The morning call., 1894-03-11

which are almost entirety ING out hioeno'
Hubbards," said he. "The natives, think'
are among the finest formed men ever saw
Many women sit all day along The streets with
baskets of flowers for sale. but they never urge
or even request you 10 purchase could Duy
a bouquet of flowers there for 20 cents which
would cost SO In florists shop in the States.
All the brick, learned. of which the business
no uses are constructed is brought from san
Francisco, and this seemed remarKaoe 10 me
from the fact that the very finest oil Dulioihg
stone can be had in the Immediate vicinity oil
Honolulu"
The purpose of Phil Armour's visit TO this
coast has been the cause OF mucn con1ectuIe
and not few misleading stateme hts, Dus the
true explanation thereof has at last come 10 the
surface. Mr.. Armour and bis party started on
their return trip to Chicago Friday night. a
few hours previous to his departure, however,
he deposited in the Pacific Bank check Tor
S624. $50. Accompanying the cheek was
staI ement as 10 the purposes TO whlcn inns
munifcenl sum Is to be devoted. In effect the
amount will endow a new institution among
San Francisco's eleem0synary concerns. Ii
will be called "The Armour Home for INDECENT
Tamale Vendors" Mr.. Armour, it Is said. mas
closely studied the life, habits and social
environment of this transplanted product OF
Mexico and has upon innumerable occasions
sampled his toothsome wares. Furthermore.
there is a business bond of sympathy between
Mr.. Armour and his belefieiares in that they
both handle the same line OF goods though
upon a different scale These facts probably
prompted The generous act.
E. Fl. Gorham of Cleveland. Ohio, who is in
the city. is Interested with another gentleman
of the same place In the invention OF system
of pictorial transmission by telegraphy. The
mode OF operation. Mr.. Gorham says, Is
through stylus moving over peculiarly pre-
pared Photographic impression. Little varia-
lions in elevation on the photograph where the
white and dark parts exist cause the stylus 10
raise or lower, just as the shade raises. This,
In turn. causes like variations in the nature Of
the electric current, which may be connected
with distant city. There machine works In
a like manner TO the one In connection with the
photographs; bur instead OF the stylus moving
over a photograph 1t is over graver's tool
moving over plate and producing an exact
picture of the photograph. The design is TO
transmit pictures of great fires, criminals, ETC.,
by telegraph for illustration of the news Of
the day.
A French waiter. employed In the Palace at
present. who lately came from his native coun-
Try, says that there are 1000 men who follow
that means of obtaining livelihood who are
out OF work in Paris at present. Fixed wages.
metropolis. as the men pay TO their employers a
fixed rate for everything they serve and retain
their percentage In addition 10 this they are
compelled to pay an additional per cent.
which represents a proportion of their "tips."
In Paris il is customary for customers 10 give
these gratuties at The rate OF a half-penny for
every tenpence expended, but In reality the tips
run higher than this, as no one gives less than
penny, no matter how small the purchase may
be- aud many give much more.
"An article In THE CALL the other day rela-
tive to an innovation by shoe manufacturing
houses in introducing free shines for pur-
chasers OF their goods brings 10 mind fact
that have lately observed 10 rule in the East"
said 5. G. Evans OF Chicago, at the Palace yes
terday. SIT is that the travelling bootblack,
with his kit over his shoulder, is almost thing
of the past. and the stationary stands are
rapidly superseding them. The Italians seem
to take kindly 10 the business. and in New
York, at lrast, / have noticed that they prac-
tically monOpOlZe IL. Another change Is In the
reduction In pric While formerly 10 cents
was the ruling rate, now but is charged. and
the holiday and Sunday rates are no different,
as 1 see they are here"
Your story about the travels OF lost hat in
a Kansas sandstorm reminds me OF a similar
incident" said Tom Mckay yesterday. Gan
uncle of NINE who in 1857 lived near New Will
mington, Pennsylvania picked up a sheet OF
writing paper in his wheatfeld one day which
he found 10 be railroad waybill for some goods
shipped from Cleveland to a town cali Brace
Vile In Ohio. Some days after the papers
brought the news of the destruction of Brace
vile by terrible hurricane, and as the scene of
the Storm was over 100 miles from where the
paper was picked up ii must have been carried
that distance by the wind"
Tom Means OF Portland was at the Occidental
yesterday. DO you reeollect the case OF the
Swede named Carlson who was accidentally
thrown across q steam wood-saw some months
ago." he asked. well, the man has nearly
recovered. although it was thought his injuries
would surely prove fatal. He had cash cut
across his breast bone and ribs which exposed
his lungs and other internal organs TO view. and
The doctors have been able to watch with the
naked eye the peculiar expansion and con-
traction OF the mans breathing apparatus"
"The title OF prince, particularly as it applies
liz Russia, is apt 10 mislead people in their be-
lief that man OF great importance is among
them when In reality he Is of very common
clay" said R. w. Howson, traveller of expe-
rence, at the Occidental yesterday. In the
country / mention the title is so common there
Its bearers are more common than are colonies
and majors in the South. In the Caucasus
every large owner of sheep is called a prince
and is addressed as Your bighness' just as are
the sons of the Oldest prnceiy families"
L. w. Juilliard OF Santa Rosa is guest at
the Lick. Mr.. JuIlliard Is well known in
political circles and is major 10 the Fifth
Regiment, n. q. c.
j. H. Van Wrinkle, a newspaper man of
Minneapolis, Is at the Grand with his family.
They intend taking up their permanent resi-
dence In this State.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.