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The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
NICHOLAS III BELIEVE ELL APPLY.


well, everything stopped and I went
into my room and slammed the door. In
about five minutes, maybe less, there
came a knock at the door and / flung it
open, thinking to find repentant cham
bermaid,, but there stood man In his
shirtsleeves, a we'll set-up chap, grinning
sort of cheerfully at me. He had two
towels in his hand. Here, old man., he
said, I believe you want some towels,
but that was my wife, not the chamber
maid, l was talking to-.
Maybe l didn't feel cheap. At first
thought it was the owner of the hotel,
but he came in and we had some ice
water-and, well, something on the side,
and good talk, and / learned that he
was a travelling man taking his bride on
his trip, and l had just STAYED off their
first warm quarrel by butting in. Yes,
I've met him several times since, and he
always asks If I'm still kicking for tow
els.
..Then another hot night Pinkie and 1
struck Pennsylvania mining town to-
gether Pinkie is good-hearIed and means
WELL but his flow of language is too pro-
fuse. We had had a hard day, nothing
doing, weather too hot to allow any man
to talk business, and we sat down at our
open window with a nice cool pitcher be-
tween us and some good cigars. Pinkie
was just explaining in picturesque IAN
guage why no decent firm would send
man into such an inferno Of heat and
coal dust when fife and drum corps
began to parade up and down, up and
down, before the hotel. i.iey We're prac-
ticing Tor a firemen's tournament or
something of the sort, and they couldn't
keep in tune any better than in step.
The leader would march 'em back and
forth right past our window, where it
seems the big mogul was to sit on the
day of the tournament.
You couldn't hear Pinkie's p1ctur-
esque remarks for the racket outside,
and Pinkie doesn't like to waste his
language, so he rose suddenly ana
crossed to the washstand. Say, they
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
QUEER WORLD.

This is a topsy-turvy world. One man
is struggling for justice and another is
fleeing from it, One man is saving to
build a house and another is trying to
sell his for less than cost One man is
spending all he can make in taking
girl TO an entertainment and flowers in
the hope eventually or making her his
wife, while his neighbor is spending all
the gold he has to get divorce. One
man escapes all the diseases flesh is heir
to and gets killed on the railway. An
other goes everywhere without being hurt
and finally dies with the whooping cough.
Such Is life.-kansas City Independent
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
HUMAN OWL.

Amid the ashes and dirt Of the untidy
kitchen of a dark, one-story house on
the outskirts Of this town lives Henry
Wolcott, one of the last Of the distin-
guished family of that name, says the
Cheshire (Mass) correspondent of the
Washington Post His life is almost that
of a recluse but strange feature Of his
existence is that he is unable to distin-
guish nearby objects in the daylight,
though after darkness falls he can see
plainly. and on this account he turns
night into day, and is rarely seen outside
his hut after sunrise
Because of this affiiction Wolcott has
been nicknamed the human OWL by the
people of Cheshire. They are now accus-
toned to having him prowl about the
woods and fields when they themselves
are abed. He shuns companionship. is
content to fish all night in the summer
in the nearby ponds for hornpouts and
eels and to spend the days in the dark
ened kitchen.
The house is mere shack, showing
signs of disuse. The buildings are falling
in ruins. every window is tightly screened
with papers and blankets, and the small
kitchen where Wolcott sits all day smok-
ing his black pipe is dark. He was af-
hicted by a strange disease of the eye
about a dozen years ago, and sun rays
are so painful to his optic nerves that at
times he is completely blind. At night his
vision is excellent, and then he goes fish
ing, gathers supplies or chops his wood.
Wolcott is about 81 now and an object
of charity, but he will receive aid only
from some of the older families Of Che
shire people who were his friends in his
youth. A newspaper man called on the
recluse one day this week.
I'm Hen Wolcott,' said he 'They call
me the might owl" in the village, but
there's no truth in the story that l go
about at night frightening people My
eyes are bad and / can't see we'll in the
sun, so when go into the village ! usual
ly go at night, when don't have to shade
my eyes to see the way.
81 hear there Is story that l wept so
much when my wife died that l lost my
day sight, but that isn't so. l guess It's
a hereditary complaint. Up TO the time l
was 40 1 had as good sight as any one. 1
don't live here by choice. / have no other
place to live, there's no one to care for
me- I'm the last of the Wolcotts."
The family history of the Wolcotts IN
cludes several famous men, The founder
of the family was Oliver Wolcott of Con-
necticut. When Aaron Burr killed Alex
ander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken
George Washington invited Oliver Wolcott
to become Secretary of the Treasury.
Some of Oliver Wolcotts sons settled in
Vermont. and from this branch the re-
cluse springs. Earlier in life he was
pension attorney.
The Wolcott homestead Is one Of the
finest in the town. 1t is now occupied by
a relative of the recluSe.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
FROM PUCK.

OFTEN THE CASE.-Little Elmer
Para what is a critic?
Professor Broadhead-A critic, my son,
is a person who couldn't have done it him.
self.
UNLIMITED.-Isaacs = Mein gracious!
1 t'ink der boat vas going to der bottom!
Cohenstein (calmly)-Let her goi My
free pass carries me efferyvere!
FARNINGS.-Ofice boy-Wy. cert, I
want more pay: I'm only getting -four
a week and give my mother all earn.
Proprietor-What do you do with the
other three and a half?
ONE OF THE BAND.-''Did he do any
thing particular at Albany. as far as you
have heard?"
.sYes. He helped to make the so-cent
gas bill look like 80 cents"
WAYS AND MEANS.-"Good citizens -
said the reformer, should band together
and get control of the primaries
But what method would you adviser
asked his friend "Jiu jitsu or plain as
sault and battery ?''-Puck-
Motto for an ambulance: "sic transit ("
AS to the secret of success. it may be
said that nothing has ever been more ex-
tensively advertised.
No one knows what day will brins
forth, but il is generally pretty safe
guess that 1t will be nothing.
1t is highly improbable that the world
win ever again see time when il will
not consider itself on the threshold of a
ueW ora
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
ttk o man unblessed with a sense OF
I'M humor should try commercial trav

ffklO man unblessed with a sense Of
IN humor should try commercial trav-
cling remarked a well-groomed
chap who sells suspenders and belts for
a Broadway firm. "A keen appreciation
Of the funny side of life is the lump of
leaven in the daily routine of one-night
towns, functions, hotel cookery and cot
ton mattresses. The travelling man who
hasn't a sense of humor will inevitably
yield to dyspepsia or nervous prostra-
ton. The man who has it can somehow
forget his ether troubles.
For Instance, one day last summer
landed in Baltimore. If you didn't know
it I'd like to rise to remark that Balti-
more in summer is not frigid; no, sir. I
got there early in the morning after
night ride. cross and dirty. And l had
lot of customers to see. / made a rusn
for my room to take a sponge oath.
There were no towels. There never are
at that particular hotel. l rang for the
chambermaid. She said she'd have EN-
there in a minute. The minute grew TO
ten, mighty hot ones at that. l took the
sponge and used the sheet for towel.
Then / went down town and did not re-
turn until dark 1 went to my room.
Still. no towels. Then l went downstairs
and indulged in a few remarks to the pro-
prietor or manager, whichever the man
was. l didn't stop to ask his pedigree.
AS l went back to my room the corridor
was dark-all the lights turned low on
account of the heat or the price of gas,
/ don't know whIcA-and just as 1 got to
my door 1 heard a rumpus in the room
next to mine. The door was open and a
man was saying: In the name of time,
you never do anything right Why
didn't you bring EN-
with the memory of my grievance
strong upon me, paused just outside the
open door and shouted, That's right,
give it to her strong. and when you get
through with her send her IN to me. By
George. l haven't seen a towel to-day.
This is the worst managed house on my
route.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
ABOUT BEAUTIFYING CITIES.

ANIEL H BCRAHAM. the architect who is working
\ plans the beautfyng OF the city of
- vered last the Board of Springfield Mass
address which he talked of
Having made his fame the panne of the White Chicago
and done good work for cities including Washington Ceve
land and Manila he qualified speak with much authority
upon the subect-as any in the country.
Bunhas method lay bold comprehensive plans the
future and then patiently and perstenty
fuhment He says should plan the mind can
conceive and bids stop nothing physical impossi
btes To select for quotation the following
ample OF achievement is the
That the story OF Paris 1t fifty ago that Louis
Napoleon approved the plan that Haussmann out Paris is
still executing the plan and she has twenty-five work still
TO do The plan maintains Therefore saw plan
conprehenvey Don be afraid everything
YOU element of beauty"
Mr. Burnllam points that lack of present i'm
pacticaby OF executing the plans disear
enng deterrent OF the comprhensveness planning Cities will
be much richer twenty-five fifty years Besides money
may unexpected Men wealth much more
frequently bcqueah OF their
former To make plans for civic
beauying gives invitation and opportunity want
do something 1t enables them what thew are
about in their generosity.
Another thought advanced by the speaker that the putting Of
beautiful order IS merely pleasing fancy
and saying will have thus just like it it will
better citizenship disturbing conditions Beaut
fu building and the putting things order will
away disorder disrespect in our minds
everything with dis before that black
bank of lottery selecting wife
these days.-Washingon Times.
requires philosophy things they come than
part witht them they goChicago News
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

RIGHT TO
CAR SEATS

To the Editor CT The Call:
N1ANY people in this city work TOT
III their living. Many people in TINS
city do not work for their living
but they live sumptuously and care no,
a fig for the discomfort or mcon-
venience of the honest and hard-work-
ing poor. 1 refer particularly 10 the
overcrowding of the streetcars a1ter
the working people are through their
DAYS toll and anxious TO get to their
homes as quickly as possible. 1 beileVe'
Mr.. Editor. that the cars of this city
should belong for one hour at least IN
the twenty four to the working people.
That hour should be from to o'clock
in the evening" Many Of the working
people live a long way out. After work
ing for at least eight hours seat in
car is their right, and it should not be
denied them anG usurped by the lels-
ure class. Every evening gorseously
attired women, many of whom during
their life do not know what it means
to get right down to hard graft and
earn the dollars they foolishly and care
lessly filter away, enter the cars dur
ing the busy hour and occupy the seats
that belong 10 the laboring class. Can
not some plan be adopted by which the
people of means and leisure. If they in
sist on crowding cars during the busy
hour, may be compelled TO hang on 10
the straps instead of the working wo-
men and the working men? I. like 9TH
ers, live a long way out. ride. l can
usually get a seat in the morning; IN
the evening sometimes / have noticed
things. We working people know who
Is who-we know who work and who
don't work, and the don't works are
at least half in the car every evening.
A scheme should be devised to compel
them to do their shopping, etc, at other
hours OF stand up. A WORKER.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

MOLD-A d. B., City. Works on
agriculture recommend the use OF
powdered Stacked lime for the destruc-
tion of white mold that declares itself
around the base of plants. The same is
to be sprinkled where the same ap-
pears.
GERMAN CITIZENSLF S. r., City.
The office of the Registrar OF Voters in
San Francisco shows that the number
OF voters OF German birth is 1927.
There is no record in San Francisco of
the aggregate number OF voters Of Ger
man birth in the State of California
and in the United States.
FRENCH PRETENDER-subscri
City. BY the death OF the Count OF
Chambord in 1888 the elder line OF the
Bourbons of France became extinct and
the right of succession merged in the
Count of Paris, grandson of King Louis
Philippe, representative OF the younger,
or Orleans family.
CABBAGE wORM-w. c., Newman.
Cal The following is given IN books
on cabbage culture as a method for
destroying and preventing the de-
struction OF plants by cabbage worms:
Mix twenty parts of superphospate
made with slush acid. one part of car
bolic powder and three parts of Stacked
lime. Mix well and thoroughly dust in
each head of cabbage four times at
intervals of four days
EIGHT-HOUR Law. @. p, City.
This department does not construe the
law and give legal opinions; II Will give
the law as II Is in the books The law
of the United States in regard to the
employment Of workingmen eight hours
per day is: Section 3738-Eight hours
shall constitute a days work for AN
laborers, workmen and mechanics en-
ployed by or in behalf of the Govern
ment of the United States" If you de-
sire to know how that law applies to
the conditions named in letter of In
quiry, address a communication to the
Secretary Of the Navy, Washington.
d. c.
NATIONAL ANTHEM-w. N. B., City.
The United States Government has never
designated any air or tune as the official
national air, but in both army and navy
regulations THE Star Spsngled Banner
is mentioned as an air to be played and
saluted on occasions Of ceremony. The
following are the regulations:
Army Regulations of 1901 now in force)
-512 AT every military post or station
the flag will be hoisted at the sounding
of the first note Of the reveille. or of the
first note of the march. if march be
played before the reveille. The flag will
be lowered at the sounding of the last
note Of the retreat. and while the flag
is being lowered the band will play The
Star Spangled Banner"
Navy Regulations of 1903-Article 102-
(2) All officers and men shall stand at
attention whenever The Star Spangled
Banner is being played. unless engaged
in duty that Will not permit them to do
so The same respect shall be observed
toward the national air of any other
country when played in the presence OF
official representatives of such country.
Army orders enjoin the singing the ma
tionaI anthems and patriotic hymns and
songs at military pests and stations. but
these do not designate what the national
anthems are
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
CITATION.

(Translated for Tales from Meggendorfer
Blaetter')
Si-: Your wife is held by us for ran
SON. She will be detained until you de-
posit $4,000 under the oak tree at the top
of the mill. THE BLACK HAND
Dear Sirs: Your favor of recent date
received: l have deposited under the oak
tree trunk containing the rest of my
wife's wardrobe. Yours truly,
J. B. HENPECKE
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allens 50. so Cali
fnrnia street. Telephone Main 1nA2
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

Townsend's Gala Glace Fruits. in ar
tistic fire-etched boxes New store now
open, 167 Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

requires philosophy things they than c
part rtwithih they go.-Chcago News.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18
ANSWERS.

MOLD-A. d. B., City. Works on
agriculture recommend the use OF
powdered Stacked lime for the destruc-
tion of white mold that declares itself
around the base of plants. The same Is
TO be sprinkled where the same ap-
pears.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

FRENCH PRETENDER-subscr
City. BY the death OF the Count Of
Chambord in 1883 the elder line OF the
Bourbons of France became extinct and
the right of succession merged in the
Count of Paris, grandson Of King Louis
Philippe. representative OF the younger,
or Orleans family.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

GERMAN CITIZENS1F. S. r., City.
The office of the Registrar OF Voters In
San Francisco shows that the number
of voters OF German birth is 1927.
There is no record in San Francisco OF
the aggregate number OF voters OF Ger
man birth in the State of California
and in the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

Selecting bank president much lottery as scle
hese days-Washington Times.
The San Francisco call., 1905-06-18

THE liquor question always focus in American
CITIES tried the drinking place
open saloon and becomes blind pig,
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-09-30
THEE JURORS CURED

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oset)s = CeanhsSssiss Castle Chsl.
~ ~ nlssrhsea neaeAy.
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rslasss ~ esDssisess b. hid whils scrv.
lug % pstit jury 10 . nusdao osas v,
EdvasthviltA eossty ssae a Ctsbsusus
cossty, Alahaaa. He says: .whiI.
thsrs ! ~ sooss erssh usas sad sosur
souss nsee nd Il gave cAosses posbus
In vssv ssvsss eps1. was never more
sssk IA nv No sad sat 70 ths drug SIM,
Tor . certain ehoisss MIXTURE, but this
druggist eat ~ besets II Chsahss.
laiat On,to. Cho,sea ed Diasshoaa Rem.
sdy sasesad. sayiaG thse ~ he'd Whist I
ssas ~. bst that thn nedloise vas %
ausA 6seess evovh saeAss cad Il "a
~ ID W. o. ] was 10. ltoek - dnas
oe u ed ~ bssass h avs nIsusas
Ths asassd jass cared ~ estirs,y.
I've ssltsv jssots were smsetsd Ia
~ ssoe 0eoass cd oes snail b,taia
sUssd W. tAsse q ~" Nv sa,s bv ~
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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-09-30

After Monte Vista was beaten
by Alanosa 10 the ball game At
the Fair lest Friday, the boys
o6sred 70 play them the next day
for 900. hot Alamosa wouldn't
scospt The challenge. Fettes made
blu6 that Antooito would play
for that suount bat ba,k-.l down
When ID" cesh was put up for him
70 cover.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-09-30

Graves and Ahrens have bought
ell the grain exhibits at the Valley
fair aud will display them In their
new Office next TO Dr.. Chapman's
drug store. - coon - the building
10 finished.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-09-30

II anyone wishes view Of u
party Of ladies and gentlemen dc.
scen.iin9 On horseback II mountain
slle Of 1000 feet At AZ incline Of
IS degrees by = ZIG. xag trail. call
90 W. q. Station for Z snap shot.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1905-09-30

4. H. Kramer will sell At auc.
tion At bic ranch 81 miles north.
sass of town. Saturday. Sept, 80.
horses, colts. % head Of cattle. IL
shosts. chickens aud agricultural
implsmenta. Sale will commence
q 10 O'Clock.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-02
STATE NEWS.

Ex-Gov. White figures on big crop
and Is reported driving from Litch1ield
TO Valley City for several loads 81
Irvine.
Oscar Sunby hanged himself On q
farm near Davenport Temporary in.
sanity supposed cause. 81 S B.
The Underwriters association is ex-j
amdning the electric wiring at Fargo,
for the insurance companies preiimin-3
airy to reimbursement Of rates.
Minot Is always progressive. she;
.is not satisfied with six aldermen, but
wants twelve. claiming this number by
virtue OF her increased population.
During a terrific electric storm
Walter Norris was struck and killed
BY lightning near Park River. with
several companions he was lying In.
the feedWay waiting Tor the storm to
pass when the fghtning struck the
barn, tearing OF 4 few shingles In the
roof. passed down ana killed two
horses and stunned two more and
struck the deceased who was lust IN
the rear Of the horses killed. The
strange part Of the AFFAIR is that none
OF the other boys were killed.
| Ellendale is spending $4,000 on 4
city sewer and has laid lots or cement
walks this season, SO George Irwin
says on his boom bulletin In his hotel.
The LaMoure Chronicle deyotes 4
column to the announcement that it 4
70 have two story cement block
building for home at 4 cost 81 1000.
The Chronicle Is giving good news
service for Its town and county and
deserves such good fortune.
David swank, farm hand. was
drowned in Cottonwood creek near
LaMoure. A companion tried, to saye
him but the frantic struggles Of the
drowning man threatening to eneulf
both. he was forced to leave him to
his fate.
Minot papers figure that $3.50 900
have been spent IN city improvements
SO TAR this year and that q round NIL
lion will be reached In that way before
january 1st. That is going some for
burg that has several very dead
ones, In It. go
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-02
Are, You Engaged

2 -. =. ~
Engaged people should remember,
that, after marriage. many quarrels
can be avoided, BY keeping their diges-
ltion In good condition with Electric
Bitters. s. A. Brown Of Bennettsville,
s. c., says: .F'or years, my wife suf-
,fered intensely from dyspepsia, com
pltcated with q torpid liver, until she
lost her strength and vigor, and be
came a mere wreck OF her former self.
Then she tried Electric Bitters, which
helped her at once, and finally made
her entirely well. She is now strong
and healthy" Lenhart Drug Co. sells
and guarantees them. at Soc bottle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-02

cities; also claimed that he had spent
some considerable time on the Great
Lakes and oceans. His habits are in
temperate and he IS a frequenter Of
saloons. Has sometimes been known
as Pittsburgh Joe" Large towns
have been his haunts when not on the
water.
During the time he was in confine-
ment he showed a marked dislike for
all law-abiding American citizens, and
the laws, institutions and customs Of
this country, and was extremely
abusive, profane and vulgar in his
denunciations of them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-02

AS yet no clue has been secured
leading to the arrest of the escaped
convict John Young, or Joseph Will
brun, although a reward Of $500 is
offered for his capture. The two
portraits OF him here shown tell plain
" the story Of a wrecked life, of a
moral degenerate, dead to all that is
worth living for. The following ac-
curate description is furnished by the
prison authorities: He Is a Bavarfan
by birth, and speaks with slight,
brogue; 36 years old, looks older; s
feet, 9A inches tall; weight about 100
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-02

pounds; hair, brown; eyes, blue; fore
head, high; nose, long and sharp;
chin, square with very large dimple;
lips, medium thick; wears d number
61 hat and a number 8 shoe. End
cut of left thumb; small scar on fore.
head at base Of hair; two small scars
on left side Of head. He IS stoop-
shou1dered and carries his head In
clined to the right. Hair quite thin
on top of head. Eyesight not good.
He claimed to be machinist and that
he had worked at that trade in Pitts.
burgh, Milwaukee, Detroit and other
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-09-02
WANTS

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tion. No publication for less than 16c. Cash
must accompany out Of town orders.
Advertisements in this column having letters
or numbers MUST be answered through CORE.
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