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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10

would, with care and judgment, support
many hundred people with vegetables and
potatoes and thus materially lessen the
wants OF the poor of San Francisco.
1here are many other places equally as
good that can be utilized for this purpose.
Ihe lslals Creek district, the Bay View
district, Ocean View district and innumer-
able lots scattered all over the City could
be converted into beautiful and profitable
vegetable gardens and give employment
ana 1000 to thousands of worthy people
nov now out OF employment and in distress.
Inc money spent in charity, in the most
Illuminating sense of the word, would
nearly suffice for blowing and seeding the
lands mentioned. There is no doubt the
landholders in this City arespublic-spirited
enough to give the use of some OF their
spare lands to SO worthy purpose. The
experiment in Detroit demonstrated very
important fact: The value OF the lands
value.
Commissioner Fitzgerald will confer
with a number of prominent people who
are interested in the poor of this City with
the view OF undertaking similar work In
San Francisco. The plan has already been
favorably discussed, and there is fair
chance that it will be acted upon here this
year. The iateness of the season will not
cut such figure in this City as in the
East, Tor vegetables can be grown on this
peninsula all the year round.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10
JUSTICE FIELD ARRIVES
The Veteran Jurist of the SUI
preme Bench Will Remain
Some Time.
ON THE NICARAGUA CAN AL
Eastern Sentiment so Strong In Its
Favor That 1t Must Be
Built Soon.

Justice Stephen J. Field arrived from
Washington yesterday and will remain on
the coast several months. With him are
Mrs. Field, Mrs. J. Condlt-Smith, Miss
Condit Smith and Miss Mary o. Condit
Smith. The party is staying at the Palace
Hotel.
Judge Field said yesterday that he came
out on account of his health and to get
away from the heat of the East and into
the cool breezes of San Francisco. His
knee, which was injured many years ago,
is giving him considerable trouble.
Judge Field had not heard of the ap-
polntment of Mr.. Harmon as Attorney
General, but did not remember him.
Speaking of Mr.. Olney, the new Secretary
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10
FELL DOWN IN A TRENCH.
An Accident That Happened to Horse
of the Baldwin Hotel
Bins.

A gang of men in the employ of the Edi-
son Electric Light Company were engaged
yesterday in laying underground wires on
the south side of Market street near Sixth,
and in order to make connection with a
portion of the system on the north side of
the street they dug trench across Market
street, except a portion on the south side
wide enough to allow vehicle to pass.
Sunday was chosen for this work because
there is less travel on that day than any
other day of the week.
A man was stationed at the center of the
street to warn approaching teams and make
them turn to the portion left open for their
use. The Baldwin Hotel coach approached
on the northern cable track, and the fore
man raised his hand as warning, but the
driver did not pay any attention to it, for
he kept right on, thinking that he could
drive along the track which had not been
disturbed by the excavators. He kept on
until his horses were at the trench.
Then he suddenly attempted to pull
them up. but in doing so the off horse
slipped. The driver tried to save the horse
and in pulling on the lines hauled too
much on the nigh horse and the animal
went into the trench, a narrow one, in such
manner that he could not rise.
The accident soon attracted large
| crowd of people, and inside Of five minutes
a hundred suggestions were offered as to
the best means of putting the horse on his
feet again. Finally practical individual
with the assistance of others, removed the
harness from the horse, got him on his
feet, and planks being thrown down into
the trench, one end resting on bank, an
| incline was formed and the horse was led
up to the pavement.
The animal was not hurt, but the cable
cars were stopped for about twenty
minutes.
After the accident two f1agmen were
placed at the trench to warn drivers off
and prevent any further mishaps.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10
REINDEER AND WEATHER.
An Agent OF the Government Goes Nortl
to Look After NimbIe Deer.

to LOOK After MN Die Deer.
The whaling bark w. H. Meyer sailed
from this port on last Friday on whaling
VOYAGE in the northern seas, via ST. Law
renee Island, Point Clarence and Cape
Prince of Wales. She has on board as pas
senger ]. Widstead of the United States
Department of Agriculture who is bound
for the extreme northern territory of the
United States to inquire into the condition
of the reindeer in that part of the country
and to devise means to increase their num-
Der.
These animals, like the buffalo and the
seal, have been chased and destroyed in
such a reckless manner by individuals who
killed them only for their hides and horns
that they are likely to become extinct in a
few years unless some steps are taken to
preserve them. The reindeer, as is well
known, is most useful animal to the in
habitants of the far north. The animal
takes the place of the horse, it supplies
food to the natives of that country, fur
nishes raiment and grease and candles.
The supply was always greater than the
needs of the natives, but when the hunters
came along and commenced the wholesale
slaughter of the animals then the supply
diminished to such an extent that the
natives complained and the attention of
the authorities at Washington was drawn
to the matter, with the result that Mr..
Widstead has been sent to investigate and
act in the premises.
Mr. Widstead has also taken with him a
number of instruments placed in his
charge by Forecast Officer Harmon to be
distributed at various points along the
upper northern coast where weather sta
tons are to be established. From these
places the weather bureau in this City will
receive reports that will be of great assist
ance in making deductions. There are
already number of observation points in
| that region, but the additional ones to be
established will increase the value of the
service.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10
An Enjoyable Outing.

The campers excursion to the Santa Cruz
Mountains Saturday was enjoyed byia large
number of pleasure-seekers who were taken to
the various points of interest in that pictur-
esque country. The outing was under the per-
sonal supervision of Colonel w, II. Mention of
the Southern Pacific Company. Before the ex-
cursion party returned to town vote of thanks
attention
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10
LADIES' UNDERWEAR
DEPARTMENT!
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
THIS WEEK!

25 Ladies' Colored Silk Waists $500 each
40 Ladies' Colored Silk Waists $3.50 each
IS Ladies' Colored Silk Waists $500 each
SO Ladies' Colored Silk Waists $500 each
Is Ladies' Colored Silk Skirts $500 each
35 Ladies' Colored Silk Skirts $500 each
40 Ladies Colored Silk Skirts 5000 each
80 Ladies' COlored Silk Skirts $1,000 each
IS Ladies' Pongee Skirts 49, $500 each
so Ladies' HairclOth Skirts : $3.50 each
so Ladies' Haircl0th Skirts - $3.50 each
IS Ladies Black MOreen Skirts $3.50 each
Our stock of the above goods cannot be
surpassed for elegance of Colorings and at
the prices given are the best values we have
ever offered.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10
UNDER PRESS AUSPICES.

Inc Annual Show to Be Held at the
Columbia Theater.
whenever the Press Club has to an
nounce Its annual entertainment at one of
tne leading theaters of this City there is
always Joy in the bosoms of ali lovers of
the drama, for it is always like visiting
every leading show at the same time, so
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10

An indispensable article used by the Es-
kimos when making holes in the ice is a
scoop-shaped tool attached to the end of a
pole. 1t is about six inches in diameter,
made of bone bent round with strips OF
whalebone
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10
To Safe Deposit Renters.

The Union Trust Company of San Francisco
corner of Market, Montgomery and Post streets,
offers to the public safes for rent in the
strongest, best guarded, best lighted and most
modern vaults west of Chicago at from 81 to
$15o per annum. Valuables OF all kinds stored
at reasonable rates
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10

THERE is an article on the market seldom
equaled and never exceiled-Jesse Moore Whis-
Ky. Moore. HUM & Co. guarantee its purity
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10

The skin of the Indian is thinner than
that of either the white or the negro, and
more easily torn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16

The Governor of Vermont has brought
a suit for libel against a newspaper in
that State. laying his damages at $5O.0Oc.
The suit grows out of the prohibitory
law in Vermont The Governor owns a
hotel at Burlington, which he runs on
his own account. and also drug store
across the street from the hotel. The
paper charged him with violating the
law by selling or furnishing intoxicat-
ing liquors to the guests of the hotel. He
denied the charge and demanded re-
traction, which was refused, hence the
suit. 1t is said the prosecution will not
attempt to deny that liquor was obtained
by guests of the hotel, but will under
take to prove that it was not obtained
agent of the hotel owner. but purchased
outside by bell-boys acting on their own
motion. The Governor says If guests
of the house have persuaded any Of his
employees to act as their agents to pro-
cure liquor for them, such employees
must have obtained it outside of the no.
tel, and in so doing they acted on their
OWL Responsibility, anu dl tnelr- own
peril. To this the paper quotes the law:
IF person by himself, clerk servant
or agent, sells. furnishes or gives away"
etc. The case involves a close question
as to the responsibility of an employer
for acts of his agents in the line of his
employment. If it should appear that
liquor was furnished by the -bell-boys
or walters in the regular line Of bust
ness, and that the profits went to the
hotel, the Governor would probably be
held responsible. but not if his employees
were doing side business on their own
responsibility and account. Even in
that case, however, If it should appear
that they bought the liquor at the Gov
ernors drug store. across the way, it
would place him in rather bad predica-
ment, and If it was as bad as drugstore
liquor has the reputation of being, the
jury may give a verdict of damages
against the plaintiff. The moral of the
case seems to be that the Governor III &
prohibition State had better keep out
of the hotel and drug business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16

tractors. In fact, the most that can be
said against the Board of Public Works
is that they have proceeded too rapidly
with the improvements. That is a mat
ter Of Judgment Just what pace would
give general satisfaction would be diff
ficult TO determine. There has been no
more general howl than that made at
Mayor Denny's board because it did not
rush into extensive improvements at the
outset. IL boards only improved the
streets for which the property-owners
demanded improvements, we should yet
have wretched streets and would never
become modern city. And now that the
work has been begun, IL must be carried
forward on the sewerage system and
also on the streets. Fewer miles may be
paved, but to stop short IN the improve
ment Of streets would be- a greater IN
justice TO those who have paid ana are
paying for good streets than the paving
of other streets needing it can be to
those who own property along them
Such being the case, to attempt to get
even with a set of officials by voting
against the ticket of the party they
represent seems petulant and absurd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16

and Octave Thanet-are not at their best
Davis's contribution, to put Ii plainly. Is
twaddle: Hopes is the improbable history
or childish people who do not know their
own minds for three consecutive days,
while Octave Thanet brings her pathos TO
the verge of the melodramatc. Genuine
dramatic force is shown in Noah Brooks
story.
The wide. IL transient. popularity Of a
class of Objectionable novels is shrewdly
accounted for by writer in Backwood's
Magazine. The article. which is reproduced
In the current Eclectic under the title
Iommyrotics," declares that what We
lack nowadays is a school of sound. fearless
and vigorous criticism. The public. who.
IN things literary and artistic. largely re-
semoies flock of sheep. knows not where
70 look for guidance. The hungry sheep
look up. and not fed'-unless IL be with
the snrill piping of rival log-rollers. Scrib-
Diers ana poetasters strut and peacock
across the literary stage. and each one tells
the other what fine fellow he is. Brown.
VINO Is himself a writer of verse, thinks
mat Robinson's poetry unites the majesty
or Milton. the myriad-mindedness of
Snakspeare, the music and idealiSm of
Shelley-all within the covers of a single
diminutive volume. Are these critics victims
or megalomania,' or are they simply en-
gaglng in the good, o,d-fashioned business
or scratching each others backsT He
concludes that ii is the latter, and that the
public, being misled temporarily, accepts
the verdict and reads the trash as 1t comes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

One Of the clubs of Pittsburg, the b.
hemian, has opened subscription for funds
for the erection of monument to the mem
DRY OF Stephen q. Foster, the composer OF
Oh, Susannah!' Old Folks at. Home and
the 'Old Kentucky Home
Beer frozen to the consistency of the ordi.
nary water ices of the ice-cream saloons
Philadelphia on Sundays as a means OF
lodging the rigid excise laws. 1t is called
hops frappe," and is vastly popular.
The assessed valuation of the town OF
Sioux City. Ia, this year is little more
than half what it was last year. Last year
1t was put at $17,OC0.000. while this year il
is but S.693,OO0. The amazing contrast
boom estimates of the value of real estate
and the actual worth.
DR.. Nordau is indignant over the state
ment that his real name is Simon Sud.
field. He says that at the age of fifteen
for reasons that were OF no interest to
strangers, he assumed the name OF Nordau
ana ns In ls7S had his act officially and legally
name is Nordau and not Sudfeld.
Artist John Sargent seldom makes an err
ror In his historical paintings, but curious
one is claimed to have been discovered in
his Moses" Not only has Mr.. Sargent
omitted the eighth commandment from the
tables OF stone; but ne has used wrong
thus producing an utterly meaningless
combination.
1t is not considered very probable In Eng
land that there will be any national MEM
orial raised to Prof. Huxley. but the idea
of forming Huxley scholarship and giving
a medal in connection with the Charing
Cross Hospital and Medical School seems
likely to be successful. The first meeting
m N a
luton In favor of founding the scholarship.
Ex-senator William NJ. Evarts spends
most OF his time at his summer home in
Windsor, VT. 1t is difficult for him either
TO read or write. though he takes great
interest in the news of the day. Recently
a neighbor asked the ex-senator IL he made
cs ths farm with Was ene d
off from it and charging nothing put on"
neighbors to be model farmer.
Mr.. Leonard Courtney. according to a
London paper story, has performed the
most striking feat of the recent elections.
He arranged to address the fishermen at
Portwrnkle. but on arriving at the village.
with Mrs. Courtney. he found that the men
gagged boat and they were rowed to the
fishing smacks, where he delivered speech
to the fishermen. The fishermen, 1t is al
Is geo, asked QueSllOuS, anu, DcluS Sdlisltu
with his replies, carried a vote of conf
dence in the enterprising candidate.
A number of enterprising college girls of
Hillsdale, Mich. are earning money during
the summer to pay next winters tuition
by serving as walters in a summer hotel
at Little Traverse Bay. They all went on
a strike recently because beefsteak was
dropped from their bill Of fare for break
fast. In one day after their withdrawal
the landlord realized the value of his fair
handmaidens' services, and accordingly ac-
ceded to their demands. 1t is said that
now the best that the house affords is at
the disposal of the independent young
wompu
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

The silver question:: Can you lend me a
ouarter?-Cincinnati Tribune.
You should never argue unless you know
that you are in the wrong.-New York
Evening Sun.
Many a man foolshly imagines that he
can cure the blues by painting the town
red.-Philadelphia Record.
1t requires considerable genius for a man
to relate his woes and keep his friends
interested-Atchison Globe.
Holmes laughs at the story that he
kept a restaurant at the worlds fair.
Holmes must be fiend.-Detroit Tribune.
When you show some men favor. in
stead of appreciating 1t. they fiatter them
selves that they have worked you.-Atchi-
son Globe.
If the Indiana druggist who thinks it
sport 20 get men drunk will advertise
properly he will never lack patients.-Chi-
cago Post.
Senator PETER would undoubtedly like
to be reelected. but he would hardly con-
sent to go in by a close shave.-Kansas
City Journal.
Murderer Holmes is writing a book.
There appears to be absolutely no limita-
ton TO the depravity of this man.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
II may be that recent events will con-
vince our missionaries that it is not a
good thing to play so far of their bases.
Washington Post.
Yes, Anxious Fiance." matrimony is
sometimes bitter medicine. But 1t is not
likely to be If you first shake" the bottle.
Chicago Tribune.
With all his boasted love OF economy.
Secretary Morton hasn't yet crossed the
lightning bug with the bee so that. the
latter can work In the night time Wash
ingtOn Capital
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16

total visible supply s.5o0.00O bales. AS
experience shows that. in ordinary times.
II takes 100000 bales Of American
grown cotton to supply the demand, the
above estimate would leave a shortage
Of 100000 bales 1t is claimed that
this deficit will inevitably cause
an advance in price. Although cotton is
a local crop it forms so large an element
in the prosperity of large section of
the country that everybody is interest
ed in seeing 1T command a good price.
and all the more now because Southern
planters have been in hard luck for some
years past
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16

The silver Democratic conference in
Washington seems to be a dismal failure.
1t was announced as conference of
leaders, but aside from a few ex-Confed-
crate politicians in Congress. few lead
ers or few rank and file were present.
Those who look for the Democratic lead
ers who are silyerites or who are alleged
to be silverites. representing Indiana.
will find but one name representing the
State, Mr.. A. w. Clark. Five hundred
voters in Indiana never heard of Mr..
Clark where one can be found who could
tell about him. He is the editor Of a
Democratic paper in Greensburg. If the
Journal is correctly informed. No DEM
ocrat will recognize him as leader. and
yet, he speaks for all Indiana. Mr.. Helm
richsen, Of Illinois, shares with Cover
nor Altgeld the leadership of one of the
Democratic parties in Illinois. He may
be a leader. Ex-Congressman Yoder,
Of Ohio, may be leader, now that the
meaning Of the word has been broadened
to mean anybody who appears unauthor-
lied at conference. Not self CONSTITUTE
ed leader appeared in the conference from
the New England States, New York,
Pennsylvania or New Jersey in the East
and not one from Michigan, Wisconsin,
and but one each from Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky. And this is the response
to a call of leaders issued at the Mem
phis convention, of which Senator Tur-
pie was president and one Of the movers
for the Washington conference.
Why was not Senator Turpie there with
his stagnant wisdom? Has he taken
and scrambled down from the tempo
rary notoriety which he achieved two
months ago among those of the silver
ties who do not know him? There was
the late Representative Brookshire in
Washington and about the edge Of the
so-called conference, but he disappeared.
Have the alleged stipends of General
Warner and the bumptious Bryan, of Ne
braska. been reduced or cut of. that
were the Democratic silver leaders?
No one thing has so clearly demon
strated the rapid decline of the silver
craze OF last March and April as the
failure of this conference of so-called
leaders. The call was heralded with a
flourish of trumpets to the Democratic
leaders of the free-silver movement
throughout the country. but not a prom
inent Democrat from the North appears.
In fact, the only men ever heard of in
the short list Of leaders are Senators
Harris, Of Tennessee; Jones. of Arkan-
sas. and Daniel. of Virginia. The slogan
of such leaders cannot recall the stray
glers from the Democratic silver army,
much less attract recruits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-16
MAGAZINE NOTES.

The English magazines afford good
measure of cream" this month, which
has been well SKINNED by the Eclectic.
Godey's Magazine has added itself to the
ten-cent list, but has not thereby lessened
its pictorial and literary attractions. Read
ers of the old-time Cooley would hardly rec
ognize this up-to-date successor.
The latest booklets in Ebert Hubbards
series of Little Journeys to the Homes of
the Good and Great have Thackeray and
Wordsworth for their themes. They are
pleasant essays. having an agreeable indl-
vidual touch, but contain an occasional
colloquialism that strikes harshly.
The mid-August issue of the Chap Book
Is chiefly occupied by IAN incident of de-
pravity in five acts" called THE wooing
of Penelope 1t is clever bit of rhyming.
but the incident is Of very ancient flavor
and hardly Justifies the space given TO II
in strictly literary magazine. Produced as
intended in shadow pantomime, however.
the narrative would doubtless be success
Speaking of people who read. an editorial
writer in Scribner points out that the old
rule that a man NAV be judged by what
he reads does not apply to certain class of
these persons. ITO the habitual reader"
he says. reading becomes as necessary as
alcohol TO the dram-drinker- 1t doesn
seem to make any violent amount OF differ
ence what he reads. but he must sit in a
chair certain length of time every day
and rest his eyes and his mind on a print
ed page You can no more judges such a
person by the book company he keeps than
you can judge lunatic by the qualities OF
his keepers. His reading is habit. 1t never
turns TO energy. never influences action.
He sleeps better after it-that Is ALL
The August Scrbner Is called fiction
number. but not a few readers will find en-
tertainment in f. Hopkinson Smiths de-
scription Of Edwin A. Abbeys pastels and
his methods OF work. The Illustrations are
reproductions of pictures lately on exhibi-
ton In Boston The short stories are by
Anthony Hope, II. c. Bunner. Richard
Harding Davis, Noah Brooks. Octave Thanet
and Charles Van Blarcom, respectively. Or
these writer's at least three-Davis. Hope