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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

Young uD-Didn't you think that the So
prano sang "1he Mistakes OF My Life Have
Been Many" with good deal of feeling
Old'un-There is no reason why she
shouldn't; she's been married three times
Spare moments.
The man upon the bicycle,
The man upon his feet,
Collide, and quickly both OF them
Lie down upon the street.
The man upon his feet has gone
Unto q rest eternal;
The man who scorched is scorching yet
In the regions called Internal.
Spare Moments.
Skidmore-You can distinguish good money
from bad by its conversational qualities.
Snooper-What do you mean?
Skidmore-Genqine money talks, but coun-
terfeit notes have to be uttered.-Detrott Free
Press.
Mr.. Figg-What did you learn at school
to-day?
Tommy-Teacher told US how the cruel EN-
peror Nero used to amuse himself when he was
q boy by pulling the legs off the flies
Mr.. Figg-Pulled their legs, did he? What
became of hiu,2 Did he become prompter p
indianapolis Journal.
He was proposing to the Boston girl, and in
the fervor OF his plea he leaned over he,
anxiously.
Pardon me- she said, ''are you not gettine
trihe too parsimonious ?''
"Parsimonious?" he gasped.
"9es," she said ''or, as the vulgar would nut
1t, close. e.'"-Philadelphia Press
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

ecution smooth and finished and remarkable
in its velocity.
Laureate Austin's poem on the death OF
Prince Henry of berg has reached this
country by mail. II was too heavy for the
cable.
Queen Victoria is rarely photographed stand
ing on account OF her short height. When sit
ting she gives the impression of fairly tall
woman.
Senator Davis of Minnesota is a great book
worm. He and Senator Hoar have fine times
discussing editions and forgotten literary
gems.
Lord Dufferin, British ambassador to France,
will soon complete his SEVENTEEN year, and
will be obliged to retire from the service in
which he has done so much brilliant work.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

Siberian coast is well known, and Senator
Semenoff holds the view that he has met a
member of the Nansen party or the Norwegian
explorer himself.
= 1t is, OF course, impossible to say whether
Nansen is returning in the Fran or by sled.
But the probabilities are that he is returning.
In contrast to the discussions OF the Russian
geographers about Nansen, the adverse criti-
c1sms OF our own Arctic heroes and authorities
have been in wretched taste. They have de-
euss even the possibility of Nansen's success.
This is, of course. an absurd course to take,
and certainly not creditable to the scientific
mind. Because they failed that is no reason
why Nansen should have done so-New York
Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

yesterday, "and l have & good deal of sn &C.
Quaintance over other parts of the State.
"What Nevada ought to do Is to send more
OF her products to outside places. The reason
she doesn't is that the freight is TOO high. We
ship nothing now but beef, butter and q few
potatoes and apples We have the best beef,
butter and apples in the world.
"There has been almost no snow in Nevada
this year, and cattle are in fine condition. No
loss has occurred whatever. We never had
such year. We have plenty OF feed, and have
a lot of hay left over that the stock couldn't
eat.
at will be very dry next year, however.
both for cattle and for mills. If we haven't
got snow thirty or forty feet deep in the can
yons we think we haven't got any snow worth
talking about.
'When l used to run a wood-drive down
from Alpine County, as did twenty years ago
and long time afterward, l always wanted an
abundance of water. 1t is the same way now
with the cattle and mill owners, and in fact
with everybody, for everything pretty much
depends on these industri
Mr.. Longabaugh will be here several days.
He is down on goods-buying trip, and for q
change of scene.
Miss Rena Atkinson, the leading lady of the
Carleton Opera Company, now playing here, is
Portland (0r.) girl, and Mr.. Carleton takes
great pride in her and her attainments.
At the recent reception at the Press Club, at
which Miss Atkinson, as well as Mr.. Carleton,
appeared and sang, the latter stated that he
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
NANSEN AND THE NORTH POLE.

According to our cable dispatches Russian
geographers and Arctic explorers agree that
the probabilities are greatly in favor of DR..
Nansen having been successful in his quest of
the North Pole. The vice-president of the ST.
Petersburg Geographical Society, Senator
Semenof, indorses the views expressed by
Baron Toll that the Norwegian explorer is now
at one or other of the New Siberian Islands,
where provision depots were established for
his use in case he returned by that route. The
Russian trader and mammoth ivory hunter
who first brought the Nansen rumors to the
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

satin lines had a collar of black-silk muslin
eoged with two-inch knife pleating of the
A waist of plain house serge was worn with
q skirt OF cheyiot, in which brown, blue and
Whlte blended to make medium toned ia brio
A gilt belt was worn with this and the collar
was made separate, to be worn when little
more dressy effect was desired. 1t was of en-
Droldered batiste with a narrow edge of the
same put on with just enough fullnesS to make
1t set WELL not in rufne effect
An exceedingly stylish waist designed to be
worn without wrap was of russell suede
leather, with sleeves of black velvet The
collar was not used in this instance
For washable fabrics this model is delightful
when the gowns are really designed with a
view to washing, for it launders we'll. A plain
skirt and such waist of brown hollands is a
boon to any woman, being stylish and reason
able and suitable to wear on many occasions
A gilt belt of an inch or an inch and a half
wide is the proper width. Narrow leather belts
look well with such costume.
The heavy cotton and the thinner ones as
well develop nicely after this model.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
A BELTED BASQUE.

The belted blouse or waist with BASQUE is
one OF the latest developments OF the season,
and is very stylish. 1t is made of various ma
terais' either to match the skirt or of contrast
ing goods. Separated waists OF silk are verv
stylish. One OF duh sage green with black
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

the "bel canto," and ala closely watched her
histrionic development. This is Miss Atkin-
sons third seas sou with Mr.. Carleton, and her
steady and continued success is source of
great qualification to him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

The resolutions censur1ng Bayard were
long time coming, but they have lost no
strength in waiting.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

The House tariff bill got into the emer-
gency all right, but it does not seem able
TO emerge IN any shape.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

1t is about time for banks to provide
themselves with bullet proof cashiers as
well as burglar proof safes
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

The repeal of the Southern Pacif
charter in Kentucky would set the jo
bells pealing in California.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

CATARRH is constitutional disease. 1t requires
constitutional remedy which will build up the sys-
tenn and make pure blood. Experience proves that
such a remedy is found In Hoods sarsaparilla
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
cALIFoRNIANS In NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. e.. Feb. 26.-J. s. Forrest is
at the New Amsterdam; G. Martin and wife,
Metropole; J. Thompson, Imperial; NJ. P.
Richards, Plaza; E. c. Hirst and wife, Park
avenue
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
CALIFoRNIANs in WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 26.-Mrs. A. E.
Kent and Mrs. Mary Stevens of San Rafael are
at the Cochrane Hotel, II. w. Flicknight and
wife OF San Jose at the Shoreham, Samuel Eos
ter and wife OF San Francisco a. the Arlington.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

English law may make 2 criminal of
Jameson, but the people have made him
hero and he won't suffer much.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

'In the name of heaven let us do some
thing" said Sherman to the Senate, an
the country says, amen"
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

If BaIlington Booth expects to b'
obeyed as commander he must set thu
example by obeying his own.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

SPECIAL Information daily 10 manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau tAllen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

DIR. SIEeERTs Angostura Bitters, the celebrated
appetizer and invigorator of the digestive organ
is now used all over the world.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

1t would not be bad thing for Ken
tucky to break the Senatorial deadlock by
electing Goebel to the Senate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

The retirement of Boies leaves Democ-
racy without Presidential candidate OF
any Importance west of Wall street.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

Honest men do not need primary elec-
ton law to make honest primaries.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

People who wish seals for their museums
had better get them now, for in a short
time ii will be impossible to find one in
the ocean even with a cathode ray.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

The silver Senators are wrong in de-
manding ee-coinage amendment to the
tariff bill, for when thing is necessity
it is folly to insist on having it silver
plated
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

As Boies is out of Office, out for silver
and out of the race for the Presidency, be
may as well be counted as a typical out
and-outer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

About the only thing any two Demo
Gratis can agree upon is the urgent neces
sity of fighting one another.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

"BRowNs BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" are the SIM
plest, quickest and most effectual remedy for
Bronchitis, Asthma and Throat Diseases.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

We have Paderewski and Marsick while
New York has Bernhard, Duse and Gull
bert, but what has Paris got for a high
class show?
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

In attempting to read the advocates of
bimetalIism out OF the Republican party
Senator Morrill, made the mistake of not
reading the party platform.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

Oaly one Republican OF Presidential siz
has withdrawn from the race, wherea:
Democracy has not one who has not With
drawn.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

Miss Alice Balfour, sister of the English
statesman, is about to publish book called
"Twelve Hundred Miles in an Ox-Wagon."
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

About the time an American correspond.
ent in Cuba gets on the inside of the situa-
ton he finds himself on the inside of a
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

The proposal to arrange the stars OF the
National flag in alternate rows of eight
and seven might have an artistic effect,
but it would be unpleasantly suggestive OF
certain eight to seven row of which this
country is not proud.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

With the violin Miss Currie Duke, dark
eyed Kentucky girl, with all the reputed
beauty and grace OF the bluegrass region, does
such work as few women are able to do. Her
tone is as accurate as that OF an organ, her ex-
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

There is one thing on which we can all
congratulate Mr.. Huntington. He has
had wedding in his family, and the
groom is an American and Californian
at that.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

If the Dingley bill passes-good by Mr..
Seal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

TowNsESD's famous Broken Candy, 1oc lib. .
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

Carlisle told the Manhattan Club. '.I am
glad to be surrounded by old fashioned
Democrats" but what would a real old
fashioned Democrat think of the Manhat-
tan Club?
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

Sherman was right in saying "the peo-
pie will support any tax rather than see
the funded debt increased" and the Sen
ate should take notice of the fact and act
accordingly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

phrenologist recently examined George du
Maurier's head. He found a new bump thereon
that indicated q growing fondness for royal
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

"You have lied on the question-if I
may speak metaphorically," is the way
Senator Allen put it in the Senate on
Tuesday, and while the phrase is not
original it certainly makes very forcible
metaphor.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Premier Badeni OF Austria is the son OF a
cook, who was created Count by one of the
last kings of Poland
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

The report that large number of per-
sons are suspected in Turkey of a plot to
kill the Sultan may be only an evidence
that the Sultan has plot to kill large
number of persons
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

In calling Jerry Simpson "a barking
cur" Mrs. Lease shows that while her
mind may be running on theology her
tongue has a tendency to lapse into the
language of politics.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

For the offense of manslaughter Miss
Flagier received three hours imprison-
ment, and it is probable if she had con-
hned herself TO assault and battery the
court would have given her chrome.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

An issue OF bonds to the amount of
5000 600 to provide for coast defenses
would be popular loan in the true sense
of the term and in the present condition
of the treasury 1t would be worth while
irving.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

"lf you wish to bring the name of Eng
land into contempt that is the way to do
IT. is what Justice Bridge told the people
who cheered Jameson when he came into
court, and the Justice told them the trutb
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27

AS it appears the Spaniards do not send
out reports of battles in Cuba in which
they are defeated, the tally lists of victor
les are useless, and history must find out
some way of going behind the returns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17
u. B. Robinson, Vice President
of the Santa Fe
Sought By the Baltimore & Ohio
For Its President.
is OF MUCH IMPORT.
Great Changes Might Take Place
on the Santa Fe
IF Robinson Should Leave, In
volving Many designations.

Mr.. D. B. Robinson, first vice president
of the Santa Fe. is, according to dis
patch sent out from Chicago last night,
about to be elected president of the Bal
timore s. Ohio railroad, leaving an i'm
portant vacancy in the management of
the Santa Fe to be filed.
The Chicago dispatch reads as fol-
lows:
present indications point to the
election of d. B. Robinson, first vice
president of the Atchison. Topeka s.
SantaFe,to the position of president of the
Baltimore & Ohio railway company. A
private circular, issued by a Chicago
news bureau TO its subscribers last night,
says: We understand that the BaIsi-
more & Ohio management is con-
sidering the desirability of offering
the presidency of the company to D. b.
Robinson, first vice president of the
Atchison company. prefe renee has
been expressed for Mr. Robinson. be-
ager, which is what the company partic-
ulariy requires The financial manage
ment will rest with the board of direct
ors or with the finance committee
MIR. Robinson was seen last night re.
garding the report, but he refused 10
either affirm or deny it"
AS first vice president of the Santa Fe
who operated the road under the re-
ceivership so satisfactorily, and if he
should retire from the Santa Fe, his sue
cessor would possibly bring with him
lot of new men to take charge of the
operating departments of the road.
If civil service rules should be applied
to the selection of his successor, Dir.
Rooin son would be succeeded by Mr.. j.
j. Frey, the present general manager,
but the new board of directors has been
in control such short time that no one
knows what their disposition will be in
regard to filling such vacancies.
1t is possible that MIR. Frey may be
selected as Mr.. Robinson's sue
cessor, but it is just as possible that
Mr.. Geo. R. Peck, who was so inhuen-
tjal ia the REORGANIZATION of the Santa
Fe, may have q railroad friend on the
Milwaukee, or some other road, picked
out for this place.
The first vice president is the man who
above all others has charge of the opera
tion of the road, and change in thar
Office means great deal to the men who
are in charge of the operating depart
ment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17
CLEMENS AT ST. LOUIS.

He Addresses the ROpulist National
Committee There Today.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 17.-Members of the
national committee of the Peoples Party,
about seventy five in number, met at the
Lindsll hotel at about 113O o. N. and
were called to order by Chair
man 81. Z. Taubeneck, whe announced
that the time up to 1870 p. IN. would be
devoted to hearing suggestions from del
egates and others as to the time and
place for holding the convention.
Captain Charles A. Power of Terre
Haute said the question at issue was the
currency question. People care more about
money than anything else and they want
an honest dollar above all. He said sill
yer is the paramount issue and if the
Populists would confne themselves to
that they would win.
MIR. Clemens of Topeka, Kansas,
said one of the planks of the
Omaha platform was government
ownership of railroads. The platform
had been before the people four years
and had been scoffed at, torn to pieces
and approved. a plank had been parti-
cularly assailed and now that very thing
is presented to congress in such q way as
to make it impossible for an honest man
to grant an extension of the Pacific road
debt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17
IS A HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION
If the British Fleet Comes to Bermud as
As Reported.

As Reported.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-The cable re-
port today from Portsmouth, Eng,
whence the British flying squadron is
about TO sail, that its destination may be
the Bernudas, cannot be confirmed in
any official quarter here, and the report
is taken with considerable allowance.
No informatio on the subject has come
to the departments or the British embas-
sy. The British squadron already at
and about the Bermudas consists of 16
ships: viz: Buzzard, Canada, Cordelie,
Crescent, Magicienne, Mohawk, Part
ridge, Pelican, Tartar, Terror, Tourma-
and RetributiOn. These are cruisers,
some of them of 1000 tons.
displacement. Should the Portsmouth
report prove true. It would increase this
squadron to % ships, or 20 including the
six torpedo catchers.
1t is doubted that Great Britain would
send such a powerful feet into American
waters at this time, when their pres
ence in force sufficient to over
almost certainly would be regarded
as d hostile demonstration. certainly
not called for as lon as diplomacy has
not yet exhausted its resources in the
settlement OF the differences between the
United States and Great Britain.
The Bermudas lying between 600 and 700
miles off our coast, would furnish an ad-
mirable base of operations against
any point from Cape Cod down
to Key West, and while
the islands are q part of the British EN-
pire, the assem- blage of a powerful
feet there could not be regarded with
Indifference by the United States gov
ernment unless the presence was ex-
planned satisfactorily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17
WHERE GOES IT?
The British Flying Squadron
Bound for Bermuda
1t Is Reported From London To-
day, but Doubted.
WHAT MEANS THIS
Hostile Demonstration Near the
American Coast?
Altogether, a Squadron of %
Ships at Bermuda.

PORTSMOUTH, Eng. Jan. 17.-The fly
ing squadron consisting of battleshipSi
Revenge, Flagship Rear Admiral Alfred
I. Dale, the battle ship Royal Oaks, the
first class cruisers Gibraltar and Theseus
and the second class cruisers Chary bdis
and Hermione, together with six first
class torpedo boat destroyers Assem- bled
at Spithead at noon today.
1t is reported that the destination of
this squadron after leaving Bantry Bay,
Ireland, will be the Bermudas.
LONDON, Jan, 1.-THE press associa-
ton referring to the report from Ports
mouth that the flying squadrons' destina-
ton after leaving Bantry Bay is Bermu-
da, says:
sit is stated at Portsmouth, though not
officially confirmed, that the destination
of the flying squadron after leaving Ban
try Bay will be Bermuda. The Admiralty
refuse any information.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17
sPROAT NOT ALARMED.

Although His Big Department Store
is Temporarily in e. HI. Davis
Hands.
Notice was today posted on the doors
of the Model Supply store on East sixth
street that the store was in the hands of
w. Fl. Davis, of the Parkhurst- Davis
grocery company.
The Parkhurst-D Davis company is the
creditor of the Model to the extent of
$4,000. Part of this is for goods and
part for cash loaned. Other firms have
claims against the store which aggregate
$1,000.
The proprietor of the Model, Sam
Sproat, said that eastern creditors were
pressing him and he was forced to take
the step in consequence. He has stock
ed up to heavily and was unable to turn
the goods into cash when payments
became due. He has not had
his faith shaken and thinks
that Topeka can support department
store. The store is running light along
and Mr.. Sproat will still manage it. The
goods will be sold out and Mr.. Sproat
says that all of the creditors will get
their money from the sales.
Up TO 2:30 the following mortgages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17
UNION PAoIFIc,s CLAIM

That Every Other Section of Fort Hays
Military Reservation Belongs to 1t.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE progress
of the bill to give the abandoned Fort
Hays military reservation to the state of
Kansas for western branches of the
state agricultural college and state nor
NAL schools may be retarded somewhat
by the claim of the Union Pacific rail-
road that every other section of the land
belongs to the company under a grant
made previons to the use of it by the war
department
If this claim proves, upon investiga-
ton, to be true. the state may be COM
PEELED to give up its right to every other
section along the right of way of the
railroad, even if the bill should become
a law. The senate bill on this subject
has been referred by the committee on
public lands to the secretary of the in
terror to look up the questions in regard
to 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17

siding officer, he was always cool and
never lost his head
Though courteous and considerate he
always preserved his own dignity and
that of the senate.
'One of the hardest things presiding
officer ever had to deal with was at
night session. one where an intoxicated
senator now dead got obstreperous. But
Ingalls, was equal TO it. The senator
persisted in breaking an agreement re-
garding some measure before the senate
Ingalls, called him to order at first. The
senator still persisted in disorderly ac-
tions and Ingalls, called his attention
quietly to his actions again. Finally the
senator became so unruly that ingalls,
ordered the sergeant at arms to seat him.
The sergeant did so after a struggle, but
the drunken senator subsidized. 1t was
probably the only time in the history of
the senate that the presiding officer had
ever been compelled to resort to that ex-
pedient But Ingalls, maintained the
order and dignity of the senate in quiet
vet firm way"