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Terrible Experience of Samuel Duttor
and John Bauer.
PICKED UP BY A STEAMER.
Caught in the Great Storm of September
Is, While Attempting to Round the
Cape in an Open Boat.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. Slight days
at sea in an open boat with plenty OF
food but not a drop of fresh water is
the terrible experience of Samuel Dut-
ton and John Bauer, two Alaska min
ers who started out from Nome Sep
TENDER Is to round the cape on a pros
pecting trip.
They were caught in a great storm
blown far out to sea and left in a help
less condition, until the were rescued
by the steamer Centennial, which ar
rived with the unfortunate miners on
board
Notwithstanding they were carefully
nursed after their rescue by the officers
of the Centennial they show unmis-
takeable signs of the mental and phys
zeal anguish suffered during the eight
days in the open boat At the time
they were picked up both were ex-
hausted from thirst and exposure and
almost in a delirious condition, and
no hope of seeing another days sun
rise.
The boat in which they were blown
out to sea was 20-foot dorv. heavily
leden with provisions, bedding and
mining tools. By a strange oversight
there was not drop of fresh water
taken on board. A strong wind was
blowing off the shore when they
started, and in a few hours it had de-
veloDed into gale. It was impossible
TO face it and make the shore and it
was found necessary to run before the
storm.
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Interesting General Information
About California
MENTIONED IN THESE COLUMNS
Selections That viii Be of Great Interest To
Both Old And Young.

The Otay Gun Club has just returned
from Otay Dam with 220O ducks. This
is about 1000 too many.
Sandhill cranes are on the market
at Fresno. 1t is reported that the bird
is rapidly supplantlng the Belgian hare
in that section.
Orpheum-Jessie Bartlett Davis( en-
tirely new songs this week.. Mayne
&Caldwell. Kolb & Dill. Merritt &
Murdoch. McCale & Daniels. John
stone Bros.
Warden Wilkinson of Folsom prison
issued his first hanging invitations
last week. George Pullman was the
subject but Governor Gage reprieved
him to Nov 10.
+ While c. F. Silva was bringing the
barge Nicolaus down the river from
Fremont to Sacramento, loaded with
wood, the craft sprung leak and went
down to meet McGinty.
During the recent forest fire west of
Sebastopol mar moved his furniture
from his house, thinking the building
would be burned. The fire swept by
the house and consumed all the house
hold effects which had been removed.
Morosco's Burbank Theater-The OIL
liver Leslie Company, presenting Sol.
Smith RussePs successful comedy
Peaceful Valley" Next week, special
engagement Florence Roberts and
The Oliver-Leslie Company in "The
Country Girl"
Sacramento, Oct. This evening a
man named Nicholas Alberig, while
passing through an orchard a few
hundred yards north of the County
Hospitay, came on the body of a man
who had been dead for several days. !
The body had been partly eaten by
hogs. Coroner McMullen found moth
ing by which the remains could be |
but expects to learn tonight |
that the deceased was a hospital pa
tent who had wandered away and |
lied.
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Remarkable Blind Mute Enters COLLEGE
With Wonderful Standing.

Cambridge (Mass), Oct. 6.-Helen
Keller, the remarkable blind mute. is
at last Radcliffe girl. For five years
she has never faltered in her determ-
ination, and now she rejoices and the
world rejoices with her. Perhaps no
other child the world has ever known
has assimilated with anything like
aVidity of this one the lessons which
careful teachers have been able to give
1t was under the instruction of Ar
thur Gilman, for many years the trea..
surer of Radcliffe College, that the
bulk of Miss Kellar's preparation was
accomplished.
Geometry and algebra were natural
ly rather hard for the girl, who had
only her sense of touch to help, her;
but by patience and the empluymentt
OF several ingenious instruments, these
subjects, too, were mastered. All Ian
guages are joy to her, and since she
learned to speak English by placing
her fingers upon the lips of her instruc-
tor, she could. of course, learn the oral
part of anything.
Besides passing in all of the required
subjects, Miss Keller has entered Rad
nliffe with course or two to the good.
For all Helen Keller's remarkable in
she is, in the main. lust
pleasant. normal girl, enthusiastic.
,ond of fun. and delighting in social
pleasures. She is popular with her
college mates. and many of them are
earning manual language in order that
hey may hold ready intercourse with
Ter.
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Paid Well for the Work.

Not long since a large manufacturer
telegraphed to a London safe maker
requesting that an expert locksmitb
be sent at once to his place of business.
town about fifty miles from the civ
upon reaching his destination the ex-
pert, with his kit of tools, repaired to
the establishment and was Informed
That the vault, an old-fashioned affair
which locked with a key and which
contained the safe and books of the
concern, could not be opened.
The man examined the lock and then
the key opened his kit, took out hit
or wire and began to dig a mass of
crumbs, dust and lint out of the key
Then he Inserted it in the lock and
when the proprietor with a sick1v
smile looked up, turned the implement
and opened the door.
Whats your charger" asked tho
manufacturer.
give guineas," replied the expert
docs anyone know you are in
town."
mo"
well, then, here are six guineas,
remarked the manufacturer. .'TI give
you guinea extra il you'll take the
hrst train back to London without fell
ing anyone the price I've paid to have
man dig dust out of key for me-
London Telegraph.
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DARE AT LAST DISCOVERED.
Cheyenne and San Diego Bank Wrecker
Turns Up in Egypt.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 7-Disguised
under an assumed name and heavy
growth of whiSkerS, d. D. Dare de-
taulting president of the National
Bank OF San Diego, Cal, and the Chey-
enne National Bank, is now president
OF the principal railway in Alexandria,
Egypt. A German traveller who knows
him intimately discovered Dare on a
recent visit to Alexandria. He learned
that Dare had been there seevral years,
that he was president and principal
stakeholder in the Alexandria street
railway, and was posing as promi-
nent citizen.
Dare came to Cheyenne from Penn
sylvania during the boom days of the
range cattle business and made money
rapidly. In 1888 he became a stock
holder and vice-president of the Chey-
enne National Bank, and a year later
organized the National Bank of San
Diego. He made a plunge in real es-.
tate here and when values declined
unloaded his holdings on two banks.
Before taking charge of the Cali
fornia bank. of which he was presi-
dent, Dare married handsome Miss
Emily Cronkelton of Crested Butte,
Colo. Early in '92 the San Diego bank
failed for 100000, and the Chepenne
bank followed a few days later for
$500 Dare fled to Europe with
large sum of money belonging to the
depositors. He was accompanied by
his wife. who returned to this coun-
try soon after, when the story became
current that Dare attempted to throw
her overheard while crossing the Pa
cific.
A few days after the failure of the
banks, Cashier George Beard, of the
Cheyenne institution, committed sui
eide, and Vice-President J. N. Collins |
of the San Diego bank was arrested |
A week later Collins also committed |
suicide.
Secret service men are now bound |
for Egypt to arrest Dare.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

ent IN comparison with the past, ''the
earlier and better days of the repub
nc In speech he questions the bet
ter days of ''the Fathers" To estab
llsh his point Mr.. O'Meara makes mum.
erous citations from history. Wash
lngton heads his list of the sayings Of
INDUSTRIOUS men with his declaration
that speculation, peculation, and an
unsuitable thirst for riches seem to
nave got the better of every other con-
slderation." Patrick Henry had little
hope that "a people possessing so small
snare OF virtue and public spirit
would accomplish much. Alexander
Hamilton characterized the constitu-
tlon as "a frail and worthless fabric"
heIormers are constantly bewailing
tne existing corruption in politics, but
MI y Meara believes with McMasters
that in filibustering and gerrymander-i
ing, In stealing governorships and leg
isldtures, In using force at the polls,
IN colonizing and in distributing pat
ronage TO whom patronage is due, in !
all the frauds and tricks that 90 to
make up the worst form of practical
poHtcs, the men who founded our
state and national governments were,
Always our equals and often our mas
ters, though they lived at time when
universal suffrage did not exist and
when the franchise was everywhere
guarded by property and religious quail
lncatons Of the strictest kind" Mr..
y Meara cites the fact that great diff
Guilty was experienced in obtaining an
escort at the funeral of Samuel Adj
aIis' owing to political enmities. in
view OF which he is led to say: Find
IN the last thirty years a single word
OF personal contempt or bitterness hurl- !
ed by one candidate for President at 4
another. There is none such, and if it
nad been uttered the guilty man would |
nave fallen low in the esteem even of |
his own party" Yet such expressions
were common in the days of 'the Faith
ers' In some respects the politics
or our day is better than that of
hundred years ago. In some respects
IL Is worse. There are more tempta-
tons in modern politics. and, human
nature remaining about the same, there
Is more corruption of a certain kind
IMAM In the earlier days. Nevertheless.
the world of politics is growing better.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
APPEAL FOR GALVESTON.
Clara Barton Says There are Eight Thous-
and People SheIterless.

Galveston, Tex, Oct. Miss Clara
Barton, president of the National Red
Cross Society, today issued a state
ment to the manufacturers and bust
mess men of the country, in which
she appeals to them for aid in the
way of material to be used in the
building of homes for those who lost
their all in the recent storm. 1t is
addressed ITO the manufacturers and
dealers in lumber, hardware, builders
material and household goods, and to
the business men in general of the
United States" and says:
we believe it is reliably stated that
there is not one house in the area of
the storm unchanged by it. A large
proportion of those persons formerly
occupying them are entirely without
homes or even shelter. save such as
persons nearly as destitute as them
selves can offer them temporarily, to
their own great inconvenience and
cost.
THE number of this homeless class
is estimated at 5000 or more. Winter
is less than two months away. AL
though mild climate. still snow and
Ice are known here. If tents would
protect, which they will not, the sand
would not hold them down.
"Some substantial shelter must be
had at once for these people.
"The havoc wrought by the storm
in Galveston at once was much larger
in loss of life and property than at
Johnstown, but the donations in
money so far have aggregated one
third less for both the city and main
land than was given at Johnstown.
while the bountiful outpouring of
the peoples generosity has enabled
the General Relief Committee and the
Red Cross to feed the hungry, clothe
the naked and render the streets of
Galveston partially passable, nothing
has as yet been done toward rein
STANG the impoverished survivors in
houses where they can escape disease
and enjoy in slight measure the COM |
forts of which the storm has deprived |
them.
1T is for the purpose of awakening |
the sympathies of the American peo-
pie and further appealing to their
bountiful instincts to rescue these suf-
ferers from the hardships still con-
fronting them that the foregoing
statements have been put forth"
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
Result of Offering Champagne to Lion

Paris.-There was a serious accident
in the menagerie of the county fair
near Previs, in the department of Ar
deche. A large audience gathered to
witness local butcher enter the lion
cage, play a game of cards with the
lion tanner and drink bottle of cham
payne. The performance was success
ful until the butcher foolishly and
without warning to the tanner ap-
preached the lion and held a glass of
champagne ander his nose, whereupon
the lion bounded upon the butcher,
ground his shoulder within his Jaws
and mauled his body dreadfully. When
the butcher was removed he was al
most dead. In the meanwhile the au-
dience was panic-stricken, and in the
stampede to escape from the mena-
gerie many persons were trampled
upon and badly injured
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

The value of negative blessings, so to
speak-the things that do not happen
is seldom taken into account, yet one
might not unreasonably figure them as
assets" For instance, an insurance
expert estimates that two and a half
million accidents, involving a money
loss of one hundred and seventeen mil
lions Of dollars, take place in this coun-
try every year. Turning this state
ment about little, it would seem that
the people who met with no accident
last year saved thereby, on an average,
forty-six dollars and eighty cents!
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
MISS TOoKAH TURNER.

sidered the SWEETEST dresser of any of
the girls of the Cherokee tribe, and that
Is saying a great deal. Some of her
clothes are made in Paris. She has a.
line collection of diamonds and jewelry.
Miss Turner has none of the features
OF an Indian, and one would not be-
lieve she was part Cherokee unless told
OF the fact She is proud of her an
cestors, but it is likely she will marry a
white man, as most of this class of
girls do.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

To Americans the Lord Chief Justice
of England is usually but a name. The
late Baron Russell of Killowen. how
ever, was almost as well known and
quite as sincerely respected in the Uni
ted States as in Great Britain. He had
visited this country twice, the last time
to deliver most thoughtful and sug.
gestive address on international law.
Even before his elevation to the highest
judicial office in Great Britain. he had
won universal recognition by the mas
terly skill with which he had exposed
the Piggott forgeries in the London
Times, and indicated ParneIl. the
Irish home rule leader He represented
Great Britain in the Bering Sea arbitra-
ton, was a member of the Venezuela
tribunal, and on the death of Lord
Herschell was chosen to succeed him
ms President of the Joint High Commits
sion. These duties kept him in close
touch with American statesmen and
lawyers, whose confidence he won and
Kept by his courtesy, observation-disclosures
and profound legal knowledge. His
death was loss to international COM
ity, and to the whole body of English
speaking people.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

society people are irterested in the
announcement that the American So
ciety of Professors OF Dancing in con-
vention assembled has officially and
formally put the ban of its displeasnre
On THg-ume music and hop-waltz. Hero
after, If the professors of the ternsi-
chorean art are obeyed, dancers will
glide over the polished floor of the ball
room to the slower and swinging meas
ures of more dignified music, and the
Jerky two-Step is to be transformed
into dance of graceful and easy
movement. So far as the poetry of mo-
ton Is concerned. there can be no
doubt that the punishment of rag-time
and the hop, skip and jump STYLE of
dancing will be an improvement. If
mas always been difficult to admire an
aggregation of animated rubber balls
bouncing over the floor to the insnir-
Ing strains of "Ah, There, My Lady"
and similar up-to-date musical compo-
sltlons. At the same time it is more
than doubtful whether even the
weighty influence of the American
dancing masters will be sufficient to
drive rag-time music entirely out of
the field. Most people like a lively
tune, and the American people as
Whole are too nervous and mercurial in
temperament ever to go back to the
slow and dignified measures to which
our grandfathers walked through the
figures of the stately minuet.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

Conditions in Porto Rico have greatly
improved since the American occupa-
ton Of the island. An efficient tele-
graphic system has been established,
and roads are in process of construction
which will make all parts of the island
easily accessible. The judiciary has
been reformed; schools have been reor-
ganized and improved; an efficient DO
lice force has put down brigandage-
once the curse of the standard rem
dered life and property generally Sc
cure. Improved sanitation has had
marked effects in promoting public
health, and under the new order of
things, it is safe to assume that, as
time passes, the island will enjoy a
prosperity hitherto unknown in its his
tory.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

The loss and waste through negli-
gence is incompatible. The mechani-
cal genius and business energy of our
age is devoted in large measure to the
economies of doing things. If any one
shall say that inventions in machinery
have reached the limit, which is far
from safe prediction, no one can say
that the occupation of making men
has reached the limit. Men, as never
before, are a necessity of business.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
Where Isinglass Comes From.

The best isinglass comes from Rus
STA. where it is obtained from the giant
sturgeon which inhabits the Caspian
sea, and the rivers which run into il
This fish often grows to the.length of
twenty-five feet, and from its air bIad-
der the isinglass is prepared. 1t is
subjected to many processes before ba-
ing ready for sale, but the Russians
knowing it has the reputation of being
the best, take great pains in its nren-
aration, and in the worlds markets II
has practically no rival. A great deal
is made along the Amazon in Brazil
but it is very coarse and inferior. and
is used for the refining of LIQUORS and
similar purposes. The adulteration of
good isinglass with the inferior kinds
can always be detected by placing
samples in boiling water. The best.
isinglass will dissolve completely, Ieay-
ing no visible residuum, while the in
ferior variety will show threads of a
fbrous tissue dark in color.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
Empress Dowager Will Have To Take a
Back Seat.

Washington.-There is no intention
OF demanding the empress dowager of
China to be physically punished for her
part in the recent outrages, but it
seems to be the general feeling that
she should be excluded from further
participation in the government of the
empire. Even the Russian authorities
to whom she has shown marked friend
illness, will hardly insist on her reten-
ton against the desires of Great Brit
ain, Germany, Japan and the United
States.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
SWELL INDIAN GIRL.

MISS Tookah Turner. Highly Accom-
Pushed Quarter Breed Cherokee,
Inc most beautiful Indian girl in the
west according to photographers, is
MISS Tookah Turner. She is a quarter
breed Cherokee girl, and lives at Mus
kogee, l. L. Her father is a wealthy
merchant. He is white man. while
her mother is a Cherokee Indian. Miss
Turner is highly accomplished, having
graduated from several colleges and
schools of music and art. She is con-
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

Phrenology and palmistry are out of
date. Character, it is said, is now
read by the lines in the soles of the
feet. This seems to be getting down
to the foundation of things. 1t will
probably be found that the shoemaker
is responsible for more bad character
than has heretofore been supposed.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

If it's true that men who suddenly
appear in other sections of the country
change their names, the same thing
mas been observed of the American
reed bird when it migrates from place
70 Mace
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

A Yale professor claims to be able by
means Of hypnotism to cure drunkards
Of their thirst. The drunkards are re-
ported to be running over one another
in their hurry to get out of Connecticut.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

We are creditor nation all right, but
We are particular as to the line of credit
we extend. For instance: The Sultan
of Turkey would not be accommodated.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

The Shah of Persia has purchased
sixty bicycles and seven automobiles.
Ills highness must be contemplating
the living of fast life in the future.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

According to the census, Boston
should be eating 25.O7 per cent more
Of beans than she ate in 1890
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

A new Maryland industry is raising
Belgian hares for the market. May
no worse hair-raising story ever come
from that locality.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

In a way the treatment of the oyster
is reminiscent of the old Scriptural law
Of retaliation: "a knife for an eye"
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
Prints Money and Stamps.

From the desperate haste in which
bank notes are turned out at the bu-
reau of engraving and printing at
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

Wagers are sometimes laid by the
parusans of a cause because that's
their way of aid and abetting.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

Steven O'Meara, the brilliant editor
of the Boston Journal, believes that
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13

A line of excursion boats is now ply
ing on the Dead Sea- Yes, on theDead.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-10-13
nii1on" w VPOIuuIU MUIUunuIU InOu
HOLBROOK, AND SNOWFLAKE
Wholesale and
General Merchandise

rassSA Also Proprietors Of the Silver Creek
TGN3S FIGURING Mills, Agents for the Balm Wagon,
osborne harvesting Machinery, Oliver Chilled Flows
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ParlOr Furniture.

Mahogany inlaid, handsome
ly carved, mahogany finish in
laid, covered in satin damask
and tapestry. Three piece
Suits.
$500 kind, H2.so. $50 kind, $500.
$500 kind, $500. $50 kind, $500.
Mahogany inlaid, carved,
three pieces.
$4,000 kind, $500. $i35 kind, $500.
Mahogany finish, inlaid with
marqueterie, covered in satin
damask, 5 pieces.
$500 kind, s25.oo. $4,000 kind, $1,000.
5000 kind, $500. 1880 kind, 5000.
Parlor Suits, three and five
pieces; all upholstered; covered
with satin damask; some have
spring seat, arm and back;
handsomely fringed.
1880 kind, $500. StoS.oo kind, IS 90.
1880 kind, 5000.