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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

07S00 REDUCED FROM $4,000; TURK
I'D CUO. ST.. Van Ness ave.; lot 81 7:6x
120 to street; both streets paved and accepted
2sory house, used for business purposes: rent $40
per month; tenant will pay increased rental for q
lease make his repairs and pay the water bill.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

Cocoon JACKSON ST. CORNER, PRE-
sdio Heights; sold to close an estate;
make an offer
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

l. schoolhouses-Sealedp proposals will be received
by The Superintendent of Common Schools, in
Hall, on Wednesday, March 25, 1896 at $3.50 p M,
for the construction of water-closets outbuidings
and bulkhead at the Longfellow Primary and Rim
con Grammar schools, at the Denman Grammar
School and at the Cooper Primary School, in the
City and County of San Francisco, IN accordance
with plans and specifications at the office of
Charles l. Havens, architect of the board; room S.
Flood building. corner Fourth and Market SITS.
The board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids as the public good may require.
GEORGE BEA NSTON. Secretarv
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-18

RICHMOND BUSINESS CORNER.
UOTE0 STORE BUILDING AND ROOMS;
DAG w. lot 32:6x100.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
Mica.

For industrial uses the various
kinds of commercial mica have of
late come into surprisingly extern
sive demand, far beyond what is
supposed by those familiar only with
its long time insertion in stove
fronts. The three principal varieties
employed r. the muscovite or white
mica, the phlogopite or amber mica
and the biotite or black mica. The
first occurs in greatest quantities in
GRANTEES and gneiss and is much
used for stove panels, for which
purpose it must be clear and free
from spots, the best being of a ruby
wine color when it blocks, the white
color coming next in value. Phlog-
optic is used for electrical pur-
poses and should be smooth, free
from wrinkles and crevices; must
split easily, also be very flexible and
able to stand a high temperature
without disintegrating, while dark
spots lessen its value. Waste mica
is ground and used as a lubricant for
heavy bearings, in certain insulating
compounds, for decorating wall pa.
pers, etc., and as a fertilizer. Scrap
mica, another feature of the trade,
is made up into large sheets by a
process we'll known to the trade
Now York Sun.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
A Little LIGHT On the Subject.

One Of the schoolteachers in IL negro
school Oh Twelfth street had her ella i'll
English grammar before her a few days
ago and was giving them a series Of
exercises, The teacher gave out Z word,
and the class built a sentence about it.
Everything progressed smoothly for
some time until the word "delight'
was given.
"Make a sentence in which appears
delight said the teacher. There was a
brief silence, and several woolly heads
were scratched and big brown eyes were
rolled i'll the endeavor to originate a
sentence. Finally a black hand went i'll
the air, two row of shiny white teeth
showed delight at having been the first
to prepare all answer, and all eyes were
turned i'll the direction Of the successful
boy as lie arose and said, "When [ goes
TO bed, l puts out de light" The teach
er says that she did not explain the
boys error for several minutes Wash
ington Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
No New Thing.

The tendency to ape men in their
dress, so noticeable at the present
time in a certain type Of woman, far
from being modem, is as old as The
Spectator at least, il not older, and
Addison, in anessay, comments upon
it with gentle humOr.
A lady dressed, according to the
fashion of the advanced woman of
the time, in Il mans hat, periWig
and riding coat met IA tenant of ST
Roger dc COvorley. She asked
whether a house near at hand were
not Coverley Hall.
The man, seeing only the male
part of his quorist, replied, eyes,
sir"
But upon the further question,
whether Sir Roger was Il married
man, CHANGING to drop his eye to the
lady's skirt, the embarrassed man
changed his note to mo, madam
London Spectator.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
Southwest Silver Men.

st. Louis is the meeting place Of the
silver men Of the southwest, and many
of them gathered here TO greet Tillman.
They tell me that there will not be
enough antisilver votes in the Chicago
convention from states west Of the Mis-
sissippi to make the number worth count
ing. They expect also to split the Ohio,
Michigan and Wisconsin delegations.
Whether their belief is justified or not,
these men certainly talk with the 0 Il
fidence that they have the western peo-
pie behind them. They have all the in
tensity of purpose of extremists, and it
can be accepted as a certainty that if
they do not succeed i'll committing the
Democratic national convention to free
coinage and a free coinage candidate
they will appeal to the people with a
candidate of their own.
Quite as serious-perhaps more SO IL
its ultimate Effects their determine
ton to have one but free silver DEMO
Gratis nominated to congress this fall.
They have gone at the work with meth
od and organization, and every western
Democrat who has not stood with them
in will be displaced, if it Is
possible to do so.-Henry L. Stoddard
; in New York Mail and Express.
South CarollnlanS are "weasels, -
sand Killers" and rice birds, the
first an allusior to the thinness of
the early natives, the second to their
place of residence, the third to a
common crop and bird which feeds
on it
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15

"Pshaw - petulently ejaculated Mrs.
Dubby, locking up from little Tohnny's
geography. II can't find it'll"
Cant find what?' gTnnted Mr.. Dub
by, with his nos buried in his newspa-
per.
"Efigy."
"Eh?"
"EfIigy, I tell you! I have looked all
over the map of Oklahoma and cannot
find it. l was certain it,
"Here, now!" exclaimed Efr. Dubby,
emerging from his abstraction. "What's
that you are looking for?"
They're always hanging people i'll
Effiey and l want to know where it is.
/ supposed, Of course, that it was i'll
Oklahoma, but perhaps ! ought to look
at the map of Texas. New York
World,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
We Can Force Them,

Hon. Moreton Frewen, B. A, the
noted English economist, closes q recent
letter to Ct. G. Merrick of Denver with
these words: "The Rothschilds here, the
wealthy investors in every capital in
Europe, could not afford to sit still and
see your country go it alone Europe
will respond to your spirited initiative,
If the United States pledges itself to
immediate free coinage, / emphatically
believe that M. Meline, on behalf of
France, will offer free mintago. We
here are pledged to reopen the Indian
minis, while the delegates to the recent
conference at Brussels, which | attend
ed, gave US every encouragement to hope
that Germany, Austria and Russia
would, i'll the event Of free coinage in
the United States and France, agree to
purchase a large quantity of silver an
nually to swell their legal tender mon
ey-to purchase it, | may add, if they
car get hold Of the metal at all"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
a True American.

William p. st. John, who retired
from the presidency of the New York
National bank, has IL patriotic record.
Two years ago, during a raid on the
treasury department, he deposited $780,
900 i'll gold at the New York treasury,
accepting currency in its place. During
the last raid he deposited $500, 600 in
the New York subtreasury, and to ii re-
porter who interviewed him he stated
that he had the gold and Uncle Sam
needed it, and he regarded it as his du-
ty to help the government i'll its need.
He added that any of Uncle Sans mon
ey was good enough for him. This sug-
gests the thought that if "any of Uncle
Sans money" is good enough for a 10y
al American citizen like William P. st.
John why is not the same kind of mon-
ey good enough for the British bond
holders? Will some goldbug please pause
long enough to reply to this quory?-
Omaha World-H Herald.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
The Reading Mania.

They talk about the drink habit,
the tobacco habit and the morphine
habit, said DIR. L. G. Briggs of
%Pittsburg, "but the worst habit to
which man can become addicted /
have never seen mentioned in print.
refer to the reading habit.
Reading is at once a source of
recreation and profit when properly
regulated, but when it becomes a
confirmed habit it wrecks a man
mentally and physically, rendering
him entirely useless to himself or
the world.
Every librarian knows the GLASS
to whom l refer. Those with the
reading habit read every minute,
their brain becomes incapable of re.
alizing the actual affairs of earth,
and they no more understand other
men than though they had never
seen one.
: They are, of course, possessed of
in~exhaustible information, and a per-
son to talk to one casually would
suppose him to be a great man,
when, as a matter of fact, he is no
more fitted to take part in the affairs
of the world than is a child in the
cradle. There is no more pitiable
object on earth than the man afflicted
with the reading mania. Wash
ington Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
kissing In Iceland.

When you visit a family in Ice.
land, you must kiss each member,
according to his age or rank, be-
ginning with the highest and de-
scending to the lowest, not even ex-
cepting the servants. On taking
leave the order is reversed. You
first kiss the servants, then the chill
dren and lastly the master and mis-.
tress. Both at meeting and parting
an affectionate kiss on the mouth
without distinction of rank, age or
sex is the only mode of salutation
known in Iceland.-Chicago Record.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15

eyes, sir, " said the little man from
Battle Crick, ''he war the nerviest chap
ever run ag'inst."
Tell US about it, said the drummer,
lighting up a fresh weed.
'Waal, thar he'd ben IA boss stole
thar on the Crick, an he war found
with 1T III his possession. He showed
papers tellin ez how he'd bought it, but
" wouldn't go down an inch. A gang NV
EN- surrounded him AN TUX him few
the nearest tree, an, sir, up tew the
time the rope he'd begun tew shet off
his wind he hedn't even murmured nur
turned a shade paler than he war when
they found him"
Remarkable, said the drummer.
"Well nigh impossible" said the
conductor.
"Waal, I don't know about thet."
said the litt:e man, putting Oh his hat
you see, he wal q colored gentleman
from North Carolina, an wal ez def an
dumb ez a stun post. boston Courier.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
Striking Features.

Our whole stock of metallic money
on May 1 Of this year was 81, 095, 55S,-
920 and of paper 81, 131, 463, SOC.
Striking features of the detailed treas
ury statement are: First, that we have
more paper than metallic money, and
that it will take more than all our met
al money in the treasury and in circu-
lation to redeem the paper; second,
that u gold is but little more than a
fourth of all circulation; third, that
we have in circulation nearly twice as
much paper as specie, and fourth, that
more of our circulation is silver, OF
based on silver, than of gold.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
Betrayed by q Client.

An amusing incident happened in the
circuit court at Newport. The case of
Jacob Click, who was indicted for fail
ing to take out a saloon license, was
called. senator Newman, his attorney,
made Il strong plea for a continuance,
stating to the court that his client was
confined to his home with a severe i'll
ness, and it was impossible for him to
appear. Senator Newman was not aware
of the fact that Click was standing be-
hind him when he made this plea, but
the judge noticed him Immediately, and
when Mr.. Newman got done the judge
said, "Well, Mr.. Click, what have you
to say Ill the question:"
Senator Newman TUNED around and
noticing his client said, why the devil
didn't you stay at home as l told you?'
--f'nvinptm XIV Commonwealth.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
SILVER IN NEW YORK,
Much In the Situation to Furnish Encour-
agement-Our Present Gold standard.

Much In the Situation to Furnish Encour-
a~gement-Our Present Gold standard.
Our friends III two or three eastern
cities who have been flattering them
selves they We're the American people
are exceedingly surprised at the discov-
cry of a tremendous silver sentiment at
their doors. Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire told them some time ago
that the people of the United States
would not stand the single gold stand
ard. Of late the goldites have been i'll
sistent on pressing forward the state
ment that we have the gold standard,
using that fact as an argument against
bimetallism, which, they urged, would
be a change. If their course has served
no other purpose, it has drawn the at
tention of the people to the fact that the
gold standard has been insidiously put
into operation without the consent Of
the voters of the country, and, as CHAR
der predicted, there is Il rebellion.
The interview given by Colonel John
r. Fellows of New York indicates that
the rebellion has invaded even New
York state to such an extent that the
counties above the Harlem river Will
declare for free coinage. We are ir-
clined to think that the bimetallic senti-
ment in darkest New York is not yet SO
strong as he suggests, but there is nc
doubt that it is growing rapidly.
Il
1t would be a somewhat interesting
spectacle to behold the state of New
York voting for free coinage, and We
presume IL of the results of such Il
thing would be the immediate removal
to the British isles Of those Manhattali-
ties to whom III independent American
financial policy is repugnant and full
of ingratitude to the benevolent moth
er country"
The declaration of the st. Louis con
vention that the existing gold standard
must be preserved was one of the best
things possible for the cause of bimetal-
lism. 1t asked the producers of the
country to vote for Il continuance of
present conditions, and there are few of
them to whom those conditions have
meant anything else than continuously
falling prices and continuously appreci-
ating debts. Men are not prone TO vote
themselves into a further indefinite
period of distress. The Republican plank
is a pledge to hopelessness. It means
that this country asserts its helplessncSs
to do anything to remedy the palsy that
has fallen upon industry and enterprise
until Europe shall consent by interna-
tional agreement that it may do SO. The
development of bimetallic sentiment
among the farmers of western and
northern New York means that they
have been exercising the faculty belong
ing to intelligent ~men-they have been
thinking. They have made up their
minds that there is perfect community
of interest between themselves and the
west and south, and as fast as each
earnest, Woodworking eastern man has
reached that conclusion there has been
one more voter to whom the silly
crank and fool cries of the Wall
street press have come as a personal i'll
suit, melting him to additional effort to
bring others to his way of thinking
Denver News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
pORCUPINE OUlLlS.
They Work Their Way Into the Flesh In
"a Distressing Way.

"a Distressing Way.
The quill of "A ~porcupine is like q
bad habit. If it once gets hold, it
constantly works deeper and deeper,
though the quill has no power of
motion in itself. 1t is the live, active
flesh that draws it in by means of
the barbed point. One day my boy
and encountered a porcupine ON
the top of me Of the Catskills, and
&c had a little circus with him. We
wanted to wake him up and make
him show a little excitement if DOS
sible. Without violence Or injury
to him we succeeded to the extent
OF making his eyes fairly stand out
from his head, but quicken his mo.
ton he would not-probably could
not.
What astonished and alarmed him
seemed TO be that his quilts had no
effect upon his enemies. They
laughed at his weapons. He stuck
his head under a rock and left his
back and tail exposed. This is the
porcupine's f~avorite position of de-
Tense Now come if you dare!" he
seems to say. Touch his tail, and
like a trap it springs up and strikes
your hand full of little quilts. The
tail is the active weapon of defense.
With this the animal strikes. 1t is
the outpost that delivers it's fire be-
fore the citadel is reached. 1t is
doubtless this fact that has given
rise to the popular notion that the
porcupine cal shoot its quilts, which,
OF course, it cannot do.
With a rotten stick we sprang at
the animals tail again and again till
IFS supply Of quilts began to run low
and the creature grew uneasy.
What does this mean?" he seemed
to say, his excitement rising. His
shield upon his back, too, we trif1ed
with, and when we finally drew him
forth with a forked stick his eyes
were ready to burst from his head.
Then we laughed in his face and
went u way. Before we had reach
ed u camp | was suddenly seized
With a strange, acute pain in one
of my feet. 1t seemed as if a large
nerve was being roughly sawed in
two. | could not take another step.
Sitting down and removing my shoe
and stocking, l searched for the
cause of the paralyzing pain. The
FOOT was free from mark or injury,
but what is this little thorn or fang
Of thistle doing on the ankle? I
pulled it out and found it to be one
OF the lesser quilts Of the porcupine.
BY some means during our CIRCUS
The quill had dropped inside my
stocking, the thing had took, and
the porcupine had his revenge for
all the indignities we had put upon
him. l was well punished. The
nerve which the quill struck had
unpleasant memories of it for many
months ~afterward.
When you come suddenly upon
the porcupine in his native haunts,
he draws his head back and down,
puts up his shield, trails his broad
tail and waddles slowly away. His
shield is the sheaf of larger quilts
upon his back, which he opens and
spreads out in q circular form so
that the whole body is quite hidden
beneath it.-JOhn Burroughs liz St.
Nicholas.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
THE MAGIC MIRROR.

why wed you not, baronf" once whispered q
fairy.
There's gold in your Golfers. why wed you
not now"
Not yet" quoth the baron. IT'S best to be
wary
might make u change for the worse, you'n
allow.
My temper's a jealous one: beauty would keep
My mind il a frenzy; I'll look ere / leap.
'Oh, give me II boonl" cried the baron. PRAY
give me
a magical mirror of crystal and gold,
And in it, if womankind e'er should deceive me,
Tho cause of her tickleness let me behold.
" IT'S yours. said the fairy. "Whatever may
be
The cause Of your grief, there that cause you
shall see."
The baron soon married. soon found out his
error.
He sighed in his castle, q desolate place.
He eagerly sought in the magical mirror
The cause of the evil and saw-his own facet
When Age finds a blank in the lot that he
draws,
he meyer needs fairy to tell him the cause.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
a COMBINATION WEAPON.
u Nouli Ee p Dangerous Thing In tho
Hands of a desperate Man.

u would Ee p Dangerous Thing In the
Hands of a Desperate Man..
Tho designer of this weapon GER
tainiy had no moral object in yicw,'
remarked u Davis street instrument
maker As he displayed a combination
six shooter, dagger and brass knuc-
klcs. The weapon is ingenious in its
construction, but the average MAJ
cannot grasp the purpose of the tai
ont that perfected the work. The
owner of the aggressive freak keeps
it on exhibition, surrounded by a lot
Of S~eXtants, ohronometers, glasses
and similar needs of navigators.
Il know very little about the
weap0n,' he explained. 1T was
given to me by a sea captain, who
claims to have purchased it in a
Mexican port. 1t has few marks,
but still they are sufficient to estab-
lish that a Frenchman invented it. ="
A. L. Dolne, Invur, is engraved on
the barrel, and that is the extent of
the marks of Identification.
AT first glance and even after in
spection the freak impresses one as
being the most villainous tool ever
designed for a burglar, highwayman
or tough. A glance at its make up
shows that it carries danger and
death at three points, yet it does not
exceed ten inches in length when
arranged for full action.
The central portion Of the piece is
n six chambered revolver designed
to use the pin fire cartridges once so
popular, but obsolete since the in
vention Of the center fire cartridge
that may be reloaded. The handle
is Il sure enough brass knuckle. ar
ranged by q joint to swing around
so that the cartridge chamber will
form a cushion for tho fighters
hand.
At the end of the barrel. also pro-
vided with a swinging pivot, is a
four inch double edged dagger sharp
as a razor and long enough to do a
world of mischief.
1t is unlikely that the local ordi-
nance concerning the carrying of
concealed weapons could be extend
ed to include the possession of such
a iiondish design. In the hands of
an angered man or in the possession
of an intending burglar it would be
a miracle if Il escaped injury from
some point of the three faced wea-
pom. 1t is equally dangerous at a
distance and close quarters. If a
shot misses, there rema1n tie alter
native of closing in and using either
the dagger or the brass knuckles.
1t is difficult to ascertain the pop
ularity of the weapon, as they are
not on sale. There is a similar de-
sign in the window of q Washington
street pawnbroker, who procured it
from a s%eafaring man. The weapons
bear no date, but it is not hard to
believe that they We're designed for
the use of the gentlemen who work
when honest people L abed. The
death dealer seems quite at home
when arranged with a jimmy and
other factors of "a burglars kit
San Francisco Examiner.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
she Was Even.

When the woman i'll tho ecru cape
got on a Fifty-fifth street cable car,
she stared in cold scorn at a little
lady in a tailor made suit who essay
ed to speak to her, but wa given
the cut direct. The lady with the
cape was obliged TO stand and she
gazed out the window over the head
of the confused woman who had
been snubbed. Just as the a turn
ed the curve on to Cottage Grove
avenue, the naughty woman gave a
mighty sneeze, loosened her hold on
the strap, whirled, then sat down
hard OH the little person in the tail
or made gown. Furious with indig.
nation and humiliation, she strug
gled to regain her feet.
The tailor made lady regarded her
with an angelic smile. Never mind,
Laurelia, she said soothingly. 1T
isn't your fault that you are so awk-
ward. dear. Chicago News.
Republicanism Eight and Four Years Ago
"The American people, from tradition
and interest, are i'll favor of bimetalllsn
and demand the use of both gold ano
silver as standard money" said the Re
publican platform of eight years ago
"We condemn the Democratic party Il
its efforts to demonetize silver 1t sale
fOur years ago.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
Might He Worse.

Mother-My dear, your father can
not stand this. Your husband, the
count, has lost half a million at DO
ker within six months.
Daughter-But, mamma, that is
not 80 bad. I understand that the
Earl of Tufiuok and the Marquis du
Debris have each lost twice as much
~ that. ~-Brooklyn Life.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-08-15
Not His Brothers Keeper.

AREN'T you going to look for the man
who eloped with your wife?"
"No. Why should l? He is a stranger
to me aud able to look out for himself"
New York World.