The herald., 1898-09-08
MUSTARD AND CRESS

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Downey Harvey cannot lose anything he
goes after. He now is credited with hold
Ing the record at the Country club pre-
serves near San Francisco for the season.
Sunday a week ago he killed two large
bucks, one Of them being the largest Of the
year, Weighing 140 pounds dressed. the sec
ond one weighing 1S4 pounds.
Pretty tough on Louis Vetter is the sign
that constantly greets his gaze across the
street from his office window. 1t reads
simply Frost" AS Louis figures out his
campaign prospects concerning his
chances of occupying seat in the city
council next year he looks up and meets
this chilling word. 1t Is not a pleasant
word to look at constantly. but there are
some warmer ones which are less uncom-
Portable; for example, roast"
The death Of Col. Russell few days ago
in Sacramento recalls the turbulent days
Of the birth Of the National Guard in this
city, when the Eagle corps was the dis
turbing element in military circles. Col.
Russell stayed with the works until and
after the formation of the Seventh regi-
ment, and had the fight of his life to hold
his title This was before the era Of Ber-
rvs, new or old.
This war of words, kilograms and let
ters, In which both old Berry and New
berry seem to be adept warriors, recalls
to mind the hymnic advice which Ira San
key used to singingly advise all sinners
to do:
go, Berry thy sorrow.
Go. hide 1t with care" etc.
With the accent on the hide.
MAX MEYBERG-"The trouble With
business is that people do not put their
capital in the right channels. They all
rush for either real estate or mercantile
pursuits, and the consequence is that there
is not enough to go round. What enterprise
should devote itself to is manufacturing
plants and such development. l started a
little brass and iron work plant short time
ago and employed ten men. Now have a
score or more on my pay roll and have just
secured large contract at profitable
est manufa ctories In the country in such
work. Any good business man can readily
find some manufacturing line in which he
can make good money and build up per-
manent business If he will investigate
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TICKET AGENT DON FISHER-"Yor
meet lots of deaf people in this business and
each one of them seems to have different
device to assist them to hear. One fellow
came in here yesterday and asked the price
of a ticket to somewhere. I told him. Eth
what did you say? he replied. told him
again and he pulled out a roll of tin from
his pocket. Out it flew like fan and he
stuck the end Of 1t against his teeth and
had to talk against that sheet of metal
He looked as II he was trying to hold a
wash boiler in his mouth. have been ur
against all sorts Of tubes and ear-trumpets
and the like, but this was my first expe-
rience with machines like that"
J. C. PEABODY-"I remember many
years ago,when I was in the Times office, a
young man walking in and asking for a
lob as reporter. There was not place for
him then and he went away, and / some
how remembered the name he gave. II
was Oster. He is the judge who decided the
water case yesterday. He evidently could
not get into journalism and wisely sought
the law and San Bernardino. That's luck
don't you see? If you and I had never
seen the inside of a newspaper shop we
might be millionaires or judges by this
time"
A newspaper man of the city tried some
time ago to quote from the Bible and got
as close to 1t as Sterne's exquisite lines or
the Lords tempering the wind to the shorn
Lamb at a Herrin convention. l sha!
make the attempt to be more successful
in quoting some lines about Unto him whu
hath shall be given, and from Nm who
hath not shall be taken even tina; which
he hath" This applies TO the luck of S.r
John F. Francis. Last summer Charlie
Willard insisted on Francis buying To-
a. Terminal island. and despite the re-
fusal of the amiable Sir John he was forced
to make the dicker, getting the lot fol
something like $400, I believe. a few
months ago he sold the same piece of land
for $l4OO This is certainly case Of Unto
him who hath shall be given" but the res
of the quotations. application / am not
quite sure about. However, the more thai
Is given unto Sir John, the better for every
one.
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Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Muir were given one
OF the most interesting serenades at Santa
Monica last week. Mrs. Muir being Ill has
been kept to her quarters In the car Car
melo and has not heard any music for some
time. Frank Miller of the Hotel Arcadia
who is always going about doing pleasant
acts for people, on the evening in question
engaged a big wagon to drive up to the
hotel and loaded the piano and the very at
tractive young woman who plays 1t Into
the vehicle, which, accompanied by the
rest of the Arcadia orchestra and a mum
ber of the guests was taken over to the
depot alongside of the Carmelo. The
guests formed themselves into torch-bear
ers holding candles by the players music
stands, and for half an hour or so the
strains Of sweet harmonies mingled witt
the moonlight air and produced mos'
charming effect. OBSERV Elk.