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The morning call., 1891-01-04
SOME FUNNY ITEMS.

Written by Tom Mason for the CIothier
and Furnisher.
She-l understand there is tailor in Lon
don who just looks at you hard for a few mo-
ments and when your clothes come home
they fit you perfectly
Be-That is somewhat different from nv
tailor. He looks at me hard for few mo-
ments, but fails 10 send the clothes.
THE TRUE INwARDNEss OF IT.
Dashaway.-l sent a lot of old clothes to a
girl the other day. She is very charitable
and is going - send them to the heather.
Cleverton-You must be in love with the
heather.
Dashaway-No. l am in love with the
INCoNTRovERTIBLE.
Customer-Look here, l asked you for
something In gold, and you sold me these
miserable plated studs.
Clerk-Well, they were in gold when you
got them.
HAD HIS HANDS FULL.
Briggs-While l was in the laundry the
other day getting my collars and cuffs a fell
low outside of the door pitched into another
fellow and almost killed him.
Grlggs-Why didn't you separate them?
Briggs was busy with the laundryman.
THE BRIGHT SPOT.
Travers-My tailor actually accused ME of
dishonesty the other day. We had a scene
i hate scenes-and | have now been
obliged to trans fer my trade elsewhere.
Cleverton-How fortunate.
Travers-On the contrary; there was one
bright spot in it. hadn't paid him any,
thing for two years.
THE SOURCE OF THE EVIL.
Hell felt SO embarrassed the other dav.
l invited friend of mine to dine at my
house with me and he had such an attractions
necktie on that it worried me, especially as
| had other friends present.
She (sympathetically)- Couldn't you have
taken him quietly to embarrassing room and
by using little tact have got him to wear
another.
He-No. His wife was with him.
Strawber-I put on silk hat and a sack
coat the other night and never thought of
the mistake until l had got half mile
from home.
Singerly-And then l suppose Won had IN
go way back to change it.
Strawber-No fortunately l had To matra
call in Brooklyn.
THE WOMAN OF IT.
Wife-I priced the bath-rohe Won admired
so much, and found it was $780,
acknowledgements You didn't GET n
did you? CIV AZ
5 Wife-No, thought it was more than
you wanted to pay, so got q new bonnet
instead.
VIVID COMPARISON.
Irayers-l met my tailor in horse-car
Jagway-I suppose you ignored him,
Travers--Ignored himl Just as if he had
been one Of his own bills.
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nose against my ankle. / had no stockings
on. only homemade Shoes and his nose felt
very strange and made me expect to be
eaten up at once. But thought it best to
lie still and not cry out.
After what seemed a long time, the lion
went back and lay down by the dead OK,
about hundred feet distant, keeping his
eyes on us most of the time. He sometimes
Walked around the OK; then he went off a
little way to spring; then he came back
and walked around the cart. At last he lay
down again by the OK shut his eyes, and
seemed asleep. The sun was now high,
and we were very hungry and thirsty, but
when we moved little to rest our limbs the
lion opened his eyes and looked very bad.
We lay there under the cart all the morn.
ing, and until about the middle of the after
noon, and the lion lay under the shade of a
tree, watched us, ate some more beef. and
went to the spring as often as he chose.
Then about o'clock mother and Jose.
the peon, came down from the coast way.
and when they were on the ridge, they
could look Into the canyon and see the whole
situation at glance,-the lion, the dead OK.
the cart. and the three of US huddled to.
gether under it. Jose ran forward and fred
two shots, wonnding theslion, but he got
away in the rocks
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one place, the ore of Aspen in another, and
so on. Pennsylvania coal mines, WiScon-
sins iron ores and Montana's copper ores
will be included, and, in fact, all the promi-
nent mines of the United States will be
represented.
1t is also proposed to have the various APP
pliances in use in this country seen in actual
operation. Electric drills and steam drills
can be seen in operation aud compared, and
the force of the different powders tested.
In the great pump-rooms the latest and
most powerful apparatus will be in use.
Six cages, fitted in most elaborate style,
will make the trip in about five minutes,
and each will be constructed to carry from
thirty TO forty passengers, so that from
10000 to 10000 people could pass up and
down in one day. The shafts will be lighted
with electric lights and sheathed with iron
so as to be waterproof. Down below, the
scene will, it is believed. rival in brilliancy
and picturesquenesS the most gorgeous pic
ture dreamed of by romancers or painters.
Aladdin's cave would be in comparison
common everyday hole in the ground.
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MIRACLES OF
STYLISH ELEGANCE.
Skirts and Foot Trimmings That Make a Small
Foot Look Smaller.
Her little foot stole in and out,
And looked so wee and small,
1t made the people wonder
That she could walk at all.

rTOm tuc wee Nulnec.
NEW YORK, Dec. 90. 1S90.-As the season
advances, the various fashionable entertain
ments increase and multiply, and those who
participate in them and are obliged to make
half dozen different toilets each day, find
themselves wearying of the gowns and
other articles of apparel, which at first
seemed such miracles of elegance. Besides,
since these were procured there have been
some changes and notifications of the
styles which were introduced at the begin
ming OF the season; changes slight indeed
ana seemingly unimportant, yet making
enough difference to tell the initiated
whether the costume OR wrap was pro-
cured two months ago or ordered last week.
Ihose OF our readers who can recall the
sKetches given in October and compare them
with those Redfern submits to-day will adj
NIT the truth of this assertion. The foot
trimming for instance, in form of pleating.
ruflle or rose ruching, has been insidiously
STRIVING to regain its former popularity, and
there's no denying that it gives a graceful
and pleasing finish to the skirt, which is
wanting in the flat, applied form of decora-
tion.
In the first Illustration this characterization
Is seen in the shape of side pleatng, of
which just glimpse is visible, only enough
to give movement as its wearer moves her
feet. The gown. of which this forms part,
Is a medium shade OF electric blue cloth.
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THE FOREST FAvoRITE.

1t was the Stateliest tree OF them all
That sentinel that stood in the forest hail.
Full well beloved of the sky and the earth,
1t grew In beauty and strength from Its birth;
Nature had given it a mantle OF green
A royal robe, well beGtting queen;
And the gift of the sun was diadem
or emeralds cleaning. set gem gem.
The woods MINISTRIES unto 1t all day long
Caroled e'er strains OF melodious song,
And the zephyrs wooed 1t with tenaer word
Though never Its heart by their signs was stirred
While the pale moon, the fair empress of night
Gave veil pearl-brOidered OF silver light
To wear at the revels the fairies hold
When sleep doth the weary old world enfoId;
And was the dance over, the bright star-beams
To the beautiful tree brought pleasant dreams,
And the elves kept watch in the silent hall
That no harm their favorte might befaiI.
San Francisco. J,nudTy, 1891. SELMA SCHMIDT.
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A WONDERFUL CAVE.
Maddil'S GrOttO Mere Hole in The Ground
in Comparison.

The Denver Republican is responsible for
the statement that there is well-developed
movement there to make what will be the
most original and unique attraction at the
Worlds Fair-the great mine-a successful
undertaking from monetary and advertis-
ing point of view. A company has been
formed, to be known as the American I'm
derground Mining Company. with 81 ,0OO, 900
capital. 1t is proposed to raise half the sum
in that State. as large part of the monster
mine will be given TO working plans of its
leading mines.
The accompanying cut will give clear
idea OF what is intended to be done. A shaft
fifty feet by twelve in the clear is to be
sunk derth of at least 500 feet. The shaft
will be mounted with an iron structure. in
which the various hosting appliances will
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of which are hung with the rarest works
of art. The old town presents to the
stranger many curious features. Like
every other old city Of the Continent It's
streets are narrow. and as many of them are
ill-paved, the pedestrian must constantly
beasts by fleeing through the "house pas
sages," or tunnels under the houses, which
are a feature of Vienna and rarely seen out
side of its limits. Old passageways under
by a few struggling rays from either end,
all those features of an extremely old Ger
man city are here to be seen in abundance,
and yet the streets. though intricate, are
safe, and the only danger to which the
stranger is subjected is that Of losing his
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be placed. Entry rooms to elevators and
cages will also be constructed. The shaft
will be divided into eight compartments, six
for the elevators, one for the air and water
columns, and one for "eranks" who desire
to descend by ladder.
At the bottom of the shaft an enormous
pump will be constructed, and at the side of
the shaft pump-roonl. A corridor in the
form of an elliptic around the shaft 700 feet
In length will be constructed. the floor to be
of marble taken from the wel-knowu quar-
ries OF the country, lined with plate glass
and artistically decorated. On the inner
face of the corridor will be placed a museum
containing specimens of ore from every
mine in the Union. Columns of Colorado
marble and Vermont granite, with sand
stone and quantities., will be interspersed.
Outside of this elliptioal corridor will be
the line of drifts reached by adits. From
The outer circle of drifts different excaya-
tons will be made, so as to form exact rep
reservations of the famous Mines The
carbonate silver ore Of Leadville will be in
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GEMS IN VERSE.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALL.
CHOOSE WELL YOUR AIM.

- who is fain to rise above his state
~ And would be wise great,
u Must still remember well that highest
u flight
Will take him not from sight
OF those beneath. who watch his wings to sec
II straight his course may be-
And he who would this mOuntain-top attain
Must first standpoint gain
On its steep side before he can ascend.
And be IL 50, my friend,
Choose well your aim Icarus sought the sun,
But scorched his wings e'er
The radiant goal. And Babers builders found
Their work thrown to the ground.
Aim not too high nor place your mark too low
Strive just mean TO know.
Gain first one foothOld-then another gain,
And so shall you attain
BY such slow steps-but sure, q grander height,
Nor stumble in the night.
Aim upward Where the mountain rears It's crest
In calm and perfect rest,
Above the mists and clouds that wrap Its base,
Find there a tranquil placei
Thus wisest wisdom win, and maybe fate
Will make yon more than great!
JULIA CLINTON JONES.
San Francisco, January, 1891.
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four windows for ascertaining the locality
of fire in any part of the city. A telescope
was directed to the spot, and. by register
recording certain figures which corresponded
to streets, squares and numbers on chart,
the watchman could ascertain in moment
in what quarter of the city lay the fire. Re
dropped it into tube, whence it descended
to the base of the tower. The information
then being sent to the Fire Department, IN
a reasonable time the engines were on t1 ea
collins eoi being piled upon another in tiers
fifteen to twenty deep. But such was tne
crumbling condition into which the pece 4nat
Giles of mortality's remains nao laiien' '''"'
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." KOCHINE."

Hall TO thee. Egeria,
Our praise to thee is due.
Thou gIvest TO the dying one
life and strength anew.
On earth again, for man restored.
instruction doth inpart,
Thou vert no myth, but really one
That owned the healing artI
Hail to thee, Egeria! who art alive once more
To give to US thy healing aid, to animate restore
Thou vert beloved by Numa
When Rome was young in years,
And mourning him departed
Became a fount of tears.
But Koch besought thee and has found
Thy long-lost fount hygiean ground,
Whence flows from thy blest bounty, nymphl
Consumption's cure-the liquid lymph
San francisco. January, 1891 BL.
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way. In most Continental towns the older
portion is the worst, but the contrary is true
of. Vienna, for the Stadt although the
streets are narrow and intricate, still forms
are the imperial palaces, the finest churches,
and the most magnificent homes of nobility.
The noblest edifice in the city is the Ca
thedral of st. Stevens. grand medieval
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an At Home Go,rt.

In marked contrast to the above is an at
home gown that Redfern has originated, of
which the upper part of the bodice, the
sleeves and tho front of skirt are of cerise
crepe de chine, embroidered with metallic
threads. The rest of the gown, which is
demi-train, is of shot velvet. rather darker
The gnrget and girdle are shaped in points
on their upper edges. r.
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ACORNS.

Original contributions and solutions are re-
quested from all the readers. Contributions
must be written in ink, one side of the paper,
ana separate from communications. The name
and address must accompany them as guaran-
tee OF good ialth. Address Puzzle Editor DAILY
MORNING CALL, sos Clay street, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
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and rcconnoitered the Turkish camp. and
from this elevated perch he first discerned
the coming relief in the banners of John So
bieski. as the Polish army crossed the noun
talns. The Turks were defeated, the siege
Of Vienna was raised, and by subsequent
military movements in the immediate yicin
ity of the city the tide of Ottoman invasion
was rolled back even as Charles Martel
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NEW YEAR FANCIES.

Forgetting the past-with its dreams
That faded away
Like the radiant dazzling celors OF sunset
That came not to stay.
The feecy white clouds-you fancied
Were castles most fair
With towers and turrets-with banners OF sunbeams
AhoHt in the air.
Forgetting the past-with Its dreams
Like tales that are told
Dream dreams brghter-aye. falrcr than ever before
In years now grown old.
January l., 1891. GRACE HIBRhRD
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A OUI PENSE-T-IL?

Translated from the French OF Delphine Gay.
Angel with shining eyes,
Our love you know;
You can our secrets read
This grace Destow:
Tell me when on the breast
or the wild sea,
Far from his own dear land,
OF whom thinks he?
when the broad sails of white
Spread In the air:
When on the pillows blue
Gold stars burn fair;
When free from storm-winds dread
The calm waves seem
II then his heart should sigh,
OF whom his dream?
If he should weary grow,
II sad his eyes,
If then a carTier-dove
Flew Ger the skies:
In that strange presage sweet,
Whene'er 1t came,
Would he m ssage read?-
Whom would he manner
When on the stormy sea,
In the dark hight;
When on the tossing brine,
Foam-wreaths lie white;
Should the fierce tempest cry:
danger is near;
II death were close TO him,
For whom his fear?
Does he his kingdom known
Is he aware
OF all he doth inspire
Far anywhere?
One day, II he should come
Heart, be not weak
Home DER the ocean broad,
Whom would he seek?
Ildmedd, Cal, Dec. rs. 1890 ANELEH.
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drove back the Saracens from Tours.
memorial of the siege still exists in the
great bell of st. Stevens, which weighs
metal obtained by melting Turkish cannon
captured captured when the siege was raised. St.
ba tttI1n e. however, commands n view of
wh ,isE Gts more modern than that at
W. %ri t., oopleskl defeated the Ottoman army.
Waaram man sn slgna OF spire are Lobau and
Gays OF electricity the city fire-wstch vas vaS
Kept In the tower OF st. Stevens, and cnrlo
Gus apparatus was provided in each of the
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LIFE.

Youth-golden age OF man;
on, glorious hours that can
Return no mOrel
why seem the hues so bri ght;
Why seems so swift the flight
or time passed DER?
Youth speeds to manhood's pride;
In Iife's unchanging tide
There Is no flow;
Then comes with added years,
How much with bitter tears,
IT'S grief 20 knowi
Manhood has passed away,
And age has claimed that clay
That soon Is dustl
Whilst the loved ones depart,
Those left seem cold In heart
As aged must.
Sorrow, and doubt and care,
Dead'ning all once so fair,
No more to bloom.
Sickness. with all It's woes,
Soon its dark shadow throws
Upon our tomb!
A few brief hours remain
For joy, or grief, or pain,
But little yet:
Then ceased hfe's lamp to burn,
Some friends weep DER our urn
And then-forget.
1890 L. E W.
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church, 800 feet long by 900 broad. Its inte-
rlor gives the impression OF gloomy grand
eur, but the many noble windows. the an
cient stained glass, the tints which afford
pleasing variety to the light of the interior,
the intricate lraeery of the walls, columns
and ceilings, tighten up the general effect
Its most notable feature is the tower-now
a spire-which was begun in 1859 and I'm
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SOMETHING WANTING.

Go where will through life,
Something Is wanting still.
Be 1t In mind or heart,
In thought or will.
Something, know not what,
Eludes my grasp
And, ere touch 1t, 10,
IT'S gone, tits past.
Some shadowy ghost OF thought,
Some wild caprice,
Holds my sad, restless heart
As la vice.
Poor hearth Thou tryst in vain to 'scape thy thral
And In thy useless struggle dost lose all.
No peace, no rest, hither and thither tossed,
Searching for something thou hast never lost
January, 1891. Polly STOCK WELL.
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The wild cockatoes of Queensland whon
plundering cornfeld, post sentineIs to give
an alarm: If one bird is shot the others.
instead OF at once taking to flight, hover.
screaming over their dead comrade until
many of them share his fate.
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A Glance at the City Of Vienna,
Close by tle Beautiful Danube.
tUSFRIA'S GREAT IMPERIAL CITY.
4 Great Railway CelteT-The Old City and
the Metropolis -lB Art Galleries, Muse
inns, Palaces, ATSsIalS and Pr0menadGS.
The BelVedGTe On the Rilg"-Th6 In
BeTial ATSalal-The Church Of st. Charles.

E JENNA is a meeting place OF
\ II the nations. Situated as 1t is,
7 Is almost on the bank of the
\ W. greatest river of Eastern
Europe, the waters Of which
Z flow through half dozen
different countries before finding their way
to the sea, the commerce of the East ana Of
the West, the trade and travel of the Orient
and Occdent pass directly through the
gates OF the Austrian IMPERIAL city
Changes in the conditions of life brought
abont by a difference in the modes
Of Transportation have changed centers
of population in many countries, aud
not a few Of the cities of Central and
Southern Europe. which were once the seats
of vast trade, have found themselves left
to one side by the introduction of railways
Venice. Genoa. Spezzla, Trent, Nuremburg,
a hundred others might be mentioned which
onae lay directly on the line of transconti-
mental travel, but which have been left TO
one side IN the onward march of the iron
hOIse. But Vienna IS not only river but
railway center. Lying on the principal
lines Of communication between the west
and the southeast, it has, therefore, pre-
served Its prestige aud commerce, while lis
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WINTER.

o. yet, You are truly eautiful
In your ermIne " mantle OF snow,
Made out of crystals from heaven
When DEFENDERS chill wind doth blow
The snowdrops bear tender misslyes
To breathe to the angel flowers
OF love In the coming springtime,
OF rills and fairy bowers
o, winter, We wreathe thee the greatest,
And our armsfull OF trophies bring,
We pray thy icy crown may not melt
At the soft whisperings OF spring.
San Funcisco. January, 1891, ALMA ALDEN,
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Scott w. Lambert, E. L. b., Captain n. Frank
and Laura Nj. Smith.
Blossoms.
No. 80. CHARADE.
Pleasant viii be his dream
When next he meets his Dorothy
He'll treat her TO ice-cream.
San Francisco. Ii. Y, FROST.
No. go. SQUARE.
horse. ga plant. 4-An adherent OF Brahminism.
6c ci mia! plants 6-rO divesT of office, -
No. 81. NUMERICAL.
My -, % .. % 25, 10 iG what a lady never is.
My 10. Il, 2. is respected in every land.
My %, II. %, 8 most people dislike.
- MY 4. u, II, 27, "a, 8 is found weekly in TIE
MY 10. 6, 5, 7 is a small matter.
My Iohote of % letters is familiar quotation,
suggestive OF the Importance OF small things.
San Francisco. SCOTT.
No. CO. oCTAGoN
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o. s lawyer and poet, b. 1872 (Bijou). A mineral
resin found in bituminous coal. "a toot-stalk or
are ATTACHED sIocal nosIttorS snaces ~
anguia, genera Of soft-fnned snake-ike fsbes
San frGftcisco. CAPT. n. FRANK.
No. SO. NEW YEARS CALLS.
Ada Vidello on New Years day,
IN her city home, received ~ calls:
Among the number not uude.
But Just sehooi-boy friends from classic halls
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With psqmar Kids on her nj Dretty hands
Simple, wise winning, a giri of rank,
HeI hair was braided in Grecan bands.
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In New Years greetings hours few away,
Tine thou arr ,d nurryiIng; ta tart we pray.
NO. nasty iS'e"ei' he VIII say
Cav and %rIgSt s "" o h nr a iUeo'
And rewarded she feels by kindly words
From her boy friends on this New Years day
To make New Years calls ais. came .I1e. % boys,
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stuff. Am ornament in the shape OF an egg.
"a protection for the nose. 6-HaVing lived.
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ish fiower-painter, 1670-1621 (Bijoul Gin
Frank Lynn.
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earth worm. Din Goose Quill.
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e cues. Vienna has the reputation of being
ine most dissolute metropolis in Europe'
ia i not excepted, but such is the beauty
OF its situation, such is its commanding posi-
tton, so numerous are its attractions. that
lists. LUZ 'our-
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ished seventy-four years later. Its total
height above the pavement is 465 feet, and
architecturally il is one of the wonders of
the world. Midway of its height is a stone
seat which bears an inscription to the effect
that during the great siege of the Turks in
the garrison, here took MS place day after day
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made with three deep tucks, each one with
a narrow heading braided in gold and blue.
The coat shows figures of velvet brocaded
on black silk background. 1t opens in
front over a vest of the cloth with a cravat
of gold embroidered crepe, and is finished
with band of blue feathers.