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The morning call., 1893-09-26
A GREAT DIAMOND.

VINO will bid for 1.-THE largest diamond
IN the world. very pure in its white, and
capable of being fashioned into a brilliant
OF extraordinary splendor? 1t is worth
any fortune the rich may pay for it, from
S1.500.000 to S3,00O,0O0. Very few princes.
unless it be in india, can afford to pur-
chase such a precious stone. A few mil
lionaires could give a check for it. as they
would for railway or a mine. But what
anybody would do with such treasure,
except put ii in museum. is not easy 10
indicate. AS a personal possession il
would be constant source of worry and
anxiety. The stone is, however, in Lon
don, and it weighs $40 rarats. II comes
from South Africa, whence came also the
next biggest diamonds, the DE Beers vel
low and the Imperial, which were cut 10
200 and $50 carais respectively. This gem
is named the Excelsior Experts say IL
will cut into a brilliant Of 500 carats, and
leave a considerable nOdue for manipuIa-
tion into smaller brilliant. Even if il
has to be cut into two portions nearly
equal, both will excel any diamond now
in existence. The Excelsior is worth far
more than the Imperial. which sold for
81. 600. 900, but precisely what is its value Is
entirely a matter of speculation. 1t is
almost too big to buy.
Perhaps the next famous diamond ex-
tracted from the blue clay by Kafir will
be as huge as good-SiZed turnip, and
then the market will be all upset and
speculation drowned. This specimen
came from the Jagersfontein mine, in
the Orasge Free State. i is by the mer-
est chance that il is in the hands of its
present owners. They had bought the
output OF the mine for certain period
and in ten minutes after this stone was
discovered their lease was up. Had not a
Katlr detected the lump among the clay
and secreted it for his reward of $3.50 il
would have gone in the dirt to the next
lessee. The fortune of mining was never
more signally illustrated. From the pc
culiar shape of the stone it is suspected
that il formed part of large mass. This
is the missing tarnip. But whether it will
ever be brought to light no one can say
1t may lie miles away in the gravel Of the
deposits. AS has been said, the Excelsior
puts in the shade very humbly the Kohl.
moor and all other gems of purest ray
serene" unearthed in India II is worthy
Of place in a museum, but no Govern
ment will invest, and private individual!
may be doubtful whether diamonds will
| not fall in value. The stone is 2% inches
! long and 2K inches broaG-a very concen
| trated representation OF SO 000 600
The morning call., 1893-09-26
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Dr. Delavan Bloodgood, medical director
United States navy, has been retired on
account Of age. DR.. Bloodgood is still as
active and vigorous as a man of 40.
Professor Charles Eliot Norton On Tues
day celebrated the one hundredth anni-
versary of the house in which he has
spent his summers at Ashfield, Mass, for
the last thirty years.
Rlchens Lacy Wootton, who died few
days ago at Trinidad, Col, was one of the
last Of the old-time frontiersmen. He was
a eomrade OF Kit Carson and lived in the
Rocky Mountains since 1886.
II. NJ. Stanley and Mrs. Stanley have
been travelling in ireland. 1t was Mr..
Stanley's FIRST visit to the south of Ireland,
ana he was so much pleased that he ex-
tended his trip beyond his first plans.
Edward S. Filter, ex-MayOr of Philadel-
phla. who will be remem bered as having
been mentioned" for the Presidential
nomination. is bowling swell and boasts
that he owns eighty pairs of trousers. to
say nothing of innumerable full suits.
Contrary to the general belief it is said
that Ii Hung Chang, the Vicerny and real
ruler of China. Is most kindly disposed
toward the Christians. Two of his daugh-
ters were educated in Massachusetts, and
both were converted 10 Christianity. Sub
sequently one married Frenchman and
the other an Englishman. Their influence
has made their father very tolerant of
their c0-religi0nists.
Prince John of Lichtenstein is not a
mighty ruler, although a great bubbub
was made when he broke his leg while oGt
hunting the other day, and the foreign
correspondents cabed the news to this
country with much particularly. On the
contrary his HighnesS regns over a state
so small that 1t was overlooked when
peace was declared between Austria and
Prussia in 1866, aud consequently Lichten-
stein is still nominally at war with Prus-
sla.
Admiral CustodiO de MellO, the chief
engineer OF the Brazilian revolution, who
commands the three rebel ships in the
barbor of RO and who Will get hanged if
he fails to boost President Peixoto out of
power, is professional revolutonist and
consistent traitor to every cause he has
espOused. He played false 10 Dom Pedro
and is said 20 have made money by it, He
betrayed FOnseca. the first dictator, and
now he is after PeixOto's scalp.
The morning call., 1893-09-26
THE BROOKLYN IDEA.

Some years ago the city of BROOKLYN,
n. Z, attained such degree or excellence
in its municipal government that the prin-
ciple upon which its charter was founded
became known as the Brooklyn idea. Mr.
Sheppard, writer in the Forum tells in
the September number of that magazine
why the Brooklyn idea has not been a
shining success. The idea so designated
Is simply the concentration of power In
the hands OF one official. in this case the
Mayor. The Brooklyn Mayor is the gov
ernment. He appoints nearly all his sub
ordinates and dismisses them at will. The
exceptions are the Comptroller of Finance,
equivalent to our Auditor. and the Board
of School Directors. He has the power OF
absolute veto over legislation by the City
Council No bill can become a law with
out his approval. nor, with the exceptions
named, can a man hold office whom the
Mayor does not approve. At first the
Brooklyn idea worked fairly we'll The
first Mayor. Seth Low. was pretty nearly
an ideal Mayor. He certainly did not
wink 1T Irregularities which have brought
some municipal governments into dis
repute. He held his Office above himself.
He did not make it a stepping-stone to
greater honor. His purpose seemed to
be to give Brooklyn a model government. t.
The Forum writer admits that be did not
fully succeed. but he did so well that other
cities jumped at the conclusion that the
indispensable condition of good govern
ment was a charter which invested the
Mayor with autocratic power. Succeeding
Mayors of Brooklyn have not done so we'll
That city at present is not blessed with a
model government. The Mayor still has
full power, but he is not strong enough tc
assert himself. He is enmeshed in kind
of political wire fence. a man who hold:
no Office has discovered way to make the
Mayor DO about as he is told to do. The
present Mayor is a man of high character
but there is boss of comparatively low
character who is. in fact, the city gov.
ernment. The Brooklyn idea, so-caled
contrasts strongly with the older idea of
government of check and tolerance. ThC
trainers OF the Federal constitution evi
IDENTIFY believed in the latter principle il
government. The Federal executive has
little original power except as his ability
and character commend his measures tt
Congress. He may veto a bill that has
passed both houses of Congress, but Con
gress may pass the vetoed bill over the
Presidents head. The so-called Brooklyn
idea is, in fact. step backward. 1t wa,
completely embodied in monarchical forms
of government as they existed before con.
stitutions were invented.
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BUSINESS IS BRIGHTER.
Full Time i'm the Sacramento and
Oakland Railroad Shops.

For number of months past all hands
in the Southern Pacific machine shops at
Sacramento and Oakland have been work
ing on short time. Four days of eight
hours each constituted days work and
wages were paid by the day. Yesterday
morning all hands returned to work at
their regular wages per day, six full days
per week.
This resume of active work in the rail-
roads machine shops is said to be because
times have improved so greatly in the past
fifteen days that it now begins to look like
all of the railroad employees who were
threatened with decapitatiOn will be re-
tanned.
Fruit is moving at an astonishing rate
and Eastern shipments are very heavy.
Last Friday night there was not an en-
CINE in the roundhouse at Sacramento and
Saturday morning fruit specials were sent
out.
The reinstatement of employees laid off
and return to the old-time working sched-
ule will make deal of difference to those
employed by the railroad. Several thou
sands of dollars more per week will be
put into circulation in the valley and times
in the country will brighten up materially.
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WHERE HE STANDS.

The administration has supplied Sena-
tor Stewart with some ammunition for the
war the Senator has declared against the
President. 1t places ON record its admis-
sion of the truth of the charge that it
refuses to execute an act of Congress. The
communication sent to the House by the
President Endorsed copies of instructions
sent Collectors OF Customs by the Treas
ury Department under date of May to
the effect that they take no steps to enforce
The Chinese registration act until further
notice. A telegram from the Attorney
General dated in September states that no
money exists for the enforcement of the
registration act, but that Chinese who
have come into the country in violation or
the act of 1888 are 10 be arrested and de-
ported. President Cleveland seems to
glory in the fact that he has set a law of
Congress in defiance.
The morning call., 1893-09-26
SHOWING HIS HAND.

The appointment OF James G. Van Allen
as ambassador to Italy shows the Presi-
dents leaning toward men OF wealth. 1t
is only known of Van Allen that he is a
very rich man who spends his time and
his money in Europe. lie is a relative and
a congenial spirit with William Waldorf
Astor, who has taken up his residence in
London with the avowed intention of
entering the English Parliament. There
will be no quarrel with man who prefers
Europe to the United States as place of
residence. but a very lively quarrel with
an American President who selects repre-
sentatves Of the United States from
among men who have practically de-
natiODaliZed themselves
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the rates to Los Angeles or increases the
ferry rates. after the recent reductions.
the board may object. Nevertheless. when
ever the company gets the chance 10 raise
these rates by the withdrawal of competi-
uon 1t is very unlikely that fear OF the
commissioners and their awful powers
VIII stand In the way.
The art of making dynamite bombs has
been perfected in almost every country
by the dissffeeted. Train robbers use
cartridges and outrage mOngers wreak-
ing vengeance find no difficulty in
procuring such supplies. The political
desperado pins his faith to bombs.
which make a great noise. and when
NOBODY is hurt at least cause con-
sternatlon. The BON b. III rowing at BARGE
Iona Is evidently the work OF a political
fanatic. Society cannot altogether escape
these outrages. but they might be dimin-
lshed by strict license system for sales
OF explosives. In Pennsylvania two per-
sons have been slain by sO-called anarchists
who are said to have plotted to carry out
a very large order of demolition in Can
ada. THESE gentry hail from some part of
Europe where anarchism is bred by bad
political and social conditions. Whatever
tney may call their crime it is murder and
should be treated as such.
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being taken out of the water. When they
got to the Receiving Hospital the man was
dead.
n. E. Bartlett testified to having seen
the man in the water. He rowed out to
him, pulled him out of the water and
rowed quickly to shore. He spoke 20 the
man, but received no answer and he did
not see any sign of life in him. While
pulling OFT to Schulz he saw another man
in the water holding on to plank.
Whether the man was trying to Teach
Schulz or trying to save himself from
drowning he could not say. After taxing
Schulz ashore he rOwed back Tor the other
man, but he q ad disappeared.
Brandt and other witnesses testified that
Schulz had been i'll for some time from
consumption and often threatened to COM
nit suicide by drowning himself. On
Saturday he had been drinking heavily
and the believed he had carried out his
threat.
The jury brought in a verdict of suicide.
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ONE OF THREE.

"Cousin Ben" has placed himself on
record as saying that he regards Bismarck,
Gladstone and Cleveland as the three
greatest men living. cousin Ben" will
be remembered as the American Consul
who assured the Sheffield cutlery manu-
factureFs that The American market would
soon be open for their wares. The Shelf
field cutlery manufacturers responded: !:
''Heari hear" They were greatly in
favor of a American policy which would
open American markets to their razors
and penknives. Cousin Benz is now
The morning call., 1893-09-26
FORETOLD DEATH.
An Elderly Mans Strange
Prophecy.
The Bark MerOm Lost Two Men
Whose Demise Was ForetoId by
Waterfront Prophet.

"have you heard the story of the bark
Merom? 1t is even stranger tale than
that told of the bark Colusa. only in the
instance of the Merom the prophet was an
ordinary sailor and not a medium"
1t was Seaman John Fascal who spoke.
He had only recently received a letter
from Alitak, Alaska. giving an account of
the suicide of Francis James, an able sea-
man, who shipped on the Merom when she
left here about six months ago for the
northern canneries. Francis James killed
himself by blowing his brains out with a
revolver. No letter was left by him giving
reason for this rash act nor was any ex-
DanatiOn of the deed communicated here
by any Of the vessels crew.
Perhaps you remember" continued the
speaker. that young man named Law
renee fell overheard from the Merom when
the bark was sailing through the Golden
Gate.
''Lawrence's death and the suicide of
Francis James recalled to my mind a very
strange cOincidence-a happening which
occurred the night before the Merom
sailed. Lawrence, this young fellow
James and myself we're taking a drink
together in the BOwhead saloon. While
we were standing at the bar an elderly
man approached us and offered to tell our
fortunes, provided we would furnish him
with few dimes with which to procure a
nights lodging.
1--WE agreed to his proposition and he
started in by saying that Lawrence would
die before the month was out. You will
meet with very unexpected DEATH he
decIared.s you will die by drowning,
and your body will never be recovered.
As 10 you, he continued. looking eJames,
1 predict that you will never return to
San Francisco. You will meet with mis-
fortune while in Alaska aHd will become
very despondent. / am not certain whether
you will take your own life or will die in a
fight to death with one of your shipmates,
but it looks to me as il you are going to
resort to self-destructiOn.'
You may think / am telling you what is
not true," said Fascal, but all this oc-
Cured as sure as l am talking 10 you.
Lawrence fell overheard, as you know,
and here is a letter from Alaska saying
that James committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. l have no fur
ther particulars, but surely it is strange
case. and | am anxious to hear what mo-
tive led to the latter taking his life"
Francis James signed to sail on the bark
Mervin few days before the vessel de-
parted for Alaska. He was a native oi
California. aged q years
The morning call., 1893-09-26
THEY GOT SALVAGE.
Judge Morrow Decides Against the
Bawnmore.

United States District Judge Morrow
decided the salvage claims against the
Bawnmore yesterday.
As has been stated. the Bawnm ore was
wrecked at Point Gorda nearly three
months ago, and the Emily and the Weeott
went to her rescue and towed her into
Caspar Greek. She is a British ship and
was valued at about $50, ,000
In his decision the court awards $1,000 to
each OF the rescuing tugs and $1,000 to their
officers and crews, making $4,000 in all.
Judge Morrow took occasion to compli.
ment Captain Woodside of the Bawnmore
for his bravery at the time of the wreck.
The morning call., 1893-09-26
Now is the Time to visit the World

Now is the Time to Visit the Worlds
Fair.
Commencing Friday, September /, the fare to
Chicago and return via the Union Pacific will be
$50.
The Union Pacific is the only line running
through Pullman sleepng-cars and dning-cars.
San Francisco to Chicago, without change In
three and half days
All tickets good via Salt Lake City and Denver
For sleeping-car accomm odatlonS and tickets
call on ID. w. Hitchcock. general agent, No l
Montgomery street, San Francisco; F. r. ELS
worth. agent. 91S Broadway. Oakland; or 6. f.
Herr. agent. 22S South Spring street, Los Angeles
Cal.
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PUBLICATION OFFICE

525 Montgomery street. near Clay. open until IL
o'clock p. NJ. BRANCH OFFICES; 71o Market
street near Kearny. open until 10 o'clock midnight
339 Hayes street open until $3.50 o'clock; COB Larlin
street open until $3.50 clock; SW. corner Sixteenth
and Mss on streets, oren until o'clock; 251S
Mission street. open until O'Clock; and 116 Ninth
street, open until 8 30 O'clock
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of court on crutches, not having legal
pin to stand upon. Still he is possibly
worthy of his general reputation as a
bright man. He may be a good lawyer in
a certain class of cases. He makes q good
after-dinner speech, but cannot be CON-
pared in that respect with John c.
Wyman. gentleman Of whom probably
the Sun never heard.
The morning call., 1893-09-26

B-VISITORS TO THE WORLDS FAIR will
hnd THE CALL on sale the newsstands in the fol
lowing hotels: Palmer House. Auditorium Hotel,
Briggs House, Clifton House, Commercial House,
Gault House. Grand Pac fc Hotel. Sherman House,
Leland House, Northern Hotel. Richelieu Hotel,
fremont House, Virginia Hotel and Wellington
Hotel.
AT WASHINGTON. D. C.-The Willard, Airing
ton Ebbitt and Shoreham Hotels.
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AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.

FURNITURE.-By E. s. Spear & Co., at al5
Market ST., at ! O'Clock
FURNITURE.-By Chas Levy q Co.. &C 1135
Market ST.. at 10 o'clock
FURNITURE.-By Frank w. Butterfeld, at
1926 Howard St. at l O'Clock.
FURNITURE-By NJ. j. simmons at 1445 Leav-
enwo orth st. at II o'clock.
FURNITURE-By S. Basch. at 1sOS1s Polk ST.
a. IL O'Clock.
The morning call., 1893-09-26
1T WAS SUICIDE.
Verdict of the Jury in the Case of
Charles A. Schulz,

The body OF the man found in the bay
Saturday afternoon off Folsom-street
wharf was identified by Fred Brandt yes
terday morning as that of Charles A.
Schulz, a waiter. who lived at 234 Minna
street. He was native of Germany aud
SO years of age.
At the inquest which was held yester-
day Police Officer Mcclure testified that
when Schulz was placed in the patrol
wagon he was still breathing. No effort
at resuscitation was made on the way to
the Receiving Hospital. Schulz was
placed in the wagon Immediately after
The morning call., 1893-09-26
Directors Elected.

At the annual meeting Of the Odd Eel
lows Cemetery Association. held yester-
day, the following directors were elected
j. +. Cowdery, II. II. Earle. Henry Vor-
ratb and G. A, Sumner.
The morning call., 1893-09-26

II Cal subscribers acho intend Tearing
the city ocil notify the business office OF
their change Of address the paper a9iU be
JorW0rded to them regularly.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

DAILY CALL dncludng Sundays, t6 per year by
mail postpaid: 15 cents per week. OF 65 cents per
calendar month, through carriers. DAILY CALL
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WEEKLY CALL. t250 per wear, postpaid. WEEKLY
CALL, 81 per year, postpaid.
THE CALL cannot return rejected manuscripts
nor viii the editor enter into correspondence re-
specting them
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Mrs. Stanford,s Allowance.

ford, widow of Leland Stanford, deceased,
Judge Coffey yesterday made an order
directing that from the 21st inst. the
family allowance be increased from $4,000
To cfO 600 q month
The morning call., 1893-09-26
Phillips, Rook island Excurs,or

Phillips Rock island Excursions
Leave San Francisco every Wednesday and Satur.
day via Rio GRANDE AND Rock ISLAND Rvs
Through tourist sleeping cars to Chicago and Bos-
ton. Manager and porter accompany these excur-
sions through to Boston. For Tickets sIeeping-car
aeco MN odatioDs and further Information address
CLINTON JONES. General Agent Rock Island Ry.,
SO Montgomery street. San Francisco.
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MTgCELLANEOUs.
HARPER'S
MAGAZINE
OCTOBER.

FROM THE BLACK SEA TO THE
PERSIAN GULF BY CARAVAN. 1.
From Trebizonde to Tabreez. By EDWIN
LORD WEEKS. With Is Illustrations by the
Author.
MANIFEST DESTINY" By CARL
{ SCHURz.
LIsPENARD'S MEADOWs. By THOMAS
{ A JANvIER. With II Illustrations by w A.
( ROGERS
OUR NATIONAL GAME BIRD. By
CHARLES D. LANIER. With Illustrations
! by a. B. FROST.
tUNDERGRADUA LIFE AT OK
FORD. By RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
With Illustrations by w. HATHERELL.
}THE HANDSOME HUMEs. a Novel.
BY WILLIAM BLACK. Part V. Illustrated.
! A FRENCH TOWN IN SUMMER By
ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL- With 21 Il
lustrations by JOSEPH PENNELL-
THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS. By
HENRY VAN DYKE. With Illustrations.
A PIRATE IN PETTICOATs. A Story.
By FRANCIS DANA
RIDERS OF SYRIA. By Colonel T. A.
DODGE. q. S. A. With Illustrations.
HORACE CHASE. A Novel. By Con
{ STANCE Kenmore WooLsoN. Part (Con-
clusion).
ON wITCHCRAFT SUPERSTITION
{ IN NORFOLK. By CHARLES ROPER.
{ POEMS: Death, who art thou? By
ANNIE FIELDs.-Secrets. By NINA F. lay
ARD.-Thc Anchored Dories, By MARY
TRACHER HIGGINSoN.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS.
HARPER & BROTHERS, Publishers.
NEW YORK CITY.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE :
WEATHER BUREAU.
SAN FRANCISCO, September IS, 1893
Oficial Forecast for Twenty four Hours
Ending Midnight Tuesday.
San Francisco and vicinity Fair weather
warmer Tuesday; nOrtherly, shifting to westerly
winds
JAMES j. GRAY,
Acting Local Forecast OnieiaI
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THE DAILY MORNING CALL

TUX NALE
New York.. .BRENTANO BROS. ) Union Square
Chicago. W. 3. SIZER, 1S9 State street
New Orleans. .GALLOT& & LOUBERT. 115K Common
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HIVES. pimples, 0oils and other blood affections
show themselves at this season. Hoods Sarsapa-
rla cures all such troubles by its powerful action
upon the blood. Sold by all druggists
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SEPTEMBER 26. 1893
NOTICE !

Any Of our patrons aeho fail to find THE
MORNING CALL for sale by tramboys
WiH confer a furor BY notifying this office
Of the fact, naming the date and train.
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To tone up the system and stimulate the appetite
take Angostura Bitters DIR. j. G. B. Siegert q Sons
sole manufacturers. At all druggists
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Reduced Rates via Northern Pacific Railroad.
Greatly reduced rates TO the Worlds Fair via
Shasta route and Northern Pacific Railro ad
/. h. STATELER, general agent passenger de-
partment, 63S Market street. San Francisco. q
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AS dressing and color restorer, PARKER
HAIR BALsAN never fails to satisfy
HINDERCoRNs. the best cure for corns. l5c.
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j. F. CUTTERS OLD BoURBoN-This cele.
brated whisky for sale by all frst-c ass druggists
and grocoTs. TTademark-Star wit hin shields
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DO YOU
VALUE
HEALTH?
IF SO, DON'T FORGET
TO CALL AND
INSPECT
PROF. .. Z. DOWD'S
HOME EXERCISER.
1t strengthens the body and lungs. in
creases the vital powers. and is good
for all bodily ailments. II takes up but
six inches square of floor room. Com
plete with Book of Instructions. 1878
BACON'S
HOME GYMNASIU N !

Adapted for persons having indoor
employment and not having sufficient
exercise, consisting of Flying Rings,
Trapeze and Swing. complete, $3.50
Horizontal Bars, made of best young hickory,
length from feet to feet........Sl IS
Wood mb-Bells, per pair. air.................".25 $50
Indian Clubs, per 400
Gymnasium and Athletic Shirts or Pants from
.'''.s..'..A'.'''-...----- ..5ue upward
Canvas Gymnasium Slippers. per pair. ........5Oe
Web Belts, fancy shades.
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PALACE baths, 713 Filbert; warm sea water
Cures rheumatism, neuralgia, many ailments.