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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

the business part is learned in the reports
required from subordinate officers.
instead of real inspection every four or
five years made by the commander and
two or three staff officers, in which the ex-
act condition of the troops and defenses is
ascertained, we have reviews and dinners
and receptions-not one, but generally two
or three times year. And, strange to say,
these reviewing officers visit only large
posts, and at that season OF the year that
the travelling public most favor that section
OF the country. Thus, last summer the As
sistant Secretary of War and friends visited
during the heats of summer few large
posts where the climate was agreeable In
Northern Minnesota, Dakota, Washington
and California, while during winter of
the same year the Secretary OF War en-
dured the captivating climate OF ST. Au-
gustine and few posts in Texas, and
toward hot weather reached Colorado in
time to cool off. This year we have Cen
eral Schofield, his brother, two sons. his
wife and his wifes sister and the general
staff coming out here and going back by
way of the Northern Pacific and the Vel
lowstone, while the Secretary of War and
wife and friends are now in the Yellow
stone.
But it is only the large posts where big
review can be had, a great crowd of specta-
tors assembled, that are visited. Angel
Island, Alcatraz and Benicia are better
seen at distance, and neither will Gen
eral Schofeld, while in Portland, visit the
real defenses-Forts Candy and Stevens.
1t would not be military" for general
or secretary to take his family to out-of-
the-way posts, where real army conditions
exist, but where reviews and receptions
are precluded.
And so the Secretaries and the generals
and their stats will travel around in pri-
vate cars, with little or no expense Ito
them), taking their ''sisters, cousins and
aunts' with them, holding reviews at one
or two large posts, so that they can draw
mileage for their trip, and the public looks
on, partly understanding, but making no
complaint, because the people feel that 1t
is not every country that with an army of
only $4,000 men, can support a lieutenant
general, who, with his staff, costs them as
much as the President, who never makes
reviews although commander-in-chief.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

of 1876. The railway service therefore con-
tinues to be one of the most dangerous oc-
equations of men, for among that class of
employees known as "trainmen" the report
shows that during the year of compare
lively little business and no rush one out
OF every 156 was killed and one of every
twelve was injured,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

lection and development. In comparison
with the coast dsfenses of European coun-
tries those at San Francisco seem wofully
meager, and considering the fact that be-
hind them is a defensive population ex-
ceedingly small in comparison with that
backing the defenses of the Atlantic Coast,
there seems to be every reason for develop
ing the strategic strength of the Preside
far beyond the contemplation of the pres
ent plans.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
AROUND THE CORRIDORS

r. C. Irvine, one of the members of the State
Bureau of Highways, was telling at the Bald
win Hotel of some of the experiences of the
members of the bureau in their trips about the
country and the remarkable state of affairs
they found in regard to roads in many places
Cup in Tehama County," he said, "from Red
Bluff the county road runs over an immense
lava bed. All that was necessary at first was to
remove the loose stones to make roadway. But
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Greek newspaper, one of the journals of
Athens, is printing Richard Harding Davis
Gallagher stories in daily installments.
With Gallagher in Greek and "Ben Hur'' in
Armenian the barbarian West is paying back
some of Its literary debts to the East
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Rosebery's premiership was just about
as useful and important as the success of
his horse at the Derby.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Kaiser Williams reference to his grand
father as William the Great was strong
hint to German historians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

AS parliamentary leader Rosebery was
not much of huckleberry.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Having taken hold of Korea, Japan re-
CARDS it somewhat in the light which the
monkey found lowering over the lighted
cigar stump which it picked up.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

1t is time to begin your preparations fol
the celebration of the glorious Fourth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The difference between living and exist
ing is fully appreciated by those who go
camping in the summer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Money is a very accomplished thing, for
it can both talk and fly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

There should be no criticism of the
bloomer girl as long as she is our girl.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Rosebery's failure has only tended to
lift Gladstone league nearer the stars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

When the practice of purchasing lottery
tickets has become habit it amounts to a
disease.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

One advantage of the British system of
government is that it dissolves crisis as
soon as it occurs, and does not permit it to
drag along like four years of Clevelandism.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Consumption of homemade goods pre-
vents consumption of home capital.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

To-day the Kentucky Democrats ge
into the ring for fake or knockout.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Since the great Republican victories of
last year even the Democrats are able to
see better prospects ahead.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The Twin Peaks are still yawning for the
extension of Market street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

You will taste of the fruits of prosperity
ii you eat of the fruits of home industry.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Every trainload of fresh fruit sent over
the mountains from California is an invi-
tation to settlement here and threat to
the fruit industry of the East.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

the ST. Louis, but he is sorry he put his
foot in it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The electric carnival which Sacramento
is preparing to give will be literally the
most brilliant spectacle ever witnessed in
California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The proposed reformation of the British
House of Lords will now take back seat
for awhile.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

People who buy lottery tickets never
have any money to contribute to charity
or to undertakings for the public good.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

If Salisbury dissolves Parliament, Eng
land may have to join US in a campaign or
the silver question.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

1t may be an off year, but politics stay
with US.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Judging by the swing on them, it ap-
pears that to some people the world is a
hammock.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The producers of the State should bear
in mind all summer the importance OF
making good display at the coming State
Fair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

PURE blood and good health go hand in hand.
rake HOOPS Sarsaparilla for the former and the
latter is ensured. The weakened system needs
building-up medicine like Hoods
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

There is many q Woodworking, wearied
girl in the City who might find pleasant
outing picking fruit during the summer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Until Californians develop as eager a
tooth for their own fruit and wine as the
Eastern people have cultivated there is
still wide room for the developing of our
market
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The sun gives in California the most
valuable proof of the good arising from free
dom and generosity in the exercise of
benefcent powers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

DR. SIEsERT's Angostura Bitters possess an ex-
quisite flavor and are a sure preventive for all
diseases of the digestive organs
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Guardians should be appointed for the pur-
chasers OF lottery tickets.-Santa Rosa Repub-
lican.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Every goose that lays golden egg for Oak
land should be cuddled instead of killed. The
Chicago principle of reaching out for every
thing in sight should be the rule.-Oakland
m
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Zeller, the composer of "Der Obersteiger. ,,
will soon leave Europe for New York, where
ne will conduct the revival at the Terrace
Garden of his "Vogelhaendler" (sThe Tyro-
La nh
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

John F. Cook Jr., the only Afro-American
resident of Bonnerport, Idaho, has been elected
Mayor of that town. He is a druggist. His
father was for a long time Tax Collector of the
District of Columbia, and is now one of the
most popular and wealthy men of his race at
the National capital.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The advent of the typesetting machine in
newspaper offices is revolutionizing things
The man who views the change with compla
cency is the reporter. No machine can eyel
supplant him.-Alameda Telegram.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

WINE-DRINKING people are healthy. NJ. &. K.
wines, sc glass Mohns & Kaltenbach. % Mkt
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Mary Moore Davis, who became well known
in the literary world through her charming
story, "Under the Man Fig" is the wife of
Major Davis, political editor of the New Orleans
Pieayune
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Along with our grand celebration of the
National holiday there should be enough
reserve patriotism among the people to
prompt every one to stand by the home
factory.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

That paper will live which tells the people
the things the people want to know, and not
the things which some crank thinks that the
people ought to know.-Tulare Register.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

DR.. Andrew Wilson of London says that the
odor OF yiolets, mtgnonette, tuberoses and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Miss Mary Carey Thomas has been nominated
for one of the alumni trustees of Cornell Uni
versity, to be elected in June. This is probably
the first time in the history of any OF the lead
ing universities in this country that woman
has been named for trustee.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

About the only pleasant memory con-
nected with the old City Hall is that of the
fact that the Salvation Army daily fed 5000
hungry persons there during the hard
times two years ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

1t appears that Chicago has an annual
festival known as "wash day." on which a
charitable society gives all the poor chill
dren of the city free bath and clean suit
of clothes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

heliotrope is injurious to the voice. Vocalists
are especially susceptible to the scent OF these
flowers. violets are said to be the worst in their
effect.
DR.. William Thornton, who died in Boston
recently, was widely known as student of
philosophy, and he was the author of several
medical works of value. He had been friend
and coworker of the late Professor Kingdom
Clifford OF England.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Kier Hardie, the labor reformer, believes that
the days of trade unions are past, and that
an industrial commonwealth will shortly be
evolved
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

1t is said that Rev. Hugh P. Hughes, the cele-
brated English Methodist divine has made
the ascent of nearly all the difficult peaks of
the Alps.'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

According to Berlin critic the German
reporters at Kiel had more imperial time
than the Emperor himself, and not only
went through the canal but got half seas
over before they came back
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

BACON Printing Company, sos Clay strss.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

This country won her freedom with the
Spanished milled dollar and continental cur
rency, and saved the Union with greenbacks,
but the gold bopd buyer who sent substitute
to the army wants now to keep silver demon
etized.-Portland (Or.) Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

1t is happy arrangement that causes so
many San Franciscans to leave for the
mountains in summer and so make room
for the jewellers OF the hot plains to come
and enjoy deliciouslY cool climate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

TUESDAY. JUNE 25, 1895
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Pineapple and cherries, Soc lb, Townsend's.'
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

Those who insist on calling Los Angeles
"The City of Angels would exhibit wis
dom by remembering that the name of the
city in its original form, translated into
English, means ''The Town of Our Lady
the Queen Of the Angels
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

1t does not speak very well for the admins
tration that 1t sold the Government bonds of
the United States abroad at 1O4 when the bank
rupt colony of Newfoundland has sold its
bonds, bearing the same rate of interest, in the
same market at par.-Hollister Free Lance.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25

The silurian, who until recently has
seemed SO fierce and formidable an ogre is
discovered, now that he has been caught,
impounded and deprived of his claws and
fangs, to be the most harmless and pusil-
luminous of Whimperers
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03
60 ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES
Lowest Prices for High Grade Goods

We claim the best suited the needs of patrons
best quality the latest STYLE and the lowest price, everything
sdered be found anywhere Our stock and prices all times
verify this assertion We offer a complete line of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03

"Only ninety nine CENTS" [ have
no idea what it was that was going so
desperately cheap. The crowd of
women was too compact for look
through interstices, and no neck
shorter than a giraffe's could have
overcome the difficulty.
IF I we're asked what was the most
demoralizing word in the English
language 1 should reply without hest
tation the word "only." Prefix it to
any fractional sum you have a mind
to and it dazzles the average wo-
mans Judgment to a most remark
able degree.
She will pounce with glee upon a
silk waist marked "only $685." bear
ing it off with the CLEAN of conquest
in her eyes, where she would think
twice before paying So for the same
article. 1t is not that she is mentally
deficient-not that she can't subtract
$4.98 from So, without discovering the
difference to be but two cents. 1t is
all because of that word "only." A
beguiling, deceitful dazzling little dis
syllable that has lured many an in
nocent soul on to financial ruin.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03
WHAT SOLOMONS TEMPLE COST.

The cost of Solomon's Temple and
its interior decorations and other
| paraphernalia was one of the
wonders of olden times. According
to V1llalpanque, the talents +" of
gold, slver, and brass used in it's con-
struction We're valued at the enor-
nous sum of Sc, $40, 1922, 900. The
worth OF the jewels is genrally placed
at figure equally as high. The yes
sells of gold, according to Josephus,
were valued at 14O, 900 talents, which,
reduced to English money as has
been shown by Chapel's reduction
tables, was equal to f575, 296, 2O3.
The vessels Of silver, according to
the same authorities were still more
valuable, being set down as worth
f640, 344, 900. Priests vestments and
robes of singers, s2OO, 600.
To this add the expense of building
materials, labor, etc, and we get some
wonderful figures. Ten thousand
hewing cedars, 10000 bearers of bur-
dens, so, 900 hewers of stone, $500 over
seers, all of which were employed for
seven years, and upon whom, besides
their wages, Solomon bestowed Co.
733, 996. II their daily food was worth
two shillings each, the sum total for
all was f63, 877 ,O8s during the time of
building. The materials in the rough
are estimated as having been worth
f2.545, 1897 900. These several esti-
mates show the total cost to have
been II, 442, 442, 1853, or in United
States money, ST., 521, 665, 936.-Balti-
more Herald
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03
THE NILE.

There is a pretty legend, worth tell
ing, Of the cutting of the Khalig.
Amir, the Muhammedan general, took
Cairo in A. D. $40. Long before then
there had been heather ceremony,
and virgin was yearly sacrificed to
the god of the river. When the season
came round, Amr was called upon, as
usual, to sacrifice the girl. He stern
ly refused. That year the Nile flood
was failure. You can fancy how the
indignant heather population must
have ragged at the invader, and said,
"We warned you what would happen
If you did not propitiate the river
god" Cannot we fancy, also, how
Amr's wild Arabic soldiers must have
had their faith sorely tried, and how
they must have felt puzzled as to
whether in this strange new country,
with all those demon built temples
and pyramids, obelisks and sphinxes,
it might not be as we'll to make
friends of the local gods? Gould Allah
really help them here? Again the
Nile food came round. This time
surely, Amr would sacrifice the girl
and save the land. No he would not.
The people rose in rebellion. Amir
stood firm But he wrote to the Kalif
Omar for orders,-Omar, whose name
you will remember, has come down in
history as the destroyer Of the Alex
andrian library. Omar approved of
his conduct, but sent him a paper to
throw into the Nile. On the paper
was written, "From Abdul Allah
Omar, Prince of the Faithful, to the
Nile of Egypt. If thou flow of thine
own accord, flow not; but, if it be AL
lab, the one, the mighty, who causeth
thee to flow, then we implore him to
make thee flow" Amr threw the
paper into the water, and the Nile
rose forthwith exactly as it was want
ed. Since that day no girl has been
sacrificed; but pillar Of earth is
yearly left to be washed away in the
middle of the canal, called the bride
or the girl.-LiUing Age.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03
Lanes Family Medicine Moves the Bowel
Most people need to use it Each day

1t is safe to say that the greatest
evil in the social life of the United
States is the habitual disregard Of
competency-a disregard which pre-
walls not only with the people at
large, but also among the most highly
educated men. Democracy is the be-
lief that every man is the equal of his
betters. Americans are 1oath to ad-
nit that training and experience
make experts, and that experts are
better than others for their special
work. The spoils system of the office
seekers is based upon the assumption
that training and experience. do not
render man more competent. When
a water board is established to plan
water supply, we do not employ en-
gineers chemists and sanitarians. but
grocers, novelists and politicians. It
is rare exception if among the trus
tees of endowed educational institu-
tions man is found with extensive
knowledge of educational methods.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03

The next important work to be
taken up by the Lick observatory,
on Mount Hamilton, California, will
be the determination of the rate at
which the bodies Of the solar system
are moving-whether five miles a
second, or twenty miles, or whatever
the rate may be. This has never
been accurately determined, but it
can be. ITO do this,' says Prof.
Campbell of the observatory, 1--WE
will pick out 600 or 500 of the bright
est stars and ascertain, one at time.
how fast each is going, and then by
mathematical calculation in reference
to the whole reach the accurate
determination. We will select 800 or
400 stars that are moving from US,
and as many more that are moving
toward us. 1t will be an intricate
but a very interesting kind of work.
I expect great things from it,"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03
Did You Ever

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troubled with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters is
the medicine you need. Health and strength
are guaranteed by its use. Large bottles only
fifty cents at II. G. Pierce's drug store.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-03

Stephen A. Douglass and Mr.. Love
joy were once gossiping together
when Abraham Lincoln came in. The
two men Immediately turned their
conversation upon the proper length
of a mans legs.
"Now," said Lovejoy, "Abe's legs
are altogether too long, and yours,
Douglass, I think, are little short.
Let's ask Abe what he thinks Of it,"
Then turning to Lincoln, he said:
''We're talking about the proper
length of a mans legs. We think
yours are too long and Douglass too
short, and we'd like to know what
you think is the proper length"
"Wel,' said Mr.. Lincoln, ''that's
matter that I've never given any
thought to, SO, of course, [ may be
mistaken, but my first impression is
that mans legs should be long
enough to reach from his body to the
ground