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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17
Fire Destroys Hay.

WOODLAND, June ia fire, the origin
of which is unknown. burned about thirty
tons of hay belonging to Joseph Giguiere
near Cacheville, this morning. The heat
is intense. grain straw is as dry as finder
and the farmers are taking every precau-
ton TO guard against fire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17
MEN AND
WOMEN
ADVISED
FREE,
CALL or WRITE.

FiIiousness and constipation are nearly al
ways associated with stomach trouble. HUD-
YAM cures these disorders, perfectly and per-
IF YOU take HUDYAN you will recommend
il to your friends. for HUDYAN is a positive
cure for all digestive disorders.
HUDYAN is for sale by druggists, SOC a
package or six packages for 81 so
send direct to the HJIDYAN REMEDY CO.
corner Stockton. Ellis and Market streets, San
Y0T1 MAY CONSULT THE HUDYAN DOC
TORS ABOUT YOUR CASE FREE OF
CHARGE CALL OR WRITE.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17

HUDYAN will cure you
sound and well.
HUDYAN is a COM
plete and positive cure
for all forms of indiges-
ton or dyspepsia. Since
the brain sympathizes
with the stomach when
II is out of order. HUD-
YAM will promptly over
come dependency. men
tai depression. sleepless-
ness and irritability of
tarY7nar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17
Grain Warehouse Burned.

WOODLAND. June 16.-A special to the
Democrat says the warehouse of J. W.
Browning at Grimes Landing, the largest
of its kind on the river. and $500 tons of
wheat were destroyed between and 6
o'clock this morning. The origin of the
fire is mystery
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17

a DEFICIENCY OF STRENGTH, EMACIA-
~ ton. paleness. lack of nergy and poverty
of The blood is usually caused by imperfect
similation of the food that take into our
stomachs. The reason that this food is not as
simulated is because it is but imperfectly d.
gested. Indigestion is the source of the greater
percentage of the Ills to which human flesh is
heir The symptoms of indigestion are often
deceptive. and mislead one regards the ma
ture of the trouble
If you suffer with dull or throbbing headaches
Gig. D. pale, haggard complexion Gig. y,
coated tongue and offensive breath Gig. 81.
futtering of heart Gig. A., heaviness or sore
ness in stomach Gig. 81 gaseous quotations
bloating, loss of appetite, costiveness or sleep
lessness. then beware, for your stomach is at
fault. Don't wait until chronic Inflammation
liberation of the stomach takes place, but
begin treatment early.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17
SOME PROGRESS
ON ARBITRATION
Delegates Get Time to
Deliberate.
GERMANY MAY YET YIELD
PROSPECT OF ESTABLISHING
PERMANENT TRIBUNAL.
The Representatives of the United
States Object to It's Location at
The Hague, the Seat of
Monarchy.
GERMANY MAY YET YIELD
PROSPECT OF ESTABLISHING
PERMANENT TRIBUNAL.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

4 NEW YORK, June ia spe-
= cfal to the Sun from The Hague
y says: The Catholic members of
4 the conference have returned
y their invitations as protest
4 against the exclusion of the Pope
= from the conference.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17

The presentation of the past presi-
dents ring. custom followed by the
order Tor many years, was made to
MRS. Lena Hike Mills, the retiring
grand president, by Mrs. Mary B. Till
man, the junior past president attend
ing at the time
The following resolutions were
| passed:
Resolved, That for courtesies extended
by the citizens of Stockton and for the
cordial reception and entertainment by
stockton Parlor No. I. Native Sons of the
Golden West. we, Native Daughters of
the Golden West. at this. the thirteenth
annual session. hereby express our heart
felt appreciation and thanks: that we
hereby express to Miss Kathryn Hike of
New York our admiration of her beautiful
voice and our pleasure in listening to her
singing; that the grand secretary be in
structed to express the foregoing resolu-
tons through the medium of the press.
Resolved, That a rising vote of thanks
be extended joaquin Parlor No. 5. Native
Daughters of the Golden West. it's local
committees and its president for their per
| efforts in our behalf also to it's sisters
who eXemplifed for us the ritualistic
work
Resolved. That this Grand Parlor. rec
ognizing the efficient work of the grand
secretary. Sister George c. Ryan, and of
the grand assistant secretary, Sister l.,
j. frakeS, accord to these sisters vote
of thanks.
resolved. mat appreciation of this
Grand Parlor be extended to the Record
the Mail and the Independent, and to the
San Francisco press, for interest in our
proceedings.
we congratulate this Grand Parlor and
! its executives who have so faithfully and
acceptably presided over the deliberations
upon very successful session.
ELIZA d. KEITH
LAURA J. FRAKES.
CLARA K. WITTENMEYER
The installation of grand officers was
the final work of the parlor and it was
100 o'clock before the session of the
afternoon ended.
The ball rendered the deleoates to-
night by Stockton Parlor No. Z. Native
Sons of the Golden West, was one of
the most elaborate functions ever wit
messed in this city. Four hundred
couples participated. Agricultural Pa
vilion. where the brilliant gathering
assembled, was a mass of buntine
flags and flowers. Expert decorators
We're brought from San Francisco to do
the decorating. Hundreds of lights
flashed from dome and from stage. An
orchestra of twenty-five pieces supplied
music.
The grand march took place shortly
after 9 o'clock. 1t was led by the
grand officers, followed by the dele
gates, then the local parlors and visit
Ing members. All the appointments of
the place were perfect and from the
opening dance all went merrily. Most
of the delegates will leave tomorrow
for their homes
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-17
OFFICERS
CHOSEN At
STOCKTON
Mrs. Cora B. Siford of Ven
tura Elected Grand
President.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

X TOCKTON, June 1.-THE thir-
teenth Grand Parlor of the Ma
tive Daughters Of the Golden
~ West ended tonight with bril-
liant ball at Agricultural PaVil-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

Fortune favors the brave, they say.
| would not have missed sight Of you
here for woridsl"
Mr.. Stellingl 1t was very foolish of
you to lose all the sport"
$50 long as you don't add that it's
very impertinent of me to intrude I'm
contentl Your pose is really perfect.
| used to be able to sketch a little
Would you lie still for ten minutes
while | try my hand?"
"Oh, NONSENSE
mo nonsense at all. Oh, you won't
be so unmerciful as to move. Do let
me have five minutes!" He had taken
out small book and leaning against
the smooth trunk of beech, was
sketching rapidly.
There! That fan fits in well-we
will call the picture "A Summer Day.
Keep your hand and arm still for a
minute. please! Do I weary your"
'No'-she was half laughing am
too comfortable. You can't have done
anything in so short time"
Just enough for remembrance"
he said. you keep so still. My sis
ter and her friend. Miss Lilbourne. al
ways fidget so dreadfully: | shall tell
them to follow your good example"
CTO be continued)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
AN ECCENTRIC MAN.

The progressive corporation of Bath
has just placed commemorative
tablet upon the house in Lansdown
crescent once occupied by William
Beckford, one of the strangest charac-
tiers who ever spent his declining years
in the renowned English city of the
hot springs. His tomb and monument
are such conspicuous objects on the
heights of Lansdown and the most
casual visitor can hardly avoid becom
ing familiar with some of the eccen-
tricities of this great dilettante.
Bedford, who is best known as the
author of the Arabian tale "Vathek"
written in one sitting of three days
and two nights, claimed descent from
the Saxon kings. He inherited vast
wealth and expended it in the most
lavish fashion, building a wonderful
house at Fonthill, in Wiltshire, which
cost over a million. Presently the evil
days came-vast sums lost in Jamaica
through depreciation in the value of
his estates and lawsuits resulting
therefrom led Beckford to sell Fonthill
at a ridiculous price and to retire to
Bath broken in health and fortune
Here he spent the rest of hia days a
recluse, shut up with his books ard
fancies. One commodious house would
not suffice to hold his treasures, 81
on either side were purchased, one be-
ing connected with covered way on
the second floor, which can still be
seen. His passion for building unas-
suaged, Beckford erected e great tower
on the hill a mile above his house
wherein to study. and when he die1 his
remains were laid above the ground at
the foot in a granite sarcophagus
which was prepared during his life
time. The property was then sold fof
a tea garden, but his daughter, the
duchess of Hamilton. repurchased il
and to save it from dissertation gave it
to the rector of Walcot as a cemetery.
The tower has just been repaired and
1t is once more possible to enjoy the
wonderful view from the summit,
which is $50 feet above sea level.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
WON ANS WAYS.
AS Spectators Are Past Finding Out
by an Ordinary Broker.

Chicago Journal: Deliver me from
my more wheat deals with women,
said the commission man, YEARLY.
Just read this letter. Do you see
what she says? Calls me robber and
says she will prosecute me. She won't
do that, of course, because if she did
her folks would find out about her lit
tie speculation, and | know her well
enough to understand the she wouldn't
let it out if she could help it. and she
couldn't prosecute me anyway. Then
look at the rest of it. One would
think from that letter | was running
the biggest skin game on earth. But
suppose l ought not to be surprised.
never saw a woman yet who didn't
want odds of a million to one in her
favor if she took it into her head to
put up little money on something.
I'll tell you what brought out all of
that abuse. This woman decided some
time ago to trade little in wheat.
She wrote, sending me 500, with in
structions to buy her 1000 bushels.
did so, but the price of wheat went
down almost as soon as l had tele-
phoned the order over to the firm at
the board. l made up my mind that
she shouldn't lose If / could help 1t.
even If had to help her out myself.
So l began margining for her on my
own account. / put up $40 without
being worried much, for thought the
price would go up soon, but it didn't.
and had to spend another $40 to save
my own margin. There was $40 gone
just to protect her little old $40. Be-
fore the market began to come up
again | had to put in $50. Then one
day the price came up very gradually.
As soon as it got to the point where
/ could save myself / sold out, as any
wise man would have done in my fix.
AS it happened, too, the price went
back just after | had sold out, proving
the wisdom of my course. Well,
informed my client of what l had
done, supposing she would be de-
lighted at the interest l had taken
and at my attempt to save her invest
ment for her. You can judge for your
self from that letter how we'll pleased
she is. Says / am a robber. after
took all that pains TO put up that
money to save her old 500. No, | guess
| won't do any more trading with
women. They expect too much"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Mistaken Sound.

Madame de Navarro has recorded in
"A Few Memories" the greatest lesson
she ever received against too much
realism. In a certain drama, the hero
inc, under great excitement, suddenly
stops to gain composure, as she hears
the approaching carriages OF the
guests. 'Hark!" she says. II hear
the wheels of their carriages" We
obtained the effects of approaching
wheels, but, try as we would, the
stamping of the horses feet upon the
gravel before Clarisse's door we could
not manage. At last brilliant idea
struck me, which the stage manager
promptly Endorsed. 1t was that we
should have in a donkey from Covent
Garden to trot up and down behind the
scenes on the gravel especially laid for
him. We were decidedly nervous on
the first appearance of our four-footed
friend, whose role was to counterfeit
the housekeeping horses of the brill
liant French court. When his cue was
given, there was only an ominous ST.
lence. ! repeated the word in a louder
voice, when such a braying and scuf-
fling were heard as sent the audience
into roars of laughter. Although it
was one of the most serious situations
of the play, could not help joining in
their mirth until the tears rolled down
my cheeks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Saved by a Cat.

Score one for pussy A Bristol eng
land) cat a few days ago proved the
means of saving a whole family from
destruction by fire. At half-past in
the morning a shopkeeper named Ledo
Schneidermann was aroused by his pet
tabby, which was gently scratching his
face. He tried to drive her away, but
as the faithful feline persisted, he
aroused himself, to find the room full
of smoke. He alarmed ledger, Her
mon Muller, who was sleeping on the
same floor. and also his sister and an
other young woman. They all rushed
to the stairs, where the flames were al
ready spreading With the exception
of the ledger, the inmates, taking puss
with them, reached landing, from
which they escaped to the back yard
Just as the flames shot right through
the spiral staircase. Muller, who had
stopped to put on his boots, was cut
off from escape. The flames reached
his room, and then, throwing out some
bedding, he leaped from the second
story window. He badly sprained his
ankle and was taken to the infirmary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

He fingered simply because be could
not tear himself away. though he could
see In every dropping movement that
she was exhausted and unhappy, and
wished to be alone.
He would have bartered all his pros
poets for the privilege Of taking her in
his arms and soothing her-of holding
her to his heart, and telling her that
henceforth nothing should ever grieYe
her. He held out his hand at last re-
luctantly.
rs there nothing more that can
do for you?" he asked.
mo, there is nothing" she replied.
shaking her head and smiling You
are so kind, don't know how to thank
you sufficiently for your kindness"
1t seemed a painful wrench when he
loosed the little fingers from his own.
"By-the-by, Mr.. Martineau"-she fol-
followed him to the door, left my
left my wedding ring on your table.
| nearly forgot to mention it to you.
Did you see it,"
Il did" he stammered. ut is quite
safe-you shall have 1t; have it safe. "
he reiterated in confusion; but l
can't give 1t to you now"
How could he, when it was hung
from his neck by slender cord?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

From the Philadelphia Record: A
lady in Paris is reported to have lost
her purse in dressmaker's establish
ment. She had all the young ladies of
the establishment called in, so it is Sc
riously reported, and demanded from
each one lock of her hair. The tok-
ems We're then pinned to pieces of pa
per bearing the owners names, and as
the customer left the establishment
she remarked. My purse has been
stolen. but as do not wish to subject
innocent girls to the humiliation of
being searched. l intend early tomor-
row morning to subject your hair and
handwritings to a somnambulist and
clairvoyant, who will tell me which
of you is the thief" In the course of
the evening the lady received an
anonymous parcel containing intact
her purse with its contents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
Gold Cannot XII BACTERIA.

Ravenel, the scientist, has taken
various forms of micro-organisms
such as anthrax spores dried on silk
threads, recently grown cultures Of
diphtheria on blood serum and cultures
of the typhoid fever bacillus and the
bacillus prodigiosus (the three latter
organisms also placed on silk threads
before exposure, some Of the threads
being allowed to remain moist), and
exposed them to liquid air. which has
a temperature of S12 degrees Fahren-
nett below zero. The time of exposure
varied from one minute to three hours
for the anthrax spores. and for hriefer
maximum periods for the other micro
organisms. In no case were the bac-
terra killed, and Ravenel believes that
cold cannot be relied upon as disin-
fectant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

The following story from Success il
Illustrates woman's quick tact in an
emergency. 1t is about college presi-
dent, who is a great gardener and
wears a glass eye. One day this col
lege president, it being summer and he
on his vacation, rushed in from the
garden all soiled and spattered and
without his glass eye. His wife was
seated with a caller of Importance.
She perceived the special unfitness of
her husbands condition and frigidly
said to him: John, go at once to the
library and tell your master Mrs. -
wishes to see him" He went and soon
reappeared, clothed, eyed. and in his
right mind. This college president, it
is plain, is himself man of presence
of mind. There are plenty of men
who, confronted by such a remark of
genius as this, would have stared and
faltered out. But, my dear and
spoiled it ALL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21

Pierre d'Astorg-Served under Simon
de Montfort, Compile de Toulouse, at
the battle of Maret, 1918. in which the
King of Arragon was killed. Bernard
d'Astorg-A crusader serving under
Alphonse, Compile de Toulouse. Gull
laume dAstorg-Present at the Fol ct
Homage rendered May 1921, by Main
froid de Chateauneui. Pierre d'Astorg
-Seigneur de Noaillac, Limausin, in
1868. Adhemar d'Astorg-Served in
1898 in Gascony and Flanders. Ber-
nard d'Astorg-Served against the
English, 1889 and 1856. Pierre d'As-
tory Seigneur de Montbartier,
Guienne, 1890, 1875. Jean Jacques
d Astorg- Anne de Montclair;
served against the English in 1440, AZ,
so. Jacques 'Astorg- Seigneur de Sc
greville, married Jeanne de Beaufort.
Jean Jacques d'Astorg Married
Jeanne de Verdale. Jacques d'Astorg
Knight of the Order of st. John of
Jerusalem. Antoine d'Astorg- de
Montbartier (Haute Garonne). Served
in Italy under Francois Iier Married
Marguerite, daughter of Roger, Baron
of Montespan, Dec. 10. 1905. Antoine
Acknowledgment de Montbartier
and Governor in the Diocese of Tou-
louise Married Gabrielle de Goiren de
Lux in 1868. His will is dated Feb. 81,
1887 The Chateau de Montbardier.
Guienne, was destroyed by the Ligue
in 1871. Joseph d'Astorg Marquis de
Rouquepine. Married Miremonde de
Nun, Nov 10, 1892. Compile d'Aubar-
EIDE Bigorre, by gift of Raymond de
Goirans, his aunt, Dame d'Aubarede
Paul d'Astorg-Seigneur de Aubarede
Governor of Sedan, Marechal des
Camps. Married Gabrielle de Mauleons.
daughter Of Giraud de Mauleons, Bar
on de Barbazon, July 81, 1929. Jacques
d'Astorg-Comte d'Aubardede. Baron de
Barbaron, Seigneur de Thuy, Mory Gin
don and Belmont; married lI.laire de
Busca, daughter of Baron de Peyrusse,
Feb. 2, 1862. Jean Jacques d'Astorg-
Born in France, Jan 2S, 1864. Fled to
Germany upon the revocation of the
euiCl Vi NANTES III lOoo- hdilicu anne
Marguerite Eberhard in 1892. Died in
Nussloch, near Heidelberg, Baden,
April 2. I'LL. Felix Astor-Son of the
foregoing. born at Nussloch, 1893. Mar
ried Eva Dorathea Freund in 1899. Died
at Waldorf. near Heidelberg, Baden.
Aug. 10, 1865. Johanne Jacob Astor-
Born July 7, 1724 Married Marie Mag
delene Vorfelder, July 5, 1865. Died at
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
The preyfus Children. Friends.

In reading of the affair which has
upset the equilibrium of France for the
last three years one is apt to think
little of the family side of the case, the
daily scenes, the heartaches, the suf-
fering in the home of Capt. Dreyfus.
An Antwerp merchant, just returned
from Paris, says that being in Paris
on business few days ago he visited
the house of some friends of the Drey-
fus family, who told him that every
year Capt. Dreyfus' children receive
on New Years day, Easter, ST. Nicho-
las day and Christmas a large case
containing many pounds Of beautiful
presents. With each case comes the
simple inscription, From papa" The
donor remains always anonymous. his
object being to make the innocent
children believe their father really sent
the gifts. This has been kept up ever
since the day when the martyr left his
country in exile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-09-21
THERE is NO oRETNA GREEN.
Place Where Romantic Marriages Take
Place Has No Existence.

AldCo where ROMANTIC marriages lake
Place Has No Existence.
From the Genealogical Magazine:
The novelists have woven a romance
about Gretna Green and its village
blacksmith which will last for all time
and which for all time will supply a
denouement to the wares of successive
professional story tellers. The sordid
facts of Gretna Green marriages and
the still more sordid details of the
Gretna Green registers are widely diff
which we associate with the days OF
postboys and the mad racing and chas-
ing through Carlisle. The history or
Gretna Green and its marriages rests
upon the abominable marriage laws OF
Scotland. We call them abominable,
for they are the curse Of the Scottish
genealogy. The marriage laws in Scot
land were and are (for they remain I'M
altered) atrociously simple, and there
in lay the temptation and attraction OF
.Gretna Green. Probably the novel
reading public will be shocked to hear
that there is no such definite place as
Gretna Green; the name applies to
district comprising some number OF
villages or hamlets some miles apart.
All that was necessary was to get over
the border into Scotland and there
make the necessary contract before
witnesses. The blacksmith's shop on
the high road north from Carlisle was
the most easily accessible and was
probably the best known, but there
were some houses just over the border
which kept witnesses at hand and re-
tanned a register of the contracts en-
tered into. The registers were a Sec
ondary matter and the fees demanded
were frequently large and, where Sc
crecy was an object, extortionate.
Those Gretra Green marriages still &C.
casionally take place, though now only
between residents in the neighborhood,
but as similar ceremonies take place all
over Scotland there is nothing espe-
cially distinctive about the contracts
made at these Gretna Green marrying
shops. But unless an actual and
proper ceremony takes place we believe
these Scottish marriages are not valid
upon persons where both are of Eng
lish domicile, though to those intend
ing to elope we can offer the consola-
ton of the fact that the preliminary
residence and advertisement necessary
in England are not compulsory in Scot
land, and a marriage in a Scottish
church is binding. So a couple of re-
turn tickets to Scotland may still
carry matrimonial advantages. The
British law attaches great weight to
domicile and, provided domicile be
established, marriage legal under the
laws of the place of domicile is held to
be valid in England.