a royal fash
ion, resting only long enough to get in
two or three eXclamations of delight.
Though otters are sometimes trained to
fish for their masters. our Joe fished only
| for himself, but he never went into the
| water without asking permission. He
would curl around ones feet, making a
plaintive little cry while looking straight
into your face with his great wistfu eyes.
Sea- csly would the words be spoken
Yes, Joe; you may go"-be fore he would
disappear in the water, seldom returning E
| empty handed, or rather empty I'll outhed.
His greatest Joy was to catch lamprey
eel. Lying on his back, he would hold it
| carefully in the middle and lie: it wriggle
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about his head, playing with it as cat
with mouse.
When the snow was deep he would have
runways or tunnels through the yard, into
one OF which he would dart, with old Turk,
the mastiff. after him, and while the dog
watched ihe hole where Joe disappeared, +,
he would suddenly come out of another
give Turks hind leg MP and hide again.
! Peopi- by the dozens would watch the
play for hours.
From the time Joe was about year old
he faithfully discharged a seli-im posed
task Of bringing in the eggs. Sometimes
he would gently raise biddy up with his
nose and draw the eggs from under her
with his paw, and the hens seemed not 10
mind et all. There was low place und er
the chicken. yard fence where Joe would
ALWAYS push the eggs through, and then
climb out himself at another place fully
ten yards distant. He always placed the
eggs or a certain corner Of the kitche n
| hearth and waited for some one to say:
That's a COOL boy, Joe." If the one
brought in was not the last one, he would
imm diately run back 10 the nests. aud in
that he never made n mistake. One day
ne accidentally broke an egg, tasted it,
and--well. after that the henhouss was
| kept locked.
| Men aud animal, have their price. Joe
was raw eggs.
Once the home was filled with lamenta-
ton, and for four days Joe was mourned
| as 10 t beyond recovery. We found him at
last in The cellar, curled up on jar oil
| pineapple marmalade and soun1 asleep.
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water. 1t might have savored of work.
OF what composition are these men? They
are not like unto their fellows? What quarrel
have they had with the world that they mold it
in such surly disdain? What chord of sympa-
thy could be touched that would sound a re-
sponsive echo? Kindness they are suspicious
OF, and of what are they not suspicious? They
have nothing to lose, everything 20 gain. But
the mere lie inquiry. Where you going p
shuts them out from all communication. They
are apart from all What dreadful
purging of city's wickedness spewed OUT these
on these desoae wilds?
They have no interest in the things of this
earth-no absolute interest IN ANYBODY. The
rich are not the obj cts of their disdain, with
The poor they have no sympathy, but they de-
spise tinged with hendish hatred the m an who
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Another Jar close beside him and two
thirds empty told what had been his diet
while we were refusing 10 be cumforted.
And meek and penitent he was Tor days
after his dlscovery-iust like boy after
detection.
One OF Joe's favorite tricks was to get
into his mistress chamber. steal in be-
tween the pillows an hide himself down
al the foot of the bed as night came. All
this was done so adroitIy that he was not
discovered till ones feet came in contact
with his soft, warm fur. This cunning
little trick was not altogether agreeable,
so the door was kept closed. A window
opening upon porch was not closed,
however, and Joe, discovering this. gained
access to the porch by means CT another
room with open door and window. Bound
ing into the bedroom, he was soon in his
coveted place again, and seemingly
greatly grieved when compelled to give
it up.
Our Joe loved everybody, with one ex-
ception. This exception was a woman
who lived next door, and who often came
into our kitchen on borrowing expedi-
ton. The cook could not endure her and
used to purchase the vilest butter to be
found, and a little of everything else
ditto, on purpose TO lend 10 her s. she
would not come again. What was it OF
foreboding, OF a prescience past mans
apprehension, tha: seemed to change
the gentle, trusting ature of the otter and
| made him slink away and hide or show
his fine white teeth as if in defense when
ever he caught sight Of that misera b e
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07
A Sparrow Lvnched.

A successful lynching took place on the
farm OF jerome Butler, south of Marlette,
Mich, the other day, says the Grand Rap
ids Herald. In the barn q swallows nest
was seen clinging TO the side OF beam,
from which was suspended an English
sparrow hung by the neck with hair
from horses tail While Franklin But
Ter and Orla Albertson were sitting in the
barn they noticed a sparrow go into the
swallows nest, from which be began
pitching the young birds. Three swal ows
attracted by their cutlery. Immediately
pounced upon the intruder. Alter confn-
ing him to the nest for few minutes, they
threw him out. He dropped about foot,
there was jerk, and Mr.. Sparrow was
hanged as nicely as though an expert
hangman had been in charge. The hair
was wound around his neck several times
and after a few Intellectual struggles he
kicked his last.
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a beast. Track em? Why, of course. But who
in hades can long track burro IL this sandT
You track 'em and you get wild. Then you gln'
little py little, TO feel the thirst. ain't much
at first but you feel if your throat were ABOUT
cracking and then as If some body was a-bul!o-
ing a furnace in your inside, AMI your SKIN gets
hot and hotter, ana then your eyes begin TO give
way, and it is as if a great white curtain came
down and fell all over the land; and then the
curta in lifts, as if being hauled up And Just
when you can see clearly, the curtain seems to
gradually rise from out of the ground and
gather itself in great folds around and about
you, and you feel that the folds are citing mar
rover and narrower and that you are gradually
being suffoca ted; and you want to tear tnat
white waving curtain and make rent that
through the hole breath OF air may come and
The San Francisco call., 1897-11-07

No man who has eyes for the things
about him can walk on the streets or ride
in tine cars OF a city to-day without be-
coming aware that advertising forms no
unimportant factor in the great sch me of
modern business. 1t is business in itself,
q science-nay, even fine art, as we must
believe on seeing some of the striking
signs and artistic posters OF to-day, which
are indeed works OF art and which have
taken the place of the common place sign
boards and ugly chromo9 OF days gone by.
But ! have not to do with these express
sIons O. modern ideas CT Advertising.
Space limits me TO cursory d"scrip ion
O! those advertisements in San Francisco
which are not confined to shop window or
signboard, hut are continuously on the
move, seen now here, now there, mp one
street and down another-San Francisco's s
ubiquitous ads on wheels.
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From between his cleaning, wolfisn fangs pro-
truded a huge black and swollen tongue, so
thick so congested that utterance was impos-
sibIe His swollen lips formed single word,
but there came forth sound.
The we'll and pump were pointed out to him.
He approached it with wavering feeble steps,
and then pumped out a little water which
he drank i'll small swallows There IN
that pitiless sun, drinking but a few drops Of
water from out an old tin can. he looked a most
unhappy specimen OF manhood. He was a
white man, an American, broad shoudered
strong. we'll built fellow; but from out his face
had long fed ali signs of intelligence. he was
n mere brute, brute but little removed from
the beasts that were about him. In fact be was
lower in intelligence than the burro, for an
animal will find its way to water; man but
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fedgling not to trust himself alone on dan
gerous trip.
"If you have never been on that road afore
don't do it," But warming may be piled on
warning, the new man always knows better.
"Were you ever lost?' asked Walter Hast
ings, an old timer on the desert.
"Wans." was this reply.
"WhereP" You have to drag out your in
formation by pecemeal if you want to learn
story of deprivation and insani y.
Down in Arizonay."
''Were you long without water?"
1.-Two DAYS and two nights.''
You telt uncomfortable, l suppose2"
'Yep."
"You were rescued?"
yep
"By whom?'
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same color, and so fine is the workman
ship that the surface has almost the ap-
pearance Of enamel. This advertisement
Is not large nor brilliant, but the neat
com bination OF colors, together with the
fact that it is the only wagon OF that de.
sign in the city. causes it to impress itself
upon the mind, and one always associates
1t with the house TO which 1t belongs.
Even the hum ble chimney-sweep must
needs keep up with the times and let peo.
pie know where he is and what he is do
ing. or he will be lost, so to speak and
realizing that the man who would be sue
cessful in his business, no matter how
lowly it be. is the one who adopts an ad
vertisements striking enough to attract the
attention of the passer-by uses wagon
which is diminutive cottage on wheels,
with chimneys to sweep and all complete.
A most peculiar affair is the delivery
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T4E ROAD IS r0RNeO - GRAVES 4

rarely does He stopped and drank till into his
face came more natural hues; the great swollen
tongue subsidized; the eyes werc reirawn into
their sockets, and the lips became again red as
brick dust-not like cherries. Then rising with
an oath he started.
Where are you going?" we asked involun-
tarily.
Il am goin' on, was the surly response
Are you not gong to take some water? There
are lots of empty bottles around. You had bet
ter take one"
"Nawl and he left. l. # as he came. There
were long miles between the watering places; ;
he knew il, and yet he did not care. He was ab-
solutely too lazy carry even quart bottle of
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wagon of downtown merchant, who de-
livers his wares in cart which is in the
form of monster rooster, painted in all
the gaudy colors of which the most gayly
decked cock of the walk can boast He is
so large that the driver is quite hidden
within bis breast while his great body is
the receptacle Of all sorts Of ranch pro-
due, delivered throughout ths city.
Lately many lines Of trade have adopted
these specialties In the way of advertising
wagons. from the coffee man who delivers
his goods in a great coffee-pot on wheels
to the piano-dealer, who carries pianos
around in wagon. each side of which is
bull. to represent the front view of piano.
Methods Of advertising have progressed
and developed marvelousiy within the
last lew years, but advertising itself Is
hundreds years old. Discoveries at the
ancient cities OF Pompeii and Herculan-
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cum go to show that primitive advertise.
ments were painted on houses, and at the
beginning OF the Christian era pittures
and signs were employed to disiinouish
trades and occupations, for then the art Of
reading was known to but few and an
actual representation appe led more
strongly TO men than written descrip-
ton would have done. Then came the
sort OF publicity accom- plishei through
the f1ices OF the town crier, who with
forceful words broug t 10 the attention of
the public the business of his master.
When the newspaper appeared the pos
slbillties and importance of advertising
were realized 10 limited extent: but
even then It was, comparatively speaking.
little indul ed in. Fifty years ago it was
not what could be called common, bat the
deve opment OF business and the competi-
tive systems OF to-day have made it an
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One of the most striking affairs of this
sort is the del very wagon in come ction
with a wholesale firm in the city. This
carries perched conspicuously on top OF it
life-siz image of the inevitable yellow
kid, which bursts on the vision of the
passer. by in yellow splendor with a smile
never 10 be forgotten and ears which are
Joy unconfined. And this convenient
kid, when he is through with his mission,
is snugIv tucked away in the body of the
wagon, which then assumes the aspect of
an ordinary delivery wagon with nothing
but The yellow kids" ears sticking out
TO tell the tale.
very neat and quite original design in
the way of a delivery wagon is one repre-
senting new-sawn log of wood fresh from
the forest. The wagon is not gaudv nor
striking, yet one gives it more than q
casual glance because of its novelty and
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converts himself into a slave and works for
another's benefit. Sach the men who are now
dragging thei- weary feet along that skeleton
EN- brod red road. Do these unburied bones
appeal to them? Do they even imagine that
such lot will befal them? That they too will
furnish meat to the coyote? Have they an i'm
aGinatonP | am compelled TO answer no"
But it is not ALWAYS the tramp that is lost.
Often it is the newly fedged prospector. There
have been few instances OF old and tried
prospector being lost. If lost there has been
very bad chain of unfortunate circumstances
The old prospector take risks He learns
about the road and prepares himself accord ngly.
Frequently have l heard old prospec;or warn
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good taste. and is inclined TO investigate
further to see what bearing the design has
on the business of the advertiser. and
finds that il is a play on the name OF the
firm.
house having patent medicine to
sell evidently believes in the truth that
pictures speak universal language and
appear to all classes of people. the edu-
Gated and the illiterate. the old and the
young, and has apparently devised its
wagon with this truth in mind, for more
conspicuous than driver or horse is a
giant representation of a bottle contain
ing the article which the firm desires to
bring and keep before the eyes of the pub
lie.
Another business concern has very
striking but withai plain little wagon in
the shape Of sphere of delicate yellow
with lettering Of a deeper shade OF the
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borrowing female? Who shall answer?
Be it as ii may poor Joe met his death at
her hands. "She had killed him for his
fur" she said, "and he was no good any
how" He was rescued, however, before
the breath was quite gone from his beau
tiful body and the woman and her hus-
band were compelled to leave town, so
great was the excitement anI Indignation
over Joe's taking off.
The little fellow was buried with hon
ors," and as for the tears, that fell like
rain-well, never mind.
HESTER a. BENEDICT.