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FERRY BoArs-w B. H., City. The following
is list of the principal ferry-boats, which,
with the exception of the Solano, are on the
bay of San Francisco. The length of each is
also given. Solano 407 feet, Transit 315, Ukiah
I'll, Oakland 265, Tiburon go, James NJ.
Donahue 219, Garden City 2O8. San Rafael
205, Ell Captain 1874. Alameda 1913, Tamalpais
$50.
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From the vigor shown by the bimetallists
of Germany there is reason to believe If
the United States would lead the way in
the reconciliation of silver the German
empire would soon follow the example.
and as the cooperation of France and the
Latin Union would of course be given,
what further international agreement
would be needed?
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It is now noted that Cleveland when he
was first a candidate for President loudly
declared no man should be a candidate for
a second term, but he has never yet said
anything against third term.
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THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

SATURDAY ....................AUGUsT 10, 1895
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The persistency with which ex-Judge
McKinstry was shouldered out of the
Hastings College of the law has reused the
students, and again demonstrated the old
fact that the spirit of independence which
an American boy breathes from his infancy
has a very yociferous way of showing
itself when things go contrary to his
Judgment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

EDITORIAL ROOMS:
BIZ Clay Street.
TeIepbone Main-1S74
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The Commissioners appointed to draw up
a civil service law for Chicago are said to
have formulated code of rules which will
make it difficult if not impossible for any
chief of department with a patronage
mongering tendency to evade it. This is
high praise, but Chicago will do well to still
keep an eye on the bosses.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The Inter Ocean says: California con
tracing for $50, 100000 worth of new rail
roads shows that the Golden State doesn't
propose to put up the shutters" And il
might have added that we are showing 6
wide open gate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

THE AUDIToRIUM-A. K. H., City. The stage
of the Auditorium at Chicago is: Width from
wall to wall 90 feet, depth from footlights to
rear 80 feet the stage room being 6SS2 square
feet. That of the Grand Opera house in this
City is 108 feet wide by SO Deep giving 1904
square feet OF stage room. The seating capacity
of the Auditorium is 1850, of which number
1900 is in the parquet
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

in his ki1e-hying experiments, always
asked his wife to stitch the toush ti lii
kite material. Here Is woman VINO
might easily be a seamstress ana Who
would bring much credit 10 her tiott $
sion She learned her sewing rlcks NJ
a convent. which she attended abroad
Those who have the good fortune 70
penetrate beyond the gates OF Marble
palace Mrs Willie h Nanderbilt's New
port house, and can get back OF the PAL
ace are at once Toasted Win the pre,,u-
est sight in the world. This is a view
OF Miss Consuelo seated outside a large
doorway which is fitted up as a sewing
corner There Is big awning, ana I'M
derneath is a steamer chair ihaue W
right with cushions ana nanked wiln
work baskets one Is evidently full OF
supplies. thread, needles, &c. and the
other is as evidently for work, as out OF
IL hung a great piece or embroidery one
morning recently. Miss Consuelo's room
Is the sleeping place OF a nun, AZ IN
white The only particle of worldliness
IL the needleWOrked canopy, which IS %
the finest linen embroidered with lilies.
They are white. but their leaves ave
touch of pale green to Offset the now
At this bed canopy Miss Consuelo
works mornings having always new
one in mind. for next season; her
mother TOYS idly with the thread. flash
ing a great diamond upon the outside
Of her gllttcring thimble. but II is
piere Of table covering she is handling
nothing useless. II Is said that the won
derful drawnwork table spreads when
are feature OF Mrs Willie n. din .,.s
are her own hand.work. She puts them
over silk of blue. yellow and pink, ana
In the centre trails pink lotus flowers
from a cut-glass howl
BRIDES SEWING NOOK
The most romantic sewing-room In the
world Is now being planned for cottage
I'm Cambridge The owner Is a Harvard
student. and inside a month he Will set
UP housekeeping in the little cottage with
the tall, spirituelle girl, ms wlfc. me
cottage belongs 10 Dave Hennen Morris
and the young wife is Miss Shepard, who
created "A sensation by being married at
"The Little Church Around the Corner
with only her husbands family present
lust a week after her cousins, Adele
The bridegroom has yet a year at Har-
ward. and the gir-wife is going to KEEP
hot Sc for him i'm Cambridge. Her OWN
morning-rcom ia now being arranged.
1t is a long veranda with windows and
odd corners. In WINTER il VIII be Il tssf q
In and one end fitted up as A study cor
ner. In the other enn will be work basket
and sewing things. Both are enormously
wealthy, but IL often happens that even
wealthy folks have not great deal OF
ready money 10 spend II very young, 90
the young wife is planning 4 corner
where the stitches may be placed IN many
| 2 curtain and upon many "a draDery for
| the little establishment. Her own desk,
where accounts are audit "a, viii - plfc
| ed IN this veranda. AMI In winter IL viii
| be the contest sun parlor to be found any
| where.
il takes many hours Of planning Ia
| max. {. sewing corner IDEAL. even with
| the a. Dor or seranl1 or Wild)w sup
| pUca 4 woman who has inst COM
| pletcd one gives as her recipe ;hirf'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

Bicycle riding and poor teeth are about
the last two subjects one would place TO-
eother. but that an overfondness Tor m
diligence In exercise upon the wheel Is
developing diseased condition OF the
gums and teeth can bee testified 10 by
many unfortunate victims and their dem
lists.
1t is caused by the extra effort necessi-
tatod in ascending hills or IN running
races. and the short, quick preatss Oh
cold air that strike the oycrheated gums
throuah the open mouth develop a con-
g.stion Of those parts The face s"ehs
as with an ordinary tOothachc, pus forn
around the teeth. and lC0sens them, ana
In many cases leads TO their extraction
later. and the pain rs equal 20 having all
ones teeth ulcera;lng az once.
A prominent dentist stated, when IN
torvlewod on the subject. That he had
had several cases CT that KIM. IL
comes" he said. from an abnormal cur
rent of air. from fast riding. striking the
gums. and n the p0l ularty OF the hlcy-
Gle continues II win develop new fea-
ture in dentistry. At private meeting
of several dentists the other evening. We
found, upon comparing notes. that these
cases are increasing The only preventive
is a difficult one 10 follow, and that IL.
always ride with ihe mouth closed The
same effect. however H. caused ny an
unnatural draught Of air, as. for In
stance. sitting I'M front of an electric
machine for a long period. l have had
several cases OF mat nature from ho-
tel stewards and their assistants, whose
offices are generally situated In the base
ment. whore "a change OF air oan only be
brought about by artificial means-New
York Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04
GIN. GRANT LIVES AGAIN..
Yeteans and Civilians Crowd Bis Cot
tlge on This Adversary.
SBB STORIES OF YHE GREAT HERO.
His Room IL Full Of Queer Little Finery
and simple Wicker just ~ IL Was
Whom He Died-Hc Gave Away
Mementoes.

MOUNT McGREGOR, Aug. i.-Gen.
Grant lives again upon the summit OF
this tiny mountain in the beginning OF
the Adirondack range In the northern
part OF New York state. Up here In
this small spot be is never dead. for
here Is his bed. his dressing-table, and
his wardrobe fun of clothes. II Is as II
he had but stepped oat a minute TO watch
n cloud float of to the ocean.
This week he is more real than ever,
for II is the anniversary of tho day when
he was last seen here. with pale face
propped 10 the window-pane: and there
are focking here this week thousands OF
Grand Army men and crowds OF reveren-
tial admirers. who come TO pay respects
20 the anniversary OF August 9TH and TO
lament the fact that the cheerful tenant
Is no more.
General Grant has been dead ten years
this week. lie died August 7. 1885. hut
his Mount McGregor home is as beautiful
~ kept as though he had but gone away
on visit instead OF taking the long
Journey from which there Is no return.
The "Grant Cottage" at Mount Mo
Gregor Is by no means the beauttui,
ornamental structure Ia is supposed 10
be by those who have never seen II. IL
Is n square wooden building with piazza
around II. put there by Anthony j. Drexel
for his own use years ago. There is moth
ing OF the villa" about the Grant cot
fage. and IL is doubtful II there is pros
porous farmer I'm the United States who
does not own better structure. 1t Is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

plishments, asked us II we had many
wild animals near our home. and when
one Of the Americans replied that we saw
a number of them at a circus IN the
spring, she asked. with surprise: 10
you have circuses IN America The
young lady's father. a gradIdse of one
OF the leading universities, told me that
he considered America a very great coun-
try, but that he would not like to go
there, because human life was not well
protected. lie got this idea IN perfectly
natural way from the kindness OF tho
English papers In combining American
news almost entirely to reports of lynch
ings. The first newspaper / saw on reach
ing London gave three lines TO the death
OF Secretary Gresham. and twenty lines
TO the lynching OF negro in some far
away corner OF Florida. \ curious tning
Is that the papers committing most OF
these sins against the Quilted States are
the organs OF the Liberal party. which
has been so greatly supported by Ameri-
cans.
When | told the gentleman that human
life was safer I'm Baltimore city than u
was In London, and that II was safe Tor
ladies TO go upon the street after night
fall. and that our percentage OF criminals
was not one-half as large as London's
he was quite polite hut evidently sxepfi-
cal John Bulls horror Of American
lynchings, which Americans deplore more
than he can possibly do is an illustra-
ton OF form Of humbuggery 10 which
he has long been addicted. Perhaps u
helps him 10 forget roe snt events in
Africa, in which thousands OF innocent
savages were ruthlessly slaughtered. but
that was done IN the interest OF trade.
and with John Bull the interests OF trade
are so scored that nothing can he wrong
rtFlt ah aI trof4 \,
new markell. r. NJ. in Baltimore
American.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

exclaimed merrily. 'Tf look out Of
the window I see them waving tneir
handkerchiefs to me from the stauon,
and here they look at me from all ,ne
walls. II is a merry life TO be a war
About lincoln and Garfield and other
nations heroes with whom he knew ne
would be numbered in history. ne "ou,u
saw nothing, as I'm life, except moss ~,
allied praise. II was hoped there mis,s
be some final judgment OF charsc.c', a., %n
he saw their histories roll out neio,. re-. ~" 80
in the horoscope OF life's close, ,, uu,
thcre was he made no sign or stcn , a. ssv-
edge. 'sLincoln II my hero" he sain So
ersi times. pointing TO the picture OF
More so than Washington" ne was
asked. x,,, natter"
This with the Grant twinkle OF eye
no reporters and all people OF the p.ess
Cen GrLnt was courtesy and klhuncso
itself. on the day OF his arriyei ne vas
escorted 10 his cottage by his physlvIisa."
and his family and q. A. *. esoof ec
After being allowed a nap no was pia pa r,s
by the window. Immediately ms s"s ,ne
eyes spied a body of men OUT upon ,"'
HILTON. "Who are those?" ne asnoi.
'srbore are reporters" sold the doctor
I'm charge "YCu will be closely watcheu,
fear, for there are I3 OF theta anu
they are all sending notes daily 10 ,nen ,
syndicates and newspapers. III thes
trouble you I'll have them ordered OIL
outside your range" 49,,
''rrouble me-" exclaimed the Genera.
'"Those boys trouble me? Why, without
them my people In the North ana South
would never hear from me. nor from
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

them. Invite them closer. shall want
TO talk with them in the night when l
am lonesome" And many a young re-
porter, now in proud position of work.
had his first real lift by a word from
the General" which was different from
regular news.
FOND OF REPORTERS.
One night when the General was rest
less and was allowed 10 pace the long
piazza. there approached him a young
man whose face stopped the General in
his walk. 1--WE seen YOU" he whispered
in his failing voice.
The young man nodded. Eyes. / called
on you in New York the night of the
Grant and Ward failure hesitatei he.
TELL me about it," said Grant fear
lessly. "Ive forgotten 1t, though l re-
member your face"
"Oh, IL wasn't much. went to your
house at IL o'clock 10 ask you a very
personal quesuon-if your son Fred ha0
run away 10 Canada"
And what did / sayy"
"Nou came ont TO the head OF the stairs
in your night-shirt and called out TO me-:
Young man, there isn't enough money
I'm all the Grant family TO take Fred
Grant TO Canada tonight!
Everybody who called upon Grant in
those days came away with "a pres
emit" He was at all times the soul OF
hospitality, ana this never left him Tor
minute. though his gifts were humble
ones. 1 We ittn WFlDIR a itittf. he
would say. holding out a precious sheet.
and il isn't what l want TO say. May
be-" tmidly, you might value IT, as
il has my autograph upon it,
And the proud caller would come away
with the raper--a priceless treasure.
So thoroughly did Grant stamp him
self upon the cottage and upon the
" hole place that IT is entirely associated
with him Low. He sat under trees upon
that old army blanket TO which he clung
TO the last. and though he was MORALLY
weak from the minute that he arrived.
he managed TO crawl or 10 be wheeled
all over the tiny summit. Il like 10 get
the layout OF the place" he insisted to
his physicians.
When the General died, at eight MN
utes after 5 that August morning, Frei
Grant stepped 20 tho little clock and
stopped its hands. "They must rest so. "
he whispered. and the whole life of the
cottage rested also" The bed-spread
was drawn over the untenanted bed and
the chairs left unarrangcd from the fee
BILE hands. Even the queer little lam
breouin is still there
Thousands of persons visit the place
every year and take a look at the i'm
mortelles and the pillows of coiored
things sent up by the Grand Army posts
ten years ago. but ii Is more like going
20 pay respects 10 man who owells
there than like visiting as TO Mecca,
the DYING spot of a dead hero.
c. 5. RUSSELL.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

Mark Twain takes the ground that
Herbert Spencer has so forcibly defend
ed IL Is the duty Of every man 10 ms
neightor 60 kick-kick az every petty Inn
position. kick at every act OF insurbor-
diuatiou. impuleuce. surlincss on the
part OF employees. Kick az the laxity
which permits A beast 20 spit and smoke
in the public vehicle. Report the con-
ductor who refuses 10 eject the ruffian.
Kick % the manager when the usher Is
rude. to the superintendent when the
clerk Is lnattentivc: 20 the highest avail
able authority when any injury Is done.
II is not good nature that prevents KICK
ing among us, 10 Is an attempted fraud
10 try and make N appear 20. Marx
-,,yain calls IL timidiy. Perhaps Il u.
brt that IS not IT'S full name. IL Is COW
ardYe DOWN ght. anject eowdrai,e,
mingled with Indifference 10 dNty, one
neighb0rly rights. and sheer incidence.
OF all the Euglishman's qualities IN
mos, Genuine and benencent rs his bian
refusal 10 submit 20 imposition. ~
never .'lets II 20. what's the user" hsl
makes a point Of finding a use. lie
not amiable but he is just ana his syf-
,,sces IN his fellOW-men are much more
eIubstantial than would be Few pleas
amt remarks. 10 Is for the -pirlt OF
"kicking" that our public service Is 40
universally lax. that, indeed, we nave
az much in our own daily life and expe-
Renee TO kick about II IL the friction
mat attends a practice that leads to
Improvement Let the loafer. the negh-
cent official the impudent clerk, the inso-
ient corporatlon learn In every instance
mar good manners ciyilty, and decent
service are attended with less friction
and pleasanter consequences than their
onnosItes. and we shall have more OF tho
former and less Of the latter.--commer-
clal Advertiser
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

The building being erected just below
Linnton by the Western Packing com
many for horse abattoir Is rapid
iv approaching completion. The iOun-
dations for the engines and boilers are
all I'm. and the machinery Is on the
ground. and should be- in place IN a rev
DAYS. The building and plant are on an
extensive scale. and Will probably Pc
ready for operation about July an, as
was originally intended. The first shrek
Of the whistle will sound the death-hheil
of 5000 causes now roaming the plains
of eastern Oregon and eating good grass,
which might better he turned INTO peei
and mutton. Mr. Switzler, who raised
these horses, as he has many thousands
before them, viii now retire from The
business. and has expressed his intention
of buying a bicycle, and, If he likes j.,
Will perhaps start a bicycle factory. lie
saws that the bicycles have driven the
horse 10 tho slaughter-hOnse, but when
something newer run out the bicycle il
cannot be utilized for canning, AS the
horse now is.-Portland Orogonian.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04
Women a. Whist Players.

Every talent, OF even every acquire
mont. nowadays seems 70 find It's possi-
bility for profit. some women who are
good card players are earning their sum-
mer board, according 10 an exchange,
teaching whist and other games OF cards
al the large hotels al the seaside and in
land resorts. Many women have never
learned whist In particular. they are not
embrOlderers. bicyclists. or readers. and
and gratefully hail this relief from the
monotony OF summer boarding lie. Their
halfgrown daughters. too. want 10 be
card classes. Apropos OF whist, by tho
card classes. Apropos OF whist. by the
way. that queen OF American whist
PLAYERS. Miss Wheelock. whose high
title was won from the great cavendish
himself. rcfutes the assertion that women
cannot become as good whist players as
mcrf. Miss Wheclock has had many
classes In the game In many places. and
II Is her experience that women are more
conscientious students OF the game. and
eventually become more scientific players
than their brothers OF the other sex
New York Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04
NEEDLE WORK BY TIE RICH
HISS RoCKPbLLER'S SEWING CAREER
Nook For tho Morris Brfde-Miss Consueio
Vanderbilt Sews snowy Bed Cano-
pies in Bower Doorway Back
Of Marble Palace.
Copyright, 1895. FOR The Times)

Copyright, 1870, Tor Inc liunesl
II Queen Victoria has made domesuc
virtues a fad. there are several very
beautiful and very prominent iadies WIZ
have made the thinble fashlonapie.
Needlework, instead OF being LETT 10
seamstresses. Is done by the mlstresses,
and in place OF calling the needle dun
and prosy II is placed with arustic I'M
PIGMENTS The bead lily and the crochet
ed dog are banished for the snowy seam
and the delicate FAX.
Every country house has Jus sewing
corner. and every city home has a WIN
dow planned and made beautiful by the
needles trappines OF war.
In some OF these pretty sewing corners
really great things are being accomplish
ed. as they were in the days when Betsy
Ross was proud TO make the nag tor
Washington and when Marie Antoinette
boosted OF having made trousers Tor 'he
Emperor. Industry now may take
more modern phase. but its results are
as remarkable ia
In a lovely country house up the Hud-
son there may be seen any morning nov
the snuggest group in the iovenes r, se~ wns
man TO assist him. IL lies 10 the sun
ward of the summer homo OF JONI
Rockefeller, and here each morning n i.s
his daughter. Miss Edltn, se"iIe "a up NV
Ioiters her handsome fiance. Harold Nc
Cormack, while over books ana uTess
drawings Miss Alta and Mrs. kockeleier,
mother and sister Oh MISS f>Hi'ii' 80 -,
new ideas for the trousseau which VIII
reflect TO their credit as much as 10 the
girl most Interested.
MISS RocKFELLyR's CAREER.
The sewing corner is a long, low yer,
anda There is a shelf running all arounu
the windows upon which morning callers
may sit. and where work Is plien up a.,
lavish profusion. A workbasket inus
its way here, and along the entire YER
anda there are Holland shades for snnt-
ting out the sun. In a small WORK -pock,-
ct lies a gold thimble, initiated ana dated
with the beginning. of the trousse,au T sdn
and there is a scissors with silver nan
dles. and an emery bag, which is SIX
strawberry. with silver calyx, and also
a small spool-rack of silver. ENJOYING
this ideal morning spot are the great
hounds and the pet kittens, while above
I'm harmony with all, sings canary plru.
IL must be confessed that not always
Is the sewing corner devoted TO domcs-
tic work as it's name suggests. me spirit
of athletics enters there at times, anu
then the sewing corner is an object OF m
terest 10 the men Of the family and 10 the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04

branch of conservatory. But inside
II is lined with small pockets for thrsaa =
and II hangs with ribbons ribbons OF vsur ,n
and small bags ' Of thread and buttons Of
every description. II IL In this w.n9om
that young Mrs. Aston does her SEWING.
gowns, real gowns Not that her ball
dresses are made by herself, but man
an outing dress gets its finishing touches
here.
She shortens her skirts SO that the
golf caddy will not step on 'cm snu
she also puts a bow upon the cdddy :
jacket when desirable to have tfHt smali
parsonage decorated In any particular
color for the day. Such things as t'se-
a few long, safe stitches, and Mr.. Astor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-04
OUR SECOND BASEMAN.
J.F. HOUsEMAy COMMENCED PLa'-
ING BAIL FIVE YEARs AGO.
lie Has Played I'm -Four Different Le"s"
Some Facts About His Earlier
reer AS ball Player.

John +. iouseman. the Hust'ers' crs0"
second baseman, was bern III
Rapids, Mich. January 10, 1910. anu -
therefore a little over twenty-five years
OF age In 1891 he made his debut WIN
the Marquette club, OF the PenihsDi"
League. OF Michigan. In 1892 he playen
with the Evansville club, OF Indiana, 'heh
in the Interstate League. win both OF
these clubs, Houseman made a ms repu-
tation.
In 1898 he did not play, being engaged
IN business. but in the following year ne