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MUSIC HATH NEW CHARMS
New Piano-Playing Device to Be Seen
! at New Store on Market Street.

New Piano-Playing Device to Be Seen
at a New Store on Market Street.
The crowds which gather daily to watch
and hear the piano at J. Harry Scott's
music-store, in the new Spreckels building,
play without any one near it, well illus
trates the love of novelty, if not music,
which exists in the human mind
The people are pardonable and welcome
to listen. The secret of the whole thing is
that this dealer in general musical instru-
ments has brought to the coast the first of
those much-talked-of SELF playing, almost
unnoticeable attachments to piano. 1t
is adjusted underneath the keyboard, and,
with moments arrangement, plays any
piece of music with the ease, grace and
precision of the best performer.
Beng a man of considerable means and
influence, Mr.. Scott secured the sole Pa
c;fc Coast agency for this wonderful piece
of workmanship. 1t has practical use in
a store outside of doing away with the
necessity of advertising, for it enables one
who cannot play to make test OF an in
strument with difficult pieces of wide
range.
The ordinary advertising agent looks
with establishment on its crowd gathering
properties, while teachers of music and
piano-players in general marvel at what it
does.
One thing is certain, Byron could not
have had this invention in mind when he
said, There's music in all things if men
had ears" or he might have added there's
music in pianos if men haven't hands.
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find its counterpart outside of California.
Among the many popular misapprehen-
sions about our native birds is one that we
have no distinctive species here, unlike the
birds of the Eastern States. The fact of
the matter is that we have very few which
are not more or less distinctive, the great
majority being restricted to the region
west of the Rocky Mountains, and some
few are not to be met with outside of Cali
fornia. The wren tit is furthermore re-
stricted to the valleys of the State, and l
have never found it in gardens or about
towns, but always in the shrubbery
of the canyons. Its colors are most
ostentatious-dark brown upon the back
and light cinnamon brown on the
breast - but its manners are so
characteristic that once seen they can
never be mistaken. The tail is very long
and generally carried erect, the wings are
habitually limp and dropping in appear
ance, while the feathers of the back have
also a dropping unsubstantial effect.
Nevertheless the bird is very sprightly as
he bobs about in tangled .hickets. now
concealed and again in sight, often within
a few feet of the quiet observer, who is
treated with supreme indifference. A low
chatter is its usual note, but even in Janu-
airy its song might be heard-a high loud
tit, tit, tit, tr-r-r-r. Sometimes the final
trlll is omitted, when the song sounds
like fragment, as if the musician had
forgotten how it ended.
l have by no means exhausted the list of
January birds in the vicinity of Berkeley,
but enough have been described to show
that our hills and canyons are not de-
serted at this season.
CHARLES A. KELLER.
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JaA<Rz
4 INCORPORATED
937, 939, 941 MARKET STREET,
San Francisco.
San FrancisoO.

and John Cathcarl who are possibly the best
amateur German and Irish comedians on the
Pacific Coast.
Character approximations by Frank Nc
Glynn, president of Ignatian Council No. 35,
one of which will be imitation of Sol
Smith Russell in the singing of his celebrated
song Z" The Owls and the Mice"
A gayety dance by George Hammersmith Of
Alameda; Mr.. Hammersmith is as clever at
this style of dancing as any danseuse, and his
imitation is a marvel OF grace and fnesse.
Gymnastic novelties-Proiessor Belan, E. F.
Barr and J. B. ART. Something extremely
clever is promised by these gentlemen.
An imitation of the whistling of Mrs. Alice
Shaw by 0. Crabill. Mr.. Crabill's whistling
can hardly be distinguished from that OF Mrs.
Shaw herself:
The Plymouth Quartet consisting of Messrs.
Frank Coffin, George E. Rice, Daniel NJ. Warde
and G. L. Parent Jr, will sing their famous frog
song, in which they appear as monster frogs.
The orchestra, under the direction of Fred g.
Kne1l, win be specially selected one and the
music will undoubtedly be one OF the features
of the affair.
There could not be better programme
of this kind arranged, and it is safe to say
that the house will be packed on both
Friday and Saturday evenings.
Tickets may be exchanged for reserved
seats at the box-otfice of the California
Theater on and after Wednesday.
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Californian weather occasionally plays
some very queer pranks at this season,
which are particularly surprising to the
newcomer from the East. For example,
the 4th of January, 1888, was made memoir
able to me by variety of meteorological
phenomena. At daybreak Grizzly Peak,
the highest point of the Berkeley hills,
was enveloped in fog, while all the visible
crest of the range was white with a mantle
of snow. Early in the morning cold rain
fell, but by 8 o'clock signs of clearing were
observed. At noontime heavy black
clouds were noticed approaching from the
west and south, which burst upon US as a
heavy hailstorm varied with loud thunder
and vivid lightning. The hail gradually
changed to rain, which in turn became
snow. The novel effect of thunderstorm
with rapidly falling snow was one never to
be forgotten, and was particularly inter-
ested to observe its effect upon the birds.
During the snowstorm they betook them
selves to shelter as best they could and
seemed decidedly subdued, but on the
whole quite a goodly representation of
bird life was abroad during the course of
the day.
Even the tiny Annals hummer, one
of those frail creatures which we al
ways associate with the summer sun,
seemed not in the least disconnected by
the inclemency of the weather. A dis
consulate California shrike perched upon
a telegraph wire and wondered what had
gone wrong with the season. In the
shrubbery and weed patches of the mead
ows were golden and white crowned
sparrows, busily engaged in food-hunting
among the rank vegetation, while focks
of American pipits were restlessly moving
about in the more exposed fields. The
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SEE SHOW WINDOWS.
San Francisco

of the Red Seal white-labor cigar, report
greatly increased inquiry for homemade
goods and predict greater prosperity for
local factories than ever before.
Hobbs, Wall q Co. are rushing their
factory to full capacity in the manufacture
of fruit boxes for closing up the season
shipment.
The Vulcan Iron Works are very busy on
their specialties. Being thoroughly
equipped for the manufacture of sawmill
machinery, including the latest in band
saw plants, they have no difficulty in keep
ing their works running up to full capa-
city.
During the past week the Krogh Manu-
featuring Company shipped two of their
centrifugal pumps to Denver, Colo, and
one 5000 gallon per-hour pump to Soledad,
two wine pumps to Fresno and two large
mining pumps to other interior points.
This company is very busy on general job
bjng work
The Pacific Coast factory of the Wash
burn & Moen Manufacturing Company is
doing a large amount of work for the local
trade and have orders in hand for filling
important contracts in Central and South
America, and is shipping by the carload
lots to Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
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Western robin, too, was abroad, while late
in the afternoon l observed focks of mead
oYlarks flying from their feeding ground
in the meadows to their roosting place in
the hills.
Our winter birds are, on the whole, a
happy colony, for the weather seldom
grows so cold as the day | have described,
and the rain must be exceptionally severe
and driving to dampen the ardor of bird
nature. During the milder rains the white
and golden crowned sparrows seem to en-
Joy the most perfect content, for at no
other season do they sing so universally.
1t is not a loud, enthusiastic song, but
rather a meditative, pensive strain of a
fine, sweet, long drawn character. In the
hedgerows by the orchard, when the birds
are congregated in considerable numbers
during the course of a dismal, slow, three
weeks rain, there will be a perfect medley
of sweet tones from these two species.
Both species sing in the same pitch and
quality of tone, but the succession of notes
is different. The golden-crown commences
with a very high sustained note, then
drops half tone, and again half tone.
Sometimes the last note is omitted, and at
times the bird pauses after singing the first
strain in a sad, meditative sort of way.
The white-crowned sparrow commences
on a slightly lower tone, then sounds the
second note above, ending with falling
trill.
AS these two birds are among the COM
monest of our winter residents all who
hope to know anything of our bird life
should become quite familiar with them at
the start. They are rather larger than the
house sparrow, but of a slenderer, more
graceful build. The golden-crown is
slightly larger than the white-crown, but
the style of marking is, on the whole,
very similar. The general coloration of
the two birds is plain dull ashy and buff
on the under parts, with the back streaked
brown ard ashy. The golden-crown has
narrow streak of yellow on the wing and
a spot of the same above the eye, while
the full-piumaged males may be readily
distinguished by the patch of yellow on
the forehead of the one species, which is
replaced with white in the other. Further
more, the yellow of the golden-crown is
bordered with a single broad band of
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black, while the white-crowned has q
double border of black separated by a line
of white. AS the birds appear about the
garden in January the crown patches are
not so clearly defined, and the novice will
need to pay close attention to distinguish
them.
Another of our commonest birds is
peculiar to the West. 1t is the California
brown towhee, which also belongs to the
great family of sparrows and buntings.
In size it is slightly smaller than a robin,
and more slender and active in manner.
1t is not bird of the tree-tops, but prefers
the shelter of the underbrush and low
trees, often frequenting the ground in
search of provender. In coloration the
bunting" as it is so popularity called
here, is a uniform brown without con-
spicuous spots or markings. The throat is
lighter buff color, edged with few in
conspicuous streaks of dark, and the under
.overts of the tail are rather bright chest
nut in hue. 1t is a cheerful, active bird
with rapid, energetic motions and a sharp,
metallic tsip, tsip, which it frequently
utters as it hops about the ground among
the bushes.
The trees are inhabited by gay colony
of birds at this season free from all cares
save those of obtaining sufficient food.
Among the commonest of them are the
snow bird (more properly called junco),
TIE golden ana the ruby crowned k1nglet
the Western and the varied robins, and the
ever present wren tit. The snow bird, or
Oregon iunco, is exclusively a winter Wis
itor, nesting in the Sierra Nevada and Coast
Range Mountains. 1t is sociable little
fellow of the sparrow tribe, always found
in focks during the winter season, and
generally in the bushes or low trees. In
manners the junco is exceptionally bright
and cheerful, never showing any signs of
discomfort, however dreary the day. 1t is
of a uniform slate color in general hue,
abruptly broken across the breast, leaving
the under parts pure white, except on the
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BUILDING IN RICHMOND.
Pertinent Facts Relative to the Growth
of the District Greater Police
Protection Demanded.

ferGinenC FaCtS helaClVe Co the GfOWtn
of the District Greater Police
Protection Demanded.
Within the past year more than 200 new
residences have been built at Richmond,
and there are at least fifty more in course
of construction at the present time. This
record will, however, be swelled before the
season is over, and many have deferred
building until fall. At the rate Richmond
has been building up during the past two
years it will not be very long before the
western sandhills are obscured and the
district recognized as one of the most de-
sirable residence sections in San Fran
cisco.
Early next month Warren & Malley will
begin work on grading contract that in.
wolves an expenditure of something like
$3.50, 900. All the property extending from
Eighth to Fourteenth avenues and from A
to d streets, comprising eighteen blocks,
will be graded and later on placed on the
market. w. H. Croker and w. E. Hun
tington are the principal owners.
l.. G. McMullen has contracted with q
number OF property-owners on Fifth ave.
nue., between Point Lobos avenue and
Clement street, to fill the numerous
chuckholes and macadamize 300 feet of the
west side of the roadway. This block is in
very bad condition, and as matter of fact
should be rehabilitated throughout. Mr..
McMulien says the work can De done at q
nominal figure-probably not over SIS per
lot.
Some of the property owners liable for
the assessment for the cost of constructing
the outlet to the Richmond sewer system
have not yet settled with the contractor.
They preferred to retain the money due
until the courts decided the legality of the
assessment. The suit over the fees will
come up before Judge Sanderson this week.
syIhat Richmond needs, additional police
protection was again demonstrated by a
daylight robbery last Sunday. The resi-
dence OF Mr.. Elliott on Lake street, near
Fourth avenue, was entered and looted
during the absence of the family between
1 80 and pm. The thieves effected an
entrance through the front basement door
by means of skeleton key. Among the
articles taken was ell the silverware,
jewelry and number OF heirlooms, which
Mrs. Elliott priced very highly.
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vA- TOMORROW, MONDAY, SEPT. 9, STORE
Vn CLOSED ALL DAY.-.ADMISSlON DAY.


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Mems Wear.


MEMS TECK TIES, small knot,
large and small ends, light and O1O
dark colors, no solid black, fancy lA2
silk value 25c to 35c EACH price. Each
MEMS COTTON CHEvIoT OVER
SHIRTS, new patterns, dark
colors, stripes and checks yoke S0C
back, regular value 75c, special w
prtce................... Each
MEMS BROWN ALLWOOL UN-
DERWEAR, fine quality, silk % 90
front, drawers to match shirts, ID l.
regular 81 so, special. Garment
Fancy Goods.
Many New and Many Priced
Undervalue.
BUTTONS fancy metal colors red, 20
blue. tan, green, etc., worth 15c -
to zoe dozen, special. ............ DOZEN
ANOTHER JOB IN HANDKER- OSC
CHIEFS, another bargain time ~
White with colored border, price,. Dozen
BICYCLE GAUNTLETS In tan, cot O1O
ton, suede finish, price ........... LIZ
.........-............. FAX
BABY RIBBON, plain edge, pretty 10
colors, l0yard bolts, price. ~
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. DUH
PEARL BUTTONS, lines 20, % and 70
"a, dozen on a card price....... u
......-....'.'.... ...........'.-. Caro
FOR CHILDREN.
SPECIAL-CHILDREN'S CHAIRS OSO
and ROCKERS, painted red. ~
.-.......................--. Each
CHILDREN's CHAIRS, painted red, 900
eacn........... .................. ~
CHILDREN'S CHAIRS and ROCK OSO
Frs, large size, painted red...... ~
Bazaar Department.
HAND CARVED JAPANESE
VASES, stylish things, prices O. 90
35c, soc, S5c, ST. rs. $3.50 epI-
hnQ.. 1aAk
HAND-CARVED AND HAND
PAINTED BAMBOO PAPER 80
CUTTERS, art work, prices &c, IL
&c, &c, SC, &c, lOc and-....... Each
LACQUER WARE-Very handsome
hand painted goods. We invite the
ladies to look this stock over.
Descriptions fail to show beauty.
There's Glove and Handkerchief
Boxes, Trinket Trays, Crumb
Trays, Brackets and many other 0 O.60
novelties, prices ranging from tDA-
1Oc to- Observation-Disclosures. Piece
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AFTER THE
HOLIDAY.
Alive, Active, Pushing,
We Salute You.
Dress Goods.

NEW AND EXCLUSIVED DESIGNS
In 37-inch worsted suItings. new
cOlorings; lines TO select FROM.
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ALLwoOL FRENCH SERGE, SO CC1C
inches wide, all colors and black, LA2
good quality. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Yard
ALL-WOOL GENUINE STORM OSC
SERGE in navy blue only, 3S CO
inches wide. ............ Yard
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Park Music To-Day.

The following attractive programme will be
presented at the open-air concert at Golden
Gate Park to-day:
March, emperor Frederick" .... Friedrich
Overture, "In the Italian Style. Schubert
Waltz, .Nanon". Genee
LA Paloma". ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Yradier
Grand fantasia, "The Jewess'' (irst time here)
...................... .................... Haevy
Overture lie Directoire" (new) .Redding
Waltz, "Espagnol," NJ etra
Fantasia, ia Traviata". Verdi
Solo for flute, performed by Sig. Lombardo.
Potpourr 1.-THE Black Hussars'. .Milloecker
Negro dance, 'sUncle Rastus". Clappe
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1T Sfh NV, 14r. .G5. 81
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1871 L NV. Tor. 60. 90
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6l9 VI NV. llr. so. 81
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LIST n ID lis 500 X
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and Conn ave. $50
jefferson pl bet Conn
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LEGAL NOTICES.

JAMES II. DrVAlL VS.. THE PROVIDENT LIFE
ASSOCIATION OF BALTIMORE CIrY:-ln the
circuif Court 10. OF biltiihCre Nitf.
Circuit Court. No. ., of Baltimore City. the
aforegong petition. that Paul NJ. Burnett and
Henry J. Broeping, receivers be and they
hereby authorized and directed to give notice to
all persons having claims against the Provdcnt
Life Association OF Baltimore City, to file their
Claims, properly authen'itate with the clerk OF
the Circuit Court, No. ., OF Baltimore City, on or
before the 17th day Of August, A. D. 1895, by
caLsing a copy of this order 10 he published in
s,ne daily newspaper published in the city of
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania; city of Washington
District of Columbia, and Baltimore City state of
Maryland once week for three successive weeks
bf for. tho sth day of July
True copy. Test: PERE l.. WICKES.
WILLIAM r. BREWER. Clerk
HENRY J. BROEEING.
Attorney at Law,
$50 st. Paul ST., Baltimore, Nd
PAUL NJ. BURNETT,
Attorney at Law.
PIG St Paul St, Baltimore. Md,
j"1I-Iav-3t Receivers.
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tOR REM
Rear 1120 Conn. ave. two-story brick; Ar;
water, gas; 5000
r. H. 7. LEIPoLD, s.w. cor. 18th and SITS.
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PROPOSALS FOR BUILDING MATERIALS.-oF-
nee pnblic Buildings and Grounds. War Depart
ment Washington, d. c., June 49, 1s95.-Sealed
proposals in duplicate will be received here until
TWo Pm. SATURDAY, JULY SIXTH. 1sy5. for
materials for building at U. s. government print
Ing Office, follows: Class I. cut stone work;
class 2 window and door frames. window sash
and DOORS Separate proposals desired for
each class. Right Is reserved to reject any and
all proposals. Forms and specifications can be
obtained here JOHN NJ. WILSON, Col Engrs.
L. S A. 5e24, q, &C., ,Jy4,5