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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
THE PASSING OF THE HORSE.

"Ho! ho!" he cries and mounts his bike,
1.-THE passing of the horser'
Within my breast it seems to strike
pang that beats remOrse.
No spider frame Of bended steel
With handle bar and rubber tires
Can stand beside the strong appeal
VI throbbing life and keen desires.
smooth my horses shapely neck;
His nostrils sniff the piny air;
NO pearl from far Tehauntepec
Can match his beauty standing there.
lis Joy to stroke his kindly head;
Ana thus a fellow learns to feel
A noble breathing quadruped
Is more than tube or sprocket wheel.
Let others praise the "silent steed''
Ihat slides along the wcll-rolled grounds;
nay heart still yearns with loving greed
For sounding hoofs and rhythmic bounds.
New York sun.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
THE NAME OF MONTEREY.

Gaspar de Zuniga, Count Of Monterey, does
not deserve the glorious perpetuation that his
name has been given any more than Americus
Vespuc1us. This hemisphere should have been
named after its discoverer, as the bay of Mon
terey and the historic old town on its shore
should nave been maze to serve as memorials
OF the daring and nardihood of Don Sebastian
vizcaino. Even those strange, weird trees,
that hug the rocky walls of tho sea, like dis
torted, deformed giants bear the name of the
once Viceroy of Mexico
Father Junipero Serra's life work and name
are known to the few, while Monterey, the
title OF this forgotten Spanish nobleman, is
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
CALIFoRN1ANs IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. 21.-Charles Jose
Jr. of the California Distilling Company is at
the Bartholdi He is here representing the
leading wine manufacturers OF California to
see about reducing the freight on wines from
the West. Among other arrivals are: ]. Pill
lard, j. Sylvester, Morton; I. B. Austin, L. NJ.
Taylor and wife, Grand Union; j. Bupley,
Union-square; A. C. Fraser, Devonshire; B.
Holes, New York; A. Rothschild, St. Denis; j.
Spelman, Westminster
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Student thurriedly accosting mate of his)-
Saperlot, there are couple of creditors close
on my heels.
Fellow student-Qu OK, run into the savings
bank over the way; nobody will look for you
there.-Buntes Allerlei.
81 expect to be sort of a Barney Barnato by
this time next year." said the man who is in
the habit of expecting.
"How are you going to work it?" asked the
man who is put in to complete the dialogue.
'Going to patent an accordion sleeve. Girl
can draw it up small or expand it away out,
according to the state of her feelings toward
the young man."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
''Do you think it will rain to-night?" asked a
citizen of the policeman.
"I don't know, sir; I've only been on the
force one week." replied the polieeman.-I.on-
don TitBits.
Bobby-Papa, Jack Mason said his father
gave him so cents, and
Papa-Well?
Bobby-Pd like to say the same of you.-Har.
per's Bazaar.
The Younger One-I wonder If will lose nv
looks, too, when get to your age?
The Elder One-You would be lucky If Won
did.-Washington Star.
Ihere never was sheep so old that some
restaurant or hotel liar would not refer to it as
lamb.-Atchison Globe.
Close observers have noticed that when q
barber razors youths first mustache he gen.
orally shaves down.
Mrs. Bingo-I don't know what we will ever
do with Bobbie. 1t seems impossible for him
to learn how to spell.
Bingo-We'n have to make a sign-painter out
of him.-Detroit Free Press.
"Waiter. I found an oyster in this oyster
soup"
"It shall not happen again, sir."-Detroit
Free Press.
If the conceit was taken out of some people
there wouldn't be enough of 'em left to hang
clothes on.-Texas Siftings.
First Mouse-How are you, and how is the
family getting along?
Second Mouse-oh, very well, thanks, with
the exception of Willie. He was reared in .
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
FRESH CANDIES DAILY,

Richardson & Robbins Boned Chicken and
Turkey, large size. e........................$ so As
Gordon & Dworth's Tomato Catsup, per
bottle. 20
Dundee Scotch Marmalade, per jar. 40
Genuine Imported East India Chutney quart
bottles so
Apolinaris Water, per dozen. ..........:.... l so
Lemon and Orange Peel, per pound 10
Royal, Cleveland, or DR.. Prices Baking Pow
der, lib cans. ............................ 40
10 bs Good Raisins for. Observation-Disclosures. 25
Choice New Mixed Nuts, 10 lbs for............ 90
New French Crop Prunes per ID. b.............. 5
Seal OF North Carolina Tobacco, per b....... As
Key West Havana Cigars, sc each, box
OF 5O. 20
Genuine Imported French Sardines, 8 cans
..................... 25
American Sardines in oil, acan.............. 5
Imported French Peas and Mushrooms, a can 20
Cutters Whisky, bottle. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S5
New Dried Plums, TBS for. Observation-Disclosures. 25
Eight-year-old Bourbon or Rye Whisky,
gallon. ........................... 800
Whole Singapore Pineapples, BIB cans....... 20
Cycle Cigarettes, 20 in a package, 6 pkgs for. 25
Pet Cigarettes, pkgs for. or..................... 25
Dukes, Brlght's and Vanity Fair Cigarettes,
6pkgs ....................... 25
Sugar-Cured Picnic Hams. per b.............. 71a
Choice French Mixed Candies H. .......... 80
Seal OF North Carolina Tobacco, per b...... 45
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

or a day dress to be worn with guimpes. 1t is
pretty with the yoke and star collar. If the
other collar is preferred square pieces OF the
material may be used with dainty effect.
dress OF bluet crepon, with collar of ecru
linen, is exquisite and extremely stylish.
gingham gown could be daintily trimmed
by edging the pointed collar with wide Valen-
ciennes lace. Or make the collar of white
linen or lawn and edge it with narrow Valen-
ciennes lace of the yellow tint. A guimpe of
the same white goods, tucked and trimmed
with the same lace, is the latest fad and
would be dainty with a best dress of silk,
which should also have white collar.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
Chicago Inter Ocean.

All the ordinary subjects are slid over
rapidly and lightly and the bulk of the report
devoted to the elaboration of the Cleveland
plan of retiring the greenbacks and trusting
that the National banks will issue the currency
necessary to carry on business. Mr.. Carlisle
does not recommend the revival of the State
bank system, as he did last year, but he keeps
down TO the line of the Presidents message.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
Kansas City Journal.

If there had been no loan there would not be
a dollar in the treasury to-day. Mr.. Carlisle
calculated" one year ago that by this time
there would be surplus of receipts over ex-
pendituTes OF the year of at least 500 ,000, 900.
Where is ii? Instead of surplus there is a
deficit of about $55,000,000. That was just
about as reliable as all the calculations of the
present administration have been.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
VIII Encourage sericuIture.

San Diego Union.
Considerable attention is being PAID 10 SILK
culture in this country. New Jersey firm IS
advertising that it will buy all the cocoons
produced in the United States and there is no
reason why an important industry. should not
be built up. San Diego County offers admir-
able opportunities for sericulture. Frult-
trees TO their orchards.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
This Is True Americanism.
Santa Cruz Surf.

Santa Cruz Surf.
Within the forty-eight hours just passed the
words Northerner and Southerner, Democrat
and Republican have lost certain shade OF
meaning, and the word American has been
magnifed in the minds and hearts OF men.
We are one people to-day in sense IN WHICH
we have not been for sixty years.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
LITTLE GIRLS DRESS.

This charming little gown is made with a
round yoke (as shown in the little design on
the right-hand side) from which the skirt por-
tion hangs in graceful folds. Or the dress may
be sewn to band at the top, over which the
collar is sewea, making pretty evening dress,
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
TOpeka Journal,

Secretary Carlisle's annual report indicates
that that buoyant hopefulness which has never
| left him since he entered upon his duties as
manager of the Nations finances still en-
velops and hedges him about. He still thinks
there will be no deficit next year.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
Cleveland Leader.

Mr.. Carlisle resorts to the same false reason
ing which characterized the message OF the
President, although he is little less positive
in his statements than Mr.. Cleveland was.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

1t is document well worth careful reading
1t deals with important questions and is the
product OF master of the art OF lucid presenta-
tion of facts
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
HUMoR OF THE HOUR.

He kicked the moment he was born,
In stalwart, lusty cry.
He kicked and howled in babyhood,
Till the neighbors thought they'd die.
lie kicked when first he went to SCHOOL,
And he scratched the nursemaid, too.
He kicked on his college football team
Yes, he kicked his whole life through
-Somerville Journal
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Sherman's hook is said to have brought him
in 1927, 900 already, at royalty OF Sl copy.
1t would have taken him more than Two years
to make as much as that by being PRESIDENT.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

the country. The tariff and fiscal policy OF the
present administration is fast making US the
subjects of Great Britain, in commercial anu
financial sense and it is time that we break
the Shackles
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

UPON fair trial Hoods Sarsaparia fulhllsa
claims made for it. 1t is the true blood purlher
hence in allevatng pain and curing 1lS-
ease after other remedies have failed
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
CHICAGO LIMITED.
VIA SANTA FE ROUTE.

new train throughout begins October 30.
Pullman's finest seepingcars, vestbule reclining
chair cars and dining-cars. Los Angeles to Chi
cago via Kansas City, without change. Annex
cars on sharp connection for Denver and ST
Louis. Twenty-seven hours quicker than the
Quickest competing train. The Santa Fe has been
put in fine physical condition and is now the best
transcontinental railway.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

In one day recently Emperor William of Ger
many wrote song, painted a picture, designed
q fort and lost his temper. 1t was dull day
with him, too.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
Want Farmers in Place of Ranchers.

What Is needed to make Fresno County
prosperous is more farmers in place OF
ranchers. Ranchers are men who stake their
whole pile on some one product, wool, wheat
hogs, raisins, fruit or something else, and buy
everything they need to live on. When
Fresno's ranchers become farmers Fresno
or as rich as any other county that does the
same thing, and much more prosperous than
those who do not
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Mark Twain told the Australians that our
railroad service was so perfect in this country
that we had special cars reserved for people
travelling incognito.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Emile Zola will visit England again in the
spring. He wishes to study the industrial and
social life in such cities as Manchester and
Sheffield.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

PoPcoRN, quarts, 10 cents; sugared corn,
20 cents pound; three yards strings OF eorn' ~
cents; and corn balls at Townsends. S.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Many things may be coming, but Christ
mas Will be the first to get here.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
A PUBLIC SERVICE.

1t is said Mr. Pullman pays his daughter
$40, 600 year for naming the company's
cars.-Exchange.
Life considers this wanton waste of q cor
poration's wealth. We will perform this
service for much less money, and beg leave to
submit few samples of the names we would
suggest for Mr.. Pullman's sleeping and buffet
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

CHOICE cream mixed candies in telescope ana
Japanese baskets; CSC pound. Townsends.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

1t is doubtful if Congress could relieve
the President of the message habit even ii
it gave him the gold cure.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Professor Archibald Geikie, Director-General
OF the Geological Surveys of the United King
dom, and au thor of many important works on
geology and kindred subjects, is coming TO
America very shortly on leeturing tour.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

If we must have more bonds to tide
over the Democratic deficit they should be
issued in small denominations and made a
popular loan.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

There is just enough of a war feeling to
count as Christmas novelty.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Cleveland was willing to let public bust
ness wait while he went duck shooting,
but he finds it too pressing for Congress to
have a Christmas holiday.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

The political cards are being shuffled
very rapidly now and we must keep close
watch on the funding bill or Huntington
will slip in joker.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Ashworth is getting his Christmas stock
ing chuck full of cookie burrs in the shape
of charges that stick.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

As the Democratic Senators wished time
to consider the message it is needless to
say they consider it a nuisance.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Some people predicted it would be a
quiet Congress, but none ever opened since
the war with more fight in it.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
MR. CARLISLE'S REPORT.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
Utica Observer.

Throughout the report there is evident dls-
! position to theorize and prophesy instead OF
giving facts and figures.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers
business houses and public men Mnpfgomary Is Iv
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), olo montgomery
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

There was a time when Democratic
Senators were ready to indorse Cleveland
promptly, but now when they get mes
sage from him they ask for time TO con-
slider it.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

British bears are raiding the stock mar
ket, but wait and see what will happen
when Uncle Sam turns his bulls loose.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

panic is the time when wise Americans
will get in and buy.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

If the Grand Jury has used up the new
broom and can no longer sweep clean it
can at least get in some telling icks with
the stick
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

1t is evident this is gong to be panicky
administration all the way through.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

John Bull might as well put his Venezu-
elan claim on the bargain counter.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Once more we learn the difference be-
tween Wall street and the United States.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

No Christmas and New Years table should be
without bottle of DR.. Siegerts Angostura Btters,
the world renowned appetizer of exquisite flavor.
Beware Of oounterfeits.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Many were the speeches of the Senators
on the Venezuelan question, but none SO
eloquent as Milburn's prayer.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

The administration is apparently trying
to give US merry hades instead OF merry
Christmas.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

The Christmas number of the Chicago
Horsemon is one of the best and most at
tractive periodical publications of the
holidays. The illustrations are of excep-
tional merit and interest and no doubt by
many horsemen will be stored away for
permanent keeping. In addition to these
entertaining features there is also in the
number great deal of valuable informa-
tion which no one interested in horses can
afford to overlook.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

The texts may vary to-day, but every
sermon will be charity.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Grover may feel alarmed, but the people
know Republican Congr ess will do the
proper thing.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Commercial travellers are drummers in
time of peace, but they have volunteered
to fight as cavalry.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

The more Cleveland attends to business
ing trips.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

There are some dogs that bark ''panic,
"panic," even when they see Santa Claus
coming.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Things look little dark at present, but
the sun of Republican prosperity is rising
higher every day.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

A NICE present for Christmas-our own Cali
fornia glace fruits; soc q pound. Townsend's.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

There would be more peace on earth if
there were not so much OF the earth that
is down on peace.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

1t looks as if Cleveland's Venezuelan
message was only part of a scheme to
bulldoze the money market into helping
him to force Congress to support his gold
bug financial policy,
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

If Uncle Sam accepts the services of
commercial travellers as cavalry he can
count on it that the enemies territory
will be speedily overrun and our generals
kept posted on every cut or advance that
is made ANYWHERE
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

GOOD will to men" should imply charity
for the Armenians and correction for the
Turks.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Hoitt's school for Boys
Burlingame. Term begins January q.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

TowNsENp's famous broken candy 10c pound
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
Durrant Has Dropped Out of Sight.
Dixon Tribune.

The San Francisco papers have interviewed
every one of note on the prospects of war, ex-
cept Durrant. 1t is doubtless a bitter disap-
pointment to that youth to know that he has
not been consulted at this juncture, indicating
that he is losing the place in the public mind
he has occupied SO long.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

nest made of old love-letters and can't stand
the cold at all.-Cincinnau Enquirer.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

TeacherLWhat does the reign OF King
Charles teach us?
Tommie-Please, sir. not to lose our heads IN
moments of excitement, sir.-New York Truth.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Should the war cloud come nearer it
would show a silver lining from some
points of view.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Even the cuckoo sings better than the
calamity howler.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

If the New York Stock Exchange finds
any of its American members joining with
the British financiers in tying to break
down the market and create a panic it
ought to suspend them and give it to them
in the neck
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
PEOPLE WORTH READING ABOUT.

Archibald Forbes, the well-known war cor
respondent, is seriously i'll at his home in
London.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

PURE mixed candies, 10c lb. Townsends.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
OPINIONS OF OCCIDENTAL EDITORS.

Americans Needn't Use Flintlocks Now,
st. Helena Sentinel.
A patriot with q flintlock is better than a
hireling with Springfield rifle.
Suggests an AlI-Round Settlement.
Haywards Mail.
By the way, while we're about it, why not
put the sealing business, the Atlantic fishery
question and the Alaska boundary matter into
the pot with the Venezuela affair aud scrap for
the whole works at once?
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

To-day you can rest from your holiday
exertions.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
NEW TO-DAY.

IF afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye Water druggists sell it at 25 cents.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Even in the new era we need the old toys.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Prince Bismarck has informed Emperor Will
liam that ii his health permits he will attend
the state banquet at the Schloss on January 18.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

TowNsENp's candies. Palace Hotel building. >
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

PLENTY of help; no waiting at Townsends.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Grover has a scare head on him.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Ell. BLACK, painter, 12o Eddy street.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

According to gossip in st. Petersburg the
Emperor and Empress of Russia are delighted
that their first child is girl. 1t is said that
upon being congratulated by one of the court
chamberlains the Car said: ''The Czarina and
l are reioiced to have daughter. The child
is ours and ours only; had we had son he
would have belonged to all Russia
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

The coming man-Santa Claus.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22
Time Our Financial Chains Were Broken.

San Jose Mercury.
Many of the large corporations in the United
States would be disconnected somewhat should
English capitalists call in their American
credits, and for time the inconvenience
would be felt generally, but in the end it would
be one of the best things that ever happened to
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

The Empress of Austria intends giving up
much of the violent exercises which she has
persisted in for SO many years. Her Majesty
at one time boasted of waist of only twenty
inches in circumference - the smallest in
Europe and claimed that it was not the
product of a corset, but Of swinging by her
hands from trapeze bar.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

James NJ. Hall, aged 101 years, gave a CEN
tenary birthday party at his home in Harrison
County, near Cynthiana, KY, Saturday. The
combined ages of himself and four brothers
and sisters was 463 years. Mr.. Hall is a
pioneer OF Scott County and has outlived four
,riv
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Queen Victoria is greatly interested in the
Ashantee expedition and also in Barney Bar
nato's kaffir booms. She has ordered the
Colonial Office 10 keep her informed OF the
latest developments in these matters, and Eng
lish Radicals are now wondering ii the old
lady is specializing in African securities.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Lord Aberdeen has disapproved of the
charity ball, to be held New Years eve at
Ottawa to raise funds for the Children's Hos
pital and will not attend. This action OF the
Governor General and Lady Aberdeen has
caused much commotion in certain Canadian
society circles, but the ball will be held just
the same,
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

Student (hurriedly accosting mate of his)-
Saperlot, there are couple of creditors close
on my heels.
Fellow student-Quck, run into the savings
bank over the way; nobody will look for you