The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1900, Page 4

THE SUNDAY CALL Suitable Matches- might just at well be together as a There was a dej t philosophy in her remark that I so buxom By Genevieve b s “But w abo e sponsibilities—does itself at all with t = tlfes " at all . we g parties o it 8 breakfast. After that our duty ends And how are these marriage oo about—do you arrange t r do groom find his own bride “They are brought abc . When an indigent couple wishes s married they .present themselves and state their case. Wa also task of looking for husba For instance a poor gir would,like to be a wife and a m er; we " consider such a iable aspiration and try to find table sband We make a similar effort for young men looking for wives. You kmow the soct o s nfluential peog s n P . " o e e 1 . m £ life's luxury ’ re Solomonie than s . gra : v ast jole, n'est ce pas™ the groom - gool-n a and ex g that 4 te. “O p sald the bride; as it 8 5 g extravag the o s ¥ aght that he . Sl Sog lirectress cheer- r T b b < ” g, happy, ra- | sereae THE CHURCH OF ST. SULPICE ON ¢“BARGAIN WEDDING DAY. glacial alr of - 4 were all a x e I know how well-T have' glove successfully, revealing a row of “Now, you may go in here and ch he said with an approving chuckle they expect to g f these g f s. I wred his hands your costumes,” sald the directre but how in the world do Oh, they will 2 ene eadl te g bride, which had b z th f nto a ecur ey are pro- in which they ot Liea e b . = 1 quite decently scrubbed. They were r er N to mi te nping mar with a French s . L E f 2 d X re t hey scem very do they not?" life at you tell me what They have to I . 7 cing him along. We had a in the ding us all the animal had /4 boat and my mar w took it, an ahcad of > i %\ ) W 9 o) 4: Liming the ne € s lik whip t \—/ \/ k/ L‘ the botton nd water was not over Pasadena, Cal seemingly standir ts 1 ot the th 0 we waded to a s ~ surface W s tail like a wi We haa d s to do ar By Professor Charles F. Holder. the,oars rea.. and backed, but not before &onderful Old Ruins. Author of “The Ivor: ing,” “Marvels of Animal Life.” one had been st a broken and the Croc The oldest ruins in the world are prob- - k. y King G ™ f Etc boat nearly filled. gair ably the rock-cut temples at Ipsambul, or gener k k g w T stoc nd ready, at once ed the plante mbul, in Nubia, Hie 3 1 m the boat a short ted Nile. The larg P f E . b 1 back of inged g » swam fourteen apal hewn out a4 ) , e moment d fi keé Sihiex rock. The first and largest of these b2 jed from the bikA. a5 ek ok i fifty-seven feet long and fifty-two fee S N which ¥ bl anacatis Wite Wi ot ! t broad and is supported by two rows of ‘ - o > e sk et oat, full s too much for phaesive square pillars, four in each row, , i Hop: <f e £ i“"_""»‘mfl" Lo K'[“ ST Taonny "“{‘r a tow, and he soon quieted down and .n¢ thirty feet high. To each of these ¢ eas e a splendid specimen o began to sw n a circle while we towed pila F d a stand co- t s n sea-going crocodile, As he ws arg 3 1 ¢ illars is attached a standing I 1 was no ‘m”b‘v sea-going or: odile. A ; n‘» \4\,&))‘4,0 1ar8¢ tpe hoat in We finally reach ?U‘l,»\,,‘ or human figure, of . in « busily ¢ ed was 1o tow In It was decided to heul Bim pear enough get a rope, which we enormous proportions, it t see boat until it aboarc 0 accomplish this the seats fqgtened to the boat and to 2 tree.. Then reaching to the roof, v had « ve or six feet more. Then were lifted out and a rope made fast We hElA: & ‘counell bFf war iyt B e v my man suddenly the harpe and, as the his tail, and he was then slowly and car el R s N ives = r s big head w the iron. fully ‘hauled in; finally, when the body ..i® cfocodile was at the bottom, in-a Kind of stucco + s 2 was balanced across the boat he wa, little pool about four feet deep, still lash- and painte ‘Well d some one, as the Was bz 3 A e e in T 1 W8S ing his tail and rising at any attempt to With gau- # iron hit t embling as it kept SIUng around and dropped in lengthwise. ag b he rope wa ut dy col- ¢ Ty a SThie aails it i : on, of g him up, but the rope was still about d3 its place. T e great tail came hiss- ah B rere CHEH PUL 00 0D OL (UG vis valv gnd itker winch QLY Sas o & * t PRSI a1 body, and, flushed with victory, we started i ? s g ! ing out of the water, struck the slender b0 o - secured and made fast to another rope; t mast (the man dropping Into the bottom fOF €amp, now in sight then at the word the entire party walked was of the boat) and broke it off as cleverly “It was rather difficult to use the oars, away, dragging the fighting, thor- ? man as though it had been done with a knife > animal was higher than the gun- oughly enraged animal up sense, man?’ ex- * ‘Look out for the line! Jump to wind- but we made fairly satisfactory the beach, where a rifle gators we ard. Stern hands!’ were the orders Progress and were close enough to camp bullet really gave - m that followed, as, in those few seconds, t0 shout the news, when the unexpected him his quie- the crocodile had made a desperate rush, happened—an earthquake would not have tus. Some jerked the boat so rapidly to one side Created greater consternation. The dead ©of the that she almost tipped ove 1 was now Crocodile rose into the air as if impelled Party ace horse, headed for the from below, forming a great hoop and h an ominous wave in front liftIng seats and oarsmen several feet, encd now and then to come then dropped back and began a series o shark cc I never heard of an alligator coming t to sea av_v like a 4s an easy question to settle and mainland, w » " was turned in the direction of that thre we org the b o oy ";,,,; aboard and swamp the light craft. We Of struggles that turned the tables scoure three-pronged affair- all laid low, us far in the stern as we COmpletely. Seizing the forward he see if the rope was O get ) keep bow out of water S€At in its jaws jt ground and nt 3 il twisted the soft pine, while vas rowed slowly, Wwhile the steed raced on. the sidton i Houstbiy “1 knew we would have to stop this be- e animal now being i we reached shallow w . as the ani- o0 ater no al would make a rush over some i i as, it was ev d break the rope; so when we had gone girick e shallow water. No powerful tail car- ried d e vastation perhaps half a mile I took the line; S s tak » boat slowly drifted it aft and we all began to haul in. i — _____ only excited our racer to more fervent ¥' efforts, and he turned sudden e almost tipping over the boat. W in the Old Jestamenty &= 5 v o {‘sflahg over his slashing tail expressions in Spreading himself like & green bay tree. that was beating a re are m t and ev d familiar —Ps. xxxvii:3. the surface witb ld we ing ir origin Is his mercy clean gone forever?’—Ps. ‘powerful \ passages to be found in the matchiess Ixxvii:s. eral blosw sh of the grand old “King Ja The words of his mouth were smoother a n Bible. One who did not than ecven butter, but war was in his ' for- w might hesitate to believe that they heart.—Ps. iv:2l e supported by such high authority, and _ His enemies shall lick the dust.—Ps taste might be tempered even to IXXii:d. them as slang, but they are They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.— v He that is surety for & stranger shall t for it.—Prov. xi:15. really word pictures. half 6f those here quoted, to chapter and verse, it en from the Psalms, ST what we T¥re, the crowning city, Whose mer- nger, w: w a familiar poet nts are princes.—Is, xxiiiss. 3 have stuck u my testimonies. O he Lord of hosts shall make unto all of fat th m the lees.—Is. xxv eir heart i= as fat as g e, but I The nations are as a drop of the bucket aw.—Ps., cxix and are counted as the small dust of the escaped with the skin of my balance.—Is. xi:15. ob xix:20, As if @ wheel had been in the midst of & 1 may t my bones; they look and wheel. (A wheel within a wheel),—Ezek- stare upon me.—Ps. xxii:17. fel x:10. ple a fe gs, & feast of Lord, put me not to shame.—Ps. cxix:31