The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

boxing. fencing. baseball and many other
sports, and you require competitor or assis-
tant; take swimming and you require the water
but get astride your wheel and you are content.
Now it has been said that the bicycle is in
furious to women. DR.. Thorne of San Fran
cisco will give you particulars of patient of
his, suffering from trouble which necessitated
his sending her East to great specialist as q
last resource; the doctor stated that there was
nothing left but an operation which might cost
the woman her life. She happened to be stay
Ing with q friend who persuaded her to ride,
very much against her will, and she rides con-
tinually now, and it has effected complete
cure with her. DR.. Thorne is a great believer
in the bicycle now
"And these articles have prejudiced great
many against the bicycle?" suggested the re-
porter.
at has considerably; but then you know
there are always q great number of people take
to a particular hobby because some one else
does it, and they are ever on the watch for
scare to drive them from it.
"The bicycle will live and be boon to
riders"
Senator White is back in town from his trip
up the river with the members of the Califor-
mia delegation to prepare for the coming wres-
tie in Congress over river and harbor appro-
chances OF this State in getting good appropri-
atoms said last evening at the Palace:
"The river and harbor appropriations are not
apt to be large in the aggregate for two reasons.
First, there will not be too much money to
spare for the purpose; and second, as this is
on the eve of Presidential election the House
particularly will probably want to make a
record for economy. However, California may
fare as well as usual"
''What are your plans as to what you will ask
for, SENATOR" was asked.
"We have no definite plans and shall not
until we have seen the reports of the engineers.
We shall be guided by them to great extent,
because, you know, Congress will not make any
appropriations contrary to their recommen-
dations.
"We had hoped to get through with the work
OF investigation this week, but it will take
longer than we expected. We shall devote
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to it proba-
bly,, and expect to go to Napa, Petaluma,
Alviso, and to inspect the rocks in the harbor
that are considered a source of danger, and
also look at the new gun at the entrance"
Asked about other legislation, the Senator
said 81 fully agree with Senator Mitchell of
Oregon, who said the other day that there will
probably be no financial legislation of impor-
'tance at the coming session. There will, of
course, be no tariff legislation"
J.J. White, the Oakland Postmaster, makes
the same complaint that his predecessors have
made for many years, that the people of that
city do not display their patriotism by pur-
chasing their stamps on the right side of the
bay. Speaking of this yesterday at the Lick
he said:
According to the business done by the Oak
land Postofice the receipts should be about
900, while it is really only about 500, 900.
This greatly hampers the efficiency of the de-
partment over there. The cost of running the
Office is one of the highest in its class in the
United States. Were this OF SO we could put
on the extra carriers now much needed and
give a better service all round. The great
trouble, of course, is that people who live there
and do business in this City are in the habit of
buying their stamps here"