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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
NATIONAL CoRDAGE COMPANY.

n PVII VI VI7EIagI LItssIItu dJ IHB aIuUaI
Meeting Of tbs Stockholders
NEw ! YORK, Feb. AT the annual meet
ing of the stockholders Of the National Cord
age Company report Of the operations for
the year ending October 3lst showed profit
OF 81, 100000. Of which S1,3OO000 was Paid in
dividends A financial director Of the COM
pany stated It was difficult 10 give atpTesent
an estimate for the quarter ending January
3lst, yet he felt safe in stating the profits
would be sufficient to pay The entire annual
dividend OF 100000 on preferred stock and
a quarterly dividend Of S250,OO0 on common
and leave a large surplus.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
MISCELLANEOus.
TO THE
Ladies Of San Francisco
AND NElGHBORlNG TOWNS.

Our first great annual clearance sale
of ladies and children's garments will
commence on Saturday, February 9th.
In order to close out every garment to
make room for our NEW SPRING
STOCK every garment in stock must
be sold, as all have been marked down
way below the cost to manufacture.
Every lady in San Francisco and
vicinity is respectfully invited to at,
tend this great mark-d0wn sale, as an
opportunity OF this kind will not again
present itself this season.
Don't buy garment until you have
visited Us, and come as early as posi-
BILE in order to secure the cream va ues.
We claim the most tasty styles and
finest workmanship in San Francisco.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
Anti PlnkertOn Bill Passed.

ALBANY On. ". Feb. f. = An anti
Pinkerton bill was passed by the Assembly
to-day.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
Sandharred BY a Burglar.

ments. The capital stock of the DemIug
Bank is Sl00O0 and that OF Silver CITY
500
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05

JUBILANP SOUTHSIDERs.-The South Side
Club Will celebrate the commencement OF WORK
on the Ocean boulevard tomorrow afternoon at
1 O'clock by a barbecue aud appropriate ex-
erciseS on LIE grounds at lie southwest corner
Of LLnlh-n q ate HaLk
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
Changed VIM Felnnr

The Boot and Shoe Makers White Labor
League has been changed into the Shoe
filters Union
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05

While the fields were roaming over,
Breathing new-m0wn hay and clover,
Wen think Of her, rs IS our wont.
Whose teeth and breath are, every day,
" hite as white cloYer-sweet AS hay,
And all from using SOZODONT.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05
RECENT COAST HAPPENINGS.

The house Of Constable Hite of Santa
Clara was damaged by hTe Wednesday.
Work on the Santa Cruz union Railway
station is to commence at once, and the
building will be completed about June 1st.
AT San Jose, Thursday, $500 morse be-
longing to the Russ House broke his leg,
and 1t was found necessary to dispatch him.
Mrs. Duggan, an elderly woman, received
probably fatal injuries on Tuesday by fall
ing down stairway at the Pacific Hotel,
Sacramento.
l.. /. Friedman Of Sacramento lost his
only remaining child on Thursday. The
other one died January 9th. Both sue
cumbed to diphtheria.
H0bs0n's clothing store at San Jose
caught fire Wednesday night. The flames
were soon extinguished, but the stock was
badly damaged by water.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-05

The Rattan-wOrkers' Union held a meet
ing at which steps were taken toward bet
tering the condition Of the craft and putting
an end to the importation Of the products II
ChPap labor from Enrnne
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-23

be visible had he lived in the reign
of Victoria instead of Elizabeth.
The mother empress of the east so
far outshines in feminine delicacy
''the fair vestal throned in the west"
In politics, l mean NOT that miser-
able art of emolument-that scram-
BILE for office-but that larger, wider
science of government a woman still
lives who has reached the highest
place in the craftsmanship of freedom.
Mrs. Stowe, in her womanly way,
has carried the sacred flame of
liberty and planted it in every house
hold in the land where Garrison and
Phillips never penotrated-the teller
of a touching tale has found attent-
i've readers. / was not of her or
their way of thinking, but now that
the contest is over and the inevitable
logic or events has settled the con-
troversy, Justice cries out for recog-
milton. "Uncle Toms Cabin" was
one of the agencies not the least po-
tential that made possible the cleo
ton of Abraham Lincoln.
When the struggle was at its
height and hardy men stood aghast
at the spectacle, when groans and
pallid faces surrounded us on all
sides, her woman's courage was
equal to the emergency. Itjustified
the heroic face that was in her and
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-23

urged on the sacrifice. Like Boadi-
cea's, her voice was bugle calling to
renew the attack. She sang, "TheY
are trampling out the vintage where
the grapes of wrath are stored"
If some lady of our day whose
tastes revel in sheen of silk, but
whose husbands purse is uncon-
genial, would only pen some touch
ing story depicting the horrors of
tariff bondage and the gnawing
hunger for more silver, some presi-
dent of the future might acknowl-
edge that her influence aided his
success.
But with all the possibilities of
the present and the future there is
one reality that is ever present.
Woman's influence is the corner
stone of a nations greatness. She
trains the builders of states and the
makers of fortunes; she is throned
in the stronghold of society; she is
sceptered with the power of gracious
ness; her sway is rule of love; de-
votion supplies allegiance; she is the
queen of the household, the empress
of home.
Fine Side saddle for sale. Inquire
at this office,
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-23
The Secret of Fine Pastry.

Is wholly in using DR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
The only pure Cream Powder sold the market
Other brands contain either ammonia alum other
adulterant Ammonia alum powders dry out make the
dough too porous, leaving bitter taste, ETC.
No agency assisted much toward perfection in
cookery as Prices Baking Powder It's ingredients
are simple and blended exist in exact chemical pro-
portions there of either left in
the food be impurities whatever left in
the finished food No bitter taste, faint of ammonia but
food raised with Prices Cream Baking Powder PaTtakes
flavor of the flour and keeps moist and
fresh for days This powder qualities peculiar to
it alone other makes such delicious pastry No other
contains the white of eggs
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
sTAGE-STRUCK MAIDENS.
They Usually Get Over 1t, Blu;
While 1t Lasts 1t Is Violent.

while 1t Lasts 1t Is violent.
There is hardly woman living who
has not at some time in her life thought
that she was cut out for great actress.
The feeling may have sprung upon her
when as little girl she was wont to re-
cite at school commandments ''Curfew
Shall Not Ring Tonight" The Polish
Boy aud other bits.of poetry of that ilk.
The applause of teachers and friends
stimulated the belief that she was born
to tread the boards, and even before the
school GAYS were over visions of-great
mirage in the dessert, celebrating the
history of Indian wars and the compu-
tation of compound interest.
Perhaps one day she applied in per-
son to the manager of some company,
the star of which she especially adj
mired, and received great shock at his
not opening his arms to welcome the
budding genius and. browning her with
laurel at the conclusion of her finest bit
of defamation. II was a come down to
be told that the stage was not yearning
for her, and the heart was not SO buoy
ant on the return trip as when out ward
bound.
After this she dill not read plays quite
so asSiduouSly or haunt the matinees
quite SO persistently. The first shock
was an earthquake that brought about a
revulSion of feeling, and after time
other thoughts and other ambitions
filed the place SO long occupied by
dreams of stellar fame When one is
older this craze is more dangerous, for
ii takes much longer to remedy, but
when Juliet or Lady Macbeth is in.
formed that she can do a beautiful
thinking part for Sc a week Indignation
often works wonders and effects per
| manent cure that nothing else could
| ACCOMPLISH.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
SHE COULD BOWL,
And Though 1t Was Her Only Elk
ercise She Took 1t All.

washington POSt-
Roch S. Robb. of the treasury depart
ment. has just returned from short
sojourn at Atlantic City, and brought
with him "reminiscences of an expert
ence on bowling alley which APP
proacheS the marvellous. Stroliing into
bowling alley, he stood idly looking
on at game in progress. Soon a fine
looking woman. who had just made her
appearance, approached him with a
challenge to roll game.
Its the only exercise l take" she
explained, land you surely will oblige
me-"
He couldn't refuse. of course, but in
formed her of his being score of years
out of practice. But this did not cut
any figure, and the game began. Mr..
Robb'S fair antagonist bowled in great
form, while he was not far behind. The
strikes and spares were so common with
the two that soon every one became i'll
terested, and whisper went around
that they were both professionals and
were giving free exhibition.
The lady rolled up a total of six con-
5ecutive strikes, and this made Mr..
Robb little anxious.
You will excuse me for taking off
my coat" he said. "Why, certainly"
she sweetly replied, and off came the
coat
Strike followed strike until eight
went to his credit. ''lt seemed as if
couldn't help knocking them all down,
and no matter how l would start the
ball down came all the pins. There
never was such rolling before if the
keeper of the alley is 10 be believed, and
when rinally won by short margin,
there was a burst of applause. Or.
Daily was present, and when the keeper
of the alley saw that the doctor knew
me. he asked him who we WERE"
''Whp. that's So-and-So and his wife,
They are two of the best bOwlers in the
United States" was the doctors an
swer. Then the owner came up TO me,
and in the hearing of the lady invited
me and my wife tomake use of the alley
at any time, free of charge. The lady
enjoved the joke and for the sake of ap-
pearanceS | escorted her until we were
out of sight. l did not see her again. "
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
WelI-Fittins Underwear.

One of the daily trials of the dress
maker is to make dress fit over ill-ft-
ting underclotheS. No woman need ex-
pect handSome-settIng cOrSage without
she dresses with that effect in view. By
paving reasonable sum well-made and
well-ftting underwear in silk, cambria
or muslin may be procured. From the
underyest to the dress waist each article
should fit smoothly-neither tightly, so
as to soon wear out, or so loosely as for
the wearer to be apparently lost i'll a
bag. Well-ftting cOrSetS, selected to
suit as well as to fit the figure, never
yet injured one, though an improperly
made and pnorly-fitting corset could un-
doubtedly inJure many. The present
fashionable slender appearance is better
given by wearing Jokes on all under
skirts and buttoning them to the edge
of the corset. AS there are long. medium
and short-waisted corsets nowadays,
every figure may be suited. Stocking
supporters are strongly urged in place
of carriers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
SPLENDID NERVE

Exhibited by Il Man il the Pres
ence of a RATHER.
Syracuse Standard.
about two weeks ago | was camping
with party on the shore of Lake Erie,
not far from Ashtabula," said George
Wilson. mill worker.
Shortly after we had returned one
evening | heard peculiar whirring
sound, which / recognized at once.
There is a rattleSnake in campn ex-
claimed. Il am going to get up
'Hushn came the word, slowly Kissed
through the teeth. from companion
near me. The snake has crawled into
nv shirt BOSOM This WAS said very
softly, and we were almost raralyZed
with fright at the prospect. We were
afraid TO stir for fear the reptile would
take alarm and strike its victim. 1t
crawled over his body good-naturedly,
evidently enjoying the warmth, for the
night was little raw.
lat times the snakes head was close
to his face. and he told us afterward he
feared the motion Of his chest up and
down in breathing would stir up the an
imal. and he tried hard to breathe as
little as possible. Finally the snake
CiuNlCu tONttltt HiS, tIlN III III
start the whole camp was up. One
seized club. and broke the reptiles
back before it could make spring. 1t
measured nearly five feet.
1.-The man WHO had the terrible eX-
perience collapsed like a rag after it
was over. During the ordeal we were
all surprised at the GOODNESS and nerve
he displayed With all danger past he
fell into faint, but he soon revived"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
PLAGIAHISM And PL AGiA r.
lists.
Instances OF Literary kIeptOmania
That Are Famous.

Instances ofLiterary KIeptonania
That Are Famous.
Gentleman's Magazine,
The success of Henry Mackenzie's
sentimental novel. The Man OF Feel
ing" was very great. Eccles, a young
Bath clergyman, availing himself of the
circumstance that the authors name
was very little known. transcribed the
whole work with erasures, corrections,
SmearS and SmudgeS, and, on the
strength of his manufactured copy, gave
himself out to be the author and adj
hered to his pretension with so much
pertinacity that MackenZie'S publishers
were compelled to adopt legal measures
to vindicate his claim. In our time we
have seen a similar fraud attempted
with regard to Adam Bede."'
Among French writer's no one has
carried the profession of the literary
brigand to such an extent as Nine. de
GenIs. In 1880 her evil ways brought
her into the courts of law under very
discreditable circumstances. Bout, the
publisher of a series of manuals, en-
gagged her for sum of G16 to write a
"Manuel Encyclopedique de PEnfance. ="
The manuscript, which had been paid
tor, was on the point OF DeinS printed
when it was discovered to be an exact
copy or book of the same kind pub
Iished in 1920 by VI. DaSscha. do not
find it easy to understand the audacity
of writer who would perpetrate a
fraud of such enornity, Or the imbe-
cility which would suppose thatit would
not be easily detected. Another time
she contributed to Paris newspaper a
feuilletOn, which turned out to be a
close reproduction of romance printed
some twenty years before. Surely the
poor woman suffered from literary KEEP
tOmania.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
ROSSETTPS LOVE.
A Romance Story That Is Told
About the Italian Poet.

About the Italian Poet.
Buffalo News
When Gabriel Dante Rossetti was
very young, scarcely more than boy,
he was deeply in love with young
girl; and having poets gift he sang a
poets love in numerous sonnetS and
verses to her. She died young, and by
her wish the manuscripts of these poems
were placed III casket and laid under
her head. so that even in the last sleep
they should be as they always had been.
kept beneath her pillow. Years passed
by and RoSSetti'S fame grew until every
line of his composition became precious.
and some of those who priced his writ
ing most asked him for copies of the
songs that had been buried. He had
kept no copies, or they had been lost.
At all events he could furnish none,
and when they asked him to rewrite the
verses he declared that he was utterly
unable to do so. At last his friends inn
|, portuned him for permission to have
the Origina. manuscript eXhumed. He
consented after some hesitation and all
| the necessary prelIminarieS having
been complied with, the grave which
| had been sealed for many years was
| opened in the presence of wondering
| few. Then strange thing was found.
| The casket containing the poems had
proven to be of perishable material and
its cover had crumbled away. The
long tresses of the girl had grown after
| death and had twined and ihtertwined
| among the leaves of the poets paper.
| coiling around the written words of
love in a loving embrace long after
death had sealed the lips and dimmed
the eyes that had made response to that
lpvn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
Didn't Wants to Be Caught.

New DIRK Evening sun.
Brown had been out fishing and he re-
turned home with fish that was little
larger than the ones he usually brought
or bought. as the case might be. He
was so elated that he talked OF nothing
else all the evening, and when little
Johnny at last seemed to take ALI inter
est in the wonderful fish, and began to
ask questions, the old mans heart
warmed towards his son. At length,
when the boy seemed about to ask IA
question which he did not appear quite
able to express. Brown tried to help
him out:
''WeI, my boy" he asked, "what
more do you want to know about that
fish caught"
Just tell me exactly what it
weighed, so that when any of your
friends ask me our stories will agree"
Then, bending towards him and lower
ing his voice to a whisper. Johnny
added: "You know Pm always ready
to lie for you, dad, but. you see, don't
want to get caught at it,"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
SHE DANCES AT EIGHTY.
And Probably Does So Because
She is to Marry a Young Man.

And Probably Does So Because
She Is to Marry a Young Man.
Boston Globe.
Perhaps the most remarkable woman
in the world lives in Santiago, Chilli, said
Robert A. Bonham, an American who
has spent several years in South
America.
She is apparently well-preserved
woman of thirty-five, rather good look
ing. Spry as girl and pronounced
coquette, yet it is known positively that
she is eighty years old, and may be
much older. She has a granddaughter
who looks old enough to be her mother.
This remarkable woman is of Spanish
extraction. native of Peru. and her
name is Boockman, her second huS-
band, now dead, having been a Ger
man. Middle-aged people aver that she
was grown woman when they were
children, and that she does not look a
dav older now than she did then. She
is regarded with SuperSttious awe by
the more ignorant of the natives, over
whom she could undoubtedly exercise
great influence were her morals not so
VIGOROUSLY bad.
She is paSsiOnately fond of dancing,
has musical voice, swapping black
eyes and a beautiful set of teeth. She
claims that she owes her wonderful
preservation to charm which an Old
when she was a child.
She says she will neither grow old nor
| die until the charm is broken. Some of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
PROGRESSIVE CONVERSATION
This Winter viii Take the Place
of Whist and Eucnre,

HIS w w ttlc taCt
Whist and EIuchre.
Several suburbs of New York have
found substitute for progressive
euchre i'll progressive conversation. The
game originated in the fertile brains OF
two women. VINO. owing to their inabil-
ity to take hand' in the prevalent
pastime, invariably found themselves
on the ragged edge in all village social
gatherings.
One was minister's wife, who could
not play from principles; the other was
constitutionally unable to learn the
science of any card game. Not to be
outwitted, they put their heads together
and the conversational progressive
party is the result.
The limit is six tables. Four persons
sit at each. A dainty decorated card
bearing OH one side the number and on
the other twelve questions is laid OH
each table. Four minutes discussion
of each question is allowed each guest.
BY the time the six tables have eX-
changed every question will have been
discussed by each guest. Each table
votes on the best conversatiOnaliSta ana
the aggregate of votes declares tie vic
tor, to whom prize is awarded.
1udSilc d Clcfcl CUtiip dNN uiSCuSStuS
the following questions. which were
pronounced at recent brilliantly sue
cessful progressive conversational
party:
l. What gift. as woman, would you
prefer before all others?
2. What city is the most beautiful
that you have seen?
8. OF all the works of fiction of the
day, which has attracted you most?
4. Jokes or bon-motS, which occur to
you as good?
). Ought not women to wear their
best costumes to Sunday services, and
if not, why not?
6. What sound in all your life has
moved you most?
Z. Whom do you wish elected for presi-
dent?
s. Why do we prefer fast trains when
we are i'll no haste?
9. What occupation would you prefer
if compelled to seek employment?
III. What do you regard as the best
way to ''ioaf and invite ones SOul?'
IL. The modern thraidom of women
servants.
IL. The pianoforte-do its tortures
outweigh its pleasures?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
tober this dlsagreeable rendezvous is
maintained by the swallows.
Bacteria on Bank Notes.

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Some singular facts concerning the
danger of infection by paper money
have been educed by meteorological
analysis of the bank notes of the Span
ish Bank of Havana in general circula-
ton. Attention was drawn to the sub
ject by the fact that circulation in
creased the weight of the notes in con-
sequence of their acquiring foreign
matter. The examination made
showed on the notes in use for some
time a considerable number of mi
crobes. and on some notes as many as
10000 microbes were detected. Eight
pathogenic species were encountered
including those of diphtheria and tu-
berculosiS. The result of the examina-
ton was that general warning was
issued to the public against the active
source of danger. The use of bank
notes is at all times attended with a
certain degree of risk, and especially in
Havana, where children have the habit
of carrying paper money in their
mouths. and are thus very liable to
swallow the germs Of some mortal dis
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
THE FIFTEEN KISSES.


From the Kiss Oecorous to the
Kiss OF True Love.
The monks of the Middle Ages di-
vided the kiss into fifteen distinct and
separate orders:
1. The decorous. or modest kiss.
2. The diplomatic, or kiss of policy.
| 3. The spying kiss. to ascertain if a
woman has drunken wine.
4. The slave kiss.
5. The kiss infamous-a church pen
ance.
6. Tie slipper kiss, practiced toward
tyrants.
{. The judicial kiss
s. The feudal kiss.
O. The religious kiss kissing the
CROSSE
10. The academical kiss ION joining a
solemn brOtherhood).
IL. The hand kiss.
II. The Judas kiss
Il. i he medical kiss-for the pur-
pose of healing some sickness.
IA. The kiss of etiquette.
ID. The kiss OF love-the only real
kiss
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23
Cold Weather Kills Cholera.

Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The cold weather is blessing which
all are not likely to fully appreciate in
this period of cholera scare; said w. P.
Hugunn to a reporter. There is moth
ing which kills the cholera microbe like
a touch of frost. and | speak with au-
thority when | say it. have spent
some years in Shanghai, China, where
there is plague of cholera every year.
| have seen the dread maIady run its
disastrous course unchecked for six
months during the hot season. Day by
day among the white population the
deaths were SO numerous that for one
mile from the town to the cemetery a
line OF men four deep with collins on
their shoulders waited for an opportun-
ity to bury their dead. l recollect of
having often seen the chaplain recite a
short prayer at one grave, hasten to an
other to perform a similar office, and 50
OH for weary round of twelve hours.
That is the case year by year for six
months, but the moment the autumn
chill sets in the disease vanisheS. There
is something of comfort for ChicagoanS
in the thought that they nave almost
arrived at the frosty season."