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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Love VS.. Ducats..

The violins were laughing all the while
MY german favor was white Pierrot;
And, with the most intoxicating smile,
She gave me Columbine--his girl, you know.
We danced grave a stately measure through,
She wooed my heart by every subtle vile;
And with her eyes she vowed she loved me, too
The violins were laughing all the while.
I said "Were you picture on tile
I'd worship you from morning until nightr
The violins were laughing all the while
''Were / picture, SIR she said, "you might y
And yet we sat alone upon stair
Oh, smallest, whitest hands, so warm in mine
Though both knew that we oughtnt to be there
Not /, Perrot, nor she, my Columbine.
For when her mothers carriage blocked the way
IL was not l who led her down the aisle;
1t was the man who married her to-day
And the violins were laughing all the while!
MIGNON NILLARs in Truth,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
SNOBBISHNIsS IN DOGS.

A Chicago Fancier Differs With Profess
sor Huxley on That Subject.
A dog fancier once took exception to
Professor Huxley's assertion that zone Of
the most curious peculiarities of the dog
mind was its inherent snobbishness shown
by the regard paid to external respecta'
billty. The dog who barks furiously at a
beggar will let a well-dressed man pass
him without opposition" He said that,
in fact, only dogs of well-dressed persons
act so. Dogs accustomed to men in rags
bark, not at beggars, bnt at persons clothed
in sleek broadcloth. The affection of the
yellow dog for the negro still remains I'M
explained Chicago Chronicle.
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from his former gracious mistress. Sadly
the small dog looked from one 10 the other,
ana evidently could not understand why
these two people were so estranged. By
accident the lady dropped her handker-
chief Quick as lightning the little Skye
terrier Jumped at it, picked it up and
brought it to his mistress, rising upon his
hind legs which trick he had been taught
by her, and glanced up with truly pitiful
look to his mistress. Sobblng loudly, she
raised up the dog and kissed him, and as
her husband, making good use of the op-
portunity. went up toward her, she met
him half way, and, throwing her arms
around his neck, sobbed loudly on his
breast and promised him forgiveness. The
divorce, of course, was out of the question.
and he, she and both lawyers adjourned to
a near restaurant to celebrate the reunion
brought about by the little Skye terrier.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
A Faithful Herder.
Christian Work.


A dog in New Mexico, returning one
evening with his sheep to the fold, discov-
cred that his master was still in his shanty
and kept very quiet. The next evening it
was the same. But after penning up the
sheep the dog smelled about the door,
scratched, barked and even howled, as he
was getting very hungry. But his master
did not move. The dog, true to his APP
pointed duty, went out with the sheep on
the third day, but that night when he
drove the flock into their pen the last one
to attempt to get in became the victim of
the dogs appetite. This method of pro-
vidirg for his own wants became part of
the faithful dogs daily duty. Every even
ing the last sheep to try to enter the fold
was seized by him and served for supper
and breakfast and dinner the following
day. The ranch to which the dog belonged
was in solitary part of the territory and
out of the track of travel or visitation.
From two years from the time of the
masters death. as ascertained by data left
by the latter, the faithful dog tended the
flock. committed to his charge and had
fresh mutton for his supper every night.
The flock was not decimated by this steady
drain upon its resources. On the con-
trary, it increased in numbers, and when,
at the end of two years from the time OF
the death of the proprietor, the ranch was
visited and the remains of the owner
were found the dog was still at his post OF
duty, jealously guarding his flock and
driving them to the best pastures every
day and to the fold at night, before which
he slept to keep the wild sheep-eaters OF
the plains at civil distance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Mind Your Eye!


A Canadian professor of opthslmology
says: 1. Don't read in railway trains or in
vehicles in motion. 2. Don't read lying
down or in a constrained position. g..
Don't read by freight, moonlight or twi-
light. a. Don't read by Pickering gas
light or candle-light. s. Don't read books
printed on thin paper. 6. Don't read books
which have no space between the lines.
Z. Don't read for more than fifty minutes
without stopping, whether the eyes are
tired or not s. Don't hold the reading
close to the eyes. 8. Don't study at night,
but in the morning, when you are fresh.
10. Don't select your own glasses at the
outset.
1t would almost seem as though some of
these rules were too obvious to require
mention, but practical experience shows
that myopes abuse their eyes just in the
ways stated. Reading by freight or by
moonlight are favorite sins. Reading
lying down tends to increase the strain on
the accommodation, and reading while
travelling tires the ciliary muscle. because
of the too frequent adjustment of focus.
In short, anything which tends to increase
the quantity of blood in the organ favors
the increase Of the defect. leading in ex-
IRENE cases to detachment of the retina
and blindness.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15

while its construction is explained in the
second. There is vent tube, one end OF
which is secured to the outside OF the
spout and the other enters the can. The
ends of the spout and the vent tube are
adapted to engage the stopper, this con-
sisting OF piece of spring metal, secured
at one end 10 the wooden frame surround
ing the can. The under side of the stopper
is provided with soft packing and the
extreme end of the stopper is formed with
a catch which is arranged to pass over
and under the lip of the spout, to hold
the can stationary. A metallic rod passes
through sthe can just above and in front
of the center. The sides of the can
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
The Horseless Age.

Regarding the much prophesied "pass-
ing OF the horse" the Railway Age, Chi
cago, November %, speaks as follows
" The Horseless Age is the decidedly
premature title of new monthly periodi-
cal. The recent 'moto cycle fasco at Chi
cago, where, instead OF hundred or Sc
seif-propelled vehicles of various sorts that
were to compete madly over hundred
mile course, only single one, clumsy
carriage. built in France, managed to lum
Der around to the goal, showed the horse is
very far from being superseded for pur-
poses both of pleasure and work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15

trend of which is to show that hypnotism
has had its day, and is practically being
laid upon the shelf-or. at least, its use
confined to irregulars outside of the recog-
nized school of medicine. This is rather
curious statement to make, at least, ii one
measures the interest of medical topic
by the number of articles written about it.
There are few subjects upon which Ger
man physicians are writing more mono
graphs at present, or in which they seem
40 take a more active interest. The sensa-
tional side of hypnotism is certainly dying
out, but certain practical side, which is
represented by the word suggestion" has
undoubtedly come to stay and TO be used
in therapeutics.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
DAINTY Handkerchief.

An exceedingly dainty Christmas gift
consists of six handkerchiefs made of the
sheerest, siIkiest linen lawn. One OF the
handkerchief should be very pale blue
one OF very pale pink, one OF lavender and
the others pure white.
The handkerchiefs should be hemstitched
by hand and in one corner of each the ini-
tials in fac smile of the person for whom
they are intended should be embroidered.
The white handkerchief may be edged
with narrow frill of valenciennes lace
but the colored ones should have no adorn-
ment but the hemstitching and the mi.
tails
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15

are soldered to the rod, while the ends OF
the rod enter the sides of the frame, thus
pivoting the can. In drawing oil from the
can the catch of the stopper is disengaged
from the lip of the spout, and the can is
tilted forward, as indicated by the dotted
lines. When sufficient oil is drawn the
can, it is explained, will automatically as
sumo the position indicated by the heavy
lines. This is accomplished by the eccen-
Iric pivoting of t can in the frame.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15

would have none but the sportsman him
self, made dash into his tent and seized
him, fortunately only by the hand. Then,
by some wonderful piece of luck, as the
lion changed his grip for the shoulder he
grabbed the pillow instead, and so van
ished with his prize. The pillow was
found next morning several hundred yards
distant in the jungle, and outside were also
the spoor of lioness, who had evidently
been awaiting the return OF her lord with
something eatable.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
A New Form of Propeller.

IlteTaTy DIBeSt.
A newly invented propeller for steam
ships, working on novel principle-that
of direct backward thrust-is thus de-
scribed in Der Stein der Weisen (Vienna,
October 15), from which we also take an
illustration of its arrangement: "a nov
city in the construction of propellers has
been invented by Spanish captain, Lo-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Saved by a Pillow.
Scrihner's.

An English officer recently was shoot
ing in Somaliland. One night, when he
was in bed inside his tent, a lion sprang
over the rough thorn fence which it is
usual to throw up around ones encamp-
ment at night. Instead of picking up one
Of the men or animals that must have been
living about asleep inside the fence. be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Called Down.

"Put that fellow in one OF the basement
rooms" remarked Satan, carelessly.
"Fellow! Basement sputtered the new
arrival. II would have you know, sir.
that l was a prominent citizen in my late
home, sir"
Satan smiled. "That may have been, :"
he said, 'but you won't cut any ice down
here. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Reposeful Girls.


If there is anything girls should cultivate
it is repose. Simply do not allow your feet
to swing and your brows to pucker, but
compel face and feet to mind your will,
and will to be calm and tranquil on the
outside if not beneath the surface. A result
of this will be that the looking quiet. and
moving gently, and holding yourself in
control, will bring about restful condi-
ton of mind. You will feel better and be
less nervous if you put down the expression
of nervousness.
Indigestion is at the bottom of half of
our maladies. Schoolgirls should eat
plenty of good food at the right times, and
should avoid too many sweets. Many a
headache and fit of the blues can be traced
pack to pound of candy, delicious candy,
but too much for the stomach to manage.
Bonbons and caramels and all such tempt
ing CONNECTIONS should be eaten after a
meal as dessert, not munched all day
hetWeen-timeS.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
A Long Distance Lady Cyclist.


OF the many English and French lady
cyclists taking part in the com petition at
Westminster Aquarium last week Miss
HARDWOOD proved successful, the distance
placed to her credit being 81 miles and 352
yards. The full riding time was little
over % hours
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
SELF-SEALING OIL CAN.
Novel Arrangement Which Prevents

Novel Arrangement Which Prevents
Splitting.
PHILADELPHIA Record.
A very unique oil can is shown in the
cuts below, which has been recently placed
on the market for sale, and will probably
be seen soon in all hardware stores. A
view of the can is shown in the first cut,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Pleasantly Surprised.

] caught her in the hall.
And twenty times kissed her,
And then contritely said:
81 thought you were my sister,"
But what a sell, by Jove!
L felt so like Il clam!
The girl / kissed laughed gayly;
"You silly boy, amp
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Training Children.

Dr. Nathan Oppenhem, in Babyhood.
Our usual method of rebuking and of
Furnishing child for falsehood is really as
illogical as reproof for inability to draw,
10 play a musical instrument, to learn
handwriting at glance. A child should
be blamed for lying only after tried and
proved ability to recognize, discriminate
and tell the truth. In addition, onlv after
it has been definitely decided that his ply
steal and mental conditions are normal;
after we feel sure that his environment
has been so normal, sweet and clear that
every predisposing cause from this side
has been removed; after We have elm
mated all facts which could possibly act
in the way Of making subjective impress
sions, of whatever intensity. which might
lead the child to a misapprehension and
misstatemeLt of facts
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15

Hypnotism.
Medical Record
The Journal of the American Medical
Association has an editorial, the general
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Harvesting Niagara.


1t is surprising how many people have
firmly fixed in their minds the notion that
the Niagara cataract has been "harnessed"
and made to do duty lice the little water
fall from the mill-race. Standing a. a
point which commands a good view of
Horseshoe Falls, squad of visitors were
recently gazing at The great white sheet
through the cloud of mist, among them a
representative of this publication. After
scrutinzing the falls thoroughly, both
with naked eve and field-glass, one of the
group-an Illinois lawyer, prominent in
the district he resides in-said, with puz-
zled look on his face: "Where are the
wheels? / don't see any,"
'Of course you can't see them" said a
Massachusetts merchant, with a thoroughly
sophisticated air; "the tunnel is built in
the rock behind the cataract and the wheels
project into the falling stream some, well,
perhaps from two to ten feet, but not clear
through, so that the-what are they called !?
-flukes or floats are not visible. "
And does the water go right on down
the river into Lake Ontario?" asked one of
the ladies of the party.
Certainly" exclaimed the encyclopedia
tradesman.
"Oh!" exclaimed the lady In surprise,
81 thought it was all used up to make
electricity"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Acety1ene, the New II1umfnant.

This recent triumph Of modern chemis-
try is exciting much attention in the East.
EXHIBITION plants have been established
IN Washington, where the German EN-
bassy is lighted with iC, in New York,
Philadelphia, Hartford and other cities,
and wherever it has been upon exhibition
large crowds Of people have been to see it,
and all have expressed themselves as
highly pleased with the light. There Is no
question about its brilliancy and diffusive
power; in fact, acetylene has always been
recognized by scientific men as among the
most brilliant of illuminants, but it was
supposed that it could not be produced at
a price which would make it merchant
able commodity. By the recent discover
les OF Professor Wilson it is believed that
this object has been attained.
As has been stated in the newspapers,
the materials from which this gas are
made are lime and coke ground together
and smelteu in an electric furnace, forming
a new mineral called crystalline calcium
carbide. By simply adding water to the
carbide large body of acetylene gas is
produced. a great many noted scientific
men have been to Spray, \. C., where the
carbide is now being made, and made the
carbide for themselves. They have then
taken specimens of the mineral, with
which they have made the gas and tested
its various properties, such as the amount
10 be obtained from a given quantity OF
the mineral its poisonous qualities, It's
heat-giving qualities, ETC.; IN fact sub
iected it to all the tests to which ga ses are
usually submitted. the results are sald to
have been practically uniform and salts
factory.
One great advantage which acetylene
has is its compressibility; that is to
saw, a large amount OF the gas can be
stored in a small tank in liquid form, and
thus easily II transported from place to place,
and delivered from house to house with
out the expense of street mains, gasometers
and the usual expensive plant necessary
in the case of Illuminating gas. 1t is esti-
mated that about three-fourths OF the
cost of an ordinary gas plant Is under the
ground in the shape OF mains, and the
leakage of gas from mains may be any
where from to 20 per cent per annum OF
the amount of gas manufactured. Ihls, OF
course, Is a total loss. BY delivering 1t
in tanks leakage is entirely done away
with. Experiments show that while the
gas is, like any gas, when mixed with air,
explosive there is no danger whatever OF
explosion from the tank. Chemists who
have made tests state that ordinary lilu-
minatiue gas is fifty times more poisonous
when inhaled than acetylene. One loot OF
acetyIene will, it is estimated, DO the work
of certainly twenty-five TO thirty 1eet or
ordinary gas, but the people who are plac-
ing acetylene upon the market In order TO
he conservative say that it will do the
work of ten feet OF ordinary gas. 1t has
also nearly the same spectrum as the sun; ;
that is. its rays contain the same colors,
and goods or any other colored oDlects
can be-shown by 1T in the evening prac-
ticallv as we'll as by daylight.
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be autY is of

Chute, Irving's fame. Ellen's beauty is of
that rare kind appreciated by scholarship,
Tor, though almost entirely self-educated,
in conversation, should some happy turn
of speech be spontaneously uttered, or an
opposite quotation be made, her face,
plain as was that of Marian Evans, is in
stantly lit up by that wondrous beauty
which intellect alone commands.
1t was at this famous old theater that
Charles Macklin, author of 'Love a la
Mode" and The Man OF the World Gre
ated the characters Of Sir Archy McSar-
casm and Sir Pertinax McSycopbant. He
played at this house a few weeks prior TO
taking his farewell of the stage at the age
of 90 years. Ellen Terrys artistic per-
Torrance of Viola in Twelfth Night"
resulted in her first London appearance.
Every actor of note from 1882 to the pres
ent time has trod its historic stage under
Chute's management-John kemble, Sa-
fah Siddons, Edmund Kean, Charles Kean,
Macready, Madge Robertson (Mrs. Ken
dab, Nine. Vestris and Helen Faucit
lady MARTINI being among the number.
Here, too, before Chute's days, the bcauIi-
ful Perdita Mary Robinson) charmed the
old city and won the love of the then
Prince of Wales, who soon tired OF her and
left her to die in misery and restitution.
The old place still stands, but Chute has
now handsome Theater Royal in Park
Row in the fashionable quarter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
Measuring the Winds Velocity.

The principle of the Eolian harp has
been put to scientific use. At a recent
meeting of the National Academy of
Science, reported in Science, November Is,
Professor Carl Barus read paper discuss
ing the sounds made by the wind whistling
across a slender obstacle, like wire. "He
showed that the velocity of the wind could
be computed from the pitch of the note OBJ
served in case of given diameter of wire
and for given temperature of the air. By
aid of special microphonic attachment
such sound could be conveyed to any dis
lance and isolated from the attendant
noises at the place OF exposure. So rep
resented, the wind was given in every de-
tail of its gusty and variable character.
and the term Internationally seemed
to be applicable to observations of this
nature. Finally, the direction of the gust
could be inferred from the sounds obtained
from three wires at right angles to each
other"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-15
RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER CO.,

1910 Market Street,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-21

did not attend caucuses or conventions,
but left to others the active duties of
the campaigner Now, he says, "civil.
service reform is term of reproach
and the presidents order thing of de-
rision. 1t is matter of public noto.
riety that never in the political history
of Iowa was there ever such shame.
full violation of the rules of decency and
good order as was manifested at the
late democratic state convention" The
presidents order, Mr.. Evans further
AYERS, twas treated with contempt, and
when the vioators were reminded of
their indecency they replied in man.
ner that would become the minions of
a despotic government rather than pub
lie servants"
Conditions have changed since 1886.
Times change and men change with
them. Mr.. Cleveland is mortal, and
even his conservation to the work of
reforming political abuses cannot re-
sist the exactions of the conditions
that environ him. "Offensive partisan
ship" and "pernicious activity" so Of
fensive and pernicious when Mr.
Evans was postmaster, become in
1896 the divinely appointed agencies
for accomplishing the mission of con-
secrated president. To Mr.. Evans
dull intellect these things appear to be
strange and inconsistent, but when his
darkened mind is tipped with the light
of conservation all these confusing
things will be clear to him and his open
letter to the president will become a
source of modification and humiliation.
With characteristic gall the mugwump
idolaters are saying if what M. Evans
charges is true, they know of no reason
why Mr.. Clevelands famous rule should
not apply in the Iowa case, albeit the
silver democrats are making the charges
embodied in Mr.. Evans letter to the
president. Whenever was 80 large an
"if" interposed to shield any other
fraud or pretender2 The moral force of
the presidents soundmoney victory in
Iowa, as it was in Kentucky, is some.
what weakened by the agencies en-
polyed to win The victory. The fea.
lures of The Yelled Prophet, as dis.
closed by the gimpses these fittings OF
the veil afford, are hardly as luminous
as his bold believers picture them.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-08-21
Washington Items,

G. FL. Johannessen has begun drawing
timber for his new block, on the site Of the
Worthley blacksmith shop.
DR.. Warner has erected second derrick
on his marble quarry, and is soon to have
a gang of cutters from Barre at work on his
Boston contract
The Washington Agricultural Associa-
ton have decided to hold a town fair ON
their grounds this fall, concerning which
further details will be forthcoming.
Elan Dickerman has been engaged in ex-
tended repairs and improvements for some
time upon his residence which he pur-
chased of the Orange Fifeld estate last
spring. While digging a well back of his
house he came upon ledge OF quartz which
is interpreted with mundic the name 81 zen
by Cornish miners to iron or arsenical py-
rites. The variations in color and the COM
bination OF quartz with species OF both
silver, lead and isinglass render the mass
OF rock curiosity. II nothing more. A for
mer gold miner in California now at work
in Graniteville, believes there is gold
mine within hundred feet. Mr. Dicker-
man has also unearthed fine quality of
Washington marble, and the indications
are that the deposit is large and val
liable one.