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The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13

has despoiled San Francisco of many OF
her beautiful parks and places reserved for
public use. No city in the world ever re-
ceived more generous endowment of land
for parks, schoolhouses, engine lots and
commerce than that embraced and set
apart for public use in the Pueblo of San
Francisco. That the lands so reserved
were not preserved for the people is due to
the neglect OF men who in early days were
appointed or elected to guard the public
trusts.
Lafayette Park covers an area of four
blocks or eight and eighty-two one-hun-
dredths acres. 1t is bounded on the east
by Cough street, on the west by Laguna,
on the south by Sacramento and on the
north by Washington. While Octavia
passes through the center of the park from
south to north, and Clay extends through
the center from east to west, these streets
have not been opened through the reserva-
ton.
OF all the parks reserved for public use,
Lafayette is the gem. The views of the
bag and the mountains are superb. The
finest dwellings of the City are near the
park. 1t should be accessible to the chill
dren of the poor and the rich alike who
live in that quarter OF San Francisco.
The decision rendered by the Supreme
OF the four. The map in the possession of
John A. Russell, clerk of the Board of Su-
pervisors. shows that Holiday under the
decision OF the Supreme Court gets half OF
the block north of Clay street, extending
from Octavia to Cough and half the block
south OF Clay street. extending from Oc-
tavia TO Cough. The other half of either
block still belongs to the City, as well as
the two blocks west of Octavia street to
Laguna.
The view taken by an artist of THE CALL
shows the block of the southwest corner
as seen from point in front of w. D.
Earle's residence on Laguna street. The
large dwelling shown in the sketch is that
occupied by Holiday, and is on the north
east corner block. Along Washington
street the park stands some fifteen or
twenty feet above the grade. Some of the
well-known citizens living in houses over
looking the park are: Henry T. Scott,
Henry Crocker, w. F. Goad, Mrs. Hager,
Mr.. DunDhy, Mr.. Boyd, Mr. Hecht, Cap
tain Williams and Mr. Cooper. Horace
Hill is building fine house at the corner
of Sacramento and Laguna streets.
The park is unimproved, but the resi-
dents in that vicinity expect improve
ments to begin shortly. Now, that Mr.
Holiday, after thirty years contests in
the court, has been adjudged the owner of
the land in dispute, the citizens of San
Francisco will probably take some steps
to acquire the land by purchase. If that
should fail the sovereign right to ia ke pri-
vate property by condemnation for public
use may be invoked.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
Its Possession Has Been Finally
Awarded to S. w.
Holiday.
A MISFORTUNE TO THE PUBLIC.
The Beautiful Area Taken From the
City by U. S. Supreme
Court Decision.

The dispatches from Washington in
Yesterdays CALL announced that S. W.
Holladay had won his Lafayette square
case in the United States Supreme Court.
The dispatch said:
The effort of the State. of California to re-
cover or secure possession of what is desig-
mated as Lafayette Park. San Francisco, con
tanning four or FIVE acres occupied by s ".
Holiday ct al. has. failed. The Supreme
missed the writ of error. sued out by the State
to the Supreme Court OF California to recover
the judgment of that court IN favor OF Hol-
laday ct al
While the decision is not SO bad for San
Francisco as the telegram would lead one
to infer, it is yet another link in that long
and disastrous chain of litigation which
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
LOST HIS RIGHT EYE.
Thomas Z. Mitchell Sues for $50, 900
Damages for Injuries Inflicted
by Il Slyrocket.

Thomas E. Mitchell has brought suit
against the California Fireworks Company
OF San Francisco to recover 1000 for the
loss Of his right eye.
The complaint states how Mitchell was
employed by the defendant to discharge a
number OF rockets at the celebration of
the last Fourth of July at San Lorenzo.
1t goes on to state how one of the rockets
exploded before leaving the ground, and
the explosion injured the plaintiffs right
eye so badly that it had 10 be removed
he was otherwise badly burned and
injured, and he sues for $4,000 damages
because OF the carelessness of the manufac-
turers who made the rocket. He claims
the fuse was defective, and the rocket was
Improperly put together, and for that
reason he believes the makers liable.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
A New Power Company.

lie Wave Power and COMPRISING Company,
ceoitalized at 81 900 900, filed articles of in
corporation with the County Clerk yesterday.
~ appears from the instrument on file that the
Toapsny purposes TO furnish light, heat and
Ro|eri by means of compressed air, which
@ @enail De Produced by the waves along the
Pany 10 distribute elec tricity and, heat
~ MeIIoughout the City and TO such inland points
- - al aIe easily accessible. OF the capital stock
ing directors: Terrence Duffy. president and
y if55eoSSureri ID. & Bohannon, vice-president; w.
araooorcoran, secretaryi ". a. Williams, ].
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13

to the courts order, Seaton put in an ap-
pearance and asked to be instructed as to
the work he should do. An immediate
introduction to pile of waste lumber,
representing about a months labor in
order TO complete its demolition. followed
preme contempt and basty retreat on
the part of Seaton, as he said that the size
of the lumber was evidence in itself that
the labor would be too hard for one who
was unaccustomed to that kind of exer-
else.
long argument between employer and
employe followed, but to no avail, Seatou
finally deserting his newly found position
without even last farewell. Hence the
contempt proceedings.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13

system of the Metropolitan line on O'Far-
rell street has made possible changes which
will give as much convenience to the pub
lie at much less cost to the company. The
cable on Broderick street, from O'Farrell,
will be given up and instead of double
line of cable tracks out Ellis and BrodericlI
to the park, there will be single electric
line run out Ellis 70 Hyde, to O'Farrell,
out O'Farrell to Devisadero into the park,
ana line returning down Ellis to Market.
Work is being pushed ahead on these
changes and it is expected to have the cars
running within few weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
Davis, Rnndsmen.

The City has brought suit against B. F. Kehr-
lein, II. Solomon and r. Bebau for the amount
of two bonds for which they qualified in the
of forgery, but when his case came up for trial
he failed TO appear and his bonds were declared
forfeited. Each bond was for $1,000.
Kehrlein was a surety on each bond. Solo
mon being the second 1rety on one and Bebau
on the other
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13

the Superior Court by Judge Low in $1,000
bonds on the charge of assault with deadly
tered Horan's saloon and raised a row. Koran
to quiet him fired two shots from q revolver
close to his head. One OF the bullets lodged in
the ceiling, but the other made a hole il the
lapel OF HarYeys coat
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13

Smythe ran on the Democratic ticket last cleo
ton for State Superintendent OF Schools. He
was formerly principal of the High School at
san Rafael. He was principal of the Grammar
School at Hollister when he received the nomi-
nation. For quite while he was County Su-
perintendent OF Sonoma County. Recently he
passed the civil service examination. He is
about 60 wears Of age
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
Demanded Free Beer.

A. Palmer, "a Golden Gate avenue, and a.
Kelly, 125la Oak street, went into a saloon on
Ellis and 0'Farrell streets yesterday afternoon
and demanded free beer. A fight followed
and the proprietor used bungstarter on theil
heads with telling effnct They were arrested
and taken TO the Receiving Hospital, where
the wounds in their scalps were attended to
after which they were locked up in the City
Prison.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
ADJUSTMENTS

fALDwIN THEATER.-'Wang"
CALIFoRNIA THEATER-" The War of Wealth "
COLUMBIA THEATER-H Haverly's Minstrels
hoRosco's OPERA HOUSE Money Mad"
1iNoII OPFRA- -HoUsE-" Madame Favart."
CRFHECS-Hig igh-C Glass Vaudeville.
GRoNER's AIcAzAR.-'-The Private Secretary"
Shoot THE CHtTEs Daily at Haght street,
one block east OF the Park
BAY DISTRICT TRACK.-Races
CENTRAL PARK.-BasehaI.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
smythe Appointed Sampler.

Collector of Customs Wise appointed Charles
s. Smythe sampler yesterday, vice William
Prouse, who resigned owing to sickness.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
NEW TO-DAY.
THE
VANDERBILT
MARLBOROUGH
WEDDING

Invitations were not supplied by
Sanborn, Vail & Co., but we are
prepared to furnish such invita-
tions of the very best quality and
the finest engraving that the most
department of Fine Stationery con-
tains everything requisite for fine
correspondence from the most
elegant writing papers to the
dainty colored sealing wax.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
College of Pharmacy.

The graduating exercises of the California
College of Pharmacy will be held on Monday,
the 18th inst, in Metropolitan Temple.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
CABLE LINE DOOMED.

4 Trolley Llne VIII Take the Place of
That on Ellis Street
The cars on Ellis street will be run bv
cable no more. The railroad people have
taken off the cars and taken up the cable
and are busy transferring the line into a
trolley road.
The coming into the Market-street car
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
He Fired too Close.

p. J. Koran, a saloon keeper on Howard street,
near Third, was yesterday held to answer before
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
I'M OUR
LEATHER GOODS DEPARTMENT

Can be found the latest novelties in
bination Pocketbooks, Gentlemen's
Letter Cases, Card Cases, Bill Books
and Fine Memorandum. Also an
assortment OF Fine Travelling Bags,
Hand Satchels and Nalises.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-13
SOMETHING NEW. )"

Perfumery and Toilet Soap at Bed
rock Prices.
Give US call before purchasing
elsewhere.
Our prices cannot be eoualed any
where in town.
Staple and Holiday Goods attrac-
lively gotten up.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-15

Natives II uabngan, IN the Phi
lippiue Islands, recently treach.
erously ambushed party Of
spanish troops, killing aud
wounding several soldiers Con-
sequently the Spanish punative
column was sent TO Gabagan aud
attacked and burned the town
after fight in which 116 native
we're killed, including the princi-
pal leader. The Spanish lost a
captain and sixteen soldiers killed
and several men wounded.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-15
Rich cold Find.

sylvanite ore yielding $4,000
a ton has been struck IN the In
dependence mine at Cripple
Creek, Colorado. The mine was
vast quarry of low grade ore
that has never been suspected Of
concealing sylvanite. Its owner
is w. s. Stratton, a newly made
millionaire, who was before this
discovery struggling to make
both ends meet on an income of
800 900 month.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-15

Sometimes, john" said Brash.
kins' wife, II do get little dis
couraged, and i think you are
rather hard to please"
"You don't say So" was the
astonished rejoinder.
"Yes; but 1 must admit there
is one thing you never found fault
with"
What is that 2"
"The way / look when l wear
my last years clothes.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-15

G. r. Harrison, practical piano
and organ maker and tuner, can
furnish best factory references.
Orders left at Hawaiian News Co.
will receive prompt attention. All
work guaranteed to be the same
IS done in factory.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-15

The Enterprise Dairy will sell
milk at .O8c per quart providing
you take 6 OTIS. or more. Cream
will be delivered twice each day.
The Enterprise Dairy has some
fine pasture land for horses at 49,
90 per month. 61-2w. 4
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-15
WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co.,


Cmnpun atands
kju wdlas Icdb til
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Your respectfully
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03

81 was FOOL said he aloud; but
Who's there ~
1t was Rosa, coming from the lower part
OF the garden. BY the full brilliant moon
light he saw the traces of tears on her
cheek.
ROSA, you have been crying ~
NO, I haven't - And to prove the
truth of her assertion, Rosa began to cry
afresh.
Look here, Rosa, said the young man
gravely, 81 have been thinking Of leaving
Warburgh tomorrow"
Rosa cried on.
But" pursued Mr.. Ross, ''l'll stay
if-if-you'll only tell me to my face what
you told my cousin when l was hidden
away like a foolish rat in trap, Rosa.
Speak, little one !"
What shall tell you 2" faltered Rosa.
'That you love me That you will be
my wife -
And she told him so-in the language
lovers like best to hear. And Mr.. Ross
stayed in Warburg, and braved the ridi-
Guile of Alice and Flora, with little Rosa
marshalled on his side-New York News.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03

DON'T meet round the waist by good
six inches, but can hold it up. | wonder
what makes the thing drag on the floor,
and cling round ones legs so. Oh,
know-the crnOline ought to 20 under!
'Im not certain but that l should
make quite nice looking woman"
unused Kenneth, strutting backward and
forward before the mirror 'On the
whole-Tomb Of the Prophet is that the
girls?"
Mr.. Ross gave bliudly desperate jerk
at his ''sacque," and pull at the crno-
line: but all iu vain. The gay voices,
intermingled here and there with a ringing
laugh, or a snatch of song, drew nearer and
nearer. For an instant Mr. Ross wildly
contemplated rush through the hall to
his own door. but moments reelection
convinced him that such u retreat would
be impossible.
81 must stay and face it out - he
thought, "but hold on there's the closet.
It's just possible they will only stay here
minute or two"
And totally oblivious Of the "majesty OF
man." he fled precipitately into the closet.
''Why the deuce didn't think to secure
the key ?" he thought, as the girls streamed
into the room. "However, l can hold on
to the door handle il any one attempts to
get in. By Jove, il the girls should see
me in this rig, l should never hear the last
OF it,"
He leaned against the shelves, and
breathlessly awaited the progress OF
events.
why - calculated u soft voice-Rosa's
own-where's my hat? Was | careless
enough to leave it down stairs? Flora,
you have hidden it.
II wonder what you'll accuse me OF
next ~ said Flora, in an injured voice.
"You told Mr. Ross that Cousin Simon 3
letter was to-to'-
Your sweetheart Well. he ought to
be, Pm sure. He is the handsomest young
man know"
'Oh, Flora he don't compare with Mr..
Ross"
"Rosa, be honest said Flora, (which
do you like beSt-Cousin Ken, OF Simon
Montrose %
"Flora -
''Tell me now, honestly"
The answer came in Il low, half inaudible
voice.
"kenneth -
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03

The heart under Alice's sacque gave a
great jump Mr.. Ross head came in con-
tact with something on the upper shelf,
and down came rain OF band boxes on
his occiput
There was an instant's terrified silence,
and then all the girls began to scream in
chorus.
GLOW silly we all are ~ said Rosa trem-
ulously; ''its only the cat"
GAS if cat could make such noise as
that - said Flora Call Uncle John |?
Alice, do look and see what is "
"No-you look ~ faltered Alice.
"I'll look myself" said Rosa Fernall,
bravely advancing to the rescue. But
when the door handle refused to turn, even
she blanched.
'Some one is holding the door inside.
Call the men -
'There IS no necessity" quoth voice
from behind the panels, and the next
moment the door flew open, disclosing a
tall form in blue, and countenance whose
utter sheepishness can never be described .
cousin Ken y shrieked Flora.
"Mr. Ross ~ faltered Miss Fernall.
"Why, it can't be possible y calculated
Alice.
And then the three girls chung to each
other in paroxysms of laughter.
"The fact is, ladies' commenced Ken
meth confusedly, 4 Won't some one
help me off with this mousetrap? Miss
Alice, Pm very sorry I've split your
sacque, but Well, if you wont stop laugh
ing l can't explain, that's the long and
the short of it -
But Rosa Fernall had stopped laughing
already, and the pink of her cheeks was
deepening into scarlet. She had Just re-
membered the words carlessly spoken not
five minutes ago.
In an ineXplicably short space of time Mr.
Ross had torn off his feminine adornments,
and fled ANONYMOUSLY, followed by peals of
laughter of his cousin and Alyce Aymer.
Rosa-strange piece of contradiction-ha
begun to cry
"Poor little thing she's hysterical,
said Aunt Meg, who had just appeared on
the scene
But Rosa was not hysterical.
The full delicious moon of summer was
in the mid-heaven that night as Kenneth
Ross strolled into the garden mocdily puff
ing at a cigar, and contemplating the feas-
iblity of leaving Warburgh to avoid the
girls sarcasm.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03

''Don't be cross, Kenneth" said Flora.
"We're going down to the post-otfice
now. Rosa Fernall has written twelve
page letter to her sweetheart out in
Canada
"Flora !" exclaimed Rosa.
"And,' pursued the relentless Flora,
"we're going to post it. Come, girls"
And Mr. Ross was left alone with the
heavy musk roses nodding at the open
easement and the dreamy murmur Of
maple boughs and far off bees in his ear.
"a twelve-page letter to her sweet
heart ~ he pondered. She must have had
something very interesting to write. Can
ada, Ell? wish it was Van Diemen's
Land ~
Mr.. Ross rose from his easy chair,
and began to walk up and down the
floor.
cts too COMPOUNDED hot to breathe
here ~ he said, impatiently taking up his
hat ''Ill go and take tramp in the
woods
Flora Edgeworth had succeeded in plant
ing a ranking thorn in her Cousins breast,
all unconscious though she had been
The sun was low in the sky when Ken
meth returned from his distracted ramble
in the woods, and the WIDE old.fashioned
country house was very still as he assembled
toward his own apartment.
"Hallo !"
Mr.. Ross gazed vacantly round the room
with something of the bewidered feeling
that might have belonged to the Eastern
Prince when he found himself transported
from pole to pole in an enchanted dream.
"I'm in the wrong room, | believe
for there is Flora Edgeworth's light wrap
on the bed, and Rosa S hat and no end Of
ribbons and gloves and lace collars on the
bureau"
He balanced the coquettish little chat
on his head.
$50 this is the fashionable style of
chapeau, Ell? l wonder now whether
Rosa's hat would fit me ~
Mr.. Ross adjusted the article jauntily
on one side of his curls, and viewed him
self in the mirror.
"Upon my word, it don't look so bad
And now where's the sacque: \ little
tight in the sleeves, but otherwise quite a
decent fit if fellow holds his arms well
back There's Alice's blue muslin dress.
I've two minds and a half to put it on,
just for the joke of the thing ~
\ momen,ary silence ensued, broken by
the rustling of muslin
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03

lIREE girls domiciled in the
'mAt room There an end of
my writing for one month at
least :"
Kenneth Ross pushed his
papers into a confused heap, shut his desk
with vindictive snap, and lighted a
cigar
Three chattering, noisy girls, each with
tongue three times its proper length .
There's my cousin Flora, Alice Aymer,
and Rosa Fernall-blue eyes, black eyes
and melting gray; by the way. that little
monkey, Rosa, isn't bad looking. | rather
fancy that peculiar shade of brown hair.
She would make a tolerable study for my
next heroine. | may as well put her to
some useful purpose. Heiyho l think
Aunt Meg was crazy to invite all those
girls here at once ~
He paused moment, as the merry peal
Of girlish laughter echoed in the adjoining
apartment
"They're laughing at me. Girls always
think bachelor fair game"
Tap tap tap! sounded softly on the
panel of his door, and he had just time
to take his heels off the table before Flora
EdgewOrth put her head into the room
cousin Kenneth, are you there
well, what's wanting now?'
MAY we come imp
81 may as we'll say yes =
81 just want the girls to see what dear
little den you've got here"
Flora threw open the door and admitted
her two companions.
'Here he is, girls the old bachelor, as
he appears in his native wilds -
"Now, young ladies'" said Mr.. Ross,
throwing his half-smoked cigar out the
window, "Ill trouble you to be little
less unceremoniOus ~
For Alice and Flora had pounced on
his sheets of loose manuscript like honey
bees on a bed of heliotrope, and were
laughing over the rather illegible chiIog
raphy. Miss Fernall stood near the door,
a little confused and very pretty, in her
bushes and uncertainty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03

The difference between Pills and Sim
mons Liver Regulator, is just this: Pills
don t go down very easy with most people
and you feel them afterwards. While Sim.
mons Liver Regulator in liquid or powder
is very pleasant to take, and the only feel
ing that you have afterwards is the great
relief that it gives from Constipation, Eil-
iousness, Sick Headache and Dyspepsia
1t is mild laxative and tonic.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-08-03
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A FOOLISH MASQUERADE.

NlIREE girls domiciled in the
'm Vt room . There an end OF
my writing for one month at
least ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-04-19
Mirrors That Are TRANSPARENT.

A great many devices are known for
the purpose of enabling people in a
house To see what is going on in the
street without opening their windows.
A new invention of this nature is re-
ported from Halberstadt, Germany, be-
ing a plan for SO silvering glass that it
reflects the image when looked at from
one side, but when looked at from the
other is as transparent as ordinary
window glass. IL this is glazed in
dwelling-room window anyone inside
can see all the life of the street, while
any passer-by looking in at the win
dow will see but mirror and nothing
more. This avoids. therefore. the
annoyance sometimes encountered in
glazing either clear window glass or
ground glass in combining the special
advantages of both. One object would
be that many people might stop TO adj
just their personal appearance at such
mirrors. An innovation on reverse
lines is that recently made i'm one of the
Vanderbilt ball rooms. where the win
dows by day become large mirrors by
night through mechanical arrange
ments. and thus add simply but won
derfully to the brilliance of the scene.