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

Mrs. Oliphant has written upward of sixty
books since she was 81 years old.
Edward Nangle, healthy and ciear-headed
resident of Reading, Pa, is OF years old and
has been an inveterate smoker since boyhood.
Lady Aberdeen is the latest victim of Cana
dian discomfort. The wife of the Governor
General asks the servants of the households
which she visits how they are treated, advises
the maids to uoff caps and other badges of
servitude, and, awful to relate, shakes hands
with all the servants
new and popular nickname for the young
Emperor of Germany is civilian the Second
to-None." The Emperor, by the way, has taken
to driving himself about Potsdam in a low cart
AS his horse is always very spirited and as he
can only use his left hand those who drive with
him are said to be decidedly glad when the
ride is over.
Jim Fisk was worth about So, 900 900 when
he was killed by Ed Stokes. To-day Fisk's
widow lives in a humble frame house in the
Boston tenement district on an income of $50
a month. Even that is not derived from her
husbands fortune 1t comes from property
owned by her family. Fisk's estate has COM
pletely vanished.
The residents of Salem, Ca, claim to have
had the prize father among them in the person
of Moses Andrews, colored man, who died
there recently at the age of 1O4. They point
with pride to the fact that the old man obeyed
the scriptural injunction to such good effect
that before his death he was the father of more
than 100 children.
When William E. Chandler was Secretary of
the Navy Admiral Meade was commandant OF
the navy-yard in Washington. They got into
trouble somehow and the commandant was
summoned before the Secretary one day on q
matter of Importance. The Secretary told the
commandant that If he kept on, or words to
that effect, he should be obliged to punish him
by sending him to sea. "Mr. Secretary" said
Meade, ~ haven't anything to say except that
when it is punishment for an officer of the
navy to be ordered to sea what is your service
coming to? / should like to go to sea, sir.
Cnnd-davp
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
MECHANICS INSTITUTE FAIR.

The season of carnivals is about to give
way to the season of fairs. We have
laughed and danced at the carnivals amid
the flowers of springtime and summer, and
now that the fall approaches we are to
gather together the fruits of our labor and
industry and show forth what we can and
have accomplished in the way of those
material things whose production, trans
portation and sale make up the business of
the world.
The opening of the fair season will be
made by the industrial exposition of the
Mechanics Institute in this City next
Tuesday. The circumstances of the time
and the trend of the present revival of
enterprise give to this exposition special
interest. 1t will consist largely of exhibits
of Pacific Coast manufactures, and will
therefore accord with the prevailing senti-
ment OF the people in favor of home goods.
We have pushed the production of raw
material to point where we are not infe-
rior to any State in the Union. In manu-
features, however, we are far behind our
possibilities. It is for that reason that
interest in manufacturing industries is so
widespread and so keenly felt. The expo
sition of the Mechanics Institute promises
to afford fairly complete exhibit of what
we have accom- plished in that line, and
accordingly it may count on more liberal
patronage from the public than it has ever
known before.
The directors of the exposition have not
been unmindful of what is expected of
them. The arrangements for the fair show
material improvements over those of past
years. The old form of displays, good in
themselves, but hackneyed by repeated
use, will give way to new and beautiful
ones showing what has been accomplished
by home industry and revealing some
thing of what may be. expected in the
future. 1t is the determination of the
managers to meet the expectations of the
public and make this fair the best ever
given by the institute. The occasion, the
circumstances and the men are therefore
in accord, and we may reasonably look
forward to an exposition that will afford
US not only the enjoyment of a good show.
but also the satisfaction of seeing evil
dences that our desire for the complete
manufacture of home products is in fair
way to be realized.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE AMERICAN FLAG-C. p, Alameda, Cal.
One who studied the history of the American
flag says: The stars and stripes gradually
grew; it was creature of circumstances
there is no record of its birth. Among the
colonies the British was, of course, the recog-
nized standard. Here and there were minor
notifications, but the retention of the "union"
with its two crosses of st. Andrew and st.
George marked all as essentially British
Even after the beginning of the revolution the
union was retained 70 show that the war did
not mean separation. Congress made at first
no effort to fix national standard. There
were two classes of flags in vogue in the early
days of the re volution, the "pine tree flags of
New England origin and the "rattlesnake"
flag, more National in its makeup. The latter
was white, with rattlesnake cut into thirteen
pieces, each marked with the initial of a coll
ony, and the legend "join or de-" The need
of National flag became evident in 1775.
The stripes were first used by Philadelphia
Lighthouse troop, and Congress adopted them
in l775 on the recommendation OF q COM
mittee consisting of Franklin, Lynch and Har-
rison, still retaining the British s'union."
This flag was raised over the American head
quarters at Cambridge, Mass, on January or
dependence Congress on the 14th of June,
1777, resolved "that the flag of the thirteen
United States shall be thirteen stripes, alter
nately red and white; that the union shall be
thirteen stars, white on blue field, represent
ing a new constellation" 1t was first dis
played at the battle of Brandywine, September
IL, 1777. On the admission of Vermont and
Kentucky, in 1874, two new stripes were
sdded but by the act of April A, 1918, the
NUMBER of stripes was limited to thirteen, the
number OF stars increasing with the number
of States.
THE WHALE-E. ]. S., Occidental. Sonoma
County, Cal. The cetacea, or whales and dol
phins, are fish-like in shape, which coinci-
dence in form, joined with q similarity of
habitat has caused and still causes them to be
popularity regarded as fishes. To realize the
fallacy of this notion, one simply has to con-
slider what fish really is, what under [aH the
diyersIties of size, farm and color known
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

industry in all its branches in Cali
fornia must sooner or later be one
of the most profitable which our peo-
pie can pursue the importance OF Mr..
Haynes warning is obvious. New and ex-
tensive plantations are bound to come and
the neglect to use resistant roots would be
almost criminal. There is no remedy for
phylloxera, but it can be easily prevented.
1t is easy to root the cuttings OF resistant
vines and bud into them the following
year, and if this be not done there is a
reasonably sure prospect that in time the
vineyard will be destroyed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

beams arms extended downward, to which the
pedals were attached. At the angles formed
by the beams and the pedals driving rods con-
nected with the cranks. which were placed, as
in the ordinary bicycle, Numerically opposite
each other. The wheelman's foot, instead of
describing circle, made an oblong curve.
Riding wheel geared to hundred inches
each time one foot was lowered the wheel
covered a space of twenty-six feet two inches.
The rider, who was said to be a non-profes-
sional, claimed to have covered on this wheel q
distance of fifteen miles, and, when timed,
made the last third of milein forty seconds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY
Tlos. MagGG & Sons,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS :.
And Publishers "Rea1 Estate Circular"
4 Montgomery Street,
UNION TRUST BUILDING, CORNER MARKET.
INVESTMENTS.

Reduced TO $4,000; Sutter-st. investment; north
side, bet. Mason and Taylor; 1876 feet front and
line dwelling. rooms, IN fine order.
Larkin-st Investment, having two corners; stores
and dwellings: renting for $497 lot nearly
b0-vara in size; on one of the best portions OF the
street.
Brick warehouse and lot 1877 :6x125 on Bluxome,
bet. Fifth and Sixth; only 100000 or 20 on Bran
nan by $50 to Bluxome. and 275 on Blnxome and
warehouse; $S3, 900.
| $500; Geary ST. north side. near Hyde; 25xS7;6,
! Fourth St. business lot; bet Bryant and Bran
nan; 25xS0; $3.50.
| PACIFIC HEIGHTS RESIDENCES
AND RESIDEN Gle LOTS.
Pacific Heights magnificent view; residence
i and large lot on Washington ST.; $4,000.
Pacific ave-. NJ side best situation: not far from
Laguna st; so, 20 or 100 feet front; panoramic
view which cannot be shut OF:
Pacific ave-, N side; any size; 20, SO or 70 feet
Residence and corner Pacific Heights; magnifi-
cent marine view never to be shut ON a ~ COT
Broadway and Fiilmore 6S:sxl37:6; $4,000; or
| 34:4x137:6.
HOUSES AND LOTS, $1,000 UPWARD.
o,Farrell st.. near Jones; 22xes:9, and house OF
Pierce st.; fine nearly new houses and lot 81 OK
! los. bet Golden Gate ave. and Turk ST.: will be
CheapIs5ooo; flats and lot Al :sx137:6; fats
| have 5 rooms each n. side of Post ST., bet.
Broderick and Baker; street bltuminized and ac-
| cepted: rents $4U.
| 81 :6x6S % and 2-story. in two tenements; $3.50.
| $4,000; rents $50; 9 flats and lot 20x73; Pacific
4 St, bet. Hyde and Barkln.
$500; fats rooms each and large lot: fronts;
! 26:3xl20 on Hermann ST., n. side, bet. Fillmore
/ and Steiner through TO Germania.
| LOTS $4,000 TO $4,000.
| Clay ST.. N. side bet. Walnut and Eaurel lots,
| 25xl27 81; S2775 each: fine view.
| Reduced to $4,000: cheap: l6Ox114: NV. cor.
| Sanchez and 2Sth; both streets severed graded
| and macadamized.
4 bargain; only $4,000 for Isl feet front; so feet
on Washington, 81 on jackson, running through
bet. Cherry and First ave.
/ Devisadero near Washington: 25xllo. reduced
to $780, street paved electricians pass; fine lot
| and neghborhood.
/ Jones and Chestnut; 36x137:6: fine view and
| fine neighborhood; street work done: reduced to
$3.50.
| Very cheap; lot 37:6x96:3; on Laguna ST., near
Waller, one block from Market only $3.50.
Cheap; $1,000 only each: lots, 81 :6xl37:6; n.
side Sacramento, bet Spruce and Maple; cable-cars
pass; easy terms
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those of last year, small indeed, but suffi-
Gent to encourage the hope that the board
was trying TO do right. To that hope the
people will still trust, despite the appear
ance of what threatens to be another cinch
on the taxpayers. The board is required
to make a fair adjustment of the burdens
of taxation, and after it has dealt SO leni-
emily with the wealthy railroad corpora
tions. it would be too open an injustice to
increase the assessments upon others.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
THE LATEST IN BICYCLES.

new bicycle, with an original motor, sped
up the hill at Riverside drive and Ninety
second street yesterday afternoon. The in
Yentor asserts that the wheel win save its rider
a vast amount of exertion and give him q high
rate of speed.
The most noticeable point about the working
qualities OF the machine was that while the
motion of the wheelman's feet was far slower
than On the ordinary bicycle high rate ofspeed
was maintained, says the New York Herald.
The motor consisted of two radius beams,
fulcrumed, one on either side, to the rear of
the frame. From the forward ends of the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
cAL1roRN1ANs IN NEW YORK

New York, Aug. 9.-The arrivals at the hotels
to-day were: San Francisco-Mr and Mrs. G..
R. Moore, Normandie Miss NJ. E. Moore, Con-
tinental: w. Booericke, Albert ]. Bourke and
6. s. Patton, Sturtevant; NJ. r. Engel, Stewart;
F. j. Regain, Grand Union; Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Rutlidge, Union Square; A. II. Hart Everett;
]. B. Canerly, Brunswick; w. II. Hall and Miss
NJ. E. Ricord, Murray Hill; Fl. S. Dutton, Bar
tholdi; S. o. Whitney, Gilsey. California-Mrs.
Ralph, Jefferson. Los Angeles-W. B. Cunning
and w. Harris Sinclaire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
MENU FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST II,

BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Boiled Chops. flashed Potatoes
Toast. Coffee.
DINNER.
Clear Soup.
Roast Chicken, Qiblet Sauce.
Potato Croquettes. Lima Beans.
May0nnaise OF Tomatoes
WATERS
Frozen Peaches.
SUPPER.
Hot Lobster in Chafng Dish.
Brown Bread. Coffee.
Spced Watermelon Rind.
Sponge Cake.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

He-Is there anything can do to prove my
affection, so that you will not doubt it?
She-There is. Marry my sister. She is ten
years older than I, and mamma is determined
not to let me marry till Sophia is disposed Of
Household Words.
"Doan' be too skaht OBJ gettin' left" said
Uncle Eben. "De chicken dat sleeps a leetle
ways back in de coop may be de las ter git lis
breakfus' in de mawnin', but he ain so easy
grabbed off de roos' at night. '-Washilgton
Star.
"Algernon dear, we must take up some kind
of reform this year. Now, if take up dress
reform, what will you tske?"
'sChloroform. Funny Cut.
In New England restaurant: The Guest
What can get here?
The Matron--We have coffee as mother used
to make 1t.
patch.
The Little Minister--How well you're look
ing, MacCallum.
The Big Farmer-Weel-Tm weel in PARTS
but Pm over muekle to be weel all over at ain
time.-Punch.
He-My love, we have been married two
years.
She-Yes, darling.
hc-OPOA Jul WSuoiAe Ody YOU were "a TO-
day you tell the census man you are 81.
She-Dear me, how time flies when one is
happy!-Detroit Tribune.
"You have been q good while getting nm
stairs" said Mrs. smarte who with her lord
and master was stopping at one of our hotels.
EYES," replied Smarte, ~ stopped to take an
elevator"
ooh, you need not have taken the trouble to
tell me- said Mrs. s.. tossing her head az
smelt your breath the moment you entered the
| room."-Boston Transcript.
Percy-Don't two negatives make an afirma-
tive?
Papa-Yes, Percy.
Percy-Then Pm awful smart.
Papa-Why?
Percy-Because the teacher saws I'm q
"know-nothing. "-Harpers Round Table.
"They may talk about their iron age" the
cashier softly murmured as he altered the
combination and shut the door, ssbut what is
that compared with the age of steal?"
Saying which he put large dark-colored
incognito in his valise and boarded steamer
for South America.-New York Recorder.
Don't you feel 1t rather lonely here" asked
Cholly," with nobody to talk TOT"
YES" she replied, with a vacant look into
space, ''and it's getting worse every minute
Washington Star
Shelby greatgrandmother lived to an enor-
nous age
He--Indeed. Now there we have atavism, to
be sures-Detroit Tribune.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
A SPANISH GIRLS ESTATE.
Permission Asked in Court to Transfer
Property to Seville.

Property to Seville.
Senior Arsenic Isidoro de Igual Fol,
guardian of Donna Francisco Herrera Car
rascasa of Seville, Spain, has applied to
the Superior Court for permission to re-
move his wards California estate to Spain.
Donna Francisco inherited from the estate
of Senior Jose Carrascasa de la Cuesta, who
died at his home in Seville last year, 800
shares of Spring Valley stock and 400
shares in the San Francisco Gas Light
Company.
The donna for whom the petition is
made belongs to one of the wealthiest fam
lilies in Spain.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The introduction of the silent fire alarm
system would be blessing to the Fire De
partment of this City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

A marble ferry building would shine in
painful contrast to the stucco finish of the
City Hall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
SAN rRANc1scANs IN UTAH.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, Aug. Sat the Knuts-
ford: F. G. Voss, r. S. Moore and James l.. En-
dan of San Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The Railroad Commission has opened it
eyes and promised to look around.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The Belvedere fete seems to have beel
profitable enough to set 'em up again.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

PURE blood is absolutely necessary in order to
have good health. The best remedy for all blood
diseases is found in Hoods sarsaparla. Its re-
markable cures are its loudest praise.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The condition of the streets under the
present cleaning system is the best certifi-
cate of efficiency that the Merchants As
ISOLATION could receive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

That Whitney should decline Pres
idential nomination is natural, for he be
longs to declining party.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

With wine selling at 1211z cents gallon
against and cents last year, we get an
idea of the value of intelligent co opera
ton.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The Mechanics Institute exhibit will give
home industries good show.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The action of the millionaire owners of
big Office buildings in excluding the
bicycle is an implied stigma of plebeianism
which the wheel is Indignantly reserting.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

This is the day to leave orders for THE
SUNDAY CALL.
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among fishes there is common to them all, and
see in everything that characterizes true
as reptiles, birds and mammals, to discover
that the whale resembles the last named, and
differs from the fish. 1.-THE whale is as essen tally
a mammal as O. COW or horse" says ma
turalist. "and simply resembles fish exter-
nally, because 1t is adapted to inhabit the same
element, but 1t is no more on that account
fish than IL is bat"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

~ thought when married her that her heart
was a mine OF love-"
sAnd is it not?'
s'No; it was sailed to effect a sale."-Detroit
Tribune.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The sort OF wives that Pennsylvania men
prefer is revealed in the fact that seven
graduates of the Training School for
Nurses were recently married inside of ten
DAYS
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

DR.. SIEGERT's Angostura Bitters is known all
over the world as the great regulator of the di-
gestive organs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

Advertising extremes don't always work.
One enterprising restaurant-keeper in town
surprised his customers and many others, a
few weeks since, by displaying in his window
this sign: sour Icecream is Hot Stuff" He
worked in his slang all right, but wondered
why trade fell off.-Syracuse Post.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

THOMAS STARR KING--J. w. s., City. Thomas
Starr King, whose remains are buried in front
OF the Unitarian church. corner of Franklin
and Geary streets, was born in New York De-
cember 16, 1924. He died in this City March
4, 1864. His father died while he was prepar-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

There is no Democratic candidate, no
Democratic platform, no Democratic
policy and no Democratic majority any,
where in sight, so what becomes of the
party?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

If there is any truth in the Texas story
that Populist down there recently kicked
q mule to death in three minutes he must
have thought it was the Democratic
donkey.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The fair season is at hand.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

GENUINE specs, 15c to SOC. S115 Fourth St, mr..
barber. Sundays, 73S Market tKast's shoestore.)t
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The threatened war of determination in
Chinatown has not yet broken out, but it
is noticeable that the highlander queue
has very much the appearance of an angry
cats tail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
Ocean Excursions.

Ocean Excursions.
Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon
terey, leaves Saturdays, P. NJ, due back Mon
days, 5 A. M. Ticket office, New Montgomery
street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

"Algernon, dear, we must take up some kind
of reform this year. Now, if take up dress
REFORM what will you tske?'
'sChloroform Funny Cut,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

It is no longer probable that the Demo-
Gratis viii hold State convention in Ohio
this year. There viii be a Democratic
gathering of course, but Brice will hold
the convention.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

He-Is there anything can do to prove my
affection, so that you will not doubt it?
She-There is. Marry my sister. She is ten
years older than ], and mamma is determined
not to let me marry till Sophia is disposed Of
Household Words
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

The 100000 cans of apricots which a
single Gamer of Santa Clara is sending to
London show that the finding of market
for California products is merely matter
of looking for it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

PICTURE cards. Roberts, 22o Suffer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

1t is, noted in the East that since girls
took to bicycle riding many of tie young
men who used to ride with the racing
hump have begun to brace up and have
some style about them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

JuN1oR-E. B., City. The word junior, alb
breviated Jr., is used to distinguish the
younger of two persons of the same name in
the same family, as John Smith and John
Smith Jr. When the elder dies there is no
further need for the distinguishing word, for
then the younger becomes the only one of the
family bearing the name.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

It is interesting to observe the coincid-
ence betweenthe rehabilitation of mining
and the passing away of wild stock specu-
lations and sharp practice in the market.
ing of mining properties.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-10

CALIFORNIA fig and apricot bars. Townsend's."
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"Doan' be too skaht OBJ gettin' left" said
Uncle Eben. "De chicken dat sleeps leetle
ways back in de coop may be de las ter git is
breakfus' in de mawnin', but he ain so easy
grabbed off de zoos at night. Washington
Star
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