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KERSHEN’S TACKLE SHOP. 
wo or three sides of a square telephone pole 
tthe corner of East and Market streets are 
1 that Peter Kershen needs for his stock of 
sing tackle. Trifling it looks, but these lines, 
{g on nails and spikes on the pole, constitute 
[ shen’s store, in which he has not only made 
ving for himself and family, but has saved 
1 ugh to buy his own home at 64 Peralta 
knue, this city. A notable thing about it, too, 
Chat the telephone pole is the only one of 
kind on East street that was spared by the 
at fire. 
'eter Kershen used to be a sailor, says the 
1 Francisco Chronicle. That was nearly 
nty-one years ago, when he first came from 
.them Europe. Tiring of the sea, he laid 
ti supply of fishing lines and hooks and bait 
pi set up for himself on a box at the inter- 
ion of Market. Sacramento and East streets, 
ire a hundred thousand people pass every 
In the throng there always have been 
ay men, some with their wives or children, 
D stopped to buy fishing tackle and a can 
bait. Thus Kershen’s business thrived. But 
time came when there was no room for the 
box. and Kershen took to the telephone 
e, and he was in nobody’s way. 
ust off the trail of the hundred thousand, to 
left a dozen feet as you start to cross East 
>et to the ferry, Kershen and his queer store 
y be seen. On the sidewalk at the foot of 
pole are two or three buckets that contain 
11 s and worms and other bait. These are 
ight by Kershen himself, who sometimes 
ts up shop—puts his fishing tackle away in 
>ox and stores it in a nearby fruit stand— 
ile he hies to places he well knows along the 
parves and gathers bait from the piles at low 
I:. Thrift and attention to the needs of his 
ttomers have kept Peter Kershen independent 
( a score of years. 
HUNTER’S DOG BRINGS HELP. 
t Louisville, Neb., dispatch to the Times says 
It Byron McNeally, after fifty-two hours in 
l old well, was saved yesterday by his dog. 
hile hunting on Friday, McNeally dropped 
lough the brush cover of a disused well 90 
ct deep. The dog’s antics attracted attention 
snday, and he was followed to the well. Mc¬ 
Nally will recover. 
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