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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-03
Sunday Cali

after a hard days work, and she viii
begin cross examination that would
make a fortune for a lawyer. I'm
wearing my life out working for that
woman. and she don't give me min
ute's peace"
About this time the man will begin TO
weep' into his glass, and the bar keeper
who hears the same story. or one IKE
it. about four nights in the week and
has heard the same one from the same
man at least dozen times. asks him 10
have drink on the house.
Il sometimes think you're the only
friend I've got. Henry" he will say as
he chol1es back the sobs. IF II was not
for you and one or two other good
friends 1 couldn't keep it UP. If the
life she leads me is not enough she Is
always asking me TO do something for
her brother. who is a candidate for the
penitentiary / know that some day
that boy is going TO disgrace me-"
You certainly have one tough time"
Henry will say in an encouraging way.
That's not the worst OF ii either,
Henry I live in mortal fear lest she
contract the drink habit I shudder
every time we are out TO dinner and
she takes a cocktail or a glass of wine.
I know 1T runs in her family this drink
disease. and I'm afraid that some day
she will fall a victim. Good night.
Henry; I've got to go home now and
face my trouble
Just imagine the kind Of reception
this man would get on his arrival home
If his wife knew what he had been
saying. But he will forget his troubles
before he gets home and will drift in
with the air of man who is cheerful
even though business did keep him at
the Office all evening. He pulls one OF
those old bromidic excuses. and while
his wife knows he IS lying she also
knows he does not do 1T very often. so
she let's him believe she thinks he IS
telling the truth and if she is wise will
take advantage of the condition OF his
mind to either get the money Tor new
frock or the promise of one.
SOME RUM BOASTS
There are few men who can help
boasting when they are in an intoxi-
Gated condition, and many OF them tell
of their conQuests over the fair sex
Others boast of success in the stock
market. when, in fact. the nearest they
ever came to playing the market was
to buy 10 shares in a bucket shop on
2 point margin.
But when a man gets to the stage he
is real confidential he does not care to
talk about much except his family Sc
crets. The secrets OF the dressing
table, which single men with sisters
never know all about. are talked Of
without the slightest hesitancy. and IL
some women knew how much their hus-
bands have said about them they would
hardly care to meet some of his friends
in the street.
If the time ever comes when they
can rectify the talk out of whisky IL
will be blessing for the families OF
the men who drink. and 1t will like
wise be a blessing for the friends OF
the man who drinks. And II science
does not accomplish that before a great
while, the women are going TO dis
cover just what foolish talk a few
drinks can produce. and they will
learn how their secrets are being told
to low browed bar Keepers and then
will come a temperance movement that
will make the women suffrage agitation
seem like a deaf and dumb convention
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The real fancy family talk does not
come from man that early in the
evening. Take a man who has tele-
phoned to his wife that he viii have to
work late at the office and will not be
home to dinner and about midnight he
is willing to swear his mother in law is
she wolf and his wife has inherited
some of the traits.
This man has spent the early part of
the evening drinking and about mid
night he gets in the vicinity of his
home. He doesn't want to face his wife
and that is just as true when she is one
OF the sweetest tempered persons on
earth as it is when she is not He
knows he has done something that he
ought not to have done, and begins to
spar Tor time and to think up an excuse
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THE SICKROOM BOOSTER

kfI MUST tell you about Jakes first
law case after he returned from
New York with his nice new law
school diploma, which he framed and
kept up over his desk in his law
studio" said the Sick Room Booster.
"Jake's father was ambitious to make
2 lawyer Of him, but as for yourself.
kept at it along the lines of machinery
and construction.
"As boys. Jake and I spent many
day upon the trout streams around our
village and when at last he returned
from New York, the first thing he pro-
posed was a good days trout fishing.
"Emptying into the St Croix river
is one OF many hoted trout streams.
Starting high up and miles back in the
woods, midst rocks and bogs, it mean
ders its tortuous way. gathering
I'D the outpourings Of numberless
springs en- route and finally reaches
the river q grown up stream OF some
Importance.
Fresh, cool and sparkling from the
woods. it crosses the main street OF
the village, under the old wooden
bridge. and then flows through
meadow for half mile just before it
tumbles into the swift flowing waters
Of the st. Croix.
This half mile Of meadow was fenced
in and was part of a farm owned by
grabbed. testy old farmer. Mcshane by
name. notorious throughout the county
for his sharp and sometimes very
questionable trading.
Paving stones had been found in his
baled hay; his milk sent to town had
been watered; he had killed diseased
cattle and sent their meat to market,
and a number Of other similar trans
actions had been brought home to his
door
Although he had never caught a
trout in his life and was never known
TO ask a neighbor TO his farm to enjoy
an hours trouting. II was. nevertheless,
a source Of delight with him to know
that he had on his land the best half
mile OF brook trout fishing, perhaps.
to be found in the state.
He had reason TO know that there
was not a man or boy in the village,
fond OF fishing. but who would make
almost any sacrifice. were it possible
to get an afternoons fishing in that
stretch OF water
1t did his covetous old eyes good TO
see the boys and men stop at the fence
and gaze with longing eyes on that
water which at times was fairly alive
with jumping trout. Fishermen would
start fishing well up the stream and
work down toward the river, only to
come up against the fence crossing the
stream just when the fishing gave
promise Of being ths best. and to read
the conspicuously posted sign: No
fishing allowed Trespa assers will be
vigorously prosecuted. Keep onr
THE reputation of McShane for tenn
per was not Of the best. SO much so
that he was credited with disposition
TO run one through with hayfork or
perhaps slash you with his scythe. and
accordingly the boys had great respect
for that signboard-and incidentally
for AIcShane as well.
There was tradition that IN former
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-03
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loquacious husband feel happy If she
knew he was at one of those round
tables in a cafe handing out that pleas
ant line of conversation? Does any
one think that If she knew of this it
would be at all difficult to enlist her
under a banner marked temperance,
and that she would have any hesitation
in fighting to wipe out the liquor traf-
lc?
That's a sample of the talk that can
be heard every day late in the after
noon or early in the evening in almost
any cafe. It's not the horny handed
sons of toll who talk that way about
their wives and their relatives. but the
men who ordinarily would no more re-
veal a secret of the family than they
would cut of right hand.
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that will stand the acid test and which
is not foolish on the face of Ii.
The story he has concocted is not
quite to his liking, so he drops into the
saloon on the corner to have just one
drink and then to eat few cloves to
disguise the odor. The eating OF cloves
to deceive women is something that
came down from the stone age and 1T
worked just as well then as it does now.
Hello, Henry! Give me a little from
the black bottle you keep hidden" he
will say to the bar keeper Henry is
favorite name for bar keepers. Seek
ers after truth will try to find out
some day why all bar keepers are
named Henry, and they will also try
to trace back to its inception the idea
that most men have that every bar
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-03

keeper has a black bottle the con-
tents of which are far superior to any
thing in the place hidden away. As
a matter of fact, the bar keepers are
not particular what they drink. and
they don't hide away bottles for the
men who come in when they have got
to the stage when it ALL tastes alike.
This man is thinking of his wife
and of what she is going to say TO
him when he gets home. That is on
his mind, so when he begins to talk
nine times out of ten she is the subject
of his monologue. 1t is likely to be
duh in the saloon at that time. and
Henry. having read the sporting pages.
is ready to be entertained.
HOW HE STARTS 1T
Married yet. Henry?" is the way
the chat usually begins. NO? Then
don't You're a free man now. and
you won't be after you get side
partner. Take it from me. Henry, IL Is
the single man who has all the fun in
this world. He can stay out as long
as he wants to, and he don't have to
make excuses to anybody when he
drifts in. He can go to the hay with
out having a long talkfest.
You think I'm happy man. Henry.
but it is because Pm brave and don't
let the whole world know OF my trou-
bic. You've seen the Mrs. and know
she is pretty good looking when she
gets out on the street. People think
we amt such bad looking couple
when 1 get on the proud clothes with
an armor plate shirt. 1t might not
hurt, some persons to go out with a
woman that is made up, but I'm an
honest man and 1t hurts me when
know that my wife has to be artih-
cial to be good looking.
You see, Henry. these are things a
man don't know about until he is mar
ried. You think when 1 go home
will be greeted by the same handsome
woman that goes to the theater with
me- That's because you don't know
Henry. I'll have just one more, ther
1 will go home and see her.
TT won't be any regal beauty whc
will welcome me, Henry. 1t will bt
a creature in kimono. That beauti-
full head of hair which she wears tC
the theater, the coronet braid and puff'
and things. will be scattered over the
dressing table and the face will bt
smeared with cold cream. The beauti
full complexion which she has for ex
hibition purposes will also be on thu
dressing table. She won't have th'
trim, neat figure either, for the cor
sets, made of steel and extending t
her knees, so she can wear the new
style gowns, will be of.
That's not the worst of II, Henry
I'm a proud man, and you're the frs
person I'VE ever told this to, and
am telling this to you in confidence
My wife has made my life no bettei
than a dogs. I'll go home now, tfreC
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they are mostly women, who have had
no opportunity to study the jag in its
formative stage, it can be said that
men do talk. The exception that proves
this rule is found in the small minority
who begin to cry after the fourth or
fifth drink and want nothing but SYM
pathy. The average man, with a few
drinks, believes he has advanced ideas
on politics, religion, the uplifting of the
stage and the philosophy of life. and
he is desirous of presenting those ideas
to an audience that is either unwilling
or is made up of men in about the
same stage and who have Ideas that
are equally advanced.
There is nothing more amusing. until
it becomes tiresome and disgusting,
than for man temporarily on the
water wagon to watch the develop
ment Of a jag. After the opinions on
the serious subjects have been given
to the world, a man begins to sing or
recite poetry, and in most cases one
is as bad as the other. Then comes
the time when a man wants to have
every one share his family secrets with
him.
II have been married for Is years
and 1 love my wife," man said to
party sitting around a table in a cafe
one night last week, but she is get
ting fat. 1 love the slim kind, and
that is the only thing I've got against
wifey In all other respects she is
good old scout"
AND SHE AT HARD WORK
You can imagine how a woman
would feel If she knew the fact that
she is taking on flesh is being adver-
tised in the cafes, especially If she is
making the sacrifice of her life by
dieting and wearing corsets that are
reminiscent of the inquisition to re-
tain her svelte appearance.
st am older than you are, and
want TO give you a little advice"
man will say to one of the young and
unmarried members of party. BE
a little careful how you pick your wife.
My wife is a lovely woman, and il 1
had married only her I would have
been so happy that the proverbial lark
would look as If it was dying of grief.
You can't marry one of them. 1
took a whole family under my wing.
and that included her mother. who
knows more things she ought not to
than any woman 1 ever saw and who
can tire out phonograph with her
talk And, then, her brotherl We'll,
1 have kept him out of Jail more than
a dozen times, and if he would kindly
go out and jump off the high place on
the Sutro heights I'd feel so happy
would probably go out and buy wine
until tired out the handsome waiter
Now, wouldn't woman who is home
and trying to keep the dinner from
spelling while she is waiting for this
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-03

The earth under the curb, sidewalk,
and a wall marking Mr.. Yosts line had
not been disturbed, and it vas planned
to brace it until the cement work was
completed. 49,,
Suddenly portions of this earth slid
toward the open chasm and swept the
men along with it. S. NJ. Sprouse, 90
years old, and bennett Fortune, both
white, disappeared into the water, about
so feet deep. Sprouse's body has not
been found, but Fortune rose to the
surface, having been carried some dis
tance under the arch. He swan to the
side, held on to the rough rocks, and
was rescued, rope being thrown to
him.
Two colored men, Warren Taylor and
George Obic, saved themselves by jump
ing as they felt the earth slipping.
Within an hour after the tragedy the
pavement and the stone wall had slid
off and gone into the opening for dis
tance of about 20 feet, possibly burying
Sprouse beneath.
The accident does not enlarge the
area Of the original chasm, except as to
the surface, which is widened.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-03
FARMER MLIRDERED.

The Black Hand, it is believed, has
added another victim 10 its long list OF
murders. Late Monday night Andy
Tearsack, a farmer, living near Wheel
ing, w. Va, was slain in the yard in
front of his house. He was standing
at the fence talking to a neighbor,
when a stranger advanced through
the darkness and inQuired!Rkhis
name.
Andy Tearsack," " replied the un-
suspecting man.
You die then, said the stranger,
and he plunged a long knife half a
dozen times into the breast Of Tear
sack.
The thing happened 50 quickly that
Tearsack's s companion was unable tC
interfere. Tearsack died instantly and
the murderer took to the woods. Posses
OF officers are following him with blood
hounds.
1t is believed that Tearsack was con.
demned to die by Black Hand lodge
and that his murderer did not ever
know him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-03

UIRGINIA.--In tho Clerks Office of
v the Corporation Court of the City OF
Alexandria. on the Dist day Of October,
Der. 1910
Sarah G.. Hall vs. John w. Hall. In
chancery.
Memo. The object OF this suit * 10 OBJ
tain for the complainant. Sarah G. Hall,
an absolute divorce from the boDds of
matrimony from the defendant, John
W. Hall. and that complainant be al
lowed TO resume her maiden name OF
Sarah Gollyhorn. and for such further
and general reliefas TO equity is right
happening by an affidavit filed In this
cause that the defendant, John w.
Hall, is r nonresident of this State:
1t is Ordered, That said defendant APP
pear here within fifteen days after due
publication of this order, and do what IL
necessary TO protect his interest In this
suit, and that a copy Of this order be
forthwith inserted In the Alexandria
Gazette, newspaper published in the
City of Alexandria, once a week for four
successive weeks, and posted at the front
door Of the Court House of this city.
A eopy-TEsTE:
NEWELL s. GREENAWAY, Clark.
Robinson Monoure, p. q. oss& wlw1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-03
ANOTHER CAvEsIN,

The first tragedy attending the falling
in of earth at Staunton occurred yester-
day when one workman lost his life in
the cavern beneath the earth, another
was carried down headlong into the
waters, but was rescued, while two
others had the earth to slip from under
them, but caught on to the solid ground
and scrambled out.
The men were engaged in building q
reinforced cement arch about 10 feet be-
low the street level, on Lewis street, over
the seam in the limestone rock which
leads to the cavern below. Nearly the
whole distance across the street had
been arched, and they were working
near the surb, opposite the residence Of
Jaseb Vest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-03
RAILROADS
Southern Railway.

raIns leave Union Station, Alexandra
d. eGect October 2, 1910.
R following schedule figures pub
le n cgs information, and are not
S Daily local between Wash
~. AMI Danville.
~ -Dailv-LOcal for Harrison
bur end ~ stations. ,,.u
944 ~ 8-Daily-U. ,. faSt N.t. Nlh.t
Stous ~ for passengers for points south
a whft ,heduled 10. stop. First class
c0a,ac leeping cars TO Birmingham
and drs ny room sleeping cars 10 Now
Ori.ana Dining car service.
i1fT M-Daily-Mail train. Coaches
for Man ssas. Charlottesville ,Lynchburg,
DanVille and Greensboro. Sleeping ears
Greensboro to Atlanta.
An =. M.-Week days-Local for War
renton and IIarrisOnburg.
Ac2 T.. iy-Birminghan spec
ial. sleeping ears between New York,
Augusta, Aiken and JackSonYllle'
Sleeper 10 Birmingham, Through first
class coaches between Washington and
Jacksonville. Dining car service. Tour
ist TO California four times weekly.
go T. M.-Wcek days-Locail loF faf-
risonb1rg aud way stations on Manassas
hysucb pullman buffet parlOr car.
5l2 =. M.-Daily-l.ocal for Warren
ton and Charlottesville.
IO27 7. M.-Daily--WaShngion ana
Chattanooga Limited via LynchDurg)'
First-class coach and sleeping cars 10
Roanoke. Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Slccpcr TO New Orleans, Washington TO
Roanoke Dining car service.
Hop. M.-Daily--New York, Atlanta
and New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train. club and observation cars TO New
Orleans. Sleeping ears to Asheville,
Atlanta Macon and New Orleans. Sleep
inc cars 10 Charlotte. Dining ear service.
427 a. -Daily-Memphis special.
Sleeping ears and coaches for Roanoke,
Knoxville, Nashville, Chattanooga ana
Temnhis. Dining car service. Wash
jnOton slccping cars open 1000 =. NJ.
Throt,gh trains from the south arrive
at Alexandra GLIB and 6:2S and lOs-3 a. m.
S't2 T-1S 1O1S and II IS T. NJ. daily, Har-
risonburg II .3S a. NJ. week days ana iS 9:iS
p. Nj. daily From ChariotteSViile Us
A. NJ
TRAINS ON BLUEMONT BRANCH.
Leave Alexandria CIV. & o. Station)
week daVs at SOD A. NJ $50 and 4:6 Tor
Bluemont: Gsg3 p M.wcek days for Lees
burg: $50 T.. VI. daily for Bluemont and
923A. NJ. local. on Sundays only Tor
BluemOnt.
For detailed schedule figures, tickets,
Pullman reservation. etc, apply to
WILLIAM G. LEHtW,
Union Ticket Agent, AleXandria' va
T. III. COAPMAN. General Manager
:. II. .HARDWICK, Pass. Traf Mgr
H.F CARY, General Passenger Agent.
+. s. Brown, General Agent,
Washington. ID. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-03
LAWYER Is INDICTED.

Charles NJ. Erbsten, one OF the
attorneys for Lee ONeill Browne, who
was recently acquitted OF charge OF
bribing State Representative Charles
A White to vote for William Lorimer
for United States senator, was indicted
in Chicago charged with corruptlng a
member OF the jury which cleared
Browne.
The juror in question, Grant Nc
Cutcben land Henry 7 Stacy, alleged
go-between, according to their stories
told to States Attorney Wayman, re-
ceived $3.50, which they divided equal
lv for McCutchen's vote on the YER
dict.
Stacy had, he said expected to re-
ceiye large sum of money for his
work as well as a political job. He
was working on a small salary, he
said, and rumors that there was plenty
Of money available in Brownies behalf
was a temptation that he could not
resist when he found opportunity in
the form of his friend McCutchen on
the jury knocking at his door.
According to his story Stacy sought
out State Representative Erickson
and asked how he could market Nc
Cutchen's vote. Erickson, Stacy said.
replied that he was not personally in
terested in the case, but would put him
n touch with someone who was.
Soon afterward, Stacy asserted, he
was introduced to Mr.. Erbsten. Mean
while Stacy had communicated with
McCutchen. The jury was closely
guarded, but Stacy said he managed to
arrange a code Of signals by which the
Juror would know whether the financial
arrangements with Erbstein had been
consumnated. The high sign" was one
OF these signals, and and another was
the word stick.
McCutchcn received the signals and
according to his own story, became
partisan of Brownies at once. He
voted for acquittal on the first bal
lot, and argued to bring others to his
side
When the time came to realize on
McCutchen's alleged perfdy, he and
Stacy went TO Erbstein's Office, so they
declare. They thought there would be
at least $4,000 in cash and also easy
Jobs. According to Stacy, they could
scarcely believe their eyes when the
lawyer gave them only 800 Later.
they said he gave them $3.50 more.
Stacy testified before the grand jury
that he made nearly 90 visits to the
lawyers Office looking for money and
jobs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-03

The old, old story, told times with
out number, and repeated over and
over again for the last SO years, but
it is always a welcome story to those
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colds as quickly as Chamberlain 5
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