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Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
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rt was q case in which first aid to the injured was imperative. but no enc present knew how te extend the aid Presently a handaeed heg<ar who had been sitting oa the curb east o1 his pretense of helrlessness Out of linen strips provided hy the wo- men in the crowd he fashioned band ages and applied them skillfaily.
 ..where did you acquire all that skill in nursingy" hyStander asked.
 .lt Is one of the first things the men of our profession learn" WAS the can did response. -half our success dc pends upou arrangement of bandages that makes us look as If we had been half killed No doctor can be depend. ed on to fix us up. so we have to do our own hsndsging. Every successful man in the business practices on him. self and the other fellows until he can turn out first class job. York Sun
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
- The - Scrap Book
WnIira ta AsIn.

When Nas & yeHng fellow, just beginning the practice Of law said Magistrate House, stwo of the oldest characters about the courts were the Cohen brotherS David and PhiIin They had habit of appearing on the opposite sides nf the same case. One day when Chief Justice Shay called the calendar ill the city court David Cohen answered Ready for the plain tin in one case, and immediately Philip Cohen agswered Ready for the de tendant. On the second cal David agasn answered Ready but Philip an tweresi Nor ready This caused Jus uee Shaw to say: Why. Philip Cohen. fifteen minutes ago you were ready. How k II that you are not ready now 2.
 May 1t please your honor,' replied Philip Cohen. l WAS ready when you first called the calendar. but since then l have learned that my brother David has fifteen witnesses in court. and have only twelve. l should like an ati- toafament so that I may be able to go out and gel three more witnesses
 '.Whereupen up spoke Brother David. saying: May it please your honor. if that k all that Is worrying my brother Philip the case can go on. I will lend him three ef my witnesses New York World
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Stacs Reparteo.

Fpsris, actors are very fond of saying things to one another on the stage ,wbich will confuse them and make an answer very awkward A few days ago. during the progress of ccsfnme 1ilay one of the actors who was wear- ing sword knocked the thunder Iilates down in the wings
 Thunder plates are sheets "f in which are shaken to produce thunder and ffre noise of the fall of a couple ef tlfenlean I've imagined The king who was upon the stage, turned to one CT the pages and haughtily asked. What ever is tbafs'
 To his surprise the page. who. ns star. pages often are. was q c''s.rnsins young lady in real life. answssrs,. Thirty dez4f muses are down beleAv. sire. asking Tor conversation with yoaaf majesty
 The king. without moving muscle. although the andieaee iauEhed. replied. Are yuu qrfte certain they are fuasbs"
 '.They Sav ssl. sire. replied the page with freat soiemnity
 .eweH '' said The king they make an awful nasse afeut it."
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
A Preventive Measure

Six-yeaf-old Harriet announced her intention of giving mp her German les sons with fraulcin.
 eShe hugs and kisses me all the time I'm at lessons. anl-ugh-l dc hate Duteh.~ Harriet explained.
 Father. who Is something of dinlo- mat, reasoned with her. See here. my little girl. have read German and French with frauleIn ever since l was your age. and she has never tried to hug or kiss inc.
 Father observed the child dryiy, you had better touch wood -Sneeess Magazine
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Why He AppIauded.

A characteristic anecdote is told of rcherubini. the most jealous of the ir- ritabie genus of composers He had been prevailed upon to be present at the first representation of the work Of confrerr. and during The first acts which were mneh applaudcd by shs , public. be had kept gloomy silence The third act was less fatorably re ceiyed. and a certain passage especial lvs seemed 10 cast cold blanket over the spectators. when the old maestro, to the asionlshmenf of his friends, was seen 10 applaud heartily
 @-Do you really like that du@sN asked one of them --i should have thought it was one of the poorest and eeldess m the whole opern.
 "You idiot" answered the maestro, with genuine naiyefe. don't you sec that if did not applaud il he might possibly cut it outT
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Aseorsina to seriptvrs.

A tailor of vsry stries principles was In the habit of exeusiBg the faults Of his assistants only If they could jus tify themselves hy Scripture. one day a woman entered bis shop and asked 10 see some material. but refused 10 buy ir because fl was toe cheap. After showing her some ofbsr geods rhe as sistanf brought back the sazne mate rial. this time asking higher price. whereupcn the customer bought fl. A1ferward the proprietor. who had wit B<seed the transaction. repr"~ed his ssAstant severely. The latter. remem- berisg the rules of the establishment, sepated: ''Oh. it's according to serie- turs esa right. She was . stranees, asd l tosk heS in"
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Sorrow.

 Count each affiictioa. whether light or grave God messenger sent down Co thee Do thou With courtesy receive dim. Rise and bow And ere his shadow pass thy threshold crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave Then lay before hum all thou hast. Al laM No cloud of rassiou to ,,snrp thy brow Or mar thy hospitality. no wave Of mortal tumuit to obliterate The souls marmoreal eaimuess- Grief should be Like joy, majestic. equahie. seaate. Confirming, cleansing. raising. making free; Strong to consume small troubles. to com mend Great thoughts. grave thoughts. thoughts lasting to the end.
 Aubrey de We're
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
The Srartest Ever.

Paauin has exceeded even his ex. ouisite skill in the charming costume of his which is illustrated today. The gown is of blue chiffon. bright dark tone draped over the same shade of satin. The skirt finishes in d deep band of blue satin ernamented below the knee with chou of black satin confined by buckle.
 The upper half of the waist follows the approved kimono lines and is gath
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Scotch stuiss.

IT was late in the afternoon when the Scotch nfapister arrived at the farmhouse. The housewife suggested that perhaps he would flxe a cut Of len before engaging in nsexercises Na. ma said he. @I ape talk my tea better when my work is done. I'll just De eaun on. Ye can hing the 3,aH on an leave the door ajar. an ri Hyaw fo lose in the prayer when ] h~ar fhf naam fzzin'
 Anofser woman of Scotland when asked fl she had understood the ser mon to which she had just been hs- tenfng rspiled. -Wad hse the pc sumptienr
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
prsaehias Menksys-

The aushoY Of -srhe History Of Bra xfr- tells of q species Of monkey called
 .preacberA- Every morning and evruine thAae monkeys assemble In ,he wooda One takes | higher posi- rtoa than shs rea and mskes . stgnai wieh his fore caws Al fhis aGnah tne ogA~rs sft around him asA iisten- when ,b<r are ail seafed be bex1ns fs utfsr .s ssr3as. of soundA wbea bs eese sAere <rses U 0Ahes anefhev sag1a vtfh his pov. snd she s1ehesS <sy euf u,fn hp ankes fhirt stansl opos ~Ath they b>reme a,~at aauta Tbs sahae. Ar. Mar-xrerr- .ssrsss tfnf = w.s | vtfpe0 so sbess pesaeh1aGA
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
A Confession.

The late Father nneey was once sea gerly soarsht. while hearing eonfes. sions, by an contemplating reporter 1or q New York newspaper.
 There was sa long line of peni1enfs in the church, and the reporter saw that the only way to get speedy hear lsx would be so get d place in the line
 .At last bis eprn came. Father Du- cey-'. be began, m q reporter for the sNesw York Daily Blank"
 My SOIL" Interrupted the clerae, "ey<s that miSht be forgiven
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
 Neotected Cpportanities.

This Is the site of an ancient city" announced the Arab guide. As you see. not one stone remains upon an other
 You fellows lack enterprise" com mented the tourist Why don't you take some of this building material and construct some ruins T'-P Pittsburg Post,
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
PRETTY CHEEKY.
At Least the Senator's Demand Struck
 His Cclieaaue as Such.

Soon after the converting of new session of congress announcement was made of The approaching marriage of Ansen c. McCooS. who was then sec- retarx of the senate A subscription was immediately started among the senators for the purchase ef 8 wedding present. Two or three prominent sen uters volunteered te collect the money, Senator N. enc af the richest men in the senate at that time. WAS one Of these.
 Seeing new senator who had not yet been approached on the subject.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
| carIyls envh.

Carlyle had an inveterafe hatred for Darwinism. vbich fse described as the gorilla damnihcatton of bumanity. Leonard Huxley in his life of his fa- ther recalls as tncidenf that happened shoffly hefofe Cnsiyie's death My fasher.- he wF1tes. .saw him walkiog slowly and aieps down the oppd1se side of the screee and. touched bf 18 solitary appearmore> croose1 over a1o spoka to him Tbe oid man booked q him sad merely remaSkins. Yousre Huxiey. area't ysu. the man fhat says
 ~e sre all desrended from ths noar GsgpY and vent oa hiD wsy.s
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Actress In an Airshit

Mir. Stanley Cooke. an English the satrical manager. was considerably per turbea recently by the contents Of letter received 6om Miss Ola Hum phrey. his leading lady.
 The letter stated that she prossosed going from Munich 10 oberamnsxSan Il sl order 40 witness the Passion play and that the first twenty five nllses would be accomplished in m hirsaas. ibe remainder in usotor The sfF- ter also contained instructions in case of au accident
 Mir. Cooke immediatelg telesraphed- begging Miss Humphrey not to at tempt the higkt. but il MAS too late The adventurous young lady. accom- panied by five gentlemen. ilad aiready started The voyage proved success, and Mr. Cooke's fears we're aiiayed by the receipt of an enthusiastic teie- gram announcing the safe arrsTai or the party.
 Miss Humphrey. when interysswed after her trip. admitted she felt &ery nervous as the time approached Tor she start. md as the afrship rose ana ss1e earth apparently receded the whose of her past life flashed through Der brain. but this soon gave place 10 fessing of great exhilsrataos as the dirigjble sailed majesticaiiy oyer ah ever changing panorama
 Miss Ola Humphrey. who is Aaia foTnian actress new to London. 6 se eDchanfed with her experience tnat che has decided to take up aeropian- ing directly after the run of The Man Prom NeEtco'. and has already written to Mr. GYnhn ne White with view 10 being inetrucfsd in the art of dying.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
aad Aeuumsnta.

The best way of answering a bad argument is not te stop it. bat let it go on it's course until 1t overlcaps the boundaries of common scnse.-6Jdney Smffh
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
Wo1nen's Woes.
Putnam Women Are Finding
 Relief at Last.

It does seem that women have more that affiict humanitys they must "keep up," must attend to duties In spite of constantly aching backs, or headac hes, dizzy spells, besriog-down pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. They must wsik and bend and york with rscking pains and many aches from kidaey ills. Kidneys cause more su9ering ttes any other organ of the body, Keep the kidneys well and health ts easily msintsined. Read of . remedy eos kidneys oaiy that helps and cures the k,doeys and ss endorsed by people you know-
 Mrs. Apboose Bourcier, 46 Smith Street, Putnam, Conn., sa3s. .My ki1- Iess were disordered for about seven years. My back was very lame, had ssasc.e hes and at ptgbt could not sleep well. Finally a difficulty with the kid nsA serretlon- set in and my condition ~4~ anstbing but piesssnl. Being sd. e.~ed 10 take Doanss Kidney Pills, 1 pro cured boa at Dfesser's Drug store. A feN aoss ef nis remedy brought me re- lief sud ! eontinaed its use until the pains in my back entirely disappeared Daring the years hleh have since pass d tsere has been no return attack Of my trouble and therefore recommend Dosn's K .daey piIss highly"
 For sais by ali dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster MiIborn Co.,, Bu6aio, New York sole ssents for the United States.
 Remember the nsme-Dosn's and take no other.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
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.1 am positive thts actress buys her puffs." (Which oEes-newspaper or hairdresser's Baltimore American.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28

nn& nnennalno PIlb ese HnDanos SA sss''as'A H.ss's ssyi
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
pee;1Ie ksse onee

when you decide nare than oocs sos 10 do fhinG fl . . sspe sagn fnss yoe wfu de it soonsr cr iater--Afcs1sou Globo.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28

You never llft up hee wsencss - ing yosrssaS ltftsd O--Emenoa
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-28
ialows6on.

Cusfomer-Have you the papers Tor | week backf Newsboy-Fer . weak back. Yer don't want papen' yer wants . porous piaster--Exchanse
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
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The hills, now hidden by the homes Of
thousands, and the streets rumbling
with the traffic Of a dense population,
were open country when Pablo Vas
quez played about the walls Of Dolores,
and Raymundo Miramontes served the
thrice blessed wine. Who was there
then, gazing across the heat quivering
wastes surrounding the mission settle
ment, who would one day stand on
Market street and witness the passing
of a pageant escorting fictitious Por-
tola, while hundreds of thousands
cheered and made merry? Who indeed
but the Don Pablo Vasquez, stanch
and loyal, though at the age when the
hand shakes, the eyes grow dim and
memory fails. San Francisco, built
anew. has begun a second era, but the
Pablo Vasquez remains to decipher the
weird palimpsest old and vast" Mira
montes is yet alive and able to awaken
the priceless memories which every
Californian should cherish and pass on.
Listening to Pablo yasquez and Ray
mundo Miramontes. there is conjured
up from the past picture of the crude
adobe buildings and the dried mud
dwellings,, the work of the Indian con-
verts, which ranged themselves before
the mission forming a square or plaza
Dolores street of today was then about
a block in length and to the rear of the
mission Guerrero street scarcely
boasted of as much. That was the ex-
tent Of San Francisco, the future SOW
ereign of the Pacific coast before the
first creeping cluster of houses ap-
peared on the sand dunes as an omen
OF the huddled thousands which were to
conquer the seven hills, when the
progress of a great nation had stamped
out the work of the Spanish fathers
and razed the mud houses to dust,
leaving naught but the mission for the
generations to come.
Vasquez and Miramontes can tell you
OF the struggles of the fathers with
the Indians and of the last days of
Dolores. under the Spanish rule, for
they were part of the generation that
passed from the mission then and of
the generation that lies dead and un-
known to us now. Would that you
might have heard the voice of the
Pablo VasQuez as he told the story in
the little hotel at Halfmoon Bay.
Would that the cultural Spanish of
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Raymundo Miramontes might have
come to your ears as it did to mine,
and that you might have seen the light
that crossed the faces of the two life
long comrades as they dwelt in mem
ory upon the familiar scenes which
played such an important part in the
history of early California.
When Vasquez described the place of
his birth / felt the awe of one wit
Messing the revival of the long dead,
for he spoke of weird places, and reared
from the dust the .crumbled mansions
of old There on the side of the lit
tie square embracing Dolores, Vasquez
pointed out the home of the padres next
to the mission and directly adjoining
the place of his birth, the house that
sheltered his father, majordomo of the
settlement. On the opposite side of the
rectangle there was a long low room.
where, like the child of the village
blacksmith, Vasquez looked in at the
open door, but saw instead of the fly
ing sparks the mysterious weaving of
blankets and wooden cloth, heard the
purr and rattle of the ancient machin-
cry brought from Mexico long before
the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth rock,
and watched the withered hands of the
old Indians caressing the woof and
warp of many strips which now hang
as relies, curiosities, in the guarded
cases of our museums.
With uncanny grace the Pablo Vas
quez led me on through the phantom
scene and brought to my notice a long
ditch running with water. The crude
aqueduct found its source near Pre-
cita (little, damn and flowed for the
main part down Dolores street. turning
into what is now Sixteenth. meander-
ing easterly toward the bay. This
was the mission water supply, con-
structed under the supervision of the
fathers by the converts. Could you
have lived in that time you would
have witnessed sights that would raise
every blind in the crowded houses that
now line those streets; for there,
under the MONDAY sun, the women of
the settlement bathed freely along the
banks of the strange waterway, and
If you gazed a bit closer you might
have discerned the bronzed little form
of the son of the majordomo splashing
and shrieking in the ecstasy of his
brook bath.
yasquez told me of the homes of the
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after this precaution the padres were
frequently crestfallen to awaken and
discover their corrals empty. The IN
dians, quick to adapt themselves 10
new conditions. employed every caution
in approaching the Enclosures one OF
their number would quietly capture the
bell mare" deftly remove the bell and
tinkle 1t occasionally to reassure the
padres. while the remainder of the
party filed out of the rear of the corral
with the horses.
1t seems uncanny, weird as a breath
from the unknown, to think there is a
man yet living who can tell such tales,
for to you and me. who have not seen.
there is little save the clean, white
washed facade of Dolores. the slanting
and fallen stones in the graveyard
near by, to tell of the times when the
new America lay in the east and the
law of the west, of San Francisco, was
the law of the Franciscan fathers-or
Spain. A clean street and modern
houses can bring no picture. can call
up no vision of the past to US Shut
your eyes to the common sight, your
ears to the rumble and murmur OF a
great city and listen to the Pablo vas
quez and Raymundo Miramontes wniie
they tell you of the bull fights that
once stirred the dust before Dolores
until all there was of San Francisco lay
hidden in the cloud, and the meager
popuiace choked and coughed as IL
cheered the brave matadors in the fierce
encounter. Bull fights there were be-
fore Mission Dolores and many OF them
held on the great saints days vas
quez tells of them and of how they
were held on st. Francis day, and Mira
montes, who is older. will corroborate
him. vasquez gazed at these strange
spectacles in the glee of chfldhood
enthusiasm, clutching the while the
hand of Father San TIE Jan. the Indian
padre with whom he had the most IA
miliar association.
Before a great while Vasquez and
Miramontes will pass and their tales
will be forgotten, but there will remain
to us several relics which the Pablo
Vasquez has had In his possession since
the old days and which have been In
his family for generations They are
antiquities which rank second only to
the human interest of the things Of
which Vasquez and his vcomrade have
told. The museum of the Leland Stan
ford Junior university has been fortu-
nate enough to secure them through
the efforts OF George c. Williams OF
Palo Alto. Mr.. Williams is q strong
friend of the Pablo Vasquez, and after
much persuading has succeeded in OBJ
tanning the articles for the museum.
where they may mean as much TO US,
perhaps, as they have to their original
owner.
A faraway look came into the eyes OF
the Pablo Vasquez as he showed me
the old mission grindstone, which he
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Vasquez, the family having moved to
Vrecita, where the mission water sup
ply had its source.
There is phase of the early life of
Dolores that comes to the Pablo Vas
auez in tho mists that shroud the first
part of his boyhood-the struggles of
the Spanish fathers with the Indians.
In that time, when the cultivated val
leys Of the Coast range and the titled
soils of the San Joaquin were wild and
crossed only by the trails of animals,
when the gold that lured thousands to
the west was hidden in the earth, the
Franciscans crept forth and secured the
country for Indians. Many and many
good father rode out on his sturdy
horse with a laugh and a wave of the
hand, to return in l.. few days bound
with leather thongs to the back of his
pony and pierced through and through
with arrows. The danger of attack was
for the most part confined to the dis
trtcts of central California. The coast
natives captured in the neighborhood
of Tamalpais and San Rafael were mild
and offered little or no resistance to the
padres, making in the end the most
satisfactory converts in point of learn
Ing and usefulness. The more unruly
when taken young proved as tractable
and as efficient in the end. Strong and
determined in their purpose, the fathers
were not to be deferred by the on
slaught of the savages.
One name remains to us in history to
tell of an instance when the fathers
made the mistake of capturing savage
who was in years beyond the age for
peaceful subjection. The Pablo Vas
quez shook his head when he mentioned
the great Pomponio. and, indicating
with his thumb the location of valley
in the hills back of Halfmoon, he re-
marked In his gentle English:
"Ah, Pomponio, my father knew him.
they say he killed many, and there is a
canyon yonder that bears bis name.
Pomponio was the cause of many wild
nights in the settlement, for every so
often he broke from the watchful faith
ers and returned to his 'bloodthirsty
comrades, mastering them into maraud-
ing bands that would swoop down in
the dark upon the cluster of adobes that
sought shelter in the shadow of Do
lores, where, amid havoc and massacre,
they would ransack the dwellings and
flee to the safety of their lairs in the
hills. More often they would creep
stealthily into the settlement in the
early hours of the morning and make
away with the corraled horses while
the padres slept. This practice became
so prevalent that the willy fathers con-
ceived he idea of tying bell to the
neck of the mare in each corral that
they might be alarmed when the thiev-
cry was in progress. This custom was
generally adopted in later years and
even today the Spaniards of the penin-
sula refer to the bell mare" Even
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b istocrats of the day
the Valencias, the Guerre-
ros and the Bernals. He
spoke of the little adobe
shack which stood at the
corner of Sixteenth and
Dolores streets until re-
Gently devastated. A great
pride filed him as he men
toned the resident of the
old mansion, for it was
the home of the Bernal
family and Cosse Cornelius
Bernal was his godfather.
One saw the rambling
adobe in a different light.
Was it not the ancestral,
the royal abode of one
whose name we frequently
connect with the rise in
the southeastern part of
our city-Bernal heights?
The little primitive home
of the Bernals was vacat-
ed in the time of
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