davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

While the condition of the City finances
precludes the undertaking OF any extern
sive work in the way of improvement at
present. the time is nevertheless opportune
for considering the subject and impressing
its Importance upon the public mind. The
lull in National and State politics gives oc-
casion for an undivided attention to NUM-
cipal affairs and permits of the fullest and
fairest study of the conditions and needs
of the City. 1t is with more than ordinary
satisfaction therefore that every progress
sive citizen can note what is being done by
various civic organizations to make cam
paign of education in street improvement;
aided, we are glad to say, by our vigorous
contemporary, the Examiner.
Any comprehensive study of the subject
will, we believe, lead all intelligent
| men to the conclusion that the improve
ments needed in the immediate future
will require the bonding of the City to
raise the money required for the work.
1t is to this policy that progressive citizens
must sooner or later be committed, nor do
we know of any reason why they should
hesitate to adopt it at once. The affairs of
growing city cannot be administered like
those of town which has ceased to grow
and where there is no demand for new
streets, new sidewalks, new sewers and
new improvements of every kind. The or
binary revenues of the City are sufficient
for its ordinary needs if economically adj
ministered, but they are not sufficient for
| those great works of permanent utility
whose first cost is great simply because
they are permanent and are not mere mat
tiers of yearly repair and maintenance.
Every city noted for the excellence of its
| municipal work, whether in America or in
Europe, has achieved that excellence by
borrowing the money to pay for it. Bor-
rowed money wisely expended is not a
burdensome debt. 1t soon saves for the
community far more than the sum bor-
rowed and the interest on it, This is par
ticularly true of money expended in street
improvement. No other work yields a
better return to community. The wear
and tear of the vehicles engaged in traffic
on the cobblestones of our streets are enor-
nous and represent large expense to
merchants every year. The saving in this
direction alone would be great, and that
saved by the increase in the weight of the
loads which could be hauled over better
paved streets would be hardly less.
The prime object of all discussion of mu-
nicipal improvement at this time therefore
should be the education of the people on
the policy of bond issue to provide the
Improvements. We must follow the ex-
ample of progressive cities ii we expect to
achieve equal results. We need improve
ments of all kinds as soon as we can get
them, and it is mere folly to hesitate to
borrow the money to pay for them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

Printers are threatened with greater danger
than they need fear from the introduction Of
machines. A So 900, 600 heiress OF Boston has
fnaugurated new fad by marrying typo
tourist Head for the woods, boys, when you
take to the road, for there will not be 'seor-
poraFs guard" left of US after the epidemic
has taken good hold OF the heiresses. There
are many of them and few Of us--who would
make the sacrifice.-Pacffic Union Printer.
Fuddy-You say that Cheffery has slain his
thousands. Has he been soldier or are you
only joking and mean that he is physician?
Duddy-My dear fellow, never was more
serious in my life. No, sir he is neither soldier
nor doctor. He is the publisher OF cook book.
Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Toogood--I don't see how it is that men
find SO much pleasure in such brutal business
as prize-ighting?
Broken Face Bill don't see how we kin
help 1T, lady. The women is crowdin' us men
out of all the professions and they amt nothfn'
else fer us ter do. That's the only reason Pm
in it, lady.-Roxbury Gazette.
she-one can judge the character of a. man
by his opinion of women.
He-Yes?
she-Yes. Now what kind Of a man would
you say always held women in the highest
esteem?.
He-A bachelor, 4 should think-Detroit
Free Press.
Sizzer-The Gear OF Russia would make an
awful good modern playwriter.
Whizzer-What makes you think that?
sizzer-Because he hates plots.-Philadelph
Inquirer.
"Why, she actually cut Mr.. Storfington, and
storfiington, you know, is one of the better
sort"
Eyes; choice cuts come high now. but we
must nave EN-. Boston Transcript.
Nay" said the young editress, coldly, to her
penniless lover, task me not to break every
tradition of my chosen calling. 1 cannot re-
turn your love, for it is unaccompanied by
stamps. Life.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
Music and
Musicians.

The following is one of the latest criticisms
on the French composer, Saint-Saens, who is at
present wandering in the Orient to seek in
sp1ratlon for his sBrunhilde": "Saint-Saens
is woodworking fellow, q spouting vol
cano of new forms, new effects, each more
bizarre, less expected than the last. He writes
for orchestra if it alone had been his lifelong
study; for organ or piano or violin or cello,
as we have hitherto supposed they could only
be written for by specialist virtuosos. Appar-
emily he is acquainted with and master over
the Oldest and newest devices in the mechan-
ism OF composition, and he certainly knows
well how TO mix every shade of orchestral
color used on the. modern music painters
palette. He works marvels, yet one cannot
resist the suspicion that his artistic personality
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

siye. The mines in the vicinity of Jackson dis
burse about SAC, 900 monthly and the result is
good times in that town.
Ex-Speaker John Lynch of San Bernardino
County is at the Baldwin When he left home
the prospects for large crop OF lemons were
very gratifying.
julius A. Palmer, who has been for many
years correspondent of the Boston Transcript,
and who has lately been to the Hawaiian
Islands as special correspondent for the New
York Evening Post, came in on the Australia
yesterday, and is guest at the California,
where he will stay several days.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
The Check Was 'WortbIess.

Henry Bre of Bre & Lewis, clothiers, III
Sixth street, swore out warrant in Judge
Joaehimsen's court yesterday for the arrest Of
B. Alexander on the charge of obtaining goods
by false pretenses. Alexander had a shoe
store at 113 Sixth street, but sold out on Mon
day. That day he bought $50 suit of clothes
from Bre d. Lewis and gave them in payment
a check on the London and San francisco
Bank. When Bre presented the check at the
bank he was told that Alexander had no ac.
count there. Alexander has gone to Victoria,
b. C,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
Charges Fraud.

Luigi Ghielmetti has sued Mark Levy, J. Elm.
stein and Einstein & Levy for $500, and that
defendant, Mark Levy, be imprisoned for fraud
until the same is paid. The plaintiff AYERS that
ne lent the sum asked on the security of .
and that the receipt was afterWard deIivered ~
on the latter's behalf. SOU
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
Conference of German Baptist..

The German Baptist churches of California
and Oregon will hold their first annual confer
ence, beginning next Thursday evening at g
o'clock. An Introductory sermon will be
preached at the First German Baptist Church,
by Rev. William Rabe of Portland, Or. Ses.
sions will be held the following days and
preaching every evening, including Sunday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The picnic season seems to have been a
dead frost all over the lake region.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Shutting off the City lights won't keep
the deficit dark.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Until we have better pavements no one
can live on Easy street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The Sacramento Valley editors are evil
IDENTIFY determined TO supply the valley
with new dress and issue its industries in
an enlarged form.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

A few nights of dark streets will incline
everybody 70 bond the City and make
light of it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The extension of the railway is bringing
about the inevitable result in America OF
localizing the production of all the leading
articles of consumption.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

HOODS Sarsaparila purifies the blood. It pive
strength, appetite and refreshing sleep. 1t cure
every form Of disease which has its origin in tn,
blood. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla now.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

There would not be so many festivals in
California if there were not so many reasons
for rejoicing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

1t is said Tom Reed can speak English,
French and Italian and is now studying
Spanish, but we notice he always talks
straight-out Americanism.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Westward the fruit-grower must take his
way if he desires a sure thing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Those who insist that arbitration would
settle all disputes seem to overlook the
function of the courts and the duty to re-
frain from disagreeing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

. San Francisco has a good opportunity
now to get public library her people can
be proud of.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Economy should illumine our path and
not leave us in the dark.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

No sort OF moral reform can precede
knowledge of how the commonest affairs
Of life can be managed wisely.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

1t must be comforting for the residents
of the San Joaquin Valley to read of the
profits secured by the Southern Pacific
Company in 1894.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

A sneer is easier than wisdom. and flip
pancy is the slide on which Folly flies
down, screaming with laughter, to drown
ing water.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

If the bicyclists make an earnest fight
for good streets the time viii soon come
when cobblestones will be remembered
with shudder
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

anything of the mysterious problem of strug.
glieg for the first time with powerful orches-
ira. In addition to this there is the emotion
OF finding oneself for the first time the cyno-
sure OF two thousand pairs of eyes.
lady whose name is withheld from a Curl
Gus public is said to have written an opera I'M
der the inspiration OF Beethoven's ghost. This
work is to be presented in London in the course
of the season. Beethoven. it appears, has been
distressed for q good while because he could
not find a mortal capable of executing his
ideas. All the music that has been pent up in
him since he died will. no doubt, come out in
the opera, which has already been gravely ac-
cepted by many spiritualists in London as a
serious undertaking.
Music says: at was rather an ill-natured
man, who, when asked how he had liked
Tristan and Isolde said he liked it extremely
and did not remember ever before having at
tended grand opera where there was nobody
who could sing that he had enjoyed so well.
AS vocal criticism, this was not quite wide,
and as art appreciation, also, it was rather
close. For in Tristan it is not question OF
singing, but of orchestral throbbing, singing
and soul-stirring."
Cyril Taylor, boy soprano no longer, says
that while he was visiting Patti in Wales she
promised to sing Juliette to his Romeo when
his voice shall have changed 10 TENOR, rs ~
probably will. AS Patti seems truly perennial,
perhaps her promise may be fulfilled.
An italian paper, the Csrriere della Sera, an
nounces with all seriousness that Mascagni is
about TO visit Paris-not for musical purposes,
but to challenge the French champion, NJ.
Vlgnaux, to billiard match.
Zaltan Dome, the Hungarian tenor who is
engaged to marry Nine. Nordica, has been en-
gagged by the Paris Grand Opera-house. He
will make his debut there in November.
The fairy opera, "Hansel and Gretel," has
reached it's hundredth performance in London
and shows no diminution in popularity.
Gilbert's comic opera, ellis Excellency," is
going to Berlin and Vienna.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

1t is a foolish man who spends his time
mourning over lost opportunities instead
of looking round for new ones.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The only exultation that would be seemly
over the destruction of so much of the
Eastern fruit by frost is that based on the
ability of California to supply the loss.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Van Dykes mother was quite an art
critic, with very correct appreciation of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The best plant to cultivate on the Pacific
Coast Just now is the factory plant.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

People who make no progress make
nothing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

While we are talking of festivals and
progress our Eastern friends are discussing
nothing but politics and baseball.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Sooner or later the fruit factories must
come where the orchards are and meet the
fruit half way.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

THOSE who seek relief from pain and weakne.
should use PARKER's GINGER Tonic
HINDERCoRNs, the best cure for corns Is cen,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

recommend the use Of DR.. Siegert's Angos-
tura Bitters to our friends who suffer with dyspep
STA.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

ments in the City it will be difficult to find
silurian.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

IfCleveland leaves the Democratic party
the only place for him will be a hole in tn
ground.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Shipping fresh frnit across the continent
may be risky, but it is not half so much so
as trying to grow it in the frost belt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
PEOPLE. TALKED ABOUT.

William Hope Harvey, the author of "Coin's
Financial School, !" was born in Buffalo, w. Va,
in August, 1851. His father was Virginian
of Scotch-English extraction, a descendant Of
the famous Harvey who discovered the circula-
ton of the blood. His mother was Miss Hope,
OF Irish descent. He received slender educa-
ton in a. country loghouse school and a rustic
academy, doing teamwork between times, AT
16 he taught school, and later studied law.
The French sculptor Jules Roulleau died in
Paris the other day at the age of 40. In the
opinion OF many he was at the head of the
younger French sculptors. Among his best
known works is the statue of Joan of Arc at
Chinon, near Tours. AT the time of his death
ne had about finished the monument to the
memory OF President Carnot for the city of
Nolay.
The Rev. Charles II. Strong, rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Savannah, Ca, has
followed the example of the Rev. Dr.. R. Heber
Newton, and repudiated the doctrine that the
physical body of Christ was raised from the
grave.
Kaiser William has forbidden the officers and
men OF the Berlin garrison to smoke in the
principal streets of the city, in consequence OF
irregularities in the salute offered to his
Majesty and the members of the royal family.
Nine: Muhling, who has translated many
French dramas into German, celebrated the
hundredth anniversary of her birth in Berlin
on April15. She is still hale and hearty.
/: The Rev. William ]. Petrie who has been
pastor of the Church of Our Savior, Chicago,
for twenty years, has resigned, and will travel
in Europe.
The latest description of the Chinese Empe.
rOr DOrtrays him as fslookinp ahout ~ thin.
shouldered, narrow-chested frail, WORKOUT
boy"
Charles Dickens, the younger, has succeeded
the late James Slime as literary adviser to the
house of Macmillan & Co., in London
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Healdsburg dons. its holiday attire to
day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Put your pencil down at random on any
part of the map of the Pacific Coast, and
You will touch locality where a new en-
terprise is either under way or on the way.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

FOR ALLAYING HoARsENEss AND IRRITATION
o o THE THROAT. use .'Bro1c7fs Broncha4 Troches'
z5c hox. Avoid limitations,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The ways OF enterprise are always win
ming ways.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

FINEST sauternes, haut-sauternes and dessert
wines. Mchns d Kaltenbach, % Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

|: The Rev. William ]. Petrie who has been
pastor of the Church of Our Savior, Chicago,
for twenty years, has resigned, and will travel
In EurOpe,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Nine. Muhling, who has translated many
French dramas into German, celebrated the
hundredth anniversary of her birth in Berlin
on April15. She is still hale and hearty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

According to the latest report the mines
of West Australia are in bad situation,
for not only is there very little gold in the
region, but there isn't enough water to
water the stock.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Hard work. overcomes hard times.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

An italian paper, the Csrriere della Sera, an
nounces with all seriousness that Mascagnl Is
about to visit Paris-not for musical purposes
but to challenge the French champion, M
Vlgnaux, to q billiard match.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

csYsrAILuED ginger, Csc lb, Townsend,s. .
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Zaltan Dome, the Hungarian tenor who is
engaged to marry Nine. Nordica, has been en-
gagged by the Paris Grand Opera-house. He
will make bis debut there in November.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

BACON Printing Company, sos Clay street
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The latest description of the Chinese Empe-
ror portrays him as Cooking about II, thin
shouldered, narrow-chested, frail, WORKOUT
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

If the report that the Half-million Club
is willing to receive advice should induce
all who are eager to give it to come to San
Francisco it would grow to be a Two
million Club inside of a year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

1t was graceful act of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce to pass resolutions
indorsing the efforts of the Half-million
Club to bring about better understanding
between the different sections of the State,
and certainly if Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco continue to work together to that end
there can be no doubt of the result.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16
New California is the watchword.

THURSDAY MAY IT, 1895
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

The fairy opera, "Hansel and Gretel," has
reached its hundredth performance in London
and shows no diminution in popularity.
Gilbert's comic opera, ellis Exceilency," is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Charles Dickens, the younger, has succeeded
the late James Sine as a literary adviser to the
house of Macmillan & Co., in London.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

As more than 9OO, 600 pounds of overland
freighrs were shipped from San Jose last
week as against little more than 100000
pounds for the corresponding week of 1894
it appears that Santa Clara intends to keep
up her annual practice of breaking her own
records.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-16

Tariff reformers say the revival in trade
is due to Che Wilson bill, the ,monometal-
lists say it is due to the gold standard, but
business men know it is due to hard work
and energy in the face of obstacles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-26
Will 1Ove Soon.

Rev. Chas. Madsen, for the past seven
wears pastor OF the Moravian church in
Centra,ia, has received a call to Union
vile, Michigan, and has decided to
accept. The work in his present field
has been very hard for him owing to
poor health His congregation are 10th
to see him 30 and his decision was
made reluctantly, but he expects Il
change of climate may be beneficial.
He will find Il larger congregation III
the Michigan town with much less
work connected than he has had here
at home. He will also find self
supporting congregation there, while in
Centralia his work was remunerated by
home missions. Rev. A. Peterson, of
Ephraim, Door county, Wis, will
succeed Rev. Madsen nd is expected
about the last Of October. The present
pastor will continue until the Rev.
Peterson comes. A report of work
done during the seven years of his
direction will be included in Rev.
Madsen's farewell sermon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-26
Hospital! in Tomah.

While in Tomah last week we we're
nicely entertained by DR.. Simonson
between trains at his railroad hospital.
The building was undergoing some i'm
proyements at that time to make it
complete IN all its appointments. We
found nine patients there, two of whom
were from this city, Mr. w. J. Shea.
who was beng treated for throat trouble,
and George Burchell who is suffering
with a shortage in his right leg. Tie
hospital is provided with all the modern
appliances for treatment. Medicated
and electric baths are given and the
bath rooms are perfect in their service.
The bed rooms are furnished with all
the appliances for the convenience and
comfort of the patients. The bedsteads
are iron and can be raised and lowered
with patent appliances attached there
to very easily. This hospital is supplied
with patients principally from the c.
NJ. & St. Paul railroad system, but other
patients are taken when the railroad
business Is not crowding them. The
Doctor don't change. He is the same
affable, genial person as of old. He is
always glad to see his friends and knows
how to entertain them. People suffer-
ing with the ills attendant with this life
can find no better place than this home
for kind and efficient treatment.