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The morning call., 1893-05-24
PR0pOsALS
For Printing and Binding 25O0 Copies
of Municipal Reports.

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF BOARD OF
~ Supervisors of the City and Couuty OF San
Francisco, MAY q, 1898.
In accordance with Resolution No. S6T2 Third
SerieS) OF the Board of Supervisors. sealed pro-
posals Will be received in open session of the
Board on MONDAY EVENING. May 20, 1898,
from 80 to O'Clock. for printing, binding and
delivering Twenty-Five Hundred Copies of the
Municipal Reports for the fiscal year 1S92-93,
under The direction and to the satisfaction OF the
Committee OIL Printing and Salaries.
The work To be done In good ana workman
Ike manner. and in strict accordance with speci.
ncationS now ready for examination
] he whole WORK of printing. binding and de-
liyering the 2500 volumes aforesaid must be
completed on or before the 10th day Of y ovem-
Der, 1893.
The Board reserves the right TO reject all bids
Ii the public good So requires, aud Will demand
.Ood ana sufficient bonds. with two or more sure
ties, Tor the faithful performances Gf the contract
Tue party to whom contract is awarded Will he
required, pror To or at the time of the execution
OF the contract, to pay the cost O. advertising this
notice in three daily newspapers.
In order to preserve uniformity and TO facilitate
the award the Board has resolved to receive no
bids unless made upon blank forms prepared by
the committee, and a certified check for the sum
of $500 deposited by the bidder with and made
payable to the Clerk o. the Beard conditioned il
the n opOsa is accepted and the contract aware ed;
and If the bidder shall fail neglect to execute
written agreement and give the bond required
within SIX Gays after the award is made then
and IN that the said sum shall he paid into tho
City and County Treasury hy said ClerS liQui-
dated DANA ges for such failure ana neglect.
Blanks furnished by the CLERK.
my23 5t JNO. A RUSSELL Clerk.
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LAST OF A PILGRIM BAND
A Maine Woman i'm Jaffa Awaiting
Christ's Second Coming.

Cleveland World.
An Interesting story came TO the surface
a Friday evenings mid-week meeting at
the old Stone Church. The Hon. George
III. Ely related an incident OF woman's
faith that came under his notice during a
recent trip through the Holy Land. In
company with four or five tourists, Mr.
Ely was seated on piazza of hotel in
Jaffa, when his attention was attracted
to half d, zen boys playing In the street
below. All but one of the boys had
swarthy complexions characteristic of the
country. ana the one exception was light
complexioned with perfect Caucasian
features.
THAT boy" said one Of the gentlemen.
looks TO me as though he belonged to the
streets of New York instead of Jaffa. :"
Their interest in the little fellow was
aroused to such an extent that they went
down to inquire. and, to their surprise, he
spoke little English. He said he lived
with his mother a short distance up the
street, and the party. including Mr.. Ely.
walked up the street and entered the
wOman's house. whirh proved to be a
hovrl of the worst kind. They addressed
her in English and She was beside herself
with joy To hear her native tongue spoken.
and, to their utter ast0nlshment, size told
them that her home is in Maine.
Maine! My,goud woman. what in the
world are you doing here p asked one OF
the party.
The woman then explained that many
years since number of men anu women
in the Maine village she came from were
carried away with the idea that the second
coming OF Christ was near at hanu. ana
that when he does come he will first ap-
pear in Palestine. A colony scraped mp all
their savings of years, aud with their lam
lies they emlgTated to Jaffa to he on hand
when Jesus appears.
do they all live here ?" was asked.
"rhey did," she replied; "but some of
them, discouraged aud tired of waiting,
went back to America, the rest died, and
L am here all alone with my boy.
And how do you support yourseltP
by washing for strangers. and have a
hard lime doing it. Some weeks all l ca n
do is 10 keep from starvation"
One Of the men told the woman that
Jatfa was no place for her, and advised
her to go back to America with her boy.
give him good American education and
Orlng him up as an American citizen. But
the woman only smiled at the suggestion.
Returning to the hotel the gentlemen,
all of whom were well TO do, figured out
the cost OF sending the woman and her
boy back To her native village in Maine.
made up purse. and threw III enough for
incidental expenses and spending money.
This done, they offered her the money-and
good round sum it was-but she abso-
lutelY refused to touch a penny of 1t.
This Is quite temptation" she said,
but came here to await the second COM
ing of Christ. and l intend to remain here
until he comes. unless | die first"
That was her ultimatum, aud no amour I
of argument could dissuade her from her
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A MODERN ROMANCE.
How the Quincy Fortune Has Been
Handed Down.
Boston Letter IN the Washington Post.

Boston Letter IN the Washington Post.
fyou go to William @ Iincy's office you
learn from the legend on the door that he
Is a lawyer whose business is chiefly III
real estate. He is himself large real
estate owner. The history OF his fortune
is almost romantic. His grandfather, the
second Josiah Quincy, inherited consid-
erable estate from the founder OF the fam
ily, who was the president OF Harvard
College and otherwise distinguished. The
grandfather some forty or more years ago
interested him self in the construction of
the Troy and Greenfield Railroad, part
of which is now known as the Hcosar
Tunnel line and was not able to carry out
his undertakings. He was financially en-
barrassed. but did not become bankrupt.
he was possessed of very large amount
of property and his creditors snW that In
time he would be able 10 meet all his OBJ
cations. or that in the event OF his death
his estate would do 50. The property was,
therefore, converted into trust, The
creditors appointing trustee and Mr.
Quincy another
This trust has lasted until the present
time, but Is about to be abrogated. all the
obligations having now been provided for
For number of years the present Josiah
Quincy has been the principal trustee and
manager OF the estate, which VIII, be worth
81, 000.000 when The trust terminates. The
Quincys are inclined TO celiba"y, and Mr..
Quincy's grandfather had several dgugh-
tsrs who never married aud whose shares
have come to him. One OF the daughters
married Professor b. A. Gould, the dis
tingulshed astronomer who went to South
America some yeaIs ago to establish n
observatory there. Mr.. Sam Quincy. a
brother of Mrs. Quincy's father, died
without issue a few years ago. Eventu-
ally all the property Will pass 10 the Gould
heirs and to Mr.. Quincy and his sister.
who arc the only children of Me-. Josiah
p. Quincy.
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BOSSED BY HIS BARBER.
An American Confesses Why He and
His Friends Don't Grow Boards.

New York Herald.
Come now, Jawkins, said. why dou't
you wear a beaid9 You know that fel-
low with an absurdly squat face like yours
would look much better with a tuft on your
chin'
Il know it," he replied. shaking his
head with a sign of despair. II know it,
but the truth is. Slunber, Pm afraid"
Afraid r' | exclaimed WHO on earth
are you afraid of ?'
"My barber" said Jawkins in low. ter
rified whisper.
repeated the words with some aston
ishment.
Yes" he explained. "Tnat's exactly
it. The reason why most Americans wear
only mustaches is that they're scared Of
their barber"
Every time begin 10 grow beard l
go TO the barber to have it trimmed. The
barber doesn't say anything. but his whole
demean or Is so sarcastic and sneerlng tina:
| can see he thinks / am having beard
only because it's cheaper than smooth
face.
''As sit in the chair / feel more COM
temptible every minute, and when | leave
1t is as craven wretch almost beyond tho
pale of humanity. l think barber can
do more sDeering without saying anything
than the most biting orator.
"Once had a ten days growth of beard.
l wanted 1t clipped little. l knew that
barber was waiting for mo in his den as a
spider awaits the hapless fly. l grew Ges-
perate and went and drank cocktails.
AT length. in fighting ood and red
lent of liquor, / braved him in his lair
Throwing myself in chair l bade him
groom me and be hlowpd to him without
giving any back talk. The contest was
short, sharp and decisive. My drunken
violence was useless against the rapierlike
thrust of the calm and sarcastic barber,
| lett the place thoroughly hairless.
And that's why | don't grow a beard.
Slubher," concluded Jawkins. But you
needn't tell the whole town about it,
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Bird Stories.
Chicago Mail.

A remarkable West African ostrich has
arrived at Sierra Leone. The bird is ten
feet high. has come from Central Africa
and walked distance CT at least 600 miles
10 the British colony.
Edwin Caldwell of Harrisburg n. c.,
has Il turkey gobbler who. about three
weeks ago, went into a potato patch aud
scratched up eight potatoes. BE rolled
them into nest and has been sitting on
them ever since.
George Jeffreys. who lives near Burling-
ton, N. c., has a c0vey of youug par
tridgcs that came to him in peculiar
way. His cat went in to the field and CAP
tured a mother partridge which had a
brood of young ones. Rather than be left
alone the young partrldges followed the
cat home and Jeffreys caught them.
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JUNKETING PHARMACISTS.
An Excursion to the Union Iron Works
and Pacific Sugar Refinery.


and Pacific Sugar Refinery.
The delegates to the California PharmE-
ceutical convention. numbering nearly 100.
met at the Palace Hotel at 10 A. NJ. yester-
day and proceeded on tltshOat to the
Union Iron Works. where they inspected
the battleship Oregon, the steam hammer
and other attractions at the center of me-
chanical industry. At noon they re-en-
barked and ate lunch on board. The Mer-
chants drydock was next visited, after
which two hours were passed observing In
detail the process of sugar-makiDg at the
Pacific refinery.
In the evening the visitors were treated
to lantern-slide exhibition. the views of
various curious objects and interesting
scenery having been courteOuslv con-
tributed by l.. Locke of the California
Camera Club and Messrs. Tibbits and Jen-
sen OF the Southern Pacific Company. Pro-
fessor Henry Meiler concluded the exhibit
tion.
In the laboratory of the College OF
Pharmacy another group of visitors was
entertained by Professor j. j. b. Argent
with Il microscopic exhibition OF scientific
subjects.
To-day the delegates will visit the Mint,
Academy of Sciences. the Mineralogical
Museum, Golden Gate Park and other
resorts, winding up the festivities in the
evening with banquet at the Palace
Hotel
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THE DRINKING HABIT.
Figures Show the United States to
Be the nost Sober of Nations.


In spite of the widespread impression
that the United States is nation of
druDkards, its people are In reality the
soberest and most temperate in the world,
according to the Troy Times. Whatever
drunkenness we have to endure comes
chiefly from abroad, brought here by people
who retain their old world habits. or trans
mitted by them in the nature of appel ite
TO their children born here. Exeeps for
this constant accession to the drunkard
list by Importation not more than one man
in 10000 among US would be drunkard.
Our best and most temperate foreign
population comes FROM the United King
dom. But in that country the drink bill
for 1891 is plared by DR.. Dawson Burns.
of the United Kingdom Alliance at S706,-
1000. In the United States in 1890 the
drink bill was $l.131. 100000. or abont 90
per cent larger than in the United King
dom, though the population is SO per cent
larger, the wealth quarter larger and the
average drink twice as high in price.
Taking into consideration all these facts.
our liquor consumption is not more than
ons-haf that of the next soberest country
in the world.
The Accommodations for getting drunk
are also greater IN the 'mother country"
than here. In England and Wales with
less than half the population of the United
States, crowded into an area about equal
to New YORK, Massachusetts and Con-
nectcut, there are 128,O00 public houses
or drinking places, while in this
entire country there are only 14l.0O0
or 10 per cent more. The compact
population OF England and Wales has
publr-house for every 202 persons. while
the United States has ono for every 450.
The average English city has public
house 10 every 1T3 persons; in This country
the average proportion is considerably less.
Even in New York. the essentially foreign
city. there is only one licensed saloon for
every 200 inhabitants, while in Philadel-
phia the pro ortion is about one per thou
sand. In most of ths cities of the country
the sal0ons are closed by law on Sunday !;
in all of the United Kingdom the law per-
mits them TO remain open. The difference
in the habits of the people of the two ma
tions is due mainly to the agitation of the
question that has been going on here for
seventy years and the legislation which
has been the fruit thereof. In England
there has never been any such temperance
agitation or any restrictive act passed by
| Parliament
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he art F allure
HOW 10 AVOID 1T.

The epitaph on many tombstone is
"heart failure" No wonder, when we con-
slider the immense strain which is put on
that small organ. Marvellous as it is, beating
100000 times and exerting force equal to
5. 1874, 600 pounds daily, it has its limits
endurance often is too severely tested. So
common are diseases Of the heart-though
often for considerable lime without the
suspicious of the afflicted person being in
the least excited-that it is stated that one
person IN four has bad heart! DR.. Franklin
Miles, of Elkhart, Ind, has for years made
a special study of all diseases of the heart,
and his remarkable success has made his
name familiar one in all parts of our land
He has found the most common symptoms
of heart disease to be pain, distress or tender
ness in the chest, back, stomach, 6owels, left
shoulder and arm, shortness Of breath, smother
ing spells, .faiating, etc.
Mr.. George r. Smith, of Barnes, Yates
Co., n. Y, writes -" DR.. MILES New
HEART CURE has tporked wonderfully on
mind and body so l can do a good days work
/ feel ten gears younger and take more interest
in affairs. / had shortness of breath, palpi-
tation, pain under left shoulder blade, pain
around the heart, could not sleep on my right
side. Since have taken DR.. Niles Nsw
Heart Cure sleep ,reu and haze no patpita-
ton. 1t has made my heart stronger. | wish
you would print this, because l want all to
know what DR.. Miles Heart Cure has done
for me-"
"For months my wife suffered with palpi-
tation, s,nothering spells, and was unable TO
sleep on her left side. She tried several
doctors without relief Your Heart Cure
was recommended. After taking three
bottles, she fully recovered her health.
Your medicines do what you claim. ."-CHAs.
CHRISTIAN, Toledo, 0.
Or. Miles New Care for The Heart is sold
by all druggists on a positive guarantee. It
is safe. agreeable, effective, and does cure.
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
BY all druggists. de2lly Move
The morning call., 1893-05-24
Manderschied,s Si,ortage.

George handkerchief, agent of the Pa
cific Coast Railway ut Port Hartford, is
reported as being missing from the town
and that his accounts are $500 short.
Captain Callundan of Mor>e'5 patrol
started for Port Hartford yesterday after
noon to obtain some clew as to the where
ebouts of the defaulter
Manderschied was bonded by the Pacific
The morning call., 1893-05-24

observation, and watch anan was stationed
there to warn the authorities at New ork
In case more than three vessels at time
should enter Sandy Hook. This was done
IS precautionary measure in case The
partisars Of the dethroned James Ill should
take il into their heads TO make All attempt
against New York, which had declared for
William and Mary"
The morning call., 1893-05-24

Surety Company. which concern is taking
action against him.
According TO private advices Mander-
schied is believed to have lost his money
in gambling and riot0us living.
He has been with the Pacific Coast Rail-
road for number Of years.
The morning call., 1893-05-24
A Mammoth Special Edition.

Next Sunday TIE CALL will issue
mammoth special edition. 1t will he the
brightest. most original and most valuable
edition Of morning newspaper ever
issued In this country. Send in your
orders now. Five cents copy.
The morning call., 1893-05-24
Died on the Wax.

Daniel Hurley. a laborer who lived at
Pierce and Lombard streets, died last
night in an ambulance which was convey
ing him to the City and County Hospital.
His death was caused by rupture.
The morning call., 1893-05-24
An UnapproachabIe PAPER.

Artistically and in u literary way. the
mammoth special edition of The CALL, to
be out next Sunday, will be novel. orgi-
nal. striking, refreshing and absolutely
unapproached and unapproacnable by its
local morning contemp oraries.
The morning call., 1893-05-24
Cleveland Censured

AT an open-air meeting held at Broad
way and Montgomery street speeches were
made by Denis Kearny and others. Pres
ident CLEVELAND was censured for having
suspended the operation of the GearY act.
The morning call., 1893-05-24
Raggaoe Notice

houDd.ttp transfer tickets are now on sale
at any OF our offices at reduced Iates. viz: Que
trunk, round trip. soc; single trip, 35c. Keen
your baggage CHECKS until you reach the city.
hlorion SpeclaI Delivery II Grary ST., 4OS Tay-
lor 81. and Oakland Ferry depot Iwaitng .roolnl.*
The morning call., 1893-05-24
Interesting to Business Men

There IS book, written by an expert,
which tells folks how to increase business.
A postal card directed to The Trade Co.,
Boston, Will bring very unique pr spectus
of Ii.
The morning call., 1893-05-24
Evidence.

no saint"
"Why?"
because when he died they buried him
in fireproof easket and put fan in his
hand d"-Judgp,
The morning call., 1893-05-24
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,

4 lNLY 90 MILES FROM SAN FRANCISCO ON
~ the S. z. Il. X. Splendid hotel hest medicinaI
baths in the State. beautiful mountain sceuery
Reduced rates. on account OF he Worlds Fair
For circular and rates address SANFORD JOHN
Sun. 81. Holena APPS WeFrMo SIN
The morning call., 1893-05-24
Z. JAMES, HOTEL.

va JONE, CAi4.
ELEVATORS, STEAM HEAT. ELECTRICAL
II and hre-aiarm SYSTEM table unsurpassed
Rates 50 TO 81 80 rer ay. parlors and bath extra
TY LtR BEACH. proprietor; W. II. S. Beach. man
ager. apS SaWet IT
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MAGNETIC SPRINGS.

CLENwooD MOUNTAIN HOUSE. IN THE
- heart OF the Santa Cruz mountains; hot and
co!d maenetlc baths free; cottages for .ami les.
terms reasonable stages S:l5 train from.
5 f. Terms. 81 up. For further particulars ad
dress e. LINDSAY. Glenwood. Cal. my5 n
Y lila LAS LOMAS: HEALTH AND PiEhS-
ure resort beautifully situated In the santa
Cruz Mountat s,2L2 miles from Santa Cruz;Seni ror
CIRCULAR ID ZiLLMEk Il son. Santa Cruz nI23 t.
ESoRtS. SPRINGS AND HOTELS OF the
- cine Coast. With rates. locations. etc. pub
ueaaers. or send 25c In stamps to ". NJ. PATTER-
Iuolisher, 20 Ellis St, rms. g. 80, 81. mrI IT
The morning call., 1893-05-24
ANDERSON SPRINGS
HOTEL. EASTLAHD

Mill Valley, Marin County,
THE LOVELIrST SPO / n NEAR S. SPECIALLY
suited for families Is minutes from city.
apl2 If WeSu MRS. j. j. CULLEN, Prop.
The morning call., 1893-05-24
NgpA SODA SPRINGS.

I OCATED ON MOUNTAIN SID Z. MILES NE.
~ of Naps. 1000 feet above tue Napl Valley. Hot
and cold Aapa soda water baths. Aecomn odations
first class 'Burros" for the children to ride. Tel
erhone and postofice Terms Sl5 per week. AN
DREW JACKSON. Proprietor. ap26 WeFrSu 3m
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-13
pH1LADELPaIA AFFArRs.

Last week 81, 1866 persons used the public
bath houses.
A man whose name is supposed to be
Du Bois was run over and killed Monday
on the Reading railroad at Susquehanna
avenue.
William Burns, 16 years old, of Camden,
was shot in the breast Monday by an I'M
known colored man as he was returning
from bath. The wound may prove fatal.
Thomas Burns, 81 years old, who had
been arrested for drunkenness, committed
suicide Monday by hanging in a cell at
the Eleventh and Race streets police sta
ton.
The Philadelphia brig odorilla reached
port Monday after terrible siege with
yellow fever at Santos, Brazil. Captain
Holland was the only survivor of crew
of nine men.
The coroner's jury found Monday that
the death of Mary Fury, S0years old Sun
day, was due to exhaustion. The coroner
censured DIR. Crabtree, of the Samaritan
Hospital, for refusing the woman admis-
sion.
The Board of Revision of Taxas has pre-.
pared statement showing the total value
of real and personal property subject to
city tax for 1898 to be S752, 763, 1872, of
which S749 1858, 447 is real estate and IS, 4o4-,
935 horses and cattle.
The general mortgage and the income
mortgage boudholders' committees have
made another demand on the Reading
railroad receivers to allow Stephen Little,
an expert accountant, to make an eX-
animation of the books and accounts Of
the company,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-13
IN GENERAL.

Eric o. Van Brocklin, secretary of the
Buffalo Board of Fire Commissioners, was
arrested Monday, charged with the en-
bezzlement of over $4,000.
The State Bank at Shubert, Seb., has
failed. g. V. Arabright, the cashier de
camped, Saturday night, leaving state
ment tina: he was S2l 900 Short
The Commercial National Bank of
Ogden. Utah, will go into liquidation, its
cashier, Oscar d. Hill, being reported a de-
faulter for S65, COO. 1t is said the deposltors
will lose nothing.
During heavy rain and electrical storm
at Middleboro, KY, Saturday night, "a
shower of fish of the sun perch species,
was precipitated on the town. They ranged
in length from IL to 3 inches"
The steamer State of Texas, of the Nal
lory Line, before reported adrift with
broken screw, was picked up 20 miles off
Mt. Desert Rock, by tug, and towed into
Rocltland. Me-, Monday. She will be
taken to Portland for repairs.
Several large firms of drug importers in
New York have issued circulars to the
trade saying that, lin view of the uncer-
tain future Of currency any sale Of GER
tain foreign drugs made by them will be
payable in United States gold or its current
equivalent
The body of John Weaver, aged 80 years,
of Lebanon. Pa, was found, Sunday, hang
ing in the fork of cherry tree. 1t is
thought the old man slipped and was
caught by the neck, which was wedged in
between the branches. The body was in
an advanced stage OF decomposition.
About 5000 pounds of dynamite in a
storage house In South Denver, COL, ex-
ploded Monday morning. There was a
general destruction of window panes and
many doors were blown from their hinges.
Two men are supposed to have been blown
to pieces. The cause of the accident is not
known, but it is supposed to have been the
work of tramps.
Secretary Herbert has directed a court
martial to assemble at Mare Island, Cal.
on the Goth inst, for the trial of Paymaster
]. C. Sullivan, late of the Mohican, charged
with embezzlement. His accounts are said
to be short Sl2, 600 or $4,000. Mr.. Sullivan
was recently reprimanded for criticizing
the action of the government in the
! Behring Sea matter. s',e -