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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
ALEXANDER FROSTBITTEN.
He Wanted to Be Railroad Comms-
 sioner, but Won't.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA7 MENTO, Aug 23-C. O. Alexander of Oakland is making some exceedingly caustic remarks on the peculiar climatic conditions of Sacramento, and it's per nicious effects on the members of his home delegation. Alexander rushed up stairs in the Golden Eagle this evening from the torrid sidewalk with his brow covered with that medium which is popu- larly supposed to be exchanged for the staff of life at par and a burning am bition in his breast. Projecting himself upon the Alameda delegation he an- nounced himself a candidate for Railroad Commissioner in the Third District, and asked his fellow citizens to abet his am bition to the extent of supporting him in the district convention.
 Then something happened. Alexander swears it was a blizzard, but the others say 1t was only a frost. Anyway. instead of precipitation Alexander's face suddenly became decorated with homeopathic icicles and the ambition of his soul CO., agulated then and there. Somebody whistled bar of "Get Along, Nigger, Do" another burst into the chorus of "Go to Sleep. My Baby" while the ma jority contented themselves with plain talk, the substance of which was, You'd better remain In private life while longer. old man."
 When Alexander gets back to Oakland and makes his announcement that he is out of politics, the Athenians can buy pools that he is giving them straight tip.
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HIGH LINKS.
Citizens of Sacramento Show Their Hospitality to the Convention
 Delepates

CALL HEADQUARTERS, sACRA- MENTO, Aug. 23.-The citizens of Sacra- mento, appreciating the presence of the Republican delegates to the convention in session here, again showed their hos pitality tonight by extending an invita- ton to the visitors to attend recep- tion and high jinks prepared In their honor at the Pavilion, corner of Sixth and M streets. Immediately after the adjournment of the convention this even ing many delegates repaired to the scene of the festivities.
 Dr. F. F. Tebbetts, president of the Re- publican club of 1898, briefly welcomed the delegates and introduced the follow ing persons, who contributed to the even ings entertainment: Messrs. Anderson, Johnson, Kaufman and Shepstone. In mandolin selections Emmett Philips, Italian impersonation and stories: {: Richard Cohn, tenor solo; Ben Lynn, clog dancing; Frank Burford. song. and E. Stone of Alameda in dialect stories.
 During the evening Neal's orchestra played patriotic selections William Nat Friend, the tall and jovial champion of Dr. Pardee, was invited to the platform. He delivered a speech in which he dwelt
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
PLACER DELEGATES
 WILL UPHOLD NEFF
All Their Energies Will Be Devoted to Scouting for Him the Lieuten-
 ant-Governorship.

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA MENTO, Aug. 23.-The Placer County delegation intend to make a strong fight for J. H. Neff for the nomination of Lieu tenant-Governor. This was decided this morning at the caucus of the delegation in the parlor of the Metropolitan House.
 After F. F. Futile had been elected chairman and O. L. Barton secretary, the members took up the discussion of the temporary chairmanship At the outset it was unanimously decided that Nef receive the entire vote of the dele gation- The best means of gaining him d place on the ticket then occupied the attention of the members.
 1t is the purpose of the delegates from Placer to place their candidate In the field and show no preference for any of the gubernatorial candidates now striv- ing for a nomination, so that by evenly dividing their vote among the three fore most candidates Neff's chances will not be jeopardized. Acting upon this plan vote was taken, with the result that Brown received 3 votes; Gage f. and Par dee 3. Judge Mcfarland has won the re- gard of the delegation, as it is unani- mously in favor of his nomination and will vote solidly for him. For the re- maining judgeship Judge Sweeney re- ceived 5 votes, Judge Smith received 8 and Judge Van Fleet 3.
 The delegation will vote solidly for w H. Fellows for the nomination of State Printer Another meeting of the dele gation will be held to-day, when addi- tional candidates will be considered.
 It is said that the candidacy of Charles F. Curry and Paul P; Austin for State is objected to by some of the members, who claim that the former Is one of the push of San Francisco, and that the latter has the push behind him. Further consideration will be necessary before the delegation agrees on either man.
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SQUEEZED LENNON WAS SOUR

CALL HEADQUARTERS, sACRA- MENTO, Aug. 23-.One of the most conspicuous persons in Sacramento was Allen B. Lennon, State Library Trustee, and Postmaster of Santa Rosa, Lemmon, although a State and Federal office-holder, aspired to be chair man of the convention. When the place was given to Jacob H. Neff of Placer County he became indignant and swelled up and down K street breathing threats against everybody in general and no one in particular. He said hard things about all who had been interested in putting Neff forward as candidate for the place. and threatened with his wrath all who voted for the old Republican war horse. Some one finally suggested to him the advisability of putting a cork in
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
MOREHoUSE DROPPED OUT.
But James Stanley Of Mission San
 Jose Is Lost in the Woods

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Aug. 23.-James Stanley of Mis- sien San Jose is thinking hard things of the Alameda delegation tonight. Stan ley announced his determination some time ago to dispute the nomination for Eoualizer in the Third District with L. c. Morehouse Stanley made a canvass of the district and came to Sacramento confident that he could win out from the incumbent He found however, that an- other, Brown of Calaveras. had the in- side and was more than likely to carry off the plum. Stanley stayed in the fight drop out.
 Tonight Stanley learned that his own delegation showed signs of disintegra- tion and his wrath rose thereat. Investi- gation on his part proved that he could not count on a solid delegation, though he still claims to hold the bulk of it., But Stanley is nervous and feels that there is no telling to what extent the Alamedans will be decoYed from him.
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at length on the kindness of Sacramento citizens the climate, the Republican party and incidentally on the virtues of Pardee, without mentioning his name. His clever remarks were answered by Frank Dom1n- go of Los Angeles.
 The '9S quartet composed of Edgar A. Coffman, tenor: pr. Jerome c. Carroll, sec ond tenor; Charles H. Ellsworth, barytone, and William S. Howe, baSSo, was feat ure of the entertainment
 Partisans of Henry T. Gage were so de lighted with their singing that they were urged to visit his headquarters and enter tain the southern representative.
 D. E. McKinlay of Santa Rosa followed with some pertinent remarks on Repub- licanism and James Mackay gave an inn personation of Carroll Johnson. Ed Nagle appeared in Chinese costume. and won ap- plause by his clever delineation Of the al- mond-eyed Celestial
 Refreshments were served in quantity and the festivities were prolonged until late hour.
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Frank Ryan would receive the solid sup port of the delegation for Congress from the Second Congressional District. Vii. liam Clark. will have. the united vote of and Judges Mcfarland and Van Fleet, who are al present on the Supreme Bench, will receive the solid vote of the delega- ton.
 The delegation favors the candidacy of Alexander Brown, who is seeking the nomination for Equalizer from the Second District.
 Candidates Kirk and Black who are struggling for the nomination for Superin- tendeft of Public Instruction, have divid- ed the delegation, but there is decided leaning toward Kirk for. the position
 While the delegation is not pledged to Tirey L. Ford, it is holding back with view to gaining support for its candidate. Another caucus will be held tomorrow. when further decisions will be reached.
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inp Federal position. The warning had it's effect, and Mr. Lennon mas not slhce been in evidence.
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SAN JOAQUIN MEN CAUCUS.
Select a Number of Candidates for Preferment to Whom They
 Pledge Support

CALL HEADQUARTERS, SACRA- MENTO, Aug. 23-A second caucus was held this evening by the San Joaquin dele gation in the parlors of the eMtropolitan House for the purpose of agreeing on candidates for the various nominations.
 C. M. Kenniston. chairman of the dele gation, presided, and Irving Martin acted as secretary. Ballots were taken at fre- quent intervals to test the feeling of the delegation toward the candidates under discussion. It was definitely decided that
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
BELOVED JKE" NEFF THE WARHORE F PLACER TAXES UP THE GAE

MENTO. Aug 23-C. F. Lacey, chairman of the Monterey County delegation, stated tonight that the delegation would cast its nomination for Attorney General.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

1O0' WHEREAS, The Legislature of the state or California, at it's thirty second session begin two.thireis of all the members elected to each of the two houses of said Legislature voting in favor thereof, proposed the following oe- scribed amendments to the Constitution or the State of California, to-wit:
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24

the bottle of his anger lest the Federal Government, take him to task TOT mus ing too freely in State politics while hold
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24

Amendment Number One. being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. Al (exempting certain claims against the City and County of San Francisco, and the existing indebtedness of the City of Vallejo for the construction of it's water works from the provisions of the Constitution requiring such claims to be paid from the income and reYe- nues of the year in which they were incurred).
 For the Amendment? Amendment Number Two, being Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 10 government acts by inhabitants of counties for their government).
 For the Amendment? Amendment Number Three, being Sem ate Constitutional Amendment No. A tproyiding for the creation of against the State, and to consist of three Superior Judges designated by the Governor to serve without extra compensation.
 For the Amendment?
 Amendment Number Four. being As sembly Constitutional Amendment No. 37 (exempting consolidated cities and counties. organized or to be or ganized. or holding charter un- der the Constitution, from certain leg islation in relation to counties). For the Amendment?
 Amendment Number Five, being As seInbly Constitutional Amendment No. 36 trelating to office of Governor, providing for succession thereto in certain cases and removing disability of Lieutenant Governor from holding other office during term). For the Amendment?
 Amendment Number Six. being Assem- bly Constitutional Amendment No. 3S 1 trelating to and defining Grammar l Schools).
 For the Amendment? Amendment Number Seven. being As l sembly Constitutional Amendment 1 No. 3i (proyiding for adjournment of Legislature for not less than thirty
 nor more than sixty days during each session).
 For the Amendment? Witness my hand and the Great Seal State of California, the day and year | first above written
 JAMES H. BUDD. Gov Attest: l.. H. BROWN. Secretary of | ISEAL.l
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1898-11-19
A THANKSGIVING REVERE.

When the turkeys on the table an
Thanksgigin' Day is here
An I'm home again with mother am the
house is full o. cheer,
Then's the time love to mingle with the
memories of the past
An, forgit that I'm a-slipping down the
hill o. time so fast.
Then boyhood days come back again an
loom up quaint en- queer !,
When the turkeys on the table an
Thanksgiyin' Day is here
There's picture in each flicker of the
pine logs yellow glow
Of the Joy an the contentment OF the days
of long ago;
The barnyard am the cattle an the morn
in milkin' honr,
The little old red schoolhouse with the
cracked bell in the tower.
The -four Mill, the chestnut tree-ips all
SO close an clear,
When the turkeys ON the table an
Thanksgivin' Day is here!
Then sparkin' times an straw rides, Gid
in Ger the crispy snow,
With love ash min in the heart of every
gal and beau;
The weddin' day--it all comes back jest
one day in the year
When the turkeys on the table an
ThanksgiYin' Day is herel
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gaming table, the homeless child had
died-died Of cold.
At the present time Lucien Hem
is lieutenant in the First regiment
of Chasseurs d'Afrique. He has
only bis pay to live upon, but he
contrives to make it suffice. being a
steady officer and never touching a
card. It appears even that he has
found the means Of saving, for the
other day at Algiera one of his COM
rades who was following him at q
few PAGES distant in one of the billy
streets OF the Kasha, saw him give
something in charity to little
Spanish girl sleeping in a doorway,
and had the indiscretion to see what
it vas that Lucien had eivea the
child.
Great was bis surprise at the poor
liautenant's generosity.
Lucien Hem had putinto the hand
of the poor child piece OF gold
From the French of Francois Coppee.
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Newspapers Endorse.

Educators are certainly the great
est benefactors of the race, and after
reading DR.. Franklin Miles popular
works, cannot help declaring him to
be am ong the most entertaining and
educating authors. "-Nelo York
Daily. He is not stranger to our
readers, as his advertisements appear
in our columns in every issue, calling
attention to the fact that his elegant
work on Nervous and Heart Dis
eases is distributed free by cur en-
terprising druggist A. NJ. Gilbert.
Trial bottles of DR.. Miles Neryine
are given away, also Book of Test.
monials showing that it is unequalled
for Nervous Prostitution, Headache,
Poor Memory, Dizziness, Sleepless-
ness, Neuralgia, Hysterie, Fits, Epi-
epsy.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO FACTORY.

Bryant, in his "Letters of Tray
eler," speaks of a visit he made to
one of the tobacco factories at Rich.
mond, Va. "The sight / witnessed
amused me very much: In one room
a black man was taking apart the
small bundles OF leaves OF which a
hogshead of tobacco is composed,
and carefully separating leaf from
leaf; others we're asserting the leaves
according to quality; and Others
agaia were arranging the leaves In
layers and sprinkling each layer
with the extract of liquorice. In an
other room we're about eighty neg
roes boys they are called from the sge
OF twelve TO manhood, who received
the leaves thus prepared, rolled
them into long, even rolls, and then
cut them into plugs OF about four
inches In length, which was after
wards passed through u press, and
thus became ready for market. As
we entered the room, we heard a
murmer ofpsalmody running through
the sable assembly, which now and
then swelled into a strain of very
tolerable music.
"Verse sweetens TOLL" says the
stAnza which DR.. johnson was so
fond OF quoting; and really it is so
good as to bear transcribing:
"verse sweetens toll, however rude the
All a. the work, the village maiden
Nor, while che turns the giddy wheel
around,
Reyolves the sad vicissItudes OF
things"
Verse, 1t seems, can sweeten the
toll OF slaves in tobacco factory.
I'VE encourage their sioging as
much as we cam" said the brother
OF the proprietor, himself diligent
masticator OF the weed, and politely
explained TO Us the process OF max
ing plug tobacco. The boys he
said, work better while singing.
Sometimes they will sing all day
long with great spirit. At other
times you will rot hear a single
note. They must sing wholly Of
their own accord; it is OF no use to
bid them do it.
"What is remarkable he contin-
ued; their tunes are all psalm tunes,
and the words are all from hymn
books. Their taste is exclusively
for sacred music; they win sing
nothing else. Almost all Of them
are church members, and in general
consistent
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ANECD0TAL LITERATURE.
Contributed to the Independent
by W. G.
TINE-PIEcEs

Careful readers OF the Bible will
know what is said about the Dial OF
Ahaz. To those ignorant Of it we
recommend reading the twentieth
chapter OF Second Kings.
"The Dial Of Ahsz !" was the frst
clock, or watch, or thermometer, or
time-piece OF which the world has
any knowledge--a watch that did
not tick-a clock that did not strike.
l, was sun-dlal. King Ahaz 10.
vented it. Between The hours given
to statecrsft, and the cares of flee
be invented something by which he
could tell the time OF day. This
sun-dial may have been a peg on q
board, or great column, and when
the shadow reached one point it was
8 o'clock q. H., and when the shad-
ow reached another point it was 8
o'clock p. M, and the hours and
half-hours were so measured. Or
again, it may have been fight of
stairs, such as may now be found In
Hindustan and other old countries,
and when the shadow reached one
step it was 10 O'Clock a, M, or an
other step and It was ( O'Clock %.
M, and likewise other hours may
have been indicated.
The clepsydra or water-clock fol-
lowed the sun-disl, and after that
the sand-glass. Then came the can.
dle-clock of Alfred the Great. The
candle was marked in three parts.
While the first was burning he gave
himself to religion, while the second
part was burning he gave himself to
politics, and while the third part
was burning he gave himself TO rest.
After while came the wheel and
weight clock, and Pope Sylvester ii
was its most important inventor:
And the skill OF centuries of exqu!s-
lite mechanism toiled at the time
pieces until the world had the Vick's
clock of the 14th century, and Huy-
ghens, the inventor, swung the first
pendulum and DR.. Hooke contrived
the recoil escapement. And the end
less chain followed, and the aratchet
and pinion lever" took the place;
and the compensation balance and
the stem-winder followed, and now
we have the buzz and clang of the
great clock and watch factories of
Switzerland and Germany, and En-
gland and America turning out
what seems to be the perfection of
time-pieces.
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international Sunday School Lesson for
November 20, 1898.


Repentance" 2 Chron. 53: 9-l6.
Read the chapter. Golden Text,
eff we confess our sins, He is faith
ful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse US from all unright-
eousness." l John 1-9,
"Be sure your sin will find you
out" is the declaration of Scripture.
''The wages of sin is DEATH" It's
scar is irrevocable; though it be for.
given its consequences go on forever.
The whole Bible unites in this one
decree: 'Sin not. And if any man
sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, )"
who is the salts faction for the sins
of the whole world; yet "The fire
shall try every mans work of what
sort it isl
King Manssseh found it so. AL.
though he repented, the conse-
quences of his sin are visible today.
The son of a good father, Hezekiah
he was made king at the age of
twelve, and reigned flfty-five years.
But he chose to have his own way,
and did evil in the sight OF the Lord
and provoked Him to anger. He
made the people do worse than the
heather, and shed innocent blood.
He taught the people idolatry, and
turned the house of the Lord into
heather worship. Then God spoke
to him ard to the people, but they
would not listen. Wherefore the
Lord brought the host of Assyria,
and they bound Manasseh with
chains, and took him captive to
Babylon. Because he did evil, the
Lord God of Israel said, "Behold, I
am bringing such evil upon Jerusa-
lem and Judah, that whosoever
heareth Of it, both his ears shall tin
gle.' And God always keeps His
word Then when Manasseh was in
affection, he prayed unto the Lord
his God and humbled himself, and
Gcd heard his supplication, and
brought him again to Jerusalem in
to his kingdom. Manasseh knew
that the Lord He is God, and he
proclaimed thanksgiving, and COM
manded his people to serve the
Lord. Nevertheless the people con-
tinued to do evil, and forfeited the
good promise of the Lord to Keep
them in their land forever, if they
would keep His commandments.
And King Manasseh died and his
son Anon succeeded him, and Yves
so much worse than his father, that
after reigning two years his servants
slew him in his own house, and his
son Josiah, eight years old, was
made king by all the people Of the
land, and served the Lord thirty
one years, while reigning over Judah
in Jerusalem.
Manasseh was another instance or
whom David wrote, "This poor man
cried, and the Lord heard him, and
saved him out of all his troubles"
The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear Him,
and delivereth them. o taste and
see that tue Lord is good; blessed is
the man that trusteth in Him."
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