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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15

during the year with adobe walls, at A cost of S100, 900, was later on in the ses- sion the ho.el of the place. A large portion of the throng was compelled to lodge in a room denominated ''the cor ral, and it was a favorite pastjme with some of the occupants whose rest was disturbed b. the candle of sonna party who indulged in the dangerous and highly reprehensible practice oP reading in bed to put out his light with shot from revolver, and even those carrying a light to find their resting place were sometimes taken aback by finding their candles snuffed in a sini larly unceremonious way. Those who nred were marksmen; their aim was true and they knew it.
 The accommodations and prices na- turally created considerable feeling of indignation among the members. and as matter of scare for correction George B. Tingley introduced in the Assembly bill to remove the seat of government to Monterey The bill inn mediately assed first reading. but it produced the desired effect and was al- lowed to die a natural death The citi- zens Of San Jose becoming alarmed at the continued grumbling and the threat to remove the Legislature. determined that It was necessary to do something to placate the members and accordingly arranged for grand ball to be given In the Assembly chamber.
 The Legislature of a thousand drinks" perhaps justly earned it's de- signation. But the code of laws 1t en- acted was singularly perfect, when 1t is considered the disadvantages under which the labor was performed. They had but few statutes of other States for guidance, and conditions were such in the new State that de- manded laws of entirely original draft | ing and dssimilar with those of any of the sister States.
 l WINFIELD J. DAVIS
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IV.

T remained % there motioplegs all action struck from peerg m M the door%ay and @ oog at the t @ sfoppase natufe fsa sandstorm m nn 6d @ forget s tell does that now and windows the %h b 9 of @ 'hs @ s % 'ss $ sns r~ss quick flashes of summer ghfning Ny stiff of 1 them doTn the and out into from his futile assault Like myself Rab sra En putt hs
 T ss w5ss asSsnd $ %ss sn then stood o and oonader arrest Await coming t, there,, Rourgass reom paeed up and down awaiting the coming may Ssy Essas hss Ssasr aus fe e came nto 1 S' s
 
 running sand naa in the the % hardly exhausted. I did notice it's interruption until it
 s a e % 5ss did bseTe e ny b n pe4fee working order he said 4 at last +o n and reversed ,t watching the sand
 Lieutenant Sentore, your sword
 handed to him without a word. Turning to sergeant, he said:
 O .Iieutenant Sentore sentenced He has an hour for whatever preparations he chooses Allow him dispose of that hour he chooses. long as he within this and holds with no one whatever last sands of this hourgass are run Sentore will stand the other of this meet the death merited by traitors gards O towards. Do you understand duty, sergeant?
 After that. for long time, word spoken. I watched life readily through the wasp waist of the af n Se said tse and Where you sre commanded sharply Your orders do not to that.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15

explaining his delay joining the main and two at least of the mounted sent away every that exactly dusty E hqFse brief note from Marlborough The commandern- chief n. think the Frenehmans advice is good We want
 But he heavy artillery aid in this task sl; m a9r me s sg his thus for him settled down accomplish it bes tS2reSgh xsteh onfed be ese T m G Y house 1 e St fell S t oao ent me on the If first floor and directly with eaded and flied With diamond shaped T glass Beyond this not rming sr our rpened deep
 'a5 and carved !y I the j6ned Ta % sfag hey sad Easor gan ing at sad Ta a he essr d xss o6 wnn s
 2S t9s are eqs of t n I when e sea5 s girl efy I Ge shs ad Is s
  no hint qf intend wit With them, m on 5 m as of s Your Your attack is be but fsnt and to draw t5eiT gaapng xs e fort not lack Not one that viii general but have hour
 ' Very well, set it running. Collect your and exactly at the hour them the front; five minutes quick march from here. and five minutes from this expect you begin attack, and the you before gate make much noise your twenty-five capable of, lead the believe that the attack serious one.
 Saying this, the general turned and made his way, heavy footed through the hall and down the stairway
 'I sat the hourglass running and call my men. satiqning them where had been ordered to before % Tnat knew s mis quarter of the sand had run down during absence the h angle of the dark way supporting her cheek palm, and, standing thus in the she talked in whispers We talked and talked engaged in that sweet. endless conversation that in subdued tone round the world being duplicated that moment at who knows how many places. Absorbed in listening at last there erept into conscious diminishing fast as 1t should. This knowledge was fully in mind for time before I realized fearful significance Suddenly the dim knowledge actuality I sprang from the door lntel saying
 Good heavens the in the hourglass stopped runningI
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15

He lifted the package cut the string that bound and placed the ancient hour glass on ms watching the thin stream of sand which his action had running
 The constant, unceasing, steady downfall seemed to hypnotZe him. descent silent footsteps Suddenly stopped had done in the shop and its abrupt ceasing jared on his ngg nerves like the stiffness He could almost imagine the thin cylinder of the glass throttlng He shook the bygone time meas ure. and breathed again steadily when the sand resumed it's Presently he from the table and examined it with attention. He thought it's frame ebony, but further inspection vtnced him oak, backened with On one round end carved rudely hearts overlapping, and twined about them pair of serpents
 Now, I wonder what that's for?" murmured Eastford to himself. An attempt coat-of-armS, perhaps
 There clew the meaning of the heroglyphics and Eastford with the glass balanced his knee running, threads spark ling amplight. He fancied he distorted refec glass although told him they but carcatures of his The bell in the tower by with slow soemnity toled F. He counted it's measured strokes by one, startled by decisive knock at his door, One section of his considered this visit untmely it perfectly usual and while the two arguing the matter out he heard his own voice cry:
 II
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opened, and the discussion between the and the opposition in his mind slider the untmeness of the visit visitor himself stood another problem. He military costume his uniform being that officer. Eastford remembered seeing something like knowing little of military affairs, thought per the the visitor before indicated officer in the Napoleonic
 Good evening" said the ncomer. May introduce myself? Lieutenant Sentore of the regular army"
 You welcome" returned his host. Will be seated?'
 you, I a to I my hourglass, if you will good enough let have it
 hourgass? 'ejacuated Eastford in surprise q you labor under misapprehension. The glass belongs bought to-day the curiosity shop Finchmore street"
 'I already admitted that my claim moral rather legal continued visitor a long story have your permission to tell 1t?
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
MERE is an interesting relic of the early political history of
 California in the possession of the Sacramento Society of Pio-

HERE Is an interesting relic of
 the early political history of
 California in the possession of
 the Sacramento Society of Pio-
 neers. It suggests a volume of pioneer memories and as time passes its value and interest will increase. It is a scroll of blue writing paper-such as was generally used fifty years ago upon which is written briefly the bio graphies of the members of the first Legislature of California It is of especial historical value in that each individual penned his life sketch with his own hand; that it relates to as re- markable a State Legislature as was ever convened, and that many who made the record have been distin- guished in State and national history
 Very few of the writers survive. The last to pass away was Captain Joseph Aram, whose death at San Jose was noted in The Call last month. There were but sixteen Senators, who repre- scented the nine districts that had been established by the Mexican Govern ment
 The first of the Senators who wrote upon the scroll was David F. Douglass, and he incidentally mentioned that ''on March r, 1889, had a fight with pr. William Howell, in which H. was killed, imprisoned fourteen months. !" Douglass was a member of Captain Jack Hays celebrated regiment of Texas rangers during the Mexican war, and on the declaration of peace came to California. After having served two terms in the State Senate and one in the Assembly he was appointed Secre- tary of State by J. Nicely Johnson, the Know Nothing" Governor, in 1855, and
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-15
III.

In the year 17O6 held the post Of euenan[ l g of the British commanded py LrS supreme command being of course in the hanos oi great Marlborough ., 4. .aoo
 listened this announcement with tne luei something absurd about the state1neIiI sitting there calmly talking or tune ls he himself could not be day more than entangled in thlS the elements absurdty found himself unable to the he thought or the matter the reasonable it began and SO ong ms WISH
 had surprise his lace, ne Sald quietly casting his the history of England and remembering had learned at school: ,,
 during the of the SpanlSh Successlon!
 had been progress tour years:
 "Everything well until we came to the town or which captured without the JOSS or The capture of the town however was or ttie v wa io of it stood citadel Whch we tired take by assault but could not General Irelawny, very rascible hotheaded man. but on the whole Just capable officer. impatient at this unexpeced oely castle But having had warning or our com ing they had provsoned the place. were well rlppled with ammunition commander refused to make - If you want the place. said the Frenchman, come take it.
 'Genera Trelawny, angered at this contemptuous flung his again and agan at the citadel and without making the slightest impression on it.
 in wise prepared for long siege, nor expected stubborn resistance Marching quickly custom heretofore, possessed no heavy artillery, and disadvantage when attacking a fortress as strong that of Elsengore Meanwhile General Treawny sent mounted messengers dlrerent roads to his chief giving account of what had hap
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shall delighted lisen replied Eastford put put doing beg inyitatlon ana aSA Sou to occupy this easy before the fire.
 in silence, crossed the room pehiiu Easford sat down in the armchair placing ms ms The stranger spread his hanus before the fire and seemed to enjoy the eomiorung nc d warmth He Q few moments buried in ueep reflection quite ignoring the presence of his h9s j & we Seeing had out silently reversed It. and set them running again This acton cdus tue brought him to realization or why he was there. Drawing heavy sigh, he began his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
Farming In oIden Times.


The Romans were the first people to
practice blowing between the rows of
wheat as we do between corn. The idea
was suggested in singular manner. A
warlike tribe, having ravished section
of land at the base of the Alps, under
took to destroy the growing crops by
blowing them up, but instead it was
found that the rows accidentally hilled
were twice as large as those that were
not The harrow or hoe used by the
Chinese farmer is of the rudest con-
struction. The pillow is usually drawn
by women of the lowest classes.
Two hundred and fifty years ago,
when the corn stolen from the Indians
by our Puritan ancestors was planted in
the sand OF Cape Cod, the only instru-
ment used was a ponderous and i'll
shaped Dutch hoe, which required
heavy man to handle at all. Our first
processes were not much in advance of
those of the barbarians of central Eu-
rope. Today we number several hun
dred tools, from the most delicate to
the splendid specimen of the combined
reaper and thrasher. which cuts,
thrashes, winnows and bags grain at
the rate of hundreds of bushels per day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
WAeNERS METHOD.
When Possessed With a Poetic Idea
He Wrote IL In Music.

! when Possessed with Poetie tdecs
He Wrote IL In Music
I'm one of his writings Wagner tells
us that he never felt any musical in
spiration unless a dramatic idea had
taken complete possession of him, !"
writes Houston Stewart Chamberlain
on "HoE Richard Wagner Wrote His
| Operas" in The Ladies' Home Journal.
when this was the case, the different
personages would. one after another,
obtrude upon his fancy, gaining grad
ually in bodily consistency. Then, all
of sudden, in the dusk of evening, one
of these creatures of his fancy would
rise up before him, gazing at him with
eyes wide open. Fascinated and almost
/ trembling, Wagner would remain with
eyes fixed on those of his guest from
dreamland. But, 10, the shadows lips
tremble and openl What issues fl ON
them is neither words nor song 1t is
superhuman language, but the poet un-
derstands it, and it remains ringing in
his ears when the apparition has van
ished. This is the precise moment of in
spiration. All that follows is more or
less mechanical, more or less fortuitous.
Whether a work be written out and
completed sooner or later will depend
upon all sorts Of circumstances-tiule
health, etc. -
'This, then, is the essential thing to
remember-that Wagner nsver could
compose unless driven to do SO by a
poetical idea peremptorily demanding
the language of music for its full and
adequate expression. and that, once this
poetical and dramatic idea clearly and
permanently migrated in his mind, it
'included'-if may so say-the music,
which came of itself whenever the au-
thor could find time for the business Of
writing out the score"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
LEGAL.
NotIce of Pub,Ic.t,on-ch.nc,

-
IN the circuit court January Term 1892
x LSseu Hampton vs. Esteila Hampton, In
Chancery.
Aridayit of the non-residence of the de-
fendant- EStella Ham ton. having been fled
In the clerk once of the circuit court of said
county. notice Is therefore hereby given TO
the said nonresident defendant that the com
plainant filed his bill of complaint in sad
court. on the chancery side thereof on the q b
day OF November, A D. 1s9s, and that there
Upon summons issued out of said court
wherein said suit is now pending return able on
the LIST Monday In the month of January next.
as Is oy Ia " required Now. unless you the id
nonresident defendant above named. EsteIla
Hampton shall personally be and appear be-
fore said circuit court on the first day of the
next term Thereof, to be holden at Rock ISL
ana IN ana Tor the said county. on the LIST
Monday In January next and plead. answer
or demur to ID compIainants bill of com
plant, the same and tie matters and things
therein charged and .Gated WIN be taken as
conIessed- ana decree entered against you
according 70 the Payer of said Dill
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk
9, nock lsiap-. Illinois. November q, 1893
SIURCBoS & MARSHALL.
Compiainant's Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
Application For Sale of Real Estate.

TO AL persons whom 1t may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that thu undersigned.
Mhhelm Nix, conse' of The estate of
tan Nix, Insane, win make apple ~
ton 10 the couoty court of Rock Island
county, at a r-gular term thereof to be held
at the court Douse In the city of Rock Island
IN SAID county, on the first Monday of January.
a u 1879. b. ing the second day thereof for an
orc er abd decree of said court. directing him.
es said conservator to sell the following real
estate belonging to said wa-d, much
tnereof as shau seem To said court to the in
terest of said ward, situated in the county
Of Rock Island and tate of Illinois towit:
ne south half OF the sJuth half Of the north
east quarter of section ThirtV-thres (33) in
towushio seventeen Ci7). north in range three
90, west OF tn fourth (4th) prin cpal me idian
OF said ward, and for the purpose of investing
such OF the proceeds of sid lie as shall not
De immediately requisite for said support and
payment OF debts in other real est.te, or of
otherwise investing the same
WILHELM NIX.
Conservator OF Ca Nix, insane.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
Notice of PublIcation-Chancery.
ADAIR PLEA-ANTs. Attorney-at


State of Illinois,
Rock Island County, IS
In the circuit court, January term 1899
Elizabeth STANDBY. Mary j. Hessman, Mar
g..ret Harris VS., William l. Morrow. James
-sorrow, James Dusenberry. John Dusenberry,
emma Fordham- Isabella Huber, MAY Snydarn
John Warnock Elias - arnocx. Samuel War
mock Eunice Warnock and Bessie Warnock
In chancery -
Aiiidavit of the non-residence OF John War
nock, Elias Warnock. Samuel Warnock
Eunlce Warnock and Bessie Warnock. i'm
pie--ded with the. above defendants. William
:. Morrow, James Morrow. James Dusenberry
emma Fordham Isabella Huber and May Sny-
dam having been filed In the clerk ONCE of the
circuit court OF said county. notice is therefore
hereby given to the said nonresident defend
ants that the complainants filed their bill of
complaint In said court, on the chancery side
tnereof, on the I'D Gay of November 1925. and
that thereupon a summons issued out of said
court. wherein said suit il now pending. re-
turnable on the first NJ nday in the mon b of
Now. unless you the said Nonresident de-
fendants above named, John Warnock. Elias
Warnock. Samuel WarnOck. Eunice WarnOck
and Bessie WarnOck. shall personally be and ap-
pear before said circuit court. on the first day
OF the next term hereof to be holden at Rock
Island. In and for the said county. on the first
Monday in January next, and plead. answer
or d mOr to the said complainant : bill of com
plant, the same and the matters and things
confessed. and "A decree entered against you
according to the prayer of said bill.
GEORGE w. CAMILLE. Clerk.
Rock Island, Illinois, November %, 1898.
ADAIR PLEAsANTs
ComElainaut's Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
THE SLY POLAR BEAR.

How I-e Gets His Dinner of Seal ol
J. GaIrrs Meat.
In his native home the polar beal
does not often meet with small boy:
anxious to treat him to buns and Other
dainties. The consequence is that bruir
has to devise many curious ways of Sc
curing his food, and none is more
strange and interesting than that relat
ed by two trustworthy travellers il
Greenland, that country of strang'
They have. know. the polar bear Il
| take a stone or huge lump of ice in
| his fore paws and frem a favorable
height, as a cliff or o PERCEPTIONS ice
hill, to hurl the missile down upon the
head of a walrus, an enormous trut(
often twice the size of the tear, and sc
stun him that bruln could rush in and
complete the destruction at his leisure,
thus securing months rations.
The most usual food OF the ice bear,
Gs tie Germans very appropriately call
this beast, is the common seal of the
arctic regions. The latter is the wari-
est animal of the north, and both Eski-
mo and polar bear need their best STRAIT.
egg to catch it.
In the summer time, when the snow
is off the ice of the ocean shore ana
islets, the seals can be plainly seen rs
black dots on the ice, probably asleep,
but always near their holes, which lead
down through the thick ice to the water
below, and into which they can throw
themselves by the least movement.
Bruin, seeing one afar, walks up as
near as he deems safe and then begins
crawling on his wary prey.
The seal, if the weather be sunny
and pleasant, takes short maps, relieved
by shorter moments when it is scanning
the vicinity for signs OF an enemy's APP
preach. During these times the bear is
very quiet and as still as death itself,
with eyes apparently closed. though
really corner of each is kept open, and
in this way he hopes the seal will take
him for heap of snow, an appearance
which his coat readily helps him to as
sumo.
During the maps he creeps forward
with greater or less rapidity, according
to his nearness to the seal and conse-
quent fear of being heard or seen.
When but 10 or 10 yards away, and the
seal is in the depths of a good nap, the
bear rushes upon him and with single
blow of his powerful paw knocks the
smaller brute senseless and so far away
from the hole that he cannot escape by
that way, even if the blow received is
not Immediately fatal.
In winter time the ice is covered with
snow. and this is followed out by the
seal into snowhouse, covering the hole
in the ice and connecting at the top of
the dome with an aperture about the
size of shilling, called the blowhole,
for it is through this that the seal
breathes when he is in want of freshair.
Here the bear watches for many a
long hour if necessary, and when the
snorts of the seal are heard he brushes
in the fragile dome of the snowhouse
with his paw, impahng the seal on his
curved claws, and proceeds to practi-
cally demonstrate how polar bears can
subsist in arctic winter.-London
Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
THE SIX HUNDRED.
Some Incidents of That Mad Ride to
Death at BaIaEIava.

Death al
Of that mad but heroic charge a hun
bred incidents are preserved-thrilling
humorous, shocking. The Cornhill
Magazine tells of a man of the Seven
tenth lancers who was heard to shout,
Just as they raced in upon the guns, a
quotation from Shakespeare. ''Who is
there here would ask more men from
Englaud?"
The regimental butcher of the Seven
tenth lancers was engaged in killing a
sheep when he heard the trumpets sound
for the charge. He leaped on a horse.
In shirt sleeves, with bare arms and
pipe in mouth, he rode through the whole
charge, slew. it is said, six men with
his own hand, and came back again,
pipe still in mouth!
A private of the Eleventh was under
arrest for drunkenness when the charge
began. but ne broke out, followed his
troop ON q spare horse, picked up
sword as he rode, and shared in the
rapture ana periIs of the charge. The
charge lasted 90 minutes, and was ever
before such daring or such suffering
packed into a space so brief? The squad
rons rode into the fight numbering 673
horsenien; their mounted strength when
the fight was over was exactly 1875.
1t was all u blunder, but it evoked
heroism which made the blunder itself
magnificent. And as long as brave deeds
can thrill the imagination of men the
story will be remembers of how
Stormed at with shot and shell.
Boldly they rode and well
Into the jaws of death.
Into the mouth of hell
Noble six hundredi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29
English n. written In Norway.

Here is good specimen of English
as she is written abroad. We find it in
ST. Martin 's-le- Grand. the postoffice
magazine:
1.-THE hotel for tourists on Turtegro
(owner. Mr.. Igar Oiene), is laying by
the foot of the eminent 'Skagastolstin-
der the largest field in Jotunheimen
for topmounters The best leaders are
to be had. 1t is the best place for coun-
try layers Different interesting places
for summer trips. Nearest stopping
place for steamers-Skjolden. Recon-
mands as STATION for passage to Lom-
Gudbrandsdalen.
"Topmounters, as a description of
the climbing fraternity. is decidedly
good. But what is country layer?"
London News.