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fell pJ CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY JUNE 13, 1891 GENERAL MANUEL CASTRO. One of tha Old Fooitnl Maron of Call fornla. tSprctal Correspondence.) San Francisco, May 23. Tho other day one of tho greatest and most Inter esting of tho Spunish-Califorulau lenders passed awny. Ills death may bo said to mark tho closo of ntt era, for tho living men of his day aro few and of littlo rep resentativo importanco. General Manuel do Jesus Castro may bo takon as tho typo of tho unconquorod Castillan. IIo novor accepted Amorican citizenship, and tho Spaniards in Call THERE WAS TROUBLE FOR TWO MEN. A t'rlontl In NpfiI, A poor man In rags asked alms In a pul Ho thoroughfare. A gentleman gave him two soldi, aud said) "You might at least take ofT your hat when you beg." "Quito true, but then tho nollcomnn WINDS IN THE TREES. Words from the German by MI11 MULOCH. Music by A. GORING THOMAS. I yonder might run 1110 In for breaking tho lawt whereas, seeing us converse together, 1 ho will take us for a couple of friends." 1 Fnnfulla. F- L. BE Their Own Iilon. I - Iff 1J: PP I'M- it J ' A n- 1 BEffiT: 1 EEEaig3 I I Iff 1 I it :t -.. b.tJi..L.ii GENERAL MANUEL CASTRO. fornla looked upon him as their best ex amplo, and as tho muster of ull old legends and historical information. Tho lato General Vallojo, of Lachryma Montis, Sonoma, may bo taken as tho full and fair typo of thoso who accepted tho now regitno, and learned to lovo tho naino of American. Tho prcsont head of tho Castro family, Don Juan 0. Cas tro, of Monterey, acceptod tho situation sufficiently to becotno prominent in busi ness and politics in his nativo district. But old "Don Manuol," liko JeiFurson Davis, maintained tho justice of his "lost causo" to tho very end. The whole Castro family has mado its mark on Pacific coast history, and thero aro indications that tho younger mem bers, who aro well educated and iiavo somo property and social standing, will long maintain tho prominenco of tho namo. Genoral Manuel Castro was n familiar flguro on tho streets of San Francisco for many years past. Ho had long, costly and ovontually f utilo litiga tions over valuablo tracts of land to which ho hold Mexican grants. Leagues of rich Colorado river "bot tom" wore onco in his possession. In many a celebration tho general had been one of the most striking figures of tho procession. Ho was to bo found, often for weeks at a tlmo, in certain old fash ioned fondas and wino shops in San Francisco with other nativo Calif orniaus, such as tho Picos, Alvisos and Romeros, and when ho levied tributo on tho gringos (tho Americans) ho did so with all tho magnificence of an oriental po tentate. Tho general had land claims which wero still of sufficient importanco to sccuro him a Bmall payment every time a deed was recorded; then, too, his collections of old letters and Spanish documents possessed much interest It was impossible to sit for an hour with tho dignified old man, in his favor ite and picturesquo Spanish restaurant, without feeling that you wero in somo degreo responsiblo for tho sad foituno that had changed him from a foudal baron to a broken down relio of n for gotten epoch. Sometimes, liko thou sands of tho world's greatest geniuses, ho "was a littlo short of funds" until some thing or other materialized. But such matters nlways seemed to bo a legiti mate and lawful tux rather than a per sonal demand. It was old General Castro. Born in 1831, on ono of tho lordliest of California ranches, young Manuel Castro became tho governor's private secretary beforo ho was nineteen. I have seen his schoolboy exercises, aud read his notes about Crosar and Cicero; 1 havo heard him tell about tho teachers of tho early part of tho century, when all the text books in use in California were manu script copies, beforo Zumorano, tho print er, set up his press. Young Castro led in the revolt against Micheltorena, and he was a commissioner to make the treaty by which Pio Pico became gov ernor. In 18-15, then hardly twenty-five, ho was mado prefect of Monterey und lieutenant in tho urmy: beforo 1810 ho wns promoted to a captaincy. When tho Fremont invasion occurred, Castro com manded at tho battlo of Natividad. Af- MM Their U'ltri Comnrril Note unit Drcltlnl That They IImiI lleitu InitoMil On. Thoro was a moment's sllenco after tho Introduction. Wouinullku, onch was men tally "sizing the other up." Then 0110 of them spoke. "My husband frequently speaks of you," sho said. "IiideodI" returned tho other. "My hus band thinks you aro wonderfully clover." "Iteally? Why, that's tho way my hus band talks about you. Ho told mo how you reshaped and recovered that old para sol and so saved eight dollars. "Parasoll Why, I nover touched It un til my husband had harped all ono day on your cleverness In upholstering and rclln ing a baby carriage at a saving of six dol lars." "Nonsense Tho thing that mado mo do that was tho way my husband talked about that parasol. Then ho got mo to fixing over a last year's hat becauso you wero working over an old dress." "Hut I novel started to do that until my husband had told me five times about yout hat. I wasn't going to admit that you could 1x3 any mora economical than I," "Why, really, my dear madam, I heard of that dress twenty-four hours beforo I touched tho hat." "Impossible. I" Then sho stopped and her eyes began to flash. "I believe our husbands" sho began again. "I bellovo they havo," chimed In tho other, becoming excited also. "It's a wicked shamol" "An outrage! They've just tricked us, that's all!" "It was a regular plot! And to think how he's mado mo work! I'll get a now gown today." "And I a hat." Then two women went Into a dry poods store and spent all tho money they coidd scrnpo together. And two men got mighty littlo for supper that night, and when they complained they wero promptly convinced that they ought to have said nothing. Chicago Tribune. IIo Was On. It was exactly midnight tho other night when a stranger walked softly into a Broadway hotel and whispered to tho clerk, who whirled tho register around at him: "Will you pleaso tell mo if Admiral Beaumont is stopping at this hotel?" "IIo Is not," was tho reply. "Thanks exceedingly thankful," whis pered the man, as ho tiptoed out. Ten minutes later ho returned with the same soft step and mysterious air to whis per: "I was mistaken, ills namo is not Ad miral Beaumont, but General Thomas." "No such man here, sir." "Thanks many thanks." This tlmo It wasn't over live minutes bo fore ho returned, and ho walked ou tiptoe to the counter and whispered: "Sorry to trouble you again, but it is neither Admiral Beaumont nor General Thomas I want. It is Jones Z. Jones." "No Z. Jones here." "Just plain Z. Jones small man bald head lamo in left leg open countenance." "No such man." "Very well; I'll call again." "No, you won'tl Hero tako it and gol" Tho clerk handed out u nickel, and the man took it, bowed his thanks, and said as ho Boftly tiptoed away: "Yours until deathl You know how to keep a tavern, and you aro onto tho racket! Good night!" M. Quod In Now York Even ing World. Not a Millinery Shop. "Can I get something to cat hero?" asked an eastern man of the proprietor of a Mon tana "hotel." Tho landlord eyed him sus piciously. "Tenderfoot, eh?" "I suppbso so." "Eat plo with yer knife?" "No." "Make a noise when you drink?" "Try not to." "Pick yer teeth with tho fork?" "Certainly not." "Tako off yer hat at tho table?" "Yes." "Smack yer lips when you strlko somo thin good?" "No." "Then you can't eat here. I fed a feller last spring that pal ted his hair lu the mid dlound had the same brand on his faco that you'vo got, aud ho hoodooed my place for a month. They's a half breed runs a feed trough farther down tho street. Guess he'll tako you In ho don't know no better but, by guml as long as I run this ranch it ain't goln' to lo no millinery shop. Day, stranger." Detroit Free Press. Cut IIU Teeth. A colored brother who was moving down to the city fiiim Albany was asked by a passenger ou the train If he Intended to keep chickens when ho got settled. "No doubt 1 shall hev' mo or less to do wld chickens, sah," was tho reply, "but you kin betyo' life I hain't gwino to leave no fodders scattered around do back doah!" -Now York World. Not Tluit KI111I of 11 Doctor. Pollto Waitress Tea, doctor? Doctor No, coffee, If you please. Waitress Boast beef, doctor? Doctor If you please. Waitress Corn, doctor? Doctor (indignantly) Xo, madam, I am a dentist. Drake's Magazine. Ailvunliiu-o nf 11 Technicality. Mamma Johnny, sue that you glvo Ethel the lion's share of that orange. Johnny Yes'm. Ethel Mamma, ho hasn't given mo any. Johnny Well, that's all light. Lions don't cat oranges. Harper's Duair Kuupliii; tho Willi I wind. DON JUAN D. OAHTItO, terwnrd, defeated at Sin Gabriel, ho re turned to Mexico, and waited in vain for sufficient forces to enablo him to re conquer California. Ho was mado colonel in tho regular army, and general by bro vot, and was given command of lower California in 1810. In 1833 ho le turned to tho United States. Ho has been of great valuo to such historians as Theo dore H. Hittell, who havo known how to sift his abundant romiuisceuces aud cor respondence. If Mexico had retained California, General Castro, in all human probability, would havo becomo tho master of ono or two hundred thousand acres of tho richest land in tho province. Ho would havo gov erned with foudal power and moro than feudal inngnificonco, aud his namo would havo ranked among tho fivo or six lead lug names of tho landed aristocracy. CllAlll.ES IIOWAI 1) SlII.NN. W-lH D. Swlnelanilcr Dlako (who Is near sighted and mistakes another customer for the hatter) See herul My hat does not fit mo at all. Tho Other Man (who Is sensltUo) Nelther does your coat, fur that mnttor. Lite. Bw ' fc Sfess Dashaway Well, old man, I see you are back from your western tour What part did you take? Billboard Tho heavy villain. You seo this ring around my neck? That shows tho part I took In a hanging scene. Dashaway Heavens! whosuggested such a realistic thing? Billboard (sadly) Tho audience. Now York Sun. Forgot tho Wrong Thing. A young woman got ou tho train at Pon tine with a pug dog which showed consid erable reluctauco to travel. "Don't loso Don!" shouted her friends from tho platform. Tho train was moving off. but moro good by s wero wafted to tho pug, who suarled and showed tho whites of his cjes, and objected to going Into the car. Uut ono passenger pulled him In at tho fore and another pushed ou him aft. and tho young woman "dearled" aud cooed over him, and ho was dually lauded, Bulky and Btllf, in a scat in tho drawing room car. When tho conductorcamo around ha saw tho dog. If there is any ono thing a con ductor hates moro than another, It Is a pug dog. "That animal must go into tho baggago car," he said In a crescendo voice. "Then I will go with hlm,"ausvored tha young woman decidedly. "We don't carry passengers in tho bag gago car. I'll take caro of him myself. Ticket, pleaso." The young woman, still clasping her dog, felt In her pocket, aud began to look troubled. Then she examined her sachet. "I I left my pocketbook In the depot at Pontine. It had my ticket and twelvo dol lars in It. Oh, what shall I do?" Her distress amused tho passengers, who mistook tho causo of It. VAuything the matter with tho dog?" asked au old traveler in tho scut behlud her. "Open tho window aud glvo him air.' suggested another. Still clasping her pet, tho young woman got off at tho first station to return to Pontine, while tho conductor scolded about women losing their pockctbooks, aud tho juvenilo passengers called after her. "Hang on to tho d-o-r-g." Detroit Free Press. Under tho SI lout Watches. First Clock Always glatl to seo your faco round. You're uot Idle, 1 notice Second Clock No, I manage to keep my hands going from hour to hour, but I mean to strlko. First Clock What for? Second Clock For twenty-four hours. Say, old man, you seem run down. First Clock Yes, my weight's fallen oil. Lost my second hand tho other duy, you know Second Clock No danger of getting tho grip from you, then. First Clock No, hut your hours aro numbered, nevertheless. Drake's Maga zine. IIo Was No WhUtler. A certain Detroit employer hates a man who whistles at his work, aud always asks ou that point. Tho other day au applicant called ou him. "So you want a Job?" ho Inquired. "Yes, sir," was tho pollto reply. "Well, tho first thing I want to know Is, do you whistle at your work?" "I never have, sir, before." "Ah? What kind of work havo you been doing?" "Glass blowing, sir." Tho employer took his case under ad visement. Detroit Freo Prest A Chiiugo for tho flutter. Fogg Ah, Feudersonl You'ru coming to the club tonight. ' Feuderson I was coming, but I've changed my mind. Fogg Gracious, man! that Is all the more reason for your coming. Boston Transcript. IIo Wns Not 11 I'lirchiuor. Colonel Lotts(of Boomvllle) Five years ago, sir, you could have bought the site of this thriving city for a mere song. Visitor I couldn't. I ain't sing. Har per's Hiunr. Tho Czar's Suit. Czar of Uussln (just out of bed What has become of my undershirt? 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