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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1893-09-21
WheelbarrOW
ON THE
LABOR QUESTION.

Making Scarcity,
Monopoly on Strike.
To Arms!
The Poets of Liberty and
Labor,
The Workingman's
Dollar,
Making Bread Dear,
Making Bread Cheap,
AND OTHER ARTICLES.
900 pp., IL mo.
Cloth, 75c. Paper, 4oc.
"Chicago presses have issued many books of
more or less importance upon the labor question.
but none which contain more hard common sense
and practical wisdom than the volume entitled
'Wheelbarrow Chicago Times.
THE brief essays are written with vivacitv
ish and felicity of illustration. Home Journal.
New York.
His papers are nearly all distinguished by
shrewd common sense."-Grdphic, London.
1.-THE articles are written in simple and pictur-
language and the views snd 'hsS
lar Science Monthly.
THAT Wheelbarrow has studied the Labor
Question in all its bearings, and studlea y pro
foundly, there cannot be shadow oil ooupt.
BeDord's Magazine.
"The papers show a very keen insight into
.abor problems" -Boston Herald.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
She Got a Seat.
IndIanapoIis journal.

A very pretty girl stepped into a crowded
car on the College-avenue line. She be-
longed in the high school, and was not in
the habit of standing up. The car was full,
but everybody else had seat. Seven men
held down the most available ones, and.
strange TO relate. not one OF them appeared
to be aware that young woman was conf
PEELED to stand.
The pretty girl. with quick glance Of dis
gust about the car, took in the situation and
blushed somewhat Indignantly. She had a
long distance to ride. and could not cling
gracefully to strap. Two squares had been
travelled when an idea took possession of
her classical mind. Out came the miniature
purse from the embroidered silk reticuIe,
and the little hands fumbled among few
silver coins. A nickel dropped to the floor
and rolled to the far end of the car. This
is part of the plan, but is executed dex-
trously, and the passengers pity her. She
blushed and murmured. How awkward Of
me-" Unsteadily she started for the nickel,
but seven men intercepted the movement
and rushed to the point, as the artful
maiden dropped into comfortable seat
with sight, and deity bid rOguish
smile.
The fve-cent piece was rendered her by a
man who assumed her place at the strap.
She thanked him and looked all innocence.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL.
The Annual Fight Over Water Rates
Comes Up.

The City Council at last nights meeting
rejected all bills for franchise for road
on portions Of Park avenue, East Twelfth
street. Eighth avenue. East Tenth street,
Third avenue, East Ninth street, Eighth
street bridge. Eighth street. Oak street.
Ninth. Harrison, Twelfth. Jefferson to Sixth
streets.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
requested permission of the City Council
last night to replace their decayed poles
with new ones under the supervision and
direction Of the Street Superintendent. The
request was referred to the City Attorney
to report at the next meeting.
The ordinance granting j. l.. Davie and
Ben Morgan ffty-year franchise for
street railroad TO connect with prosp ective
competing ferry was defeated IN the council
last night on motion to pass to print.
When the ordinance fixing the water
rates for the ensuing year was read in council
Councilman Pardee declared that cut of
10 per cent could be made in tile rates of the
Contra Costa Water Company and still
allow that corporation per cent on the
sum which they claimed to have invested
$4,000 He offered several amendments.
which were defeated by the following vote !:
Ayes = Brosnahan. Nelson, Pardea and
Hoffman; noes wilkins, Garthorne.
Thornburg, Earl, Watkinson, Mcdonald
and Johnson
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
A Useful Invention.
New York sun.

The announcement was made some time
ago, and created no little interest, Of the in
vention Of tool by which sculptors and
stone or granite could dispense with much
of their slow and laborious handwork. The
details of this mechanism, as recently
given, show that it Is worked by two or
three cells of storage battery, giving four to
six volts and eight to ten amperes of cur
rent. The device weighs about six pounds,
of stroke being regulated by button on the
side Of the tool; the stroke can also be
made to vary from one-eighth OF an inch to
one inch, st speed varying from 800 to GOO
strokes Der minute. Instead Of having 20
strike the tool itself. the operator needs
only to guide Its movements, and IS thus
able not only to accomplish the work much
more rapidly. but TO give greater attention
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ing the same books, romping in the same
games, fred by the same ambition as her
brother, and resenting the limitations OF
her sphere, wondered If she ever would see
anything of the world anyway. And the
brother, confidant aud friend, treasured
her with the optimistic prophecy that IL she
was good probably she would come out all
right. A little later they braided up
the little girls tresses. heightened
her gowns, despite he bitterness and rebel
lion, and told her that she was woman.
Last week there was great meeting in
Leeds, when 5000 people sat spellbOund
while this woman talked to them of tenn
perance. All through England she has been
travelling with Lady Henry Somerset speak
ing TO great audiences, organizing temper
ance movements, and meeting everywhere
with most enthusiastic welcome. An Eng
lish editor has called this woman the Queen
of America, but to us she is known through
her pen and by her gifts of oratory, as well
as by her work in philanthropy, as Frances
e. Willard, President of the Temperance
Union of tha World
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
eel ThsuTp&wy lam
PROPOSALS
For Improving Portion of Brannan
Street, Near First Street.
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD 9


OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
" Supervisors of the city and County OF San Fran
In accordance with resolution No s346 third
series) of the Board of Supervisors SEALED PRO-
DAY EVENING, February ~, 1893 from 80 to
O'Clock. for the following ork on Brsnnan street.
easterly from First. said work to be donein strict
accordance with specifications file in this once.
and with plans TO be seen at the once OF the Super
intendent OF Streets, New City all:
First-Removai of the old materials and piiing,
Gaping and planking portion OF Brannan street,
easterIy from First. covering about S475 square
feet.
second-Repiling and replanking an adjacent
Third - Extending the Brannan-street sewer
about so feet.
Fourth Constructing buIkhead across the
All the work to be done under the direction of
the Superintendent OF Streets and completed with
in forty Gays after award Of contract
Bidders will estimate and state price for which
they will perform the work as follows:
First-The sum for which they viii furnish the
material aud construct the wharf. bulkhead and
sewer. as required by the specifications.
furnish. drive, fs and fasten additional piles In the
existing structure adjacent
for Prize they P % renew %
OF the old wharf.
And Is to be distinctly understood that the city
will pay only for the proportion Of the cest Of said
work FOR which 1t is liable according to law. and
that the contractors must look TO property owners
interested in said Improvements for the balance.
be required Lrior at the time OF the execution OF
the contract, to pay the cost OF advertising this
notice in three daily newspapers
In order to preserve uniformity and to facilitate
the award the board has resolved TO receive bids
unless made upon blank forms prepared by the
committee, aud certified check for the sum OF
$780, deposited by the bidder with anu made pay
able TO the clerk OF the board conditioned II the
proposal is accepted and the contract awarded and
il the bidder shall fail or neglect
ten agreement and give the required bond within
six DAYS after award Is made, then and in that
case, the said shall be paid into the city and
traaS Inv oatd Am.
ages for failure and neglect.
Blanks furnished by the clerk.
The board the right TO reject all bids, IL
the public good so require.
fell st JNO. A. RUSSELL, Clerk.
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A Story of Reinach.


A Paris correspon dent tells a good story
OF the late Baron de Reinach. Some time
before the Baron's tragic demise fancy
dress ball was given at a friends house. and
he was among the invited guests. During
the early part OF the evening every one was
astonished by the vagaries of a visitor who
had donned the cap and bells and "fooled
it" so cleverly as to attract general atten-
ton. Every one was anxious TO know who
it was, but he declined to reveal his iden-
tity. When the time came to throw off the
masks, to the establishment OF all it was seen
to be nj. de Reinacb.
The Baron accepted the con- pliments of
bis feIlow-maskers. and was the hero of the
evening. II was not until some time after
ward that 1t was ascertained he had played
a joke on the people. He had engaged the
services OF clown from the circus, who was
much OF the same build as himself, and had
two dresses made alike. The clown, whose
acrobatic feats attracted so much attention.
was the circus performer. and Nj. de Reinach
only took his place at the end 10 surprise his
friends and receive their congratulations.
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day arrived the official list of the
Beneficiencia drawing that took place
Thursday last in the City of Mexico, W hich
decides the winning numbers for the Pre-
MUM Note Company. Lii Yin Sun had the
coupon which drew the second capital prize.
and he received from the cashier of the COM
pany the sum of $3.50 in $40 pieces. he
was surrounded by six of his countrymen.
who were surprised seeing him getting that
amount Of money for % cents
julien Mercier. a French Canadian, Is
another lucky one who received on Monday
last $3.50 from the Premium Note Com
pany on n 25-cent investment on coupon
No. 627n that drew the first capital prize,
according 20 the Louisiana drawing which
took place AT New Orleans, February 7.
c. II. Workman. gripman ON Castro.
street car Is, won $1,000 on an investment OF
% cents oil Premium Note ticket. and
holds the grip now with considerable more
ease than before.
Sam Arendt and w. Ansty, both of Stock
ton. CAL, each won $3.50. Mrs. Z. Muller.
1910 Twenty-ffth avenue, East Oakland. en-
Joyed similar sum. Charles PerkiDgs OF
the Senate saloon. corner Of Kearny and
Pine streets, was also one of the lucky ones.
George Haelck. 1907 jackson street; l.. E.
MeFarlin, Nansimo. Il. c.; C. T. Fuzmoto,
4l2H Post street; j. S. Gillian, Yountville,
CAL; u. SoreDson, 1923 McAllister street !;
II. C. Borden, MADEIRA, Cal. and numerous
others have prOfiied by their investment in
the Premium Note COmpany-
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A Monkey With Too Much Imitation.


Jack is the name of monkey that New
Yorker owned for five years and has re-
Gently given to the menagere in Central
Park. Jack used TO have excellent man.
ners, and, as monkeys go, was a gentle
man. He had a good home, and never
stayed out after dark. The complaint
against him was that he flooded the lower
floors of the house and ruined several hum
dred dollars worth of furniture His
master left him one day In charge OF the
apartments and Jack took bath. He for
got to turn off the water and the tub ran
over. Moreover. he scalded himself and
did not look even respectable afterward.
The master returned in time to catch him
in the act of wiDing himself with a crash
towel. Being demonstrated with he ap-
peared penitent. but in less than an hour
was in front Of mirror, razor in hand. try
ply had to go. There was no living with
him after that
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Deyour;ug Affrouts.
Manchester Times

The most miserable Of lives. probably. Is
that Of tho "barn-stOrmer." or coined ian.
who goes about with others in a company
performing in small towns and villages.
Not infrequently these people encounter
audiences which express deserved contempt
for them in ways which are not kind. 81
suppose" said a friend Of one OF these per-
formers at the close Of one of bis expedi-
tons, that you get pretty much every
thing thrown at you?" "0h. yes; apples
principally; and DOW and then turnips,
ally cabbages, suppose?" "Unfortunate
ly, we were seldom hit by a cabbage"
Unfortunately9 What do you mean by
that?" why. bless your soul, it was the
best luck we had when people threw those
things at us. We had so little TO eat that
insults"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
Time Brings Changes.
New York Sun.

How great change years have wrought
In the status of the colored people in the
border States is illustrated by the local feel
Ing toward Lincoln University. The insti-
tuition Is near Oxford, Pa. and only few
miles north Of the Pennsylvania line; 1t Is
under Presbyterian influence, and here
c0lored men are educated for the ministry.
This part OF Pennsylvania was once in
Guided within the ancient presbytery OF
New Castle, now restricted to the Delaware
peninsula. and there was time when the
brethren engaged as professors at Lincoln
University were in bad odor with their fell
low Presbyterians in Delaware and Mary
land and the very name of the university
excited scorn. Now nobody speaks i'll of the
school. and when members of the faculty
visit the neighboriBg peninsula they meet
with no unpleasant reminders Of former
prejudice
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KELLEY I 1,,s,[,,' g,l,
o. N. RAMSEY, Manager.

THE ONLY authorized Branch In Northern Cali
fornia of the word-renowned Keeey Institute
OF Dwight ILL.,, tor the treatment or Liquor, Opium,
Tobacco and certain Nervous Diseases Parties Ia
San Francisco and vicinity obtain all intorma
ton by calling on or addressing PEER TIFFANY,
city agent. room 81, Academy OF Sciences building.
Sl9 Market street. my26 fhSuFu
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
Time to Wake Up.

Bslle-Thas ought to be conclusive
| 1srufb
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The Fire Record,

An alarm of fire was sent from station 90
at 80 O'Clock yesterday morning. The fire
was in three-story frame building at $40
Third street. owned by c. F. Fargo and
occupied by A. Bagey, as lodging house.
and Annie Kelley. as cigar and furnish
g-goods store. The fire was caused
through carelesSness with not ashes in the
kitchen. The estimated loss is $500.
The alarm from station 81 at 80 o'clock
last night was for a fire in W. E. Shaw's
blacksmith and carriage shop. 1921 Market
street. caused by the overheating of wood
drying apparatus. Damage nominal.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
No Full Moon This Month.
New York SIM.

The moon will make amends for getting
full twice last month by not getting full at
all this month. That is perhaps the humor-
Gus aspect, but there is more interesting
one in the fact that a month without full
moon only happens once in about twenty
years. The irregularity is not In the moons
habits. for they are of the greatest regu-
larity. 1t is the irregularities OF the calen-
dar that place Luna In this false position.
The interval between full moons is always
twenty-nine and half days, so that Febru-
airy Is the only month that possibly can be
without full moon, and that only when
the preceding full moon comes on the Both
or 31st Of January. The last full moon was
on January 81. and the moon will not be
full again until March q
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
BEAUTY And PURITY

Beauty of skin and purity of blood 60
hand in hand. No greater blessing than
skin without blemish. and body nourished
by pure blood, Is vonchsaied to man or
woman. 1t is the foundation of health and
happiness. To cleanse tho blood. skin and
scalp Of every eruption. impurity and disease.
and restore the hair. no agency in the world
of medicine is so speedy, economical and
unfailng as the CUTICURA REMEDIES.
Everything about them inspires confidence.
They are absolutely pure and may be used
on the youngest infant. They afford imme-
diate relief in the most agonizng of itching
and burning eezemas and other itching,
scaly and crusted skin and scalp diseases.
They prevent Inflammation and clogging of
the pores, the cause of pimples, blotches,
blackheads, red, rough and oily skin. They
speedily cure humors of the blood aud skin
with loss of hair. whether simple serofu-
Ious. hereditary or Lucrative. They cleanse
the system of all impurities by internal and
external medication, and constitute the
most effective treatment of modern times
Sold everywhere Price: CUTIcURA, zoe; SOAP
Use: REsOLvENT, 81.
Prepared by POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Cor
PORATIoN, Boston.
'AI ABB Ut The Skin. Scalp and HAIR" Oh pages,
800 Diseases mailed free.
ja3l fe21 Mr14
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
A Victim of Circumstances.

Detroit Free Press.
The printer was kicking because some
body had been at his case and got things
into ali sorts of confusion.
I'D like to know" he said, with more or
less profanity, "who has been doing this ?''
circumstances" suggested the foreman,
solemnly.
printer. Its some son of q shooting stick
I'd like to slug. Circumstances hasn't got
anything to do with it."
The foreman laid his hand on his shou..
der kindly.
You seem to forget. he said in far away
tones, that circumstances alter cases." and
the printer bowed his head and wept.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
A Slip of the Tongue.
New YORK Times.

Henry Clews has a brain which is con-
tinually in action. He keeps track Of cur
rent events and always has his own opinion
OF things. His Office is usually filed with
men during business hours and MIR. Clews
likes to talk TO them about the different
phases of the stock market de averages
about four speeches each day. 1t Is seldom
that he says anything that he does not
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
Imagination Ceased There.
New YORK sun.

II suppose, DOCTOR" said Cumseo to Dr.
Paresls, ''that large proportion of the ills
OF your patients are imaginary"
Yes. sir, quite large proportion"
And your treatment OF such cases, l sup
pose, is by imaginary pills?"
well / suppose you might call 1t that"
'"rhen, Of course. for treating imaginary
Ills with imaginary pills. you send in imagln-
ary bills?"
"Oh, my dear sir, nothing OF the kind.
There's nothing imaginary about the bills.
l have to draw the line somewhere"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21

making dozen corset covers for "a cents
and furnishing your own thread. Think,
you wives who ask your husbands for a
quarter once week only to be questioned
what you did with the quarter you had
week before last What an investment an
ostrich would bel All the feathers you like
to wear yourself and nearly 800 a year!be-
sides from a single bird. The goose with
the golden egg industry is quite distanced
by this bird of the desert which dimes con-
tentedly ON shingle nails and thriyeS on
broken china.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
DRY GOODS AT SHERIFF's SALE
]. ]. O'Brien s. Co. Buy the Kelly
Brothers Stock.

The sheriffs sale of the bankrupt dry
goods stock of Kelly Brothers took place
yesterday morning at IL o'clock. on the
premises formerly occupied by the firm at
S47 Market street, and was largely attended
by tho mercantile community.
According to the terms of the sale, the
stock was to be sold in bnlk to the highest
cash bidder, and the competition was lively
until a certain figure was reached, when
the bidding narrowed down to two.Or three
firms. and the stock was finally Knocked
down to j. J. O'Brien & Co. at a figure that
we understand represents only about 40
cents on the dollar of New York cost.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21

six pounds is the heaviest tool thus far con-
structed, 1t is claimed that the principle of
the machine can be widely extended and
applied TO very many purposes. from the
most delicate sculpture to the heaviest of
granite drilling and mining. 1t is found
particularly useful for the carving of let
tiers and similar work where it is necessary
to follow accurately straight OF curved
lines
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
The Wr0rQ COnfidanfe

Minnie-Captain Foster has never paid
me any attention before. but he danced with
me four times last night
Maud-Ob. well. it was charity ball, you
remem ber-Judge.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
An Imperative Case.

Shadbolt Tin the crowded car)-McStab,
this is the first time ever saw you rise and
give your seat to a woman.
McStab (of the subur BIS. in an awe-strick-
en- whisper)-'Sh! That's our hired grill
Chicago Tribune
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21

the other day by slip of the tongue. lie
was talking earnestly against the coal CON-
binatioD. ANY scheme that puts up the
price of the necessities of life" he said. sis
Ubiquitous. The poor man must have coal
for his family and it is a crime to put the
prices of that commodity beyond his reach.
The moment that you put up the price OF
coal you strike the poor man fatal blow.
If he cannot get coal his family will starye
to death"
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Reporter-Yes, sir. 1t was clean scoop,
A Literary Want.

Clerk tat the bookstore)-Here it is Mr.
Spotcash. Magazine for busy man. The
Review of Reviews.
Mr.. Spotcash Cooking at it)-Hum-too
much of it for a busy man. Haven't you
got Review Of the Review of Reviews?"
Chicago Tribune.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
A Curious Marriage Ceremony.

Some interesting notes have been contrib
uted to a North Borneo newspaper by Mr..
Creagh, the Governor of British North
Borneo, respecting a recent visit made by
him to the island of Banguey. There he
found tribe of Dnsuns differing widely in
language, religion and customs from other
tribes bearing that name. Marriages are
performed in the forest in presence of the
two families. There is no public gathering
or feast The rite consists in transferring
drop of blood from a small incision made
with wooden knife in the calf of the
mans leg to a similar cut in the woman's
leg. After marriage the man takes the
bride to her home, where he resides in
future as member of the family.
Experiment has shown that a Yankee
pumpkin will HIT two and a half tons, pro-
vided the weight be so placed as to inter-
fere with the growth OF the vegetable.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
IMMENSE LINE OF new HOLDINGS

JUST RECEIVED.
Imitation Steel Engravings, in a Pinch silver
and ivory frame. formerly 81 O.....now 81 so
Large assortment llx14 Framed Pictures. cut
from 75c soc
Artist Proof Etchings. in 1Sx27 2-inch fancy
frames worth So 90. only 50 90
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
A SIight NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Mr. Van Hattan-Aow did you enjoy our
pawk, Miss Westly?
Miss Westly (from Chicago)-Oh. you
can't beat us on pork.
Mr.. Van Hattan-Aw. pawdon. wefer
to Central Pawk.-Slnith, Gray & Co.'S
Monthly
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21

Is D0unu 10 turn up
some time or another.
A prominent merchant
of $50 Broadway. Oak
land, Cal, has been In
vesting for years In
different lotteries. but
fortune never came TO
him until yesterday.
He invested recently 25
cents in the Premium
Note Company, buying
a ticket bearing the
Ef7nA Vacfar
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-21
The MiIkmaid Up to Date.

"where are you going nv pretty maid ?"
"rm going a-miiking. sir. she said
"Well, how does 1t come you are dressed in SILK =
"Oh, sir. am going for condensed milk ~
New York Recorder.