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The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03

side of the proposition, as there IS also
sentimental side of the question involved.
"There are 124 cities in the United States
with population of 25,000 and upward.
Oakland stands sixtieth in the list. Almost
every city in the United States with
population no greater than that of Oakland
has public building, and more than half
of the cities on the list with population
less than Oakland down to and including
cities of $4,000 inhabitants, have public
buildings.
at is CALLING to the pride of the people
of that beautiful city to think that they
are thus neglected, and 1 shall make an
honest effort to secure an appropriation
for Postoffice in Oakland.
can additional drydock at Mare Island
is also an immediate necessity. There is
now only one dock on the coast, and all of
the war vessels of the Pacific squadron out
of necessity go there for repairs, and within
the last year seven ships have been there
at one time waiting their turn to go on
the dock when their services were needed
elsewhere.
iii this could occur in time of peace,
what would be the result in time of war,
when our vessels would be liable to be dis
abled and, through this lack of repairing
facilities, be required to wait, perhaps, for
months for needed repairs? And I have
no doubt but that an additional dock will
be built at the navy-yard.
"Another great need of the Government
is a gun plant on this coast-that is,
plant in which the immense cannon to be
used for the defense of the coast could be
Assem- bled.
1.-THE system of defenses which has
lately been adopted for the Pacific Coast
harbors demands several hundred very
large guns The problem of sending them
across the continent is serious, dan ger
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
Passengers on the BobtailS Col.
lect Their Own
Fares.
MONTGOMERY STREET OBJECTS
A Petition Has Been Started Asking
the Company to Do Some of
the Work.

"All aboard?" inquiries the driver on the
bobtail cars on Montgomery street and
then he cracks the lame horse into a dog
trot.
That is all he has to do. The passenger
does the rest, even to getting out his
nickel, dropping it in the little box pre-
pared for that purpose and returning to his
seat again.
There is a noticeable absence of con-
ductors to give misinformation and the
person who is compelled to ride on the
line has to do his work.
This condition of affairs has caused the
people along Montgomery street to revolt,
and yesterday petition was started late
in the afternoon which contained re-
quest that the Market-street Railway Com
pany put conductors in to perform the du-
ties that are now demanded of the public.
Following is the petition:
We, the undersigned, doing business along
montgomery street, do hereby petition the
MAT Malket,street ct Railway Company to supply us
with cars containing conductors who will per-
form the duty of collecting fares-a function
now performed by the public:
F. J. Smalley, c. A. Fisher, A. Fl. Grimm, A.
Neville olof Blomquist The Pearson ] -swenarton m on
Co.. by E. T. Swenarton r. C. Atkins d Sons
r. c. A, Joseph Gutberlet, Joe Poheim, Edward
Denny Co., by Horace Denny, manager; Mighell
d Wolf. Morgan Bros, Henry Wilson, j. d.
Brown, Wetmore, Bower Co.
In interviews held with many of the
business men along the street the fact was
brought out that the bobtail cars are the
greatest inconvenience to the passengers
and ought to be relegated to the boneyard
of the company. Ladies who get on board
are compelled to stagger to the box. put
their fare in and return to their seats with
the possibility of being iostled around the
car.
"Anything," said one merchant, ''to get
better service on this street. It is imply
vile. The two-horse cars were bad enough.
but these bobtail affairs are the acme of
worthlessness. Just let me sign that petit
ton and if you can get one in circulation
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
The Festival Concerts Likely to
Prove a Brilliant
Success.
SOME OF THOSE NOW BILLED
Joseph Hirschbach Selected to Lead in
the Place of the Late ]. H.
Rosewald.

If San Francisco could have reproduce
ton, by means of phonograph, of the
daily conversations held in the rooms
of the managers of the festival con-
certs it would be surprised as well
as delighted TO find the number of
celebrities contained within it's narrow
limits. From the earliest possible mo-
ment that admittance is granted till the
nights kindly shadows give the manage
ment an opportunity to escape by the back
door a steady stream of applicants come to
tell how they have sung, recited and what
not before the heads of Europe, crowned
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
SATURDAYS SENTENCES.
V1ncenzo de Pa1mi Sentenced to Fifty
Years for Murder.

Vincenzo de Palmi Sentenced to Fifty
Years for Murder.
Vlncenzo de Palmi, convicted of murder
in Judge Bahrs' court for the killing of
Eugene de Leva, was sentenced to fifty
years imprisonment in Folsom prison yes
terday. The two men were window clean
ers and had row over some money mat
ters arising out of their business. Palmi's
defense was that Leva had threatened to
kill him and that he fired in self-defense.
The prisoner asked to be sent to San Quen-
tin, but the court did not accede to the re-
quest.
Hugh Riley was sentenced to nineteen
years imprisonment by Judge BeIcher
yesterday for manslaughter. Riley killed
a woman named Annie McCann who lived
on hog ranch near the county line.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
Where Is T. b. FORSYTH

Chief Crowley received a letter yesterday
from J. T. Forsyth, Sumner, Wash, stating his
father, T. B. Forsyth, had left for this City by
the steamer City of Puebla on August 81.
Nothing had been heard of him since, and his
pened him. He is feet 7s4 inches tall, heavy
set, gray hair, closely cropped gray beard and
mustache, blue eyes and Roman nose.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
Beans and EmbezzIement.

ID. .G.Antonovich, g. a commission merchant To-
Gated at 4O7 Washington street, was arrested
yesterday on charge of embezzlement and
released on $1,000 bail. Rebecca Thisby, the
complaining witness, claims to have shipped
the defendant quantity OF beans, which he
sold, but for which he neglected to make re.
turns to her.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03

dtitions., Her tone productions, enuncia.
ing which this young lady has received
from her teacher, Mr.. Stark, with whom
she has been studying for the past two
years.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
Ladies' Furnishings.

LADIES VESTS, all WOOL natural gray high
neck, long sleeves, heavy quality silk bound.
drawers to match, value 81 rs.
Price 75C garment
LADIES' EQUESTRIENNE DRAWERS, wool
mixed, heavy quality, natural gray and black,
ankle length, open or closed.
Price 81 25 pair
INFANTS BONNETS, India SILK, embroidered
crown, full ruche on top, dainty little head
gear.
Price Csc each
Our assortment of infants wear is m ost
complete. Everything necessary from
booties to bonnets. Lines complete.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
TlsE SNGW
SY2GQAaLS S

FANCY WORSTED SUITING, In tans, gray
light brown, ETC., our regular Soc grade, 3S
inches wide.
SPECIAL, $50 yard
TUESDAY ONLY.
FANCY WHITE METAL PHOTO FRAMES, a
large assortment, look like silver.
SPECIAL, 25c each
TUESDAY ONLY.
TORCHON LACE. assorted patterns, inches
wide value double, your opportunity.
SPECIAL, Sc yard
TUESDAY ONLY.
SWISS EMBROIDERY FULL FLoUNCING, big
assortment of patterns.
SPECIAL, 25c yard
TUESDAY ONLY.
RED FLANNELETTE, IN black figures and
stripes, good MATERIAL value l0c.
SPECIAL, 611c yard
TUESDAY ONLY.
FANCY PAINTED FANS, with fancy stick, good
size, worth 2bc.
SPECIAL, 1oo yard
TUESDAY ONLY.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
DOmestics.

CREPONS. NEW LINE, colored figures ana
diagonal stripes black grounds, good
material 29 inches wide,
Price 15c yard
SCOTCH TENNIS FLANNEL, new line chooka
for skirts and waists
Price 25C yard
WHITE BLANKETS al wool, fine soft quality
5 lbs, 72xS4 inches. S5. 90 pair
lbs, 72x84 inches. Sc. 90 pair
Our immense cash purchases at the
fountainhe cad enable us to put before
You bargains that defy competition. A
visit will convince you.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
FRIDAY
SPECIAL S

FANCY HEAD RESTS; an ornament for a
parlor chair; Indispensable; undescribabIe. .
SPECIAL, 1870 eaok
FRIDAY ONLY.
BLEACHED TURKISH TOWELS; lob lot: IN
close at about half regular price.
Size 17X3S. .......... lOc each.
Size 20x5O.. &c each.
Size 2lx56. 20c each.
size 2oX54. each.
FRIDAY ONLY.
GENTS LAUNDRIED SHIRTS 4-ply Itnen
bosoms, REINFORCED back and front, value 100
SPECIAL, 500 each
FRIDAY ONLY.
wHIsK BRooMs, double stitched plush tip,
SPECIAL, 90 each
FRIDAY ONLY.
SWIVEL TAFFETA SILK, heavy quality, kscIs
ground, fancy colored stripe, for ladies' skirte
SPECIAL, $50 yard
FRIDAY ONLY.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03

Silks and Dress Goods.
GROS-GRAIN SILK, extra heavy quality, printed
warp, all In light colorings, 81 inches wide,
Price $1.5O yard
FANCY SILK, Dresden effects printed warp, en-
tlrely new, extra heavy, 81 inches wide,
Price $1.75 yard
FRENCH sUITlNG BoUCLE NOVELTY, long
waving loops Of black shining mohair on col
ored grounds, A inches wide
Price $l.5O yard
FRENCH SUTTING BOUCLE NOVELTY, in all
FANCY colorings exclusive designs, a. inches
wide,
Price $500 yard
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
TT9gR SDAY'
&RlG1lQ G

BLACK-F1GURED SILK, heavy quality, new de-
signs, worth 75c yard.
SPECIAL, 600 yard
THURSDAY ONLY.
FRENCH SERGE, all wool, full line colors.
SPECIAL, 2215c yard
THURSDAY ONLY.
FANCY SHELF PAPER, lace effect, colors w hfte,
corn, light blue and pink, 10 yards In roll.
SPECIAL, 10 roll
THURSDAY ONLY.
LADIES' BLACK sATEEN SKIRTS, deep ruffie.
silk embroidery, trimmed in popular shades,
value 81 26.
SPECIAL, 75c each
THURSDAY ONLY.
BRoCADED DRAPERY, S3 inches wide pretty
des gns and colorings, was 1890.
SPECIAL. 12c yard
THURSDAY ONLY.
POINT DE VENICE LACE COLLARS butter-col-
ored, very dainty, worth double.
SPECIAL, $50 each
THURSDAY ONLY.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
Safe===
Little Prices.

Our prices are for the people who want
the worth of their money. It's care, ever
lasting care and watChfulness in the buying
and selling that has made them as safe as
u. S. legal tenders.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03

Gloves and Veilings.
FANCY vEILINGs, black bordered lace edge,
popular veil,
Price SOC to S1.OO yard
JOUVAN GLOVES, guaranteed not to rip, no
charge for cleaning, excellent kid, all sizes and
colors.
Price ST. so each
HALE'S DOLLAR GLOVE, the best glove for the
money in the market, full line of sizes and
colOrs.
Price $1.oO pair
KID GLOVES. Eve hooks, all sizes, good quality,
tans and blacks.
Price 75c pair
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03
Another week with the big values,
with special selling for each day.
MsGsISE9 e 9glAY
SPEGpAa. s

w R~ 0W0R H96E@GrU
9PEEpAa s
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS fancy embroidered,
good assortment, bright colors,
SPECIAL, sc each
WEDNESDAY ONLY.
UNION HUCK TOWELS, 151sx32 inches,
fringed, red borders full Selvage, heavy quail
ity value 81 20 dozen,
SPECIAL, csc dozen
WEDNESDAY ONLY.
LADIES ALL-wOOL VESTS, natural gray, n.
N. L. s.. silk bound, plain and shaped, heavy
quality, value 81 IS,
SPECIAL, 75c garment
WEDNESDAY ONLY.
PHOTO FRAMES IN LEATHER, a novelty,
metal trim med, hold two pictures, cabinet size,
very new and popular
SPECIAL, 25c each
WEDNESDAY ONLY.
FRENCH DRAP D'ALMA, our 6Oc quality,
color assortment broken, all wool, SS inches
wide,
SPECIAL, geo yard
WEDNESDAY ONLY.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-03

suppose that that city could have all her
present prosperity but for the fact that she
has a good, navigable waterway, which
makes her practically independent?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16
What Next.

The Carlisle currency bill was
knocked out in the first round.
The Republicans and Populists
were solid against it, and the Dem
ocrats could not pull themselves
together in favor of it and down
went the bill.
Well it's a pity, and it is humi-
liating to acknowledge it, but the
truth is the Democratic Congress
has proven itself incompetent and
indisposed to do anything in the
way of financial relief, and as that
is the only business Congress has
in hand that particularly interests
the people at large, the members
might as well pack up their play
things and 60 home.
We in ,erely trust Mr.. Cleve-
land will call the newly elected
Congress together as early as the
law allows and give the RepubE-
cans a chance. They have boast
ed that they can quickly relieve
the financial distress OF the coun-
try and if they can do it the coun-
try is willing.
We would much prefer that the
relief should have come through
a Democratic Congress, but that
being impossible, lets have the
relief, no matter what may be its
source. We are quite prepared to
appreciate an eliolt along this
line from his satanic majesty if it
should prove a successful effort
Danville Register.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16
To Die on the GaIlows.

Danville Register: There will
be a hanging at Rocky Mount
on the 25th instant. William
Robertson, a youth scarcely 20
years of age, will pay the penalty
for cold blooded murder.
On dark and gloomy night in
January, 1892, Robertson cruelty
murdered Jerry Barlow, man 65
years of age, the object being rob-
|oery. The insignificant sum Of
ten dollars was secured.
Robertson was tried in the
county court of Franklin, found
guilty and sentenced to be hang
ed. An appeal to the circui,
court resulted in an affirmation
OF the rulings OF the lower court,
and second appeal to the Su-
preme court resulted in like man.
ner' but Robertson's neck was
saved by these appeals three years.
The day for the execution was
set tor December 21st, but Coy.
O'Ferrall granted respite until
January 25th, on which day Rob-
ertson will be hanged in the coun-
ty Jail at Rocky Mount.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16
THE POWER OF RAIN.
No Coed Plan Has Vet Been brought Tor.
ward to Utilize It.

sNW "NNA gAN ANHs hFN hNNH AtEnhEhN N0Fe
ward to Utilize It.
A Philadelphia engineer has figured
out that inch Of rain. falling upon an
area Of square mile. is equivalent 10
nearly Il, 500. oU0 gallons, weighing 1885,.
100000 pounds, or 1900 tons. Assum.
ing this water 10 have fallen from
clouds about half n mile. or. say, 3,0Oo
feet, above the earth. we have for the
energy represented by il about $4,000
horsepower. With pumping machinery
working Ht the low rate of eonsump-
tion Of pounds o. coal per horse.pow.
er per hour. Il would take 200 gross
tons of coal 90 raise the water repre-.
sented by 1 inch Of rain on square
mile 10 the assumed height Of 5000
feet As u matter ~ fact. rain often
falls from clouds which are at much
greater height than 5000 feet above
the ground. ~ that the figures just
given are quite conservative ones.
With all the talk that there has been
about utilizing waste energies, II seems
just little peculiar that no promising
sehrme has vet been evolved 10 turn 90
good account the prodigious power
waste which thus far has been shown
20 60 on with every rainfall Of any ac.
count And yet, while writing. pro.
ject comes 10 mind which was advanced
about ten years ago. apparently In
good faith. by some enterprising genus
IN the West Indies, 10 accomplish ex.
actiy this saving. What he proposed
90 do was 90 conduct the water from
each roof, during heavy tropical rains,
into main pipe supplying a small tur.
bine coupled 10 n dynamo. The elec.
tricity 80 developed by passing showers
was to he stored In accumuiators, and
these, a. they became charged In varia-
bic times. depending Of course, on the
rainfall, were 10 be collected and
stored at central depots, from which
the power was afterwari to be distrib.
uted. unfortunately. however, this
entieIng scheme did not meterialize, 70
that the field Is still open for some one
else. --Cassin's Magazine.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16

In the recently published life Of
George William Curtis there Is an ae.
|r0unt of n conversation between Mr..
Curtis and Roscoe Conkiing on the
knbject Of eloquence at the time when
the relations Of the two men with
bach other had hecn undisturbcd. Mr..
|ronkling asked Mr.. Curtis what was
the most eloquent passage Of an author
phe could remember. Mr.. Curtis i'm.
fnediately recitcd u passage from one
|of Emerson's essays Mr C0nkling
FAILED 20 approve Il rs the best speci.
men within his knowledge, and gave
hs his ideal an EXTRACT from Charles
kprague's Fourth Of July Grafton in
l'oston descriptive Of the American
Indian ~ our foFefathcrs found him.
Mr Curtis found this extract only ridi.
culous In the comparison, and con-
fesses 10 have been 80 impolite o. Ia
laugh after Il was reeited. The effect
upon the mighty Roscoe can well lie
imagined. -llnston Herald.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16
When Lincoln Was Phased

Alta luncheon given by Gen.
Sicklcs at his headquarters, among
the ladies present was the Princess
Salm-Salm, whose husband was a
staff officer in the army. This Ia
dy attracted much admiration by
her graceful and dashing riding
in the cavalcade, and attended
the reviews. Before her marriage
she was a Miss Lcclerc Of Phila.
dclphia. II was this remarkable
woman who astonishcd the Presi.
dent on his entering Gen. Sickles'
headquarters, by flying at him
and imprinting a bouncing kiss
on his surprised and not altogether
attractive face. As soon a. he
could pull himself together and
recover from his astonishment,
the President thanked the lady,
but with evident discomposure;
whereupon some Of the party
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16

A woman naturally hates TO clean up
10 bread or cake bowl after the dough
has got hard. They should bc cleaned
as soon IN used, hut IN necessary 10
leave them for n time. run Tie tray or
bowl full of cold water aud lOt II stand
20. When you get ready 10 clean Il the
dough will be In the bottom Of the
utensil a. o general thing, and you
will only have 90 rinse and dry H. The
same IA true uf kettles and skillcts. I
do not approve Of setting any uten.
sils aside when the dishes are washed.
for " you keep IN oyster she'll with .
thick smooth edge at sand sou can
clean The roughness out ~ anything in
half n moment, but II you don't want
70 do II just then you will find that an
Iron pot In which potatoes have burned
70 the bottom, or n skillet In which
meat or gravy has slmmcrcd 10 crust,
VIII be easy enough to clean, after
standing nm hour or two filed with
cold water. r.-@washington Star.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16
WOMEN OF TO-DAY.
Brain Cultivation Has Pushed Charm oi
Manner Into the Background.

Manner Into the Background.
Has the woman Of to-day the charm
of the woman of a century ago? Has
her boasted education lessened or in.
creased that charm?
We all agree that at the present
period woman is more companionable
to man, taking her in the sense Of q
comrade, than her ancestress of one
hundred years back; that, intellectual
ly, man acknowledges her his equal,
and last Of all treats her as such, yield.
ing her ungrudgingly place In business
and professions. all of which tends to
make her self-confdent and self-reli.
ant, but does 1t increase her charm?
There is danger ahead for the Ameri-
can woman. In her eager desire to
stand side by side with man she is be-
coming aggressively self-confident, and
unless she watches herself there is risk
of becoming too clever, of becoming
stilfed, dogmatic in the expression of
her opinion--in word. unnatural, and
that way ruin lies.
A clever man of the world not long
ago was heard to say apropos of this
subject: "fhe most charming and de-
lightful thing in the world, but re-
gret to say the rarest, is thoroughly
natural woman" A shrewd comment.
The woman of to-day cultivates her
mind to such an extent that she is self
conscious; she loses the charm of sim
plicity of speech and manner. The
former is stilted, the latter aggressive
She has won reputation for clever
ness, and she strives to maintain it at
all hazards
In word, in season and out of sea-
son, at home and abroad, she never
ceases to remember that she is bright
woman.
1t has been happily said Of French
woman whose gracious charm is pro.
verbal that she is clever enough to
conceal her cleverness from man. Not
so the American woman, who parades
the fact untiringly in the face of the
world.
A woman of this character is never
charming, and we all know that one
who possesses that gift sways more
hearts, and, better still, retains them
longer than woman Of twice her wit
and of even greater beauty. We hear
much of beautiful women and we have
all experienced that sense of disap-
pointment upon seeing for the first
time some world famous beauty.
We fail to see that marvellous perfec-
tion; we look in vain for fiawless face
and form and coloring, we shrug our
shoulders and go away wondering at
the short-sightedness Of man. We for
get that beauty is in the eye of the be-
holder, and that charming woman is
in the opinion Of a man a beautiful
one.
She may be as fair in face as Titian's
la Bella" and as perfect in form as
the Venus of Milo, yet IL she lack the
subtle something called charm. better
for the peace of mind Of that woman
were she hopelessly plain, for without
1t she delights not man nor woman
either.
II you ask me how TO acquire this
charm should say, "Be natural, again
be natural and always be natural
n Y. Advertiser.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16
CoiorinE Wood.

To produce upon new wood the ap.
pcarance Of age Is something upon
which great deal Of time, money and
thought has been expended. 4 new
dye or stain that promises to he more
satisfactory than any heretofore used
Is made by adding 70 one thousand
parts Of water fifty parts of CONNER.
cial alizaria. Into this ammonia l.
put, drop by drop, until a portion Of
the liquid taken from the bulk and agf.
t6;cd gives offa distinct ammonia ojor.
This stain will color maple to a red.
brown. giving il the appearance Of age
that Is so much desired by lovers Of fine
furniture. Under the same treatment.
oak takes ON yCllow.brown. After
treatment with calcium chloride gives
q much darker and richer color. The
value Of many sorts Of wood il greatly
increased by dark Coluring, and Us this
stain strikes deep into The wood, Il Is
at once practical and Of a good deal Of
commercial Importance. NY. Ledger.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16

franklin Press: A new game
is very popular in some parts OF
the country. All Of the young
men fayoroi it say "I 1t i. called
"the onion social a,d is played
as follows: Six young ladie,
stand in a row, one of them bites
a piece out of an onion and the
fellows pay ten cents each to guess
who bit it. The correct guesseE
kiss the other five girls while the
unsuccessful kiss the one who bit
the onion.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-16

Col. John D. Cameron report
ed to the Asheville Citizen last
Friday that he saw that morning
scarlet tanager, a bright, beauti-
iul song-bird, and its appearance
s made remarkable by the fact
hat it ordinarily never appears
before the latter part of April or
irst of May.