The Medford mail., March 03, 1892, Page 4, Image 4

r BEYOND THE STARS.
Beyond the stars. beyond onr sight
Above those slleot worlds of light.
There Is so much tor which we care;
Out best and deepest love Is there.
In that vast realm that knows no nlc?it.
Cold glltt'rtng orbs of radiance bright,
Look down In pity from your height,
And tell us of that land so fair.
Beyond the stars.
Death knows not mercy In his might:
la hand Earth's fairest bloom does blight;
But still we trust and kneel In prayer;
There Is no sinning, no despair,
Sat perfect safety ail Is right.
Beyond the stars.
Clara L Wood In the Churchman.
MBS. GASSOWAY'S CASE
By Leon Mead.
(Copyright 1891. by The United Press.)
John Gassoway had been sitting before
his roller-top desk in his luxuriously ap
pointed office in Wall street scarcely halt
an hour one morning when an adolescent
factotum brought in the card ot Sumner
Crossrib ot Crossrib, Gallup & Co., promi
nent dry goods merchants ou Broadway.
"Show him in," said Mr. Gassow.iy to
the boy who Immediately withdrew. Mr.
Gassoway again scrutinized the card and
said half in a whisper to himself: "He's
probably called to see me in regard to a
bill. My wife does some of her infernal
and eternal shopping there."
Mr. Crossrib at that instant appeared in
the doorway and was affably greeted by
Mr. Gassoway, the broker.
"I see you get down into the street occa
sionally," said Mr. Gassoway, by way of
breaking the conversational ice.
"Oh, yes," replied Mr. Crossrib taking
the chair to which the other had pointed.
"But as a general rule I try to keep out of
It," he continued, with a sort of suppressed
Jocularity.
"Ton remain on the safe side," suggested
Mr. Gassoway, with sympathetic humor.
I try to." was the reply. There was an
evidence of restraint in Mr. Crossrib's
manner which seemed foreign to it and
therefore all the more conspicuous.
"Well, Mr. Crossrib, what may I have the
Dleasure of doing for your
"Mr. Gassoway, my errand is a delicate
anc extremely annoying one to me. oe-
gan Mr. Crossrib. "I hardly know how to
explain myself. I fear I shall arouse your
anger to an irresponsible pitch, aud yet, I
feel it my duty to be candid with you."
"Don't have any false modesty, Mr.
Crossrib. I am able to listen without al
lowing my passion to turn molten. If you
came in to borrow fifty thousand dollars
on no collateral could bear your petition
and still remain calm.""
"I do not think you will ever hear from
my line may such petition, said Mr.
Crossrib. with a bustling gesture as of
proud derogation of such a desideratum as
monev. "Frankly. Mr. Gassoway, I do
not care any longer for your wife's trade.'
"And why not?" demanded Mr. Gasso
way, with an incipient evidence on his
countenance of being injured.
"Because." answered Mr. Crossrib,
"your wife was discovered yesterday af
ternoon in the act of appropriating' a
small piece ot very costly lace, i may auu
that there was only a yard of it."
"Crossrib. what do you mean?" cried the
instantly infuriated broker, springing to
bis feet and closing the office door with a
bang that was significant to the clerks in
the adjacent rooms. That bang meant
that Mr. Gassoway was not to be dis
turbed until Le opened the office door him
self.
"I mean exactly what I have affirmed,
' pursued Mr. Crossrib, "and 1 do not come
to you without the most positive assur
ance that the woman who tried to conceal
that piece of lace on her person was Mrs.
Gassoway.
"Great Heavens! man, what are you
saying? "Crossrib,! have always heard
of you as a man of honor. But go on.
Give me the proofs of my wife s guilt.
"As I have told you. one of our detec
tives saw your wife place the lace which
" Bhe herself rolled up compactly, during
the temporary absence of the girl who had
been waitir g upon her, into her reticule.
The detective, knowing your wife by
sight, and knowing she bad an account
with the store, followed her to her car
riage and politely asked if she wished to
have the piece of lace charged in her
name. Thereupon she flew into a great
rage, slammed shut the carriage door,
and was driven away. What I tell you.
. Mr. Gassoway. is God's honest truth.
"I cannot believe it, but one thing, Mr.
Crossrib, I want to know now. vi ill you,
on your honor, assure me that this shall
go no faSher for the presentr
"Yes," said Mr. Crossrio, "provided I am
protected, the world shall know nothing
about it.
"Very well, Mr. Crossrib. I am not sat
isfied. There must be some mistake. But
charge to me the value of that lace and
put it in your next bill. Is that all, Mr.
Crossrib?
That is aD, Mr. Gassoway," -said the
grizzly-bearded merchant as he rose, and
with a good day departed.
At six o'clock that day John Gassoway
reached his Madison Avenue residence.
Half an hour later he sat at the head of
his table, with his wife at the other end,
and their three blonde children, his visit
ing spinster sister from Boston and a pair
of more or less insipid twin Diotners,
" cousins of Mrs. Gassoway.
During the progress of the ' repast, Mr.
Gassoway noticed about his wife s neck
piece of mist-like lace of wondrous tint
and texture. lie referred to it in compli
mentary terms.
"Yes," said Mrs. Gassoway, vivaciously.
but with a slightly heightened color in
her cheeks. " I was very fortunate in ob
taining this piece at the store of Crossrib,
Gallup t Co., yesterday afternoon. It is
genuine Mechlin." -
"Did you pay for it, or have it charged.
' my dear?" asked Mr. Gassoway, attempt
ing to make his tone and manner casual.
"Why." replied bis wife somewhat con
fusedly. I paid for it, John.
"A pang of doubt and bitterness shot
" through Mr. Gassoway's heart, but he
- was not yet prepared to believe his wyla
guilty. He thought it impossible that
she could be a kleptomanic, she who wag
born In affluence and had always been
able to gratify her most extravagant
wishes in respect ot dress and luxury.
Later that evening Mr. and Mrs. Gasso
way went to a reception at the bouse ol
Mrs. Coyle, a fashionable young widow.
noted for the novelty of her midnight
"spreads.
On returning home Mrs. Gassoway pro
duced from her pocket a beautiful little
pair of amber and gold-mounted opera
glasses.
"See, John, what dear Mrs. Coyle insist
ed on giving me. - Aren't tbey Just sweet!
She audi were chatting for a few min-
" ntes in her own boudoir when I spied these
glasses lying on top of ber little rosewood
secretary. I admired them and she per
suaded me to accept' them as a souvenir ol
friendship. She said they were presented
to her by a Count Somebody whom she
met in Vienna before her marriage."
John Gassoway gazed at the glasses
with a sad face and asked : "Kate are
" quite sure Mrs. Coyle gave them to you?"
"Why what do you mean?" Cannot you
believe my word?"
"There, there. I was only Joking. They
are lnd d lovely and it was very kind ot
Mrs. Coyle." '
Two mornings later John Gassoway
picked up a metropolitan journal in his
office and soon ran across the following
. notice:
. "The person who appropriated a pair of
small amber and gold opera glasses from
. the home of Mrs. Harold Coyle during the
reception the other evening will receive a
very generous reward Dy returning mem
to their owner at Fifth Avenue; no ques
tions will be asked. These opera glasses
are prized far beyond their actual money
value on accouut oi mmr associations.
John Gassoway was half distracted,
The transaction of even pressing business
was out of the question. What should he
. - . . . i .i k sAniti,it.. i
nf the opera glasses, return tnem to Mrs.
fVwle and confess the whole wretched
' truth about his wife? No, he could not do
that yet. He would return the glasses in
some way. But be could not tell Mrs.
Coyle, and trust her not to mention the
matter to others. From this hour when
John Gassoway became convinced that his
- wife possessed a morbid mania forsteailng
his domestic nappiness was cipuoeq. lie
lost that interest' In the activities of life
which had made him a man among men.
But for several days John Gassoway
made no new discoveries of his wife's mys
terious operations. One morning, how
ever, he received from Jlblin & Co. a bill
of four hundred and sixty dollars for a
diamond and emerald ring. The accom
panying note from them read as follows :
Johs Gassoway, Esq.,
Dear sib:
yesterday your wife came In to our store and
asked to be shown some rings. A clerk ex
hlbted several cases ot rings, one ot which he
saw your wife drop Into her umbrella. She
made no purchase and departed, carrying with
her the ring. The clerk duly notified us and on
Investigating we ascertained that It was a cer
tain ring sot with throe diamonds and a large
emerald in the center, worth $160. Wo enclose
bill tor the same to you, assured that you will
either settle it or make good our loss. It you
give this matter your prompt attention you will
have no cause to foar that we shall make the
matter publio to anyone.
Yours truly,
jiBua & Co.
Poor John! With a burning brain, he
wrote out a check for the amount and for
warded it to Jiblin & Co. When he reached
home that day he observed that Mrs.
Gassoway was wearing the ring.
W here did you get your new ring, he
asked with some visible slgus of impa
tience and disgust.
I bought it the other day at Jiblins .
Why?"
"I thought I had purchased all the rings
you could wear at one time.
I like different rings for different occa
sions," she said archly.
'But, my dear, I am not Croesus. There
Is a limit to my expenditure, and I hope
you understand that you can not go
blindly into every place in New York and
take whatever your fancy covets."
Mrs. Gassoway began to sob hysterl
cally. John had a stout heart, but he
was moved by ber weakness. Ho com
menced to pet and caress her and call her
the old names he bad addressed to her as
an ardent lover fifteen years before, and
these endearments soothed her. Then he
told her that she must not buy goods on
credit only at four certain stores which
he named.
You can get at those four stores," he
went on. "everything that any woman
wants. Please, Kate, do not go into debt
only at these places."
She showed an unusual spirit ot repent
ance and promised she would go only to
the establishments he had designated for
credit.
A lew days afterward John Gassoway
was again put on the rack ot worriment
by a statement sent from one of these
firms with which his wife had an account,
to the effect that while purchasing articles
in their store which were to be charged.
she had concealed on her person three
pieces ot finely wrought silk stockings
and carried tnem away.
John Gassaway was neither a professed
nor professional Christian, but on receipt
of this new proof of his wife's besetting
sin he wished the Almighty in terms of
choked and genuine grief to spare him
disgrace and to give his beloved wife a
better understanding of herself. Then
John Gassoway, goaded to an almost
childish despair, went to the heads of the
four firms with which his wife had deal
ings and said: "Do not send to me any
more reports of my wife's actions in your
store. W hatevcr you discover her trying
to take let her take, but say nothing.
Send the bill to me and I will pay it. For
God's sake ! do not spread the news of my
wife's unfortunate penchant and so In
struct your employes so that no rumpus
will be created at anytime. .Let your floor
walkers and 'spotter know what is to be
done in every case.
Mr. Gassoway s personal appeal was
everywhere respected, and he was assured
that favorable action would be taken in
every instance ; for he was a money powr
and not even merchants ot wealth could
afford to nettle him.
But still John Gassoway did not rest
easy In mind or heart. He went to his
family physician and divulged to him the
story of his wife s abnormality.
"1 am not surprised, John, said Doctor
Avery. "You must remember that some
two months ago your wife was down with
nervous prostration. It is not natural lor
your wife to be sick, to use a bull and un
professional phraseology, at the same
time that was the first serious attack she
ever had had. It weakened her mentally,
and gave to her responsive nerves
morbid impulse, vhich will exhaust
itself after a while. She is now labor
ing under a false mental strain pro
duced by her habits of indolence and
luxury. Take her to the Bermudas or to
Florida or to Europe and sail next Satur
day. Take ber away from the tempta
tions that appeal to her present tempor
ary mania and she will be able to com
mand herself within six months. . lour
wife is not the only, kleptomaniac In ex
istence. I. myself, know a dozen or more.
Don't take It so hard,, man. It really Is
not worth your while to worry. Mrs.
Gassoway will be herself if you will take
her on a month s cruise.
Mr. Gassoway hated the sea as he hated
serpents. But he bought a steam yacht
and he took his wife for a cruise across
Long Island and up the coast as far as
Halifax, and back to New York, the jour
ney in all, with . its many .untold adven
tures and episodes, consuming six weeks.
MONTEVIDEO.
The Important Commercial City v-s
South America.
No city in South America has greater ad
vantages in geographical position than
Montevideo, the capital of the republic,
and If it possessed only a good port, its
prosperity would be multiplied tenfold.
In the bay, it appears, the depth of water
has diminished five feet within the post
seventy years, and now does not excoed
fifteen feet at the deepest, while the road
Btead outside the Cerro is so exposed as to
be one of the most dangerous In the world.
The Rio de la Plata is by no moans the
ideal river that many believe It to be; In
deed, after every strong pampero you may
count wrecks and ships agrouna oetweon
the estuary and the island of Martin
Garcia literally by the score. For want of
a port or protection of any kind, all busi
ness is interrupted while the pampero is
blowing, communication between the
shore and the ships anchored in the roads
being impossible. The necessity of
loading and unloading by means of
lighters and tugs renders the operation
exceedingly expensive, and in many cases
the costs of landing goods at Mon
tevideo are equivalent to the freight of
the good 8 from Havre, Hamburg, or
Liverpool. Ever since 1862 there have
been various schemes proposed for making
a port, but all have fallen through. Dur
ing my visit In 18U0 no less than twenty-one
costly projects were submlttea to tne Jue
nartmeut of Publio Works, but the well-
Informed considered that none of these
oroiects was likely to be accepted. To ail
of them two grave objections wore to be
made: first of all. the enormous cost; and
secondly, that all the projects were based
on the gaining of land as a principal ob
ject, of course with a view to lucrative
speculations, after the example of the har
bor and dock works of Uuouos Ayres.
Landing at Montevideo is often a terri
ble and even dangerous operation, lue
ocean steamers anchor two miles or more
from the shore, and after the formalities
of the medical inspection have been ac
complished and the quarantine flag hauled
down, small steamers are moored along
side, the baggage is lowered, and then the
passengers have to make perilous leaps
from the foot of the gangway to the uooks
of the tugs. Finally, when all is ready.
the tugs start, pautlngand puffing, thread
ing their way through ships of all sizes
and descriptions anchored in the roads
The panorama of the city is grand. To
the loft, forming the western point of the
bay, is the Cerro, that gives its name,
Montevideo, to the town; on the summit.
137 metres above the level of the sea, is
fortress built by the Governor, Elio, after
the capitulation of the English in 1308, and
now used asalight-house and observatory;
at the foot of the Cerro the broad bay
sweeps round, crowded with small craft,
and joius the turtle-back promontory ou
which the old town is built. Seen from
the river the points that strike the eye
are the hill on the left, and on the right
the vast custom-house depots, the line
new hotel, and the towers of the cathedral
and the churches rising above the white
and Oriental-looking silhouette ot the
town, that slopes up from the water and
attains in parts a height of 100 metres
above the level of the sea. The landing
stage is at the end of the custom-house, a
wooden wharf or jetty provided with
narrow staircase, at the head of which the
the diancadores, or porters, wait in line to
carry baggage. The want of good poUca
regulations and fixed tariffs makes itself
felt here as in all the ports ot South Amer
ica. The newcomers, and the native too.
nave to submit to much extortion, al
though the porters of Montevideo and the
whole service of the landing-stage are bet
ter managed than at Buenos Ayres. Iho
hotels of Montevideo are all poor, the food
they provide is inferior and often execrably
prepared, and as there are no other. restau
rants except those of the hotels, there
no alternative but to sulfur. Theodore
Child in Harper s.
TRUCKMEN'S TRICKS.
WRECKS STREWED ALL ALONG THE
EXPRESSMAN'S PATH.
lOUM 1'OLK'S COLUMN.
Mrs. Gassoway remembers nothing at
all concerning her kleptomaniac days,
and she laughs heartily when John, with
his great pale blue eyes distended, tens
her what she actually did. . .
BeMty, Sot Bralms.
A wife whose husband had a bulging
brain and a homely face used to try to
make things pleasant at home by
exDresslng her admiration of his talent
and sivine him the name or Brains, uer
delicate flattery did .not seem 'to havei
much influence upon him, though she kept
it up for a whole year after their marriage.
One time, not long ago, wnen sue was in
happy frame, or melting mood; or medita
tive state, she - expressed her admiration
for his comely countenance, and at last
went as far as to say she- would give him
the pet name of " Beauty:" He smiled as
she repeated the word with a full con
sciousness that she had touched his weak
point. And now, whatever be his mood ol
wind or the vicissitudes of life, that word
(ispels all other thought and the twain
ire happy-Chicago Journal.
An Army Omrvr's Drla.loa.
" Men who are approaching old age are
the victims of manv delusions," said an
officer of the Seventh Cavalry as ho sat
last night among a party of frieuds in tho
rotunda of the Southern, " but the great
est self-deception of which he Is guilty
generally lies in the faith he feels that the
buoyancy and vigor or youth arc still upon
him. An example of this kind of blind con
fidence and its inevitable result was pre
sented the other evening down at Jefferson
Barracks, where I have been doing duty
lately. An effort to establish a gym
nasium at the barracks bore fruit last
week in the fitting no of a room with the
usual muscle-developing and neck-break
ing apparatus, and since then the recruits
have been happv. while the consumption
of lotions aud liniment has caused the
medical department to look concerned.
Among the - officers stationed at the
Barracks Is one old fellow who used to
be a gymnastic fiend at West Point, but
who. up to last Monday, had not graspea
a bar or turned a 'flip-flap' in twenty
years. He was still full ot confidence.
though, that he could repeat t he feats of his
youth on a minutes' notice, and all the time
they were tlttingup the gymnasium he kept
promising bis brother o (lifers a dollar
worth of circus fun at the first exhibition.
He gave them more fun than he had en
gaged to. The -first -evening atter the
gymnasium was finished he amazed the
garrison by- appearing in athletic dress
and turning back band-springs around the
room like a veritable-Gesur of the saw
dust. Then be hitchod tho spring-board
into place-and performed a decidely vigor
ous, but somewhat angular, somersault
and called upon the men to bring
their mules. The officers wanted him
try one- at first, but he insisted on having
three, declaring that he would start with
that number and increase to ten. as
nsed to do at West Point. Two and A half
was his limit, but he didn't know it until
it was too late, and now he Is under treat
ment by the surgeon for a disolatlon of
the shoulder, a fracture of the pelvis and
for innumerable contusions of the person
where the last mule walked upon him aftct
he rolled beneath It. Ho does not believe
that be is young any more, and whon
gymnastics are discussed at his bedside ha
looks pained and refuses to join in the
conversation. St. Louis Republic.
CAREFULLY SELECTED READING
youth: ul minds.
One Mnn who can do Ju.tlee to the Ex-
pre.smnn T.i - Apples not for him The
vray the Country Kxpreiwman Treats yon
1 ook at the Call Card.
An expressman who cannot make tho
most outrageous mistakes and then
look upon his victim with an air of In
jured inuoconce would best cet out of
the business as quickly as he can. He
laeKS tne most positive characteristic
of the el'iss.
A man lives In Monroe street. In
Brooklyn, who can come very near to
doing justice to tho expressman. This
particular man has a vocabulary of
profanity that won d make an Arkansas
stage-drlvor die of convulsions. One
afternoon, just as ho returned from the
office, he met an expressmun who had
driven up to the door. The expressman
said that he bad a barrel of apples for
the man. There was no name on the
barrel, but the number and name of the
streot were written very plainly, and
the expressman lnslstod upon leaving
them.
Tho man tried to convince blm that the
pples did not belong there. He said
that he had not bought any apples, and
that there must bo a mistako Bome-
where. The expressman looked upon
this as a reflection upon his intelligence,
He loftily Informed the man that he
never made mistakes and that the ap-
Dles certainly belonged there
The man thought that some of his
friends had presented him with the ap
ples. The expressman did not receive
this with any degree of enthusiasm. Ho
looked at the man dubiously and said
that might be the case in the tone of
man who. thought it was the last thing
which could happen. It dldn t make any
difference to him where they came from,
The apples were intended for that ad
dress, and there tbey must stay.
After his, dinner was nicely settled.
tho mnn thought he would take the
armies down in the cellar. He Is not
big man. and the barrel looked very big.
indeed. He got the bnrrel In the cellar
after nearly breaking his back aud frac
turing his temper In several places,
After it was safely placed over In one
corner and he lia-l opened it to test the
apples and found thorn excellent, he felt
much betU-r.
It was just about dinner-time the next
night when the expressman showed up
at the house. He acted as if he bad suf
fered from a very great personal injury.
He said that the apples were not intended
for tho man at all, and he wanted to
know why the man had not .told him so
in the first place.
W hen the expressman went down in
the eel ar aud saw that the barrel had
been opened bis remarks grew more
pointed. In the most delicate manner
possible he suggested that the man
knew all the tice that the apples were
not intended for him, and the man inti
mated that they did in order that he
could pick out a peck or two of them for
nothing. Then the expressman made
the man help him carry the barrel up
stairs. And that is why the man an
atheiuat zes expressmen with 6uch in
spiring fluency.
lou were never in a country town
were you. where the expressman whom
you hired to take your trunk to the sta
tion always did precisely as ho pleased
w hen you went to hire him you told
him you wanted to catch a certain train
He entered into an argument with you
as to how long before he should call for
It, If you were new to that sort of thing
you told blm that half an hour was suf
ficient.
You get all ready and wait for him to
put in an appearance, lou have not a
great deal of confidence In him and you
want to be sure that bo will be there.
About ten minutes before train time be
drives up and says that he has come for
the trunk. He isn't In the least hurry
and his slowness aggravates you. You
suggest that be hurry, as the train Is
due in a very few minutes. He stops
loading the trunk to argue with you.
He says that he knows more about It
than you do. He has been taking trunks
to the train fur the past eleven years
and be knows just how long it will take.
There is not the slightest need for hurry,
as the train will be late. It always is
late and sometimes it is half an hour
behind time. He didn't take the trouble
to inquire whether it was late, but he Is
quite sure, as it was on time the day
before. Finally he gets the trunk on
the wagon and you get to the station
Just as the train is pulling out, and the
chances are that there is not another
one leaving in that direction until tho
next day.
Call-cards are hung out to attract tho
collecting wagons of the regularly for
warding express wagons. The call-cards
have on then the name of the company
which the shipper wants to have forward
bis goods.
The other day a woman entered a store
on upper Broadway where one of these
cards was displayed.
" I want that sent to Chicago." she
said, throwing down a package on the
counter.
" Well, why don't you send It?." said
the clerk.
" Don't be Impudent," she said, while
the color mounted to ber cheeks. "I
want you to send It."
" Madam, this Is not an express office.
It Is a shoe store.
"What have you got the sign outside
the door for, then?
It was not a pleasant position for the
clerk. ' He spent three-quarters of an
hour trying to explain tho matter to the
lady. But the clerk knew bis business.
When she left she carried with ber a new
pair of shoes and the clerk scored one for
blmseu.
A Wealthy Hootblack.
It Isn t every day that a colored man
may be seen who is rated at si,00U--who
A Boy and Ills Jaekltnlfe The Warlike
Implements Our Father's Used to
Make The Present Boys Not so Handy
ht Whittling.
The old-fiisliloned boy used to do a vast
mount of execution with his jackknifo.
In describing some of tho things he used
to mako with it, I am going on the suppo
sition that, in this respect, the boy of tho
present Is modoled on much tho same
lines. Tho ono first mentioned had a pre
dilection for making a vast number of
wurlike implements, from a camion that
would domollsh whole columns of wooden
FOR
MADE BY THE OI.D FASHIONED HOT.
Soldiers, niul knock their defenses down
about their ears, to tho loss destructive
pea-sliooter." Tho elastic gun that Is
figured in the top Illustration possessed
so many points of excellence that It is de
scribed here for tho benellt of tho pres
ent generation. The body of this
wooden weapon is mode from a piece
of Inch or inch-aud-a-aiiarter nine
board, the upper edge of which has
been "grooved" by a plane. This square
groove can be readily cut out, however.
lth a knife and a quarter-inch chisel, if
care is taken to keep tho sides and bottom
smooth and straight. The ton is a smooth
flat piece raised nearly half an Inch above
the main part ot the "barrel." to admit
tho movement of the elastic cord that pro
pels tho 6quare wooden '"bullet" mode to
tit tho groove. A strong elastic cord is
fastened on each side near the end and is
drawn back and sllpied over the "head
of the barrel, as shown in the smaller cut.
The upper end of the trigger Is an inclined
plane that raises the cord and frees it
when moved forward.
The old-style x-a-shooter shows a some-
w! at remodeled form in the llirure given,
but the principle In the same. The round-Hi
handles are both for convenience and for
looks. The rubber band-t uixm the sides
should be ot good quality and stout.
Current News.
Abuses in East Africa.
Eiigr-no Wolff, a newspaper corre
spondent, whose reports in the Berlin
Tugebltttt on the disaster to the Za-
lowski expedition and other matters
caused Chancellor Caprivl to order his
expulsion from Oermun East Africa
n November last, has published an
amplified attuck upon Baron Soden's
administration ot the governorship of
tho East African colony. Wolff de
clares that no report of the actual
losses in the last two fights with the
nallves was ever published, nor, he
adds, was the fact announced that an
English caravan was plundered.
WoliTsays all tho officers of experi
ence in East Africa were either dis
missed or resigned In disgust, and
Soil en's regime is bound to end in
disaster.
Dr. Marselle, medical adviser of the
SiilUin of Zanzibar, gave, two years
ago, details with regard to the cuuses
of the troubles in Africa. He said
that the attempts at plantation made
by a uernian company in the vast
territory ceded by the Sultan were
never serious. Further, the Germans
led at Zanzibar a luxurious life, and
t he greater part of their money was
spent in chain pap-ne. For the admin
istratiou or tins territory they en
gaged to pay the Sultan an annual
sum of ai.wjo rupees, but the chief
object was the receiving of customs
duties.
Tho convention came into opera
tion ou the 14th of August, and within
two months from thut date the Ger
man rivilizershad spoiled everything.
Tho Germans behaved with extreme
brutality aud for the merest trifles
shot down natives with revolvers.
The protests of the natives were met
by acts of violi-ncci At Pengani the
Sultan's llagstuff was burned. A ris
ing ensued, ami for its suppression
the Germans, joining irony with in
sult, compelled the Sultan to send his
own troops under the pretense that it
ertained to him as sovereign of the
country to insure jeace.
THE Sl'ltrSO CAXXOX.
The propelling power of the spring can
non Is a piece of ash or other springy
wood, one end fastened securely to the
gun carriage, and Uie other to the piston
as shown in the cut. The thicker tho
Iioce of wood that Is used the more pow
erful will 1 the force of propult-ion. The
wheels are made of two solid disks of
wood, and can be marked to represent
spokes.
Of article that would be of Interest both
to liovs and girls, nhich a niuiMe Made
can turn out, there may Iw mentioned
check -rs and checkerboards. ches men
and dominoes, bc&ides various forms of
wooden banks, in which money may 1-e
safely deposited until a '"run" occurs on
them, induced. perhais. by some sivial
activity in the candy market- If t fa
owner of the Jackknife desires to make
something of practical value, his number
will doubtless be glad to have a large
wooden spoon with which to mix her
bread and a bread-board upon w bleu to
cut it American Agriculturist.
A Schoolboy Composition on Ramm.
1 tones are the framework of the body.
It I bad no bones in ine I should not have
as much shape as I have now. If I bad no
bones In me I should not have so much
motion, and grandmother would be glad.
but 1 like to have motion. Hones give me
motion because they are something bard
for motion to cling to. If I had no bones.
my brains, lungs, heart and large bJood-
nss.-ls would be lying around in me and
might get burted. but now the bones get
hurted, but not much uules it is a hard
hit. If I was soaked in a acid I should be
limber. Teacher showed us a bone that
had boon soaked. I could bond it easily.
Some of my lorte don't grow close to my
bodv. snug, like the branches of a tree
and I am clad they don't, for if tbey did
I could not piay ieap-f rog and other nice
games I Know, ine reason way iney
don't grow that way is because they have
joints. Joints U good things to have in
bones. There are two kinds. The ball
and socket, like my shoulder. Is the best
All my bones put together lu their right
places mako a skeleton. If 1 leave any
out. or put any in their wrong places. It
ain't no skeleton. Cripples and deformed
people dont have no skeletons, aome
animals have their skeletons on their out
side. 1 am glad 1 ain't them aulmals; ft
my skeleton, like it is on tho chart, would
not look well on my outside. LxcUaago.
Princeton's Great Men.
Princeton stands second to' none of
our American colleges in the part her
graduates have played In the general
history of the United States. Her roil
of fame is long in proportion to her
numbers. She has given her Country
nine ot the fifteen college graduates who
sat in the Constitutional Convention,'
one President, two Vice Presidents, four
Justices of the Supreme Court one
Chief Justice five Attorney Qenerals,
and fifteen other Cabinet officers,
twenty-eight Governors of States, a
hundred and seventy-one senators and
Congressmen, a hundred and thirty-six
Judges forty-three colledge presidents.
and a hundred ana seventy-nve process
ors, eighty of whom have been appointed
since Dr. McCosh became President. It
is a safe assertion, therefore, that in the
Middle and Southern States no single
educational influence has been as power
ful as that of Princeton.
The Omnlpreaent Piano.
And now the voice of the piano is
heard through the land. Let us again
call the attention of music lovers that
the violin and the 'cello are beautiful
though different instruments to study;
that to sedulously avoid the cornet, ex
ceDt for orchestral purposes, it is the
dutv of every well-meaning young man,
or girl, for that matter ; that the harp
is a eharmlng and graceful Instrument
ask Hiss Winch, of the Thomas orches
traand the piano Is too often dallied
with. Listen to good muslo, avoid poor
concerts, even if you do get free tickets.
and well, this is enough sermonising
for one time. " Sufficient for the day is
the evil thereof.' Musical Courier.
Austria's new Parliament contains fifty-
one lawyers, forty professors and school
teachers, twelve doctors and apothecaries.
eight architects and civil -engineers,
twenty clergymen, 147 landed proprietors,
twenty-nine officials, nine manufacturers,
nine journalists, and sit' gentlemen ot
leisure.
A Quick Wltted African.
Stanley told a friend the other day a
story which illustrates the African s
quickness ot retort. "I was talking
with one of the Ugangas." said Stanley,
while a monkey the native bad tamed
was jumping from limb to limb of a tree
near by. In a spirit of fun I said. "You
are not so very much unlike monkeys.
You Ungangas speak to each other after
a fashion, and the monkeys make signs
to each other. They understand each
other and that sail you can do when
you talk. Neither you nor tba
monkeys know anything that is
going on outside of these great forests.
The Unganga man thought for a moment
and then ran up to the monkey that
perched on a low limb near us. Bend
ine over the monkey, the man blew on
the monkey's buck, separating the fur
as a furrier does in exhibiting a skin to
purchaser. Then be turned to tne
and pointed with a triumpbaut
gesture to the monkoy, saying, 'lion
key skin white, unganga man u uiaca.
Anchor Under the Microscope,
Here Isacurlous bitof something closoly
studded with tiny anchors. As anchors
are mainly useful in water, of what valuo
can these miniature ones ber We are look
ing at a bitof the ski not thesoa-cucumber
Slnapta gir dii). In shape this animal is
more like a worm than like anything else,
and it moves from place to place by moans
of suckers. When it wishes to remain
quiet, the anchors, which have been closed
over perforated, ctiamy plates, are ex
tended outward from the body, and fasten
the little creature securely to the sand or
mud.
The sea-cucumbers found on our coasts
are small, seldom over four inches in
length, though larger kinds abound in the
Bay of Fundy, and upon the mud-Oats of
Florida. The Chinese coll a larger species
"trepang," and when dried and pre
served In a particular way it Is considered
a srreat delicacy.
When I look at this slide. I wonder it
man first got his idea ot an anchor from
this little creature. Yet anchors were In
use long before microscopes-, and the little
anchors are much too small to be seen by
the unaided eye. fat. Nicholas.
has a well-stocked farm of 38U acres.
fat bank account and at the same time
la nutting in fifteen hours a day at a
bootblack stand. Such a man is making
bis home in Denver. Ills name Is Jaeoh
Shower and every day he plies the black-
brush at a chair on Lawrence streot. In
front of the Oibbs House. Shower is a
full-blooded African of large size and
powerful frame. Ho is a man upon
whom forty-nine years have rested
lightly and yet his has been a life of
romance and vicissitude, whose recital
would scarcely be credited were It not
that the strange fncts are corroborated
bv scars upon bis body and by an honor
able membership In the O. A. R., where
the bootblack-ranchman is recogulzod as
a man whose word is as good as his
bond. Denver News.
Voodoolsm In Nt. Ionls.
The colored man Is a natural bellover In
charms and witchcraft, and a very curious
illustration of voodoo practices in this city
came to light lost week among the colored
residents on a well-known street. There
is a respectable colored man living on that
tborouguKro who is regularly employed
In a good place, who attends church every
Sunday with commendable punctuality
and whose ouly fault is that he stays out
a little too late at night. After many In
effectual efforts by "jawing" and other
means, to bring him home at a seasonable
hour, his wife went to a voodoo doctor
somewhere in the city, and paid $2 tor
charm, which wus warranted, when put
under his pillow, to make him talk In his
sleep and tell where he had been. She put
the charm in position, and her husband
came in at about bis usual hour, but she
bad fallen asleep. The next morning she
rose and went about her work, forgottlng
all about the charm, and her husband, in
rising, found It. Ho knew what it was
he bad seen the like before. So putting It
in his pocket he called her in and charged
ber with trying to voodoo him. Tho evi
dence was too strong, so she confessed and
gave up the name of the doctor from whom
she bought tho churiu. Her husband went
down to see tho doctor, but tho doctor was
very much of a mau, and after the two had
pounded each other about the room awhile
they were separated by friends. Both are
now laid up for repairs, and the injured
husband is considering whether he will
sue the doctor for damages, have htm ar
rested for practicing witchcraft, or send
to New Orleans, get a rabbit's foot and
treat him to a dose of bis own medicine
St Louis Globe- Democrat.
DlTrnvagance.
The children were having tea by them
selves in the school-room. They thoturht
this a great treat, and Netta. the eldest
girl, seated herself at the bead of the
table in great pride and state to pour out
tea.
Maggie, tho youngest, helped herself to
a slice of bread, and taking up thojam-
irlassexelalmod. "Oh. dear I I must be very
extravagant with t ie jam to-day, for there
is but a littlo lu the dih.
"Why. Moggie, said her sister Usie
'extravagaut means to take a great
deal r
'Does Itr replied Magglo Indifferently,
trying o make the J:ua spread all ovei
her bread, "Well, dis-trnvagant, tueu."
Height ol tlonrt.
Prof. Moller, of Carlsruhn. has made
some interesting observaiionson clouds.
The highest clouds, cirrus and cirro
stratus, rise on an average to a height of
nearly 30.1UJ Toot. the nilddl.t clouds
keep at from lO.aO to 5B.I0I feet in
height; whilo the lower clouds reach to
between 3.1XU and 7.U0O feet. The cumu
lus clouds float with their lower surface
at a height of from 4,010 to5.0W feet.
while their summits rise to lu.uu feet.
The tops of the Alps are often hidden by
clouds of tho third class, out the bottom
of tho clouds of the second olass, nud
especially of the thunder clouds, off en
enfold them. Tho vertical dlmen-ions
of a cloud observed ny i rot. Moiior ou
the Notloberit were over 1,'AX) feet, and
high above the mountain floated clouds
of the middle class, while vuils-ot mist
lay In the ravines aud clefts. The upper
clouds wore growing thicker, while th
lower ones were dissolving, and soon it
began to rain and. snow. Scientific.
American.
Fight With A w. ir.
Bob Dodsou, Ktnuf, Wilsou and his
father have returned from the head
waters of theUmpipia, aud Bob's deliver
ance lioni a frightful death Is the seusa
tioil Item of uews they brought iu.
Bob bad luid his trusty rillo against a
large pine aud walked a littlo distance
away from it when a tremendous gray
wolf appeared between him and the
weapon of defence. Upon the neck of
this mighty wolf the huir bristled omin
ously. In his mouth a row of lurge white
teeth glimmered and In his eyes the en
tire spirit of Satan seemed to be nursing
murder in the llrst degree.
Oh, how Bob wished for that gun I But
the wolf was coming, and -there was no
time to waste ou wlshiug. Hastily
picking up a club just as tho lupine liver
eater sprang 'toward blm he delivered,
a glanoiug blow on the animal's body.
The enraged wolf again sprang at BobSi
throat and was about to open the picnic,
when Bob's forioctous and terrible bear
dog luckily droppeq into t'ie festivity.
With dog and club tho wolf was forced
back into the brush. The dog was badly
chewed and torn, but he saved the life
of his master that time. Klamath
(Wash.) Star.
Labor I'nlona sad StrUu-a.
The United Brotherhood cf Carpen
ters throughout the country will on
May 1st demand that eicht hours con
stitute a day s work, and will strike
where the concession U not made.
xue mines oi i ne Tennessee mine
company at Brioeville will hereafter
be carried on on the co-operative plan.
The San Franeiseo board of man
ufuoturers and employers has
pledged its support to the Jackson
brewery in the U.ycott levied by the
brewers' union liecause the brewery
would not compel its employes to pay
an assessment or $20 a head. This
takes the bunion off the brewery so
that the expense of the boycott will
not hurt it any more than it does the
other imtnufacturers in the citv.
It is itumumccd thut the support of
the board. r manufacturers and em
ployers b keeping the income of the
Abend Post as high as it was before
the primer's union boycotted it for
using stereotype plates.
The 'longshore lumbermen of San
Francisco are on a strike against a
wage rate. of33S' cents an hour or $75
a month for steady work. The sail
ors union refuses to join the lumber
men in the fight.
The non-union men unloading lum
ber were assaulted by a union mob
Feb. IS, but, with the aid of the police,
bout off their assailants, one of whom
was badly cut with a raxor wielded by
an assailed workman, and two more
were locked up.
Labor Comuiissiouer Walts has in
vestigated the charge- made by the
federated trades that children at Su
Vincent's orphan asylum are com
pelled to work at night and he finds
it unfounded.
The San Francisco union brewers
are starting a co-operative brewery
Judge Slack has decided iu San
Francisco that distributing boycott
circulars asking people not to patron
ize a shop K-caase it does not close
at S o'clock is not libel.
About the Stars and Stripe.
It la related that the flag which was
raised at Cambridge January 2, 1776, by
Washington, was composed ot thirteen
red and white stripes with the crosses
of St. George and bt. Andrew emblazoned
on the blue canton in pla-e of the stars.
This flag was also carried by the fleet
under command of uommunder r.sek
Hopkins, when it sailed from the Dela
ware capes, February 17, 177G. In the
following year, June 14, 1777, the Con
tinental Congress passed a resolution
"That the flag of the United States be
thirteen stripes. alternate red and white ;
the Union be thirteen stars, white on a
blue field, representing a new constella
tion." How or by whom the idea of the
stars was first suggested is uncertain.
although there are some who ascribe It
to John Adams, while others claim the
entire flag was borrowed from the coat
of arms of the Washington family.
In this nag the stars were arranged in
circle, although no form was officially
prescribed. It is supposed that the first
display of the national flag at a military
post was at Fort Schuyler, on the site
of the village oi come, uneiua county,
N. T. The fort , was besieged early in
tho month of August. 1777, and the garri
son was without a flag. So they made
one according to the prescription of
Congress by cutting up sheets to form
the white stripes, bits of scarlet cloth
for the red stripes, and the blue ground
of the stars was composed of portions of
a cloth cloak belonging to Captain
Abraham Swart bout of Ductbess county,
N. Y., and the flag was unfurled August
8. 1777.
Strawbnrrles in Ahutka.
Alaska has been usually looked upon
as a bleak and distant section of Uncle
Sam's domain where the land was mostly
water, furnishing seals and salmon
while icebergs and glaciers adorned
wonderful picturesque landscapes and
waterscapes, the delight of Summer
tourists who visit that far northern
clime to enjoy a few elongated days.
Among the arrivals in the city recent
ly was James Cox. who left here for
Ohllkat a year ago last April with his
family consisting ot bis wile and three
children. Mr. Cox is quite well pleased
with the climate where be was stationed
the temperature seldom dropping to fif
teen degrees below zero and occasioning
no inconvenience, lie bad quite a nice
earden last Summer, in which he raised
fine vegetaDies turnips. Deets, carrots,
onions and potatoes. He says there is
is an old half-breed woman at Chilcoot
mission a few miles from Chilkat. who
has raised potatoes and vegetables for
many years past. This last season she
experimented with some strawberries
and succeeded in growing some very
fine ones. Astorian.
The Srmaon to Blame.
Boarder Didn't you state in your an
nouncement that there were no mosqui
toes here? Farmer Yes; but I wrou
that in the winter time Judge.
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Colds anl all Throat and Lung
Troubles Cured iu Less Time with
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ulmonarv Balsam.
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lbutipoamMtrl & boe!eM; bjit
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audiihmbsc9R4. IrxWd mo 2rooc J filh
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a VALUABI.K TREATISE OB tlua lime lo way waf-
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I CURE FITS!
When I sr cure I do not ncu mvr-lj to stop Okem
foratimemndflfcra htw tie ltam smI vjewoa
rmdical cat. 1 bars mide tbe d Msae at FITS, Pi.
lXPSVorFAUa-G6lCKSESSnlooctd. I
warrant my rv-mi-dr to oar tba wont cases. Pi i aa
ocbera bare tailed is DO reason few rut now rscwrraaa s
cars. iieaAax aces fcw s tmtiss sad s Free Eoctis of
raj infaliibi reroedj. tiire Exprssi sod Post Oraoa.
II. t:. ROOT M. C 183 Pfsrl Xt K. Y.
The foot and mouth disease has ap
peared near London.
Spain has 102 men under arrest for
participation in the disturbances that
folIowel the execution ol lour anarcn
ists at Xeres.
Seditious pamphlets hsve been
widely distributed in Lithuania and
Russian Poland.
Buckley, the ex-boss 'of San Fran
cisco, is iu fans.
TOWER'S
IMPROVED
SlickerSs
is the only
Absolutely ff-lr ks
Water Proof Coat!
Guaranteed r;
i(XT to Peel. Break or Stick. Ms
Coajjrr.
The house committee has reported
a bill for the election of seuators by
direct popular vote.
The house has passed a resolution
directing the committee on agricul
ture to investigate the effect of the
tariff on farmers.
The bill to admit free of duty the
wreckage from the Trenton and Vau
dalia and to refund $7128 paid on that
already imported lias passed tho sen
ate. The senate has passed Uie bill ex
tending the Chinese restriction act
act ten years.
The appropriation of $400,000 for a
public building at Taeoma has passed
tlnscnat.
A WaKlrraU Exhibit.
Araouir the t mderful exhibits with
which Chlcatro bores to startle the visitor
to the World's Fair, it is likely that none
will create more comment trom t-uropeans
than the big tree sent from California.
This epexntnen is from Mammoth rorest.
Tulare County. California, and measures 9U
feet In circumference at the base, it is 3ia
feet In height and the distance from the
base to the first limb is 172 feet. The tree
Is nearly three thousand years old. The
story of "the felling of the tree is an inter
esting one. A Stafford was built around this
giant of tne lorest at a point twenty-two
feet from the ground. The saw used In cut
tinar was twentv-two feet in length. The
tree was cut twenty-five feet from the
ground. Ten expert woodsmen were em
ployed five months aud twelve days in the
cutting, but when tlie crash did come it
was heard three miles away. In its fall
the big fellow imbedded himself six feet
in the ground. After the upper part of the
tree fell the top of the stump was levelled
oft" and a section nine feet in height cut
from It. To get this section from the for
est it was necessary to build a road for
four miles and indulge in much blasting
and bridee-buildiag.
Since then it has been shipped to Xew
Orleans. There a section of the tree has
been cut out and huug on enormous hinges,
the Interior has been hollowed out and
now can comfortably hold more than lt
visitors. This unique exhibit has been
fitted up with 250 incandescent lights. II
Is likely that Sew Yorkers will be given a
look at this California wonder before It U
shipped to Chicago.
to Leak at the Seams.
Sl carr: tbe Fwa Brand trade mark ssds At Wooi
euv'Ur. s-jlnwaL.qt.ee srat frv focpnee.
A. J. TOWER, rtaaiofr. Bostoa. Mass.
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A Gmt Divisic FVs-t-
The greatest diving feat ver achieved
was in moving the cargo of the ship Cap
Horn wrecked off the coast of South
America, when a diver named Hooper made
seven descents to a depth of 1 feet, and
at one time remained under water forty-
two minutes; Siebe states the greatest
.L .. ..kl..k ss K-lO Al-iir llVVf lilt! 1
UfU-Il IU 1 UltU lllU Uss '
to lo4 fivU equivalent to a pressure oi
iWj-t pounds per squatv Inch.
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If In any bast
vhi drop in &b1
buy tui ImprvMred
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or.
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Oiui b mad nvlsiojT
Chickens thu in any
OwJbrT bti!iDejatrwrUM
capital inTA4td. A
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Cai&Kur . Inruha-
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kimi- CtoH-lvcn FSx-
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pmliry nism.
PEULBkU 1ICIIB1T0B CC - - PET.L.W, UL
A year ago only the fastest train betweet
Ixmdvm and Aberdeen. M2 miles, ran in
fourteen hours. Last fall it was reduced
to twelve hours and llfty minutes. Thii
year it will covert lie 542 miles in twelw
hours, or a lilUe over forty-five miles an
hour.
The sons? tl.at touched hishemt.
KtllMMl Kroxen Out.
Thomas A. Edison, the eleetrioitiu
and greatest inventor of the age, has
been "done" out of the greater part
of the wealth he has created. In the
reorjrauization and consolidation of
tho electric companies ho trusted to
his friends and busiuess associates.
Tho former were speculators aud the
latter proved to be largely incompe
tent. Drexrl, Morgan & Co. got con
trol of a majority ot the stock of the
Edison General Electric company,
which company is exchanged for
$loo,ooi,ooo in stock of the new com
pany, and iu that. Edisou has only a
oinvteuth interest. Elihu Thompson
of the Thompson-Houston company
is the king-pin of L the new combina
tion, and Edison
tlddlo'or get- out.
J,
1 must play second
Fort Iadens, in '.upper Burmah, is
occupied 'by a British garrison aud
besieged by natives.
The. British arovernment's local gov
ernment bill for Ireland provides that
twenty ratepayers may charge the lo
cal elected government ot a county
with illegal acta and it the judge
of assizes (appointed by the crown)
finds the charge to be true the board
shall be removed and the lord lieuten
ant (ivpiointed by the -crown) shall ap
point a new government board.
Ten savings banks in Sydney that
have been paying from 13 to 25 per
cent dividends have failed and depos
itors expect to get but 35 per cent out
of them.
A pure Virginia plug cut
smoking tobacco t hat docs not
bite the tonsrue and is free
from any foreign mixture.
More solid comfort in one
package of Mastm than you
can set out of a dozen others.
Packed in canvas pouches.
J. B. Pac Tobiwco Co.. Kldhniond. Vlrslula.
CASH twiJ BOYS anJ GIRLS eTwrwhers
lo distribute ivsent$ lor me. Write fT
iwiirulars to Mauios P. WhcsXes. al Polk
street. San Frandscui CaL
JOE POtlEILi
THE TAILOR
HAKES THE BEST CLOTHES
rS THE STATE
At 25 PER CENT LESS
THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE.
SUITS ufc a oriK n 120
"ANTS Hit tB (MET taB 5
FINE TAILORING
9
n-RnW for Self-Mi
and Saropto X Cka sent fret
for all orikn.
203 Montgomtry , 724 Market,
1 1 10 & 1 1 12 MarittSt.,
S.4.V FK-CYCZSCOl
No Me to Join.
Uonlnavs
thto tor nothing.
S-e that vou nt
value for vatuc We do a rcw1 meichandxse
business, cam- a very larRe stock, and can supply
alt your wants prompt! v and caixtutty. Address
Kr price list, Smiths' Cash Store, 4641$ Front
Street. San Francisco, CaL
PRINTERS !
OO 1W KOW
What th uew KKL.F-Sr.uiNO Typb 1st If not. do
vounlves a gontl turn by vritlne to Hawks
SHATTICK. 09 Wasiiiust-.u St, San KraartHco.
lor a Svclinru Book. It saw per cent. In
couir-ositlou. aud la perfection lu face and Ju-U-ncailou.
The Frenoh ministry resigned Feb.
18 because measure opposed by the
Catholics was defeated.
Smallpox is epidemic in India.
, Trains bearing physicians, medi
cines, disinfectants, etc., are being
dispatched by the Russian govern
ment to the districts where typhus
fever and black smallpox are raging.
CLUFF BROTHERS,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers.
(4 STORES) . .
Orders by Mall Promptly Filled. Packed and Shipped Free or Charg.
Send tor price list, or send us a list of what you want and we will put prices to It and mall It back
for your approval, by which you can see what you save by ordering from us. All goods guar
anteed as represented.
CLUFF BROTHERS, 9 Montgomery Avenue, S. F.