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THE DELAWARE FIGHT.

Congressman Maguires telegram from
Wilmington, Del, to THE CALL giving
news of the progress of the single-tax fight
in Delaware is confirmation of prior in
formation that the prospects of single
tax victory in that State are very good.
If this should prove true the idea will
have a tremendous bound. for under the
general theory of opposition to the single
tax Delaware would be one of the last
States to adopt the method. This is
because agriculture there is carried to a
higher degree of development than in
most States and as consequence land is
very valuable. On the assumption that
farmers would be the last to adopt sys-
tenn of taxation which apparently would
throw a considerable burden upon them,
such adoption by the farmers of Delaware
would have a great effect on the fate of the
idea in other parts of the country.
In saying that it is a general assumption
that farmers would be opposed to the
single tax, we mean merely that it is an
assumption. AS matter of fact, some of
the most intelligent of the wealthy farmers
have announced themselves in favor of
this form of taxation. The subject is too
large to be discussed here, but the fact that
landowners themselves, in considerable
numbers, are advocating system of taxa
ton aimed solely at land shows that there
is great deal in the philosophy of the
matter that is not apparent on the surface
and that requires study and wisdom to
comprehend. A very significant feature
of the case is that there has been no at
tempt whatever to raise the cry or create
the impression that the single tax is a
measure proposed by non-owners Of land
to shift upon the shoulders of land owners
the whole burden of taxation. it is equally
interesting to observe that the leaders OF
the movement are not classified as cranks,
but, on the contrary, are men of superior
intelligence, as rule.
These circumstances invest the subject
with breadth and dignity that command
attention. The single-tax idea is the most
revolutionary scheme affecting the inter-
nal affairs of the country that has ever
been proposed, and for that reason alone
it must be handled with the utmost care.
If it succeeds in Delaware it will at once
become an important issue throughout the
whole country. Even should it fail there
we are still confronted with the fact
that it has been growing slowly, bnt
steadily, for number of years throughout
the civilized world and that it has been
actually in operation for some years in
New Zealand, with what are claimed to be
excellent results.
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stately demeanor and model manners, which
fascinate all who approach him. He is a poet
as well as soldier and has composed some
ballads which are popular wherever the
seryian language is spoken. He is also an
accomplished linguist, and speaks French,
German, Italian, Russian and Turkish with
perfect fiuency. His ordinary costume con-
s,sts of a ssy-blue jacket scarlet sash and
snurred boots, with white mantle, furred
Rattan and jeweled sword. Thus attired he
gives audience two or three times week to all
Who have anything to ask of him, and he
administers Justice offhand. Litigants appear
before him and state their cases without the
assistance of lawyers. On recent occasion
sutton against whom he had given luogment
triad tn stab him. but blow from the Princes
fist knocked him out OF court literally. He Is
altogether one of the most gifted men who ever
ruled a people, and, if his dominions were
larger. might even leave name in history.
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L1NCoLN's HEs1rANcY TO MARRY

APPREHENsIvE THAT THE PATHWAY WAS NOT ONE
OF FLOWERS AND SUNLIGHT.
Letters from Lincoln to his closest friend,
Joshua Fry Speed, subsequent to the latter's
marriage, betray an anxious and impatient de-
sire to learn if marriage is pathway of flowers
the two had morbidly feared it to be. John
Gilmer Speed presents these hitherto unpub-
lished letters bearing upon Lincolns Hesitancy
to Marry" in the October Ladies Home Jour-
nal. In one Lincoln says:
1t cannot be told how it now thrills me with Joy
to hear you say you are far happier than you ever
expected to be- That much know is enough. /
know you too well to suppose your expectations
were not, at least sometimes, extravaganza and il
the reality exceeds them all, say enough, dear
Lord. l am not going beyond the truth when
your last letter gave me more pleasure than the
sum total Of all I have enjoyed since the
seems to me, should have been entirely
happy but for the neverabsent idea that there
is one (referring to Miss Mary Tod) who is still
unhappy. whom have contributed to make so.
That still kills my soul. 1 cannot but reproach
myself for even wishing to pc happy while she Is
railroad cars to Jacksonville last Monday, and on
her return spoke so that heard of it-Of having
enjoyed the trip exceedingly. God be praised for
that. One thing can tell you which know you
will be glad to hear, and that is that 1 have seen
Mary and scrutinized her feelings well as I
could, and am fully convinced she is far happier
now than she has been for the last fifteen months
past.
Eight months alter speed was married Mr..
Lincoln wrote him:
But want to ask you close question: care you
now In feeling as well as Judgment glad that you
are married as you are?" From anybody but me
this would be an impudent question not to he tole-
rated; but L know you will pardon it in me.
Please answer 1t quickly, as L am impatient to
know.
Mr. Lincoln's object in asking this "close cues
ton" is manifest. Mr.: Speed gave the answer
quickly and satisfactorily, and on the 4th of
November, lS42, one month exactly after the
question had been submitted, Mr.. Lincoln was
married.
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PERSONAL.

Adjutant-General A. w. Barrett Is at the
California.
N. NJ. Orr, real-estate man of Stockton. is q
guest at the Lick.
]. F. Crank, a street-railroad man of Los An.
geles is staying at the Palace.
R. A. Graham, railroad contractor of Mar
shall, Or, registered at the Palace yesterday.
C. W. Fielding and II. I. Wenham of the Iron
Mountain mine, in Shasta County, are at the
Palace.
P. Kerwin, mining superintendent, arrived
from the Comstock yesterday and put up at
the Palace.
George Bonny, member of the firm of
Shreve & Co., arrived from the East yesterday
and is staying at the Palace.
William Beckman, an ex-Railroad Commits
sioner, came down from Sacramento yesterday
and registered at the Grand.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

"The articles condemning the use OF the d.
cycle, published recently, are, in my OPINION,
a farce" said ]. Downey Harvey yesterday al
the Palace Hotel. ''I maintain that there Is
not more healthy, companionable or en-
joyable recreation than bicycling"
Chow do you account for the cases cited In
those articles where persons have been IN
jured through bicycle riding?" asked CALL
reporter.
"Well," said Mr.. Harvey, elf there are SUCH
cases, they are, am sure, very few. can cite
cases where they have been extraordinarily
beneficial to persons of weak constitution.
How many people know how to walk? If they
were more perfect in this, there would be less
disease than there is. 1t is the same with the
bicYcle-there are riders and those who do not
know how to ride
"Did you ever know of anything more COM
panionable than the bicycle? ride about fifty
miles day. am no boy-and it does not
fatigue me, but it is extremely healthful. Take
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and has trousers in reach. She is in a
position, therefore, to indulge charity
for man without parting with particle of
her own self-love, and we may expect
something of her benignant sympathy in
the report that the tailors of London have
decided that hereafter the dress coat of a
man shall no longer be of inky black but
of warm plum color, lined with change
able silk. 1t is in the matter of the change
able silk that the call for feminine charity
comes. We are told these Innings vary
from blue and green changeable to GRIM
son and gold changeable, and that the ex-
cellence of the dress will depend on the
harmony of the lining with the shade of
plum color in the suit. Imagine the aver
age man wrestling with a color problem
of that kind and then arrayed according to
his taste going into ballroom and asking
for reason and justice. Society would be a
mockery.
The advocates of system of eye-train-
ing in our public schools have now be-
come sufficiently warmed up on the SUBJ
ject to maintain that by proper course of
exercise it would be possible to commit
landscape to memory as we commit
poem and to recall vision as we recall a
tune. In literal sense this opens bright
prospects for the coming generation. By
the careful cultivation of the sense of sight
men will undoubtedly be able to see many
things now hidden from us. Possibly the
coming man may even be able to see the
point of his neighbours argument, which
would be great blessing. Moreover,
there would be gain in being able to
commit landscapes to memory and to re-
call them at will, for under certain con-
ditions of sky and atmosphere the earth is
revealed in aspects of beauty which, if
they could only be stored up, would be
joys forever to all who beheld them. 1t
seems certain we have not yet experienced
all the delights the eye is capable of afford
ing and that in the new education there is
a chance for men to see in the world some
thing more than continual demand for
charity
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LOVES SEASONS.

Full fedged summer lies upon Il land.
kiss your lips, your hair-and then your hand
Slips into mine; 10, we two understand
That love is sweet.
The roseleaf falls. the color fades and dies;
The sunlight fades, the summer. birdlike, flies:
There comes a shade across your wistful eyes
Is love so sweet?
The flowers are dead, the land Is blind with rain;
The bud Of beauty bears the fruit OF pain
Can any note revive the broken strain,
Is love so sweet?
The world is cold and death is everywhere;
turn to you and in my hearts despair
Find peace and rest We know, through foul OF
fair
That love is sweet.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The ex-Empress Carlotta OF Mexico resides In
a large country house near Lacken' SUBURB
- Brnssels where her brother, the King of
ReIgium. visits her three times week. She Is
now said to have lost all traces OF her former
insanity. Her chief recreations are reading
and music. She is perfectly able to direct all
the internal economy of her establishment,
takes long walks in the beautiful park in which
her residence is situated, and both lunches and
dimes in the company of the principal mem
hers of hor sujte
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The bronze tablet in memory of Charles Lor'
ing Brace, founder of the Children's Aid So
ciety, is finished and will soon be put in posi-
ton on the corner pier of the second story OF
the Newsboys' Home, at New Chambers and
Duane streets, New Nork. This home was es-
tablished through Mr.. Braces efforts. The
tablet is the largest ornamental bronze casting
ever made in America 1t is a solid piece of
bronze ten feet six inches high and one foot
thick, and almost three thousand pounds of
metal were used in the casting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Although it seems difficult to bring
about reform or improvements in NUM-
cipal work, yet never before did San Fran
cisco have so many associations of citizens
for the advancement of the public welfare
nor were the people at large ever so mnch
in earnest in supporting such associations,
and these facts in themselves constitute
reforms and improvements of no small
significance and Importance.
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PEOPLE TALKED ARour

Prince Nicholas of Montenegro is gray and
portiy ana three and fifty, yet handsome
withai, and looks every inch prince and
soldier. He is very tall and broad-shouldered.
with frank. fearless face, large eyes, most
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
THE BEST NEWSPAPER.

The CALL is undoubtedly the best daily
newspaper published in San Francisco, and
those OF our readers who take any daily paper
should take The CALL-Yesterday' San Fran
cisco Star.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The failure of the Peary expedition has
revived discussion of the proposal to
attempt to reach the pole by balloon; but
Explorer Greedy declares the project to be
absurd. Perhaps the only way to succeed
would be to establish big supply depot
as far north as possible and then push out
from that with other depots at close inter-
walls until the pole is reached.
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THOUGHTS OF WESTERN EDITORS.

The men who go fishing on Sunday expect to
come home loaded-Reno New Gazette.
Strange as it may SEEM prosperity is to the
followers of the red flag a red aag.-Salt Lake
Herald.
San Francisco is growing in Importance.
The CALL is putting up the handsomest news
paper building in the country and the rank of
the British Consul has been inereased.--Ala-
media Telegram.
If we could exact an export duty on Ameri-
can heiresses who marry foreign noblemen it
might possibly stop this drain on our gold
Seattle Post-IntelIigencer.
The bottom cause of the enormous shipments
OF gold to foreign countries is the fact that we
have tariff framed expressly to encourage
the import OF foreign goods.-Portland Ore
gonian.
We may cry reform until we die, but unless
we begin the "work" there will be no reform.
In this case "faith without works is dead" Let
us henceforth demonstrate our faith by our
works.-San Francisco Living Issues.
Santa Rosa proposes to have grand floral
carnival another year, and is already taking
the preliminary steps to make it success.
California will soon be known as the State of
carniyals and festas, and the fact will have no
little enchantment about 1t for the denizens of
the other States of the Union. As an advertise
ment II is impossible to estimate the value OF
these floral displays.-Los Angeles Times.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
MENU FOR MONDAY, SEPT. so

Fruit.
Quaker Oats Milk.
Broiled Thin Ham. Omelet.
Rolls. Coffee
LUNCH.
Goose Stew with Olives and Crouton.
Sliced Tomatoes. Coffee.
Fruit.
DINNER.
Mock Bisque Soup.
Broiled Steak. Baked Potatoes.
Peas.
Lettuce Salad.
Waters. Coffee. Cheese.
Grapes
Household News
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

DIR. SIEeERTs Angostura Bitters, pure vege-
ia Die tonic makes health and health makes bright
rosy cheeks and happiness.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

OF the summer crop of f1irtations few
are preserved, but most are in cold storage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

If you never put yourself in frying pan
you will never have to Jump in the fire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

This winter Mr.. Cleveland will find Con-
gress on his neck instead of his hands.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

HOODS Sarsaparilla has permanently cured
many thousands of cases of scrofula, rheumatism,
nervousness and other troubles because it purides
and vitalizes the impoverished blood.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

To keep up with our Eastern rivals, we
must have a National convention here
next year and then take City census.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The man who cannot open his mouth
without putting his foot in it, doesn't
always talk with understanding.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

There are preparations for coming car
nival in every town but ours.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Even if Uncle Sam does not intend to
recognize Cuba he might look toward her
and see how she is getting on.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Some people are sad because other peo-
pie smile too much.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Some men think they see most OF life
when they go it blind.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

If we invite Eastern people to our festi-
walls next year we shall have to ask them
to come in the spring and stay all sum-
mer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Don't make your life lottery when you
can make it sure thing by little dis
cretion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

San Francisco will never hold her right
full position in the world until her front
overlooks the Pacific and the bay is back
yard.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

There are some people SO perverse you
can make them hot by telling them to
keep cool.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

When European gold comes to this
country it returns with interest, but when
our gold goes there it seems to get stuck in
the mud.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

1t is time to make the East understand
that San Francisco is big enough to be a
National convention city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Many men claim the right to have an
opinion of their own, and then go and
steal one from somebody else.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Remember THE CALL is the only morn
ing paper in the City in which you get the
United Press dispatches.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The proposed ordinance forbidding the
publication of lottery advertisements seems
to fit the situation it was made for and
ought to be tried on.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

In addition to larger sleeves the ladies
will wear also larger hats this winter, and
that is what we get for our fool legislation
against the theater hat
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

If Trilby's feet were as perfect as they
say, she would foot her own bills and give
free show.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

NICE present for Eastern friends-Calitornla
Glace Fruits, soc h., Jap. baskets. Townsend'sF
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The suggestion of Governor Stone of
Mississippi as candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent on the Democratic ticket next year is
to some extent an outcome of the logic of
the situation, for Mississippi is about the
only State sure to go Democratic this year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

Who takes things easy must pay big
price.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

1t is hard to tell whether the European
war cloud is a guessing contest or mys-
terry story.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

IF afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell it at 20 cents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The Ethelwyn and the Spruce " may
be haf-raters for yachts, but they are first
raters for sport,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

There seems to be good prospects for an
other race between the Defender and Val
kyrie, as Dunraven has changed his mood
from the sulks to fighting mad.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Pacific Ocean fogs are good for the com.
plexion and a Western breeze always vi
taliZes the blood.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The weather is Just about changeable
en- ough to exercise your skill as prophet
but don't bet on it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

When a woman makes up her mind not
to weigh the consequences, you may bet
she weighs a ton.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

E.H. BLACK, painter, 40 Eddy street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Perhaps the churches viii entertain u
this winter by revival socials with tw,
oysters to the stew.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Now that a Boston court has declared
q glove contest ending in knockout is
not prize-fght under the statutes of
Massachusetts, it will hardly be necessary
for Corbett and Fitzsimmons to go all the
way to Dallas to elevate the stage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Petitions favoring municipal ownership
of water and street lighting works have
been signed by so many people that the
corporations may yet have to resign.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

BACON Printing Company, 500 Clay street.
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RENTS collected. Ashton, All Montgomery
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The fact that the big baseball teams are
coming this way should remind Eastern
people that the place where baseball can
be played during the Writer is the best
place to spend the winter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

1t is very unfair to impose the whole
brunt of the single-tax fight on Delaware,
when she is next to the smallest State in
the Union, and has always been willing to
treat to peaches.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

So far as dress reform for woman is con-
cerned, the bicycle is the whirligig of time
that has brought about its revenges.
Woman has achieved the divided skirt
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The charity fad last year consisted in
running newspapers for day. This year
it has been running a line of streetcars
with women conductors. Next year it
may run in the ground.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

The men who go fishing on Sunday expect to
come home loaded.-Reno New Gazette.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29

Strange as it may SEEM prosperity is to the
followers of the red flag red 1ag.-Salt Lake
Herald.