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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
Harsh Measures in a Wing Club.


Brooks" as is well known, is the club
that those expiring political dodOs, the
Wings, frequent, aud strange, in truth, are
the manners OF these dodos in their nest.
A member, il would seem, had neglected TO
pay for his dinners and lighter refresh
ments. On this the committee posted a
notice. announcing to all and sundry that
the club servants had been instructed not to
serve MI with food or drink until he
had paid up for what he had already con-
snmsd.
That Wings should object to pay for each
others refreshments is like them; but
never yet heard one OF them who objected
TO the taxpayers paying for his board and
lodging. j would suggest that somewhat
similar notice should be placed on the
doors Of all public offices. making 1t known
that no Wing will beneef0rth find a haven
of salarled rest unlass he can first show that
he has done something to merit IL beyond
doing the world the honor to come into it as
a scion of one of our governing families.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
A GOOD ROMANCER.
He Had Clear Memory and Knew
How to Avoid the Facts.

Minneapolis Tribune.
rather sbabby-looking stranger with
Icing hair stood on the steel arch bridge the
other morning and gazsd up and down the
river by turns. A dapper-looking gentle
man with black whiskers and hair la
West Hotel barber-shop paused a few feet
from him and shifted the gale. while fox
terrier frisked about his feet. The stranger
approached and with the customary well,
SIR" reeled off the following: st don't
look much like it did -ty-nine years ago.
The falls are scarcely recognizable. That
island below the stone arch bridge was not
there. But / was one of the fOrtunates, or
rather unfortunates, who helped TO cre-
ate il. We we're going down the river with
a great raft OF rough lumber aud skins,
when our craft went to pieces on huge
rock which lay just beneath the water, un-
perceived. The river was running high
that spring and our crew were all drowned.
/ was the Only one TO escape. But to pass
from these sad reflections to my story. The
sunken raft made a foundation for that
Withholding little island which You see.
Through long years driftwOod and bits OF
earth and pebbles washed about and on the
pile. The seeds Of trees sprouted upon the
curious formation, and their roots cropping
out in all directions served TO keep the
embryo island intact. The break in the
falls in -ty-two hurled the large rocks TO
the unique position when thty now occupy.
A miniature island was thus created and"
At this point in the narration the dapper
gentleman I0terpOsed an Interrogation:
"Are yon looking for anything to do,
stranger?"
II am open for anything that turns up"
was the ready answer i've just struck
town aud"
Never mind that, my friend, / have
found prize. My lecturer Quit last night
and / want good man with fancy like
yours. Here's my card. Call after 1890
o'clock A. NJ. The stranger took the prof
fered Introductory ticket and read: Fired
A. Pride, Manager Dime Museum"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
ABOLISHING LONDON FOGS.
Ii Feasible IL Means the Saving of
Millions of Dollars.

Ii Feasible IL Means the Saving of
Millions of Dollars.
Boston Herald
Tie London County Council has turned
out to be a remarkably active ana enter
prising body. but when it Is said to be serl-
ously proposing to take tho problem of
abolishing the foes that have so long given
ilI-repute to that city it would seem that it
is taking tremendous contract upon its
hands. For a proposition to abolish the
London fogs sounds very much like inter
fering with the order of nature, such as I'M
dertaking to stop snowstorms, or, like Gen
eral Dyren forth, attem pting to shake rain
out OF the sky. But when 1t is cons idered
that the horrible f0gs of London are of
comparatively modern date; that they did
not exist two centuries ago, and that
they arc due to human agency. the
undertaking. though stll a tremendous
one, does not seem unfeaslble. The
character OF these foGs, which obscure
everything with an almost inky blackness,
and often make MONDAY as dark as mid
night, is due TO clouds Of unconsumed car
bon poured out of thousands Of chimneys
into humid. misty atmosphere, where the
smoke mixes Itself with the natural fog In
such way as to seem almost solid.
The only thing required, therefore, to
prevent the logs is TO provide different
method If combustion. This II is proposed
to do by stabiishing municipal gas works,
as has been done very generally in other
English cities, and producing gas for fuel
purposes on such scale and consequently
at SO low price as to induce its general
adoption by providing the cheapest method
OF heating. Its use would be made CON-
pulSory II necessary to the end In view.
The advantage OF gas for fuel. however,
would be so evident that recourse 10 con-
puislon would hardly be required The
economy Of the innovation would be verv
great, for not only do thousands of tons of
coal now pass off unconsumed In the form
of smoke, but the loss caused by the sus-
pension of traffic while the fog LASTS and
they sometimes endure for days at time
Is enormous.
b. Ii. Thwaite makes daring suggestion
in the Contemporary Review in this con-
nection. He would generate the gas In the
coal fields of South Yorkshire. Staffordshire
and South Wales, and transmit it In pipes
to London under high pressure, as in the
case OF natural gas In this country He esti-
mates that by this means an enormous saw
ing over the transportation of coal by rail
would be effected, amounting 10 a total over
S2O,OGO.00O, which, after providing for in
terest on cost, maintenance. etp., would,
while giving consumers the advantage OF
fuei at price much less than that of coal.
leave very large surplus available for
public improvements, including the estab-
lishment oil the new system of public water
AuDpIy that London en- sadly npeds
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
BUSINESS UP TO DATE.
1t Is One Thing to Talk and Another to
Write.

Head of firm (picking up letter from his
morning mail and Scowling at it)-Pll be
duged if Bawnso & Co. aren't kicking
again! Those miserable hayseeds give me
a pain every time l think of them. If had
'em here I'd give 'em piece of my mind;
would by ! / t t 5
(Ofice-boy fees: cashier in outer office
turns pale; pretty typewriter shudders).
Head of firm addressing pretty type
writer)-Miss Fluffy, drop what you're at,
and take down letter to these prize idiots.
I'll teach 'em to kick again. Write like
this:
Nessrs. Bdwnso d Co-GENTLEMEN: Your
esteemed favor OF the 9th inst. Is al hand. The
points you make therein are entirely we'll taken.
aud l regret exceedingly that the eaFelessness
OF any Of my employees should have given YOU
cause 10 complain. / have Informed the offender
that his thirty years OF service with me will not
save him from instant dismissal if anything OF
the sort occurs again.
BY The way, next time you are In the city do
not fail TO drop in and see me. ] ain usually
pretty busy, but never too much so 10 chat with
an old friend ike yourself Your obedient ser
want. ). SANDER.
There, blank 'em! guess that'H DO for
the internal cTanEs !"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
Aluminium fiOrSeshoes.


That was funny idea of those fellows
in the Finnish cavalry regiments recently
in experimenting with aluminium for horse
Shoes. was the remark OF Captain James
Morris, an ex-army officer, at the Southern
last night They took a number OF
their horses and had them shod; on
one fore foot they put an iron shoe.
such as we all use. and on the other
they put a shoe made Of aluminium.
This was repeated in shOeing the hind feet.
and / wouldn't be surprised il the freak
should cause revolution in horseshoeing.
Ii seems that after six weeks trial. during
which time the horses had been moving on a
particularly hard and stony road, it was
found that the aluminium shoes had worn in
finitely better than those of iron land while
the latter had gone to pieces the former
were intact. 1t is funny, but It may prove
a big thing for army horses vel"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
EDITOR CLUGSTON.
He Meets an Emergency and Shows
That He Has True Grit.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
The hustle and roar of preparation for
launching upon an expectant world another
weekly issue of the Spiketown Blizzard rang
through the office of that paper, and the
high, intellectual brow of Mr.. Mortimer
Clungston, editor and proprietor Of the
same, was sicklied Ger with the pale cast
Of thought and smudge OF printers ink.
us the paper up, Rufus p he asked Of the
young man who officiated as foreman IN the
absence OF the proprietor.
Almost" answered Rufus, "but not
quite"
Have you run in that dead sewing-ma-
"Yes, and the old Scientific American
prospectus with the 1892 changed to 1898.
And the column of magazine ads. %
Eyes. and slugged 'em all out to fill up
the space. Eyeryihing's up except the edl-
t0rial page"
Have you run in the d0uble-leaded six
lines about correspondents writing COM
munications on one side of the paper
only"
Yes. that's i'm
II don't see the paragraph about the new
supply of job tyne, latest sty les, just re-
eeiyed." said Editor Clugston, leaning over
the imposlng-stone and inspecting the
forms
GOT that in, too" replied Rufus, "In five
or six Places"
Where is the item about the consider
able amount Of money still outstanding on
subscriptions and badly needed at this Of
fee ?''
That's at the TOP of the first column on
the editorial page, loaded with plea siugs."
''Um-yes, / see. Isn't there anything
on the standing galley you can use?"
I've got everything in except the pi."
How much more do you need ?"
ABOUT half or three-quarters OF stick
full"
Then it was that Editor Clugston once
more proved himself to be a journalist of
resources.
'Ill soon fix that" he exclaimed, the
light OF sudden inspiration shining in his
eye and irradiatiDg his pale cheek; and he
sat down and wrote the following:
Owing to an unexpected pressure on the
advertising columns CT the Blizzard we are
reluctantly compelled to crowd out large
quantity Of interesting matter prepared
expressly for this weeks issue. This shall
not happen again, even If we have to en-
large the Blizzard TO meet tile demands of
the advertising department. In the future.
as III the past. the Spiket0wn Blizzard will
always be found ready to meet the expeeta-
lions Of generous public, and 10 show
fOrth IN its own prosperity the Thrift and
enterprise Of the growing young city 10
which it has cast its lot"
There" said Editor ClugstOn, wiping
the perspiration from his forehead. ''Set
that up, slap the forms on the press and
run off the regular 316 copies It's time
the subscribers were getting their PAPER.
- EN- -
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
Alameda.

The Central Democratic Club held an ad-
journed meeting and adopted set of reso-
buttons repudiating and condemning the
action Of Assembyman Bretz for making
the charge in the Legislature that money
was corruptly used to secure the election OF
Stephen NJ. White as United States Sena-
tor The resolutions also accuse Bretz Of
acting treacherOuslY and in bad faith
toward the Democrats Of the Forty-seYenth
Assembly District, who supported him by
reason Of his pledge 10 support the Demo
cratic caucus nominee for the United States
Senate. A copy of the resolutions was
ordered sent to the Speaker OF the Assem-
bly, and TO Hon. Adiai Z. Stevenson, Vice
PTesident-elect.
An improved telephone system is being
nut in al the expense OF the city for the use
OF the police force.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27

dollar a dav. Is it generally done? Ret
your life. Thousands do it. Actors are the
BOYS for low rates, though. | got into Savan.
nah once on the same train with a theatrical
company and happened TO go to the same
hotel. had got ehummy with couple OF
girls in the troupe, and when | went to the
desk registered for them. too, 10 save them
trouble. | was put Into small room on
the top floor with another man that night,
and after breakfast | went to the clerk and
kicked. The clerk was pretty ippy. and
called for my bill. 1t was 81 80, half what
ii would have been under regular rates, for
/ had lodging anG two meals. 'How's
this?' said l. Why. that's the rates Tor
theatrical companies said he. But I'm no
actor said l. and you just give me decent
room and I'll take a fresh start, We'll, l
was treated first rate after that. They had
told me that tho front rooms were all taken.
but when they found l was drummer you
bet that plenty OF them were empty"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
HOW RAIN BROUGHT LUCK.
A Story With a Moral for All Kinds
of Weather.

1t Is hard rainstorm that brings nobody
luck. and tie one OF yesterday brought luck
to good many who were out in 1t.
il is strange, but the lucky ones had no
bber coats or umbrellas. As everybody
knows who has tried il he is lucky in a
storm that has a rubber coat. What de-
lightful feeling of warmth and dryness one
feels as he plods along! If he has an um-
brella, too. he only laughs when the gusts
dash the rain against him in 'front.' behind
and sideways.
His knees offer the only show for the rain
to get in its work. They may feel disagree
ably mean and he wants fireplace. He
needs those ligat rubber leggins that reach
from shin to thigh.
Well, the lucky ones yesterday were those
that stumbled against those egginS for only
- cents and nice rubber oYercoatS for next
to nothing at GO kearny street. where the
recent fire slightly damaged several thou
sand dollars worth Of goods for the Buffalo
Clothing Company.
They are just shoYelng out what Is left
of these and other things, and day or tive
more III end the sale
Think Of fine 81 30 buckskin gloves for 30
cents and nice WOODEN ones for Is cents or SO
All the suits, overeoats, hats, uDdercloth-
ing. suSpenders, furnishing goods, etc.
must positively go at once. and such bar
gains are seen but once in years. Get your
boy nice suit for school for a dollar or twos
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
Properties of Aluminium.


So much nonsense has been written about
aluminium that a statement OF its properties
appears desirable. Under ordinary circum-
stances it Will Withstand the action of wind
and weather exceedingly we'll, but the pres
eBce Of silicon greatly reduces its resistance
70 Atmospheric influences. Metal with or
per cent Of silicon very soon collects a
thick coating Of oxide on 1t if exposed
Aluminium can be rolled or hammered cold,
but Is most maliesble at a temperature Of
from 800 deg. to 400 deg, to which it should
be heated before rolling. Like silver and
gold, it must be frequently annealed, as
10 haTGens remarkably while being
rolled. On account II this hardening while
being forged, stamped, drawn OF rolled, the
metal may be turned out very rigid In its
fHshed state 80 that il will answer for pur-
poses " here an annealed metal would be too
colt o. weak or lacking in rigidity. This is
especially the case with alloys of aluminium
and q small amount If titanium. copper or
silicon. As a general rule. the purer the alu-
minum the softer and less rigid is it. Alu-
mlnuin can be aEpeaed by heating 1t to
temperature Just below red heat ard allow
ing u u cool gradually; thin sections mag
be heated IN boiling water. Sound castings
can be made in dry sand mods or metal
chuis, bat 1t requires some practice before
satisfactory results will be obtained.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
A SURPRISE PARTY.
The MiddIe-Aged Man Was Equal to
It, However.
Derrn5r Fraa Prezs

II, however
Detroit Free Press
lie was q comfor abIe-looking, middle
aged man searching for boarding place.
and he struck one that was just started, and
was tie first pT0spector TO ascend the
druggete2
= neat raid answered the summons.
This vas surprise number one.)
lie was shown into cozy parloT. where a
crate fTe WAS burning
(This was surprise number t8o.)
There was an open piano on which some
classic music was displayed. There were
also some new books on the comfortable.
THIS was surprise number three)
To moment the mistress Of the house
entered. She was young. we'll dressed. and
did not greet the stranger with commercial
smi e.
(This was surprise number fOur)
The gentlsmen explained his wish TO be-
come b0arder, and soon the landlady
showed him room which was comfortably
and substantially furnished.
(Ihis was surprise number fVe.)
He remarked to the lady:
This room is not elegantly furnished. It
looks j. ke A home"
Did 1 advertise elegantly furnished
rooms ?' asked be lady, anxiousIy.
NO. That's why l came, l think now
there Is nothing but the meals. Nav | ask
II YOU have cabinet pudding oftenS"
Never, sirP'
Nor molasses piep'
81 never heard Of 1t"
(Ihis was surprise number six 1t was
almost a shnck)
Madam" said the new boarder, 81 am
wellto-do and can give you good refer
ences. perceive by your dress that YOU
are a widow. Let me be your only boarde
for life. | am single man"
This was rather in the nature of n sur
prise TO the widow, and she asked time to
ihiBk Of It. bat a wedding in the near fu-
tuTe is a fOregOne conclusion.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
The Jews i'm Russia.

The Novoya Vremya of st. Petersburg re-
ports the following: The recent ukase that
the Jews be deprived of the right of repre-
sentailon in the City Council was pr0mnl-
gated in Kiev at the same time that sub
scrlption lists were before the Board of
Aldermen in favor Of the poor peasants who
emigrate 10 Central Asia. Icon Brodsky, a
Jewish lderman OF Kew. subscribed lib
eral sum to the latter object, making the
remark: Il contribute this mite in aid OF
our poor peasants TO commemorate the
event which deprives me and my Hebrew
brethren Of the right of representation in
this honorable body" These words elected
tears from the large assembly. They all
arose to make way for the Jewish repre-
sentatlves One after the other the Inter
came up 10 the table and placed their names
on the subscription list. Headed By Brod-
sky the Jews then flied out Of the City Hall
amid the crying and waving OF hats by the
people assembled. Several voices called ont:
Never repinei Better days are cominel r
Novoya Vremya hopes that ''the Jews will
not imagine that those foolish tears and
ordinations sgnified that the people OF
Kiev sympathiZe with them"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
SHE KEPT TALLY.
A Young Woman Made Notes of 1er
Lovers Proposals.


The Circuit Court room in Jersey City
was crowded yesterday morning when
Louise Item, the pretty 20-year-old plaintiff
in breach of promise and seduction suite,
took the witness-stand to submit to the or
deal OF a cross-examination. The trial OF
the suit was begun last Thursday after.
noon, and, when Miss Item had finished her
direct testimony, Judge LiDpncott ordered
an adjournment until yesterday as the
court had some other business to attend to-
Miss Item was accompanied by her father
and mother. and by Mrs. Vollmar, a sister
of Joseph Miller, the defendant, who sides
with the plaintiff.
Miller had the support of three other mar
ried sisters OF aggressive dispositions. VINO
were the means OF breaking OF the match.
The plaintiff was calm and Self-possessed,
and answered ex-Judge Paxton's searching
questions with deliberation. After repeating
The story OF her meeting with Miller and the
ensuing cOurtShip and engagement, she was
asked, "When did Miller ask you TO marry
him 90
HE asked me twce-the first time or the
22d of April. 1892. and then again en- the
23d.'
How do you fix the date? ?"
Because | marked il down on the cal-
endar"
while he was PRESENT."
mo. after he went away"
Where we're you when he proposed =.
1--WE were walking along the boulevard. y
what did he say?"
"1e said he would like to have me for his
wife and asked me If | would marry him"
What did you say?'
al told him, the first time, that | would
think about it and let him know. When he
asked me again the next day / consented. J."
did you mark that on the calendar too 2"
II did"
"When did he speak to your parents
about it?'
"Oh the next day, the oath. 1t was Sun
day."
They consented. of cOurse?"
Yes"
You marked that on tie calendar, too.
SUPPOSE"
Il did"
In answer to further questions. Miss Item
told how she and Joe went shopping to-
geJher and selected furniture. Her parents
gave her 500 to purchase a wedding outfit,
and she and Joe spent IT,
when did Miller betray you?"
"On the 18th of May"
odd you mark that down, too?"
Yes, sir"
After her parents had corroborated Miss
Items testimony. Mrs. Vollmar testified
that her brother introduced Miss Item TO
her as his intended wife.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-27
HONOLULU FRUITS
To Re Placed on the North
ern Markets.
PLAN TO DEVELOP TRADE.
The Steamer Zambesi VIII Make Reg
ular Trips Between the Sandwich
Islands and Sound Ports.

The steamer Zambesi has been purchased
by a syndicate of Portland, Seattle and
Honolulu gentlemen from the UptOns and
viii be placed on q route between the Sand
ych Islands, Portland aud sound ports.
The purchase If this steamer was made
some three months ago and agents Of the
new syndicate were sent to H0ugKong to
take charge Of her. but while the vessel
was gong from Yokohama to be turned
over to the agents she met with an accident,
and it was only few days ago that the
necessary repairs were completed and the
vessel accepted by the syndicate.
George Lvcergus Of Honolulu, who was
instrumental ia forming this company, has
been n San Francisco for several days. lie
is euthu, iastic regarding the success OF the
venture of the new company
The Zambesi," he said. will be puT on
q direct run between Honolulu and Port
land and the sound ports soon, and fruit
viii form tie principal part Of the cargo
from the islands,"
Mr. Lyc-rgus is one Of the most promi-
neut dealers in tropical fruits in Honolulu
ana be Is of the opinion that all that is re-
CURED 10 develop the fruit trade Of those
Islands is a suitable market
The American tariff" he con tinued,
has ruined the sugar plantations there.
Coffee, which was planted 10 take its place,
las nOL uekuu 10 4tbtu any returns rs yet
and II q market can be secured for tropical
fruits the merchants Of the islands Will be
able to do some business where at present
they are doing practically nothing.
The steamer we have secured Is a fast
one. She vii be fitted MP with refrigera-
tors so as TO deliver the fruit ID good cOndi-
ton and carry dairy produce, etc, in return.
"Washington ana Oregon offer the best
markets Tor the products of the islands.
San Francisco gets all its tropical fruits
elsewhere as cheaply as we could deliver
them. bu! we can pace better products on
the markets Of the Northern Pacific States
much more reasonably than here where the
Southern Pacific Railroad has the monopoly.
The eaTgoes for the return trips can be
purchased as cheaply Ia Seattle or Portland
as D San Francisco aud some things much
cheaper. SO there is no reason why good
CaTsces cannot be had both ways. Wash
ngton and Oregon want what is grown in
Honolulu. and Honolulu wants the products
Of Washington and Oregon"