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The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
CHICAGO rs ALARMED.

The violent attack of the Chicago Tribune
on the San Francisco Traffic Association,
charging that because Traffic Manager
Curtis of the association wrote urging an
Eastern connection of the Southern Pacific
to unite with the latter company in its
reduced schedule of freights between Cali
fornia and Utah points the associa-
tion is the organ of the Southern
Pacific, is valuable only as showing
that Chicago is alarmed over the
prospect of fair competition with San
Francisco, and that the intelligent efforts
of our merchants to secure reasonable
share of the Utah trade is expected to meet
With success. The Tribune's attack and
the alarm which it indicates will be re-
garded by San Francisco merchants as ex-
ceedingly encouraging, and as an incentive
to renewed efforts TO accomplish their
desire.
Our merchants cannot realize too strongly
that when they enter the field as COM
petltors with Chicago they are measuring
their strength with the ablest. shrewdest
and most successful men in the country.
We are handicapped by number of OBJ
stacles. These are the greater volume of
Chicago's business, the resulting desire of
the lines between Utah and Chicago not to
antagonize it by showing favors to San
Francisco, and the existence of competing
lines between the two places. These have
been sufficient 80 far TO overcome the ad.
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vantage which San Francisco enjoys on
the score of being SO much nearer to Utah.
1t is difficult to see how the solution of
the problem can be accomplished, though
it is gratifying to know that the merchants
OF San Francisco are working so earnestly
to that end. At present the reduced rates
of the Southern Pacific stop at Ogden, be-
yond which that company cannot reach.
1t would seem that the situation presents
a very strong inducement for the building
of local railroad system in Utah, and
that our merchants could hardly do better
than foster such an enterprise. We may
be sure that if such a necessity were pre-
sented to Chicago it would meet it at once.
Still another plan would be the throwing
of the Union Pacific into the hands of the
Government This would open Salt Lake
and some minor towns to our trade. For
that matter the spanning of the short dis
tance separating Ogden and Salt Lake
would solve a large part of the problem
Further, it is difficult to understand why
the Southern Pacific could not make rate
from San Francisco to Ogden which would
counteract the higher rates from Ogden to
Salt Lake. The company's business, as
might have been expected, has greatly in
creased since it reduced its rates to Ogden
and thus made it possible for our mer-
chants 10 compete with Chicago at that
point, and our business has increased
thereby and our merchants are greatly en-
couraged. Why not extend the plan, with
an expectation of still greater benefits to
all concerned?
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
Personal.

w. P. Thomas, an attorney OF Ukiah, is at the
Grand.
W. T. Blake, newspaper man of Stockton, is
in town.
T. ]. Field, capitalist of Monterey, is guest
at the Palace.
]. NJ. Besse. a merchant of Kings City, is stay
ing at the Grand
A Ekman, a merchant of Oroville, registered
at the Grand yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ Yerrington of Carson,
New, are at the Palace.
E. c. Weinrich, a merchant of Sacramento. is
in the City on flying visit.
Charles c. Derby, superintendent of the New
Almaden quicksilver mine, registered at the
Occidental yesterday.
A. f. Jones, attorney of Oroville came
down yesterday to attend the Miners Conven-
ton and registered at the Palace.
S. w, Heller and wife (nee Stern) returned
yesterday from Europe after an absence of
eighteen months. The occasion of their home
coming was observed last night at their resi-
dence, corner of Leavenworth and Post streets
by welcome rendered them by forty relatives
and friends.
One of the recent guests of the Grand is
Sonora de Campos, granddaughter of General
Gonzales of Guatemala, and her infant son.
They come from one of the most notable cities
OF CenJra1 America. Her stay IN San francisco
will depend on the health of her child, which
is expected to benefit from the bracing climate
of San Francisco. 1t is her intention to leave
for Paris as soon as the little ones health
permits.
The heart of White-Hat Mccarthy is glad
within him, for "Me Lud' is coming back The
great and only J. Talbot Clifton will again
mingle with the excited racetrack throngs,
will once more perambulate Market and
Kearny streets. and twho knows?) will bring
with him something new in the sensational
line. ]. "Tawlbot' is not averse to seeing him.
self reflected in the public retina. Modesty is
not one of his prominent characteristics. But
he is refreshingly interesting at any time, and
San Francisco has no cause to regard him with
any feelings but those of friendly Indulgence.
1 hear that he is expected on or about the 25th
inst. Safe to say that White-Hat will be at the
train to greet him and that society at ''the
track" will extend him cordial welcome.-
Town Talk
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Fred Schumann, the well known range
owner and rifle shot, was in town yesterday
for few hours.
fDid you ever hear the story of Timmany
and his turkeys?" he asked. No one had been
so fortunate, and Schumann proceeded.
"This man Timmany," he said ''is small
rancher over in the country about San Rafael.
One day not very long ago Timmany happened
in to see me about g. forthcoming contest in
which turkeys were to be given as prizes to
the most successful marksmen. The old fellow
confded to me that for some time he had
been raising turkeys on his ranch, and he pro-
posed TO get up match on his own account.
Now, Timmany is not very well up upon the
prowess of our San Francisco rif1e-shots and
this may excuse the absurdity of his plan. He
would have no firing at targets, but, for the
sake of novelty, he would tie a turkey to a
stake on the hillside, pace off 200 yards and
let the competitors blaze away.
THE plan might work. said to Timmany,
but how much will you sell the entry tickets
forT
"Two-bits apiece, said he.
But surely, Mr.. Timmany,' 1 protested,
you will not be so foolish as to sell your tur-
keys for 25 cents eachp
'Timmany did not intend to do anything of
the kind, but he had mistaken idea of the
shsrpshooting ability of our marksmen.
"Well the day arrived, and, agreeably to my
promise, I brought customers to Timmany
He trotted out his fifty or sixty turkeys and
offered tickets for sale. Captain Kuhls and
half dozen other fine shots were ON hand. In
order TO have good joke on Tmmany and
prevent him from refusing to sell more tickets
If we killed too many turkeys we each bought
$5 worth. Then the shooting began. Kuhls
was up first and he missed the bird. Timmany
was delighted. Another man stepped to the
firing place. His shot brought the turkey
down. Another and another fred and half a
dozen turkeys were dead, while Timmany had
only realized a couple of dollars for the lot.
"The sport might have continued until every
bird fell, but something happened just at this
time. Mrs. Timmany, the wife of the sportive
rancher, arrived upon the scene. She sized up
the situation at glance. 1t was q losing prop
osition and she simply wouldn't have it. She
gathered in the remaining turkeys, and, after
taking Mr.. Tmmany in charge, she set the pace
for home.
"She declined to receive our tickets and give
us our cash, so we had six turkeys and Tim
many had something like $50.
Turkeys being worth about So apiece, on
whom was the joke?''
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AN EXPECTED RESULT.

In one of our enterprising contempora-
ries which not only prints verbatim re-
ports of the Durrant trial but which fills
the vacant intervals with sensational dis
cussions of the testimony and with grue-
some foreshadowing of grisly possibilities,
we read the interesting account of family
which has been dismembered by these pub
hcations. The wife left her husband, and
this is the husbands explanation, as pub
hshed by our enterprising contemporary
"The Durrant case was one of the causes
that wrecked my home. She may say that
treated her cruelty, but that is not true.
She wanted me to read the verbatim re-
ports of the Durrant trial and did so un-
til life was not worth living and then l
quit. Then she got angry. In the morn
ing, at breakfast, / read the Durrant case.
When she went upstairs to make the beds
I followed and continued reading. She
swept the house and / followed, reading.
She prepared the luncheon and | still
stayed by her, reading the Durrant case.
l want to say that while | read that case
aloud my wife was perfectly happy. When
stopped she was miserable"
Probably it was our contemporary de-
hcious sense of humor that induced it to
publish this case of domestic rupture
alongside the cause that produced it. This
wife evidently belonged to the class of
women who haunt the courtroom. Being
denied that opportunity she did the next
best thing in transforming her husband
into the courtroom and all its disagreeable
adjuncts. Although invested with a mar
velous patience the wretched man struck
at lasr-and lost his wife in consequence.
1t was choice between reading the ver-
batim reports and giving her up, and he
gave her up. 1t was more than masculine
strength could bear to read the verbatim
reports of the trial The incident seems
to be instructive in that it establishes the
difference between the tastes of men and
some women and explains the publication
OF verbatim reports.
The only persons who can read these in
terminable dull reports are those who
have both the leisure and the taste for the
occupation. The only ones who have the
time are those who are not concerned with
the serious affairs of life, and those who
have the taste would be iudicious to con-
ceal the fact. To publish such reports as
sumes the existence of a very large pro-
portion of persons in the community who
are of the kind to whom such reading is
possibility and a pleasure. THE CALL
knows no reason for publishing that esti-
mate of San Francisco's people. More
than that, it is aware that while the
preparation of sharp, clearly told story
of the trial requires much more skill and
expense than verbatim report, it is true
journalism and shows better conception
of the character of the community.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
CHANCE FOR GOOD MILK.

Mr.. SKATER OF OAKLAND ELooUENTLY PRAISES
THE COUNTRY Cow.
To the Editor of the San Francisco CdLL-SIR:
Now is the countryman's opportunity. Mr..
Dockery the new milk inspector, has detected
fourteen milkmen selling adulterated, impure
milk. AS Mr.. Dockery receives no salary he
is either doing his duty from conscientious
desire to right wrong or from a desire to be
bought off. I sincerely hope and believe he is
acting from the higher and purer motives. The
fact remains that now is the time for the bay
counties to get their milk into San Francisco
fresh from the green hillsides of Alameda
Contra Costa, Sonoma and last, but not least
Ms-in. The congested state of the butter mar
ket would be at once relieved by the with
drawal OF large numbers of COWS from butter
making.
The country along the sides of the North Pa
cific Railroad via Tiburon on into Sonoma and
via North Pacific Coast Railroad into the green
hills of Marin would grow apace.
More commodious homes would be built:
greater acres OF farm land would be broken mn
and titled. Perhaps silos filed with ensiIage
(green fodder for winter feed would be fond
adjacent to the well-filled barns. The railroads
would carry back to the country vast ouanti-
ties of bran and ground feed to keen nm the
flow OF milk for the healthful supply of the
great City.
The want of reciprocity between the City and
the country is the cause to which is attributs.
bic much OF our hard times. The lowing herds
are only found on grassy hillsides or in the
moist, succuient vegetation of marshy mead.
lAt-
those found in the dark Enclosures of the mr..
lieus OF the town. Distillery, slop fed kline
they stand dlsconsolate longing for their cou,f,
try homes. oo'-
Henry Ward Beecher says the COW is the fam
hy physician. Copious draughts of her rich
MILK bring the flush of health to the invaiid's
cneeK. The baby crows after he is full of the
nsail Tlcn milk from the generous cows full udder
eresh water and air ward off consumption
In the mich COWS of the country. The noisom 6
ar whIch the cows breathe where space is
yaluanle; In the long, low sheds where they are
Kept IN the suburbs Of great cities, the tainted
WHICH they eat, all promote disease. which Is
easily disseminated through their milk to the
SICK and weak, and, worst of all, to the little
oaples, who cry out for pure milk with the pit
women of the land
IL l Imagine, and so do you, if women could
Vote Inat the sanitary conditions OF great ci ties
would be better, not worse, than they now are
tne farmer would give you, nine times out OF
zen, pure milk. If he put water into his cows
milk 1t would be pure water.
Let Iammanyism and Buckleyism rule the
!anu ana we can look for nothing but con
Iamlnated food supply Hurrah for Milk In
| spector Dockery say l. p ! SuAFTER
Oakland, Oct. IL, 1895
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The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
A CHANCE TO SMILE.

A band wagon is good in its place, but you
don't need to take one when you go courting
the other girl. Your best girl will hear about
it soon enough.-New York Recorder.
Beggar-Yer haven't got 10 cents erbout yer,
has yer, boss?
The Man-How did you find that out? /
thought no one knew was broke but myself
Syracuse Post
"What do vol. think of this previous exist
ence theory?'
81 know it to be supported by facts. For in
stance know woman only 27 years old who
often thoughtlessly tells about things that hap
pened thirty-fye years ago." Indianapolis
Journal.
Mrs Jones-And so your son has left college
and has taken orders?
Mrs Smith-Yes, and think he will now be
successful in administering to humanity.
HAS he entered the Episcopal church,"
son, no: he hasn't entered any chuch. He is
q waiter in aurant."-Tammany Times.
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Philadelphia Item.

The presence of representative of royalty
at the wedding and the effort OF Germany
Emperor to honor the bride shows how Europe
worships American money. Were the bride.
instead of an heiress, the daughter OF some
would be extended to her. When General
Grants daughter became the wife of an
Englishman royalty did not honor her, but the
millions of William II. Vanderbilt secure for
his child the recognition that was not extend
ed to Nellie Grant.
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Boston Journal.

We have now been told the color of Miss Van
derbilts eyes, the size Of her shoe, her favorite
flower and where she buys her hairpins. But
after all this searching inquiry the Duchess
of Marlborough will sink from public attention
just as the Countess de CaStellane.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

"Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup
Has been used over fifty years by millions OF moth
for their children while Teething with perfect
success 1t soothes the child. softens the gums al
lays Pain. cures Wind Collie regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrheas, whether
arising from teething or other CAUSES For sale by
Druggists in every part OF the world. Be sure and
ask Tor Alrs. Winslows Soothing syrup 2so =
bottle.
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veins of the Marlboroughs. No pure American
girl can be made nobler or more honorable by
the debauched coronet that first graced the
brow of Sarah Jennings. 1t is great pity that
this very eligible young couple can't be per-
mitted TO mate in peace without any reference
to their fortunes and their ancestry.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

We can beat the English at athletics,
but it takes the South Africans TO beat
them On mining games.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Diamond finger-rings set in black enamel
are new. The setting is said to enhance
Ine oriiiiance Of good stones. It will not
90 to have rhinestones thus set.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Free Cuba IS an honest home sentiment
that would make the best foreign policy.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

PREMIUM ON DoLLARs-Ca City. Had you read
the answer given to previous correspondent
who inquired about dollars OF 1884 you would
have noticed that it was stated that "dealers
quote them at from 81 80 to 50 25." In other
words, dealers selling old coins to collectors
charge the prices mentioned for the dollars of
that date, but the answer did not state that
dealers paid these prices for them.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

If you have catarrh you should attack the dis
ease in the blood Remove the impure cause by
taking Hoods Sarsaparllla the great blood purifier
which permanently cures catarrh.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Chicago is the only city that has yet
been able to develop gang of robbers with
nerve enough to hold up trolley-car.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

John Bull had better attend to his busi-
ness in Armenia and let Venezuela alone.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Hell wonder what she meant by telling me
she could never marry a man?
She-Perhaps she said it to encourage YOU
Life.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Cleveland is going to Atlanta and Hill is
going to Ohio, so the long-expected great
Democratic speech may be born twins.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

From Turkey to China all Asia needs
Tenovating and whitewashing.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

EVENING scHooLs-J S. W.. City. The studies
pursued in the evening schools of this City are
reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, gram
mar, geography, architectural drawing, me-
chanical drawing, bookkeeping, algebra and
geometry The textbooks are the same as
those used IN the day schools. A boy can go
to one of the evening schools to finish his
education in the branches named.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

FIsH-W. H. F., El Casco, Riverside County,
Cal. III you desire fish with which to stock a
large reservoir communicate with the Fish
Commission, Flood building, this City. The
secretary of the commission will furnish you
all the information.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

THE CRIcKET-H. f. A, City. It is believed
friction of the wing covers against each other
and from a pecuharity OF their structure
the male cricket produces the stridulous
sound so well known.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

There are still no signs that the Civic
Federation will ever run out of work.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
Boston Herald.

Morally the bargaining of titles for wealth as
basis for marriage, especially in country
where titles have no place, is as repugnant as
any other sordid transaction can be. More
over, the importation of aristocratic customs
and the ostentation and elaborate ceremonies
attendant upon the rites are distinctly de-
morallzlng in land the integrity of whose in
stitutions is largely dependent upon the main
tenance Of republican simplicity in the social
standards OF the people, however advanced the
scale OF general comfort and prosperity In 1iv-
ing may be.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

The political complexion OF local De-
mocracy looks very much like it was
tattooed
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
MARLBOROUGH AND VANDERBILT.
New Bedford Standard.

The Observation-Disclosures alliance, which
is apparently considered by the parties them
selves as much a matter of public concern as
the matrimonial bargainings of kings and
newspapers to seriously consider the i'm
portant question: .Shall our Girls have
Dowries?" 1t seems to US that the question
might well be left to settle itself in individual
cases, according to the circumstances and de-
sires of the parties in interest. There have
been good many happy marriages in America
where the brides only dowry was her good
health, her good looks her good sense and her
devotion to the man of her choice.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

So far as Cleveland can make it so there
is as big deficit in the Monroe doctrine
as in the revenue.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

GENERAL wooL-M E., City. The steamer
John L. stephens, with General John Ellis
Wool and Lieutenant Hardie, his aid, on
board, arrived in this port on The 14th day of
February, 1854. General Wool relieved Gem
eral H. w. Halleck on the 18th of the same
month and was in charge OF the Department of
/ he Pacific until 1857.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

To the hungry Ohio Democrat Camp
peIl's eloquence is a poor substitute. for
Brice's sack.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

When Cleveland's administration comes
TO be tried he will probably move for a
change OF venue.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Perhaps Buckley hasn't got a barrel,
and perhaps he has one, but it is bunged
m
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

Every home can help the home market
TO some extent.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

AS the fight goes at present, the Junta is
throwing mud and Buckley is throwing
dust.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Uncle Sam once had land enough to give
US all farm. but now Corbett and Fitz-
simmons cannot find enough to stake out
a sixteen-foot ring.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

England might fight Venezuela for a
little land at the mouth of the Orinoco,
but she would not fight this country for
half the continent.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

From present appearances in Kentucky,
Joe Blackburn is running against the
Democratic newspapers more than any
thing else.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

1t is possible that all this talk in the
Democratic newspapers about vigorous
foreign policy, is simply Olney's way of
advertising for one.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Many political experts are taking a
good deal OF stock in the Allison boom
because it is not being puffed up with
wind.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14
Nashville Banner.

Besides all this Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt has
good blood in her veins inherited from her
mother, good Tennessee blood which is the
best in the world and more to be desired than
any OF the dubious fuid that cnursas i'm tho
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

EXTRA fine salted Almonds. Townsend's.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

1t is an easy prediction that before
Cleveland is back in Washington a month
we shall hear that he is overworked in pre-
pairing his message.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

SOFT baby cream, 15c pound. Townsend's.'
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

"cARDs by the million" Roberts, 22O sutter.'
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

1t is now charged against Wat Harden,
the Democratic nominee for Governor, in
Kentucky, that he shaves, wears patent
leather shoes and smokes cigarettes.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

As we have treaty with Great Britain
which forbids either nation from building
or launching any warship on the great
lakes some Detroit ship-builders who wish
to get some of the Government jobs have
offered TO construct gunboats on this coast
shipping the machinery from Detroit, and
1t is believed in that way they may get
one or more contracts.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

BACON Printing Company, sos Clay street,
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

One advantage of having Corbett and
Fitzsimmons sklrmishing around the
country is that their blutfing serves to de-
tract attention from the export OF gold.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Following is q summary of the principal SER
mons recently delivered in the United States
and Canada by the leading .clergymen, priests,
prelates, religious teachers and professors of
the Christian faith. In every instance the full
text has been carefully read and abbreviated.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

Strangely enough the Valkyrie hat and
the Marlborough bonnet are among the
fall styles for women, but the Defender
and the Vanderbilt do not get mention.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-14

1t is difficult to understand why the
Eastern press was so severe in its criti-
cisms of Keir Hardie. Since his arrival on
this coast he has said nothing and done
nothing to give offense to any one who be-
lieyes in free speech and does not regard
socialism as bugaboo.