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EARLY CALIFORNIA SHIPS.
How Commerce Grow in the Youth of the
Golden State. I
'The first European vessel to enter
San Francisco, of which there is a
record, was the Eagle, in 1816, com-
manded by Capt. Wiliiam H. Davis.
She sailed from Boston via the Sand-
'wich Islands and Alaska. She
brought an assortment of goods which
was a revelation to the natives, and
their garments of skins and hides
were substituted by the clothing of
civilization. Payments were made in
hides, tallow, soap and fish. The Ea-
gle then became engaged in the sea
otter trade, and was very successful,
as otters were plentiful in this bay
and all along the coast. She made
three trips, netting about $25,000 on
each trip. 'This stimulated others, and
this discovery, no doubt, gaveimpe-
tus to commerce, which made this
port known to the world, says the
“Overland Monthly.” _
Commerce in these days of manna
was carried on in what might be
termed a “free—and-easy" manner. On
many articles the duty was 100 per
cent, which practically amounted to
confiscation, or made smuggling nec-
essary in self-defense. The Mexican
officials generally opened the door.
Frequently vessels were permitted to
pass Montrey—the port of entry—
cozning to Yerba Buena, and after
selling as much of the cargo as pos-
sible, return to Monterey for entry
and dispose of the remainder.
The shippers were not sworn as to
the value of the cargo; they gave fic-
titious invoices, and by this means
would get off on the payment of $5,-
000 on a $20,000 cargo.
It became so customary to swindle
the government as to scarcely excite
comment, except in cases where
goods were concealed in false linings
of the'vessels, and the government
officials were outwitted. v
-I . Not A Proper Day.
At last a woman was in the as-
cendant, and the city officials had met
to discuss a matter of vital import~
ance.
“I think,” said the Mayor, as she
looked in the office mirror to see if the
wind had taken the curl out of her
hair, “that we should have a special
meeting of the council to consider this
matter.”
“I quite agree with you,” said the
chairwoman of the Finance Commit-
tee. “What day and hour would you
suggest for it?”
“How would Monday afternoon at”—
It seemed as if she were interrupted
by all the department heads at once.
“What!" they cried. “Bargain day
at the department stores!” '
It was many months before the
Mayor regained the prestige she lost
by that thoughtless remark—Chicago
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'A SHAWL STRAP FOR PET DOGS.
lugs Like Babies in Arms.
The swell girl who is thoroughly up
to date no longer carries her pet dog
as if it were a tender infant. It is not
at all uncommonto see a fashionably
dressed woman walking along carrying
ped up in a contrivance that resembles
a shawl strap. It is a sort of harness
hips and another over his breast, after
breeching that form so important a
feature of the harness of a. horse.
At first thought it might seem as if
the canine swell would object to being
suspended in midair in this way. Quite
the contrary, however. Experience
shows that it is much more comfort-
able than being squeezed and smoth-
ered in the arms of his mistress or her
maid, no matter how carefully they try
to move him about.
"*Moreover, since the harness is no im-
pediment to the dog moving about on
his feet, a chain can be attached to the
handle and the little animal led along
as easily as if he had no harness on at
all.~New York Herld.
He Ham. 5....
When Mr. Rudyard Kipling was
twelve, he went on a sea-voyage with
his father. The elder "Kipling became
sea-sick, it is related, and went below,
leaving the youngster to himself. I’re-
senily there was a great commotion
overhead, and one of the ship’s officers,
rushed down and banged at Mr. Kip-
ling‘s door. “Mr. Kipling,” he called
out, “your boy has crawled out on the
yard-arm, and if he lets go he'll
drown!” “Yes,” said Mr. Kipling,
glad to know that nothing was the
matter; “but he won’t let go.“
“ ’Bout- 'Nuther Killin’.”
During the days when Sherman's
army was operating in front of At-
lanta the lines at last got so close to-
gether that the men of the opposing
forces could talk across the interven-
Ing space. Hood had several times
massed his army and thrown it against
one of Sherman‘s wings, only to be-
sent back reeling, torn and bleeding.
One morning a sergeant “of ours"
called out:
“Say. Johnnie!"
“Hello, Yank!”
“How many you rebs left?”
“Dunno, Yank. ‘Bout ’nuther killin',
reckon."—~Chicago Times-Herald. l
Surprise 0n Both Sides.
on the Fourth of July?
Sehoiar—Ilolumbus discovered Am-
erica. ,
'l‘eachcr—Nonsense!
Scholar (in surprise)-—He didn't?
Teacher—Of course not.
Scholar—Well, then, who did?—De-
Swell Girls No Longer Carry Their Darl- _
the curly object of her adoration wrapu .
with a strap fastened over the dog’s f
the fashion of the Dame and the .
T -ac-11er—-What great event occurred _
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COMMON EXPRESSIONS.
Shakespeare Furnishes an 'Almost Unnam-
berable Quota of Them.
- , The metaphor that struck our ances-
tors as so admirable strikes us still,
and we continue lto use the apt adjec-
tive which, first given by Shakes-
peare or Mil-ton, sounds as fresh 'to-
‘day as when originally applied.
The “bubble reputation,” the “itch-
ing palm,” “the milk of human kind-
ness,” the “undiscovered country," the
“greeneyed monster,” still our favor-_
i‘te synonyms for fame, obvetousness,
humanity, eternity and jealousy, are
from Shakespeare, who has indeed
furnished us with much of our small
coin. His adjectives are, the most
apposite, too, of any in the language.
Quoting him, we speak of an “ancient
grudge,” of “bated breath," “this work-
ing-day world,” good set terms,” “3
foregone conclusion,” “better days,”
“fell purpose,” “even-handed justice,"
“golden opinions," “a charmed life,"
“a towering passion,” “a round, un-
varnished tale,” “hairbreadth ’scapes,”
and many more common expressions
whose list it were but “daimnable itcr~
nation” to extend. Verbal phrases of
his are also of the most familiar. To
“dance attendance,” to “scotch the
"snake, not kill it,” to “applaud to the
echo,” to “sup with horrons,” to “die
in harness,” “making night hideous,"
“a tale unfold,” to “out-Herod
Herod,” to “fool to the top of his bent,”
to “cudgel one’s brains,” to “speak
by the card,” are some of the most
obvious examples.
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The Cameron Dynasty.
The Cameron dynasty in Pennsyl-
vania is ended at last, after enduring
for half a century. Simon Cameron
was elected to the United States Sen-
ite in 1845. He figured in seven conu
tests for the Senatorship, and won
four of them. His son won an equal
number of victories for the same of-
fice; in fact, he was never defeated
for it. Senator Cameron may yet re-
;urn to power, just as the famous Sal~
lsbury family in Delaware is likely to
zome to the front again in that state.
William Salisbury, the leading Demo-
cratic candidate for Senator, is a
nephew of Eli Salisbury, who repre-
Tented Delaware in the United States.
Senate for eighteen years.
His Excuse Insufficient.
The witty remarks of Judge Craig
Biddle, if gathered together, would fill
a good sized volume. Here is a good
one gotten off by him recently while
sitting in the Quarter Sessions Court.
A German jurymuan asked to be ex-
cused from serving on the jury.
» “Why?” asked the Judge.
“Well, your Honor, ‘1 don’t under-
stand good English.”
“Oh, you will do,” replied the Judge.
“You won’t hear much good English
here anyhow.”—Philadelphia Record. -
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For Three Years He Suffered — Could
Hardly Breathe at Night—One Nosiril
Closed for Ten Years.
Ir. A. M. Ramsey, of De Leon, Texas,
was a sufferer from Catarrh in its
worst form. Truly, his description of
his sufferings seem little short of mar-
velous. Instead of seeking his couch,
glad for'the night’s coming, he went to
it with terror, realizing that another
long, weary, Wakeful night and a.
struggle to breathe was before him.
DE LEON, TEXAS.
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in fact. I dreaded to see night come. . ow I
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‘TI-IE‘ RETIRED euaGLAa. . '
”‘54,,
I . ‘ in“; Western City.-
“I once had a very singular experi-
' cues in a fine house in a Small city in
the West,” said a_ retired burglar.
“They had their silver locked'up, but I
found on a table in the parlor a lot of
brid—a-brac, mostly _silver that were well
worth carrying off. -
“There was a curious looking ther‘.
mometer that caught my eye in partic-
ular, and contrary to my usual habit I
stopped to take a' look at it before put-
ting 11; into my bag, and then it ochurred
townie that I’d like to see how warm it
was—-it was very close in the room with
the windows all shut—and Itook a lock
at the mercury, holding it down in the
light of my lamp on the table, standing
up myself. but I couldn’t see it very
plain standing up, so I sat down in a
chair thatwas right there by the table
to get a closer look. ,
"The minute I sat. down the chair bc-_
gan to play a. tune. It had a music box
arrangement attached to it, just like
many other articles of furniture are
made. Some of them when you pull
out a drawer a music box b glue to
play, and all that sort of thing, and this
was a musical chair. I got right up b u.
the chair kept right on playing. '1 es.
things are apt to have a. key, you know,
or a stopper of some sort about them
. somewhere that you press to stop them.
I felt for that key but couldn’t find it,
and I got my lamp and looked for it.
the music keeping right on playing all
the time, but I couldn’t find it and the
first thing I knew it broke out louder
than ever; it had come to some sort of“
a bell attachment that it had and was
making twice as much noise as it did at
first. and the only thing I got in my bag
was the thermometer, which _l’d wished
I’d never seen at all; and which I’d
dropped in the bag when the first sur-
prise struck me.
"I took, another quick look over the
chair with the lamp, but I couldn’t find
the key and of course there wasn’t any-
thing' for me to do but go away, which
I did. The last I heard of the chair, as
I went through the cellar window, it
had busted out in ”some new direction
and was booming away like a brass
band. '
A STORY OF SPAIN.
A Lover who Cerries'Ofl‘ His Inamorata's
Mother by Mistake. “-
Joe Maria. Marsinez, is a young Span-
ish peasant, whose tiny farm is near
Sabas, Galicia. He loved Carmen, the
daughter of a. widow who owned the
largest shop in Sabas. Carmen was
willing, but the widow thought such a
handsome girl ought to marry money,
so she withheld her consent, to break
05 the match. -'
All efforts of the lovers to meet. proved,
I‘
man from the next town was trying to
marry Carmen. His friends told him
he must get her then or not at all. So
he resolved upon a bold Galician
scheme to seize her and make her his at
once. I
The evening of April 13 was the time
and the bed chamber of Carmen was
the place for the execution of the plot.
He climbed up to the bed chamber'win:
dow after everybody in the house was
asleep and unlaiched the door leading
down to the street. He grasped the
white clad figure that he found on the
bed tight in his arms and hurried from
the house across the fields. ‘
“I am going to the priest,” he repeat-
ed several times, to rouse her from the
silence which fright had laid on her
tongue.
There was two or three sobs that
made J ose's heart stand still, and then
an outcry that caused him to dropthe
white clad figure hastily. He lit a. match
and saw before him not Carmen, but
Carmen’s mothér. He started away on
a run, but Carmen‘s mother had recog-
nized him, and she began to scream for!
his arrest. ‘ °
The night watchman of Sebas came;
Jose was arrested. On April 18 he was.
sent to the penitentiary by the criminal
court of the district and on April 19,
which was Sunday, Carmen’s betrothal
to his rival was announced in the Sebas
church. The Madrid papers published
the story on April 22. - .
' PINS USED‘LONG AGO.
Cave Dwellers Used Them. and Possibly
Eve Improvised'fhem of Thorn.
Pins are, as the saying goes, as old as
the hills. In some form or another
they have been in existence ever since
our first parents clothed themselves in
fig leaves, which grew wild‘in the Garu
den of Eden. As a. matter of fact,.pins
claim a very high antiquity, the earliest
form being the natural thorn, which is
still used to some extent by the peasant
women of Upper Egypt. In prehistOric
bones of fish and animals. .
Among the remains of the lake-dwell-
ers of Europe have been found bronze
pins and bronze brooches, in which the
pins form the prominent feature, many
of which are highly ornamented and
veryibeautiful. A few copper and one
iron pin have also been found. ' It is es-
timated that 10,000 pins have been col-‘
lected at the lacustrine station of Switz-
erland alone. Afe‘w of thesehave double
stems, and were probably used as hair-
pins. Three have been found at Pes-
chiere, which are exactly the same in
time. .
Among the single stem pins are many
ingeniousdevices for preventing the
spike from passing entirely through the
cloth or other material it is used for
fastening together. Many of them are
so formed that they are thicker in some
places than in others. A large number,
both of bone and bronze, had the head
"formed of a loose ring passed through
an eye in the pin. A few of them‘ have
the appearance of a scarf pin now in
use. In Egypt, pins with gold heads
haze been discovered, ‘while in ancient -
Roz. e bronze pins and bone hairpins
wit, ornamental heads have been dis
cov-fbred among relies of Pompeii, '7
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vain. Jose heard that a. young grocery— '»
form as the safety pins of the present
Ills Singular Experience with a» House I
times pins were also made of the small .
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