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the subject, wander some day
through the cemeteries of San Francisco
In the older portions of some of these you
will find number of epitaphs that are
both quaint and curious
The writing Of epitaphs, like that of
epigrams, is said to be lost art. How
ever that may be, the supervision which
is now exercised over the inscriptions on
tombstones has caused a great change
between the graveyard literature of to-
day and that of a hundred years ago.
There is one thing to remember when
reading epitaphs, particularly those of a
eulogistic character. 1t is that the writ
er of an epitaph is not upon oath" Ig
natius Donnelly once, when expounding
his Baconian theory, was asked why, II
Shakespeare could not write, his family
had monument placed over his tomb
representing him with a pen in his hand.
For one brief second Mr.. Donnelly hes
itated. Then, his Irish wit coming to the
rescue. he replied:
"Oh, my friend. if you are going to take
testimony from tombstones you offer evil
dence that no properly constituted court
would accept"
There is a world of freakishness reveal
ed in the eptaphs in some of the local
cemeteries, particularly as regards com
position and grammar and the distribu-
ton of punctuation marks and capitals.
the Masonic Cemetery, in the southeast
corner of which you will find an epitaph
that is most interesting, as containing the
story of A long and eventful life. 1t is
engraved upon the two sides of a pyra-
mdal monument, and was composed by
the man himself some years before MS
death. 1t reads
"All you that chance
| This grave to see
If you can read English
Nav learn by me
I travelled, read and studied
I Mankind to know
And what most interested them
Here below
The present or the future state and love
of power,
Envy, fear. love or hate occupied each
Wakeful hour
All would teach, but few would under
The greater part know little of either God
or man.
Love one another, a very good maxim all
agreed.
Learn. labor and wait if you would sue
ceed.
In the five divisions of the world 1 have
been
The cities of Peking and Constantinople
| have seen
On the first railway l rode, before others
were made
Saw the first telegraph operate. so use
full to trade
In the first steamship the Atlantic
crossed
Suffered six shipwrecks, where lives were
lost
In the first steamer to California L did
sail,
And went to China by the first Pacific
Mail;
After many endeavors my affairs to fix
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Books ReCeiVpd

PUERTO RICO AND ITS RESOURCES
BY Frederick A. Ober. D. Appleton &,
Co. publishers, New York.
TAURUA - BY Emily s. Loud. A
strange story of the South Seas The
Editor Publishing Company. Cincinnati
A HEAVEN EN-KISSING HILL-By Julia
Magruder A readable little story Her
bert G. Stone & Co, publishers. New
York.
THE MAN WITH THE HOE AND
OTHER POEMS-By Edwin Markham
Doubleday-McClure Company, publishers,
New York.
DRY BREAD-By Samuel Walker. \
novel dealing with what the writer is
pleased to term the reign of selfshness' -
G. w. Dillingham; & Co, publishers, New
York
LOCK AND KEY-By James M. Gal
loway: story combining discussion of
scientific problems and a strong vein of
romance. G. w. Dillingham; e Co, pub
fishers. New York.
THE FALSE STAR-By a. D. Cash A
story of Utah, said to be based upon fact.
Mormonism is shown up in an uncompli-
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FREAKSH EPITAPHS IN OLD CEMETERIES

'I am happy. but you are sad
I rest in Heaven to guide your bed"
"Stop. young friend, and think awhile.
But on my grave don't cast a smile
AS you are now so once was l;
AS L am now so you will be;
Prepare for death to follow me"
Her martyr patience, love that failed fot
never,
Thro weary months of Christ-like
dover,
blessed Memory! framed in light for
Pure as her native souths magnolia
flower"
Farewell on earth; heaven claims It's
Yet. when from me thy presence went,
I was exchanged for God alone;
Let dust and ashes learn content"
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade
Death came with friendly care;
The opening bud to heaven conveyed
And bade it blossom there"
"a little time of pain,
little time of trust,
And then we hope to meet
Our loved ones and the just"
p
the old Mission Dolores nothing remains
but few rain-washed headstones, the
painted letters on their wooden surfaces
being so blurred as to be undecipherabie.
That is, there is nothing remaining with
the exception of one marble stone, upon
which is engraved:
"Snatched by DEATH
Alas, too soon you fed
At noon of life
To join the silent dead.
But when the trumpet
Sounds that awful phrase
May angels bright
Your soul to heaven raise"
Some years ago a man named George H.
Churchill ended his life in this city. In
letter to the Coroner he gave his rea--.
sons for taking the fatal step. He said:
1T takes money to live and it requires
work to get money, and I am unable to
work, too proud to beg and not smart
enough to steal. I am absolutely COM
PEELED by the unfortunate circumstances
in which I am placed to end a life which
has become burden to me-"
Attached to the letter was the epitaph
which he wished placed upon his tomb
stone:
Here unfortunate Churchill lies,
Nobody laughs nobody cries;
Where he's gone, how he fares,
Nobody knows, nobody cares.
There are few old Californians who will
not remember Hank Monk, the celebratetA
stage-driver, who in early days, before
the iron horses doomed across the coun-e
try, drove his coach through the State}
and drove 1t so well that no one who eve9
made trip with him has forgotten the
experience. On a slab in a Nevada burial
ground are these words:
Sacred to the memory of Hank Monk
the whitest, biggest hearted and best
1y,N@ l,-f,.
was kind to all and thought i'll of none
He lived in a strange era and was hero;
and the wheels of his coach are now ring
ing on golden streets"
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Copyrighted 1879 by Joel Chandler Harris
n the children could
He said the had practiced
3 the % ds s hs h s4 a of o @ oso oa @ 2as
thief
had bought
compelled voney
Oh how old it. and what Susan
is belong and is it tame so tame that
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put him Finally 9TH there re- Was % q M in the & fTetsmens d after ~
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Of the @ oor % w n his supple
@ uddeny flies over or appears sight
What the trouble
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mao Likely not Pied
kind & Son Be Ben "A All a and md @ much M
% @ % & @ @ @ % m cdee @ yo@ns @ o % GP bae @
s%id nca d ad ants good S things
You say
Ms Ms o9a back A. @ aa 5qs s Sh b Hn 4s the
very gngery inclined shrink when Mr.
Drua; little while familiar with
giving him his dinner which consisted
had a day
e zig IoElqn lob & SF whie5 tsrsl h tpnaS re-
gets TN have clothes made larger
snF1Pe @ of Word SneS and n its w Hara M
% M mo4e % eH % the n ude 6e thing e Res sbon nand or to
did not hn
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short time 1 will occupy less than two
by six"
Other inscriptions in the same cemetery
are:
My husband, how fond shall thy mem
ory be,
Shrine within the corner of my heart'
If values worth was only known to me
And l alone can only feel how sad 1t
is to part"
The leaves of the oak and the willow
shall fade
Be scattered around and together be laid,
And the young and the old and the low
and the high
Shall moulder to dust and together shall
lie"
Death found him far from loving
friends, but kind ladies of San Francisco
prepared his resting place"
Sleep well. dear Louis, in thy cold bed;
Hard is the ground where thou must
dwell,
Yet chafes it not thy weary head;
Sleep, dearest love-farewell'
Even more curious than the foregoing
are some of the epitaphs TO be found at
Lone Mountain.
On a magnificent monument erected to
the memory of the purser of the Brother
Jonathan is this inscription:
Like life. the Sea was false, and hid
The cold dark rock from sight.
She struck! cry of dark despair
The waves rolled Ger his head.
He is gone. Down. Deep. All! he rises,
he floats. he is
Coming He is here-his SOUL
pain was my portion,
Physic was my food,
Groans were my devotions,
Drugs did me no good.
Christ was my physician,
Knew which way was the best,
So. to ease me of my pain
He took my soul to rest "
"6 and is s. It's all circus"
MY name, my country, what are they
to thee?
What, whether high or low my pedigree?
Perhaps 1 far surpassed all other men;
Perhaps I fell below them all, what then?
Suffice it, stranger, thou seest tomb;
Thou knowest its use-pass on;
1t hides-no matter whom"
Dearest loved one, 1 have laid thee
In the peaceful graves embrace,
But thy memory will be cherished,
Till l see thy heavenly face"
1--WE hope his soul is safe in Heaven,
In time to him we hope to come.
He lived in love, in peace he died;
His life was asked. but God denied
Blessed are the homesick
For they shall get home
"Our heavenly Father, he claimed our
mother
Carried her soul to realms of bliss;
Friends who knew and loved her
Would not wish her back to a world
like this
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was disfigured with large scar, received
a result of being l,Y.;ed by bull when
he was quite young. His enemies say
that when he vas speaking in an ani'
mated manner his features took on a
most diaholical look. He was often called
the demon
But in spite of this he was man of
power, force and tact and gifted with
the ability to make his remarks believed
by his listeners. He never spoke loudly,
but in some way he seemed to make him
self heard above all others, and those
who heard always remembered.
All of Danton's utterances were directed
toward the salvation 55f France. His aim
and actions are held 70 be consistent and
no sacrifice was deemed too great, pro-
Viding the end was attained.
Mr.. Belloc admits that in Dantons s case
human life was held very cheap. and then
points out all of the great men of the
world who held the power of life or death
have acted in similar manner. This he
holds to be due to the lack of a belief
in either a Being or a system. They look
upon their own code of morals a 6 all that
is necessary. Therefore such men are
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number from Templar Lodge to Myrtle
fair. There was work in the initiatory
degree, performed by the drill team from
IVY In very creditable manner. Dancing
Iollowed the work. and all present were
treated to a light collation.
The new board of trustees of the Or
phans' Home has been organized as 1ol-
lows: Lois NJ. Wycoff, president; Joseph
Inc Brown, vice president: Marian Green
wood, Olive T. Allen and Fannie Benia-
min: Mrs. Mary f. Donoho, secretary
At the annual meeting held last Wednes-
the. affairs at the home which shows that
1t is f1ourishing, that there are thirty
seven inmates and that it is in good SAINT
tary condition. Since 1t was opened
there has been but one death there
A new Rebekah Lodge will soon he in
sttuted at Orange, Orange County bv
Mrs. G. A. Hoxett, vice president % the
assembly. A new lodge will be instituted
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Carpenter visited Violet Lodge at Salinas,
at Santa Cruz Paradise at Watsonville
and Cypress at Santa Cruz. On the 3Gth
she will visit Palisade Lodge at Gonzalez
and for July she has announced the fol-
lowing visitations: July /, to Marguerite
Lodge. King City: g. to Natalie Lodge
San Miguel; 5. to Ysabel at Paso Robles;
6. San Luis Obispo at San Luis Obispo:
l. Cambria at Cambria: 10. Cayucos at
Cayucos; IL. Arroyo Grande at Arroyo
Grande. and 10, Acme at Santa Maria.
In her visits thus far Mrs. Carpenter has
capacities for the work in which she is
engaged and that she is an exceedingly
bright scholar. Her personal magnetism
and her zeal for the order have manifest
ed themselves and she has made friends
wherever she has been since she has been
installed in office
The recent visit of about fifteen MEM
bers of Ivy Lodge of Napa and a like
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Militant. assisted by Colonel Weaver of
Alameda, recently, installed the officers
Militant. l. o. o. F., in the presence of
large number of ladies and gentlemen.
The officers installed Were: Major r. j.
tenant: II. c. Coltari. ensign: G. w. Rog-
ers. clerk: F. P. Doyle, accountant. At
the conclusion Of the installation cere-
mony there was served UP choice sup
per. the banquet hall being beautifully
decorated and the tables made attractive
by lavish display of beautiful flowers
After the banquet there was an hour of
social converse and dancing.
]. L. Robinette of Sacramento, deputy
grand master. is recovering from his re-
long before he will again be with the
lodges. Recently he was with Olive Lodge
of Dutch Flat. on which occasion there
was an initiation.
The general relief cor n,it.es Of the /
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at Diamond Springs, Ell Dorado County,
curing the latter part of the month
LAST night Templar Rebekah Lodge had
seven candidates to take the degree.
THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS.
Two new parlors will shortly be insu
tuted in Sacramento.
Next month the several parlors of the
order will be busy with the installation Of
officers.
Mrs. Ziph and Mrs Wilhelm, who were
delegates to the Grand Parlor recently
held in Stockton, were in this city last
week
Mrs. Lillian A. Garlic, the founder of "a
Estrella Parlor for a number of years a
grand trustee of the order, and a sister Of
the late Frank Higgins. who was the first
president of the Native Sons of the
Golden West, is dangerously i'll at the
Continued on Page Thirty-Two.
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THE EASTERN STAR.

lttE EAS4 TIlSAS . AiN'
on the night of Wednesday, the 2Sth
inst. Olive Branch Chapter will meet in
its hall In the Native Sons building for
the purpose of initiating ten candidates.
That will increase the membership or the
new chapter to fifty-five and it is the aim
of the officers to increase it TO seventy
FIVE before the last day in July next.
Harmony Chapter at its last held meet
ing decided that it will have a grand en-
tertainment in Golden Gate Han on the
night OF The 14th Of September, and 1t has
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o. o. F. of Sacramento had it's annual ex-
cursion UP the Sacramento River on the
18th. and it was most enjoyable affair.
Deputy Grand Master J. L. Robinette,
assisted by Grand Warden w. ". Wat
son and Grand Secretary George t. Shaw,
by Sumner Lodge at Tracy, San joaquin
County. on the 4th of July. The Odd
Fellows of that county propose to make
the Fourth great holiday. M. t. Moses
will be the orator.
The officers of the various lodges hav-
ing been elected for the ensuing term,
they will soon be installed, and from pres
ent indications the outlook for Odd Fell
lowship in California during the next term
is most f1attering.
Grand Master Bonynge is visiting the
lodges in Humbold and Del Norte coun-
ties.
THE REBEKAHS
During the past week Mrs. Helen NJ.
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appointed a committee to arrange for the
prelimfnaries.
Grand Secretary Mrs. Wulats is ar
the order and their friends. 1t will be to
Tahoe in the near future. The excur-
sonists will start on Friday and return
on the following Tuesday.
The official visitation to California
Chapter will be on the goth of July. This
chapter will! give a children's party in
August.
THE ODD FELLOWS.
Colonel H. O. Brewer of the Patriarchs
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NM loc was to soon produce "a
VI NJ Study of Danton," there was
X 4 a stir of expectancy among
the people who read books.
A great deal was expected, both from the
subject and the writer. And there has
been no disappointment now that We have
tho hook before US. It IS entertaining and
profitable and holds the attention of the
render from beginning to en-.
But how many have found the hook
iust what they expected in its method of
handling? We all knew that Belloc could
Write a history Of Danton. if any man
could. but who thought that the work
would be 4 rehabilitation of one of The
most important figures in the French
Revolution Ard the rehabilitation all
seems to he to the credit Of Danton. 1t
makes another man Of the parsonage to
whom Taine once referred as "the
beast"
OF course. Mr.. Belloc has picked out his
own point Of view and looked at his suo-
ject through different glasses than other
historians most Of whom have been con
tent to work from the belief that the
man they werc writing about was the
terrible Danton," and nothing else.
But Mr.. Belloc has made a profound
analysis that has led him to a firm con
viction. He really belives that Danton
was consistent, even though guilty of alI
the crimes of which he has been accused
and, in fact, proven guilty.
The crimes are partially excused by Mr..
Belloc on the grounds of being necessary
TO the welfare of the people in those trou-
blous times. That Danton had firm pur-
pose in view all through the terrible
struggle Belloc has no doubt. much rs he
is at variance with other historians.
One Of the most important portions of
Bellocs work is that which refers TO the
youth of Danton. Very little is known.
but Belloc has all that there Is and 4
little more than his predecessors in the
same field Of historical research. The po-
litical condition Of the little town where
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+ r AVE you ever devoted melan-
choly hour to the pleasing task
- of thinking out an appropriate
epitaph for yourself? If you
i possess scarcity of ideas on
the S1lhiect wander some daN
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THE STORY OF MR. COON Bv Ioel Chaualey Ha1vzs

Copyrighted 1899, by Joel Chandler Harris.
children Mr. Bobs could
He said the had been
Ali, tell abou
probability of
nobody could
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Continued on Page Thirty-TWo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-11
appropriate Quotations.

The story of the minister who prided
himself upon never being at It lne>
for an illustration and who, when at
a climax. said, May thy blessings
come upon Us. ON, Lord. Ilay they
comc--com is u lnunGergU"' At
wOodpeckers, Is dimmcG ny I:r. Ic.
objections of woman WHO once at
tended baptismal service OF negro
church in Missouri. Immersion was
among the tenets OF that church, and
the converts We're led out into stream
on which "A thin scam of ice was float
ing that early spring day. Members
Of the church Dy scores stood on the
banks singing, shouting and praying
ana on. after auotner the minister
ioak Lh,. hdE.. "a \ brother or a sis
1el' am iL.uiers,'d him or he.' th..sC
lines Tor the Father. ST. ana llO.!
Ghu--. But the current was running
.,-ry -~Iit. ard til. shivyrIbg. G'icnl-
crc, converts i,au trouble III keeping
h'HE ILo,4EG- MAJ" one oif"llj-ne
-. ieiiuw had gone down oGce aud
,.:Is- up loving and wneezin.: s:hcn
e.. ",.- r"'p' fram TIE GIasI a. 30
...t.l,igr. Bul the minister w;.t,:2pv
"a. si4.il r,' -eot lis mead ;.oove w2;er
e. ,.: seemed iii 4 EaiI .:ay to regain IA,
foeGjng. and thca turned wtth a 's,si
nt-s-l like air to the others ~a.tiGg GA
d" uahE:
The Lord @iveth and tie Lui,
tat7s.ta away: blessed rr the naHse "a
Ia. Lord Next
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-11

Many prominent news pa pers. a.

| Many prominent spa ptfS. aniOnl
them the Louisville Courier-JOar
nal, intimate more or less plainly
that poiygamy is goilE TO be a burn.
ing issue il politics III the near future.
says The Courier-J Journal: IF we are
20 have an anti-Dolygamy campaign
III tue United States, as appears III.
cvita Die. the constitutional amend
lnent plan is the direct way to get al
it, That paper adds that if the
S:ip;r:ue Court shculd declare a polyg-
amy i;.w, if passed by any State. IN
constitutional. it would be regarded
as strained construction by many.
MS ioc. nJt result from the fact
iai.t r. trainers OF the constitution
u any sympathy with pclygamy,
Tut simply that it did not occur to
thorn ma, such question could arise
= So State.
III" fear hat an anti-poiygamy cam
paign /: inevitable is as odd Il deiu-
sion a. ever seized the minds OF SEN
sible men. Roberts, the alleged poiy@-
:msit. who Was elected TO the EOTSc
oi Representatives last November by
thu Democrats in Utah. has melted
tnis fear. but Il moments : thought will
.r:ic.c .. IL constitution settles
'.,si.:t'- c;i~ IT,. .:ction provides
mat "r.ach uou>. lray Geter,L!L ,hs.
ru.ea os it, procs~-dings. punish lis
members Tor dieorGerly behavior. ;;g.d
wii:i th.. concurrence of twC-trirds.
expe, :. ,i.enIb Iber." rs the act ~ Con
less ;timi:iiHs E,;.l. 20 State COd
rrotih,ts pol cn:E .. tAat State. nat
r'.Nt tuu>c OF Representatives can, if
= .y:els,'-. ;trclar. Roberts i. guilty OF
Gjsv.cvl.E i~siavic!. providing it is
3r'.t'. ..,:.t !" is q pulyganr.:', ,.ard if
t,ra-'r ras ~ ths House hacs up tha:
q .1.:s. .-aiinu Ti.h Jheir v.,te-. ;ha;
teammates Roberts.
There i, not Inc faintest chance that
toiy Ianly can ever become an issue IN
-\merican politics 1t would not be
necessary to invoke the aid of tine su-
p"+me Court atali. Tn.. ~crators aG't
Representatives whoUl Utah ,uU 1
eject could BE- shut n";. al Cu:..rt.s ny
the twDtlirdo vote ui IL. ;.nanlhei- to
which they would b. ,i.ct,.,i. an,. that
wOuid do TIE business Tor tl:,. poly
any law. An interdirt u that sort
would very quickly 5ri4g an offend
ing State to. terms without either d
constitutional ;.menG mcnt Or az art :
i'oly"amy campaign. The ur.:,G tic:
itoher's vii! D'' u disturbing iu",,.. ...
politics l. 100 foolish fu.. serious c.;..-
temptation. The fear. too, tha piur-
marrIagc will again become the rue
in Utah is vain. Polygamy is as Il ii
As the other twin relic, slavery.
lone Democrat
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-03-11
THE HERO OF TALLABONCLA.

Dedicated to the memory OF Col. George +.
WsrinU, Jr., by Victor GebhsrLt, late Of
his Brigade Stsf.
When Mississppi's sunny hills, in eightesn
and sixty-four,
The bugle sounded US to charge, amidst the
cannon's roar,
Then rank and file OF Missouri's Fourth
Hussars,
''In the face of a CALLING fire. sped on with
loud huazaS.
But in the lead bold Waring rode. just forward
of his staff,
A mindless Of the leaden hail as though i
We're but chat
Twas then the whole command did lesrn,
from demonstrative proof,
That ne'er better soldier strode horse that
wore hOof
No more he II march in field or camp, nor call
his boys to follow.
He's gone to peaceful home, clad in his coun-
try's hallOw.
Zach trooper of his regiment, at the mention of
his name,
To memory calls some incident that adds lust,e
to his fame,
His deeds on field of carnal strife stand on in
bold relief;
Yet be il said, in Warnings praise, he gicd
humanity to relieve
When all ais boys are mustered in the roll of
the beyond,
Havana's unborn children to his praises will
respond, Amen.
St Louis, Mo-. Feb. I'D, l>90