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SAN FRANOISOO.
The 0ity Described-Ito Marvelous
Growth-Former Fires and
Earthquakes.
San Francisco, the metropolis of the
Pacifle coast, is the Iaigest and most
important city of the region west of
the Mississippi river. It is built on a
peiisular washed by the waters of
the Pacific ocean on one side and the
waters of the Bay of San Francisco on
the other. It occupies a central posi
tion on the coast line of California.
The city's area is 47 square miles.
Its site is large and hilly, and it pre
sents a picturesque appearance from
the harbor. The part devoted to com
merce lies along the shores of the bay,
and is moderately level, with the resi
denitial district on elevated ground.
The most fashionable quarters are
those which overlook the ocean, bay
an(] towin. Kniob Hill, upon which the
men who constructed the first over
land railroad built their palatial resi
dences, is about 300 feet above the
ocean.
A part of the site of San Francisco
was reclaimed from the bay. Some of
the most substantial structures in the
business section are reared on piles
driven to bed rock through made
ground. Market street is a thorough
fare several miles long and the streets
south of it are level, but those front
the north and west intersecting it
have graes iln sone laaes ItS great as
50 per cent. It 's thisfeature that gives
the town a striking skyline, and front
ite bay it presents the appearanee of
a city with houses piled on top of one
another.
Except the thoroughfares and a
very small area near the waterfront,
the streets are of ample width. Mar
ket street, the main artery, starts at
tie Ferry biilding and cuts across tile
towl in a southwesterly direction. It
is intersected on the north side by
streets laid in conformity with the
cardinal poinits. This arrangement
produces irregular blocks, which have
left soile space at points of intersee
tion for placing Imionumeits. The
streets soith of Market, with the ex
eeption of Mission, which describes it
lengthened are, cut each other at right
angles.
There are in all 750 miles of streets
open to travel. Of these 104 are paved
with rock laid on a foundation of con
crete. Market street presents at all
times an animated appearanec. Some
of the largest department stores in the
city are on this street, but tile Chite
shopping ldistiret is still in the streets
to the north of that thoroulglIfare
Kerney, Stitter, Post, Oerry aid Grant
avenue and Stockton streets. Union
Square, in this locality, is a fashion
able shopping ecntre. An extensive
system of' boulevards exists, furnish
ing a continuons drive of inarly 20
miles. Ini 1903 there were 274 miles
of street carm tracks-76 electric and
86 cable, 4 hoirse andl 8 steam. l'hiere
are many hotels, th~e most prominent
b)einlg the Palace, the Occidental and
thpe St. Francis. The latter is a mod
een 12-story building of steel and
stone and1 is adlmirab)ly situated on
Unioin Square. The Palace is perhap.
the best known hotel wvest of the Mis
sissippi.
San Francisco is growing very rap
idly. The population in 1860 was 56,
'802 and( in 1870, 149,473; in 1880, 233,
9)59; inl 1890, 298,997; and in 1900,
342,782. One-third (if the p)opulla
tioni is of foreign birth. Of these the
Oermans inumber 35,194; Irish 18,963;
English, Scotch and Welsh 12,342;
Chinese live in a - distinct quarter,
Italians 7,508; Chinese 13,954. The
which has taken on many of the char
actei'istics of their own native land,
and Chinatown of San Francisco is
one of the sights to be visited by the
tourists.
The city has had a number of de
structive fires, and an earthquake did
some damage 0on Octobeir 21, 1868. In
the five big fires of December 14, 1849,
May 4, 1850, June 14, 1850, and May
2, 1851, June 2, 1851, the property de
stroyed reached an aggregate value of
* sixteen million dollars. With the com
pletion of the Union Pacific road to
the coast inl 1869 the city entered upon
a new era of prosperity.
A Railway Mixup.
Among those who have beeni comn
plaining of the slow railwvays in Italy
is a commercial traveler, who recent
ly determined that th,e Milan express
should end his life. Two minutes be
fore tIle train was due at a certain
station he laid himself stoically across
2 th14rails. After vainly awaiting the
tr-ain's approach for Mity minutes the
gentlemen was compelled to relin
quih tie project. He threatened to
sue the directorate for inconveniene
Scaused him, in whlich ease, it is saidi,
S the railway authorities will put in a
counterclaim for services rendered.
TuE FmLOWmP OF DOGS.
Always nove For A Man Who re
Fond of An Ordinary Our.
Culturist Magazine.
I have seen a few. wretches in niy
(lay, but I never saw one so utterly
lost to decency that he could not be
flattered by the friendly attentions of
a strange dog. There is a great les
son in that. No matter how superior
we try to seem to ourselves and oth
ers, a small voice within us will not
let us wholly forget what humbugs
we are. In the presence of our kind
we are brazen. The calm gaze of A
child sometimes shakes our self con
fidence. The knowing look of a dog
shatters it. There is something in
brute psychology that perplexes the
intellect of man and disorganizes his
intuition. Man is so made that what
he cannot understand exercises great
er influence over him than that which
lie canl. In the presence of many
phenomena he reveals himself openly
and quite unconsciously. He is then
no longer master of the fortifleations
of his soul. He drops his mask-his
grotesque outer garb-his brazen
shield falls to the ground, and he ei
ther cowardly retreats or succumbs
without resistance.
There is some hope for the man who
is capable of feeling ashamed in the
presence of an honorable dog. That
man has avenues open to him for ad
vancement. His soul is still fit for
expansion. His brain is something
more than a dried nut. His heart has
not tiulrIed entirely into a thing of
rubber and valves. When a strange
dog greets him he thinks better of
himself. Unconsciously lie reasons:
'Villain that I am. I am not so bad
after all as I might be. You can't
fool a dog, and a dog is no hypocrite.
Therefore I have good in mne-which he
recognizes.'' The fellow is a little
surprised at himself and not a little
flattered. If a noble dog shows him
marked favor lie becomes ''stuck up'
almost immediately. If several dogs
should display great preference and
affection for his person lie would
oon hecome unendurable to society- 1
quite too vain for association with
men. Con t rariwise, should (logs bark
at him generally or )erchance should
one bite him lie would not feel himself 1
.cood enough to associate with snakes,
but would forthwith get himself
locked up as a victim of hysterical
rabies, and if lie had any pathetic I
kinfolk at large they would a't once
insist upon having the dog put to
death.
For my own part I have learned a
great (eal from dogs. If I am natu
ral, they set me the example in early
childhood. If I am faithful to a
friend through his disgrace and dis
aster I catinot (eny that a dog reveal
e( this nobility of character to me for
the flrst time in my life. If I haVe
gratitudle, I saw it first in a dog. If I
have enterprise, lhe dlid not neglect my
early lessons. If I have initiative, so
had my first dog friend. If I am af
fectioniate, so was he. If I am patient
in adlversity and without arrogance in
affluence I could not have acquired
this poise of mind hotter from men
than from (logs. If I am watchful
over weakness entrusted to my care,
if I am forgetful of -self in guarding
my beloved, if I have the courage of
my convictions, if I have any heroic
instincts I could have had no better
teacher than a dog. Indleed1 the love
of dogs, their association and example
have filled my life with joy.
Drummer Boy's Romance.
''I was a drummer boy in Sheri
dan' s army,'' 'said L. J. Henry, of
Chicago, ''and at the mature age of
ffteen fell desperately in love with a
little girl down in Columbia, Tenn.,
that I thought as beautiful as an an
gel, and who seemed to reciprocate
my affections, even though I was a
hmted Yankee.
''All the time that m~y command
stayed at her home, I managed to see
her once every day, anid at night she
was ever in my dreams. I thought
that death would be -welcome if she
(id not become my wife; and wvhen
our force left for Washington all that
kept me from utterly breaking down
was lier promise that she wvould an
swer every letter I wrote her. But,
alas; though I wrote often and lov
ingly, never a word camne in reply,
and for months I wvent about sick at
heart because of Noer supp)osed -faith
lesness.
''Well, about six months ago I
went back to thme south for the first
time in forty years, and though Co
lumbia was out of mny way I couldn't
omit a visit to thme scene of my first
romance. My wife and growvn daughit
or accompanied me, and I told them
tIhe story and that I meant to, see my
sweetheart of long ago if she still
lived. I had no difficulty in finding
her and we had a great reunion. She
was a fine looking matron and had a
daughter just the age of mine. "
BLACK V6*RNORS
A Curious Piece of Old Time Co
neotiout History.
. book little known even to c<
14trs of A'merican is a volume e
titi'd "Hartford in the Olden Tim
Its First Thirty Years," by Scam
a which, was edited by W. M. B. Hal
B ley and published at Hartford in 18
There is a chapter in this book en
tied "The Black Governors of Co
e necticut," the very title of which w
B excite the surprise of most intellige
people even in Connecticut, who ha
never heard of any black governo
in the Nutmeg state except the go
ernors of an opposite political fait
a who were, of course, politically blac
- The title, however, is explained al
justified by a little explanaton. Befo
- the Revolution and down to a peri4
as late as 1820 it was the custon f
the negroes living in the state to ho
an election on the Saturday succee
ing the regular election day, choosit
one of their number as governc
Sometimes, however, no election W,
held, the retiring governor assig
in- his office to another. The mi
chosen in either case was usually "
nimposing presence, strength, fir
ness and volubility; quick to decid
ready to coinmand and quick to flog.
He appointed a staff of military ar
judicial officers, who executed his o
diers in all matters pertaining to co
ored people. especially questions pe
tainig to morals, manners and cer
ImcilieS.
The fact that he had no legal stati
in the province or state did not at a
trouble hini or his subjects, and he al
pears to have exercised a very re
pover, nearly always on the side <
morality and justice. The justice (
theI peace appointed by these bla(
--rovernors were, as a rule, extremiel
_eVere, inl Punlishing people of the
own color who trangressed the lai
So generally was this recognized 1;
fthe whites in colonial times that whe
- a slave committed some offense it wt
t the cust-Inm to turn him over to tl
a black justice for punishment. Such
elprit always fared much worse tho
if he had been tried by the reguh
courts.
r Among the more notable color(
Imen who held the offiee of govern
were: Quaw, a negro b'elonging
Colonel George Wyllys; Peleg Nol
who belonged to Colonel Jeremit
Wadsworth; Boston, belonging to M
Nicholas; John Anderson and Cu
t who held the office for ten years. A
r ter the abolition of slavery in Co
neetiuet the custom fell into disus(
"I Trust You."
Suecess Magazine.
I owe my salvation to three wor
n you sj)oke, " he wrote. " When all t
a world was against me you said,
[- trust you.' "
-- I every b)oy or girl w~ho has ma,
i- mistakes andl gone astray could ha
f such a friend a gr'eat many of the
-wouldl return to a normal life. TI
di feeling that someb)ody believes in i
trusts us-no matter what others Il
lieve or' say-touches the hea
I
Criminals are sometimes totallyi
formed thr'ough the consciousne
d that somfeb)ody still believes in tihe:
t. no matter howv low they may ha
y fallen. Could we realize how mu
ri this trust and confidence wvould do f
,a man when everything else has fa
e ed we shlould be more generous of o
l- conidence in our' fellows.
d ' TIinin'. a waiter doesn't make hi
lose his balance.
ITOMOBiLE STORY
A
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CLOSSER HALE,
y humorous motor-car romance--the
heroine are man and wife makes it
the theory of the ten-year marriage
Meredith, goes with her indulgent
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en the grounds of "incompatibility
> not exist. It takes another woman,
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THE TEACHER TAVGHT.
Why Sir rdwin Arnoqd-94Wed T
Use The Rod On HiX 041.
London Globe.
Sir Edwin Arnold, in his autobi
agraphy, tells the uniquo story o
how, as masterIof the Birninghal
Dranunar school, lie was caned by on
f the boys.
The class was engaged on Cicer
Some disorder occurred near th,
master's chair, and seizing the can
he f"gave a nasty cut upon the to
temptig back of one youth wh4
eemed to be the offender.'' ''If yoi
!lease, sir,'' said the boy, squiriing
'I did nothing. It was Scudamor
ltat kicked ie in the stomach inder
icath the desk.''
The statement was true. Seuda
u.ore had demanded froil his neigh
)or, quite illegitimately, the explana
iol of anl obscuire passage and, no
Jeing attended to. had taken tlii
nueh too emphatie means of enfore
ng attention. Having called th
lass up, Arnold said to the doubl
Vron1ged boy, who wivs still rilbblint
he place: 'It is I who am most ti
)ame for haviig dealt you an uniide
ervedl blow. Take that cane and giv<
t back to me as hard as you got it.'
'No. sir.'' the lad answered. ''
an't do that.'' The whole grena
c.loolroom was now listening, nmas
ers and all. Arnold insisted. ".oine
'on must obey mc, and if you disobe)
ain sorry to ray I shall make y4
vrite out that pa,g. of Cicero he'
imes, staying ill to do so.'
Wihether i t was desperation at !i
Ireadful alternative or I le' sparklin
yes of his class fellows, (.videw )
on in-, Itt l ye the -e . !ick ilihiz.
elves of ''licking'' a master, 61x
Udenly inspn-ed Jomil-. I know . "
fihat I do know is tlhat he reahie,
'orth his hand, took the vane ami
lealt ie no sham strcke, but the se
orest and most'telling cut over im
houlders. I had no idea that the ri
liculous instrument could sting as i
lid, like a scorpion. ''Rubbing ti
lace 'i' in my own turn, I imanage ti
hank Jones for his obligini- conipli
mtce and then said to him: ''Breal
Jhat detestable weapon across you
cnee and throw it out of the windo%N
qever again will we have anythin
o do with such methods here.''
Sir Edwin Arnold adds that eox
poral punishment is, in his view,
,owardly and' elumsy expedient an
tiat ''he who cannot teach withou
the stick had better get some othe
blisinless.
Old Shoes.
gew York Post.
'There are hundreds of men i
'STw York city," said a salesman in
lowntown shoe store, '' who are ind;
reetly adding to the income of the coi
porations controlling the shoe bus
less.' A man wearing an 01(d pair I
h1o00, sometimes only half worn, pui
ehases a new pair and leaves his ol
mes here. Gradually others accumi
late, and in time there are, say, a hur
:Ired pairs. These are p)laced in paste
board bo0xes, wralpped anid tied(. Abou
mece a month a dealer in secondhanm
rootgear conmes along, b)ids on the lo
ind gets it. In this way the compan
p)rofits during the course of a ven
somie hundreds of dollars. Of cours<
die secondhand main 'gets stuck' oae
in awhile, but most of them also reeu
ize a profit by .selliing the shoes agai
after they have been rep)aired au
polished.''
A DASHING At
Motor-Ca
By LOUISE
A BREEZY and delicious!
fact that the hero and
no less a romance.
'Mrs. Ward, a believer in i
contracts advanced by George
hsinmd on an automobile tots
purpose of sec4rng i div,orce
of temper," which, in reality. d<
severaiaccidents and the aut<
proper'senses.
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