The San Francisco call., 1898-05-08

+bara are many among them who hapit- rally wear kid gloves while following the pursuits of peace, but the chances are they will leave these penlnu. Roosevelt has been in the West. lie knows the cowboys, and the bucklng bronco is no novelty to him. lie mas ooo,,ired a becoming and consistent hatred for the Spanish, and they VIII learn to dislike him. An evening paper remarks that aI present there is a fashion of blaming the races every time v"''7s hlah turns out to be thief. There certaln- ly is such a fashion, but as the blame is rightly placed in nineteen cases out of twenty, the fashion itself cannot De viewed as a mere fad
 It is good to turn from contemplation of the horrors of war to the calm anu soothing pages of the Bowling Green Times, published in Pike County MS souri. What beneficent Providence sent this my way, I know not, yet l am grateful to it. I shall attempt no analytical treatment of the Pike County product, but lay some of it's gems De- fore readers who do not have the prlVl- lege of possessing a copy. There are items, personal, serious and Jocular. Strangely enough, the jocuiar ones are serious and the serious ones cause glad some smiles. Here are samples:
 Jake Moore gave a fencing Tuesday. Jake is a prosperous farmer, and we wei come him into our midst
 Some four or five of the young members of the Peno church have been walking disorderly. and were excluded at the last meeting of the church.
 We understand there was quite shoot ing scrape at Curryville last week. We did not learn the particulars.
 Mrs. William Scott is on the mend again.
 Our town should feel proud for having in its limits such a good Christian lady as Mrs. Rocker.
 Then is told of the sensation caused by some wicked young men who placed a bent pin so that the pastor, at a sol emn moment, sat down upon the same. There is a column account of a social function, which event had been marked by Dainty ham sandwiches and ice cream which would melt in your mouth" It is to be observed by the closing paragraphs of the account that the function was really recherche af- fair, as note:
 As the last happy guest departed, thank ing the hostess for such a delightful even- ing the front doors shut to with re- sounding clang. and the floating echoes whispered through the now deserted de- partmentS.
 Dark grow the shadows, and quenched is
 the fire,
 Sound fades into silence. all footsteps re-
 tire,
 No voice in the chambers, no sound in the
 hall,
 Sleep and oblivion reign over all.
 Then there is a charming page de- voted to personal mention. From this I learn that " Miss Carrie White is chilling" The information was pug zling at first. It did not appear that the morose disposition of Miss White was any proper subject for comment. But having captured a genuine Missou- rian, he made clear to me that the lady was merely undergoing a preliminary tussle with fever and ague. There is another Miss White, who, instead of chilling, is evidently thrilling. She has contributed poem on the loss of the Maine, the last stanza of 1t being good enough for an Examiner war bulletin, in proof of which l present 1t:
 Ahi well, God will lift the curtain
 On the resurrection morn,
 And the one who did this playful act
 Will be looked upon with scorn.
 From poetry to pork is but step, and one may glide from Macie's-I for got to say her other name was Macie- from Macie's impassioned lines to Ham, let's mutilated and murdered pig, al- most with a sense of relief. I will close with the editors scathing ar raignment:
 Some person with a devilish spirit shot a hog belonging to James Hamlett few days ago. These demons who have been doing these devilish things to innocent animals will soon be found, and they should meet the same death that these animals do.
 Which strikes me as fair proposi- tion.
 A handsome present for your Eastern (raI Fruit