The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1896, Page 5

DEATH CF JOE FRARKLIN In Turn a Sailor, Slaver and Blockade-Runner and As- semblyman. CAPIURED BY A MAN-OF-WAR. His True Name Was Joseph Frenc Keni—A Story of Sea Ad- venture. Last Saturday Joe Franc Keni died at his residence, 141 Taylor street, of con- sumption. He was better known as Jo- seph Franklin to the sailor boar ding-house keepers on the front, and around the Latin quarter among his country people. He was also known by that name in political circles, and under that title he served one term in the Legislature. Joe Franklin’s life would make matter for an interesting yarn of sea and shore adventure. From a little runaway Italian boy through slavers, blockade-runners, Con- federate troops and other situations up to | law-making for a great State is a career as | well rounded out with incidents as the most adventurous could desire. To escape a flogging from his father, a customs officer at Nice, the youngster, aged about 15, stowed himself away on | board of an American schooner and finally | reached New York. | He soon after shipped as cabin-boy on a fast-sailing bark named the Julia Dean, | which had been a frniter between the | Mediterranean and New York City, buton | that voyage she was engaged in a different | | trade. The story of Joe Franklin's ad- ventures on the Julia Dean may be given s told to the writer a short time before his death: Westole dowu to Charleston, §. C., and laid in's supply of Spanish rum to exchange for slaves—the fruit we were after that time. We bad an American crew aud American officers, but we had several Spanish passengers, who were really the owners of the vessel. We gave out that we were bound along the Airican coast for palm oil and ivory, and anything except niggers. One night as we lay at anchor in a little port on the west coast of Africa we were sur- prised by the old United S s sloop-of-war Vincennes. 1f we had had y breeze we could have skipped out, but in the fog that prevailed the sloop was on to us before we could stir. But we only knew our predica- meni when it was too late, and you bet we all looked blue when we saw the boats of the sloop-of-war drop from the davits and pull slongside in a jiffy. Our captain and the Spaniards wore an ex- pression of innocence on their countenances about as placid and serene as they could mus- ter, but bless you these fellows know better than to take soft professions for gospel, and down they.dived into the hold and turned over everything: for proof that we were nigger- hunting. The rum gave great satisfaction to some of the mi They fell foul of it and were soon in a rollicking condition, quite trans- ported beyoud notions of discipline and likely to catch crabs when next they had the oars in the rowlocks. However, their hilarity did us nogood. A guard of marines was put on board and the Tum was hoisted up by block and tackleand confiscated. We had no hand-irons on board —nothing beyond the rum, beads, calicoes and muskets to show what were our marauding in- ons, but, putting one thing and another er, the captain of the Vincennes con- we were lawful capture and put a prize crew of thirty officers and men on board. The officer placed in command was a young fellow, who was ordered to take the Julia Dean to Bos- ton, Mass,, and we all went back with her as prisoners Onour way home our prizs crew sighted an English trader. which they took for another slaver. So they chased herin the Julia Dean, but after overhauling the vessel found out thelr mistake. But one thing occurred to the advantage of our owners. Idon’t know why, but I suppose the commanding officer was talked over in some persuasive way and no- body standing by to hear the argument fin- ished. Instead of going to Bosten, as we had been ordered, we dropped anchor at Norfolk, Va., and that made sall the difference for the owners. At Boston condemnation would have been sure and certaln, in spite of the fact that we had no manacles among our equipment. In fact, we had not had time to get manacles. But at Norfolk we had the benefit of the public opinion of & slave State, and so the court looked upon our voyage as & very dove- like enterprise in the a: ion of honest com- merce, and the Julia Dean was returned to her owners. I suppose they had enough to growl at, for they losta good deal by the fallure of thetrip. Had they gota cargo of slaves they would have been run down to Cuba and sold to the planters. I heve often wondered how tney managed to square it with the prize crew, out it was lucky for them they did not get into the hands of the Boston abolitionists. That knocked me out of the slave business, and that I believe was the very last voyage made in it by an American vessel. When the war broke out I was in another kind of ven- ture—blockade-running in low-lying, fast steamers, which had come out from the Clyde, ana were the very craft to show their heels to any of our cruisers. Why, we tnought nothing of ekipping through the fleet lying off Charles- ton. The blockade-runners could steam 14 to 16 knots an hour, and that was s long way ahead of eny epeced the men-of-war could put on. But we took no chances about being caught by the guns of cruisers. We kept out of sight until night came down, and when we' made for port we kept in close by the land, with every light out or concealed, and nothing in fact visible that & cat could see. Even the bin- nacle was covered over with tnccanvas and only a little hole left in it to peer down upon the compass. The hulls were all painted gray, 2nd we steamed along silently almost within bailing distance of the cruisers. In 1865 he came to this coast in a sailing ship, and for some time piied his vocation as a sailor on the Pacific. He finally set- tled down to the more lucrative and more peace’ul life of keeping a water-front board- ing-house. Joe Franklin's active spirit not settle itself down to supplying ships with sailors and himself with their - advance, and =0 he took to politics for ex- citement and recreation. Bill Higgins, whose name was a power in Republican circles then, was not averse to Joe Franklin going to Sacramento to make laws for the Forty-fifth Assembly District. So Joe threw himself into the canvass with his old-time sailor vigor. He worked emong his country people, male and female, until the entire Latin quarter loved him more than they did Garibaldi. tis needless to say his election wasa walkover, and the stowaway boy from the Meaiterranean took his seat in the Capi- tol. That was ten years ago, and since that time Joe Franklin has been quietly en- gaged in the sailor boarding-house busi- ness. For some time he had been suffer- ing from consumption, and was well aware that he could not get well. He was about 52 yesrs of age, and leaves a widow. The funeral services will be held at the late residence, 141 Taylor street, to-day. Y. M. C. A Membership Contest. On the 1st of April a contest between two chosen sides, known as the Reds and Whites, at the Young Men’s Christlan Association wes inaugurated. Theinterest has been constantly THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1896. Joseph Frane Kcni, Better Known as Runner, Boarding-House Keeper and Died in This City Saturday. Joe Franklin, Sailor, Slaver, Blockade ex-Member of the State Legislature, Who increasing and quite a number of inew mem- bers have joined the association. Young men joining in clubs of five during this month may have the five tickets issued for $40. The forward movement committee of the associa- tion inaugurated this movement and will have an important meeting to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock. The work of the associa- ti allits departments is eminently suc- ; in fact, the building is & perfect bee- v nearly every night in the ociation is one of the most ung men and young peo- for popular resorts for young m Ple in general in San Francisco. ST DR. J. L. YORK’S LECTURE. He Speaks of the True Meaning of Agnosticism and Liberalism. Dr. J. L. York, the Liberal lecturer, last evening addressed a large audience in Scottish Hall on the subject of “Agnos- ticism and Liberalism.” Inthe course of his remarks he said: and liberalism are twins, born and like the Siamese twins, Their life and mission are one, 10 . 5 The word egnostic meens two things, first, tnat_Ido not know; second, thet beyond, and outside of my natural senses—nothing can be known. 4 We are grateful to Professor Huxley for this word, as it helps men and women to be honest and not to pretend to know what they do not know. Agnosticism Is the beginning of wisdom, be- cause to know that we do not know, and ad- it it, s to find out our limitations. it opens the door for knowledge and advancement, as no one tries to find out that which he thinks he already knows. To be an agnostic and not to know anything is not a credit to any one. To make a full diet three meals a dey of agnosticism would be to live on the wind and skim milk. But agnosticism as the dessert to the full meal is of great benefit. Human advancement depends on what can and must be known and not upon specula- tion about the unknown and unknowabie, Agnosticism is simply & negation or dental which in its right use stands in the way to challenge all pretensions. i with free thought, its mothe i er, not or also shows the truth a 1s the true function of agn haye something to af it denies, and thus b new as well as a destroyer thought. Liberalism is on the move, an gratifying to me to know that the name of free church—or the church mili- tant, or any other n 1 are promulgated a builder of the of the old idols of superstition and priestcraft n THE CALL of last Monday—you should all read it—we were made happy in read count of one of these free churches o cnurches militant in Chicago that called Col- onel Ingersoll to address them on liberalism, which he did to an immense audience. The subject matter uttered by the great ag- nostic and the prolonged applause of his senti. ments goes to show that the trend of thought In that (so called) church is in hearty sympa- manity and liberalism. It also shows that the bars of orthodox ing down and giving way before the rising tide of reason, intelligence and gospel of coms mon sense. % The hope of liberalism is to hasten the day when men by inteligent co-operation shall as. sert their natural rights to life and happi- ness on a free soil; wnen the nding wheels of monopoly shallcease to absorh ang contvol the natural gifts and advantages of life and Prosperity; when selfishnessand greed will not eat up the substance of the :oiling, helpless poor and equality and ju e shall characterize the laws and usage of a better civilizations when there shall be no more war and the angel of dpeflce and good will shall rule the world, nd woman shall cease to be aslaveof super- stition and raise her babes in the lap of renson and common sense; when popes and kings and priests and thrones shall be no more and religion consist simply in doing good, and & new faith shall gild our skies with a brighter hope and promise for mental f, brotherhood of mankind. BT L AFFILIATION OF RACES, The Police Capture a Room Full of Jap- anese and Chinese Tan Players. Chinatown squad, surprised a roomful of Japanese and Chinamen last night in St. Louis alley, at a game of tan, There were fifteen Japs and eleven Chinamen busy at work when the officers made thei - mf"lfd and unwelcome visit, S ey The entire paraphernalia of the outfit, together with $26, was secured as evidence against the Asiatic sports. It required a double trip of the patrol wagon to convey them to the California-street station, where they were locked up. The Chineed took their unpleasant predicament with cool indifference, while the Japs fretted and were uneasy and clamoreq for mes- senger-boys to send word to thejr fri to come and bail them out, e e — o The fact th e fact that sporting do, touch the b?nes of game is safil‘ ::hi;!;lnte? reditary. For centuries past certainskinds of dozs have been traineé to the pursuit of certain kinds of birds ang animals, and the chief part o their training has heen the finding and fetching of these birds and animals, coupled with the prohibition to mangle or eat them. The Boston Park Commiss; i alleged, will permit the sale‘:)(}n;;:}l;nié light wines in the public k: i et parks this sum- thy with true reform and the religion of hu- | nd sectarianism are break- | Bergeant McManus and posse, of the | IN AD OF THE AGED Fair for the Benefit of the Hebrew Home. Native Sons’ Hall Transformed Into a Gaily Adorned Mart for Charity’s Sake. _The gentle art of the decorator made Native Sons’ Hall very beautiful lpst even- ing. The friends of the Hebrew Home for AAged Disabled were conducting " a benetit fair for that institution, and there was abundant effort to make the affaira success. Entirely surrounding the room were fancy booths, in which every kind of attractive merchandise was offered for sale at ruinously low prices by bewitch- | ingly beautiful young ladies. On the stage there was an attractive pro- gramme, but the curtain did not rise. Those wishing to enjoy the entertainment were compelled to pay a small admission fee and walk behind the curtain. By this means the ladies hope to obtain a consid- erable sum, which will aid them materi- ally in their most laudable object of caring for the poor and infirm of their faith. The programme last evening was opened with an address by Samuel Polack, presi- dent of the board of directors of the Home | Association. The stage programme was as follows: Tableau, Georgion 'The Love of the Prin- cess for the Musician,” Miss Rosa Green, Charles Mish; vocal solo, selected, D. Davis; tableau, “Francesca da Rimini,” Miss Julia Mish, J. Goldstone, L. Getz; piano solo, se- lected, Miss Belle Zellerbacn; tableau, “The Women in the Secret,” Miss Rose Breslauer, Miss B. Jacobson; tableau, “The Springtime of Love,” Miss Ray Cohan, Percy Badt; vocal solo, selected, Al. Getz; tableau, “The Right Path,” “He loves hisart elone,” Miss B. Nathan, Miss H. Bad¢, Mr. Harris, L. Getz; recitation, _elected, Miss Selina Cohan; tableau, “The First Meeting of Faust and Marguerite,” Miss Rosina Green, Jules Getz, Oswald Mish; intermission ; tableau, Georgione, “The Love of the Princess for the | Musician,” Miss Rosina Green, Charles Mish; vocal duet, “Trovatore,” Mrs. N, Schlessinger, | Mr. Davis; tableau, ‘‘Francesca da Rimini,” | Julia Mish, J. Goldstone, L. Getz dialect im{e!som!ioni, Miss Hattie Nathan tableau, “The Woman in the Secret,” Miss | Rose Breslauer and Miss B. Jacobson; inter- | mission; tableau, ‘“The Springtime of Love,” | {iss Ray Cohan and Mr. P. Badt; vocal solo, ove's Sorrow,”” Miss Maud Frank; tableau, The Right Path,” “He Loves His Art Alone,” Miss B. Nathan. Miss H. Badt, Mr. Harris and L. Getz; piano solo (selected), Miss Belie Zel- lerbach; tableau, “The First Meeting of Faust and Marguerite,” Miss Rosina Green, Jules Getz and Oswald Mish. The fair will be continued all week, the concluding event to be a grand ball next Sunday evening. It isunder the manage- ment of M. J. Lyon, Mrs, H. Berliner, Mrs. Eugene Levy, Colonel H. Kowalsky and Nathan Schlessinger. ——— MANY VEGETARIANS. Some Thrive on Dates and Others Fat- ten on Banaao; We never seem to realize that a large proportion of the inhabitants of this coun- try are practically vegetarians at the pres- ent moment. It is true that they are com- pulsorily so, but the fact remains. How much meat can an agricultural laborer's family have out of a wage of 15s. a week? | If a small quantity of salt pork be occa- sionally eaten, it isof value chiefly as res- piratory food. Yet our laborers,vwho have subsisted on this diet for generations, are strong. In other European countries the peasantry are still more evxdentlfi vege- tarian for all practical purposes. Even in Russia, according to Prince Krdpotkin, the peasant gets only corn, and not enough of that sometimes. Yet the Russian peas- ant is not wanting in vigor. The evidence is the same if we glance at non-European ""i‘ehsé hardy Arab or Soudanese is satisfied with_his dates, the Zulu with “mealies,” the Hindu with grains and puise. The Japanese have a similar diet, varied occa- sionally with fish. Stanley says of the Waganda: ‘‘With the banana plant he is | happy, fat and thriving. Without it he1s a F.'rniuhod, disconsolate, woebegone wretch.” i ‘ The Jats of Rajpootana are described as “g very intelligent, fine race, while both men and women attain great age. As a rule the lower classes do not eat meat. These instances, which might be multiplied, are quoted to show that vegetarianism is the ordinary practice of numerons races which are mot| among the lowest, and which show no sign of racc deterioration. In face of these | facts the mere random assertion some- | times made: that vegetarians are subject to *poorness of blood”’ must be taken for what it is worth. Errors, both of diet and hygiene, may be committed by _vegetari- ans as well as by other_ people.— Westmin- ster Review. Capture of the Slaver Julia Deane by the United States Sloop-of-War Vincennes. ‘ [From an old print.] 10 BE VICE-PRESIDENT, Dr. Anderson Will Be Honored by the Society of The- osophists. MYSTERIOUS OCCULT LEADER. The Unknown Adept Who Will Carry Forward the Work of B avat. sky and Judge. Dr. Anderson, who is generally con- ceded to be the leading Theosophist of the Pacific Coast, has gone to New York to attend the annual conclave of Theoso- phists to be held in that city, commencing April 26. A aispatch from New York de- clares that Dr. Anderson is looked upon as the probable choice of the convention for the vice-presidency, and the members of the local society feel confident of his election. Some doubt has been expressed as to the probable success or of W. Q. Judge as presi- dent of the society. The matter seems now, however, to have been definitely de- cided in favor of Ernest Temple Hargrove, a young man who has had rathea a ro- mantic career. It began at Harrow, in England, after he had been to several preparatory schools. At 18 he left the university and studied for the diplomatic service. A little later he went to Australia, visiting Tasmania and making an extended tour through New Zealand, where some time was spent among the Maoris. He returned home by way of Ceylon, and became a barrister of the Middle Temple. Mr. Hargrove is the second son of James Sidney Hargrove, one of London’s best- known solicitors. The name has been for long time connected with literature, sev- eral members of the family keing men- tioned in England’s Dictionary of Na- tional Biography as authors of considera- ble repute. His father's family comes from Yorkshire; on his mother’s side he is Scotch, she being an Aird. The best- known representative of this line has been for some years the member of Parliament for one of the London constituencies. There is also a fighting streak in the stock, for among his ancestors is such men as General Hargrove, Governor of Gibral- ter during the war in the early part of the eighteenth century, and Sir Martin Fro- bisher, who foueht against the Armada. Mr. Hargrove first heard of theosophy during the time of the great discussion in the London Chronicle. He was ata sea- side resort, and saw a placard announcing a lecture by Annie Besant. He bought books on the subject, and soon became a member-at-large. Since then he has been treasurer of the Blavatsky Lodge, and has written a good deal for the theosophical journals. According to The United Press telegram received by THE CALL yesterday morning there is another personage who could readily succeed to the presidency were he not bound not to at present disclose his identity. This mysterious person was declared to be an adept whom W. Q. Judge had discovered during his lifetime and had named, in a document recently brought to ight, as his sucecessor.” This paper con- tained an injunction that the adept’'s name and identity were to be kept secret for a specified time, and it is this restraining clause which prevents the unknown leader from accepting the exoteric as well as the esoteric leadership. Dr. Allen Griffith, Pacific Coast lecturer of the Theosophical Society, stated that the apvearance of an adept to succeed W. Q. Judge was not a surprise to Theoso- phists of the occult body. *“The occult body,” he explained, ‘‘is entirely different from the exoteric body, that part which the world generally knows and which hold stated public meetings. The exoteric body is perfectly democratic. Any one can join and members are not reguired to believe anything, but they are expected to be truthseekers. The occult body is some- thing entirely separate and distinct. It holds the mysteries of the order and con- sists of those so far advanced in theosophy that they can recognize an adept at sight. An adept is a person who has reached a higher plane than that to which human- ity ordinarily rises. They are intrusted by the Mahatmas with knowledge of oc- cult forces which t hey use, not as you or I might use them for personal gain, but for the uplifting of their fellow-men. About this time of the century, the end a8 we reckon time, there is agrand spring time in which new truths are born to us. | At just such periods we have received the great chain of adepts of which Jesus Christ was an initiate and Plato and Aris- totle were links. When Mme. Blavatsky left her body finally, which she could always do temporarily at will, because her work was finished, W. Q. Judge, who was also an adept, took her place as the head of the occult body. When he died we knew some one else had taken up the work, and we did not worry. Whether or not we now know who it is I cannot say. The workings of the occult body are known only to the members, and only those who have reached the proper stage of development can become members. Dr. Anderson was to have addressed the meeting of the Theosopbists last evening at 320 Post street, but owing to his ab- sence Mercie M. Thurds consented to speak. Her subject was, “Our Other Selves.,” *No matter how near or how dear to us others may be,” she said, ‘‘there is always that division between life and life which we cannot help but feel. The near- est lines are at best like parallel streams, sometimes merging thought with thought, but always separate.” The speaker pro- ceeded to show that in the scheme of the Great Intelligence there was but one com- posite life, of which we were each integral parts, and all other parts were our other selyes. She reasoned that by recognizing this truth we would eventually realize the ideal of brotherhood contemplated by re- ligions and fraternities, and man might hope to be raised to the plane of the adepts. This view of our other selves, she declared, would inculcate tolerance, patience and love. A Toothpick Town. Only one characreristic differentiates the little village of Strong, Me., from the thou- eands of others that are scattered all over New England. Tnat is the peculiar in- dustry which serves to suppori the entire community. Strong is famous for nothing but toothpicks, but it is known in the trade as the place from which come the majority of the toothpicks that are used in the United States, from the cheap com- mon slivers of birch or maple wood that are picked up in the ordinary restaurant to the round, tough, nicely polished ones which eost ten times as much and are known as World’s Fair picks.—Boston Herald. — The ear of the bird is a small orifice, generally covered very closely with a tuft of feathers. Ernest Temple Hargrove, the Young English Barrister and Author Who Is Ex- pected to Succeed the Late William Q. Judge in the Presidency of the Exoteric Branch of the Theosophical Society in America. MARRIAGE 15 . FALURE Argument of Morrison Swift in a Sunday Night Lec- ture. It Is an Institu'ion That Must Surely Give Way Before the Law of Change. ‘Marriage’" was the theme of Morrison Swift’s lecture before the Socialist Society | that meets in Kohler & Chase Hall on Sunday evenings. He would have none of it—that is to say, “marriage.” *‘The conception of evolution,” said the speaker, “has taught us that we may hope for improvement in everything. Change is the law, and the most abiding things that we are familiar with will change. ‘We value what we have because it attains in a measure what the new process that will take its place will obtain better. We can tie to nothing, and we must deliver | ?ur minds from attachment to persistent o1 ms. “One of the most revered institu- tions of eivilized life, in theory, is he family—one man wedded to one woman children growing about them. The ideal may range wide within this conception, but it loses its ideal character if it ventures beyoad. It has not concerned us that this intlexible marriage system causes many inaividuals suffering.” To marry once and only once—to separate by divorce. un- der no circumstances—one party thinks almost the summit of the ideal, but it places another course a little higher, the entire abstention from marriage, and es- teems this more godly and godiike. *“‘Out of the Catholic church tuere are those who acknowledge the sometime de- sirability of divorce, but their edict is that the divorced persons must never again marry, and some of this class discrimi- nate against a divorced woman from what- ever cause, holding her to be tainted by that act or marked as one who from the beginning was wrong. And provided the wrong was wholly on her husband’s side the majesty of marriage requires her to be made an example of and virtually ex- cluded from good company as a warning \to actual wrongdoers who might contem- plate divorce. It is better to ruin the lives of a few wemen than to lower the ideal and degrade society. **We are still in the period of laws, ab- stract, universal, immutable. We care for the law, not so much for the consequences. Or if we care for the consequences we think they depend upon the certainty and sterness of the law in its application to all alike. “When we test the civilized marriage system by its effect upon lives we see that it has not an altogether immaculate rec- ord. The life association of a single pair is defended because it securesa permanent family, provides best for the children and dsvelogs a higher kind of affection than any other relation could. All that can be legitimately said of our form of marriage is that through it the race has attained es- timable and better results than it had pre- vicusly done. “It is the latest form and in its conse- quences the best so far. It is not necessa- rily the last form nor the best form, unless evolution has stopped. A verfy great error is to suppose that a form or relation which has existed among inferior races in past times, with necessarily low results, is thereby in itself condemned and is the cause of the inferiority of these results. The results are low because races are low. Falling away from any custom that we have always seems to superficial minds 1alling back.” The speaker touched upon the question of children, declaring that the family re- lation hampered and contracted them. He *fle-ded forthe indepenaence of women and or the freedom of both men and women from the yoke of the married state where the relation was unhappy to either orboth. ————— THE IRON DUKE. An Artist’s Recollection of Welling- ton. ‘When engaged on the two pictures, “The Queen Receiviné the Sacrament’” and “The Christening of the Princess Royal,” much of my father's time and money was spent in taking them from one nobleman’s house to another to obtain sittings, but often to find, after making an appointment witk a Duke or a Lord, first that he was engaged, and after waiting for hours, that he regretted not then being able to see Mr. Lesiie, but would be at his service on the following day. The Iron Duke was an exception, and the day after he received a note from my father I saw a white-haired elderly gentleman walk up the short gravel path and steep steps of our little villa, and shading bis eyes from the sun, take a rapid survey of the front garden as he stood on the steps, and, when a small maid-servant answered his knock and question, ““Is this Mr. Leslie’s?” with “Yes, sir; what name please?” his reply, ina very clear, loud voice, “The Dook of Wellington,” nearly made the girl drop where she stood, and not only brought my father, palette and brushes in hand, to her rescue, but many heads out of the up%:r windows of the adjoining villa. Then, be- fore going indoors, he informed my father and all the neighbors, in the same loud tone, that the distance between Apsley House and ours was “five miles,” repeat- ing it more than once, and when my father ventured to say, *I think not quite so much, your Grace,”’ he closed the argu- ment with, “Oh, yes, it must be; I'm a 001 judge of distance and consider it cer- ainly over five miles.” The Duke had come ‘on horseback and wae much pleased when told that my father would wait upon him for a sitting at Apsley House, but on doing 8o he was received by the Duke with, “Well, Mr. Leslie, didn’t you find it a long way ?—over five miles, I am sure.” A few days later my father chanced to through life and death, with | mention this to 8ir Edwin Landseer, who knew more of the Duke than he did. Sir Edwin said: “Itisno use to differ with the Duke; I once did about some engrav- ings of my own pictures with which he was having a rcom papered, and ventured to su-gest. that, as many of them were valuable proofs. they might be attached to the wall only by paste round the edges, so that at any future time they could be re- moved without injury. But he cut me short at once with, “No, no, that would notdoatall. What Idoisthis: I get a mau with a pot of strong paste and a big brush, and he pastes them all over the backs, and up they go at once, with no more bother about them.’ ’—David Leslie in Temple Bar. ——————— Celebrating the Onion. The nutritious and wholesome onion occasionally finds its vindicators. At the thriving Montana city_of Anaconda there is a dining club, called the Anaconda Onion Society. Its first feast was recently given with distinguished success. Down in the center of the hall, says the Anaconda Standard, was set a long table with covers for all the guests. At each plate was a large and junicy onion; in the middle of the table was an array of meats, bread, fruit, crackers, clieese and other things. Atoneend of the hall floated the stan- dard of the club in proud conspicuousness. It consisted of a pole surmounted by a string of the vegetables from which the society takes its name. On the wall hung the motto, beautifully wrought, “In onion there is strength.” Each member wore a pretty boutonniere of little onions. The cc- casion was greatly enjoyed oy all the par- ticipants, and the society hope todo much to restore the onion to the honor and es- teem of the world. In Montana, as well as on the whole of the Pacific Slope, the onion attains a de- liciousness of quality which is compara- tively unknown on the Eastern side of the continent. If the people of the East could have onions as good as those of Montana and California it is possibie that the Ana- conda Onion Society might find imitators in the East.—Philadelphia Times. One kind of the meduse has, it is said, eighty ears. smart Broadway, New York, druggist has this sign hanging outside his store; it marks the new era of drug selling, Is it any wonder that he has to enlarge his quar- ters, that his clerks are busy, and that his store is one of the most popular along the leading thor- oughfare? ou can afford to trade with a druggist that has such a motto as that. X Bz ¥ ST DOCTOR SWEANY, San Francisco’s Leading Specialist, UCCESSFULLY TREATS ALL CHRONIO diseases of the head, throat, lungs, heart, stom- sch, liver and bowels: kidney' troubies, disorders of the biadder and urinary organs, rupture, piles, varicocele, hydrocele and swelllng of the glands. Loss or ial loss of sexual power in either men ‘or women, emissions, sleeplessness, mental worry, bashfulness, failing memory and ai the distress- ing i!ls resulting from nervous debility itively an’ permanently cured. GONOIThcea, Gleet. 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