fHE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , MAY 4,1906
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have nrrlvetl. Tramps ft ml grasshop
pers will bo next ,
If tlio now sewer which IB to lie
placed In Norfolk , will only help carry
nwny some of this surplus wntor , the
city cnn foci tlmt the oxpomllluro has.
boon a prontnbjo ono for thnt otio feature -
turo nlono.
I Why hire doloctlvcH niul bloodhounds
whoi ) n nowspnimr cnn do the work.
The cnpturd of two fugitives 150 mlltm
from here , thmiiKli the agency of Nor
folk's newspaper , WIIB n pretty effec
tive bit of the Incidental liuslnosH done
by the pnpor on that day.
Some of Congressman McCarthy'H
nrdcnt ntlmlrors now claim that ho
was rcsponslblo for all of the rural
route development In thin district It
Is now In order for some of bin folj
lowers to give him credit for the
bounteous crops that blessed this sec
tion Inst year.
For three years past , this section
of Nebraska has experienced remark-
nbly heavy rains and wet fields have
been the rule during the spring and
summer. Yet wo have had bounteous
crops In each season , and wo may
reasonably presume that wo shall have
ngali ) this year.
It Is said that real estate has ad
vanced on the llosobud reservation ,
now that the Northwestern will extend -
tend Into Gregory. It Is further said
that Trlpp county , northwest of Greg
ory county , will bo thrown open to
the public. This would make another
rush through Norfolk llko that which
was created by the IJoncstcol opening.
It Is apparent that San Francisco ,
after the excitement In this country
over tholr disaster has quieted down ,
will run short of food supplies. Wo
nil got busy when the catastrophe hap
pened , and sent carloads of foods and
provisions , but wo believed tlmt would
iio enough to last and , for the most
part , the country has quit sending
Inasmuch as there Is still nothing to
glvo support to the people at San
Francisco , It may readily bo seen that
their want will bo Increased when the
present supplies run short.
There Is tragedy In the Holt county
situation. The supervisors have had
to take down the reward of $1,000 of
fered for Ilagorty , for fear ho would
como back and got It and that circum
stances might lead to his acquittal In
the courts. It surely looks as though
the depositors who lost their funds In
the defunct bank at O'Neill have been
outraged in the freedom of MeGrocvy
and the apparent Impossibility to lllo
further cases against him. Hvory de
positor In the county has a cnso to
file against the bank wrecker , but he
has taken to the tall grass of the far
west
A dispatch from Washington says
thrt printers who had been employed
in the government printing ofllce ,
fought th ? Introduction of machines
Into the Institution. It Is the same
old fight that man makes against the
machine , for the man realizes that
every new machine will destroy the
work which supported a half dozen
men. It has been scon In all lines
of Industry , and still It conies. It Is
hard on the old men who have learned
their trades and who are too old to
learn new , but It means without ft
question that younger men must learn
to run the machines and to make
them , and that the production must
be Increased somewhere to glvo these
tradesmen coming up , work and sup
port.
Crolghton people showed the metal
they were made of when they voted
$20,000 bonds for a handsome now
school house at that place. They
went out Into the rain and the cold
of the day and cast their votes , showIng -
Ing their pluck and their spirit of ad
vancement and progress. The people
of Crelghton .realize that education
makes people of more value to their
communities , and that bettor educa
tions will result If there are better
means and equipment for teaching.
Crelghton's zeal In this line of prog
ress has been demonstrated In many
ways. The town has exceptionally
strong newspapers , and the newspa
pers are filled with exceptionally
large and well written advertisements.
The stores of the town are modern and
substantial and the whole spirit of the
people there seems to bo for push
and progress. Money Is no object to
Crelghton , when there Is a worthy
object at stake , and other towns
might profit by the example.
The following bit of sentiment from
the Louisville Lyre Is so good and BO
effective that , though the same thought
has often been given In this world be
fore , It ought to bo repented again nml
ought to find n permanent nesting
place In the heart of every young man
who Is fortunate enough to have a
mother : "Young man , did you over
put your arms around your dear old
mother , who has loved and cared for
you , and tell her that you love her
and are grateful for the tears she has
offered for you ? She may think thnt
you love her without you assuring her
that you do , but It costs you but little
effort to toll her nnd your wonty may
bring more Joy and sunshine lo her
'
heart than you over < | rcanicd'of. \ Some
young mun will pay $2 for a rig to
ride three hours with a 75 cunt girl
and toll her all the nicetilings they
can think of that nr1frtio ) hud more
that are no tnie nti'ii 'don't upend 5
cents or Hyo.inlnutes.In n.Lyear to show
thor. | , oldtmqth'or tmt , | tlioy cure any-
thlngffori.her. " , , it
INSURANCE AND SAN FHANCISCO
The laws of California pr6vldo that
Insurance companies are not respon
sible for Ions by earthquake , are re
sponsible for losses sustained by fire ,
the lire being duo to earthquake , and
also for losses sustained by dynamit
ing buildings to prevent fires emitted
by earthquakes' . The battle In the
courts over adjusting the losses In
San Francisco will hinge on the gape
between these two laws. Just whore
did the earthquake's work end nnd
the damage by lire begin ?
Hut the losses will bo adjusted.
And the adjustment will bo made
largely through foreign companies , for
San Francisco was largely insured In
foreign companies. And In the end ,
liiHiiranco companies will have a largo
Hharo of the financing of the now city.
Were It not for the Insurance compa
nies , San Francluco would bo unable
to rebuild.
And so wo find those insurance
companies acting as great relief so
cieties for the human race. To help
repair the loss at San Francisco , the
Insurance companies will take funds
that have como fiom all sections of
the world , and from all classes of the
human raco.
There will bo no serious disturb
ance of Insurance companies. The dl-
I'ootors will got together and adjust
the losses , and there will bo no se
rious consequences felt In the Insur
ance world. Hut this great mass of
organized relief for cities and per
sons In time of need , make It possible
for proud San Francisco , guardian of
commerce between two continents , to
lift her head at the Golden Gate again
Protection of this sort , either on
property or on life , is n wonderfully
good thing for the human raco. It
makes possible today recovery from
serious loss that was unknown In the
days before Insurance companies were
thought of.
STEVENSON'S PROPHECY.
Robert Louis Stevenson predicted
San Francisco's earthquake and de
struction , twenty-Jive years ago. In
writing of the city , ho expressed his
amazement at n city sprung up so
quickly , nnd said that it must go down
as suddenly as It had risen. Ho told
of frequent violent earthquakes that
were oven then taking place , . and
spoke of the flimsy foundation of a
city built up on land stolen from the
sea , and pillared on sand that would
blow away. And he further spoke of
the wooden structures of the city , be
cause of the quakes , expressing a be
lief that once the earthquake had
started the fires , these wooden build
ings must bo burned , since the sea-
breeze was ever blowing to fan the
flames. And Stevenson's word , un
heeded by San Franciscans , has been
verified In n remarkable degree.
Out in spite of n condition which
gave to this clever fellow such a clear
warning a quarter of a century ago , It
is reported from the const thnt n now
and more beautiful city will rise in
the ashes. Some even declare that
real estate values have gone up. But ,
granting that there will bo n rebuild
ing , we doubt If the millions shall be
put Into Pacitlc coast Investments that
were flowing there until the quake.
For the whole Pacific coast has re
ceived n severe beating.
Kike so many of the prize fighters
who have gone down In the pugilistic
arena before thousands of enger San
Franciscans , the Pacitlc coast has pret
ty nearly taken the count In this dis
aster. The earthquake has dealt It a
solar-plexus blow from which It will
take years nnd years to recover. And
real estate values but bo punctured
and drop.
Many men who were formerly willIng -
Ing to Invest their money In the city's
Immense buildings , will withdraw their
dollars now. And many people who
once dwelled there , will leave never
to return. For they can dodge torna
does , they say , but who can dodge nn
earthquake ?
And who Is to say that , In case the
city Is rebuilt , Stevenson's prophecy
may not again como true ? Last year
there were , wo are told , thirty differ
ent earthquake shocks within ten
days , or an average of three a day.
And only yesterday there wore two
shocks , less violent than that which
did the damngo.
Who Is to Bay that ono day the I'n-
lflc coast will not slide Into the sea ?
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.
Down at Lincoln there Is nn organi
zation known as the "Round Tnblo , "
composed of thinking men of the pity
who meet now nnd then nt the ban
quet board find enjoy the reading of
a paper written by ono of the members -
bors , nil of whom discuss the question
later. The members of the supreme
bench are always Invited to these func
tions. The other night Supreme JujlKQ ,
Harnes of Norfolk was present w1en. |
a very able paper was presented , , on
the subject of "Ingerfioll , nnd l\i \ < ? Im M
mortality of the Soul. " >
(
After the paper had been read , the
members of the Round , Table yorp Ills-
cussing the question , and it was , it Is
said , a pitiful sight to'BOO'those minis
ters of the gospel' who had made the
matter their life's study , as well aij
others , floundering .about hopelessly li (
uncertainty , declaring that they be *
lleved and hoped In the Immortality
of the sou ) , but admitting that they
did not know to a certainty.
After all of the members of the club
had finished their discussion , without
arriving nt any definite conclusion ,
Judge HarnoH spoke up and , giving
his basis for his belief thnt the Immor
tality of the soul Is a proven proposi
tion , IH said to have carried the assem
bly by storm.
For Into that discussion of gloom
and unproven hopes , JudgeDarnes
sent a ray of cheerful light which
pierced nnd dispelled the dnrkncss.
Ho told the Round Tnblo thnt ho based
his conviction of the Immortality of
the soul In the resurrection of Jesus
Christ , and the soundness of the evi
dence by which thnt resurrection Is
substantiated and proven. lie said
that ho had gone over all of the evi
dence regarding the truth or the fai-
slty of the resurrection of Christ and
that HO far as ho could see , there was
absolutely no Haw in the chain of evi
dence , nnd no point which could be
broken down. Ho had been forced to
accept the evidence as positively sound
and true , and therefore , knowing that
Jesus Christ did rise from the dead ,
ho was forced to the belief In the Im
mortality of the soul.
Coming as this statement did from
a member of the supreme court in a
commonwealth , whoso life and most
ahlo and expert legal mind had been
given over to the study of evidence
and Its value , lent to It an unusual Im
portance. And Judge Barnes' Hue of
reasoning Is further reinforced by the
unfinished paper which was being
written by Dnnlcl Webster nt the time
of his death , In which ho dealt with
the value of the evidence of the res
urrection of Jesus Christ and declared
It to bo absolutely nnd completely
sound.
SAN FRANCISCO JUGGLERY.
San Francisco hns juggled the re
ports that have como to the world re-
sardlug the extent of the earthqnnke
disaster. The people of that golden
west have for so many years of their
lives been boosting and booming their
country and their clime , that to admit
the truth regarding the disaster cnn
not , perhaps , bo expected. In nil
events , there Is reason to believe that
the figures and reports have not como
to the world in their untarnished state.
Last week the coroner at San Fran
cisco made an estimate of the dead ,
declaring there were some 1,000 or
more who had been killed In the
earthquake. Ono army officer , who
declared that ho did not want to seem
to exaggerate , declared that In his es
timation 10,000 persons met death In
the earthquake shock. The first As
soclated Press bulletins said that the
death list might reach thousands.
And then on top of nil that , Genera
Greely sent a captain around the town
and made an "official" report which
declared that the death list was under
300. This was done on the Identlcn
day when the coroner said the Us
would bo a thousand. And it Is safe
to presume that the coroner , a Call
fornlan by birth and naturally willing
to exaggerate a little for his country
was at least conservative In his state
ment.
More than that , wo have re'port
stating that a building here fell wltl
scores burled In the ruins. Soventj
or so were buried hero and as many
more there , In buildings whoso llko
stretched all over that great city , and
yet ono report tolls us that the dead
are not more than 300. Ono day a re
port comes saying that "they are bury
ing the dead In trenches , eight In a
ditch , " and a week later wo learn that
"but fifty persons were burled this
way. "
And again , on ono day last week a
report came on the Associated Press
wires along late In the afternoon , stat
ing that the second earthquake shock
had cnused people to tremble nnd thnt
njnny plans for rebuilding had been
abandoned. Yet the next morning's
papers contained not ono word of this ,
and told how buildings were going to
be rushed to completion , All of. which
mnkes It appear very much as though
the Associated Press man in San Fran
cisco had submitted to severe pres
sure and had eliminated that part of
his report to the next morning's pa
pers , For San Franciscans , when they
learned of thnt report , would move
lionven nnd earth , If they could , to
shut off such Injurious statements ,
ovtm though they wore true.
And so , nil In nil , It looks just now ,
to a man out on the pralrlps of Ne
braska , as though San Francisco had
juggled reports of the catastrophe , bo-
Irig still Influenced by the desire to
boom the coasts.
PEARL OF PATIENCE.
lie'patient. . . , .What , ft blessing pa-
UGIICU IK to mnniwhntiamagnotlc be
ing IB ho whoMB'pntlent'and ' how dls-
n'grcfiablc , both to' ' others mid to him *
6U , 'Iri lie Mitt Wtft 'It ' ! '
, The othpr iay wheij the crowds of
nrrlvula from an'Incoming train at the
Junction had , mndo , , n .rush for the
cabs , two men climbed Into ono hack.
One of them sat down quietly nnd
t'w'nltod for the cab driver. The other
began to turn about nervously and to
grumble because the cabman did not
start Finally ho demanded that the
cab should hurry nnd got him up town.
The driver explained that ho had or
ders to wait until the crowd was all
out , because there might bo other pas
sengers to haul. The Impatient pas
senger declared that ho was hungry ,
wanted his dinner and would take a
cab that would get him to a hotel.
And he did climb out -of this one Into
another cab. A few moments later
the hack that he had abandoned passed
him on the road to the hotel , filled
with passengers who waved at him ,
en passant. Dy waiting for things to
come out sanely , ho could have won
for himself.
Saturday night n train passenger
rcnched the union station Into and in
the rain. He telephoned to ono hotel ,
asking for nn umbrella. The clerk
replied thnt he had no umbrella but
would send a cab. "I suppose you
don't want people to stop at your ho
tel , " grumbled the voice on the wire.
Dissatisfied with the delay In his cab ,
ho telephoned another hotel , asking
for an umbrolln. They replied thnt
hey had none to send. "Suppose you
lon't want anybody to stop at your
lotel , " ho again declared. The cleric
ssiircd him thnt the hotel was already
llled nnd that they really did not
vant any moro guests that night "nnd
'specially not you , " he wittily added ,
result was that the fellow was
compelled to walk to the first hotel
n the pouring rain and beg for a bed.
Hy being patient , and by trying to
> e hnlf way fair to the hotels , thnt
nnn could have gotten to his destlna-
Ion comfortably And could have been
considered n gentleman. As It was
10 wns humiliated , nnd had lost the
espect of those with whom he trans
acted business.
It pays to stand up for one's rights ,
when there Is n radical wrong to be
corrected , and It pays to push things
along In an energetic manner In thi3
world , but there arc many , many cases
n which , by merely allowing things to
: ake their natural course and by mak
ing the best of things , we could get
on faster In the long run and so very
much more smoothly nnd satisfactor
ily.
Patience is a jewel thnt the world
ought to hnve more of. It Is n good
Investment , too , for It Is always a
staple , never declines In worth , at
tracts friends and their aid like a mag
net nnd makes life more worth the
living.
Bo patient
As quickly as it had risen In excit
able Paris , the May day strike subsid
ed.
The Americans over in Greece are
winning a large majority of the prizes
In athletic contests. It is a fitting
fact , In view of the sifting of races
thnt hns taken place in this country.
With a little bit of all kinds of blood
In the American's veins , he has trained
and taken care of himself until he is
superior to them all.
"FREE" SEEDS.
Members of the lower house in con
gress hnve gone on record In favor of
continuing the free seed distribution
throughout the land. Ono telegraph
editor , In writing his lines over the
story concerning the vote In congress ,
said that the representatives voted to
continue the nation's "gift to the farm
ers. " The words , "nation's gift to the
farmers , " can not help suggesting the
query as to where these seeds como
from In the first place , nnd there Is no
logicnl way of denying thnt the scedb
are , originally , bought and paid for
by the people of this country and that
they are , therefore , merely gifts from
the farmers to themselves , allowing a
middleman's graft to absorb some of
their liberality.
For it surely is a nervy bit of worl
on the part of these representatives o
the people to sit down there In Wash
ington nnd vote to tare the fnrmers ant
the rest of the 70,000 people of this
country for millions of dollars with
which to buy seeds , and then In turn
to hand these seeds out to us ns their
gifts.
gifts.What
What generous beings these congressmen
grossmen whom wo now have repre
sentlng us In Washington ! How self
sacrificing and charitable of thorn to
akc these millions of dollars out of
he pocketbook of Uncle Sam , while
Uncle Sam Is not looking , and to then
my millions of bushels of seeds from
some of their friends , only to return
the seeds to Uncle Sam nnd tell him
that ho Is welcome , when ho , feeling
'avorcd , bows , smiles nnd thanks the
big-hearted congressmen.
Wo have been told during the past
year n good deal nbout the senate and
ts grafts. But where Is there such an
open stacking of the cards as In this
free seed deal ?
It Is , of course , a splendid thing for
the representatives to bo able to send
back to their constituents several hun
dred thousand bushels of flower and
garden' seeds. Itkls n great lover for
the representative to work for secur
ing votes , for mqny , persons take the
seeds as direct gifts , and epm to be
lieve thnt the representatives pay for
the graft But after all who planks
out the cold , hard cooi 'thSt goes to
' ' '
buy these seeds ? 'Isn't' ' It'tho farmer
and the other men of the country ?
"Tho poor" are recipients of this
great bit of charity on the part of our
congressmen , according to their sto
ries . But all of us who hnvo been re
ceiving government seeds for the past
hundred years or so , know full well
that the poor seldom get a peek at the
sacks of packages , for the seeds have
generally all been given away to
friends of the man who receives the
consignment of seeds , before the poor
got next to the proposition at all.
And It Is generally the man with
means , who wants to grow "meaner , "
that gets in on those "free" seeds.
But the poor help pay for them , as
well as Rockefeller.
There was ono representative from
Nebraska who mndo himself heard in
voting against the free seeds , and
whoso idea Is ono of merit. This was
Congressman Pollard.
Ho made the most formal speech of
the day , opposing free seeds and urg
ing tlmt In place of free seeds the
money bo turned over to promote the
work of experiment stations In co
operation with the farmers. He de
voted himself especially to the Inter
ests of the orchnrdlsts of the country ,
pointing out that last year only two-
thiids of a bushel of apples was pro
duced to each of the 98,000,000 trees
In the country , when the production
ought to have been five bushels per
tree. The reason , he Insisted , was
that the various tree pests are ruin
ing the crop. The experts of the agri
cultural department know how to stop
these pests , but they have not facil
ities for popularizing their work and
making the people understand their
methods. Pollard wanted these meth-
ds taken to the people and he wanted
ho seed money used for this purpose ,
le spoke the greater part of nn hour.
When the vote on the seed question
vns taken Mr. Pollard voted against
ho seed people , and the southerners
n turn voted against his amendment
vhen they got the chance , so he wns
lopelessly defeated.
We care not how you suffered , nor
vhat failed to cure you , Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea makes the puni
est , weakest specimen of man or wo
manhood strong and health. 35 cents ,
ea or tablets. The Klesau Drug Co.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Many mistake fluidity of mind for
alth.
You cannot help this world by hid-
ng from It.
When a man is puffed up he is eas-
ly blown away.
Love's sacrifices are life's most sat-
sfylng luxuries.
The man with money to burn seldom
gets up any steam.
Heaven Is not far from him who
smiles In cloudy weather.
Even the Almighty cannot use people
ple who are born petrified.
People do not push ahead by pat
ting themselves on the back.
Making wealth common will not
make the Ideal commonwealth.
The liar does not become a moral
athlete by his mental gymnastics.
It's the wobbly man who complains
that the platform is not broad enough
for him.
The man who only sees with half an
eye always thinks the world Is waitIng -
Ing for his views.
Many a man casts his eyes up to
heaven that the world may forget that
his hands are in his pockets.
A funeral sermon may bo a good
oration , but It does not count for much
as a prophecy unless history endorses
It.
You can fatten a dear , sweet sister
into a saint on an amount of religious
angel food that wouldn't suffice to
keep a full grown man from swearing.
Chicago Tribune.
Floods the body with warm , glowing
vitality , makes the nerves strong ,
quickens circulation , restores natural
vigor , makes you feel llko one born
again. Holllster's Rocky Mountain
Tea. 35 cents. The Klesau Drug Co.
Of course you pay your money ,
But you get your money's worth ,
For what docs money mean to you
When Rocky Mountain Tea's on
earth ? The Klesau Drug Co ,
TUNE FOR AMERICA.
Composer Finds New Air of National
Hymn Used In Minnesota.
New York , May 1. Recent discus
sions at Washington of the alleged
need for now music for "Aorarlca" n
new national nlr , In other words lend
Interest to nn effort to ascertain what
degree of popularity has been attained
by the tune composed for the words
of "America" by Arthur E. Johnstono ,
to whom the society of the Cincinnati
of Rhode Island awarded a gold medal
In a competition of moro than , flvo hun
dred composers nearly three year *
- . , , , , . ' .
At the annual celebration of the so
ciety on July 4 , 1901 , a committee was
appointed to try to find a suitable tune
of American origin for the words of
"Atoicrlca , " the well-known lines , "My
country , 'tis , .of theo , sweet land of
liberty , " being dear to the hearts ol
all Americans. It was thought some
what Inappropriate that the members
of the society , whoso ancestors , the
continental officers of the revolution ,
spent eight years In driving monarchy
from America , should now sing "My
country 'tis of theo , " to the tune of
"God ave the King , " a tune which IB
now a national air In several European
countries , especially associated with
royalty and monarchlal Ideas , and in
that regard alleged to bo quite unsuit
able for the people of a free republic.
A music committee , comprising Dud
ley Buck , Samuel P. Warren , Horatio
Parker , professor of music at Yale
university ; G. Edward Stubbs and Al
bert Gallltn , considered 517 composi
tions , some of the best composers
sending In contributions. The commit
tee awarded the gold modal to Arthur
Edward Johnstonc , the formal presen
tation taking place and the now tune
being sung for the first time by the
society at its celebration on July 4 ,
1903 , at the old state house , In Provi
dence.
The society , In adapting this tune
for Its own Fourth of July and other
patriotic celebrations , placed no re
strictions on Us composer as to Its
general use , and expressly disclaimed
any desire to monopolize the nlr. It
was accordingly offered to the people
of the United States , hoping it might
grow In tholr consideration the more
It was played nnd sung.
Regarding the growth of his compo
sition In general popularity , Mr. John
stone said yesterday :
"With regard to the actual progress
the tune has mndo throughout the
country , I fear I am as much In the
dark ns you or any other citizen. It
Is only Incidentally nnd accidentally
I hear from time to time that certain
public or private schools use this tuno.
"For instance , I happened to hear
from a Boston friend who has recently
become n resident of Seattle , Wash. ,
that one of the first bits of music she
heard in Seattle was this tune , sung
by one of the school children.
"Judging from the letters I have re
ceived , I think the tune Is less known
in the great centers than In the far
away parts of the country. Florida ,
Montana and Minnesota have sent me
moro kindly and appreciative letters
than Now York or Massachusetts. I
know In an Indefinite way that schools ,
patriotic societies and Masonic and
other lodges have used the tune , and
still use it. I must say I have no evi
dence of waning Interest , but rather
the contrary. "
CHICAGO'S POOR GIVE.
Last Coins Generously Proffered to Po
licemen Who Solicit.
Chicago , May 1. One hundred thou
sand dollars today was added to Chi
cago's fund for San Francisco's earth
quake and fire victims and has come
almost wholly from people to whom a
quarter of a dollar represents a day's
provisions for the family.
This touching of the very heart of
Chicago's charity was reached when
2,000 policemen became canvassers
and the poor of the city were given
an opportunity to help. Of the many
who had not yet given , those who
could not afford It were readier with
their 25'-cent pieces than these who
could give more. Hundreds of citi
zens were met with the salutation :
"This Is San Francisco day and I
have como to see if you want to give-
to help the homeless out there. "
"God bless you , " said ono poor wo
man living in a little cottage in Su
perior street , to her caller. "I wish
I could give , but I have not a penny
In the house , " nnd a tear rolled down
her face. The patrolman walked away
but before ho had left the block , the
little old figure came out and hurried
after him.
"Here It is , " she said. "I ran five
blocks over to my daughter's and bor
rowed half a dollar for these poor
creatures out there. "
Officer Paul Cafferty of the Chicago-
avenue station called on a woman In
North Franklin street. She could not
understand English and after ho had
made his little speech , ho hold out his
hand and said : "San Francisco
give. "
She understood that and hurried to
where her purse lay on the table In
one of her two little bare rooms. She
turned It upside down and one coin , a
quarter of a dollar , rolled out. She
gave It to the policeman nnd shouted
In her mother tongue to a little girl
that was passing. The girl turned to
Officer Cnfferty and said :
"She says that Is all she has. but
she wishes It was more. "
Stop paying "pride-taxes" adver
tise for a lodger.
