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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26

the ceilings of the chest rooms, and the
chief upholsterers were employed to make
the furniture.
The house is two-storied and contains
nine rooms and a hall. The kitchen is
completely furnished in every respect, and
is presided over by a jolly-looking cook
In the comfortable and homely dining
room some gentlemen were sitting smok-
ing long clay pipes and telling funny
stories, If we may Judge from their smiling
faces. Two wee globes stand in one corner
OF the room and an event from New Testa-
ment history is finely carved on the ivory
mantelpiece. There are two gentlemen
and three ladies in the drawing
which is most elegantly furnished. The
ladies wear lovely dresses and each holds a
ian. One OF the gentlemen seems about to
entertain the company, for he sits close to
a violoncello.
Upstairs IN the nursery two children
are IN bed, while nurses are waiting on
other children, and two ladies, perhaps
governesses, are taking tea at table.
In beautiful bedroom lady, dressed
for dinner, stands in front of a looking
glass, the toilet-table being furnished with
silver jars and bottles aud china vases.
There is small study, or business room
in which gentleman sits writing, with
bills and papers scattered around him.
In the laundry the maids are busy wash
ing, wr;nging and ironing clothes. In the
hall nurse is giving some message to a
smart young footman, who is just coming
out of a room.
This model dolls house is work of art
in its way, and must have cost large sum
OF money.-Spare Moments.
Another Mouse Story.
The whole family. had been in the
mountains having such a happy tirae
among the grand old redwoods and pines,
but now they had returned to their city
home, and mamma and the maid were
just as busy as they could be, sweeping
and busting and putting things to rights
after their long absence.
When mamma went to her bureau to
examine and arrange the clothing in the
drawers she heard a strange sound, like
the scampering of tiny feet.
At first she was a little startled by the
noise and drew back. but gaining courage
she determined to find out what it could
be.
On opening the top drawer and looking
cautiously in she saw in one corner a tiny
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
Question Box.


1. Why was Daniel Webster considered
a great man?
2. How did Benjamin Franklin achieve
fame?
8. What great feat did General Fremont
accomplish?
4. Where was gold discovered by Mar
shall?
5. Give origin of the word "Mercury."
A nice little letter was received this week
from Alice NJ. Bell of San Francisco
answering the questions which were pub
ished in last Sundays CALL. Now right
here | wish to say a word or two about
your letters, to the bright boys and girls
who are interested in the Sunday Question
Box. Please address your letters to Chill
dren's Page of THE CALL. Always sign
your name in full, and last but not least,
give your age.
Editor ChiSdren's Page Ny answers to
last Sundays questions are as follows:
l. Benjamin Franklin, born January II,
1706.
Daniel Webster, born January Is, 1882.
General Fremont, born January 20, 1913.
2. Marshall discovered gold in California
January "a, 1848.
3. Mercury is evening star.
4. Venus is morning star.
5. Mercury is brightest January Is.
ALICE NJ. BELL.
1923 Geary street, City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
Five Little Women.

Five little women sat in a row.
Stitching as fast as their needles could CO.
The stars they shining, the cocks they were
Growing,
When the five little women had finished their
sewing. Little Pink Shoes
age years, in Pittsburg Press.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
THE NAUGHTY THUMB.

Decide dee, said the finger;
Decide dunn,
Said the thumb,
Let's go together
And have some fun.
Isee a fly
Climbing up high
On the WindoW-pane.
Isn't he vain?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
Going to Mexico.

Going to Mexico" is the name of an en-
tertaining game for boys and girls. 1t is
suitable for an evening gathering of al
most any kind. The company arranges it.
self in circle with the traveller" at the
center.
What are you going to take to Mexico
with you, Arthur" asks the traveller,
pointing suddenly at one of the boys and
beginning to count rapidly.
Ii Arthur says apples or andirons or the
name of any other object beginning with
A, the first letter of his name, before the
traveller counts ten, he keeps his seat and
the traveller turns suddenly and points at
Kate.
Zone, two, three" he counts.
Cookies stammers Kate.
:, You can't go to Mexico with me-" says
the traveller, and he takes Hates chair and
Kate becomes traveller. Then she tries to
catch some one else. The same person
may not mention the same object twice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
Are You Well Satisfied /?

An interesting diversion for an evening
party consists in having every one present
except those who are in the secret stand
up aAound the room with their faces to-
ward the wall. Then the leader steps up
to one person in the ring and asks:
Are you perfectly satisfied"
The answer is: Yes"
Then the same question is asked earn
estly of each person in the ring, the inter
est increasing ali the time. When the
leader has been informed that every one
is well satisfied he steps to the middle of
the room and says:
Very we'll, you are all satisfied. You
can stand there as long as you please"
And that is the last time the game can
be played at that party Chicago Record.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26


What 8 very remarkable. marvellous man!
j. W. Riley in indianapolis Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26
Ribbons.

$500 pieces FIRST-QUALTTY Satin-edge Ribs
bons, in all colors, at the following extraordi-
narily low prices. These goods should not be
confounded with inferior qualities as they are
perfect goods of the BEST quality:
No. 2, 1a inch wide, &c yard, SOC piece.
No. 3, "a inch wide. 614c a yard, SOC piece.
No s. inch wide, S1ac yard, soc piece.
No. z, ia inches wide, 10c a yard, 81 a piece
No. 9, 11a inches wide. ] sc y'd, 81 so piece
No. II, 2lnches wide, zoe yard, 81 piece.
No. 16, 21s inches wide, 25c yd, 81 so piece
No. %, inches wide, Csc yard, 81 90 piece
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-26

$50 pairs Ladies' Extra Long Wasted 6-Hook
n. and l. Corsets, made of splendid quality Inn
ported black sateen, with two steels on each
side and extra bound bust; finished with silk
EN- broidered top, and handsomely embroidered
both top and bottom with coored silks; in all
sizes, 16 to so. The best Corset in the world az
$3.50 a Pair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A nose of proper proportions should
be one-third the length of the face.
Cats and dogs cannot live at great
er elevation than 10000 feet above sea
level.
indigestion has often been cured
by drinking every morning, half an
hour before breakfast, glass of hot
water.
The paper mills soon to be estab-
lished at Way Crosse, Ca, will utilize
the palmetto plant, which grows in pro-
fusion i'll that section.
Cholera, typhus and swamp fever
are due to lack of ozone, according to
DIR. Toveau de Courmelles, of Paris, but,
grippe and infammatory diseases are,
aggravated by its presence. The latter
are apt to become fatal during the mag
netic storms coincident with the aurora
borealis.
M. Lowell's observations give lit
tie larger dimensions to the satellites of
Mars than have been hitherto accepted.
He assigns to Phobos, the one nearest
the planet, diameter of 20 miles, and
ten miles. The older estimates were
seven and five respectively.
The planet Mars resembles the
earth more closely than any other Of
the solar system that we know any
thing about. Mars is smaller than the
earth, and its specific gravity is less.
It's atmosphere Is rarer than that on
ho iorba
ably no oceans and very little free water,
except in spring, when the snow melts.
AS to Mars being inhabited, it is not inn
possible.
Fresh Columbia salmon are soon
to be shipped from British Columbia to
England and Australia in steamships
fitted with refrigerators. Experimental
shipments have proved a success, and a
company has been formed. with British
capital, to undertake the enterprise on
a large scale. The company is building
large cold storage warehouse at Van
couver for storing the fish while await
ing shipment. The company expects
to make more profit than is made by the
salmon Gamers.
Last years mackerel catch was al
most failure, and few of the many ves-
sells engaged in the fishery paid ex-
penses. Bad weather and fog prevented
good catch in the early part of the
season, and the fish were not at all
plentiful. Later in the season the
weather was good, and large bodies OF
mackercl were seen at different points
along the Atlantic coast, but for some
reason they were wild, did not school
and could not be taken. The same con-
ditions are said also to have been
noticed abroad. The Norwegian and
Irish mackerel catches were very moor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
THE DRUNKARD's RAGE.

experiences that trouble was coming.
White wanted money, and when the
woman told him she had none, he
grabbed her by the throat and choked
her until her face grew black.
"'Give it to me- he yelled, or I'll
smash everything in the house He
went to a shed in the rear, but the
next minute he was back with an ak.
He swung it over his head and brought
it down with all his force on the stove,
again and again, until there was little
left of the stove but fragments. Then
he ran into the next room, where an
other stove stood. Three or four heavy
blows with the AK wrecked it. The
kitchen stove went next, and after that
tables, chairs, dishes, pictures and
everything else in the house were sac
rificed in the qualification of his insane
destructive fury.
His wife, pale-faced and terror
stricken, stood by and watched the
demolition of her house. The fright
ened children crept out of bed and
crowded around their mother. None
of them uttered cry until he threw
down his ak and started toward the
little group. The children screamed
and fled back into the bedroom. They
were unable to get out, for White had
locked the door separating the rooms
from the hall, and the key was in his
pocket. He changed his mind when
the children ran, as if his purpose had
been to brighten them off, and went to
the kitchen.
1.-THE terrified wife stood in the cor
ner. White came back with an oil can
in his hands. The cover had been taken
off the can, and while he held her with
one hand he soaked her dress with kero-
sene. For the first time she understood
his awful intention. Fear gave her
voice and she screamed repeatedly.
The children joined in her appeals for
help and their outcry was heard by
Policeman Mcnamara, who CHANGED to
be passing. Guided by their cries he
made his way to the door in the
darkened hallway.
1T was locked. He placed his Shout
der against it and burst it open. He
was just in time. A moment later and
the woman's garments would have been
blazing"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
COULD NOT BE BLUFFED.
Yet She Pretty Mountain Maid Got the
Bette. of the Congressman.

Yet the Pretty Mountain Maid Got the
Bette.7Of the Congressman.
a somewhat gay and gallant member
of the house, unusually handsome, even
for member, was telling to small
group of listeners, of which a Star re-
porter was one, some of his campaign
experiences.
ION one trip in the mountains" he
said, after narrating several good ones.
Il was riding along road up pic
turesqle valley with my campaign COM
panion, when we met 4 buXom, pink.
checked, good-looking country girl on
foot. AS | spoke to her after the Gus
tom Of the country, she stopped us"
Have you seed anything of red
headed, freckled-faced Teller down the
crick?' she inquired.
"'We have met three or four men in
the last hour l replied, and one of
them was redheaded. How old was
hep
Bout my age, 1 reckon
$50 young as that?' l asked with all
my courtliness.
" That amt so powerful young she
said, without the slightest apparent
comprehension of my compliment.
He's 81 and som L.
THE man we met with the red head
was twice that old. He couldn't have
been the one you were looking for,
could hep
81 reckon not. The man I'm lookin"
fer and Inc wuz to git married yistiddy,
an when the time come he want thar.
Pap started up the road fer him with
gun this mornin' an come this way
''This made it interesting and l at,
once felt it to be my duty to offer my:
assistance.
"Tell me his name said, and I'll
make inquiries along the road
"'Sim johnson, and I'd give ten
acre farm to git holt Nv him.
''Her anger heightened her color and
put such brightness in her eyes that
she was positively handsome and just
couldn't help trying another delicate
compliment on her.
"'You must excuse me- I smiled and
bowed and sent forth my softest
glances, but with such pretty girl as
you are after me I'd like TO be Sim
Johnson
This time it was ten strike"
"Wall, she responded, as she looked
me over critically, not to say admiring-
ly, / hain't no objections
1T was the only time ever laid down
before bluff" continued the member,
"but that one knocked me fiat and |
never did know how l got away =
Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
MOURNING IN THE ORIENT.
The Dismal and Doleful Wall of the Arab
Woman.

Seated IN my tent outside the village
watching the horses feed, and wonder
ing if, after all, it was really worth.
while ever to return to England, l
beard a wall. Like the Celtic "coro-
mach" the Arab wall is something out
eide humanity. No jacKal or coyote can
produce a sound more dismal. 1t
makes you sad at once, and yet sadness
must be kind of mental convention
after all, for both the "coroGach" and
the Arab cry are just as doleful when
they issue from The lips of a profession
al mourner. Fancy a mute at a funeral
impressing ole with sadness, or Undue
ing thoughts of anything but gin and
water. At the door of little hut ap-
peared a woman scarcely yelled, her
hair streaming like pony's tail. After
ner another, and then a group of chill
dren, all raising the same doleful cry
Then from the other beenives and huts
came groups of women, to comfort and
20 wall in concert; in the midst was the
widow, with tears running down her
cheeks, and striking her nails into her
arms and breast. The night before a
house had fallen on her husband and
killed him.
The sorrow that is dumb is not for
Arabs, the reserve of power we hear SO
much of and winch makes our grief,
our joy, our eloquence, our acting,
seem so unreal to all except ourselves,
is not for those who see the sun.
Eyes of my soul, how lightly didst
thou ride over the desert. True was
thy aim at the enemies of the Prophet.
Generous thou vast and noble. Pro-
tector of tine poor, stay of the childless,
father of the downtI oddcn. How shall
1 forget thee, life of my lite?" Most
likely the horscman had never ridden
except to market on stumbling,
spawned horse, or fired shot except
at wild duck in his life; and as TO
being generous or noble, these are
merely terms of comparison. Still, in
an epitaph On Latin, so that the COM
mon people nay not read it) even in
England, you may occasionally see
apocrypllai virtues set forth Be that
as it may, the tears, the grief, the utter
sclf-annihilat zion, were as touching as
if the tears had filtered through a cam
brio hemstitched pocket handkerchief.
Saturday Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
AN INDIANS ENGLISH.
he Has Vocabulary Considerably Larger
Than Is Manageable.

The Times of India prints the sub
joined remarkably-worded petition
from an eX-member of the Silledar
mounted police. The request which
the writer wishes to convey was that
he might be furnished with formal
certificate of his service in the police
force:
THE humble petition of -, late
Silledar mounted police, -, most
Eumbly showeth-That pity my griev-
ances, by trumbling steps nave dragged
me before your honor's most greeted
chair, my days dwindling to the short
est span, blessed Lord give me relief
and Heaven will bless your honor's
stores. That owing to my adverse
fates, which had then frowned my wife
and my sister to retire out from their
public lives leaving my father and sis
ter in bed of hopeless healths. Mr..
father exposed OUT his perishable dis
positions. There is not soul into nv
family elder or younger than me, to at
tend on the sickness as above, which
then compelled me by nolens volens,
to tender resignation of my former
post by my own, leaving me no time to
apply your honor for certificate. By
the blessing of God and your honor,
my father and my sister restored to
their former health, but the money so
saved for future expenses. When nee
eSSary for has been exhausted on medi-
ching them.
when found quite involved in pow
erty, that we endured severe HASTINGS
from the fiummery floor even, L came
in Bombay i'll search of my prey, pre-
scented by circumstances to the commits
sioner of police. who asked me for GER
tilicate of my former post, without
which | am refused by my bread. My
humble services extended over two
years under your honor's most auspi-
cious orders, during which toiled i'm
patiently by my assiduity and atten-
ton with a view to start with my fur
Their advancement in life honestly.
Under the stern cravings of hunger, L
crave your leniency will be graciously
pleased to stretch forth your honor's
ChdrlIiul Hdilu 10 HI up my Wdllet
spread for certificate for the time be-
ing under your honor's august orders.
only to relieve our lives from the pam
ic clutches of starvation.
Pray let me test the gold of my for
tune in the alembc of success. but let
not my ardent hopes be refused by re-
lection, because your honor's one word
would supply my low wants. Pray do
not blast out my fervent hopes without
which / am not to be taken in any kind
of service. For which boon of your hon
o2's merciful philanthropy and equity
in charity, l shall jointly invoke Heav-
only choicest blessings to dwell with
your honor's long life in years and adj
vancing chair."-N. Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
From Whisky to Food,

One result of the strict enforcement
of the excise law on Sundays in New
York has been the increase in the GUS
tom of the peoples five-cent restaur-
ants. So great has been the Sunday
demand at one branch since the cold
weather set in that the management of
the restaurant is completing extensive
alterations which will enable IL per-
Sons to get comfortable five-cent meal
at the same time. The restaurants
were started some time ago under the
auspices of the Industrial Christian alli-
ance. There are now three of them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
TEMPERANCE.
MADE A DEMON BY RUM,
Marrow Escape from Horrible Death OF
Helpless Wife.

Marrow Escape from Horrible Death OF
Helpless Wife.
The Buffalo News, of December 81, re-
ports this narrow escape of helpless
wife and mother from an awful death
at the hands of her drunken husband:
"a woman struggling in the clutches
of her Infatuated and drunken husband,
who was trying to light with the flame
of smoking lamp her oil-soaled gar
ments, was the sight witnessed by Po-
liceman William Mcnamara, of the
Pearl street station, at Ill Oak street
last night at ten o'clock.
The woman was Mrs. Jennie White.
The man whose murderous designs
were frustrated by the appearance of
the policeman was Thomas White, her
husband. He has lived on part of the
money earned by his Woodworking lit
tie wife, but not satisfied with squan-
dering the lions share of the poor
woman's earnings to crafty his love
for liquor, he has made her life tor
ment with his threats and abuse.
"He staggered down Oak street last
evening drunk and exceedingly ugly
because he could not obtain more
money. His wife was lying on couch
when he lurched into the room, and he
ordered her to get up.
"The children, three pretty little
ones, were in bed, but they were still
awake, and when they heard him they
began to cry, well knowing from past
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
Interpreted His Fathers Dream.

A little boy in the north heard his
father, when he came down to break
fast, muttering, and feeling very un-
comfortable as most men feel after
drinking over night. II had dreadful
dream last night" he said, "and can't
get over it. All night long there seemed
to be three rats sitting on my chest.
One rat was fat one, one was thin
one and the other was a blind one"
Father, 1 can TIL you what that dream
MEANS" said the lad. you camp"
asked the father. "Yes, l can he re-
piled. THE fat rat was the publican,
the blind rat, father, was yourself, and
the thin rat was mother and me-"
The natural effect of one glass Of
grog is to create desire for more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-19
FlREDAMP TELEPHONES.
No Danger of Explosions In Mines Here
after without Warning.


after without Warning.
For inventors the present danger
to miners from firedamp has always
been a problem. Sir Humphrey Davy.
with his non-explosive lamp, decreased
the chances of danger considerably.
but the frequent fatal accidents re-
ported show that the risk is still alarm
ing.
At last, however, French scientist,
Hardy, by lame, has patented an inven-
ton which entirely obviates the dan.
ger, and has thereby earned the graft
tude of the hundreds Of thousands of
workers underground in America and
Europe.
Some years ago NJ. Hardy made dis
covery, which he communicated to the
French academy, which reported ia :.
vorably upon it, ami suggested it's use
for the purpose o. mining. Acting upon
the suggestion, the inventor has been
working upon the idea ever since, and
has now perfected a system by which
any outbreak of firedamp becomes i'm
mediately known all over the mine that
is threatened.
The system is simple one. NJ Hardy
found that different gases could be
made when connected with telephone
arrangement, to produce several
sounds. The system he has invented
connects al! the shafts of mine with a
central point, at which an operator is
stationed. Any outbreak of the fatal
gas is Immediately discovered by HIM.
however minute its quantity, and he
at once notifies the miners of their dan
ger. They are able, therefore, to es-
cape long before the gas could accu~
mulate in any quantity sufficient to be
dangerous.
The invention is already in success
full operation in few of the French
mines, and will doubtless come into
general use all over the world.-N. Y
Press.