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following year stood in line here, on the
Western shore, to print the first news
paper Of the Pacific coast, the "Califor-
MIA Star" which namewas soon changed
to that of "Alta California"
At the same time the name Of 1erba
Buena-"good grass" Off
cially. The picturesque grassy coast
had easily suggested to the Spaniards
the choice Of q name for the beautiful
spot, but why should Americans, in an
American town, be required to twist
and torture their tongue in trying to
get the correct pronunciation? Captain
Montgomery appointed Washington A.
Bartlett, lieutenant of the navy, to the
office of alcalde l. e., chief of the place,
with military and civil powers, and
this new officer by public proclamation
summarily abolished the old name and
bestowed upon the place for all time
to come the name of San Francisco. He,
however, was not the author of this
name, nor the first man to apply 1t TO
this town. Already in 1886 Alexander
Forbes had written Of this place: THE
port of San Francisco is hardly surpass-
ed by any other in the world" and ten
years later. but one and half year an
feeding Bartlett's proclamation. the
Secretary of our Navy, George Ban
croft, in 4 letter written to Commodore
Sloat touching upon the possibility of
blockading the port Of San Francisco"
had also applied this appellation to the
locality.
Again on March 8, 1S4T, another YES
sci brought a most important addition
to the population of the town, by land
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s San FrancisCo's Early Days s
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
.:: s,SS

ing the men Of a New York regiment
under Colonel Stevenson. They were
skillfuI tradesmen, one and all, who at
the time Of their enlistment had prom
ised that they would settle down in
California, at the close of the Mexican
war. Their arrival brought on the first
speculation in lots. North of Market
place, lots sold at $40, and the very best
locations along the water front brought
from $50 to 500. By Aug. l, the pros
porous town had 1871 houses, where
there had been only 80 standing hereto
fore. The populace now had grown to
500 and San Francisco recorded it's first
boom. The day for it's second newspa>
per had come. And soon the town elect
ed it's first city council, consisting Of six
men. The duties assigned to these men
consisted in laying out streets, grant
ing building permits, appointing police
men, and conceding licenses. On April
3, 1913, the first school Of San Francis
co opened it's doors. By this time two
Furnishing hotels and q number of
stores and warehouses sprung into ex-
istence, two large wharves were built,
and commerce and trade Of the young
town numbering about $50 people and
more than 200 houses began to get live
ly.
Then came the news of gold found in
the foot hills of the Sierra Nevada.
loyo
hair and rough boards, and with pouch
es full of shining gold dust, appeared
on the streets on the town. as if blown
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IN A POISON FACTORY.
Workmen's Strong Desire to Taste Prod
uCt of heir Lab0rs.


slip on this glass mask" said the
foreman. You will need it."
The visitor donned the uncanny mask
of glass, and the foreman led the way
to the cyanide of potassium department.
We make 1000 tons of cyanide n
year" he said. "A dose of five grains is
a fatal one. Thus our annual product is
enough to kill 100000 people"
He opened a door and room filled
with writing flames, dense shadows,
sparks. smoke and weird figures in glass
masks was revealed. IN the center of
tie room, in great cauldron, 100
pounds OF molten cyanide of potassium
dubbed and seethed. The flames CLINT
ed strangely on the glass masks.
The foreman coughed.
These fumes,' he added. ARE whole
some. The men, you see, are all robust.
| have known weakly chaps, working
Eere among these strange fumes, to pick
up health and strength"
In another clean, cool room the finished
cyanide was stored. 1t looked like crys-
talized white sugar, good enough to eat.
Good enough to eat" said the fore
man, gravely. We'll, we have had men
eat it. -Four men committed suicide in
that way. The fumes seem to create in
our men a desire to taste the drug. They
fight this desire. most of them, success
fully. but they feel it, the same as work
crs in coffee plants want TO chew the
coffee berries, and some feel it so strong
~ as to succumb.-NeW Orleans Times
Democrat.
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of men, women and children, entering
the Golden Gate, the lovely port. That
ship was the Brooklyn" of New York,
bringing a new class of people to this
distant shore-Bishop Brannon and his
colony of Latter Day Saints" Nor
mons. Indeed, with somewhat mixed
feelings this increase in the population
of Yerba Buena was received by the
mixed assembly of pioneers. But these
Mormons brought money, tools, imple-
ments Of various kinds and a printing
press. Some Of them soon got into an
alteration with the very worldly bish-
op, and before long the majority of the
flock abdicated the doctrines of Brigham
Young These Mormons brought the
first prayer meeting into the quiet vii
lage at the Golden Gate, and they like
wise introduced the first jury trial; and
the same types that had been used in
New York to print the organ Of the sect,
called 1.-THE Prophet" in January of the
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Knew His Purpose.

Corporal James Tanner was talking
about CRATER.
He thinks ali men are grafters," said
Corporal Tanner, because he is one him
self. SO does the coward think all men
share his cOwardice.
There is a story about a young re-
cruit who, in his first engagement, lost
heart. Tie ping-g-g of the bullets terri
fed him. Spying hole in the ground.
he broke from the ranks: rushed to. it
against the earth.
AN officer, disguised. ran to the terri
fed recruit, clapped him on the Shout
der. and said:
'Reioin your company at once, sir
The lad looked up at tie officer and
answered:
mo, you don't. You want this hole
for yourself kansas City Journal.
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Important Summons.

They had been married but two
months. and they still loved each other
devotedly. He was in the back yard
backing his boots.
Jack she called at the top of her
voice Jack. come here. quick"
He knew at once that she was in dam
ger. He grasped stick and rushed up
two flights of stairs TO the rescue. He
entered the room hreathlessly and found
her looking out of the window.
Look" she said. That's the kind of
bonnet l want you to buy me. New
York World
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Dust Wave from the Ocean.

A strange phenomenon was observed
here on Tuesday night last when wind
storm burst at sea between 9 and 10
o'clock. bringing with it on the town of
Falmouth n cloud of what seemed TO be
smoke or dust.
Some persons say there was a smell
of fire or of birthstone along with the
dust and that the dust or ashes blown
against their faces was hot. \ number
of the inhabitants with a lively remem-
hranee of 1908 in their minds sat Up
dressed all night in easy chairs rather
than retire TO bed.-Falmouth cor. ja-
nlajra Cleaner.
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house which he utilized as a revenue
collectors Office. The proprietor of the
Parker House even paid as high a rent
al as $4,000. Building lots costing
$50 at the beginning of 1949 sold up to
$4,000 at the end of 1S49. The prices
at the mining camps were still higher
That a class Of people flocked to San
Francisco and all the mining camps, in
whose company man had to take his
life into his own hands, goes without
saying. Gamblers and hazardous men
Of all sorts, whose only aim was to get
rich quick, abounded in numbers. They
were desperate and sensitive characters
If, at times, they did show certain
fairness, even admirable honesty-espe-
cially in paying their debts-they were
nevertheless bent upon cheating and de
ceiving and always ready to commit vio-
lence.
San Francisco, at this period, was a
most unsightly place in it's exterior ap1
pearance. The houses had been erected
without plan and style, all low, irregu!
lar huts and shops of all possible shapes
and forms, offensive to the eye, and just
SO many blots upon the picturesque lo7
cality. And the crooked, sandy, dirty
streets along the swampy shore, all torn
up by the lively traffic, full of holes and
pools into which man and beast sank
down kneedeep,-coulda anything have
aroused the patience and the gall of the
hasty gold diggers more than such thor
oughfares? Then came the great con-
f1agrations of May and June %, 1851,
and they brought relief in clearing the
city of it's old shanties and unsightly
buildings, making room for more solid
structures and for wider, straighter and
better streets. The old City Hotel, the
oldest tavern Of the place, q building
with mighty tile roof, the whole Plaza,
the Office of the ALTA California" the
old Custom House, the Postof1ce, and
numerous historic huts were destroyed.
Up to 1852 San Francisco greatly re-
sembled a Spanish Mexican town. Grad
ually these characteristics wore away,
and the place developed into truly
American city. Eastern vehicles and
OLuAlluuScS SuSCeeOSu III uAANluS UuL LuS
gaily dressed ranchero riding on fiery
steed and equipped with tinkling bells
and spurs and a great sombrero. The
sand hills were leveled down into the
swampy lots The city extended its
area continually. What was once the
little, lazy Yerba Buena of 1s47, now
became a metropolis of factories and
workshops, stores and warehouses,
churches and schools and all kinds of
Institutes. People no longer paid 81 for
a pill, or $40 for box Of carpet tacks
for the wild town of by-gone days be-
came the grand Queen Of the Pacific
the beautiful city at the Golden Gate,
which the earthquake and fire Of April
IS, 1906, destroyed.
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It Was His lob.

One day last winter Representative
Cushman of the state of Washington
was entertaining constituent at lunch
con- A man passed whom Mr.. Cushman
seized by the arm and presented to his
friend.
This is the man." said Cushman. con-
fidentially. who has written more stu
pidities than any other living person"
The man from Washington was so TAX
en- back by the remark, which appeared
to him to be the height of impoliteness,
that he sat in open-mouthed silence.
The man introduced, however, took the
observation good naturally, smiling
broadly.
Perhaps I should add" continued
Cushman. that this gentleman is one of
the official stenographers of the House.
~-Harper's Weekly.
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Of a farmer with him when he first
went to Washington.
The famous South Carolinian has
wife and five children, the youngest
one being 10 or II years old. The old
est is his son, Benjamin R. Tillman,
Jr., who was his fathers secretary for
mauy years. This family idolizes the
father, and in turn he takes the great
est delight in fulfilling their every
want.
A person who did not know Senator
Tillman other than in his senatorial
capacity might think that be is high
strung, irritable and hard to get along
with. They might pursue bis strenu-
BUSINESS, aggressiveness, and fiery, de-
batting temper into his home. and be-
lieve that these characteristics were
the dominant features of his private
life. No one could make greater mis-
take. Just as the farmer goes out and
leads busy life all day long, blowing,
harvesting, cutting down wood, ETC.,
to come in at night and quietly spend
the rest of the hours before retirement
so Senator Tillman lives. Active, ever
on the hustle, fiery of temper on the
floor of the Senate, he goes home and
forgets the cares of the day, simply to
enjoy a few hours with is family.
When Congress adjourns and the
Senators hurry to their homes, none is
quicker to get away than Mr.. Tiiiman.
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Publisher.
NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

Count not the cost of honor to the dead!
The tribute that a mighty nation pays
TO those who loved her well in former
days
Means more than gratitude for glories fed;
For every noble man that she hath bred,
Immortalized by arts immortal praise,
Lives in the bronze and marble that we
no lead our sons as he our fathers led,
These monuments Of manhood, brave ana
high, ,
DO more than forts or battleships to keep
Our dear-bought liberty. They fortify
The heart of youth with valcr wise and
deep; :,
They huiId eternal buIwarks and command
Eternal strength to guard our native land.
Henry Van Dyke in The Century
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Not n Dealer.

Firth, the English painter, tells this
story of a fellow artist: "HusklSon
was an extraordinarily clever fellow,
who died quite young. He used to paint
imaginative pictures, fairies and thar
sort of thing. He was entirely unedu-
Gated. At big dinner party at Chel-
tenham l heard Lord Northwick ask
him all down the length Of the table
who bought his last picture. was IL a
dealer? No, my lord said Huskison'
it we're gent
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Nicaragua Is Easy.

According to Consul Ryder, the
President Of Nicaragua has just given
a remarkable concession for ten years
at $16O (gold) per year. The conces-
sionaire is privileged to have collector
in the custom house at Bluefelds har-
Dor through whose hands all shipments
of rubber must pass, and he is allowed
to tax it 10 cents a pound over and
abo7e the government tax Of 5 cents a
pound.
l. is estimated that the annual ship
ment Of rubber from this district is
5OO,OO0 pounds. giving tia concession
aire a revenue of $4,000 a year, or
$5OC,C00 for the period of his contract
although it is not to cost him more
than $1,000 for the ten years.
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III o 8 [ pronounced
opponents of the
simple life in his
home. P e + h a p S
there is no man In
public life who lives
as simply and quiet
ly as does the Sen
ator rem South
Carolina. His home
life is ideal--gen-
tie, healthful and
happy. Born and
reared on a farm,
he early contracted
the love of a cOun-
try life, and he
brought the sturdy
habits and customs
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Laundry was done at SO dozen
pieces. The owner Of dirty shirt
therefore rather cast it aside and bought
a new one, or wore the old one till it
was-very dirty. Rents were awfully
highs, 600 month in advance for the
poorest kind of quarters for store.
Wright & Co. paid as much as $4,000
year for a miserable hut at the corner
of the Plaza, where they conducted the
Miners Bank, and Uncle Sam had to
pay $4,000 rent year for an old adobe
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If woman has no Intention OF puy'
ing anything but calico, she collects
SAMPLES of silk at the silk counter Oh
her way.
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AN IDEAL HOME LIFE.

The Fire-Eating Ti1lman Is "a Model
Husband and Father.
Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
exponent of the strenuous and aggres
siye life in the Senate, is one of the
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His First Haircut.

Waxhey Yahola. a full-hlooded Creek
Indian, - years of age, had his hair cut
the other day at Okmulgee. Okla. the
first time that scissors ever touched his
locks
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of Of
Madrid while bells chmed and
of
opposition
mattel Kingdom
stability
for it will win English sympathy support country
risks of foreign complications
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There are lots of people who never
find out they have a wonderful view
from their back door till visitor dis
covers 1t for them.
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It Pays to Advertise.
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play a part IN the matter
Then choose ten, SAID
Beaumanoir
But for the FIRST time the wolf
like Squire opened his thin lips
Surely my lord. YOU viii not
allow archerS, said he.
fear not any man"
Nay, fair sir, consider THAI
this is a trial of weapons betwlxt
us where man faces man. You
have seen these English archerS.
and YOU know how fast and how
strong are their shafts. Bethiuk
YOU that if ten of them were
against us it Is likely that half of
Us would be down before ever
We came to handStrokes.
BY Saint Cadoc William.
| think that YOU are right.
cried the Breton. II We are
TO have such a fight as viii
remain in the memories of
men, YOU will bring no archerS
and We no croSSbows. Let it
be steel upon steel. How say
YOU them
Surely We can bring ten men
alarms To make up the thirty
that YOU desire. Robert. 1t IL
agreed then that we night on no
quarrel of England and France.
but over this matter of the
ladies in which YOU and Squire
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~ night Ae CASTE Of PIoerpel
- rang pith parlikp preparations.

better done" said he Why spoil my velvet
paltock many hot-headed fool would have
donef 1t IS in my mind young sir, that YOU viii 90
far. And now who follows up this quarrcl''
grOwl ran round the table.
Beaumanoir his eve round and shook his
head. Alas, 80 said he, there are but twenty of
YOU here, and | have thirty at JosseIn who are 50
eager to advance themselves that if | return without
hope for all of them there viii be hearts amongst
them | pray YOU, Richard. since we have been at
these pains to arrange matters that you in turn
viii do what YOU may. Can YOU not lind ten more
men,'
But not of gentle blood
Nay, 1t matters not, II they viii only tight"
OF that there can be no doubt, for the castle IS
full of archers and men-at-arms who would gladly
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CHAPTER XIII


How Thirty Of Josselin Encountered Thirty of Poerme
A Ii night the Castle of Ploermel rang with
"A warlike preparations. for the smiths ..--
hammering and filing and rivetiug rre-.-.-5
the armor for the champions In the stable .s-I
hostlers We're testing and grooming the great ware
horses, whilst IN the chapel knights and Squire,
were casing their souls at the knees of old Farther
Benedict.
Down in the courtyard meanwhile the ----.s--
arms had been assembled and the volunteers
weeded out until the best men had been selected
Black Simon had obtained place and great vas
the JOY which shOne upon his grim vlsaze With
him were chosen Young Nicholas D4L-..-.. e.
gentleman adveuturer who was nephew 81. the
famous Sir Thomas. Walter the German E-...
a huge peasant whose massive frame gave promise
which his sluggish spirit failed % taI-I John
AlcOck, Robin Adey; and Raoul Proves. These
with three Others made up the required -.--v-
Great was the grumbing and evil the tails r---
the arCherS when it was learned thar ue-. . ...-I
was 10 be included, but the bow had been .-. lien
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on either side. Il is ....
many of them were -..-
fighters both with and ..--
sword. but they wen. -rs--i
to carry heavy ar-- and %
half-armed man v.-- have
short shrift IN such .-. .-.-
hand struggle as L ...--
them.
ItwaS two hours after .....
or one hour before uu.-
fourth Wednesday of L..
the year of Christ It5.
the men of PlOcrmel r.l. +.-
from their castlc-g--e
crossed the bridge of -E- I..
In front was Bdmbro u-.
Squire Croquart ON % L-
roam horse bearing the h--
OF Iloermcl, which was o. r'..
rampant hon holding a ....
flag upon a held OF eru--
Behind him came Eo.ar-
knolles and Nigel Lorlug Wit.
an attendant at their side who
carried the penuors of the
black raven. Then rode Sir
Thomas Percy with his blue
hon Haunting above HIM, and
Sir Hugh Calverley whose ban
uer bore a silver owl. followed
by the massive Bedford who
carried a huge iron club. weigh
ing sixty pounds. upon his
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for quarrel, Nigel Now here l drink to the ladies
of Brittany, who of all ladies upon this earth are
the most fair and the most vrtuous, so that the
least worthy amongst them IS far above the best
of England. What say you to that, young Sit.
Nigel dipped his finger in his glass and leaning
over he placed its wet impress on the Bretons
hand. This in your face, " said he.
Beaumanoir swept off the red drop of moisture
and smiled his approval 1t could not have been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

II you as the garrison OF
Ploermel march upon the garri-
son OF Josselin, then it is very
plain that we have broken the
truce, and upon our heads he
it. But if there be a private
pickering betwixt me, for ex-
ample, and this young Squire
whose eyes show that he Is
very eager for honor, and ii
thereafter Others on each side
join in and fight upon the
quarrel, it is in no sense war.
but rather our own private
business which no King can
alter
Indeed, Robert, said Bam-
bro all that you say IS very
good and fair"
Beaumanoir leaned forward
toward Nigel, his trimming
glass in his hand. Your name,
Squirrel" said he.
My name is Nigel Loring.
Il see that you are young
and eager; SO | choose you as
| would fam have been chosen
when | was of your age"
81 thank you, fair sir, SAID
Nigel. 1t is great honor that
one 50 famous as Yourself
should condescend to do some
small deed upon me. "
" But we must have cause
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Knights and squires leaned forward in their
chairs, their eager eyes fixed upon him. He broke
into a gap-toothed smile he looked round at the
circle: the wizened seneschal the blond giant
NIgels fresh young face, the grim features of
Knollcs, and the yellow hawk-lke Calvcrley, all
burning with the same desire.
Il that | need not doubt the good will, said
he, and of that l very certain before | came
upon this errand. Bethink YOU then, that this
order applies to war, but not to challenges, spear
trimmings, knightly exchanges or the like. King
Edward IS too good a knight and so is King John
that either of them should stand in the way of a
gentleman who desires to advance himself or to
venture his body for the eNaltation of his lady
Is this not So?
\ murmur Of eager assent rose from the table
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as a young oak. with fiery black eyes, and no
in his comely features save that his front
had been dashed from their sockets. His S
William of Montaubon was also tall, with a
Ratchet face, and two small gray eyes set very
upon either side of a long fierce nose. In
manoirs expression one read only galantry
frankness; in Montaubons there was gallantry
but it was mixed with the cruelty and Cunnl1
the wolf They bowed as they entered, and
little English seneschal advanced with Outstret
hand to meet them.
Welcome, Robert, as long as you are ber
this roof said he Perhaps the time may C
in another place when we may speak to eacl
other in another fashion.
so l hope, Richard said Beaumanoir,
but indeed we of Josselin bear you in high
esteem and are much behOlden to you
and to YOUR men for all that YOU have
done for us We could not wish better
ncighbors nor any from whom more
honor is to be gained. l learn that
Sir Robert Knolles and others have
joined YOU, and we are heavy hearted
to think that the orders of our Kings III
should debar from attempting a
venture" He and his Squire sat down
at the places set for them, and filling
their glasses drank to the company.
What YOU say is true Robert" said
Bambro and before YOU came we were
discussing the matter among ourselves and
greving that it should be 50. When heard
YOU of the truce
Iester-evening a messenger rode from
Nantes"
Our news came tonight from Hennebont.
The Kings own seal was on the order. So
| fear that for a year at least you will bide
at Josseln and we at Ploermcl and kill time
as We may. Pcrchance we may hunt the wolf