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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10
IN THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM.
The Town Cat Chased n Mouse Int
the NoIasses and Stirred Things Up

The Town Cat Chased n Mouse Into
the HoIasses md Stirred Things Up.
From the New York Sun.
a midsummer quiet rested upon Mr. Ger
ber's dry goods emporium in Sayville yes
terday. Mr. Gerber and his half a dozen
clerks We're drowsily waiting for the arrival
of closing time. Two young women were
paving tentatively an assortment of silks.
Mr.. Gerber's big cat sat in the doorway
feeling for a breeze with his whiskers. II
was calm and peaceful scene.
Enter a small mouse upon the peaceful
scene, a mouse with a sad lack of judg-
ment. II scurried across the floor in full
view Of the head clerk. Exit the two GUS
toners with whoops Of chagrin.
Hey, Tom, sic en-" cried the head
clerk to the big cat, rot meaning the GUS
toners, but the mouse.
Tom, the big cat doesn't understand dog
language. but the squeak of alarm which
the mouse emitted woke him up. BY this
time the mouse had bolted into a molasses
barrel and stuck fast in a morass of mo-
lasses In went Tom also. When he emery
"a ii was with laggard feet, trailing thick
sweetness. The mouse, covered with mo-
lasses, was in his mouth. His fur was
shiny with molasses and his whiskers
rocked of it. Mr. Gerber and his clerks
said 'Scat"' simultaneously. Tom misun-
derstood. He suspected they wanted that
mouse for themselves. So he bolted, but
not out the door. Instead he went straight
down the aisle. The entire store force
started in pursuit Dodsing basket which
was hurled at mis- head with evil intent, the
cat assembled the counter in one leap and
proceeded TO prance disastrously upon the
outspread silks. Then he departed hastily
through an open window, leaving wrath
and profanity behind him.
Mr.. Gerber has on hand a stock of water
ed silks Of unique pattern.
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SANKEY'S MOST FAMOUS HYMN,
The Sudden Inspiration From a News.
paper Poem.

From the Outlook.
At a great gathering recently in Denver
Mr. Ira W. Sankey, before singing THE
Ninety and Nine" which perhaps of all
his compositions is the one that has
brought him the most fame, gave an ac-
count of it's birth. Leaving Glasgow for
Edinburgh with Mr.. Moody. he stopped at
a news stand and bought penny religious
paper. CHANGING over it they rode on
the cars. his eye fell upon a few little
verses in the corner of the page. Turning
to Mr.. Moody, he said: I've found my
hymn" But Mr.. Moody was busly en-
aged and did I OF hear a word. Mr.. San
key did rot find time to make tune for
the verses. SO he pasted them in his music
scrap book. One day they had an unusual
ly impressive meeting in Edinburgh. in
which DR.. Bonar had spoken with great ef-
feet on THE Good Shepherd" At the close
of the address Mr.. Moody beckoned to his
partner to sing something appropriate. At
first he could think of nothing but the
Twenty-third Psalm, but that he had Sung
so often; his second thought was to sing
the verses he had found in the newspaper;
but the third thought was, How could it be
done when he had no tune for them? Then
fourth thought came, and that was to
sing the verses anyway. He put the verses
before him, touched the keys Of the organ,
opened his mouth and sang, not knowing
where he was going TO come out. He fin
ished the first verse amid profound silence.
He took a long breath, and wondered if he
could sing The second the same way. He
tried il and succeeded After that il was
easy to sing it. When he finished the hymn
the meeting was all broken down-the
throngs ere crying and the ministers Were
sobbing all round him. Mr.. Sankey says it
was the most intense moment of his life.
From that moment it was popular hymn.
Mr.. Moody said at the time that he had
never heard a song like that. 1t was sung
at every meeting, and was soon going over
the world. While travelling in the highlands
i 10.
received a letter from a lady at Melrose
thanking him for singing the verses writ
ten by her sister. That sister was Eliza
beth c. Clephane. He wished to call it
THE Lost Sheep" but MIR. Moody insisted
upon calling it Ninety and Nine when
ever he announced IL. MIR. Sankey firmly
Song with such effect, and the honor should
| be His.
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A Chicago Novelette,.
From the Chicago Dispatch.
CHAPTER I.


At 10 O'Clock in the morning the cashier
of the wholesale leather house Of McMurtry
& Co. was seized with cramps. 1t was the
first symptom of those distressing collapses
which followed SO swiftly and which made
the heat of the past forty-eight hours such
a deadly thing.
At noon the bookkeeper gasped and sue
cumbed
Both men were sent to their homes in car
riages, and the crippled establishment was
left to get along as best 1t could.
CHAPTER II.
At 80 o'clock the stenographer announc-
ed that he must go and put ice on his head
or his dissolution would follow.
He was given permission to save his own
life. A rag could not have been limper.
At o'clock the three statesmen suddenly
succumbed together. They attributed 1t to
some soda water, of which they had in
cautiously partaken.
Mr.. James McMurtry was now left alone,
save for the presence of one small office
boy.
Presently he arose and put on his hat
with a determined air.
Tommy he said, Il guess you and I
had better go to the ball game, too"
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H 0 U S EHOID HINT S

Every housewife ought to mark her bed,
table and body linen; yet very few have
time or talent to embroider the same, and
dislike the common indeible ink way of do
ing 1t, so the linen goes unmarked. A new
and very pretty fad Is to have the name
etched on the linen in artistic fashion with
the indelible ink, or the initials In mono
gram.
1t is said that nightly applications of lin
seed oil Will soften the most obdurate corn
Till 1t can be lifted out without pain.
Every mothers daughter longs for silk
pettcoat, yet fancies it out of her reach.
Perhaps that is true, yet a very pretty and
Serv1ceable one can be made of nothing but
scraps. Make the foundation of fine black
Saline. Face Is up halfway on tho out
side with black silk from a worn out silk
dress For the rutfies you can make use of
old taffeta or satin ribbons, pink-ng them at
the edge, and you can work three four
kinds of old silk into one rufile without
spelling the effect. A narrow pinked double
ruftle is a pretty heading. The ruffles are
really prettier when only an inch and half
wide and very full.
The girl who has long, heavy hair should
save the combngs against a day of need
1t is often the case that fine hair does not
outlast early wOmanhoOd, and one feels
much safer when the time comes to exc out
ones locks, if the curious can be assured
that every hair of the neat couture grew
on the wearer's head" The switch" thus
made is much more likely to match in quail
ity, fneness and color, and can be made at
very small expense.
If you preparing to wash blankets re-
member this advice from an old-time house
wife. Have the water just a trifle warmer
than the atmosphere. Soften water with
borax and use CASTLE or some equally good
soap. Very little rubbing on the board, but
plenty Of water and a constant stirring
about and pounding is best. Two "suds'
and two rinSeS in water of the same heat,
then hang in the sun. Never wash any kind
of fiannels on r cloudy day.
Fun for year and day can be made for
a child out of picture book. the leaves Of
which are of colOred cambria or muslin
with pictures cut from old magazines and
newspapers. and helped out with advertis-
ing cards. Use flour paste and put under a
press iron it dry.
White sewing silk yelling can be washed
a little wider than the yelling and run an
ron over the two, pressing them evenly to-
gether, then run white thread through the
edges of both and one through the center.
Wash In borax or ammonia water well
soaped, rubbing very lightly, rinse In clean
water, dry and rip from the muslin; spread
on a clean, thick Gle tn and iron.
In case of an incipient blaze dash flour or
salt OH it. in good quantity. Either will
smother the flames. If they are not directly
at land use a rug. old coat, blanket. any
thing that will shut off the air, but be sure
it is big enough to cover the flame or you
will get burned.
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THE WALES FAMILY.
Albert Edward is Getting Old, but
His Wife Looks Young.


In London letter Miss Jeanette Glider
tells how easy it sometimes is to see MEM
bers of the royal family. She read in a
morning paper that the Prince and Princess
of Wales and the Princesses Maud and
Victoria were to attend the thirtieth ami
versary of DIR. Barnardo's home at the
Royal Albert Hall, and thither she went.
There was a very mixed crowd in front of
the hall when the prince and princess
drove up I'm a brougham. with no guards
about far as she could see. except the
regular police force that would attend any
large gathering. The prince and princess
We're dressed as any gentleman and lady
might be who were spending the afternoon
in town. The prince removed his hat when
the crowd began TO cheer. but he looked
rather bored and stolid, while the princess
smiled mechanically. An Old woman with
a gin-soaked face and filthy garments took
off her old hat and shook il inside of the
carriage. The prince scarcely noticed IL,
but the princess drew back involuntarily.
Inside the hall were 5000 people who
had paid from % cents to 500 for the priv
ilege of being present. and it was an
nounced that those making gifts to the
cause of not less than SD might hand them
to the princess herself, an opportunity of
which eighty ladies awaited themselves.
The prince made a little speech, acquitting
himself very well-''not unlike a Boston
ian,' Miss Glider says. His whiskers are
getting gray, and his hair thin. and the
crows feet are revealing themselves about
his eyes, but the princess looks the same
as ever. having a good color ana no gray
hairs, that Miss Glider could see though
there is a certain sadness about her and
she shows no gayety, even when she smiles.
To Miss Glider the daughters of the
prince all look exactly alike, having rather
heavy faces and wearing their hair as
their mother does, in a heavy mass over
their foreheads, an ugly arrangement, that
suggests much false hair. They dress very
simply, and do not wear big sleeves. which,
by the way, Miss Glider says. are doomed,
If Hyde Park is any guide to fashion
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Force of Habit.

From the Chicago Post.
The photographer busted himself arrang-
ing everything for the sitting. This was
to be his masterpiece, he said. and he wish
ed to have every detail perfect
There" he said at last, that will do
nicely, / think
He took one last look to see that all was
right
"Nowl All ready" he said, in sharp, in
cisive tones. Look pleasant please"
Then he began the actual work of photo
graphing the fractured ankle by the Roent-
gen process.
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is good precedent for them, and their
vogue viii not perish without a struggle
The English ladies do not wear them: the
French do Here is the situation In a
nutshell. 1t is the growing weight of Brit
ish coLnsels in the realm of fashions that
threatens the permanence of the most
hopeful dress reform of the century.
A clever English correspondent now on
the continent tells me that. except the
very rich, the French wheeiwomen will for
some time at least continue to wear bifur-
Gated garb for the excellent reason that
most of them purchased mems wheels, on
which skirts would be impossible. And the
great majority of French women are eco
rornical
The divided skirt, built without the dis
guising apron in front, is compromise
growing in favor. One has but to sit in
view of the boulevard, the Coney Island
cycle path, the Merrick road to see
styles and no styles in plenty. There's
pair of tall girls in blue-they call them
the heavenly tUinS"-who make about as
pretty an appearance any one They
are light blondes, not of the chemical kind,
but quiet, pretty and refined in appear
aEce; their blouses and skirts are blue,
their neatly buttoned leggins are thin blue
leather, their caps are blue. Even the tan
dem wheel they ride has a blue frame to
match And it is an unmistakable mans
tandem; but when the blue girls up and
away, they are as seernly and modest IN
appearance as they are chic.
When They Are Conservative.
Another little witch has dark blue suit
throughout, Of blouse and knickers a red
sash with tassels and a red necktie; an
other, a dull red serge. with divided skirt
and a short, full basqued coat, turned back
with black. Indeed, the great majority
are in skirts. The bloomerites, too, are apt
to be quite young and slender girls. Older
and plumper riders seem more conservative
An outfit sometimes seen is tandem
ridden by young man and woman, broth
er and sister, apparently. dressed in gray
suits, with round caps, and looking almost
exactly alike in their close-cut Knockers.
but for the girls coiled blonde hair and
her puffy sleeves
The reds and browns and tans are cor
rect shades for fall cycling suits. 1t will
be usual this winter to trim them with
narrow bands of fur. say golden otter upon
tan cloth or black fur upon gray.
There is a kind of fall cape jacket
that is ugly enough to be fashionable.
1t Is made of shot Silk-gray or blue with
green rose tint-falling from under the
arms to three inches beneath the waist
line in row of ACCORDION pleats all around.
This, when the mellow October sun shines
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The Last Touch.
From Larks.


NOW, gentlemen and ladies' said the
street faklr. exhibiting a bottle of his IA
nous hair restorer, this preparation used
externally will insure full suit of hair to
the smoothest pate in the crowd. But re-
member this one necessary precaution:
When the hair is once grown, then take a
couple of doses internally"
whats that for?' asked the prospective
purchaser
ITO clinch the roots,' replied the fakir,
as he handed down the bottle and pocket
ed two bob.
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apron is especially becoming to a little
blonde, while one of tan and bright blue
would be charming for brunette. The
little tot shown above wears a pinafore Of
plain tan grass lir"n trimmed with white
embroidery. 1t is slightly fitted in the slice
seams and has two box .pleats from neck to
hem both IN the front and back. A broad
collar. turnover cuffs and belt make it
as jaunty little pinafore as one could
wish.
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SCHOOL GIRL APRONS
Devices Of Ingenious Mothers to Pro-
tect the Children's Clothes.
DESIGNS THAT ARE PRErTYAND USEFUL
When They Can Play to Their
Hearts Content.
TO GUARD AGAINST DIRT

Little maids will be little maids, you
know, and a romp is more to their taste
than keeping their clothes neat and clean.
At recess games of tag, to say nothing of
an occasional tumble. will make sad havoc
of the dainty braid and gilt buttons and
velvet and lace-trimmed gowns. 1t is far
wiser to reserve these for dress-up and
make simple little wool gown or two and
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Gus cycling weather
in ali the year calls
my attention anew to
the INDIGESTION of the
fair sex concerning
the cOnv n i e II [
blooIners.
l have told but the
truth when l said
they were never seen
in LenoX or Newport.
save when worn By
strangers p a 5 $ i n e
through. Yet there
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edge. 1t Is very simple in its construc-
tion-merely three widths of dimity gath
cred on a pointed yoke while deep ruffies
fern elbow sleeves. A frill of embroidery
finishes the neck.
The next model-for an older girls of
fine checked muslin. 1t has full skirt and
waist gathered to belt. A trimming of
blocks, edged with narrow lace, gives a
pretty touch to the round neck. The short
ruffie sleeves are also edged with the lace.
Red-striped grass linen is the material
used for an attractive apron. Its construc-
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Not Very Advanced.

From Tit-Bits.
Young Medical Student Go charity pa
tienD-'I think you must have a-a-some
kind of fever but orr class has only gone
as far as commissions. I'll come in again IN
a week, when We get to fevers."
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WHAT WOMEN WEAR
IL
When They Go to the Club or Attend
,o Meetings.
EJE
UP TO Date IN LAST YEARS CLOTHES
Hats and Gowns Which Are All the
Style.
COL ORS IN RIB BON s
P TO DATE IN LAST YEARS. CLOTHES
Hats and Gowns Which Are All the
OLORS IN RIBBONS
HE FIRST

HE FIRST WEEK
In October marks the
opening of most Of
the fashionable wo-
mems clubs. Here
the members meet to
give vent to their
pent-up "views" upon
the serious topics
which have been
ruled out of CONVEX
sation at the pleas
ure resorts of sum-
mer and early au-
tumn. No woman is
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The "APENTA' HUNGARIAN BITTER WATER,
from the VI HUNYADI Springs: under the abso-
lutte control Of the Royal Hungarian Chemical In
stitute (Ministry Of Agriculture), BUDAPEST.
jy1S-s13t
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restricted to white muslins and lawns. Any
Of the soft ginghams in tiny checks or
stripes of pink, red or blue and white, are
charming when trimmed with colored en-
broidery to match. The grass linens, In
plain tan or with dots and lines Of color,
make an ideal school apron.
The little kindergartener, as pictured IL
the accompanying sketch, wears dainty
pinafore of white dinity, scalloped on the
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FOR CYCLE RIDERS
Some Costumes Which Are to Be
Much in Vogue.
B0LER0 JACKETS ARE TIE THING
High Crowned Hats and Cunning
Little Toques.
G. y Pc s OF BOX CLOTH

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
NEW YORK, October !, 1896
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From life.
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through The hazy air upon 1t, CLOVIS and
flashes in such triumph of color as al
most to redeem its formess ugliness.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
PROPOSALS.


PROPOSALS FOR sU UBsIsTENCE SUP
plies-Ofice of Purchasing Conlmssary No
36 New Montgomery street, San Francisco, Cal.
November 10. 1896. Sealed proposals, in duplf-
cate, subject to the usual conditions will be re-
csived at this Office until II o'clock A. NJ on
FRIDAY, November 20. 1896. at which time and
place they will be opened in the presence of bid
ders for furnishing and delivery of the following
named subsistence supplies: Pork, Bacon. Flour,
Hard Bread, Baking Powder, Eeans. Peas, Rice
tomatoes, Coffee, Tea, sugar. Vinegar Salt.
Candles, Apric0is, hocolate Corn, Gelatin, Ham
LobsIers, Milk. oysters Peaches, Pears Pigs Feet,
Preserved Damson. Salmon, Saroines, SOUP
Starch. Tongue. Syrup, Flavoring Extracts, Jam
(Biackberry). Jelly Guaranty. Mustard. Olive oil,
olives, Pickles. Sauce Cranberry and Worcester
snire), Tobacco. Soap, apollo Buttons. Thread,
Enveo opes. Pens. Backing (,hoe) Ciotheslines
Ink, PAPER, Towels and Towelng. Proposals will
not be considered unless accompanied by sampl
of articles bid for. The Government reserves the
right to reject any or ali proposals Preference
will be given to articles OF domestic production or
manufacture, conditions of quality and price (in-
GLIDING in the price Of foreign production manu-
facture the duty thereon) being equal Blank pro-
posals and full information the quality of
supplies character of PACKAGES. ETC., will be fur
nished on application 10 this Office. Envelopes
containing proposals should be marked Proposals
Tor subsistence Supplies to be opened Move mber
70, i 9b.n and addressed 10 the undersigned.
WELLS WILLARD, Major and G. 81 United
States Army.
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BEkhELEY HOUSES
THAT BEAUTIFUL HONE IN BERKELEY
L OF ~ rooms and bath is ready for q tenant;
newly painted and papered throughout: 10 acres
OF ground; large orchard; any variety OF flowers
and lovely lawn; price $50, worth $50 Apply
A. j. SNYDER & CO. 467 Ninth st.. Oakland
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no, FOR FITcHBUkGI

TO-DAY TAKE YOUR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS OUT ON THE FITCH
BURG, SAN LEANDRo AND
HAYWAkDs LOCAL
See Southern Pacific TfmeCard
THE FIRST IMPORTANT STOP EAST OF
FRUlTVALE IS THE PLACE. FAST
EsT SUBURBAN TRAIN On
THE PACIFIC COAST
DIRECT BOATS AND TRAINS FROM FERRY,
FOOT OF MARKET STREET, TO
fITCHBURG STATION IN
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES
Alameda, Berkeley and Fruitvale trains sinyed
by the Fltchburg scorcher. Haywards electric
cars from Oakland every few minutes.
Hyou are tired OF life and want 10 get Off the
earth, stay where you are. People get we'll oe-
come cheerful contenIed and prosperous in Fitcn-
burg.
Fitchbury Is the most promising suburb on the
olfect line or uptodate public and private inn
provements In The vicinity of Oakland. It is
business center by natural location. Its railway
lines now operating deep-water transport, alton for
freight by Damons line of fast sailing vessels On
oakland harbor. and the excellent county road,
ieRoing Dit, are incontestibe proofs II is regi-
larry laid out into blocks and lots bounded by wide
streets, graded and graveled and ornamented with
hFsnue trees. cypress hedges and evergreen groves
NOW is THE TIME 70 BUY
For a home while cheap; for speculation on a
rising market; for a turn be first for investment
now, and hold on No city taxes to pay; no street
improvements to make Water supply from 8
town at cheaper rates and easier paym ents than
can De bought in many or the one-streee tracts in
an inaccessible bayfield,.
Lots 25 and So feet front by 100 to 200 feet deem
10 parallel street: double frontage. Terms 10 per
cent cash; deferred payments in easy installments
Title perfect.
w. +. MCCLURE, Ia Montgomery St. s. &.
IHAD. 3. FITCH. Fitchburg.
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BALDWIN & HAMMOND.
10 Montgomery st.
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LOTS ON 25TH AVE,
CLEMENT ST. AND POINT LOBOS AVE
1915 upward Terms SO monthly
Lois 25x130 Sutro cars pass this prop
erty send for diagram.
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BIRTHS-tlA MARRIAGES DEATHS.

birth. marriage and death notices sent bv matt
Will not be inserted. They mus be handed in a.
either OF the publication offices and be indotseI
wit the name and residence OF persons authorized
10 have the same published
BORN.
DILLCOU RT-November 10 1895 to the wife of
Louie Dillcourt, "a daughter.
FRANCiSCO-Novemb ber T. 1893 to the wife OF
b. IL. Francisco, daughter.
KIHN-tn this city, October 81. 1895, to the wife
OF A. kim, a son.
ZURN-In Alameda. Novembe 10. 1895, TO the
wife OF Frederick N. Zurn, a son.
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TUST COMPLETED
Choice modern bay-window cottage on the wv
cor OF ga and Sanchez sts. For terms, etc., apply
ofTOBIN & Men ALLY. $50 Market st.
DACIF1C HEIGHTS RESILENCE; MARINE
view cannot be obstructed; every room sunny !;
substantially built; finished by days work: hand
somely decorated. For terms apply 2133 Vallejo st,
west OF buchanan from 10 10 O'Clock.
TREAT BARGAIN: PACIFIC aEIGHTS:
" new houses: all modern improvements;
lighted by electricity or gas; will sell cheap: fine
marine view; conservatory. Fillmore and Green.
Apply BOVEE. TOY d SUNTAG, 80 Montgomery
WILL BUILD COTTAGES. HOUSES OR
w flats at loves: prices for cash instaIlments
on your own lot or Will furnish lot; cali aud exam
ine plans. DAN E1NSTEIN. Builder, $50 Market.
CMALL HOMES: NEAR CARS: $40 PER MO-
- THE MEGA RrHY CO.. 646 Market ST,
u RARGA1N-FLAT. AND STOREROOM BE-
~ low: price $500 Apply to4 p. NJ, 2037
Fifteenth ST.
CUBSTANT MODERN HOUSES BUILT;
~ $1bOto $275 room; parties contemplating
building Invited TO call and plans. 149 Mission.
q. nn0 COTTAGE 3 ROOMS IN BER-
u 1OOO. kelley; lot 4Uxl30: SIS monthly
s1000-Corner 100xl0 $50 down: $l5 monthly
$400-Lot 40xl20: s25 down; S25 monthly.
$5UO-Half acre hill land: $40 monthly.
CHAS. A. BAILEY. 20 Montgomery At.