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The morning call., 1893-12-04
WHERE SCRAPIRON GOES.
Railroads Gather 1t Together to Be
Sold In Pittsburg and Elsewhere.
Cal

Nothing goes TO waste on big railroad. and
every scrap OF iron and much second hand ma
teral is valued at fixed price and carried on
he books as so much stock on hand. The svs-
EN- followed by the storekeepers' department.
OF one railroad is sample of many. The Sec
ond-h and metals are gathered and placed In
piles. regularly assorted. Then they are cIassi.
ned by the foreman and taken into stock by
the stOreKeeper or assistant. There aru regular
schedules-One OF material which can be used
again, which Is dominated second handn and
another of materical which has to be melted
before IL can be used. which Is known as
''scrap",
The classes are arranged something after the
following order: S eel scrap, Nos. /. g 3, 4.
and 8. and prices ranging from S2S.a ION
down; wrought iron, Nos. /, Q, 3 and A; cast
iron, Nos. i, 2, and 4. Even borings are
taken into account, brass boz ings being cred
lied at cents per pound and brass scrap and
copper at IL.
This material is shipped to division head
Here IL l. disposed Of by the storekeeper on
order OF bis chief, being shipped IN carloads TO
big dealers in old metals in large cities. Much
OF II goes TO PiItsbug. CiDcnnai and such
points. orders for as high as 100000 pounds
OF one Kind OF material are occasionally re-
ceived from single firms. Most of he second
hard material Is used over again In the shops.
Dut IL IL previously taken on the books at
hxed price by the store keei er aud Is charged
W TO the account Of the articles for which II Is
used. All usable No wrought iron Is re-
ceived and charged up at IA cents pound
ana castfson al cent.
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PEANUTS AND THEIR USES.
The Annual Crop Worth Millions of
Dollars and the Demand Increasing.
Baltimo ore American.

bAitlm ore American.
The ''goober" industry of Norfolk is
unique. Here little city in Virginia has
become the greatest distributing center of
peanuts in the world. A peanut is q pretty
small item. but an annual crop of some
thiog like 5,000.000 bushels, worth millions
OF dollars. makes pretty big item. The
demand for Roobers has doubled within
the last five years, and the supply does no3
yet fill the growing demand.
Few people know the curious uses to
which the goober has been put 10 trade of
late years No other single plant raised
In this country is used in SO many differ
ent ways. The Chinese say that the cocoa
nut palm has as many usefDl properties as
there are days in the year. The goober is
not so universal as that, but IL has as
many valuable qualities as there are
days in the week. says the New York In
dependent. The solid par. of the nut is
peculiarly nutritive and supplies fruit and
food for many family. The vines make
fine fodder, some say as good as clover
hay. while hogs fatten on what Is left Ia
the field after the crop has been gathered.
II you grind the nut you get q sweet
quality of flour. with which the housewife
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makes delicious biscuit If yru squeeze 1t
You will obtain valuable oil, resembling
owe OIL, and used for similar purposes.
ihls oil also enters largely into the manu-
iacture Of the better grades of soap. The
Kernels are roasted for coffee. The roasted
kernels ire also used in the manufacture of
some Kinds of chocolate. The cOnfectioner
heips to ruin our digestion in boyhoOd
oays wi h peanut candy; the Georgia cook
alone knows how to make rich pastry of
pounded peanuts. The artist. with paint
brush, silks and satins, creates novel and
beautiful peanut ornaments: so that pea
nut dolls and other curioS NAV now be
seen In the shop windows of New York.
especially around holidays. These are
some OF the ways in which the leguminous
nut is uSeful IN ne
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\ GHOST AT HAMPTON.
perhaps 1t Is Anne Boleyn i'm Search
OF Henry VIII.
London Graphic,

London Graphic
The ghosts at Hampton Court Palace
still are said to frighten the inhabitants
and offlcia;s OF the place. and even visit
ors, II Is declared, are not exempt, several
OF them having termina tel their visits a b.
ruptly owing to the noises they have
heard. A resi1ent in the palace
sends an account of an appari-
ton seen by an attendant in the gar
dens, who was sitting on a bench waiting
Tor the inspector to pass on his rounds at
night, when suddenly he felt a hand laid
upon DIS face, and look ing up saw a tall,
pale lady. dressed in gray. He sprang up
al once, but she vanished before his eyes,
ana the shock caused by the apparltion
was SO great that he had to resign his post.
de became so nervous that he was bsO-
lutely afraid to remain in the gardens at
night.
Nor are the ghosts confined to the gar
dens. Tor few nights ago two of the maid
servants, fancying they smet something
burning. went down one OF the staircases
In the middle of the night and met tall,
pale lady with "a reflected light on her
lace. and dressed In black. She, too, van
lshed through one of the Queens gates,
though the door itself was shut, and no
footsteps could be heard. Other servants
10 the palace have been visited by these
royal ghosts. Que servant declares that
she felt something come and touch her
lace In the darkness when she was
Asleep in bed, and another maid sleeping
10 the next room called out to her to
leave off walking about ner room, as she
heard footsteps moving about. Several
visitors to the palace have noticed extra
ordinary noises in particular room, and
only few months ago two ladies were
standing talking near this room at about
1880 one night when they heard loud
crash and saw brilliant light flash through
T. 9 room, sight which they could not ac-
count for in any way. The informant is
positive that no practical joker Is the
author of the disturbances, as has been
suggested in some quarters
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BETH ISRAEL BAZAAR.
A Pleasant Event for a Charitable
Purpose.

POSCs
A fancy bazaar in aid of the congrega-
tion Beth Israel will open this evening in
the armory on Ellis street. near Van Ness
avenue. 1t will be tempting affair and
promises to be largely attended.
From morning till night yesterday the
pretty hall was thronged with ladies and
gentlemen of Beth Israel Synagogue, and
all of them were busy making prepara-
tioDs for the coming event. Rabbi Levy
gave his advice on general matters con-
nected with the baZarr, and, being mar
ried man he let the ladies run things ac-
cording to their own plans. Mrs. Julius
Van Vliet, under whose direction the fair
was organized and is being held, attended
to the various details of booth construction,
arrangement of space. harmony of de-
signs and other in idental features. A
carrenter built frames for the booths, and
Immediately the ladies began their volun-
tary task CT draping and decorating, so
each group OF ladies was engaged In q
contest against the rest might have been
received on entering.
The booths were designed and erected
with good taste. They have a fine effect
in blending of colors. fancy drapery and
design. No two are alike. Some are made
TO resemble old castles, others are alto-
gether ornamental and brightly colored,
while few have rich haDgings and dis
tinctive decorations.
Many valuable articles have been given
the bazaar by wholesale merchants, who
are more or less interested in the work.
Of these quite large number will be
sold at prices so low that purchases cannot
be resisted by visitors. The remaining
presents will be disposed of through the
medium of tickets limited in number to
The value of each article. Besides, there
will be gypsies' tent, fishing pond and
the rest.
Concerts and literary entertainments
will lend thei. attraction to make visit
every evening enjoyable.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

DR.. c. C. Gresres Of Paso Robles is at
the Grand.
o. Fl. Hebb, a Tacoma merchant is at
the Grand.
r. c. Terry, fruit man of Clayton. is
at the Lick.
A. C. Snyder, a merchant of Santa Cruz,
Is at the Lick.
j. B. Luther, Santa Clara orchardist. is
at the California.
Waldo S. Waterman, son of the late Gov
ernor. is at the Occidental.
E. j. Lowry, an insurance man of Fresno,
registered yesterday at the Grand.
DR.. w. j. Howard of Astoria arrived
yesterday and registered at the Lick.
r. LtoIff and w. Grotnan. German tour.
lists. registered yesterday at the Grand.
Nine. Rhea and the greater part of her
company are stopping at the Baldwin.
A. Koehan, merchant of Seattle, ac-
companied by his family. is at the Grand.
G. C.. Capron, a wealthy manufacturer of
Uxbridge. Mass, is guest at the Bald win.
A. j. Howard, a prominent real estate
man oil Los Angeles. is a guest at the
Grand.
r. E. Maynard. manager of the STAN
ford University football team, is at the
California.
e. c. Horst. one of the largest hop-grow,
ers IN the Sacramento Valley. is guest a
the California.
u. z. Marr, the Chicago fruit man, ac-
compan,ed by his wife, registered yester-
day at the Palace.
nj. K. Higgins. executive secretary of
Governor Markham, came down from Sac
ramento yesterday.
j. L. Hall. one of New York's prominent
wholesale merchants. was among the ar
rrgals at the Baldwin yesterday.
Ars. Frank Mclaughlin and daughter
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RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Great Advantage Would Result If
the Scheme Were Carried Out.


The proposition for free mail delivery
in rural districts, at least in those that are
most thickly populated, continues to
attract attention and to call out favorable
comment. The possibility of such service
was pretty thoroughly investigated by Mr..
Wanamaker while he was Postmaster Gem
eral, and his conclusions were favorable.
Certainly if it can be done it ought to be
done. and if the question is between hav-
ing l-cent letter rate and free delivery in
the country districts the choice should be
In favor of the latter.
A peculiar feature of the agitation in
the interest of the farmers is that 1t has
not Deen shared in to any great extent by
them or by their representatives in Con-
gresS, who far outnumber the representa-
yves from cities. Certainly nothing could
q" more than this to make life in the
country pleasant. and the aid that it would
Oe TO the cause OF intellectual advance
ment and general education would be
great. More letters would doubtless be
written and more papers and magazines.
would be read, for the task of going to and
from the village postoffice would be done
away with.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
WANT A WORD DEFINED.
Brief Report of the Interstate Com
merCe COmmiS SION

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-The report of
the Interstate Commerce Commission pays
specia atten ton to court decisions wherein
the word 'lne" is given different mean
ing from that held by the commission,
which maintains that ''iine" means
physical line, the tracks of one or m ore
railroads. and che line may be extended
over other roads by simply connecting
tracks. A recommendation is made for an
amendment, so as to bring the water-carri-
ers under the law. The commission reco NJ
mends additional legislation on the follow
ing subjects: With respect to proceedings
to enforce the lawful orders of the COM
mission; to give legislative construction
of the word ''line" in the statute; to pro-
vide for establishing through routes and
joint through rates; to give the commits
sion power to prescribe minimum as well
as maximum rates to com mpstitive points !;
TO provide for the adoption of uniform
freight classification; to make corpor-
atoms subject to the act and liable
TO Indictment for violations of the law: TO
provide penalty for failure on the part
of carriers to file annual reports within
the specified time.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

first class. medal. George Heizman, 43 !;
second class, medal, E. Burtis. 43: third
class. medal. A. McCulloch, 40; fourth
class. A. Gehret, AZ
On next Sunday Companies B and C
will hold another shoot at the same range.
The independent Rifles. Gprmania Club.
Nationals. Norddeut>cher Scnuetzen Club.
San francisco FusiIeers, Pistol Rife Club.
the San Francisco Schue,zep Cluh Com
pany A OF the Fifth and Company e of
the Second will also hold shoots at Shell
Mound
The morning call., 1893-12-04

Extensive improvements have been 90
ing on at Schueizen Park for some time
past. At the present time a well Is being
dug for the purpose of furnishing a suf-
ieient supply Of water in order to irrigate
the park. Trees are being planted and
evergreens are being tastefully arranged in
the places that nature has not already
decorated with flowers. In a short time
Philo Jacobi. president of the California
SchuetZen Club, intends that few private
parks shall have the accom- m odations for
picnics and pleasure parties that Schuetzen
will afford.
j. Mcdonald joined the California
Schueizen Club in their shooting yester-
day. Mr.. Mcdonald was a member Of
that organization fifteen years ago. Since
then he has been in Mexico and yesterday
for the first time beheld the wonderful
progress his fellow members have made
during his absence
The morning call., 1893-12-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Italy yields the finest coral.
A pony costs 81 30 in Oregon.
Zealand has an alder duek farm

lcelanQ mas an elQer duck farm.
Our telephones cover 256,456 miles.
New York City has 7708 socialists.
The missing Russian warship Rusalka
was launched in 1857
About 800. 100000 feet Of lumber are cut
annually in Alabama.
As high as 250 bushels of peanuts to the
acre have been raised in North Carolina.
In 1892 West Virginia produced s, 710. SsS
tons of coal, making the fourth coal pro-
ducing state.
The total vote Of New York City at the
recent election was 239. S98. a gain Of 27S
votes since last fall.
Bull fighting ls in full swing in Spain
just now. fights taking place in every viii
iage of importance.
Edwin Booths most decided bias In his
early professional life was toward the act
ing OF stage Villains"
Some man who is good on figures says
that 10, ,0O0, 600, 600 tubers can be raised from
single potato In ten years.
The water tunnel under Lake Michigan
at Chicago is eight feet in diameter, four
miles long and cost the city S1,1OO,COO.
Leprosy has greatly increased during
the last half century, and is now prevalent
In many places where it was formerly un-
known.
In Malta the virus of the bee sting is
regarded as an ipfalIible cure for rheuma-
tism. and the remedy is resorted TO in all
severe cases.
A mans full mental power is not rea ched
before the age of 25 ald the development
OF talent Is most marked between the ages
of 80 and 45 years
That May marriages are un lucky is su-
perstition as old as Ovid's time. and had
then passed into a proverb among the peo-
pie, which puzzled even Plu,arch.
Two children of c. r Rhodes of Chicago
were christened on the Ferris wheel on the
Closing day of the Chicago Exposition.
Ihe girl was named Ferris Rhodes.
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cite the Eneid from beginning to
end, and even with the ability to
determine the quantity of anv word i'm
the whole Latin lexicon. Outside of the
classics the best of the Congressional lin
gusts Is Senator TnrDie OF Indiana, Tho
has colloqual familiarity with three Ian
guages besides his own ard can read sew
eral more.
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AN $500 OVERcOAT.
Sealskin-Lined Garment Being Made
for Wealthy Unknown.
Philadelphia Record.

An oyercoaf that Will cost the tidy little for
tune of s 800 is now being made for mysteri-
ous indiv idual by Cbestnut-stfeet tailor. The
tai lof does not now who his lavish customer
Is, and never set eyes on him until he stroled
into the store one day rec ntly and ordered the
garment, leaving deposit of $500 as guar
antee OF good faith
The coat f. lined with sealskin and The trim
mings are OF the finest known 10 the frdde. Ii
mas huge collar and cuffs, also of sealskln, and
ne pockets are lined with the costly skin. The
ricn fur Is only about an eighth OF an inch long,
and Is entirely from seal pups.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
SchuIzbach's Good Name.

Some time ago an elderly man named
Schmidt called a. the Office of the County
Clerk to ascertain if license had been
issued to permit two persons to marry.
He said that one of these parties was his
wife, who had deserted him, and the other
was man named SchHlZbach. who is en-
poyed at the Union Iron Works. Schulz
back, who says he is the only one of that
statements made by Schmidt, so far as
they apply to him, were so untruthful that
he will sue him for slander.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
The Big Extravaganza.

DENVER, Colo. Dec. 3.-The American
Extravaganza Company. with five cars OF
people and four cars of ''Slnbad" scenery,
arrived here at A NJ. from Kansas City
and Immediately lett for Ogden. The
railroads are making special efforts to give
the company quick run. "Sin bad" will
probably arrive In San Francisco early on
Wednesday.
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came down from Oroville yesterday. They
are occupying apartments at the Palace.
Lieutenant Hugh ID. Bowler, retired
officer of the United States Army, regis
tered yesterday at the Occidental from
Chicago.
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AT SHELL MOUND.
Practice Shoot of Companies G and
B of the First.

The principal shooting event at Shell
Mound yesterday was a practice contest
between Comp panies B and G of the First
Regiment. both Of which are desirous of
carrying off the hon0rs at the State shoot
at Sacramento on the 17th inst. Over
eighty men entered the shoot, and the
scores made were very satisfactory to the
respective captains. The following are the
records:
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But Where Was the Battle ?

FL PAso, Dec. 3-Some persons who
arrived at Chihuahua this morning con-
firm the reports OF the battle between
Federal troops and insurgents. Where
the battle was fought Is not known.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
Death of a Newspaper Man.

DENVER, Dec. 3.-Sumner johnson, city
editor of the Republican for several years,
and the past two years reporter on The
News. died Of typhoid fever to-day. Re
was formerly connected with the Omaha
Bee and Cheyenne Sun.
The morning call., 1893-12-04
AbIest Classical Scholar in Congress.

Representative Everett of Massachu-
setts is regarded as easily the ablest Gas
steal scholar In either branch of Con-
gress. Like his distinguished father, he
Is credited with the ability to re-
The morning call., 1893-12-04

At st. Bartholomew's Hospital during
the sixteen years from 1875 &c 1890 there
was a total of 1886 adm nistratlons of
chiorotorm and thirteen deaths. or one
death In 1902 administered.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

SAY, GIRLS. II you want TO fool that best fellow,
Jns' ask him to give you his package OF Whites
fucatan Gum. when he asks you 70 be excused for
moment between asia esss
The morning call., 1893-12-04
Prominent Man Dead. .

ST. JOHN. Dec. 8. - Hon. John Boyd,
LieutentGoyernor of New Brunswick,
died Of apoplexy shortly after midnight.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

Sick Headaches Bsec Oh AIMS Pills wiz relieve.
The morning call., 1893-12-04

Company OF the First Regiment also
held Its monthly shoot, with the following
result: Champion class. H. B. Taylor, al;
The morning call., 1893-12-04

!. SchIosser SO, A. Scott IS.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-17
A REMARKABLE REMEDY.
It Evidently Conquers rheumatism
Like Magic.
The Extraordinary Cure of an Oakland
Resident Who Had Suffered for
Fifteen Years.
Oakland Tribune. l

Joseph A. Gagnon is a resident of 5S5
Twenty-fourth street in this city His
occupation is a carpenter, and he is en-
ployed in the carshop of Ingler & Atkin-
son, corner of Washington and Fourth
streets. Up to about year ago Mr.. Gag
non had been great sufferer from mus
cular rheumatism, and sought relief in
the remedy which DR.. J. Z. Plouf of San
Francisco had discovered. Learning that
wonderful cure had been accomplished
in Mr.. Gagnon's case. and desiring to ascer-
tain from Mr.. Gagnon's own lips if such
was the case, Tribune representative in
terviewed him this morning. Mr.. Gag
non was at work at his bench, sturdy
specimen of good health. in the prime OF
a vigorous manhood. Eyes" he promptly
replied, 81 have been a great sufferer
from rheumatism, and three bottles of
DIR. Plouf's remedy cured me. l don't
know whether the cure is permanent or
not, but l do know this, for the past
twelve months l have been absolutely
free from the disease, and during that
Time | have been able to do things that /
could not do for fifteen years previously.
During all those years OF suffering l
could not stoop down and lift anything.
LUZ SlliCC IOOh IAiC GDlItl DObll6 Vi III.
Plouf's remedy l have been able to do all
the heavy lifting that has to be done in
this shop without inconvenience or pain.
The disease was in my hips and thighs.
suffered fearfully. For eight weeks at a
time | have beeil laid up in bed from it.
While at work many time | have been
compelled to hold on to the bench with
the left hand and work with the right,
knowing that ii | let 60 of the bench l
would fall to the ground. 1t is nearly a
year since | was cured. | have not had
the slightest evidence of its return.
Changes in the weather affected me be-
fore. Now it makes no matter what is
the condition of the weather, l feel en-
tirely free from the disease.
"Of course l feel grateful. There is
nothing too much or too good that l can
say of the remedy. If my experience
with ii can be of service to any other suf-
terer from that torturing disease" said
Mr.. Gagnon in conclusion, ~ shall be
glad Of it. l can recommend it TO anyone,
and do recommend it to everyone who
asks or writes me concerning it.'
In view of such marvellous results as
above instanced, it is no wonder then that
DR.. Plouf's Office in the Nucleus block in
San Francisco is crowded daily with the
victims of this agOnizng, crippling dis
ease, and that the medicine is being ex-
pressed to suffers to all parts Of the con-
unent, and even to foreign countries.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-17
PRESS VOICE

Colusa Sun: 1t is only the fool who
will not listen to advice, but il would be
greater fool who would take advice
from everybody. The wise man listens,
Sits the good from the bad. and takes such
suggestions as seem wise. No man can
know all things. Mr.. Cleveland, for ex-
ample, is accused of being pig headed, of
going his own way, but he acts on the adj
vice OF others dozens of times every day.
Biggs Argus: The fruit outlook in this
section of Butte County is very catering.
1T is now estimated that over 200 carloads
OF fruit, consisting mostly of apricots,
peaches, prunes, cherries, plums, pears
and nectarines, besides a large crop of
almonds, will be shipped during the
season, and the nursery output in same
proportion Will be ready for shipment
this fall. A number of great loads Of
boxes filled with fine apricots commenced
unloading at the depot Monday, and all
week the same scene has been witnessed.
Peach shipment will follow apricots, and
from this date till the close of the fruit
ripening season the fruit-growers will
have all they can do to take care of and
dispose Of their splendid crop. What a
wonderful change has taken place here
during the past five years.
Oakland Tribune: The closing of the
dives III San Francisco has had the effect
Of taking from 900 to 800 women of all
ages and conditions their acquired
method of earning q living, and, as was
anticipated, considerable commouon is
being created over it. Unfortunately the
women have fallen into the clutches Of a
Vulture named Frey, who has been ope-
rating with that professional mounte-
bank, Doc Wiley, i'll creating a reign
OF terror with the unemployed, after the
manner of Dennis kearney. He has
drawn them into a union, and has act
ually had the ettrontery to demand for
them recognition from the Federated
Trades. There is good deal of sympa-
thy for these women, but it is the result
of ignorance of the character and methods
Of the dive waitress. She has been
painted by too mercifuI hand. There is,
as a fact, scarcely. a redeeming trait in
her. The woman who goes into the dive
sinks her womanhood. She leave decen-
cy, honesty and all that makes woman
loveable behind her. The police will tell
you that the proportion of virtuous
women among this class will reach so
small percentage as scarcely to be
worthy OF consideration.