The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-20

Even the bicycle has its victims as well
as its votaries.
1t is cold world, and 10 the poor pugil- |
ist has nowhere to warm his fists.
We have had everything but National
convention and we must have that.
This week cheers Us with the hope of
bringing the Durrant case to finish.
At this season the biggest field of uni
versity work is marked out like a gridiron.
There are very few men who can wear a
chrysanthemum without having to carry
cane.
The Monroe doctrine fits the condition
in Venezuela exactly as if it were made
for it.
If you wish TO know why you are to be
gay this winter read Mr.. Greenway's paper
on another page.
What kind of noise was it in the Demo
cratic ranks that led Buckley to believe he !
heard an encore?
A short time ago David Bennett Hill was
big enough to stand against Cleveland, and
now where is he?
1t is better TO put up now for the Ma
tional Convention than to put up with the
loss OF il later on.
With the Sacramento city election to tn
front it cannot be truly said this is an off
year for politics in California.
Our culture may not be altogether better
than that OF New York, but we do not have
TO cross river to-day to get beer.
Marlborough may be very small sort of
man, but it is much easier to make fun
of him than to initiate his example.
Chicago Democrats expressed sympathy
with the Cubans, but really they are in
hard need OF sympathy themselves.
"
Cuba has population of about 1000, 900,
and Spain can never hold down that many
people long enough to count them out.
There are several nations in Europe that
would willingly protect Armenia if the
other nations would get out of the way.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons might as well
agree to turn their affair into debate on
the silver question and take the chances.
There are some Spaniards who propose
to whip Cuba first and then wallop the
United States for sympathizing with her.
The latest development in our language
is the use by New York newspaper of the
word "laymen" to signify people who do
not ride bicycles.
Sadly the country is being forced to the
conclusion that the talk of OIney's vigor-
GUS foreign policy was only another ema-
nation of the silly season.
1t is said American publishers have in
press over 1000 new novels which will be
issued before the holidays, and what will
become OF them is another story.
AS the war in Cuba has caused our trade
with the island to fall off over 81 ,OoO, 900 it
would seem that putting stop to it would
be attending to our own business.
Carnival towns should arrange their
dates so IS to make procession of festivals
and not set of conflicting festas, all going
on at once like three shows in circus.
1t is noted that never before in recent
years have church conventions received so
much attention as during the present fall,
and the prediction is made that great
increase in the prestige of churches is at
hand.
The recently completed State census in
Iowa shows a population of 2,O35, 900, or
$4,000 more than in 1890. The gain is not
so large as was expected, and the next
time census is taken some Minneapolis
men will get the job.
It is said that on the state railroads of
France aluminium will be used hereafter in
all the metallic work of car construction
except the wheels and axles, and it is esti-
mated the reduction in weight of an
average train will be about thirty tons.
1t may be noted as an evidence of the
way Chicago has degenerated from the
hardihood of pioneer days that when it
was desired to have rattlesnakes served at
an old-settlers' banquet there was not a
chef in the city who would cook them.
According to writer in the Westminster
Gazette, "Charley's Aunt" has been played
over 1000 times and yielded the author
over S150,000 while the private Secre-
tary" yielded 100000. 1t is evident 1.-The
plays the thing" provided it is farce.
The returns from the recent school cleo
tons in Connecticut show that only 1905
votes were cast by women, as against 3241
votes cast by them last year. The decline
in the vote is probably due to the fact that
suffrage has ceased to be a novelty and
hasn't become fad.
There is report going the rounds OF the
Eastern press that every man, woman and
child living at Point San Pedro in this
State is bleached blonde owing to the in
fusion in the air of chemicals used in the
powder factory; and if there are any
blondes over there who are not bleached
they had better SPEAK up,