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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08

At the outset the preacher drew a we'll defined parallel between the an- cient and modern preacher.
 "One must understand the evolution of the ancient priest to the modern rabbi to understand the subject fully.
 We can tell from the complexion of things that the rabbi of to-day is not the successor to the ancient Jewish priests who were buried beneath the ruins of the temple of Israel The rabbi of to-day in the strict sense of the word is merely a teacher.
 "The ancient Jewish priesthood was composed of the greatest minds of the nation-men who were educated in every department Of learning, science, literature, poetry and the liberal arts. The nearest type of that old institution. the Jewish antiquity. IS the Roman Catholic priesthood of to-day. It is the only institution that resembles closely the old Jewish society of priests. Not even the modern rabbi can come so closely to that ancient society as the Catholic priesthood. Before the destruction of the temple of Israel the priest was the intellectual head of the Jewish people. He was the custodian of that indestructable wisdom of the
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
for obtaining money under false pre-

for obtaining money under false pre- lenses. Is that lucid?
 A. A. Hooper of the house of Hooper & Jennings, was too clever for the bunko gamester. The lines were nicely laid to take in the firm, but nothing was ornamented with the much-de- sired 70. K" The firm got a notice and paid the sum stipulated.
 C. B. Parcells, agents for safes, at 6 California street, will not pay $59 which the Bulletin demanded. He has the let ter from the Bulletin management in which an absolutely free write-up is promised and will stand on that docu- ment. He has not yet received threat ening letter from the Bulletins legal light and the chances are that no at. tempt will be made to coerce him. Mir Parcells did not attend the meeting of the Merchants Association yesterday.
 Conradi & Goldberg, at 730 Montgom- cry street, did not send a representa- tive to the meeting of the Merchants Association yesterday. The firm paid S65 after the attorney made q threat of legal proceedings to collect the money The firm holds Crothers' receipt for that sum. Conradi & Goldberg under stand that the money will be refunded
 The names of all the bunkoed mer. chants have not been published in The Call. Another page descriptive of the experience of the victims could be ad- ded to the page produced day before Vesterdav
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08

ancients. for which modern civilization is so much indebted.
 When the hatred of nations fell upon the Jewish people, and when what the Christians are pleased to call the enmity of God, was visited upon their children, these ancient rabbis were the first to face the hatred of the world and guide their people through the storm of battle to place of safety Why have the Jewish people, striving against such odds as they have, suc- ceeded in spite of everything to attain a prominent position in every nation but the Hebrews believe firmly that it is through the intervention of a divine power.
 There are so many people in the world who cannot see the necessity of the preachers profession. It is an old joke, and a poor one, that the preach CTS profession is necessary evil Peo- pie don't understand the enormous in- fluence religion works upon the des- tiny of a nation. Let them try once to abolish the preacher and his vocation and see the result; let any nation abol- ish religion and forbid its tolerance and see how long it can live.
 "Of all the professions the preachers is the most poorly paid. And isn't it strange, notwithstanding this fact that 1t is over-crowded? The majority of preachers control a salary of but six hundred and twenty dollars per an- num-no more than is paid an ordinary conductor or gripman. This is the salary they pay men who sacrifice their youth to the cause of their God and bury their manhood in the needs of the people. Is 1t not self-sufficient
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08

that they should give up their lives without any of the benefactions of the people, without being ridiculed and made the butts of rude jokes?"
 pr. Voorsanger traced the profes- sion of preachers from the early ages down to the present day; but he re- marked that in no creed had he seen such a society of gentlemen and schol- ars as were enrolled in the Roman Catholic priesthood. "Give me an army of four hundred intelligent preachers of the right kind" he said, land I will go out into the world and I will sweep castes and sects before me until not a vestige of them appears"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
SHORT OF PROVISIONS.

was a graduate of the Pacific Heights the Cooper School. She had been a pu- pill at the Polytechnic High School for a year and a half. and was considered one of the most promising of the young ladies in attendance. The funeral will be held to-day from the home of her parents on Clay street, and a number of her male schoolmates will act as pallbearers. Miss McSweeney was 15 years of age
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
ANCIENT AND MODERN RABBIS Dr. Voorsanger Talks on the Subject of
 Preachers. Contrasts the Old-Tirne Priest With the Minister
 of To-Day. The Learned Rabbi Speaks in Praise
 of the Catholic
 Clergy.

''The Profession of the Preacher" was the subject of Rabbi Voorsanger's S address last evening at the Temple Emanu-El on Sutter street. It consti- tuted the last of the series of four on the subject of The Overcrowding of Professions"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
Divorce SuIts FIIed

Mrs. Annie l.. D. Wagner has applied for a divorce from John Wagner on the ground of desertion. Ella M. Mayhen has commenced an action for a divorce against her husband, W. Allen Mayhen. on the ground of desertion. Jennie Race has commenced suit against Lorenzo Race for divorce. As a cause of action she alleges failure to provide.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
Town Talk.

This weeks issue of the popular weekly contains much of interest The Saunterer gives more news about the affair of inc retired army officers wife and the local stockbroker. "Columbia' is given much space, and portraits of some of the par ticipants are shown. Phil Garlic, in his aftermath" with cynical wit dissects the errors of the California press.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
New Commission Corporation.

The E. J. Miley Company filed articles of incorporation with the County Clerk yesterday. The corporation is formed for the purpose of conducting commission business. The directors are John D. Miley. E. J. Miley, William R. Shafter, George H. Burton and Robert H. Noble.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
Will Conduct Warehouses.

The Pierce-Rodolph Storage Company, organized for the purpose of conducting B general warehouse and storage busi- ness, filed articles of incorporation yes- Lerday. The directors are Charles T. Ro- 1olph, Erwin G. Rodolph, c. G. Pierce, F. P. Deering and l.. A Gibbons.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
Union Bible Gloss

The Union Bible Class at the Young Mems Christian Association, Mason and Ellis streets, conducted by Rev. George c. Adams, D.D., will resume sessions to- day after the holiday vacation. The class meets every Saturday from l2 to o'clock and is instructed on the Internatjonai Sunday School lesson for the following Sabbath. It is oDen- free to all,
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-08
Deuth of Mss Irene Mcsweenev

A gloom was thrown over the Poly technic High School on Thursday last by the death of Miss Irene McSweeney, one of the brightest and most popular of the pupils of the institution. Miss McSweeney
The times., 1898-09-11
TOO POPULAR.
A Dangerously Safe school Fire
EscaIe.
From the Kansas City Journal-)

From the Kansas City Journal)
A ''fire-escape' story is the name OF
new brand which has been introduced by
the genial assistant in Secretary Benson's
office at the public library. Mr.. Evering-
ham, however, claims exemption on the
ground of having got the story from
fire-escape agent. The goods in which
the agent dealt was spiral contrivance
something like a big auger reaching as
high as the building. the upper surface
being highly polished and properly curved
for sliding. The whole was incased in a
cylinder with an opening at every floor
and an exit at the bottom. Among the
unsolicited testimonia's'' which the agent
had on hand was one from school prin-
cipal up in Iowa, who had evidently found
that the fire~escape was more than il was
claimed to be-" Fire drill in his school
was the most popular exercise and the
pupils, after having conducted themselves
SO creditably as to be entitled to some
special favor instead of asking for a half
holiday or to spell down. would call
for a few turns in the fire escape. So
adept did they become in this mode of
leaving the building that the principal
boasted that the only chance for fire to
catch one of his flock would be in case
some urchin should slip back and try it
again.
The children never tired of the exercise
and chose it in preference TO all other
rewards of merit, and it was related that
the janitor got so he could tell very ac-
curately at night, by the temperature of
the fire escape, what the general average
of department had been through the day
AS means of punishment the fire escape
was even more efficacious than as a re-
ward There was nothing which could
break a small boys heart or bring him
back to the paths of rectitude so quickly
as to have to stand by his teacher and
watch long line of his comrades take a
swift trip to the rubber cushion under
the exit and then turned and ignomini-
ously walked down the stairs.
WELL" said the agent from whom Mr.
Everingham got his story ''the fire es-
cape worked famously until the last day
of school. Then there was sure enough
alarm Of fire. and by the time all the
pupils and visiting children and the mann
mas and aunties had made their escape.
the spiral was so hot that when it cooled
off it drew up several kinks and left the
exit turned to the WALL That defect we
have remedied, however. by running a
water pipe up the side OF the escape with
soft metal plug every few feet. so that
when certain degree of warmth Is
reached the plug will melt and turn on
water enough to keep down the tenpera-
ture."
The times., 1898-09-11
just Like Chicago.

Non-Treating Club has just been formed in
Chicago, the members of which pledge them
selves not to treat anybody. I'm a short time.
says the Chicago Tribune, chapters viii exist
in every large city from Maine to California.
Five thousand buttons and cards were issued the
first few days, ten thousand more buttons have
been ordered, and the demand at present is great
er than the supply. The organizers and promoters
of the club some of the general and travelling
passenger agents located at Chicago, the chief
among them being Elliott T. Monett general
Western passenger agent OF the New York On
tario and Western Railroad. and president of the
American Association Of Travelling Passenger
Agents The treating business SAYS Mr.. Mo-
nett. has got to STOP The men of our profes.
sion know every Tom, Dick and Harry from tire
Atlantic TO the Pacific. We go into place TO
get drink. Before leave We have had
half a dozen or more drinks that we have either
had to take as a treat pay for Others It has
got to he such nuisance that remedy had TO
be found. and from the immense popularity OF
our scheme believe we have struck the right
thing
The times., 1898-09-11
cH1LDREN,s BRAIN CELLS.
How Science Demonstrates Their
Mental and Age Limitations.

Mental and Age Limitations.
How much happier the lives of the
thousands of children entering schools
this month would be IL only women
mothers and teachers-better understood
the nature and limitation of their brain
cells. Such knowledge is to be had,
as very important experiments and de-
ductions have recently been made by sci
entific Investigations; but 1t always takes
an unreasonable length of time for such
knowledge to become general.
After 25 900 tests by the best educa-
tors in America, it has been absolutely
demonstrated for instance. that the
length of time that child six years of
age can concentrate its mind does not ex-
ceed seven minutes; and that all efforts
to confine its attention upon one sub
ject beyond this limit are worse than
useless. This power of concentration IN
creases slowly: at the age of eight
child's attention may be easily held ten
minutes. At the age of twelve his mind
should not be rfveted upon one subject
longer than seventeen minutes. 1t IS.
therefore, great mistake TO keep child
of this age-say at the piano, more than
fifteen minutes; after q change of occu-
patton, another quarter of an hours prac-
than the attempt to continue work after
brain and nerves have become fatigued.
Indeed, most of the inattention and
restlessness of children may be explain
ed upon the physical basis. A boys
brain. for example undergoes certain
shrinkage at the age of fourteen or fif-
{, teen. 1t actually weighs less than at the
age of twelve or thirteen. This fact ex-
plains the carelessness, laziness and gen.
eral unreasonablenesS of boys of this
age. Statistics show that large pro-
portion of boys leave school at about this
time. II is altogether probable that If
parents and teachers realized that the
proverbial lawiessnesS of boys of four
teen merely evidenced a temporary con-
dition of brain cells, more OF them would
be patiently guided through the period.
TO take up their studies year or two
later with renewed interest.
The same tests have conclusively prov
ed that the brain of child is always
most active between $3.50 and 1850 in the
morning. All lessons. therefore, requir-
ing the exercise of their reasoning power
such as arithmetic and grammar,
should be at this hour. 1t has been fur
ther deduced that the average child, un-
hampered by grades and systems, may
have easily mastered his arithmetic by
the time he is twelve years old.
Scientists have also discovered that il
the brain centers governing the motor
nerves remain undeveloped until the age
of sixteen, there is no chance whatever
of any later development; which fact is a
powerful argument in favor of manual
training in the public schools. The ma
Jority of children are so active that they
develop their own brains and nerves to
a certain extent along these lines. Where
they fail to do so, we get the tramp and
the sloven. 1t is physical impossibility
- Ill i 4.
unless the foundation has been laid
In the formation of brain cells and
the training of the motor nerves before
the age of sixteen.
The times., 1898-09-11

was appointed by the government of Vic
toria commissioner to the Indian and
Colonial Exhibition in London. and I ac-
companied him home / had letter OF
introduction to Nine. Marchesi. and 1
lost no time in going to Paris. She
heard me sing. and from the first gave
me the most generous encouragement.
After my second song she rushed ex-
citediy out of the drawing-room and call
ing to her husband, she said: SALIVA
tore. j'ai enfin une etoile!"
When 1 had finished singing she asked
me graveiy, Mrs. Armstrong, are you
serious? Have you patience? Yes. /
answered Then, If you can stay with
me for one year / will make something
extraordinary of you.' and she divided
the long word in quite a curious staccato
way. To Nine. Marchesi / owe more
than / can say. and the great teacher
who encouraged me so warmly remains
my cherished friend
The times., 1898-09-11

ice twenty feet wide on a thin fee bridge.
1t was wedge shaped and the sharp edge
up. We had to straddle that and inch
our way over. A slip either side and
wed have gone down 1900 or 1000 feet
We are all satisfied with our exper-
iences and that the Klondike and Copper
River countries are fake. Next spring
the Navigation Company Is going to boom
the kotzebue Bay country. 1t as big a
FAKE as the others. There is not enough
gold there that can be readily secured
without vast expense to pay man good
wages"
The times., 1898-09-11
No Trffi.--

NrEofH tift ISL
s'Of course" he said u f-hznd way ssif
goes without saying that beautiful girl like
you must have had many offers of marriage
She bgshed prettily. and her eyes seemed to
say, ''0f course but she did net answer other
,wise.
..And, OF course" he went on. 81 wouldn't
think Of asking who any of the men were or
anything about them. but I am interested in
knowing hos they do it."
Then she reused herself
.-See here" she said, 'sare you trying to get
grl2''
Thus it was that she pinned Kim down. as Il
were, and brought him to the point
The times., 1898-09-11
The Pope,s Riches.

(From the New York Journal)
Diamond from President Kruger 81 Con ON
Ruby and diamond ring from Sultan of
Turkey ................ 100000
Jeweled toilet service from Shah of
= Persia 100000
Pectoral cross. with massive diamond.
from Queen Victoria .......... eoo Ooo
Diamond cross from Catholics OF United
States -...-:..-.-.-......-..... 10000
-Four jeweled rings from Khedive. e00.00o
Gold casket from Emperor of Austria. 100 00o
Jeweled chaice from queen regent of
Spain .......-...... 100000
Gold statue of st. John the Evangelist
frcm Knights of ST. John. 7500ae
Precious souvenirs frcm other European
rulers from Presidents of the United
States, Central and South American
republics, from Indian princes, from
Emperois of China and Japan and
from native chiefs of 0ceanica .. 60CO COZ
Jubilee contribution in gold. 5000 0
Legacies during past ten years. IL o0o. COO
Personal share of Peters peace during
past ten years ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1900, COO
81. $40, 600
Donations to poor during past ten
years lestimated) ............. $4,000
Total wealth. h............s...... $50 0o0.00)
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10
DR.. Mary walkers Repartee.

DR.. Mary Walker, with her dress
reform costume, was at the White
House reception to President Dole.
She was attired in a neat fitting
Prince Albert suit and wore G. A.
r. button. During the evening DR..
Walker was introduced to the Chi
nese minister, Mr.. WI. Now, Mr..
WI, like Ii Hung Chang, is fond Of
asking questions when anything
strikes him as peculiar.
"Why do you wear pants2" Min
lister WI pointedly inquired of DIR.
Walker.
"Why do you wear a gown or
dresss" asked DR.. Walker, without
at first answering the minister's
question.
Because it is the custom of my
country Nh. WI quickly respond
ed.
Well, / wear trousers because
this is free country, and people
are not handicapped by custom, :"
was DR.. Walkers answer.-New
York Times.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10

Many persons oppose a spelling
reform, SO called, on the ground
that simplified photography would
deprive the language of its richness
by destroying the evidence of the
derivation of words and making the
words themselves look cheap and
undignifed, SO tospeak, when print
ed. They are not without examples
that seem to bear them out in their
contention:
Jones-What magnificent actor
Salvini was, and how his name
somehow seemed to fit him!
Mrs. Jones-Yes, but wouldn't it
be an up hill job for woman to try
to become famous with such name
as Sal Veeny?-Youth's Companion.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10
Disconsolate.

Mr.. Blykins had been suffering
with dyspepsia and had, as is his
custom at such times, taken occa-
sion to discourse on his ill luck and
to criticise this earth and all of it's
inhabitants whose names are cur
rently mentioned in the newspapers.
AS a renaotely but adversely affected
Individual he had strenuously OBJ
jected to the manner in which all
business, both private and public, is
conducted and had with difficulty
curbed an impulse to hold his wife
personally responsible for the whole
trouble.
II am very sorry, dear, /" she had
said for the nineteenth or twentieth
time, and her gentle patience at last
made an impression on him. While
the bitterness of his mood did not
abate, he began to comprehend it's
unreasonableness, and as his asper-
ity abated her own forbearance be-
gan to flag.
ID AFRAID, GEAR, she remarked,
with the exceeding mellowness of
tone which sometimes betokens sar-
casm, "that there is but one way in
which you could possibly be happy"
What do you means''
"You ought to be king"
His face frightened for an instant,
and then he frowned once more.
'No, he sighed, sit wouldn't be
Of any use. Not the slightest in the
case of man who has my habitual
i'll luck. Even if were a king I
could perceive my finish.' Some in
iquitous ace would loom up and take
me the first hand round. Wash
ington Star.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10
MANNING THE FIGHTING TOP.

charge Of the drills, and he 1t Is VINO
indicates whether it shall be the setting
up drill, the gun drill, the fire drill or
any one of a dozen Others Only when
the ship is at sea in stormy weather are
these drills omitted, and SO in time the
hundreds of sailors are able to execute
the most intricate evolutions with clock
like precision. The secret of this is that
each man has a certain set of duties to
learn, and when each one has mastered
his own list the whole crew works as
one big machine. Some of the drills
Jack dislikes, while others he regards
merely as pastimes.
During the afternoon he generally
has two or three hours of leisure, and
this spare time often drags heavily on
his hands, but by long experience he
learns how to do nothing with calm.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10

Mrs. George Smith was a business
visitor at Audubon, Tuesday morn
ing.
Harry Percy shipped two cars OF
corn and one of oats from the Station
Tuesday noon.
Simon Nelson, like the birds when
winter comes, has migrated to farm
down in Oakfield.
Uncle S. D. Coonrod was able to be
out to the postofice, Tuesday, but yet
he said he felt rather feeble.
You just ought to have seen John
Hunter puff when he got to the Sta
ton, Tuesday morning. John was
having race with the train and he
got there but it was like that miller
you heard about: "'Twas a mighty
tight squeeze.
Mayor Will McGuire's business has
increased so fast in the past few weeks
that he had to have more shelf room
to display his goods, and last Mon
day and Tuesday VIM. Keightley was
at Willis busy place of business put
ting shelving all along Oh the north
side of the store room.
Some school directors elected in
Hamlin township last Monday; Mr..
James McNut, District No. 1, at Old
Hamlin; Willis Hopkins, No. 2; Frank
Ballou, at the Center; Albert Pratten,
Brushy College; VIM. Maxon was
elected at Sunny Side, over in the
edge of Greeley township. Only the
six north school districts elect direc-
tors this year.
Surveyor. H. S. Wattles and A. n.
Baber and Newell Jobes were up
from Extra, Tuesday, surveying off
a block or two to add to Hamlin.
Just south of the depot is fine tract
of rolling prairie that Harry Percy
had had his eye on for long time
and this week he closed deal with
j. L. Drew whereby he becomes the
possesser Of those fifty or sixty acres.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-10

She sat in her cozy chamber,
With the curtains all drawn tight,
Curled up in great big rocker,
Fair and sweet in the soft lamplight.
A bonbon box on the table
With the choicest of sweets was filed,
Which she daintily nibblei while writing
The words that her lover thrilled:
"Oh, I long for you now, my darling!
Without you my life seems drear;
There is never a bit of comfort
For me unless you are near!'
And her lover read the letter
As he sat in his bachelors den,
With his feet cooked up on the mantel,
In the usual way Of men;
With box of cigars at his elbow
And pipe and glass near by.
And the smoke clouds wreathed about him
As he echoed her lonely cry:
"Oh, I long for you now, my darlingl
Without you my life seems drear;
There is never bit of comfort
For me unless you are nearl'
IT. E. McGrath in New York journal.