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The morning call., 1892-05-16
A CLEVER TRICK.
An American who Had Sublime Faith in
the Perfection of the Arch.
Cassell's Magazine.

An American who Had Sublime Faith in
the Perfection of the Arch.
Casse's Magazine
Some years ago an English engineer, now
prominent in the official management of one
of our great railroads, was experimenting
the construction of new road in Pennsyl-
vania. After supper one evening he
strolled into the settin' room of the coun-
try tavern, where some 20 men were seated
around the stove, smoking and chatting.
A regular down. East Yankee was ex-
pounding the remarkable strength of the
arch, its use and application in mechanics
and illustrating his remarks by paving a
hali-hushel measure.
"You amt no idee." said he, show strong
the arch is If We sect 1t right-if We know
how. Now, there's the egg-nothin' got a
prettier arch than the egg, and il you set il
right it's mighty strong. Why. kin set an
egg on this floor in such shape that We can't
break it with a half-bushel measure"
A general muTmur of sneering disbelief
ran around the room, but the Yankee was
game.
81 said / kin. and I'll bet the drinks on
it,"
The engineer hated Yankee, and though
a reserved man, he could not permit a Yam
kee to bluff a whole party with such an ar
rogant and preposterOus statement so he
quietly said:
II will take that bet"
An egg was brought in from the kitchen
and handed to the Yankee. He took it and
stood 1t upon The floor in the corner of the
room, where the measure couldn't reach,
The engineer did not even attempt to fill
paid for the drinks and retired, sadder
wiser man.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STATE HARBOR
" Commissioners, 10 California St, san francisco,
Cal, May II. 1892.
Sealed proposals bids will be received at this
ONCE at or prior 10 o'clock P. ". on THURSDAY.
May %, 1892, foT furnishing the materials and
building Freight Ferry slip at the foot OF second
San Francisco in accordance with the plans and
gineer and adopted by the Board Of State Harbor
Commissioners May u, 1892.
No bid Will be received unless 1t is made on q
panied by a certified check for ) per cent OF the
amount OF the bid payable TO the order of the Sec
rotary OF the Board, as a guarantee the part OF
the successful bidder that he viii within six days
after the acceptance OF his bid enter into written
contract 10 do such work according to the plans and
specifications prepared therefor. with such modih-
cations the Board may direct. and will also
cute and file with this Board a good and sufficient
bond, to be approved by said Board. in such amount
IL shall direct. and conditioned for the faithful
performance of such contract; nor viii said bid be
considered by this Beard unless delivered to the
Secretary the Assistant Secretary at the office
OF the Secretary at or prior 10 o'clock p NJ. on
Thursday, May 20, 1892, at which place the bids
Will be opened.
he Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids * deemed for the best interests of the State.
Bidders are invited to be present at the opening
Of the bids. G.. +. BASSETT,
CHAS o. ALEXANDER,
w. II. BROWN,
Board OF State HaTb0r Commission
MARsDEN Ma NSON, Chief Engineer.
J. j KFFGAS Secretary myl6 or SuEX
The morning call., 1892-05-16
Possibilities of Truth-TelIiDg.


"PeOple talk about the wickedness Of lies,
but / would like to know how they could be
got along without in polite society,"" said a
woman Of fashion. Imagine for moment
an afternoon call. for example, where both
hostess and visitor had conScientously
made up their minds to speak with entire
frankness and truthfulness.
Figure to yourself the mistress of the
house in the act Of entering the drawing
room. Instead of rushing impulsively for
ward and graspng the visitors hand with
a pleasant smile and words expressive Of
pleasure at seeing her, she simply says:
=" you ugly old thing. why Oh earth have
you come to bother ME with call this aft
ernoonY
"'Simply for the sake of getting through
with an unpleasant duty replies the caller.
4 hoped very earnestly that ] should not
find you at home
off had had any notion that you were
coming should have told the maid to say
that was not at home, returns the hostess.
What a horribly unbecoming gown you
have onP
"'Such remark coming from woman
so VIGOROUSLY badly dressed as yourself
seems rather absurd rejons the visitor.
'At about that point in the conversation
the restraints of politeness are altogether
dispensed with, and hair-pulling begins"
The morning call., 1892-05-16
AN ACTIVE MINISTER.
How Senior Romero Discharged His
Duties to the Mexican Government.
New York World.

How Senior Romero Discharged His
Duties to the Mexican Government.
New York World.
A familiar figure on the floor or the House
is Senior Romero. the Mexican Minister at
Washington. He keeps q sharp eye on
legislation at both ends of the CAPITOL, visits
the departments daily and reads the princ-
pal American newspapers with great care.
He employs a considerable force OF clerks
at the legation, and under his system the
business OF his Government is most expe
ditiously and efficiently prosecuted. He
never permits a day to pass after
the publication of a false or mlslead-
ing report affecting Mexican interests
without setting the matter right in
the newspapers If the morning papers
contain an erroneous statement the Minister
uses the telegraph wires freely for few
hours to inform himself as to the cireum-
stances. and when the newspaper CORE
srondents reach their Offices for the nights
work they find neatly typewriter memo
randa on their desks, setting forth the facts
and requesting that the matter be put before
the public in its proper light.
The Minister works sixteen hours day
and apparently does not know what fatigue
is. He is a swarthy little man, who prob
ably does not now weigh much more than
100 pounds, but his presence lacks nothing
of dignity. He has the reputation of being
the shrewdest member of the diplomatic
corps. 1t will be remembered that when
Lord Sackville wrote his famous answer TO
the Murchison letter Senior Romero replied
to similar communication, rebuking the
writer for pretending TO be an American
and at the same time soliciting from for
eigner advice as to the casting of his vote.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
KITE-FLYING In JAPAN.
a Once Popular Sport Which Is Now
Seldom Ind uIged In.

a Once Popular Sport Which Is Now
Seldom INDUCED In.
Among the fashions Of old Japan that
have been thrust out Of sight by the new
civilization, the flying Of huge kites may be
mentioned. In former days trials of kite
flying skill used to take place between the
inhabitants of neighboring villages-im-
mense kites they were, many feet in stature
and of such tractive power that two or
three men wero required to hold them.
But these monsters, in their headlonQ dives,
occasionally brought destruction to more than
the string of rival; they severed telegraph
wires. and of course it was out Of the
question that messages dispatched about
the grayeT business of life should be sub
iect to interruption on account Of such
frivolities. japan has dotted much of her
holiday garb TO don the imported rament,
and monster kites are among the discarded
paraphernala. The people Of Fugisawa,
in this prefecture Of Kanagawa, have ap-
parently been visited by an access of ten
derness for old times. They have asked
permission to present TO the Prince I'M
perial kite measuring 15R feet by 1917,
manufactured from $50 sheets Of nishinouchl
paper Ii the Prince is boyish enough to
have the kite flown he will enjoy nm env-
able half hour.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
SCARED BY A STAR.
a Railroad Engineer who Thought He
Narrowly Escaped Wreck.
New York Tribune.

Narrowly Escaped a wreck
New York Tribune
An eDgine-driyeT, recountng his expert
enees, said that he had thus far escaped
smash-ups, but that he thought he was in
great danger one night Said he: 1T was a
clear autumn evening, and | was running a
passenger train. We were a little behind
time, and l was going along at good
pace. There was R big wood to 60
through, and the line, on clearing it, took
a sharp turn TO the westward. Just as we
made that turn my heart came right up be-
tween my teeth, for there. coming straight
down the line, was another engine, with
her headlight flaming in my eyes.
Il blew down brakes, aud had my engine
reversed before Ia drawn half a breath.
and sent the train back as hard as l could
TO a siding about a mile behind Us, ana
waited for the other train that | supposed to
DO close by, but she didn't come. / made
the signalman wire up the line to see If there
was any special or runaway engine in the
way, but the answer was that the line was
clear.
''The passengers got out and began to
talk and ask questions, and as for me.
was daZed | thought Of runaway lOcom0-
tiYes and train wreckers. Everything was
quiet around the bend. rs far as | could see
and hear. Presently l happened to glance
westward across a clearing; there was the
headlight shining through the trees as
serene and steady as you please. 1t was the
planet Venus"
The morning call., 1892-05-16
FARMING In THE ALPS.
a PerIIous Occupation Pursued In swIt
zarIand.

Youths Companion.
The peasant mountain mower is accus-
toned to all the perils of the mountain, and
the day before the moving season begins
a day fixed by communal decree-he bids
farewell. perhaps for the last time, TO his
wife and children.
His scythe on his shoulder, armed with
his iron-shod stick, provided with his clamp
irons a cloth or net rolled up in his bag, he
sets out at midnight, in order that the dawn
NAV find him at his work.
Daring the two months of hay harvest he
goes down to the village only three or four
times to renew mis- supply of food or linen.
BY this hard and perilous occupation an
Alpine mower makes from 60 cen IS to 81 a
day, his food not included. and many times
under some projecting rock he must seek
bed and pass the night.
Once dried, this wild hay us carefully
gathered into cloth or net and carried
down to the first little plain, where it can
be made into stack, which is loaded with
large stones to prevent its being blown away.
In winter, when everything is covered
with snow, the mower climbs again the per-
pendieular side of the mountain, carrying
his little wooden sledge on his shoulder.
He loads il with hay, seats himself in front
and shoots down with the swiftness OF an
arrow.
Indeed, in these steep solitudes where the
grass is found. the life of man is so ex-
posed and accidents are so frequent that the
law forbds that there should be more than
one mower IN family.
The morning call., 1892-05-16

The public schools Of this city will close
for the summer vacation on the 9th inst.
and reopen July is.
1t is expected that the'City Trustees will
make public at their meeting this evening
their intention relative 10 the city's electric
light plant.
Rev. w. c. Spencer, secretary of the
Min isterial Union of Alameda, is endeavur-
ing to secure the services of Evangelist
Mills for few union meetings next Sep
TENDER.
The Twentieth Century Club will meet in
the parlors of the Congregational church
this evening to complete its organization
and arrange for its opening public meeting
on May "a.
Sherman Hose Company will hold its first
annual banquet on June II.
The heavy rainfall Saturday night filed
up the trench for the new Park-street
sewer, and gang Of men was at work all
day yesterday pumping it out.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
Authority for Slang Phrase.

One Of the slang phrases which have been
popular within the last few months is the
very expressive one. ''out of sight" 1t is
trary is decidedly old. having been used by
Charles Dickens in nicholas Nickleby."
Those who have read the story will remem-
Der the interview Mr.. SQueers has with Peg
Sliderskew after she has robbed Arthur
Gride, and when the two are looking over
the stolen papers. Peg asks Mr.. Squeers IL
he doesn't think she is even with old Gride
for his treatment of her. TO this query Mr..
Squeers assures Peg that she is more than
even with Gride, and ends by exclaimiDg,
''Why, you're out OF sight, Peg, out of
si0htO
The morning call., 1892-05-16
How a Navajo Hunts Prairie Dogs.

A Navajo will stick a bit of mirror in the
entrance of a burrow, and lie behind the lit
tie mound all day il need be to secure the
coveted prize of fat prairie dog. When Mr.
Tulsa ventures from his bedroom deep UNDER
him at the front door, and when he hurEies
out to confront this imDudent intruder.
Whit goes a halcedOny-lipped arrow
through him. pinni0g him to the ground so
that he cannot tumble back into his home,
as be has wonderful faculty for doing even
In death, or a dark hand darts from behind
like lightning, seizes his chunky neck safely
beyond the reach of his chisel-shaped teeth,
and breaks his spine with one swift snap.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
A RAPID COOK.
He Would Be Appreciated at a Railroad
Eating Station.
Pittsburg Dispateh.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
The fastest cooking, automatically at
tested, was done not long ago by Prince
Bismarck's former chef, who is now chief
cook in famous restaurant of Berlin. He
had made bet with regular guest of the
place Of S25 that he could kill, dress, cook
and serve chicken in six minutes. The
exploit was to be performed before invited
spectators.
At o'clock on the aDpo inted evening the
cook appeared with his gas cooking-stoye
on a platform in sight of all in the room.
He waved the chicken around his head and
it cackled loudly. Decapitating the fowl
with one blow of a glttering knife, this
gastron9mic expert within 90 seconds had
removed every feather from it. The gas
stove was already lighted, with boiler
upon it. The fowl was cut open and drawn
in one other minute and placed upon the
broiler; a hot dish garnished with water
cress was at hand, and it lacked just sec
ond Of the six minutes when the chicken
was served
The morning call., 1892-05-16

the tobacco monopoly II was the influence of
Russia that rendered the monopoly useless.
Britain insisting upon her merchants being
Unidentified, the Persian Government agreed
to pay them $4,000, 900, but Persia has no
money, and the British are dunning her TO
pay. So Russia has come forward, offering
to advance to Persia the money, which is to
be secured by the Persian customs. Thus
Russia will obtain control Of the Persian
customs and manage them in manner to
injure British import trade more and more
until it can be entirely annihiated. Evil
IDENTIFY Great Britain loses in influence as
Russia is in creasing her hold ON Persia.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
The Emersonisn Test.

"I shall not open the door, Harvardson,"
said the Boston wife at o'clock A. NJ,
until | have satisfactory evidence that you
have not been spending the evening in riot
Gus conviviality."
your precaution, my DEAR" replied the
Boston husband, who stood shivering on the
outside, sis natural but unnecessary [
have been in attendance AT an unusually In
teresting session of the Zoroaster Club"
With clear, distinct enunciation he then
repeated rapidly this passage from Emer-
sons essay on Plato: "Seashore, sea seen
from the shore, shore seen from the sea-"
And the door was thrown open at once.
A Brooklyn inventor proposes to tap the
earth's interior for heat and thus save fuel
The morning call., 1892-05-16
In Empress Maria Theresa's Room.

An interesting discovery has recently
been made in connection with what has
been generally known as the room of the
Empress Maria Theresa at the castle Of
Schonbrunn. Not long ago it was quite ac-
cidentally discovered that the walls we're
covered with cloth, and on the removal Of
this fine old painting came to light, dating
from the beginning Of the eighteenth cen
turn, by an unknown master. Prince Ho-
henlohe, the chief court marshal, has given
orders that the picture should be restored.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
AMERICA AHEAD OF FRANCE.
Even France succumbs to American
Genius.


For centuries Trance has held the palm for the
manufacture OF toilet articles of every description,
but at last she has been compelled to give place to
American genius in one article at least for the
toilet Nine. Waltz emphasizes this most emphatE
caly in letter upon the Imperial Hair Regenera-
tor: lone OF the most pleasant and satisfactory
incidents connected With my trip to New York has
been the treatment OF my hair by your Imperial
Hair Regenerator. Having fun knowledge Of all
the preparations on the Paris market must con-
TESS that yout Imperial Hair Regeneration is incom-
parably superior to them ALL The color produced
perfect and the natural glossness it leaves upon
the hair is unattaina5le by the use or any other
preparation ] do not hesitate to strongly recon-
mend it as the perfect preparation for the hair
obtalnabe." Consultation and all Information
free. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed. Sold at
81 so and SO. Refuse ali substitutes. as they are
dangerous IMPERIAL CHEMICAL CO, 81 West
Twenty-third St. New York Agents for the Pacific
Coast, Messrs. GOBDSTEIN Il COIN. $50 Market
st., San Francisco Il is applied by them and
STRoZINSKI 433 Ellis ST. DECO II SuMo
The morning call., 1892-05-16
Cheating British Recruits.

The British War Department has been
complaining for years of great difficulties in
keeping the battalions of the army in full
strength because recruiting was going on
slower than ever before. The reasons Of
the falling off were made plain by evidence
given before the Parliamentary committee.
Recruits are promised good meals aud
clothing free, and quarter of dollar pay
clear a day. But the meals are said to be
so bad and scanty that they could not live
ON them, and the clothing was insufficient.
That is why young men refuse to enter the
army and recruiting is falling off. Yet the
cost of a soldier TO the British taxpayer is
much greater than the cost in any other
state OF Europe,
The morning call., 1892-05-16
1t worked Both wavs

A farmer in Manchester, Me-, is rejecting
sorrowlully upon the maxim that Honesty
Is the best policy" Several years ago. in
order to avoid paying some debts, he con-
veyed bis farm, worth $4,000 TO his wife.
The wife died recently, and according to
law the property goes to her three children.
the widower's right of the dover excepted.
The children refuse to reconyey the farm to
their father
The morning call., 1892-05-16
Sacques
and Skirts
For the Summer.

Our display Of Dress Sacques and Summer
Skirts is the most elegant we have yet had
the pleasure of exhibiting to the San Fran
cisco public The styles are new and fash
ionable, the assortment most complete,
and the prices remarkably low. White
Lawn Sacques, pleated, lace trimmed,
tucked and embroidered; also variety of
fine Silk Blouse Waists. In Silk Skirts
we are showing very choice combinations
in changeab1e Taffetas also large col
lection of Sateens, A1pacas and washable
Seersucker Skirts.
SPECIAL.-One Hundred
PLEATED LAWN SACQUES, of fine
material and superior workmanship, en-
broidered collars and cuffs, at 8l.OO
each.
The morning call., 1892-05-16
Russia's Advance in Persia.
Chicago Herald

Great Britain and Russia are engaged in
playing remarkable game in Persia. After
the British had obtained the concession Of
The morning call., 1892-05-16

by Bruce of the San Francisco Political
Record. It contains an alphabetical list OF
the delegates, with their poStoffice ad-
dresses, and is valuable work OF reference.
The morning call., 1892-05-16

ORDERS and carefully
Hey, and Berke
The morning call., 1892-05-16

Board OF State Harbor Commissioners.
MARsDEN MANSON, Chief Engineer.
j. KEEGAS, Secretary. my16 OF suck
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-28
TO GIVE SILVER VALUE.
Proposals For Heavy Purchases Befor
the Brussels Conference.

proposals For Heavy Purchases Before
the Brussels Conference.
BRUSSELS. Nov. %. 1S9s.-The Inter
national Monetary Conference will meet
again today.
1t Is reported that under the scheme to
be formulated by Mr.. de Rothschild, the
English delegate, each government repre-
sented In the conference is to be assocf
ated In the purchase of silver to the mini-
mum amount of e5, 900, 900 sterling, and Is
TO take fixed proportion of this amount
at limit of 43 pence per ounce, the pur-
cnases to be made direct by the treasures
OF the various countries or through
the agency of financial institutions.
1t Is expected that the British delegates
Will support this plan in the interest Of
the Indian currency.
A Danish delegate, who is a mouomet-
allist. will propose the coinage of silver
nve-franc, four-shilling or dollar pieces.
rated to gold according to the price of sll-
yer In the year previous TO the adoption
OF an International agreement, with
seignorage o. 10 per cent.
he Will also propose the appointment of
a permanent International Commission
to fix the initial price.
should the price of silver fall to per
cent. below the coinage ratio the Com
mlssion,W1ll have authority TO fix new
ratio and order the recoinage of the
pieces. These coins will be legal-tender
Internationally, banks TO keep them as
reserve against notes and to have the
rights to demand gold in exchange for
them at any time from the Government
Issuing the particular coin held.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-28
BRAVE BUFFAlOEs.

Three Detailed Men Save Lives at a
Tenement House Fire.
There was fire Saturday afternoon in
the four story frame structure at No 2l0
Ninth street, occupied by seven families.
A still alarm was given to the
members Of No. 2 truck. Singul-
arly enough George w. Gardner
E. Meyers, q. H. Mulligan and Thomas
Murphy, who responned to the call We're
not regular members of the company.
They were detailed men. They rushed
to the house and discovered its base en t
in fam es. The building was filled with
smoke and escape by the stairs was cut
off from the frightened inmates.
Fireman Gardner pulled box No.. 241
Myers and Murphy in their work of
saving lives. Mary Burke, Bridget Kelly
and three children were imprisoned on
the top floor, and were screaming
piteously for help.
Cries of ''throw the children out" and
Jump yourselves" were heard on all
The flames increased every moment
and the smoke became suffocating.
Finally the imprisoned women and
children were passed down the ladders to
The street and escaped. The tiremeE
were burned about the face and hands.
Chief Denmead, who was In charge of
the fire, has recommended that the names
of all four men be placed upon the honor
roll. The building was damaged $700
worth. Cause of fire unknown.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-28
BEER FOR ALL MANKIND.
st. Louis Breweries Gobbled Up by a
Great Trust.

St. Louis Brsweries Gobbled Up by a
Great Trust.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. %, 1892 consolida-
tion of the four mammoth export brewer
les OF the United States-the Anheuser-
Busch and w. j. Lemp of this city, and
the Schlitz and Pabst. with it's auxillar-
ies-with capital stock of $40 900, 900 and
bonds to the amount of $500, 100000. to
supply the world with beer is the gigantic
enterprise which is being rathered hy the
Rothschilds of EpglaDd
That it will be ultimately ACCOMPLISHED
Adolphus Busch. President of the Anheu-
ser-Busch Brewing Company. states there
is reason to believe.
In the words of Mr.. Busch, it is to be an
institution of the world and interests i'll
it are to be held wherever the bonds can
be placed. With the four breweries men
tioued consolidated into one enormous
interest, the worlds market will be con-
trolled from America even more effect
ually than it is at present
The combined output will be something
enormous, as the scheme involves an in
crease in the capacity of each brewery,
and it Is claimed that the combined inter
ests of the world outside the new enter
prise would not reach the latter's capacity.
NJ. De Fries, of London, representing
the Ruthschilds. conducted the negotia-
tious.
The breweries involved are engaged in
filling the export trade almost exclusively
and are the principle seaport breweries of
the country aud Of the world, and the
breweries which manufacture for home
consumption are not involved. This ex-
cludes the English syndicate breweries of
st. Louis, US we'll as all the local inde-
pendent breweries, with the exception OF
w. j. Lemp. The combined output of
the foDr concerns mentioned is now
nearly 4.00c, 1000 barrels annually.