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the weak and easily Influenced brother
Jerome who bartered the wife of his
choice for kingdom of a few years
duration.
This is the position of DR.. John H
Floto at the present time. Born in
Hoxter, Prussia, ninety-four years ago,
the doctor came to this country while
"Old Hickory was occupying the
Presidential chair of our nation, and af-
ter graduating from the homeopathic
college of Allentown, Pennsylvania, the
first esta blishment of its kind in Amer
lea, studied allopathic methods in the
Philadelphia Medical College under the
celebrated surgeon George Mcclellan,
and graduated with honor from that
institution also.
For over sixty years DR.. Floto has
been a practicing physician and for
thirty three of those years he has been
practicing here in California, where he
bids fair from present appearances to
continue his professional labors for
some time to come.
Although he is undoubtedly the old
est physician still in the professional
harness in the United States. the doctor
looks as young as the majority of men
who came into this world quarter of
a century later than himself. His
shoulders are not stopped with the
weight of years, nor has his step be-
come feeble or uncertain. He carries
cane. 1t is true, but the cane by no
means carries him. His figure is erect,
his manner and movements alert and
assured. A slight dullness of hearing.
not sufficient to in any way interfere
with the pleasure Of conversation with
him, is the only mark of advanced age
which Father Time has seen fit to lay
upon him. He has the fine, high,
slightly aquiline nose which generally
tells that its fortunate possessor is of
aristocratic lineage, luxuriant crown
of beautiful white hair, a scrisply curl
ing white beard, and the sharp but
kindly eyes of the true disciple of Es-
culapius Moreover he has the digni-
fiedly gracious ways of the "old
school"
He has shown me photograph of his
fathers brother which was taken a few
months before his death at the age of
1O7 and he has shown me his only pic
ture of his father who died quite
young" he says, being cut off untiniely
after only seventy-five years of life, on
account of having contracted rheuma-
tism through living three years in a
tent during his service in the French
army
He was a brave and good man."
says the doctor, as he carefully puts
again under lock and key the bit of
paper cherished for so many years, and
then he tells me the story for which 1
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which, headed by those of Charlemagne
and Ludovic, extended along and fitted
into the length of the great convent
gallery
About two years later, in the spring
of 1872 1 think it was. Napoleon him
self was driven through the town in a
carriage. | remember we'll how he
looked sitting up very straight with
his arms folded and his hat pulled a
little down over his eyes. There was a
great crowd out to look at him, but
there was no cheering, and no pleas
ant excitement. No one there either
loved or admired him, 1 can assure
you, and he went along as quickly and
quietly as possible.
After that the troops began to
march through the place night and day
on their way to Moscow, and every
body was frightened and anxious, for
there seemed no real safety for any
one. The rattle of the artillery car
riages, the tramp of the infantry and
the noise of the cavalry made the
whole town place of confusion. Our
houses were made hotels against our
wills and all peaceful avocations were
at a standstill until the great body of
the army had passed by. Some of our
own townspeople of course went with
them-because they husband that
fall and winter some of them came
came with both legs frozen off, and he
was glad to get back with the stumps.
1T seems like nightmare, the men,
DRY of the tattered, starving, crippled
creatures that / saw in those dreadful
days, while l was yet too young to I'M
derstand the reason of their misery
and who was to blame for the death
of the 10000 men who were lost in that
awful retreat from Moscow.
After the French were beaten at
Leipsic the people of Hoxter had fine
festival and one of the amusements
was a shooting contest open to all rifle
men. The target was life-size effigy
of Napoleon Bonaparte arI to the first
man who put a bullet where his heart
ought to have been was promised a
valuable prize.
Il was eight years old then and had
begun to understand things a little bet
ter than formerly. and I watched the
marksmen shoot with the greatest in
terest. Everybody rejoiced when the
figure was hit at all and rejoiced louder
the nearer shot came to piercing a
vital part. A printer whom we knew
we'll was the first one to send a bullet
through the tiny spot over the heart,
and he was the king of the festival
from that moment"
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From a photograph.

have asked
When / was a little boy" 1t begins,
great stone bridge across the river, and
killed all the inhabitants who had not
managed to get away, except a few
who hid under the huge clock in a
church steeple. In the early days of
this century it had a population of
about 5000, and was chiefly noted be-
cause of the beautiful monastery which
was built by Ludovic and Pious, sons
of the great Charlemagne, on the river
bank close at hand.
Jerome, youngest brother Of Ma
poleon Bonaparte, was enjoying his
short-lived kingdom Of Westphalia in
those days, and his brother,
Joseph, King of Holland, having made
him a present of a fine vessel, he made
trip with his court UP the river from
Cassel. the royal residence, which Is
about thirty miles away, to see this
wonderful old building and its beauti-
full grounds.
Great preparations were made for
his coming; steps were built up from
the river and all the population turned
out to see the show. My father and
the Bishop were to personally receive
and, escort the King, and as they stood
together at the top of the steps l ran
away from my mother and the rest and
went up beside my father.
1.-The King was advancing UP the
steps, so father was obliged to ignore
me and carry out his part of the pro-
gramme. Jerome was most affable and
stood for some minutes talking with
the two gentlemen, while the richly
dressed ladies and gentlemen of his
court waited at little distance listen
ing, with amusement doubtless, to the
queer mixture Of French and German
with which they endeavored to make
themselves understood.
LAS for me. l grew tired of standing
there and being taken no notice of by
any one, and being petted child I
announced my presence by suddenly
and decidedly pulling the Kings coat
tail. l shall never forget the express
sion of my fathers face as he looked
at me, nor the tone of his voice. but the
King, who was as kindly as he was
weak and vacillating, put his hand on
my head and bade my father not to
chide me. and after that / was taken
on board the beautiful boat. which was
fitted up like palace. and then walked
through the convent gardens and had
altogether such delightful time as to
make that the happiest day that had
ever known.
That bishop. by the way, was the
famous Bishop Looming, and Jerome
took such a fancy to him that he had
him remove to the palace and become
his religious adviser. He died year
later and his portrait. queerly enough,
since he was the last bishop ever Gre
ated in that diocese, just completed the
line Of portraits of his predecessors.
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"GET QUIT" SHID POOR 10.
Wouldn't Sell His Baskets and Wouldn t
Be Photographed, Though Cornered
by the White Mems Devil

planned. ooh, she very good. She
make many, many baskets. sell and
pet much, much money. This one,
and he pointed to his companion, "she
damn no good"
The "other wife" only grinned.
The roof of the sweat or club house
only was above ground-a low pyra-
mid formed of poles about twenty five
feet long and leaving a four-foot open
ing over the center. The entrance
was dug out and descended about three
feet to the floor of the Enclosure and
was so low that / had to lie down and
wiggle in after the chief, who had al
ready made the bargain with the In
dams to be photographed.
A fire was burning under the open
Ing In the roof. which let out some
smoke and let in a little air and day
light. Not one of the braves appeared
to be conscious of our entrance as they
sat on the ground, throwing down the
cards and counting of wampum from
long strings hanging about their necks.
They were gambling and used the
wampum as counters, to be afterWard
redeemed in legal tender.
The photographer explained to them
clearly that the fashlight would make
little noise and little fire and some
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light and a bit of smell.
The captain nodded patronfzingly and
said that would be all right; they
would not mind.
But they did. Every Indian came
to life with a whoop, There was no
chance to run and rolling out that rat
hole entrance did not appeal to me just
them. I stood as near the wall as I
could get, while the Indians tried to
kill the hoodoo in the camera by cir
cling around it and half chanting, half
speaking, short sentences in Indian, be-
ginning very loud and ending in a
whisper.
The fashlight affected the captain,
too, and he abandoned us to the howl
ing, dancing black f1ends in that pent
up smoky place. At last he came to
his senses and told US to git out
quick"
We lost no time in wriggling through
the low doorway.
We drove away as quickly as might
be with about four plates, a broken
camera and no baskets.
In town bought better baskets than
/ had seen at the shanties for So each,
but was sure the noble red man had
at least one superstition and one
rite to ward 1t off. HELEN GREY.
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clubs here?" / Queried.
Women clubs. Oh, yes, he club me"
A small boy who had kept close to us
said his sister had some baskets, SO we
followed him to her home.
1t was larger and better than the
rest. A capacious fireplace without a
chimney gave forth more smoke than
warmth, and a very old squaw got up
in disgust at seeing us enter and went
out grumbling.
In the warmest, least smoky corner
a young woman crouched with death
like baby. whose wall she was trying to
soothe. She paid no attention to us and
only watched her baby. Her mother,
who was stretching the skins of some
rabbits which she had just dressed, left
them and brought out the baskets.
There were two of them and on each
was pinned note written in a round,
schoolboy hand:
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"a very little boy, since was only five
years old, / innocently made my father
very uncomfortable for a few moments
He. who was always more than kind
spoke so severely to me on that occa-
sion that the whole affair became In
delibly stamped upon my mind, and
forms the first memory picture of my
long life.
'Hoxter, our home, Is town stu
ated on the left bank of the Weser,
and is a place of considerable histori-
cal interest. In the days of the thirty
years war 1t was a very hourishing
city of more than forty thousand In
habitants, but General Tilly, scomman-
der of the Catholic army, bombarded
and destroyed it, together with the
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AIIIefo4IIC cItIIIIS IItI0 dIII
hearty here in San Francisco. a man
among men still, a doctor among doc
tors. with patients awaiting in an ante
room the pleasure of an audience in the
efficacy of which they firmly believe,
and yet thinking back over nearly
ninety long years and telling stories of
personal experiences with Bonaparteth
Great, his Inflated army that struggled
back so miserably from Moscow, and
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EFT don't quite
why is a goat nearly?" persisted
Mr. Chamberlain
Excuse me-" said Salisbury. IT must
catch this train.i"
why is a goat nearly?"
"Er- d 1t" salisbury looked at his
watch I've lost that train!'
Because it's all butt" replied Cham
berlain.
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hurrytng to catch train. The peoples
Joseph hailed him from afar. oh"
said he, glad I met you. I've a ques-
ton to ask you"
yes" answered the Premier polite
ly. but fdgeting with the money he
had ready in his hand for ticket:
what is it?''
why is a goat nearlya" said Mr..
Chamberlain.
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The differences between Lord Sails
bury and the Right Hon. Joseph Cham
berlain are now understood. They are
directly traceable to an incident that
occurred when Lord Salisbury was
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28
SAW NAPOLEON
MARCH TO MOSCOW

Remarkable period which DR.. Floto a prac+icing
Francisco physician, lifetime spoke
10 Napoieons brother Joseph, King of Holland
many interesting people of the Napoleonic
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THIS BASKET TWENTY (2o
DOLLARS.
NO UP.

NO UP......NO DOWN.
The old squaw was jolly and quizzical
and wanted to know why we wanted
the baskets, but she could not grasp
the explanation-and I asked TO take
the baby's photograph.
No! No! Not. She" pointing to her
daughter, feel sorry. She got two
lose-no picture take!"
All the while the mother of the little
one Rugged him closer, because, with
all Indians, she believed that to be pho
tographed shortens ones life. 1t was
for this reason, 1 suspect, that they
made no objection, VIXEN paid, to our
photographing their old people, who are
useless TO them.
A smiling, genial Indian gentleman
allowed US TO photograph baby as Of
ten as we pleased at % cents shot.
We afterward discovered 1t was
neighbours baby he had borrowed to use
on us.
In front of the last shanty in this
rancheria three old women were seated
grinding acorns into flour. An old man
lying near by on the ground did not
open his eyes to notice US.
rs he asleep?" asked.
More likely he is drunk" said the
photogra pher. a
The old man opened his eyes and
grinned and said, mot so good luck,
and all the women joined in an appre-
ciative grin.
They had no baskets, but allowed us
TO photograph them for consideration.
The next rancheria was seven miles
distant Just before we reached 1t
crowd of school children came out of
school They were as wild as birds, but
soon forgot their fear scrambling for
small coin which we threw to them.
One small girl said her name was
Sara Bernhart. A boy told me he was
Paderewski, and when Sharkey and
Fitzsimmons, too, were in the school,
asked little long faced boy If those
were the childrens right names.
oh no; he's Mary and he's Joseph,
the apostles followed, for they are
named by the priest and the good Sis
tiers who teach their only school.
They had just been arranged for
fine group when man on horseback
appeared, and the youngsters We're Off
like a flash The man rode after and
seemed to threaten as the children dis
appeared in their homes.
When we knocked every door was
locked, and one squaw called out:
This Injun don't want nothing"
The rest seemed all dead.
We were just deciding that either we
must attack the village in old Indian
style or else give up baskets and pho
tographs, when an old Indian and his
wife drove up in a cart which seemed
to be held together with ropes. We APP
pealed to him.
My wife she no good-she too lazy.
She not make baskets-she only sit
down., said the old Indian.
The wife smiled in superior sort of
way. and did not seem to mind what he
said.
The man told us he was the captain.
as the chief man of the village is
called that~the men We're in the sweat
nd hof h In In n
we could get a picture if we paid him.
1t was agreed and he slowly un-
hitched and then brought out some
beautiful baskets in which to pack the
provisions he had bought.
My odder wife she died." he ex-
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Indian papoose in a prize basket.
From a Photograph.

EAR UKIAH, Aug. 2S.-If there
is anything a Digger Indian
hates it is the white mans
devil" a big forest fire. The
flames are raging from Mount
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28

HEN l was a boy. begins my
entertainer, and I gaze at
him with respectful and
wondering admiration.
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Magdalen Martha washington"
sat half hidden by basket which
she was making.
She slowly worked away, dip
ping the peeled hazel twigs In a
cup of water and taking the I'M
peeled twigs for the brown pat
tern out of bowl where they
were soaking. She knew the
value of her photo as we'll as any
English professional beauty.
How long have you been work
Ing on that basket?' l asked.
Three months"
At the rate she was then going
as many hours would have suf-
feed to finish it.
II would like your picture"
"One dollar"
But that is too much"
II very f1ne-everybody want
my picture. Heap big fool from
the East with his girl gimme two
dollars yesterday. 1 worth much.
Then she said her husband had
some fine baskets to sell, but he
had gone to the hop fields and
had taken the key Of the shanty
and had locked her out. He
would not return till nightfall and
perhaps not then, she said.
l. @rar7fc
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-21
HOWARD GoULD's CASE.
(Boston E yening Record. }

I was talking with one of the best in
formed lawyers in Boston yesterday about
the provision in the will of Jay Gould
under which 1t is claimed that Howard
Gould will be compelled to sacrifice half
his patrim ny because he has married
Miss CIemmons. I told him that one
New York paper had declared that it was
nonsense to suppose that the dead hand
could reach out of the grave and entail
such condition upon the acceptance of
the property. In reply the lawyer said:
"AlI contracts or devises which are
against good morals, public policy or in
restraint of trade are invariably held by
our courts to be null and void. This
condition will be found to be null and
void because it is plainly against public
policy, and because 1t abridges and limits
the marital relations. Suppose you buy
out a grocery store, and it is made pa rt
of the agreement that the seller shall not
again engage in business.
That condition will be null and void
because 1t is in restraint of trade. You
can make it condition that he shall not
again engage in business on that street.
''That's quite another thing, and that
condition can be enforced. The other
cannot. Suppose for moment that you
could enforce such a condition as the
former one. One man, or one set of men,
could buy out all others, compel them to
retire from business. and then have all
the business of the community in their
own hands. That would be greater trust
than any we have yet heard of and the
whole thing would be preposterous. "a
"The dead hand not only can, but does
reach out of the grave. and not only i'm
poses, but carries out very severe oondi-
lions That same dead hand has reached
out and has looked up all Of the great
estates in England for centuries, because
such a course is not against good morals,
public policy, nor is it in restraint of
trade, but is in exact keeping with the
law of primo geniture which prevails in
England
"in this country the policy is different.
and the tendency always has been. and is
now. to distribute rather than to lock up
states, and that is really one of the prin-
oipal reasons why SO many of the wills
M ade in this country are broken. The
law does not favor the p!lrss up of vast
estates;it rather favurs tlle'8 'frbution.
There can be no doubt y nr', "" Gould's
right to make the condition, bot it is null
and void, because it is AGAINST public
policy. The condition is precisely as if
he had said that Howard Gould was not to
marry at all. He had the right to make
all the conditions he desired; but it's
another thing when they come into court,
where such a condition as this would in
yariably be declared null and void.
The Portland daily press., 1898-10-21

ares arranging a most excelient pro
eramme. Among the speakers VIII pe
| President Butler of Colby, Dr. Aoaison
s. Thayer of Portland, Superintendent
Aldrich of Newton, Mass, Bno rToi.
Lane of Coburn Classical lns6leuGe, Wa1-
erville The ladies of the TWO churcnes
will furnish the meals at very moderate
oost tn each teacher. This will afford an
oDDortunity for an hour or social ENJOY
ment Every teacher in the county
sbonjd take advantage of this occasion for
profit and pleasure.
MANY of the attendants at the Pomona
Grange VISITED Frederick Robie hall yes
tardey and expressed themselves as much
nIaaeed with the building. They wit
ppessed the practice of the school fire de-
nartment. which was called out during
the noon hour and were delighted, and
somewh at surprised. at the apromptness
and efficiency of its work.
FkEEPORT.
Freeport, October 20.-The marriage of
Rosamond Margaret StanWood and Will
liam Watson Fish took place in the Bap-
fist church on Wednesday evening, Octo-
her 18TH Rev. George Merriam offlciatsd,
assisted by Rev Il. q. Brown of the First
Congregational church. The bride and
groom were attended by Miss Belle STAN
wood, and M. G. Louis Stanwood, sister
ana DIOuu6C VI bA0 anu dlSO NY Lila
Birks d sweet little maid of six years
who acted as flower girl. The bride was
gowned in a dainty white organdie and
carried pink rose buds. The church was
handsomely decorated with potted plants
and flowers, the altar being solidly
banked with these. There were about
two hundred guests present. A reception
was held In the vestry, Immediately after
the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Fish left on
the midnight for New York, and will be
at home to their host of friends after
November 10 at their residence on Cush-
ing avenue.
Mrs. Willis Snow is home from Auburn
for brief stay.
Miss Ethel Lord is spending the week
with her parents here.
Mrs. Eugene Coffin and two ohildrsn
returned Thursday after two months
visit at the home of her mother.
Little Anna Averil has returned from a
few weeks spent with relatives in Alma,
Me.
Miss Alice Doyle will spend the winter
with the family Of Mr. Eugene Coffin.
Mrs. Charles Cushing will spend the
coming winter with the family Of her son,
Mr.. Harry Cushing of Deering.
A very happy family reunion was held
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. Sullivan
Cushing recently. Mrs. Cushing was
Helen Wilkins and the Wilkins family
was the one represented upon this COCA
ssion. There were present grand and
great grand children of David Wilkins,
one of the early settlers of Lewiston; also
the descendants of Daniel Wilkins who
settled in Green more than a hundred years
since. A number of the Wilkins family
now living in Livermore Falls were un-
able to be present. The occasion was
most pleasant and one long to be remen-
bered. The host and hostess were pre-
scented with beautiful chair, gift Of
the many cousins. The next annual re-
union of this family will be in Livermore
Falls. se