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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
And Only
Shores Vexed the Listening
..Taranne McCloskev 2,
Circumjacence.


A woman's voice smote the air shrilly.
Forth from behind q pile of lumber in the
hollow below the First-street hill, over
near the Mail dock. came very small and
very dirty urchin.
"And what do you want Terance for2
asked another shrill voice.
He do be tearing up Teddy McGlynn's
ball"
Didn't neither" said the small boy.
ooh, yer did, yer aid" chorused half a
dozen other babes.
Just be istenin' to him." said Teddy's
mother, land don't he be tellln' it fine ?'
Terance fed, and Teddy set up howl
that was heard block. Something must
be done. but what?
A barefooted girl, slim as a beam pole.
whose open mouth revealed the loss OF
most of her teeth, was equal to the occa.
sion. She did not shout or call names,
not she. A dilapidated milk can was
hitched to piece of bale rope, and the
rope was put in Teddy's hand.
"Whoo, WHO'D, whool" screeched the
youngster. "Clear the track; bulgine's
comm"
Terance looked enviously out from be-
hind a pile of lum Der. The women were
pacifed, and the snores of man Sleep
ing face downward on the soft side of q
plank alone vexed the listening air.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
The Man
That Did Not Like the
Vining System.

"Fare, please" was the perfunctory de-
mand of the conductor of car 100 of the
Market. street line a few days since OF a
man who had taken his seat on the inside
of the car.
And the man handed over what Mr..
Vining terms "check for transfer"
mo good" said the conductor. ''You'll
have to go back and get transfer"
That's my transfer, and 1 won't go for
any other" was the curt reply of the
passenger, whose looks betokened that he
meant what he said.
"Then I'll fire you off," said the con-
ductor, who at the same time gave the
gripman the bell to stop.
The passenger prepared to resist, the
lady passengers, fearing an encounter,
moved forward, and the circus began. The
conductor was strong, but the passenger
was stronger, and he could not be budged.
The conductor took an underhold, with a
view to pick the passenger up and carry
him out. The passenger held Oh to the
seat edge. There was a creaking of tim
Der, when another passenger jumped up
and, going on the platform, slid the door
and held it fast, so that no one could open
it from the inside.
This act, witnessed by crowd that sur
rounded, was encouraged by cries of
''That's right; hold the door and don't let
them out, " keep your seat, old man; we
won't let him put you OFF,
The conductor called the gripman and
the two tried to slide back the door, but
they could not for the man on the outside
held it with grip equal to lead-pipe
cinch.
Then big policeman tried to get on the
platform to push the door-holder off, but
it was no use. the crowd would not let him
approach. Then he went to the front,
jumped into the grip space, and from there
worked his way into the car and whis-
pered into the conductors ear.
There was cessation of hostilities, the
conductor pulled the bellstrap. the bell
struck two blows and the car moved on,
carrying with it the passenger who would
not give anything but his "check for a
transfer" the man on the platform released
his hold on the door handle and the crowd
cheered and then groaned for Vining and
his checks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
Thirty-Two
Years of Service on the
Streetcars.

John Adams Cooper stood on the electric
car on the Brannan-street line and toyed
with his somewhat gray whiskers. He
had reason to SMILE for he was celebrat.
ing the thirty second anniversary of be-
ginning service as a carman on street
line in San Francisco and the simultane.
Gus completion of thirty-two years of con-
tinuous work on that line. His 50 years
rested lightly upon him, and he was gay.
Eyes," he said, 81 think am the long
est in continuous service of any streetcar
employe operating car in San Francisco.
/ came to California in 1852 and followed
a seafaring life up to 1854. Before 1 came
here served in the Mexican War, on the
frigate Potomac, and also sailed on Deep
sea voyages. Pulling ropes was hard work,
and / came here. l have been running
between here and North Beach ever since
1864. If any one in town beats that record
l would like to hear who it is" Mr..
Cooper is a conductor now.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
One Bush
That Bears Eight Varieties
nf RncaS
of Roses.

In sheltered back yard at 1918 Union
street there is an immense rose bush,
which looks like an enormous bouquet.
At the top on one side hang clusters of
pure white roses. In the middle at the
top are red roses, blooming in profusion.
Pink roses hang in gay garlands at the
top on the other side. ALI over the bush
are branches OF roses of other lines and
colors. The delicate La France, the white
Nine. Planties, two varieties of Homer
roses, the Pauline Lebeau, the Black
Prince, the Castilian and the white La
marque lend variety and attest by their
prolific blooms to the virility of the stock
upon which they were grated.
The owner of this rose bouquet is 81. L.
Barker, who is connected with the State
Bureau of Mining. Once there were thir-
teen distinct varieties of roses on the bush,
but the tea roses grated on proved to be
short lived and only the harder varieties
have survived. There are enough now,
eight in all, to make the bush curiosity.
Mr. Barker's explanation is that he likes
to experiment with plants and this rose
bush is about fifteen years old. Branch
after branch has been grated on. The
original stock Is the June or cabbage rose.
The width at the top is not less than
twenty-five feet, and the height equals the
width. There are many stocks or trunks
springing from the roots. Carbon is
plentifully supplied to intensity the color
of the blossoms. Visitors look at and
wonder at the beautiful vision which has
been produced by patience and ingenuity
seconding natures generosity.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
One Bottle
And the Weight of a Very
Large Trout.

Two young men around town were hold
ing an animated discussion in restaurant
while they leisureIy slipped their black
coffee and told stories.
tTell you what" said one, ''that was
hard luck that Harry had"
How was that?"
"Well, you see, it was just this way. He
was down in Santa Clara County fishing.
He had fine outfit and was meeting with
very poor luck until he got bite from q
bouncing trout. Harry's eyes bulged out
when he pulled ana found out the nature
of his catch. He pulled anG pulled and
Just as the fish came out of the water it
dropped back again. My, but wasn't Harry
mad! No wonder, that fish weighed two
and half pounds.
'sWhy, how is that? How did Harry
weigh the trout when he didn't have it in
his hands?"
"Oh, easy enough-by the scales on the
fish,"
Dead silence, followed by an order for a
small bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
Around Her
Feet a Bright Circle of
Scarlet Falls.

Steam gongs were blowing, the noon
hour was over and crowds of young men
and women were briskly walking back to
their work. At the corner of First and
Howard streets two young girls were
chatting in high spirits, and they were
pretty enough to cause heads all along the
street to turn, Just as sunhowers follow
the course of the sun.
my gracious, Mag" said one, an anx-
ious look coming over her face.
whats the matter? demanded her
comrade.
"stopl l tell you. stop!' This was the
illogical but forcible answer, and it was
emphasized by a spasmodic clutchlng at
Mays sleeve, which pulled her to stand
still all at once.
whats the matter2' was again asked.
The sidewalks echoed back the rafting OF
hundreds of feet. First street was filling
rapidly and the suddenness of action on
the part of the two girls made the eyes OF
all passers turn toward them.
sit is-it is my pettieoat," groaned the
sufferer in an agony of modification and
disgust.
Around her feet a bright scarlet circle
ueSC6hASus IL was 1uueSO nduhCl pew
coat which had broken from its fasten-
ings, and it was the color of the girl face
now.
"Pshaw," said the other, contemptu-
ously, lis that ALP A dexterous whisk
and she had the offending garment under
her sacque. But she Uttered in spite of
herself and the people on the street looked
the other way and smiled.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
They Are
The Busiest SchoolchiIdren
In the World.
his checks.

Five afternoons every week 8 procession
OF Chinese boys to the number of about
twenty moves down Clay street, turns into
and passes along Dupont street for one
block, enters building on Dupont street,
at the corner OF Sacramento, and, after
moving in regular order up a flight of
stairs, is lost to view. This happens be-
tween 2 and 8 O'Clock with regularity as to
the time OF appearance and disappearance.
The phenomenon provokes no comment
now among the Chinese, because they
understand what Is meant by the passing
show, but 1t remains a spectacle to pro-
woke Caucasian curiosity.
The fact Is that these children, having
attended the Chinese public school sup
ported by the City and County of San
Francisco, and having studied reading,
writing and other branches conducted in
English since morning, are putting in
their afternoons undergoing a similar
course In Chinese reading and writing.
This gives them two periods of about
equal duration of study every day in the
week excepting Saturday and Sunday, so
that they perform about twice as much
mental labor of that sort as white children
of similar age.
They are very young, the oldest probably
not over 10 years. Some of them live at
South San Francisco, and others come
from remote parts of the City, so that
going to and from school and attending to
their studies occupies their time without
much respite from early in the morning
until about dusk. They are the sons OF
Chinese merchants who Saaro ~ ha fcro;,.. :.
their progeny like dollhouse plants in an
educational way. They are the busiest
school children in the world.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
A Callow
Youth of the Period and a
Piece of Chalk.

Over near the Mail dock some wine
tanks are going up. The son of one of the
workmenis bright boy in the third grade
school. He lives near and dropped in
to see his father work. He had piece of
white chalk in his hand.
"See that lad2', said the fond father
"He'lI be some one when he grows up" /.
"Yes," assented his neighbor, approx
ingly.
The lad wrote something with his chalk
on new tank.
''Look at that" said the father, 'some-
thing good, I know"
The two workmen inspected the inscrip-
ton.
"Hot stuff"
That is what the callow youth Of the Pc
Rod. with dawning intelligence, had
placed on the vat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
The Parrot
That Is Soothed by Fumes
of Nicotine.

Mrs. Margaret Burke is the proudest
woman south of Market street, and all be-
cause she has parrot that smokes. Mrs.
Burke resides on Fifth street, not far from
Howard, and her home has front win
dow where the parrot is hung out in his
cage and makes himself a general nuisance.
OF course Mrs. Burke don't mind this. In
fact, she seems to be rather proud of the
fact that her green screamer can cause her
neighbors so much annoyance.
1t is over two years since Mrs. Burke got
her wonderful parrot. She has named him
Tip. From the first this creature showed
q good deal of the monkeys imitativeness
He could talk very plainly with little in
struction, and at the same time he was
able to initiate the voices of several AMI
mails in the neighborhood. When Tip
was at liberty in the room he began to do
the same things as he saw his mistress
doing. He would jump onto the dinner
table and make frantic efforts to use a
knife and fork. He would also try hard
to drink out of BOTTLE which of course
convinced Mrs. Burke that she had a
treasure.
Mrs. Burke was of course proud of the
least thing that Tip would do, but when
he picked up pipe one day and COM
menced to smoke her joy knew no bounds
and she spent great deal of time initial
ing him into the various ways of holding
the mouthpiece. At present he is most
proficient and gets away with several
bowlfuls day. Tip is really so attached
to his pipe that he has got to have it in
the morning before ne has had his break
fast.
Tips way of smoking is exactly like any
mans. The pipe is of course filled by
Mrs. Burke, although she expects to teach
him to do it himself in q short time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
The Advance
Of the Pictorial Art in
San Francisco.

Pictorial art advances in San Francisco.
The very latest is four tintypes for a
nickel. An abIe-bodied man is travelling
the lower streets with banner bearing a
device to that effect. A young man and
his best girl can be took" for cents and
be preserved in their youthful beauty to
posterity at price less than possible.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
Denman
SchOOlchiIdren Use High
Gound;r1or Nor,oe

General F. Frichetti, Duke E. Beers
Duchess Olga Van Herman, Princess Mil
dred Natoma, Duchess Grace NJ. o. Ho-
lighoff and James D. Zeling of South AT
RIGA made Up portion of highly distin-
guished party who recently enlivened
the State Bureau of Mining by their pres
ence. There were forty one persons. alto
gether in the party, and they were all
very young, the eldest not exceeding is
years Their identity was disclosed bv
the names and titles inscribed by them
on the register-book provided for public
use. Their Highnesses and Graces com
ported themselves in q very democratic
way. They chatted gayly and laughed as
they wrote down their high-sounding ap-
pellations, just as if they thought nothing
OF being members of the nobility. Duchess
Olga confessed to residence at the Pre-
sidio.
Princess Natoma claimed to live in CAV
Paris. Duchess Holighoff is from Berlin.
according to the entry made by her hand.
General Frichetti resides at the Baldwin
Hotel and Duke Beers at the Palace
Hotel.
When the other visitors to the bureau
heard OF the party they looked respect
fully in their direction. They saw only
rosy-cheeked and jolly lot of young people
who had neither crown nor coronet nor
visible insignia of exalted state. A mid
dle-aged chaperon was with them. When
the chaperon said, Come, young ladies
and gentlemen, we will CO." the party
dutlfuly obeyed. They were really
delegation from the Denman School
making visit to the bureau and the
titles were claimed by them in a spirit of
JOSH"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
SUFFER- STREET
MIRAGE

The azure dome is bright and clear
AS fair Projections skies appear;
And now the heights of noon have won
The fiery coursers of the sum-
In dream of white the summer maid,
Like June personifled arrayed,
Is out to catch the heavenly smile
Like brilliant candidate the while,
Who studies gesture, pose and speech,
The favor of the throng to reach
But let Miss Junetime's dainty feet
Glide DER the flags of Suffer street,
And 10 she starts in sheer amaze,
For there before her wondering gaze,
The CLASSY pavement sinks from view
Meath waters of a Sivery hue.
Mirage p Miss Scientist would cry;
Illusion /" but we pass her BY
It's there-the lake on pavement dry.
And affdavits by the score
Might prove the fact; but those who sWore
Might get themselves in quarters tight
To tell what primed them for the sight
But that, like Democratic cheer,
Of course is neither there nor here.
Good General Barnes, who built fence
Three stories high Che is immense
At stories), just to spite foe
Who pitched his tent next door, you know
Good General Barnes oft joys to see
From victorys height Cup stories three)
That lake-the while it eager waits
To drag his foeman to the Fates.
It's said old college chums a few,
Full of good cheer and barley brew,
One morn, emerging from the club,
Gave limbs a stretch and eyes rub,
And straight beheId-aarming sghtl
Their path all flooded overnight
: Said one: "B'gosh, this climate here
Is changing snartly year by year.
Blame me! but not an age will go
Before we get a June-day snow"
Said Number Two: "I'm sobered quite!
This thing has set my soul Alright
There's little moisture in the air
The sky is clear-and yet-look there
The fact is, while we sang and drank,
A cyclone here has played prank,
And thrown fraction of the bay
Over the housetops, in its play,
To bury half of Suffer street,
And warn the errng, by that feat,
That lfe's uncertain, and we may
Thought-SWift-be swept in death away"
Said Number Three: you're off the track,
Just let me kindly help you back
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07
THINGS
THAT HAPPEN IN
A CITY

You can't see what's to pay? The deuel.
The sewers crammed and broken loose
It's being forced up hill, think;
Step back! Well soon be on the brink;
It's horrible, you know, to get
You're brand new patent-leathers wet"
The clubmen then linked arms and strobe
BY circling route to safer road,
All arm in arm, and each impressed
That he was saving all the rest.
Their tale the first policeman heard,
And fastened Woodward at the word.
He found no lake nor stream at ALL
I'd like he cried, "those dudes to maui.
Am the victim of wag?
Not muchl The boys are on jag
It's seldom such form it takes,
For, as rule, it's toads and snakes.
It's new to walk a mile around
To keep from beng dryy drowned"
The hungry poor oft bless the hand
That from the Parrott mansion grand
Gives daily tickets by the score
Good in exchange for meals galore
But once a man with brow of pain,
Appeared thereat with children twain,
Declined the tickets, asked for gold
His folly was his comfort cold
Wild-eyed he looked from left to right
The strange mirage flashed on his sight
The stream for aye us three shall hide"
He madly rushed as thus he cried
He leaps and falls along the stones,
Not one hair wet, but bruised the bones.
He's daft, patrolnen soon expressed
The ambulance then did the rest.
The fat man frying in the sun
Looked down the street where waters run,
And saw great crowds 60 wading through,
Gould but move, I'd be there too"
And SO the truth he never knew.
He melted quite ere fall of night,
Mocked by relef'S mirage in sight
A Forty-niner, keen old man,
The wondrous sight he CHANGED to scan
Those pavements give a rare effect
To see a stream you half expect.
But have seen the bay recede
From old Montgomery, and need
No spectaces to prove that still
The waters keep their course down hill.
But, blank my eyes, if Grover c.,
Or Growers man, or party, be
This next campaign in power put back,
I'll grant the world is off its track,
That rivers up the hill can flow,
That false is true and fast is slow,
And that mirage on Suffer street
Is water sure as I've got feet"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07

At least $72O.000000 worth of British
property is always on the sea.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-07

Burrows-Did you ever meet man down
there with one leg named Wilson?
Burrows (doubtfully)-What was the name
of his other leg?-Washington Evening Times.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-22
Queer Facts IN Our Historr.

The ST. Louis Republic says that the
history of our Presidents has given
some remarkable condolences, and
then names the facts given below.
Sometimes newspapers do not get these
things Just right. II would be good
exercise for any boy or girl to look
these up in encyclopedias and see If they
are true.
John Adams was eight years older
than his successor, Thomas Jefferson;
he eight years older than James Madi-
son; he eight years older than James
Monroe, and he eight years older than
John Quincy Adams.
George Washington ended his term
as President in his 65th year, and so,
too, did John Adams, Thomas jefferson,
James Madison aud James Monroe.
Thomas jefferson and John Adams
both died ON the same day, July 4th,
1926, exactly so years after the signing
of the Declaration of Independence.
One other President, James Monroe,
died ON July 4th. His death occurred
in 1881.
Every President, it is said, with the
single exception of William H. Harri-
son, has had blue eyes.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-22
A Mission of Sympathy.

$50 you are on your way TO Ohio, Ell,
uncle -
''Yassir. It's er mighty long walk,
dy tell me, but reckon IN git dar. =
And what are you going away out
there for, I'd like to know?m
''Gwine out dar ter see dis yere Mis-
ter MerKinless wat dey done nomer-
nate TO- preserdent.n
sob. you are going TO see what you
can do in the way Of getting an Office
or something of that sort, eh?'
Not in de leas', sab. Use gwine
done to sympertize wild i'm. Dey done
tell me dis var Hammer hahn let i'm
open his mout' fo' free mont's an
wants ter glib him de 'shuance dat hit
mought be wuss. l bin livin' wild er
Hammer TO- de las lebben Vars an ef |
git mer mouf open at all durin' dat
time, hat ter steal OF ter de woods
an wuk it dar. oh, yessir! l know
desc Hannerses an / reeken keepin'
udder foxes mout' shut got ter be lip
pydimick wild 'em. Richmond Dis
patch.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-22
Photography in Color.

For 80 years Jas. W. McDonough has
been laboring in Chicago to reproduce
photographs in, colors. Thousands of
experiments were performed till one
day. Is years ago he got upon the right
track. Capital then came to his aid, but
the successful end was not yet.
Over in Dublin, ireland, Prof. Jolly,
the scientist, was working along the
same line. Success crowned his efforts
a few months ago. He sought letters
patent in London and Washington. To
his utter establishment he found Nc
Donough ahead of him in an applica-
tion for an American patent. Both
men, thousands OF miles apart and
working independently had hit upon
the secret.
BY it either instantaneous or time ex-
posures, absolute perfect in detail and
tint, can be taken. The finished photo
graph looks like an ordinary piece of
work marvelously colored by hand; but
so simple is the process, and yet so ac-
curatc, that it becomes merely mech
anical.
Furthermore, the inventor does no.
propose to end with the taking Of pho
tographs. Experiments are being made
which, it is expected, will result in
transferring the art to printing. Il viii
be only question Of time when a pho
tograph can be taken and then printed
from half-tone plate on the specially
prepared paper, so that all the original
colors show up true to life.
The process requires specially rul-
ed paper. A multi-colored screen, rul-
ed by very fine lines, formed of dots or
small particles, is employed. Funda-
mental colors of the spectrum are pre-
ferably used for these lines-say orange
red a yellowish green. and a violet blue.
The screen is ruled with lines in
these colors about three hundred TO the
inch. This screen is placed in front of
and in close contract with an ortho-
chromatic plate, which is then exposed
In the camera to the object to be pho
tographed. The ordinary black and
white negative is thus obtained In lines
corresponding to the screen in register.
From this negative positive is made
in ordinary way on glass or paper. II
now the screen, or similarly ruled
one, be laid on the positive and screen
arein register, the picture comes up in
original eolors.
Nothing could be simpler. II is only
natures method OF shading the rose its
delicate pink and the sky its transpar.
ent blue. None of the complicated APP
paratas Of cruder methods that have