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The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11
Redding Grade to Be Cut Down.

REDDING, Oct. 10.-Thomas G. Parker,
resident member of the San Francisco
firm of Boardman & Co., which is build
ing up Boardman's addition to Redding,
announces that he is prepared to settle
the fight over the cutting down of the
California, street grade here to the grade
officially established. This business street
rises TO a summit within two blocks. For
several years the progressive element has
tried to bring down the street, but abut-
ting property owners have assessed their
damage at a high figure and have man
aged to postpone the improvement. On
the west side of the street is the rail-
road reservation and it is through the rail-
road that Parker proposes to accomplish
the lowering of the street
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11
MINE OWNER MEALEY
STILL HELD PRISONER
Intends Filing Claim for Heavy
Damages Against the Mexican
GovaTnm emf

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 1O.-A dispatch
from Monterey. Mexico, says w. il.
man. who was arrested here yesterday
morning on a trivial charge growing out
Of the litigation as to the legal owner
ship of the famous Norias de Bajan mines,
is still closely confined in prison his
friends throughout Mexico are hard at
work trying to secure his release. Le-
gal counsel has been retained in Mealey'
behalf and the whole affair has been laid
before ambassador Clayton and the Sec
retary of State at Washington by wire
Mealey's friends allege that his arrest is
persecution. They assert that an offer
was made to-day to release him If he
would relinGuish all claim to the NOrias
de Bajan mines Inasmuch as these
mines are valued at nearly S2,0O0,G0
Mealey refused the offer. Mealey re-
Gently announced that he proposed to pre-
sent a claim against the Mexican Gov
ernment for 81 ,O0O 900 damages to the Sec
retary of State of the United States for
alleged i'll treatment. Because OF this
declaration on his part his arrest Oc-
Cured yesterday
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11

The dramatic rights for the United States
have been sold to Miss Mary Mannering,
who will produce It during the coming
season. The dramatic rights for Great
Britain have been sold to MIR. Fred Terry
and Miss Julia Nelson, who will also pro-
duce it during the coming season. No
novel since "Trilby" has been dramatized
for both countries and published in all three.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11

the aged president, accompanied by the
apostles. campaigning all portions of the
State and Southern Idaho. The effects
were quickly noticeable. and within three
flee the church was in a better position
financially than it had been at any time
subsequenW to the death of Brigham
Young.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11

cations made under the operations Of the
Edmunds-Tucker act. President Snow
imme mediately authorized bond issues ag-
gregating s., ,oOo. .oOo,. with the proceeds Of
which he paid off the most pressing debts
of the church and arranged for the re-
funding of others at much lower rate of
interest Following this came a great
crusade in favor of the payment of titheS,
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11

"GRAUSTARK," the story of Love
Behind a Throne, by George Barr Nc
Cutcheon, brother of John 7. McCutcheon,
is the most remarkable novel issued since
"Trfby."
1t is the fourth best selling book IN
this country; it is the best selling book IN
the Dominion of Canada; and large
edition has been sold in England.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11
Convict on Trial for Murder.

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 1O.-The trial of
L. G. Klein, a convict at Folsom prison,
charged with the murder of Henry Miller
another convict. on May II last, was be-
gun this morning before Judge Hart in
the Superior Court Miller was struck on
the head by Klein with a piece of iron
pipe used as a handle. Both men were
in for burglary in the second degree.
The San Francisco call., 1901-10-11
Stranger Injuries a Blacksmith.

SANTA CRUZ, Oct. 10.-H L. Jessen, a
blacksmith, purchased ring for 81 from a
stranger at Aptos, supposing 1T to be of
gold. He found is to be brass and the
stranger refused to return the money.
Jessen struck him twice and the stranger
escaped
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
novel Use For HIS ya,1s.,

Novel Use FOR His yeAAeR.
II have heard Of some strange ana
curious expedients that have been used
to clear the tracks. In cd6eS Of railroad
wrecks" said well known railroad
Official fepently, ''hat,the methods used
on small MIkn6dGnot6a2% Bal.
timore a few years ago to clear the
3tFackG and i~ncidehfAIlt sAv6ieHns en-.
CINE from serious, damage WaFe the
mosts6f1SRnai I eSefsheardG.oSl
THE wreck had been caused BY ics
iosn saah e ssGassl.1Ass8a&fta.ss%, .
had two engines. The first enGlpe and
ssa ls aesbs s'ssI saRisaf rs essst,:
,yas,! left s standing aa's gIasg.slen the :.
seemed as If the touch Of ! mans
hand would cause IT to tPpile over,
and It blocked the road, which wal
onlylsinglcatracked,s and 6e5Grecklns
car with its derrick oqld-aottb be- used
II we only had something soft to drol.
it on and then hoist 4 aback,' said one
ofiicial,,.'we could manage &it right.
This remark gave a.farmer Of the
neighborhood an idea. Hss,onered to
sell his big stock Of cornzfodder. tn.
plan was TO pile the fodder from tn
ground underneath the trestle to with
in q few feet Of the ,fack,.Afa then
topple the engine over. HhssI1ansvork.
ed well, and owing to .ths5ehANHty Of
the fodder the engine was not damaged
in the ieast."-7Baltimore sun.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
THE GRAND SCHEMER
AN INTERVIEW IN WHICH he TALKED
TO GOOD EFFECT.

he Joyfully Subscribes to o Home
and Philanthropieally Pounds q
Utopia-Then, Thanks to His Trust
ing Caller, He Indulges In . Sub
stantial Lunch.
Copyright, 1900. by @. D. Lewial
Major Crofoot, grand promoter and
general originator, was just making
ready to go out after a luxurious Is
cent lunch when there came a timid
knock on the door. 1t couldn't be the
agent of the building after the four
months back rent, for he would have
boldly knocked the door open; his land
lady, to whom he owed $4S, didn't
know where his Office was; the tailor
had grown discouraged. the coal man
always sent his bill in the forenoon,
and should it be q bill from the cob.
bier he would dispute It's correctness.
In answer to the majors "Come in!'
young woman entered.
I'll have called" she began, "in the
interest Of a new industrial home soon
to be established. I am soliciting per.
bonal subscriptions"
"My'dear woman, sit down-sit right
down." chcerily replied the major. eve
may call this a Condolences curious
coincidence. Not half an hour ago !
began drawing up plans for just such
an institution. 1t is to be called the
Crofoot Self Supporting Home"
"Then you would not want to sub
scribe to another, of course?"
perhaps SO. You may give me VIVA,
particulars you can"
ut is to be a home where children
without parents and friendless ole
folks a be provided for. In return
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
COME DY IN THE AMBULANCE
A Doctors Story of a Man and q W0-
man, Each With a Broken Leg.

"A AJOctOrS story OF a Man ana q WO.
n Each With a Broke Leg.
"When I was an ambulance sur
geon," said the young family physi-
clan, II used to start like a fire horse
at the sound Of the call. I was just as
much Interested in the work at the end
of two years as was the day I began.
1t was the excitement of the life that
made me so fond of it. 1 had all sorts
of experiences at all sorts Of hours.
There was an element of danger in 1t,
too, but that only added to the charm.
"One night l had a call from the west
side in the neighborhood Of Chelsea
square. 1t was for a drunken man who
fell down and broke his leg. On the
way back to the hospital with him I
picked up a drunken woman to whom a
similar accident had happened. There
was nothing to do but put her in the
ambulance along with the man.
"After that the ride across town was
exciting enough for a cowboy. At first
the patients sympathized with each
other. Then they began to cry in cho-
rus. At Broadway they fell to kissing
each other. At Third avenue they were
fighting like q pair of Kilkenny cats,
and I had my hands full in keeping
them apart. The woman had scratch
ed the mans face dreadfully, and he
had nearly closed her eye with a punch.
When we struck the asphalt in Twen-
ty-sixth street, they were singing we
Have All Been There Before Many a
Time and such singing! The uproar
attracted a crowd who evidently
thought I had an ambulance full Of lu-
natlcs. When we reached the gate,
they swore eternal friendship, and at
the Office they parted in tears."-New
York SIN
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02

the real estate man on the first floor,
and the real estate man pounded on the
door and called out:
"Open. you sleek. slick man. and
hand over that $2w
Eyes, you talked me out Of e" added
the woman.
No reply.
"Open, or I'll kick the door ine"
eyes, we'll kick the door in"
The silence of death.
"Major Crofoot, you are q scoundrel!'
Eyes, a deep dyed scoundrel!
But the major heard not the words.
He had seized the money, locked up his
Office and gone down by the back
stairs after his luncheon. He no lon
ger figured on a Is cent grab" but his
thoughts bounded forward to q 30 cent
sit down with plenty Of elbow room.
NJ. QUAD.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02

A rather curious method of burglar
catching was resorted to by an in
genious maidservant recently in New
York. As The Electrical Review tells
the story, while in pursuit of her
household duties the maid noticed q
mans foot inside the clothes closet.
She did not scream, neither did she
jump at the door nor shut it with a
bang. Instead she took a broom and
began to sweep that corner of the
room near the closet. Her approach
was gradual, and the sweeping was
done so naturally that it would not
have aroused the most suspicious bur.
glar. At last the broom brushed the doo1
gently, but hard enough to close it to
the fraction Of an inch. With five oil
six more gentle sweeps that closet
door was shut and almost latched,
which she at length succeeded in doing
by gently pressing her arm against it.
As the telephone in her house was
so near the closet that the burglar
would be able to hear her if she called
for assistance, she bethought herself
Of another plan. In the back yard
some telephone linemen were at the
time making repairs OF a wire that
runs to another house in the block.
She went out and spoke to them. They
promptly tapped a wire, attached q
testing instrument and called up one
Of the down town exchanges, which in
turn got the house owner, who in his
turn called up police headquarters
From there the call was sent to the
police station nearest the house, ana
two policemen were sent around and
got the man.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
FIRST PAGE FOR SPEECHES.
Rivalry Among 'Congressmen For
Good Position In The Record.

Rivalry Among ~'COngressmen For u
Good Position In The Record.
The effort that Is constantly being
made to secure the printing Of speeches
on the front page of The Congressional
Record is not generally understood.
Senators and representatives naturally
desire to have their deliverances in
congress receive as much attention as
possible. and there is but. n publica-
ton in which they a m%onopolize tho
front page in a display of their
speeches. That one publication is The
Record. W.
| or course. spcerhes that are printed
in regular order in the debate, ap-
pcar;ps on the day after they are de-
livcred. are 20 be found only in their
regular place in, The Record. But In
| the eases of speeches withheld for re-
vision there is an opportunity to have
them displayed IN the first page of the
official report of the proceedings. This
is merely done by an arrangement be-
tween the senate and house by which
this privilege is about equally divided.
Senators and representatives who
withhold their remarks for revision
frequently inquire when they can have
the first page of The Record, which is
generally reserved for at least a week
ahead.
The general rule is, "First come, first
served" In this way those who want
to make their speeches influential will
Mt times arrange 10 have them on the
first page of The Record on the morn
ing Of a day when a vote Is to be
taken, in order that they may be
brought prominently to the attention
of their fellow Legislators just before
they are to take action on the matters
Of which they treat. 1t is in the M
ture of judiclous advertisement
Washington Star.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
Lincoln couldn.t Do 1t.

"When | vas in Springfield, Abra-
ham Lincoln and General Baker, who
was killed at Leesburg. Va, during the
civil war, made the race for the Wing
nomination for congress-" said DR.. u.
B. Hill. Both were Wings, and both
were keen for the nomination. Both
had q strong personal following. and IT
both ran the Democrat would win 10
the district. So a primary election was
necessary to settle the contest. Baker
won. Both men were ut Springfield
when the news came. Lincoln was de-
pressed. The crowd to cheer him up
called Oh him for a speech. Getting
up, he said: Gentlemen, I'd like to
comply with your request, but can't
make a speech now. I expected to re-
ceive the nomination, but l failed. II
l had won, l know Baker would have
got up here and so charmed you with
his eloqucnce MS to make you believe
you had done him a favor by nominal
ing me. But l can't do t.'"-Argonaut.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
The Chinese Cuisine.

Though Chinese cuisine has been
credited with some utterly fabulous
dishes, such as white mice served
alive, which add piquancy by their
squeak as they dive down the outlet,
%curiosities In the edible line do form
q considerable List.
Birds nest soup. for instance; a
clear soup made from the refined
gluten with which a certain species
Of swallow fasten their nests beneath
the rocks; stewed ''sea slugs," another
nasty sounding dish, but ~transcending
in favor the aldermanic green turtle
fat. There may be, too, on first intro.
duction, some prejudice against fried
grasshoppers. But courage in this in
stance is rewarded by a deliciously
e es'sR, .s Brown mo zaful' Of a delicate
J. ia taailscy to suppose that pork
forms a c1lbtant article Of diet in
China. Asa matter of fact, it is too
expensive and is only eaten on high
days and holidays or at restaurants.
Neither do milk, beef or game enter
much into Chinese cookery, the first
two being tabooed on religious grounds,
Dog flesh is eaten in the south but
rarely and only by the poorest Of the
poor.-Blackwood.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
Trieonometry In x RAY wor

TrtgOnOmetFy In x Ray Work.
"Few people know" said DR.. J.. Q.
Egelston while performing an opera
ton at the City hospital, "that it takes
trigonometry to locate a bullet in the
body. But in every x ray operation
in which the bullet or foreign SUBJ
stance is deeply imbedded a mathemat-
ical computation is necessary to show
Just how deep the bullet is. The x
rays make the flesh transparent, leav-
ing only the bones and foreign SUBJ
stance visible, SO that you see just
where the bullet is, and yet you don't
know where It is. You know it's lati-
tude and longitude, so to speak, but
those measurements are surface meas
urements, and you don't known how
deep the object is beneath the surface.
The point on the surface Of the body
beneath which the bullet is can be
readily located, but how far beneath
that point is the bullet?
"This Is the question that trigonome-
try has to answer, and by knowing the
answer a great deal Of unnecessary
cutting may be saved, and what might
otherwise be a difficult and dangerous
operation may be rendered compare
lively safe and easy. If the bullet en-.
tiers n side Of the body, for instance,
and lodges within an inch or two Of
the skin on the other side, the other
side Of the body would be the one from
which to operate."-Kansas City Jour.
nal. ~
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
Some chilai.h H~~o

Here are some specimens Of childish
humor from the Chicago News:
"Oh, mamma" exclaimed 4-year-old
Flossie as she observed the moon In its
second quarter, come and look ut the
moon. Half Of it is pushed into the
sky, and the other half is sticking out"
Tommy, aged 5, had been busy whit
Ting and managed to raise a blister on
his hand which caused a slight break
In the skin. Running to his mother, he
showed it to her and said, mamma, I
guess I'm beginning to wear out"
ibid they sing any pretty songs at
Sunday school?' asked a mother Of her
little 4-year-old daughter upon her re-
turn home. "Only one" replied the lit
tie miss. 1T was something about
Greenland's Ice cream mountains"
Papa-Well. Willie, have you been a
good boy today? Small Willie-Did
you ask mamma? "Why should l ask
her? Don't you know whether you
have been good or not?' Eyes, but
mammals idea of goodness differs from
mine. and l don't want to 60 back on
anything she says"
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
A Curious Receipt.

Hanover's registrar discovered a very
curious document some time ago as he
was looking through a bundle Of pa
pers that date back to the eighteenth
century. The document is a receipt
probably the only one Of its kind in ex-
istence-which was given to a Hano-
verian captain by a canon Of Duisburg
during the Seven Years war. +
II, the undersigned" 1t reads, "here-
by acknowledge that I have received so
blows of a stick, which were inflicted
upon me by a lieutenant Of Captain
BIS regiment as a punishment for the
stupid and frivolous calumnies which
I have uttered in regard to the regi-
ment Of chasseurs. For my impru-
dent words I now admit that I am pro-
foundry sorry. I received my punish
ment lying on q heap Of straw and
held by two men, and Ibear testimony
to the fact that the officer struck me as
vigorously as he; could with a stick
that wassas thick as my finger.
"In proper form and with due graft
tude I sign this receipt and avow that
al therein is true"
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
The Star. and stripe. at Acre.


A good American had been making
some soul stirring remarks about the
glorious star spangled banner when an
Englishman who is pretty well Ameri-
canized told q little story apropos: II
remember ono to have seen the stars
and stripes applauded uproariously on
a peculiar occasion. 1t happened many
years ago when the British flag wasn't
as popular in the United States as it is
now and a party of us E%nglishmen
were at a theater in New York consid-
erably farther down town than thea
tiers are now to be found on Broadway.
The play was Richard T. and If you re-
member there Is q scene in the play
where Richard, after putting his foes
to fight in terrific style, mounts the
walls of Acre and plants the British
colors there. Evidently the manage
ment knew the temper of the audience
and felt that even under such circum.
stances the British flag would not be a
good thing, so what did they do but
give Richard the star spangled banner,
and, by all the gods, he took it with
him in the charge and planted it on
Acres walls. 1t was ridiculous, of
course, and we Englishmen laughed,
but the audience took it quite as the
correct thing, and the way the people
stormed and shouted and clapped was
enough to have made Richard turn
over in his grave. Historically it was
away off, dramatically it was open to
criticism, but periodically it was a
bowling Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
Cruel ChristOphe.

There seems to have been nothing to
appeal to In the emperor" Chris
topics nature. Bravery, humility, oil
alike failed to touch him. He had no
bowels of mercy. He was one day
on the battlements Of Haiti with q
youth. who, perhaps presuming on past
favors, in some manner d%ispleased
him. The drop from these sheer walls
Is 1000 feet to the plain below. "You
are. Of course, about to die" said Chris
topic, "but will be kind to you. You
shall have a choice of deaths. Either
you throw yourself over here or the
soldiers shall shoot you"
The young man chose to fling himself
into space. But by a miracle he fell
among some trees or bushes on the
cliff side and so escaped with a broken
arm. He gathered himself up some
how and presented himself again be-
fore the, emperor. "Your bidding has
been done. SIRE" he said. eyes. II
has," remarked Christophe, land I
am very much interested to find that
you survive. Oblige me by trying If
you can do it againv-"Where Black
Rules White, Haiti" by Prichard.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
She knew All Ahont II.

II was dining out one evening among
a notable company of people, most of
whom l knew only by reputation" says
George Inness, Jr., in The Home Jour-
nal. II was assigned a seat next to a
very charming and intellectual woman
and did my best to entertain her. Said
I: What can I talk about that will in
terest you? I have had some little ex-
perience as a cavalryman. Possibly
you may care to hear something about
horses in the feld.'
"'Why, yes; certainly answered my
fair companion. 4 know a little con-
corning ARMY life, and I once wrote q
book called Boots and Saddles."' And
then it dawned upon my poor, dull
brain that I was talking to the widow
Of the great cavalry leader, General
Custer, so I said no more about horses
or army life" r.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
CONVENT LANTERNS.
An Old FAD with Modern 1mprove-

ments--An Electrical Display. +
In the old days a favorite fad for
travellers in ancient lands was the COL
lection Of lanterns. Those from,ruined
converts. decayed mosques and power
ty stricken s!irines were prime favor
ties. The fad is not entirely dead, but
the supply has run so short that now
enterprising firms in Birmingham,
England. and in New York turn out
large numbers of excellent limitations.
The new ones are machine made and
so far as strength and durability are
concerned are superior to the ancient
designs, which were hand made, but
the latter in many instances were or
nanentcd with inlaid work as we'll as
with carving and twisting of the most
artistic type. The machine made goods
can eve reproduce these latter char
acteristics so well as to deceive an ex.
pert.
The material of the lanterns varies
from fine woods and glass to iron,
steel, brass, bronze, copper, pewter and
even silver. The simplest forms are
cylinders which are perforated with
numeous holes so as to resemble the
clumsy sieve. Then come globes, cubes,
%octahcdra, hexagonal prisms, ovoids
and moro complex solid forms. The
prettiest Of all IRE the mosque Ian
terms. Many Of them are of bronze in
laid with silver. pierced with little win
dows and these closed in turn with
white OF colored glass. With a lighted
candle inside they look like a mass of
Jewels in a dark room.
A wealthy man on Brooklyn heights
who has Travelled q great deal has one
of his rooms Illuminated by la%nterns-of
this type. They range in size from
small affairs four inches in diameter to
stately lamps q foot in diameter and
two feet high. In place of candles in
side he employs electric lights, n
bulb to the smaller lanterns and three,
four and n dozen to the larger ones.
When the current is turned on, the
| splendor Of the effect is almost star
thing. The colors of. the glass have
been deepened and made richer by the
years, and the radiance they give may
be compared to that from n great oriel
in a Gothic cathedral.-New York Post.
The Dickinson press., 1901-03-02
The Benent Of the Doubt.

Not long ago a young lady was
spending some weeks Mt a Scotch
country house, and just before dinner
one evening two cousins of the host
one Of them the great man of the fam.
ily-arrived unexpectedly. Shortly be
fore dinner was announced the but
Ter sought the young lady and said t
her c~ontidentially:
"We're putin on yesterdays soup, an
for fear there shouldna be enough, re
maun decline"
decline soup" exclaimed the young
lady, much amused. "But, you know,
John, that wouldn't be Manners"
"Na," said John coolly; .but they'll
think ye ken a better."-London Tit
Bits.