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had been six and seven funerals a day
All the rest of the time about two a
month. We only lost six men.
1.-THE sick men were so glad to see us
and so grateful for anything we did 1t
fever for days and we had worked over
. them till it was as if they were our own
children, to have no proper nourishment
to keep up their strength. Often we had
nothing but beans to give to a GONZALES
cent typhoid case, and beans would mean
a certain relapse.
"Dr. O'Malley did everything he could
for the boys and bought a great many
delicacies out of his own pocket. You
see the boys had not been paid and few
of them had any money
''The officers table was always well
supplied, and we nurses would go to their
kitchen and take what we CO I get. Oh
learned to steal anything for the boys
could lay my hands on.
For a time 1 was in charge of the
measles camp. 1t was about a quarter of
a mile from the hospital and everything
had to be carried that distance. Of
course the hot drinks were cold drinks by
the time they reached the men. The
Panks of the Wabash as the camp was
called was on the steep side of the creek
and when 1T rained, as it did most of the
time, l watched to see that the tents, pa
tients and everything else did not float
away.
"All the boys but one got well of the
measles, and 1 think he might have been
saved, too.
There was no reason why we could
not have had plenty of milk and eggs, too,
for they were in the market; but Major
Wood said they were too expensive. We
STAYED till the fever was over and then
as there was nothing more to do, we were
sent home"
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A gentleman going through leading
street in Liverpool stopped to look at
some pictures displayed in one of the shop
windows He had not stood there many
seconds before he became aware OF the
close proximity of one of the nimble-
fingered gentry. The gentleman watched
him for a little while, then took out ms
purse and looked into it, as though count
ing If he had sufficient to make pur-
chase, then put the purse in the inside
pocket of his overcoat, making much ado
as though pushing it into corner; on
which he turned to look through the Win
dow again, seemingly 10th to give up the
bargain The light-fingered one slipped
up behind him, and, before you could say
Jack Robinson" had his hand in the ca
pacious pocket. The gentleman buttoned
up his coat and proceeded on his way,
but had not gone very far before man
called to him:
Hi! there's a man with his hand in
your pocket"
Never mind him. said the gentleman.
This occurred several times, and In each
case he gave the same reply.
Presently they came to a police sta
ton. The gentleman entered, made his
statement, and then asked one of the
officers to help to take his overcoat off,
as the man could not otherwise get his
hand loose. For, besides a quantity of
tishhooks, there was medium-si rat
trap in his pocket, into which he had in
serted hook when the man thought he
was hiding his purse, and into which the
would-be pickpocket had thrust his
hand, drawing down the spring, and thus
making himself prisoner.
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The Chinese have an elaborate we'd
ding ceremonial. 1t begins with presents
and the reports Of astrologers, observes
a writer in the London Mail. The par
ents then correspond. The girls father
offers his ugly and ill-favored child
for such is Oriental etiquette. The father
of the boy. not to be outdone in polite
ness. describes his son as "slothful. indi-
gent and weak in intellect" The brides
procession, for which even a mandarin
must make way, goes to the bridegroom's
house and is carried over the threshold
japanese politeness is like the Chinese;
female subsection is the same but the
national good humor makes ii more toll
erable There is a beautiful symbolism
in the lighting Of the torches, when the
brides and bridegroom's lights are per-
mitted to mingle.
The Persian wedding includes a torch
light procession of the bridegroom and
his friends to the brides home, where the
groom and his companions secure her and
then return~to the beating of drums
An Arab wedding lasts seven days.
The husband sees his wifes face after
the ceremony is over. 1t is then proper
for him to cry out in delight at its love-
liness, and then. as in the Bible. "the
friend of the bridegroom, who standeth
and heareth him rejoicing greatly be-
cause of the bridegroom's voice"-the
people outside the tent raise an answer
ing cry.
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n HEN the 1nA -TlldS snip, IHe
II | ST. Paul, sailed with the 20 900
h parcels of home love and
" " Christmas greeting for the
boys at Manila she carried an
other token of home of which
little was said-the seventeen women who
enlisted in the army and went to the
front to nurse the soldiers.
The army had said: I'VE can take care
Of our own sick and nurse our own
wounded The seat Of war is no place
for women; let them stay at home The
boys do not need any molly coddling; it
is unmilitary. If the soldiers are sick the
soldiers VIII take care Of them"
So the women nurses who had hoped TO
help bit in Spains punishment stayed
at home.
Whatever the Red Cross nurses did ~
did not do at Manila, they opened the
way for the regular Government women
nurses, and they have become recog-
nized part of the army as much as the
surgeons There are forty in Manila now,
regularly enlisted and serving under mill
tary discipline, just exactly as do the
boys IN blue. Every one of the Govern
ment nurses is a trained woman of un-
doubtable character and ability and
every soldier who comes home tells the
one story Of their devotedness and wom-
auly tenderness and courage.
IneSe women Olu not 20 out LOT money
They receive only $50 a month, and at
home they made twice as much. 1t was
not for fame nor glory, and it certainly
was not for fun that they signed their
enlistment contracts.
one Of the women, Miss Annie Kimball
came home last week. She was not able
10 stand the climate, and when Major
Fitzgerald saw she could not recover in
the Philippine environment he ordered
her to return to San Francisco. She is
recovering her strength fast, but still has
the Philippine complexion. She lost a
good deal of her Boston calm though
when she was talking about her expert
ences at the front. This is her story:
Il do not like to talk about it. l only
did my duty where men were dying all
around me. ! am only one of the rank
and file, and belong in the background.
! would gladly have stayed as long as one
Of the boys were in need of care. 1 did
so little. You know l was only on duty
for a month But, as you say, there are
thousands Of mothers and fathers and
friends Of the boys who wish to know
how they are taken care of.
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for days. I put my basin back on his table
and told him | guessed l could fix him
right away.
He was boy from Minneapolis and had
never been away from home before, and
oh, how homesick he was. L asked him
If his people knew he was SO sick, and he
said; I can't say l am well exactly, but
what's the use of telling them I'm sick?
1t would only make them worry, and so
L won't say anything until I'm better
1 found nearly every soldier did that.
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Sick Soldiers IRE 01entea IN Mau1za


Q @ G c G 90 @ soc 900 9
When the battle was at its height could not .
:, for the boys fast they brought H.
The men went out to the firing Ines and picked G
up the wounded, for it boiling hot. 1t 9
during these days when the Hospital Corps forgot
= they tired or at they might be shot. They Q
:, carried water and bandages out to the lines. =
9 600 &C @ @ @ @ 200 .
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6 Q Q Q Q 9 Q Q 9 Q DC Q Q Q 9 Q 9 9 Q
CATCHING
PICKPOCkETS

ANY stories are told as TO how
pickpockets come to grief at
times, with all their cleverness,
but the following story, the
The San Francisco call., 1899-05-07

About eight million tons of coal are an
nually consumed in London.
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HEN the CHI mas ship, the
st. Paul, sailed with the 10000
parcels of home love and
Christmas greeting for the
boys at Manila she carried an
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aovA. s.k,so POWDER CO., NEW voak.

L. Tremeth, H. Day, Santa Barbara
Capital stock, 100000; paid 500.
Big Bar Mining Company of Eureka
To do general mining. Directors: IL
Hendriksen, T. Swonson, G. A. VALID
ner, H. H. Buhne, A. Brown, Eureka
Capital. $4,000; paid SIS, 100.
Alesandro Valley Water Company
To buy, sell and develop water rights
Directors: D. E. Myers, S. c. Truetield
E. G. Bennett, S. Lynn, o. N. Brant
NJ. F. Wolcott, c.. Richards, Moreno
Capital stock, $4,000; paid $500.
Standard Laundry Company of Oak
land To do a general laundry bust
ness. Directors: 7. B. Rohrbach, r
Smith, Oakland. Capital stock, $1O,-
600; subscribed $5,325.
Pacific Coast Fruit Company of Sar
Francisco. To do commission bust
ness in fruits. Directors: Webster
Treat, A. Spotswood, P. w. Treat, P. B
Randolph, S. A. Treat, San Francisco
Eureka Consolidated Fuel and Oh
Company of Selma To buy and sci
oil and to mine for the same. Di-
rectors: ]. B. Payne, Sol Bromstone
]. L. Hanshew. c. F. Heisingere, H. F
Peters. j. S. Ludington, E. Buoh, Selma
Capital, $25O,OO0; paid $4,000.
Caribou OIL Mining Company of Sar
Francisco. To do a general business il
oil development. Directors: Johr
Moss, A. Waterman, C. c. Spinks, W. A
Spinks, E. E. Bush, Hanford Capita
stock, S100,O00: paid $40
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The Water Tree.

NJ Ducharte recently made known to
the French Academy of Sciences the re-
suits of an experiment made by M.
Maxine Lecomte in Congo upon a tree
Of the genus Musenga. Upon making
incisions in the trunk of it and placing
pail at the foot of the tree, more than
ten quarts of pure water collected in
thirteen hours. The gorillas, it seems.
are in the habit of shaking their thirst
at these hidden fountains, and regulate
the flow of fluid at will by pulling off
different sized branches Many years
ago DIR. Wallich found in the province
of Martaban, Africa. a plant belonging
to the same natural order, whose soft
and porus wood discharged, when
wounded, very large quantity of
pure and tasteless fluid, which was
quite wholesome, and was used as a
beverage by the natives This plant
was named by DR.. Wallich the water
vine, and has been placed in the genus
Phytocrene, which signifies plant
fountain" These plants form a re-
markable exception to the usual char
acter Of the order, which embraces
species that produce a milky juice
such, for example, as the celebra ted
COW tree. or Palo de Vaca, of South
America, which yields a copious sup
ply of rich and wholesome milk as
good as that of the COW, and used for
the same purpose.-Public Opinion.
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won, Half Time second, Prestigidita-
trice third Time-1:42.
Five and half furlongs, Manville
won,i Warren second, Wildwood third.
Time :G91ha
Mile and a sixteenth, Merry Prince
won. Dan Rice second, Decanter third.
Time-1.471
IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, June Sat the first day
of the Kempton Park first summer
meeting to-day the Sunbury Handicap
Plate of 200 sovefeigns was won by
j. P. Peard's three-year-ol chestnut
colt Merry Methodist, by Hampton
Heresy Tod Sloan rode Sir r. Wa.die
Grifith's six year-old bay horse Eileen
Aigas, and was unplaced. Eleven
horses ran the jubilee course, one mile.
The betting was % to 3 against Eileen
Aigas.
The Kempton Park two-year-old
plate 600 sovereigns, was won by Sir
r. Waldie Griffith's colt Rice, with
Sloan up. Horatio Bottomley's Stage
Marriage was second, and R. G. c.
Cartons Mohican II. colt was third.
Six horses ran. The betting was Z to
against Rice.
The June Plate, 1O3 sovereigns, was
won by Charina. Sloan rode Eileen
Aigas in this race, but was unplaced.
Four horses ran one mile and a quar-
ter. The betting was IL to 4 against
Eileen Aigas
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Oddities in Umbrellas,

Many curious umbrellas are made.
one l have seen can be taken apart
and put in ones pocket The stick is
of wood about an inch in diameter.
The cover can be turned inside out,
and folded into a small bundle. BY
touching a spring the ribs come off,
straighten out, and may be placed in
the hollow of the stick. which is then
presentable walking stick 1t is
found very convenient by it's owner,
who is a drummer. Another is still
more ingenious. The handle is curved,
and when a spring is pressed a pipe
flies out. The ribs are slowed away in
the center, and the owner has a walk
ingstick, but in the center there is
also a rapier, which may be drawn
out. Aother neat invention is hollow
stick which contains a campo chair.
Three steel supports are pressed out
Of the top of the stick, triangular
piece of canvas put on, and a seat is
had which is at least as comfortable
as a bicycle saddle. All of these
strange umbrellas come from the Old
World. The umbrella-makers say that
Europeans take much more pride in
their umbrellas than do people of this
country. Many little jokes are con-
cealed in the umbrella handles there
A handle may present the appearance
of the head of a monkey or a cat OF
some other animal, and a secret spring
will cause the little creature to open
its mouth and squirt a drop of cologne
on the beholder = John Gilner Speed
in Woman's Home Companion.
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ON EASTERN DIAMONDS.
RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE GAMES.
Brooklyn Holds the Lead in the
Championship Race, With
Boston Second.

PHILADELPHIA, June 3. Fifield
started in to pitch for the Phillies to-
day, but retired in favor of Ortiz in
the fourth, after Pittsburg had secured
six runs. While running to first base
in the eighth inning Reitz snapped a
tendon in his right leg. Attendance,
5,S01
Score: Pittsburg Is, hits 49, errors s.;
Philadelphia g. hits ), errors @. Batter.
| ies-Veer and Bowerman; Fifield, Ortiz
and Mcfarland. Umpires-Emslie and
Mcdonald.
AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, June 3.-Chicago bats
men fattened their batting averages to-
day at the expense of Nops. eleven sin
giles, hit batsman. base on balls
and walk charged against him in the
two innings he was on the rubber At
tendance, 1850.
Score: Baltimore 5, hits II, errors T.;
Chicago IA, hits 10, errors l. Batteries
l-Nops, Howell and Robinson; Crespam,
Taylor and Nichols. Umpires-O'Day
and McGarr.
AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK June 3-Louisville won
to-day by timely batting Both pitch
ers were effective. Bowling particularly.
when bases We're occupied
Score: New York ., hits 8. errors I :.
Louisville 5, hits 8. errors 4. Batteries
Seymour and Grady; Bowling and
Kittredge. Umpires--Gaffney and An
drews.
AT BROOKLYN.
NEW YORK. June 3-To-day's game
was too one-sided to be interesting. The
| Brooklyns batted Hill hard when he
got the bail over the plate
Score: Cleveland 4. hits IL, errors ::
Brooklyn 13. hits 13. errors 9. Batter
ies-Hill and thinner; Kennedy and
Farrell. Umpires-Lynch and Connolly.
AT BOSTON.
BOSTON, June 3.-The home feam
had things pretty much their own way
to-day. Attendance, $500.
| Score: Boston 8, hits IL. errors 4.
| Cincinnati 2, hits a. errors 4. Batteries
Lewis and Clark: Hawley and Peitz
Umpires-Burns and Smith.
| AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June 3.-PowelI was
hit all over the lot to-day. Attendance.
1,5OO.
| Score: Washington IL, hits Z. errors
o; ST. Louis 2, hits 8. errors 3 Batter
ies-Weyhing and Mcclure; Powell and
Common. Umpires = Swartswood and
Warner
STANDING OF Ty5E cy1YpC
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Likes to Smoke.

A common Indian plains bear. the
property of Allan Matthewson Of Buru-
liza, Bengal, takes his morning smoke
at the. hookah, or Indian pipe. The In
dian smokes hookah by means OF
tube and mouthpiece. These are re-
moved for bruin who is very fond of
his smoke morning and evening, and
draws the smoke into his lungs through
the hole in the bowl of the hookah. 1t
he does not get his pipe regularly he
bowls. and shows his impotence in a
very marked manner. When smoking,
he inhales the smoke in large volumes,
and blows it out of his nose and mouth,
with much enjoyment and evident
pleasure This bear is also extremely
fond of raw eggs, in any condition
Many of this species of bear are found
in the hilly parts of Bengal, as we'll as
in most other parts of India, and When
taken young the cubs are easily tanned.
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A Taxameter Of 1857.

That the taxameter is not an abso-
lutely new thing has already been
pointed out, but it will, we imagine,
be news to most people that fore
runner of that ingenious instrument ex-
listed as long ago as 1857 This, how-
ever. is indicated in the following pas
sage from "Evelyn's Diary" the entry
being dated August 9th: II went to see
Colonel Blount, who showed me the APP
plication of the 'way-wiser' to coach,
exactly measuring the miles, and show
ing them by an index as we went on /
had three circles, one pointing to the
number of rods, another to the miles,
by ten to thousand, with all the sub
divisions or quarters; very pretty and
useful. This is precise enough, and
the curious appellation Of the indicator
''way-wiser" seems to Indicate the
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WILL SUE COUNTIES.
The Attorney Of the Lunacy Com.
mission is Preparing Papers.

Mr.. Hughes, the new attorney of the
Lunacy Commission, entered on his du-
ties on June LIST.
He has prepared papers for number
of suits, and is going to commence suit
against several counties in the State for
pay for the support of criminal insane.
Among the counties that it is claimed
by the commission, are Indebted to the
State, is Sacramento. There are three
criminal insane from this county, two
being at Stockton and one at Napa.
One is named Richards, one O'Brien
and the third is a Chinaman named All
Gee. The claims against the county
amount to about $1,000, of which that
for O'Brien is over 81 600. The claims
will be presented to the Board of SUI
pervisors this week and if payment is
refused suit will be begun Immediately.
A great many suits will also be brought
against the estates of individuals who
have been cared for in the asylums and
have money with which to pay for it.
or relatives able to pay for them. There
are said to be several such in this
county.
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MUST WEAR UNIFORMS.
All Employees Of State Insane Hos
pitfalls to Procure Them.

AT a meeting of the State Lunacy
Commission yesterday it was decided to
require all the employees in the State
Hospitals for the Insane to wear uni
forms.
The uniforms for the men will be gray
consisting Of a coat, vest and hat That
Of the women will be of blue cloth, with
nurses hat All the material will be
California made. The design of the uni
forms will be much the same as is now
in use in the Southern California Asy-
lum, and probably by July 1st all the
hospital employees will be in uniform
They will be allowed to procure their
own uniforms. The mems uniforms
will cost about 81 and the women's
q bout So
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Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transactions
have been recorded since our last re-
port:
Henry Grundman to Emile Grund-
man-Lot ., block 10. Fair Oaks tract.
| Estate of Henry Ehrhardt, deceased
to John Ehrhardt-S5-1O0 of an acl {
in southwest quarter section 3 town
ship, D north, range 4 east; $75.
| Y. S. McClatchy eft TX to David Bahrs
Lot 6, U and ", Twenty seventh and
Twenty eighth streets.
Sylvester D. Johnson and May Lin
nell to Sadie c.. neutrality-suspicious.
half lot 1O1. Chabolla Grant
Charlotte NJ. McClatchy to W. G.
Parker-South half OF east half lot 5,
J and K. Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets.
Allen L. Grimes ct ux. to LYDIA Jane
Pittman-South half lot Z, V and w,
Ninth and Tenth streets.
| John Ryan ct ux. to James Touhey-
Block North B and C, Fourteenth and
| Fifteenth streets.
Mrs. Nora M, Peck to homestead
North half lot 5, north half of east
twenty-four feet.ylot 6, NJ and N, Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets.
| l.. L. Lewis ct ux. to Adalberto A.
! Gltierrez-Lot !, block A. Oak Park.
V. S. McClatchy ct TX to Frank De-
Witt-Lot Z, U and V, Twenty-seventh
and Twenty-eighth streets
! Perrin Stanton ct ux. to E. D. Car
penter ct ux-West half of south half
lot 8, N and o, Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets; $3.50
Mollie Schaller to William Schaller--
Ten acres in west half of northwest
quarter of northeast quarter, section
33, township Z north, range east.
| William Schaller to homestead-Same
as above.
Mary Anna De Costa to homestead
Lot 6, Kendrick tract
V. S. McClatchy ct ux to Andrew
Maier-West half lot 3, U and V,
Twenty and Twenty-eighth
sstreets.
| w. Y. Goodell ct ux to Alice c. Milli-
; kon-Lot l, block C, Highland Park;
/ 81 400.
Julia NJ. Beebe to Elizabeth Urban
South twenty-four feet of north 80
! feet of lot ), @ and r, Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets.
/ D. l.. Davis ct Tx. to Jason Hamilton
! Davis-North, 113 acres of northeast
quarter section "a, township north,
range 6 east
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WANT A FREE FERRY.
Petition to Supervisors Not to Re.
new John Sofas Franchise.

Residents in the vicinity of Freeport
have been quietly circulating petition
in this city and have obtained the sig
natures of a large number of promi-
Inent citizens and business men of Sac
ramento to it.
1t is petition to the Board of Super
visors, asking them not to renew the
ferry franchise of John Soto at Free
port, which is about to expire, but to
give the people, instead, free ferry at
that place. 1t is the intention of the
movers to present the petition to the
board next week at their meeting and
also to present strong petition of par
ties down the river to the same effect
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REAR ADMIRAL sCHLEY.
Receives an Ovation on His Arrival
at Chicago.

CHICAGO, June 3.-Rear Admiral
Schley, accompanied by his wife. ar
rived in Chicago to-day from Omaha.
A body OF Chicago naval reserves who
fought at Santiago. a committee from
the Loyal Legion and a multitude of
citizens welcomed him at the station.
The party received an ovation all along
the route from the station to the Pal
mer House, where an informal break
fast was served.
This evening the Admiral dined at
the Chicago Athletic Club as the guest
of the Hamilton Club, and later will
hold an informal reception at the Ham
llton Club. He leaves Chicago Sunday
evening for Washington.
During his stay here Admiral Schley
will be attended by a guard of honor
of the naval reserves, consisting of sea-
men who served on the Maria Teresa
after she was raised.
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Articles of Incorporation.

The following articles of incorpora-
ton were yesterday filed at the Office Of
the Secretary of State:
Rialto Cigar Company of San Fran
cisco. To deal in cigars and tobacco.
Directors: C. H. Schmidt, G. p. LAM
gere, H. G. Martins, F. T. Waizman, A.
Meyer, San Francisco. Capital stock,
3d., 600: subscribed $625.
Santa Paula Mining and Reduction
Company. Santa Paula. To do a gen.
eral mining business. Directors: F. NJ.
Edgar, R. H. Irwin, L. M. Hardison, ).
S. Starr. w. A. Carney, Santa Paula.
Capital stock, $50. 900; paid. $1,000
Oxnard Oil Company of Summerland.
To mine for and deal in oil. Directors:
H. l.. Williams, c. C. Newman, j. G.
IIassing, B. P. Knox, T. A. Conant, G.
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He Promoted.

There is an anecdote told of an In
diana man who was presenting letter
of introduction to merchant in the
Ecuadorian Capital, Quito. Ecuador is
famous for it's earthquakes. All the
houses there are but one story in hight,
and the windows and doors of the thick
walls are the universal inches for safe
ty. The Indiana man had just finished
an elaborate pantomime in an attempt
to convey without words bis joy at
meeting the Spanish merchant. In the
middle Of it came an earthquake shock.
Like a flash, the merchant shot into
one of the window-niches, yelling to
the stranger "Pronto! Pronto!'
csQuiekl Quickly
The traveller was narrating it subse-
quentiyl when earthquake stories came
up:
81. didn't know no Spanish. and
didn't know what 'pronto. meant but
you bet prontoed," said the Indiana
maL-Argonaut.