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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
By Mrs. ]. E. Davidson

- TYPICAL representatives Of that
rapidly disappearing genus. the
California pioneer, are John l.
and ". S Lewis, two old broth
ers. cousins Of Joaquin Miller, must
clans. honey peddlers, adventurers, near
kin to Meriwether Lewis OF Lewis and
Clark fame. and so old that neither
knows whether he is so orNso until he
consuIts his pocket bible. Age can not
wither them nor cure them Of their in
finite variety. a variety that has made
their lives a Kaleidoscope succession Of
Dangers and achievements. All OF the
love Of adventure that sent Captain
Lewis, the explorer. TO the great Ore
gonian northwest. and all Of the love
Of the bizarre and picturesque that has
set Joaquin Miller upon an individual
pedestal are blended in the veins Of
these ancient brothers. whose homes
arc nowhere and everywhere. At pres
ent .aey are at the Alaska Yukon-Pa-
cifc exposition, playing their old hddles
TO the tenderfoct fastener, and selling
the little rocnurc, "My Garden Of
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ineness OF the Miller welcome can COM
prehend the joy and pride that swells
the old mems breasts as they tell, each
interruptiug the other in his eager
ness, of the times spent with their
famous cousin.
They know that James Brice. the
British ambassador. on his last visit
to this coast two months ago, said
that Joaquin Miller and Bret Harte
were the two California literati who
were most popular in England, and
1T is safe to presume that each has
preserved a hundred newspaper clip
pings wherein Bryce expresses his APP
precation of these two opponents and
portrayers of the day of the great gold
discoveries.
For each has all the Miller love
for the plaudits of the multitude, and
all of the Miller insouciance and In
genuousness that renders his egoism
comparatively inoffensive.
They were born in Indiana in the
early 1S20's, and came across the plains
in the early forties, and when mere
boys assumed the duties OF men IN
doing picket duty in seeming Indians
and drove the oxen in regular shifts
with the men.
They do not know how many times
more than ten they have crossed the
plains. They came the first time in
1910. when the eldest brother was but
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-11
Bv Mira A. Maclay

= AIR tressed, with crescent moon
for emblem, was the classical
Diana, "a maiden queen and
huntress. chaste and fair" liv-
ing IN her well loved vernal woods.
Slim and brown haired is the California
Diana, q little woman not Eve feet in
height and weighing but so pounds a
wife and mother living in a pleasant
little modern cottage in the Garden
City OF San Jose. Nevertheless, as true
70 the mark as the swift flying arrow
from Diana bow IS the shot she sends
from rife. pistol or gun. In the chase
ana hunt she us superb. and when IT
comes 20 fancy shooting the old Gree k
goddess would not be in il as com pared
with Mrs Carl Schilling. the Diana of
the west.
AGA Fox was her maiden name, and
the blood OF the bold faring, sturdy
hearted pioneers beats in her veins, her
grandfather being the far famed Jim
Murphy. who sought FL Dorado five
years before the '4sers were drawn
hither, and her grandmother being at
Suffers fort in the stirring days when
gold was discovered.
Her husband, Carl Schilling, is the
son OF q former mayor Of San Jose, and
quite as expert a shot as his wife. The
joys, hardships and triumphs of the hunt
appeal more strongly to them than the
inauities OF the ballroom and bridge
for Mrs. Schilling has no attraction as
compared with fancy shooting.
Ar. and Mrs. Schilling were married
IN Arizona. the best man at the wed
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After many years close intimacy that
is all the difference In general charac-
teristics they have been able TO note.
Truly Milleresque epigram.
The last time they visited Miller at
his Fruitvale home they We're photo
graphed with the poet and Count and
Countess Kanno. the former Japanese
minister, and the latter the young
sculptor whom he married year or so
ago, much to the dismay of the brides
friends. They now reside with Miller,
the countess assuming the duties OF
mistress Of the place and her husband
officiating In the capacity of first mate
OF the establishment The marriage has
apparently. to date. proved a happy
one The fact that the bride was Ger
trude Boyle of the Caucasian race and
Kanno of the east. oriental did not
alter NIiller's friendship or admiration
for either. And the fact that their
home is his home is patent that his
friendship was sincere.
And every year. so long as they live.
the aged brothers who crossed the
plains together, who bear the same
name and are kin to Captain Meri-
wether Lewis Of Lewis and Clark
fame, have promised to break bread
and play the plaintivs music 90 salf
forgotten Indian songs for their kins-
man. Joaquin Miller.
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16 years old, and during the first win
ter worked a mine that had been To-
Gated two years before at Howlands
fiat in Butte county by Ben Rowland.
They did not get rich here. nor do
anything worthy of note. unless the
younger brothers experience in a cave
in of the mine would be deemed no.
table. He was in the mine when the
supports of the shaft gave way, COM
pletely shutting off all egress. For
four hours after the first battle against
the shifting earth and rock the i'm
prisoned youth was given up by the
company, but at the end of the fourth
hour a faint hope stirred the other
workmen to renewed attempt, and by
burrowing in from another direction
they were rewarded for their efforts
by being able to drag, more dead than
alive, the man who had been given
up as one more sacrifice to the NAM
mon of gold.
The same brother participated in a
battle with the Indians on the Big
Horn when IL prospectors were killed.
He was wounded by an arrow, which,
contrary to custom, was not poisoned.
He extracted the barb with consider
able loss OF flesh. but suffered no per-
manent Inconvenience, and made his
escape from the battlefield to the
wagon train, where he was nursed to
health again by the women.
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ding being Sergeant Dave Hughes, one
OF the best known of Roosevelt's famous
Rough Riders. The groom did not then
dream that his bit of a girl bride was
TO become a crack shot. But every one
could handle a gun in that frontier
town, and soon the young wife found
herself as sure a marksman as the best.
They discovered, too. to their delight
that they had a mutual passion for
shooting. With zest they took up
fancy shooting and soon Mrs Schihng
had mastered all the difficult feats of
the widely heralded Annie Oakley. the
woman who received as a member of
the Buffalo Bill company the recogni
ton of princes.
Two little girls Elaine, now aged s,
and Bernardine of three summers.
came. and the happy family returned TO
San Jose. their former home. The hus-
band has the position of book keeper
with a large firm, and the wife thriftily
bushes herself in caring for the house
and babies. But they still must shoot.
A big steel bulkhead has been ar
ranged in the back yard, and there they
almost daily practice fancy shooting,
while trap shooting events near the
city are regularly attended.
The small boys of the Schillings
neighborhood quickly caught on to
what practice meant, and now at the
gather. Soon the fence is crowded
with a jostling crowd OF boys, whose
enthusiasm knows no bounds, as shot
after shot is sent true to the mark.
She's all right Bully, that was go
ing somew-thus they cheer them on.
Undisturbed, the Schillings keep on
with their practice. Shot after shot,
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marvelously true. is sent. the husband
and wife in the best comr adeship. each
striving to outdo the other. Little
Elaine clamors for Il turn, and with
the rifle steadied across a chair sends
home three shots out of five Baby
Bernardine shouts Me, too" and holds
toward the rifle eager hands, but her
mother DEGREES that she must wait
a little longer.
Fancy Stunts
Mrs. Schilling shoots 80 to IS feet
from the target, using a % rife.
Right and left shoulder shots, cross
arm shots with mirror, straight back
overhead with mirror. rifle over
shoulder and looking into mirror. are
rapidly fired. the record being almost
perfect, scarcely one shot out of hun
dred missed. Then the husband picks
the light little woman up (she only
weighs, remember, 80 pounds), and
holds her in a cradle of his arms, while
she. shooting backward, sends another
shot true to the mark The small boy
wildly applauds, and then. perhaps,
Mr. Schilling lights a cigarette, holding
out the still burning ma tch in front
of the cigarette, coolly standing there
at a distance of 80 feet She fires.
S-s-ff, the light is out on the match.
S-s-ff, the rifles second report follows
quickly and this time the light at the
end of the cigarette is put out
A row of targets, one inch in diam
eter, is set up at a distance of S5 feet
In seven seconds Mrs. Schilling has
knocked them all down. Mr.. Schilling
then puts on glove, from the point
of each finger of which extends a little
wire that holds white peppermint
candy. Nonchalantly she picks off. ono
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used IN this stunt the distance being
80 feet and the score high.
But If 1T is happiness for Mrs. Schil-
ling to practice fancy shooting at home.
what joy it is for husband and wife
to gayly go afield or to attend the
trap shooting events. With what swell
ing pride does he see the plucky little
woman, whom he fondly declares is
"all grit pile up the records that are
the envy and despair of all except the
most expert marksmen of the sterner
sex!
On the opening day of the season
of 1908, in the vicinity Of Morgan
hill, Santa Clara county. Mrs. Schilling
bagged her limit of 25 doves by 10
o'clock in the morning, only one other
hunter surprising her. Every bird was
shot on the wing, she considers ii
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by one. these bonbons with her perfect
shots. He also has a wide brimmed
hat with eight little balls stuck on
toothpicks around the edges This he
sometimes dons and Mrs. Schilling ac-
curately knocks off each and every ball.
The most difficult of all her feats is
the hitting of small objects tossed up
in the air. One and five-eighths inch
wooden blocks are thrown up and her
record for hitting them is better than
nine out of ten. Twenty seven hits
consecutively is her best score here.
Jumps of coal the size of a hens
egg she splinters rapidly, and coins
tossed into the air fall bent and twisted
from her rifles sure shot.
Another unusual feat is the cutting
off of lighted candles. one after another
as they stand IN a row. A revolver Is
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unsportsmanliEs TO shoot otherwise.
She is the only woman who attends
the trap shooting events in central
California, her modest bearing and her
splendid craftsmanship winning the ut
most admiration OF the men. In her
clay pigeon record she now ranks fifth
in Santa Clara county, having last sea-
son shot at 1000 blue rocks, averaging
81 per cent. She also tramped last
fall for many a long mile with deer
hunting party OF which her husband
was another member. but no deer were
sighted Nevertheless the blessing of
long hours spent out Of doors and the
comradeship OF the hunt remains.
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Gallery Shooting

Uailery shooting
Across from tbs postof1ce In Post
street, San Jose, there Is a shooting
gallery where the Schillings often go
on a Saturday night. Within Is min
utss OF their appearance, so much at
tention their Workmanship attracts,
the place Is literally packed. A stunt
OF Mrs. Schillings that Is particularly
admired is shooting clay pipes. There
is q swinging target there, and on top
OF it a row OF 10 clay pipes Is ar
ranged Scarcely missing a shot. Mira
Schilling shoots of first the bowls OF
the pipes, and then returning. shoots
of one stem after another.
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
WHEAT GOING UP

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, April 1st.-W Western
miilers are beginning to wonder whether
they will have to shut down their mills
owing to a lack Of wheat. Prices go on
advancing steadily. A car Of No. 2 red
wheat sold on the Kansas City Board Of
Trade yesterday at $1.3s bushel, within
two cents Of the high record price reached
here during the Letter deal eleven years
ago., Hard wheat sold as high as $l.22.
Prices for future delivery rose one cent Or
more. The predominant speculative
view is that old wheat will be SO scarce
before harvest that the new crop will be
worth 81 bushel or more.
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
New Castle County
Agricultural Fair /
GentIemen's Driving Park
Wilmington, Del.
Aug. 81 and Sep. |, 2,8.
1908
specil Premiums in very Department

B1r Premium Sepd Firms are "fferil <
Special Premiums for produces
grown from their seeds.
R4r Premiums in the swine Department
more than double those OF last
year.
s9special Exhiba of Sheep, Swine,
Grain, Forage. Fruit and Vpge-
tables by Delaware College Experi-
ment Station.
RSFC Competitive Exhibits in the Child.
ren's Department in Penmanship,
Drawing and Designing between
Public Schools.
R@speciaI Exhibits in Cooking and
Needlework.
Active Preparations Have Been
Made for the Greatest Fair
Ever Held in Delaware
D9-1t is especially urged that plans be
made EARLY for Exhibits. This
month is the time to attend to il.
DON'T PUT 1T OFF.
Requests for Premium Lists, &C., may
be made to the Office Of the Fair Asso
citation, No. East Fifth Street, Whining
ton, Del.
Preliminary Premium List Ready
February lst
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
FHr Bad OLD ulfTtH

Oncs upon j time there wsa q very bad
old witch; her name was Big Cheat. She
ruled over a country named Elmwood.
Now Big Cheat had lion that bad %
much power as Big Cheat. Now ii the
prettiest part Of the: woods there we're
some maple trees. The witch would not
let anyone 30 near the trees and II they
did The lion would. eat them up. One
day man went in and the lion ate him
up:
LorR, long alter that, when every bady
thought that Big Cheat was dead, they
gave big fast aud did not ask Big
Cheat to comt; but when lie least VAS
started in walks Big Cheat aud her lior.
Tie people were afraid for they knew
what she would do and so the witch aud
the lion ate all the people.
ALLAN ]. JOHNSON,
Age 8 years.
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
HIDDLEEowN. DEl.. RARII :, laoa
THAT TARIFF

President Taft, they say, has
told Congress, practically What
in a former editorial this paper
gave eas its opinion Of the pro-
posed tarif-Viz: that it is a dis
honest attempt at q make. believe
reductions hoodwinking en-
deayor to fool the Republican
Party, the President and the
public by a pretended lessening
of the tariff rates which in fact,
in some cases at least, amounts
to an increase, and that too on
some of the common necessities
Of the masses-e. g. on tea, cocoa,
hats, stockings and gloves.
At any rate no agreement IS in
sight, they say mo not by June 1st,
though the delay,as the President
insists, is costing the country
$4,000, 900 a day!
It's confusion worse con-
founded" in Congress! A regular
Kilkenny cat affair-with Re-
publican members ripping
brother Republicans up the back;
Democrats paying a like courtesy
to Democrats wild scramble
of selfish local interests to pro.
tect themselves, with the cry in
each case of "the Devil take the
hindmost"- is, the general
public!
Already there are Taft riffs
appearing in the Bosses lutte
which erstwhile was piping such
sweet music of Presidential "Con-
servatism" to replace those
horrid raucous Roosevelt dis.
sonances
Well, there remains always
this consolation, "whsn thieves
-to-wit IN this case, the Bosses
fall out, honest meH-to- wit the |
public-may come by their own"
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
STILL THAT TARIFFl

One by one the concealed
Africans are being smoked out
Of the tariff wood, pile 1t now
appears that the new provision
taxing stockings, is an IS per
cent. rate for the article that
common folks wear, i. e. those
costing 25 cents a pair; an odious
increase of 20 per cent. over the
Dingley rate; but on stockings
costing so cents a pair the rate
imposed is only 65 per cent /;
while on the "real thing" in
hosiery, to-wit, the silken ones
that clothe in lustrous sheen the
shanks Of the rich-why, for
sooth, there is no increase at all!
Times are a bit hard-so the
millionaire must not have his
silk hosiery bill increased but
the poor maxwell let him do
without socks-the government
wants revenue.
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
St. Georges Hundred !!

The taxable residents of St. Georges
Hundred, aud all persons liable TO- nav
tax in said Hundred, are hereby notified
that the Taxes for the year 1908 are now
due, aud the undersigned Tax Collector
for said Hundred, will be at the Office, of
JOSEPH H. ENos, IN ODESSA,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2Sth, 1909
From 800 A. NJ. to 1900 Nj.
AT Henry cLEAvER's STORE, IN PORT PENN,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2Sth, 1909
From 2. M. TO 4 4P. NJ.
and at HIS RESIDENCE on Cass street.
Middletown, Del, every Saturday, from
A. NJ, TO P. M.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-.
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE.
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 8, CHAPTER
80, VOLUME q, LAWS OF DELAWARE, As
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid before
the first day OF October there shall be an
abatement Of five per eentum. On an
taxes paid before the first day Of Decem-
Der there shall be an abatement Of three
per centuln. On all taxes paid during the
month OF December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the FIRST day Of January five
per csntum thereof shall be added
WALTER BEASTEN,
Collector Of Taxes for st. Georges Hun.
dred.
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
roof hEalOwE BOG

All! Delaware i was afoused esEl5
Wednesday eyenih when Il was reported
thai the four- ysaf-5 sol Of Mrs. Rdils,
who lives 10 that pIaee. had been id-
mapped. The child had been playing 10
the street in front Of his home, whe p a
man was seen to come down the street
and pick the by up in bis arms. He
then buried towards the street car fine
and boarded Il car that leaves Delaware
City at 6. 20 o'clock for Wilmington.
immediately the telephone wires were
made to burn with the messages sent ont
from Delaware Gity to New Castle and
Wilmington. The police we're notified
and they hurried pafrolnen TO meet the
car. The man who had the boy with
him, however, vas intercepted Ut New
Castle by Officer Tobin when the car
reached that t9wn and Officer Tobin- took
him into custody pending an inyestiga-
tion into the matter.
It later developed that the supposed
kidnapper was the boys father. He is
said to be known by the name ofs Gerter-
ser while the police were told the stolen
child was the son Of Mrs. Rolls. Ger
terser was fo3merly a soldier il the
United States Coast Artillery and
stationed at Fort dupont near Delaware
City. About six years ago he married
Delaware City young woman named
Dora Cannon
About six months ago Gerterser's time
as an enlisted man expired. He was
given an honorable discharge and almost
Immediately he disappeared. 1t was
learned he had gone to Virginia. What
had caused him to leave Delaware City
was never stated and his family there are
reticent.
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
NEWARK POSTMASTER

DelawareClark yesterday was appointed
postmaster of Newark to succeed Post
master ]. Kensey Chambers, the latters
term expiring on Wednesday. The office
pays a salary of $1,000 a year. Mr..
Clark is q leading Republican of his Sec
ton and is former recorder of deeds Of
New Castle county.
Mr.. Clark had the endorsement of Sen.
ators DUPONT and Richardson and Con
gresham Heald. There were several ap-
plicants for the appointment, and among
those mentioned was Representative Rob.
ert W. M prri'On,
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
NEW YORK CHURCH CALLS PASTOR

Rev. G. Clarence Baker, Of Frederick
town, Md, who is new taking special
course Of study at Auburn Theological
Seminary, has received a unanimous call
to become pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Wolcott, N. Y, as soon as be
finishes his work at the Seminary.
Mr.. Baker is about thirty years of age.
and has filed two charges in Iowa. He
married Miss Mamie Woodall, daugh-
ter of the late Richard Woodall and grand
daughter OF the late Capt. Andrew Wood
all, Of Georgetown, Md. They have three
children.
Mr.. Baker has made many friends
since moving from the West to our neigh-
borhood, whowhile glad Of his success in
the North, regret that he must leave
them.
Middletown transcript., 1909-04-03
THE SENATORSHIP

"The Democratic press of the
State is having much to say now
concerning what they term "the
mix up" in the Republican party
over the selection Of a candidate
for United States Senator, to sue.
ceed Col. H. A. dupont, whose
term expires on the fourth Of
March next.
These Democratic editors
have been looking over their own
battling list so long that their
vision isimpaired,a and are"seeing
things mythical. On their own
side Of tue House We see looming
up one of the liveliest contests
that even the warning factions
ofthat party have witnessed for
many years. Not since the days
OF the old Wolcott- Bayard Sauls-
bury conflicts have the lines been
drawn on this subject more
marked or more bitter than at
present.
And 9 factor with a pretty
well organized following will be- |
former Senator r. R. Kenpev..
He will be q factor in the fiehtl
because he win go it alone this
time, his friends say, and there
viii be no Salisbury connection
TO interfere. This will leave the
Honorable Willard Salisbury Ia
push his fight by his lonesome.
With the Hon. John Biggs, the
don. James r. Hughes, and
9robably the Hon. Josiah Marvel
2 be arrayed against him as
yell as Senator Kenney. In this
lgnt no quarter win be given "a
'sked and the fences are alreadv !
'eing put up.
On the Republican side ~ III
iouse our people seem 10 he
erect y satisfied with the sena. /
'rs hey already have and sena \
u an Font will be san4 Ls,- &
himseIf as win Senator n
ason when lis term ex n
Wy chicks previous to tha -
e = 1easstlon That's an
The Detroit times., 1909-12-24
MONEY MISSING;
BOOMER ARRESTED
Mrs. Mary Kelly Thinks Albert Rein
Is Responsible tor the Disappear
ance of $l67.

Detective Robert Palmer and Pa,
trolman H. @. Smith arrested the
whole family OF Albert 4. Rein. OF No.
3s7 Second-st.. early Friday morning,
following the theft OF 31a from Rein 8
landlady. Mrs. Mary Kelly.
Rein. his wife. stepson and baby
were all taken TO central station In
the patrol wagon. Rein was held on "A
charge OF larceny. while the rest OF the
family were released.
Thursday night, Rein reported that
he had been robbed OF $40. all the
money that he had In the world
Mrs. Kelly had $l67, with which she
intended 10 pay her taxes. in her bed.
room.
Early Friday morning. Mrs. Kelly
left her room, going TO the bathroom.
When she returned, she met Rein in
the hall. He was greatly agitated.
and suddenly dashed past her and out
the front door. She soon discovered
that her money was missing. Rein
was gone 40 minutes, and returned
with loaf OF bread. which he said
he had gone 10 buy. The officers who
went 10 investigate searched his room
and found two s. bills folded in exact
ly the way that Mrs. Kelly said she
folded her money.