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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07

If one would ask the neighbors of 205 O'Farrel
street, who is the Jolly, ighearted painter living
at that number, the answer would be: He is Mr..
Edward N. Peterson, whom the children call ED
for short, for although he weighs 240 pounds and
is said TO be one of San Francisco's most
foremost painters, the little children love to romp
with the big fat man, because they like him
because he is honest and truthful with them.
Many are the tales afioat of Mr.. Peterson's quiet
charities and sincere generousness but the best
men are liable to fail sick, and it was the misfor-
tune Of Mr.. Peterson TO be sick. His friends are
now congratulating him, and he is congratulating
the Hudson Medical Institute. Here is his con-
gratulatory letter:
"SAN Francisco, January 10, 1895.
ain view OF the fact that what write may be Of
extreme value to some fellow-sufferer, such as
myself four months ago, before applying to the
competent physicians of the Hudson Medical Insti-
tute, wish to state my case in brief:
81 have been for years sufferer from nervous
prostration, complicated with chronic infiamma-
ton of the neck of the bladder. which made my life
one of misery. tried one physician after another
and one remedy upon another, but could find no
benefit whatever from any of them.
"Four months ago. having heard OF the good
work being done by the physicians of the Hudson
Medical Institute, consulted them and was told
that could be cured. 1 satisfied that from
the examination given me and the information given
me In reference to my case they thoroughiy under
hands. L have been treating only four months and
Can safely say that ] am entirely well.
al am satisfied that they will effect a permanent
cure in a very short time for am feeling better
every day as 1 go on with their treatment. l feel
stouter sleep better free OF all distressing feel
ings caused IRON my debilitated nervous condition
well as the distress occasioned by the infamma-
ton of the bladder.
al most cheerfully recommend the physicians of
the Hudson Medical Institute to any suffering as
have. VIII gladly answer any communications adj
dressed 10 from any one suffering from chronic
nervous disorder and its complications
EDWARD N. PETERSON
205 O'FarrelI street.
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Down in the ravine, an hour or so ago,
with its delicate rootlets in the water and
its slender black stems swinging in the
wind, l found a bunch of maidenhair.
l almost hesitate to tell of it, lest l be
the innocent means of turning the fern
hunters loose upon this devoted neighbor
hood. A pair of these worthless knocked
at my door one day last summer armed
with boxes and trowels. as there any
maidenhair fern in this canyon ?" asked
one. Answered in the affirmative they
turned without another word and left me,
too astonished to demonstrate. Later saw
them grubbing away, along the stream, ap-
parently quite unaware that they were en-
croaching upon private rights. As they
were hunting in the wrong direction, how
ever, for the treasure they sought, I let
them alone and they pottered about till
nearly dusk without doing any one any
harm or themselves any good.
The city dwelIer seems to have partic-
ular prediction for brakes and ferns.
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PARIS. March 10. 1895,

PARIS, March 10, 1895.
The new academician, M. Jose Maria de
Heredia, although Cuban by birth, is Pa
risian in the truest sense of the word. He
is to be found in all the salons where is
cultivated what, according to Taine, is
s'that grand art of conversation, :" which
must become lost art unless superior
devotion is paid to it among scholars. Al
though elected in February 1854, to fill
the chair of the late historian and literary
critic, Charles de Mazade, NJ de Heredia
will not be formally received among the
Forty IaImortals until next May. Then
he will be welcomed by M. Francois Cop
pee, the principal theme of whose speech,
besides the analysis of M. de Heredia's
works, will be history of the Parnassan
group, made successful at the Academy by
himself, Tully- Prudhomme and De Here
dia. M. Coppee is now at Arcachon, put
ting the last touches to his speech on the
author of Trophies.
But if in the social world M. de Heredia
be Partisan, in poetry he is thoroughly
foreign, and belongs not only to another
country but another age.
In Trophies" he has placed his whole
soul, his whole life. He is enamored
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
LATEST FASHION WRINKLES
Very High Collars and Very
Bright Shirts Are the
Style.
LONG NECKs HAVE THE CALL
Men May Wear Fancy Colors to
Vie With Ladies of
Fashion.

The fashionable young San Francisc an
is now as happy as boy with pair of
red-top boots, for he is receiving haber-
and New York. These latest styles will be
most satisfying to the dude and the Anglo
maniac, for they have about reached the
extreme.
A few weeks ago Charles Never, the
representative of a New York mems fur
nishing house, arrived in this city and
took rooms at the Palace Hotel. 1t was
his fifth annual visit. and when he opened
his sample-cases the rich and fashionable
young men of this city rushed to his apart
ments, as he was known to have the very
latest styles from London. The haber-
dashery ordered there is now arriving
from London and New York and the fash
ionables will soon be parading in high col
lars and preparing to don the gaudiest of
summer shirts.
The latest fashions from Paris and Lon
don are well outlined by Mr.. Meyer.
The proper thing in a dress shirt is a
plain linen or immaculate white bosom,
though some have gone to ordering a fine
pique bosom with up and down ribs. In
some instances collars are attached to the
SQlTU, DuL OWING 10 lie ITOuDle III ldu1uIy =
ing some wear detachable collar. The
cuff, however, should be attached to
the shirt, that is, it should form part of
the shirt and not be detachable. There
should be either two or three stud holes in
the bosom of the shirt, according to the
height of the man and the length of the
bosom of the shirt he wears. The one
stud hole bosom is a thing of the past.
The collar is now the highest ever worn.
Iof efx, &c L, hoE
1t is straight high collar 2A inches high
in front and little less in the back. The
collar laps just a tri1e. 1t is of square
form, and gives the appearance of per-
son wearing cuff for collar. Of course
only giraffe-necked persons can wear the
collar. The short, fat-necked man is COM
PEELED to take another style. Even as
high as the style goes one prominent young
San Franciscan, well known in society on
the tennis ground and in the ballroom,
has ordered a collar specially made to
order that is 2I inches high. But he has a
neck.
There is also demand .for the east
wick" straight collar two and half
inches high in front with slight poke at
the tip. The ultra will have to take the
consequence of risk of choking to death
by wearing these high collars, SO for that
reason collars of medium height, with
"dog ears' on the points, remain the most
popular, especially with short-necked peo-
pie as they are the most comfortable The
f'Tavistock," the "Oolah" and the Prince
ton" are the favored of these styles, and
Just suit a prominent society leader who
would suffocate in such collar as the
noted tennis-player ordered.
The "Polo" is the queerest collar yet de-
signed, but it is coming into great popu-
larity in San Francisco. 1t is really a
stand-up, rundown collar, and looks like
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In French India.

AS the evening falls, the lights shine
through the little easements of pearl shells
and the sound of the guitar or violin is
borne upon the breeze; the bell of the
cathedral tolls for vespers, and the yelled
figures of the women can be seen on the
shore 1ocking to the sacred editice. 1t was
here that St. Francis Xavier preached; his
memory is yet fragrant through the land,
and most of the people still are Catholic.
Presently the moon rises over the Chats
and lights up the distant ruins of the
robber fortress, on a lofty and seemingly
inaccessible buttress and throws an ever
widening beam of silver upon the silent
tide of the river. Soon the town is in
repose and free from ali sound, save the
challenge OF the sentineis each hour, or the
bark of the wretched dogs that turn over
the refuse heaps for bones and fish offal.
The friendship of the French Governor
for the agent rose out of an adventure with
a panther which haunted the purlieus of
the old monastery on the headland which
served as a country residence for the
former The brute was the terror of the
household, and destroyed all their pet ami
mails, but no one was found brave enough
to encounter it until the agent undertook
to "sit up" near the carcass of the last
'kill, " and, with the moon in his favor,
gave the quietus to the panther with an
express bullet.
The Governor could never be too grateful,
and his pretty little brunette daughter, in
the white muslin dress and broad straw
hat, who had lost her pet rabbits through
the depredations, smiled sweetly and adj
miringiy upon the Englishman. Thereafter
he was always a persona grata and a hero
in the small social circle of Selam bique;
welcomed to the exclusive Eat homes" of
the wife of the colonel of infantry, and in
vited to participate in the arrangement of
the ceremonials and sports of the annual
fete.-The Gentleman's Magazine.
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AT THE INSTITUTE.
What the Specialists Are Doing Daily to
Restore Health and Strength
to Sufferers.


1t is established rule of the Institute that no
incurable diseases are taken. If applicant is
found TO be suffering from true cancer or tubercu-
lar consumption he is frankly told that he cannot
be cured, though much may be done to allay his
suferings, but medical science has yet failed
discover any for these two dreadful maladieS,
all the physicians at the Institute say freely and
frankly that it is beyond human power to remove
these evils. Nevertheless it should not be forgot
ten that there are many instances where mistakes
have been made in diagnosing these diseases, so it
is well for all sufferers apply help the In
stitute.
All the following cases are curabIe:
Catarrh of the head, stomach bladder; all
bronchial diseases: all functional nervous dis
eases st. Vitus dance; hysteria; shaking palsy:
epilepsy; all venereal diseases: all kinds Of blood
troubles: ulcers; wastes of vital forces; rheuma-
tsm; govt; eczema: all skin diseases. from what
ever cause arising; psoriasis: all blood poisoning:
varicocele: poison oak; lost or impaired manhood;
spinal troubles: nervous exhaustion and prostra-
ton; incipient paress; all kidney diseases: lum-
bago; sciatica; all bladder troubles; dyspepsia;
indigestion; constipation; all viscera disorders,
which are treated by the depurating department.
Special instruments for bladder troubles.
There are few of the special diseases in which
exceptionally remarkable cures have been made
by the specialists, and it may frankly be stated
that helping hand is extended to every patient.
Circulars and Testimonials of the Great Hudyan
SAINT frna
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
How He Wrote !" chimmie.n

Edward w. Townsend has been telling a
New York Tribune reporter something
about "Chimmie Fadden." Nearly every
one of the short stories of "Chimmie,"
which are read in fifteen minutes, repre-
scented three or four mornings spent, not
over his desk, but in the Bowery or the
Fourth Ward, studying the character of
the people about whom he wanted to
write.
"There was one little fellow" said Mr.
Townsend, down at one of the slips. He
was the most perfect Bowery Boy l have
ever seen, and | used to go down and pre-
tend to sit reading paper, or to be wait
ing for somebody, just to be near him and
hear him talk. I studied hard on three
and the dialect. The last is the least i'm
portant and the easiest to get. Anybody
can get it. 1t rather hurts than helps
| care most for is the slang and
idiom They were modified as I went
along and learned more about them. 1t
was hard to get them well. for the people
will not talk the same way with stranger
as among themselves. Their most charac-
teristic expressions are put off for more
words.
mo. / didn't start out to write series
at all. One story led to another. 1t began
with an attempt to write Sunday spe-
cial." was put on the track by little
incident / had seen a few days before. /
went up to mission where some ladies
were giving dinner to tenement-house
children and l was to report it. One little
fellow near me | noticed gulping down
piece of pie in about two bites. The young
lady in charge, who seemed to be on
very good terms with the boys and
assumed a pretty air of comradeship,
was standing by and saw the pie disap-
pear. She leaned over and said with a bit
of the boys manner for ood-fellowship
Would you like another piece if / can
sneak it?' His eyes frightened. She
brought the pie and placed it before him
with a little confidential whisper, as
though it were special favor, of which he
was not to tell. As she did so the boy
leaned over and kissed her hand. 1t must
have been the innate gentleman. No one
could have taught him. Maybe he had
seen a courtier do it on some Bowery
stage; but | think it was just his own
natural tribute.
ssThat was my first insight into the
Bowery character, and when | wanted to
write special / used the people / bad
seen there, making up my own story. The
incidents are all fictitious"
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and FAANeIEEss
q STUDY IN
@I<< PRIMITIVE VEGETATION
STUDY IN

face to the air than does any other form of
leaf.
1t is hardly necessary to explain that
plants consume from the atmosphere that
which animal life rejects - carbon di-
oxide. This the primitive vegetation
absorbed in enormous quantities. It's sub
stance was like huge sponge. 1t became
giant ferns sank to earth, were covered
beneath its accommodating soil and turned
slowly TO coal, still holding in their hearts
the mysterious forces they had gathered
from the primeval atmosphere. 1t is these
forces, liberated to-day in our furnaces and
retorts, that give us light, heat power.
The primitive tree now keeps the ma
chinery of world in motion.
The ferns and brakes of to-day still keen
up the old economic habit There is other
vegetation all around them, absorbing food
and lessenlng the supply, of which the
ferns require an enormous amount. So
they still go on, infinitely subdividing their
leaves, expending no energy in the produc-
ton OF flowers, reproducing their kind
from spores, and the fern of to-day, like
its ancestors of thousands of years ago. is
/ a storehouse of force that in centuries to
come may still do the work of the world.
/ 1t used to be supposed that the fern had
no seed at ALL Then people began to be-
/ lieve that it had seeds but that they were
| invisible. 1t was no far cry from this to
/ the belief that he who succeeded in finding
/ these seeds acquired the power of becom-
/ ing invisible as we'll
Thus Shakespeare makes Chamberlain
! say: I'VE have the receit of fern-seed. We
walk invisible
But the seeds, or more correctly, the
/ spores, of the fern are found upon the
backs of the fronds The orders of FiIices
are founded upon differences in structure
! of the Sporangium. Their positions,
also, differ in different orders. In this
maidenhair, for instance, the germ of the
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a cuff doubled and worn as a collar. To
be more explicit, the polo is an extra
high standing collar bent over to become a
turn down, and therefore has the appear
ances of both of the two opposite styles.
When buttoned up it has very slight V
opening in front. The Polo is 21z inches
deep in front. It is used for morning wear
or for promenade, but never for evening
dress. 1t is modelled from the old Shake
spearean collar, but is higher. 1t has been
adopted by the ladies as well as by young
men.
The proper thing in cuffs is the plain,
square cornered or round-cornered links,
the first named being the most popular.
The ultras wear a plain square attached
cuff. In detachable cuffs the latest link
style is the Stafford, which, when but
toned on the wristband, has very much the
appearance of an attached or stationary
cuff. The Stafford is simple square
cornered cuff, with pointed tab on it to
button it to the wristband. The tab came
out only this year and is a very clever de-
vice..
From all appearances the young man at
the seashore or at the springs will be
have a great run. They will not only be
used at summer resorts, but also on prom
enade.
cheviot with starched cuff and IA center
pleat in the bosom, white collar, but fancy
cuff, the same as the shirt. Plain white
pearl buttons will be sewed on the bosom.
Cheviot shirts with rundown collar will
be the proper thing for negligee use, with
either center pleat or four pleats on each
side of the center pleat III inches wide.
The latest materials for colored shirts are
the very finest French percales, Madras
and woven linen, the last named being the
finest shifting made. The colorings in
use are blues of different shades. hello
tropes, pinks and blacks. Two colored
striped effects are coming into style again.
Some very odd effects are in French per-
Gales that have the appearance of watered
silk, with polka dot, check and polka dot
and dark red shifting. Spots and neat
figured effects in French percales are as
DOnular as ever
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Enrland,s Foreign-Made nIatehes.

"An Indignant Englishman' writes:
and restaurants in the city and West End
use foreign-made matches? One takes
match to light cigarette or cigar, and sees
on the box, these matches are manufac-
tured in Sweden or sometimes it is
Belgium? Can't we manufacture them?
There must be and there are plenty of Eng
lish manufacturers who can produce
matches as cheaply and as well as foreign
ton One gets sick of seeing that every
thing used in this country is made abroad,
even to matches. If we can make them in
England, why can't they be used every
where, and not imported in such quaint
ties from abroad? Let us help our own
country people when we can, and 1 think
we ought to be able to in this case. Lon
don Telegraph.
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The Burglars Blunder.

A curious story is told by our Vienna
correspondent. A young man, the repre-
large sum of money with him.. recently
spent the night at hatel at Pressburg.
AS usual, he remained some time smoking
in bed. Suddenly the burning cigar fell to
the floor. He bent over to extinguish it,
when he saw hand projected from under
the bed put the cigar out. 1t made him
very uncomforta BILE. He lay while, and
then, saying aloud, How very cold; |
bed, few to the door and cried for help.
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car is still the only means of public travel
IN many English cities, it has been greatly
improved within the last few years. In
fact, the up-to-date English horsecar can
give many points to our own latest electric
cars. A Bristol company has made an adj
dition to its plant of rolling stock which
embodies several innovations worthy of
imitation. Spiral springs of special design
are used, and the motion of the car is
hardly felt. The car is filled with a
white light, which enables the passengers
to read newspapers with ease. Although
oil is used, its maximum efficiency is
brought out by the use of a reflector
of white enameled iron, which is
found to be greatly superior for car lamps
to glass rehectors., The car is fitted with
life protectors made of spring steel. which
are placed close to each wheel and within
an inch OF the rail. They have been in
use more than year, during which sew
eral persons have fallen on the rails. Had
the protectors not been in use the accidents
would In every case have resulted in death
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lecture on fThe Errors of Youth and on Lost Man
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Visit the Institute when you can. An patients
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patients can learn all about their cases If they send
for symptom blanks. All letters are strictly conf
Dental. Two thousand testimonials In the writing
of the individuals cured.
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The would be robber was caught. He
confessed he knew the occupant of the
room had money, which he hoped to get
while he slept. He had been fireman
formerly, and could not resist the impulse
to extinguish the burning cigar.-London
Daily News.
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Great finds of gold have been made in
Korea and enterprising spectators are al
ready at work there showing the simple
natives what real energys.is.
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Brussels will become a seaport,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-04
"a REGULAR FIX
Last Appearance of the PaYton Com
pany Tonight.

Last Appearance of the Payton Com
pany Tonight.
ga Regular Fix" was repeated at the
opera house last night by the Payton
company to a good house and Sidney
Grundy's popular play was enjoyed as
thoroughly as it was on its first present.
alton here. The mirth was continuous
and unfagging from the rise OF the first
curtain to the epilogue. A feature OF
the performance was Miss Keene's
song, 1.-THE Sugar Plum Tree" in the
second act. No one has ever written OF
babyhoed days so charmingly as Eugene
Field, but his dainty bits have rarely
been set to music, as the effort to put
his rhymes to melody sWeeter than is
en- bodied in themselves is beyond the
art OF most composers. But IN
this the jingle of the lines has
been deity caught by the COM
poser who has given to the poets
fancy as fanciful strikingly original
and wholly beautiful melody as the
poem is sweet.
The music is by Collin Kemper, a
Young actor who was stage director OF
the Kemper Stock Company of Kansas
CITY last summer, Miss Keene being
one of the leading member of the same
company and the manuscript OF the
music was given her by the author.
Tonight the company will close its
engagement here by repeating 'Uncle
Joshua Whitcomb." Mr.. Payton's fav.
orite role and one of the heartiest ano
most wholesome comedies ever writ
ten.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-04
QUEER FISH.
An East Indian Species That Goes About
on Dry Land.

An East Indian Species That Goes About
on Dry Land.
During my military career, said Col
G. L. Fourtney, an ex-officer of the
British army" according to the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, Il frequently
visited the East Indies and many
curious animal have I seen.
''Of all these strange animals l think
the most peculiar I ever came across
was a fish which belonged to the perch
species and which is quite common in
that locality. These fish are in the
habit of leaving the water for hours
at time They wander about through
the grass and can live for week in the
open air Jugglers make use of them
in the performance of some of their
curious exhibitions, which appeared to
be beyond the hope of a reasonable eN-
PLANTATION till science demonstrated
that these fishes have a provision in
their structure for carrying water
! enough to meet the demands of the cir
culation several days in succession
while out of the water. While wan,
dering about on land they subsist on
the insects and worms which happen to
| fall within their reach"