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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."
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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-
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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
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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?
Valet Plcaxc, your majesty, the black
smith's putting fresh rivets In It. Yankee
BlaaV.
Mere Oj nuns.
"H'ia iltild
Jonofim WliltlUs riiulf!
Vo' lieiili me.
Don' o' iiitnu amah mo,
'Nlcss jo' want cr lillT
On ilu niouf
Knots o' souf
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Dun' jo' kiiiIIo
When I si)1
O'wiol'
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Co. 1 feels
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