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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

edition of Shakespeare, 1855, wanting the
portrait, f45.
The Exploits of Brgadier Gerard" is
the title OF A. Conan DoyIes new histori-
cal romance, which contains eight adven-
lures in the career of Napoleonic hero.
The book will be published by D. Appel
ton & Co., with many illustrations.
Felix Gras, who is soon to be introduced
to American readers by Mrs. Janv1er's s
translation of his new historical romance,
The Reds of the Midi is the successor
OF Mistral and Roumanille as the official
head of the Filibrige, the society of Pro-
vencal men of letters, which is the highest
literary distinction of the south Of France.
In one of the letters of Grui Patin, writ
ten in 1645 the learned bibliophilist says:
ut is true that there is here an English
man, the son of Frenchman, who pro-
poses to make carriages that will roll from
Paris TO Fontainebleau without horses in
day. The new machine is preparing in
the Temple. If it should succeed, there
will be great saving OF hay and oats,
which are a present extremely costly"
A number of unpublished letters of an
| intimate nature written by John Randolph
of Roanoke, are incorporated in a chapter
OF "reminiscences Of the picturesque Vir-
ginia statesman to be printed in the March
Century.
The American Historical Register, the
OlHClai organ or numOef OF pabrlOClc-
hereditary associations. published in Phila-
delphia, has particularly attractive num-
Der for the current month. The frontis-
piece for the number is fac-simile of the
insignia of the Society of Daughters of the
revolution, done in proper colors and size.
The story of Lafayette's visit to this coun-
try in 1S2425 is continued, and other in
teresting articles are: "The Origin of the
Surnames Brown and Browning" /" "Epi-
sodes of the French Spoliation Period, +"
Colonel Aaron Burr's Order Book The
regular departments contain wealth Of
useful and entertaining matter.
Professor Arthur S. Hathaway of the
Rose Polytechnic Institute has written
primer of Quaternions," which Mac
milan & Co. will publish very shortly.
The theory of quaternions is developed
directly from its fundamental ideas, with
out dependence upon principles not found
in elementary algebra and geometry. It
contains numerous diagrams and exam
pies, and should prove a valuable text
book for technical schools on account of
the physical ideas that it develops.
S. S. Mcclure is about to issue in one
volume the Earlier Life of Lincoln"
based upon the material published in the
Novem ber, December and January num-
bers of McClures Magazine. The Nc
Clures have collected sixty or seventy diff
ferent portraits of Lincoln, large number
OF which have never been reproduced in
any form
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
A FAMOUS LITTLE VOLUME.

A reprint of the celebrated little work,
1.-The Battle of Dorking," has just been of
fered to the American public by Way &
Williams OF Chicago. The strained rela-
tions of America with England growing
out of the Venezuelan boundary dispute
on the one hand, and of England with
Germany due to complications in South
Africa on the other, give peculiar and
timely interest to the book. It was a
famous tract twenty-five years ago. and
made a profound sensation in England
and America, both by reason of its bear
ing on current European events and pol
itics and from it's remarkable blending of
military knowledge and literary skill. 1t
appeared originally in Blackwood's Maga-
zine for May, 1871, and puTported to be the
recollections of events disastrous to Eng
land in 1875, narrated fifty years after by
an eyewitness. That England needed
this ''piain warming" which may almost
be looked upon in the light of prophecy,
is evidenced by the recent British naval
display. Whether or not its lesson will be
needed elsewhere as well remains to be
seen. The dreadful results depicted in the
fanciful sketch of Germany's supposed in
vasion of England are claimed to have
much to do with waking up the English
people to needed reforms in their army
and navy. Certain it is the present
strength of the British navy had its basis
laid soon after the sensation created by
that little sketch of disaster and defeat.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
MIR. Murphy's Explanation.
The following letter to The CALL Is self-ex.

SAN FRANCISCO, February Is, 1896.
To the Edftor-DEAR SIR: In your issue of To-
days date is an article enttl ed ShoIt in His Ac-
couhts-Adam III. Murphy, Agent Of the Portland
Cracker Company, Arrested'
wish to lnterpose prompt and emphatic de-
NAL TO the claim assertion of the officers of the
Portland Cracker Company that my accounts with
them We're or are not in healthy conditions or
that have appropriated or misappropriated $1,000
OF the company's funds; that am not and never
have beenshort in my accounts with said or any
company or person; that instead of my owing the
Portland Cracker Company said company Is now
indebted TO me in q sum exceeding $780, In fine,
the case is simply matter of disputed accounts
between the company and myself
As have been resident of this State for
twenty-five years, and never before had my honesty
or integrity in the slightest degree called In ques-
tion, which your article does In justice to myself
earnestly bnt respectfully request that you pub
lish this reply and denial OF the charges made
az aihSt me. ADAM II. MURPHY.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
MEMOIRS OF AN ARTIST.

HARLES FRANCOIS GOUNODs
IA posthumous memoirs have been
" published under the above title
~ by Rand, McNally g. Co,
In this work the autobiography
OF the great master has been brought down
to the time of the first production of his
opera, Faust, supplemented and rounded
on by some charming and characteristic
letters from the master to his friends.
People have been accustomed to think
OF Go1nod solely as a musician, but on
reading his memoirs one learns that this
is far too narrow a characterization. In
the first place, the work indicates that as a
literary genius Gounod ranks at least be-
SIDE that other great musical writer, Ber-
hoz; his incisive and luminous comments
on the literary work of many of his prede-
cessors and contemporaries show him
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
JOHANNA AMBRosIUs.

A very rema rkable figure has appeared
within the last year on the horizon OF
German literature, says the New York
Critic. Johanna Ambrosius, woman of
the people, has published small book OF
verses, which in twelve months has gone
through as many editions. and at which
all who read must wonder. Karl Schrat-
tenthaI was the discoverer of her talent and
the editor of the present volume. We read
his introduction with great interest; for in
it he gives a sketch of the poets lie,
astonishing in its bare, almost brutal
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND READING.

Under the title of Public Reading and
Speaking" Professor Kirby presents, in ap-
propriate style, the results of his long ex-
perience as successful teacher along this
line of educational work. The book aims
todevelop individuality in the student, and
is looked upon as a most commendable ef-
fort in this direction. The hints and helps
that it contains will readily give the stu
dent a mastery of the main problems that
must be solved in order for one to succeed
upon the platform, in debate, in conversa-
tion and in host of other affiliated top
les. Boston: Lee & Shepard. For sale by
William DoXeY.l
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

MAY this tribute of a well-beloved son
leave upon her tom b wreath more durable
than our 'immorteiles of day. and assure
for her memory, after my death, a respect
that could wish TO make eternal"
The color and tone of the original has
been admirably maintained by the trans
iator, Miss Annette E. Crocker, and the
book is clothed in an exceedingly original
and appropriate binding, which in
geniously displays Gounod's initials-C.
F. Gin the treble and base clefs, be-
sides few bars from the Faust" aria,
La Parlate d. Amor" Price 81 %.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
JOHN sHEKMAN's RECoLLEoT1oNs.

John Sherman's "Recollections of Forty
Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet" !"
which was reviewed at length in THE CALL
several months ago, has been discussed by
the press everywhere in the Nation, and it
is universally agreed that the book is able.
bold and fearless, and valuable addition
to the history. of American politics. 1t is
not necessary TO repeat that no man is
better qualified to speak understandingly
of the financial history OF this country
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
PLEA FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY.

"Some Poems and Prose That Would
Fain Exalt the Word of God, the Divinity
of Jesus and Present Plea for Christian
Unity" is work by Rev. Silliman Blag-
den, published by Alfred Nudge & Son,
Boston. The book is a model of typo
graphical excellence, and its illustrations
are superb. The authors intentions are
doubtless worthy of laudation. The vol
ume is replete with Scripturar texts, which
serve to bear out the authors intentions.
The poetry in the volume is very bad, in a
literary sense. Rev. Mr.. Blagden is evil
dently sincere in his endeavors to unite
Christians under a common banner. The
task seems to be a hopeless one. The
author is a fair minded and noble-spirited
person, it would appear, and his work is
free from bias and prejudice. He seeks to
accord the praises due to missionaries
without reference to sect or creed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
Will Feast Sailors.

The sailors of the Colombo will be feasted to-
day by the Italians of this City. The banquet
takes place at O'Clock and at 3 P. NJ. the s.gal-
liant men and true'' of the Italian warship will
adjourn to Bersaglieri Hall, where popular
festival rendered by the San Francisco and
Oakland colonies will be held. In the evening
the Italian comedy, "Stenterelio.' will be per-
formed at the Bush-street Theater. The COM
mander of the Colombo, Prince Luigi of Savoy
and ell the other officers and the men not on
duty will attend.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
A LITTLE WIZARD.

A new historical tale, "a Little Wizard"
by J. Stanley Weyman, has just been pub
lished by R. F. Fenno & Co., New York
1t is tale of Yorkshire, England, in the
time of Cromwell, just after the battles OF
Marston Moor and Naseby and before tn e
surrender of the Scots army of Charles 1.
The tale recites incidents in the careers of
two youthful sons of cavalier gentleman,
who has sacrificed his life for the royalist
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
Eclipse OF tho Soul.

J. J. Morse will lecture under the auspices OF
the California Psychical Society at National
Hail. Ellis street, between Polk street and Van
Ness avenue, this evening at 7:45 O'Clock, the
subject being ''The Evolution of Soul-Its
Eclipse"
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

ethan Senator John Sherman, and to the
student of finance the book in question is
very instructive. The work is now on sale
by the Werner Company, 4O4 Spreckels
building.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

on "those twelve dumb years. Had sh
been able to read one volume a year of
Lessing, Schiller or Goethe, how rich she
wOuld have felt
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

and who has grown to young womanhood
under no softer influence than that of her
father, who us staggering, sporting,
hard-drinking squire of those easy-going
days"
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

Mantells shipped to country
dealers on approval, subject
to return at our expense.
THE WERTHEIMER CO.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
NEW TO-DAY.

Would you believe
it!-the so-called ode
1icious flavor IN nine
tenths Of the popular
priced cigars Of the
day is produced by
drugs.
A trial will con-
vince you that the
"Mantell'' cigar is not
of this class.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07
THE NOMINEE AND THE PLAT
 FORM.

The delegation to the Republican National convention from Arizona, in common with other western and the southern delegations, has a grave duty to perform. Not that of securing the nomination of any especial man for president; but rather to see that the platform upon which he runs is broad enough to accommodate the people of the west and south, as well as the peo- pie of the east
 That the nominee will be an eastern man with gold environments is prac- tically certainty. That ought to please the people of the east. So the people of the west and south should fight for a platform that will recognize them and their interests If on the money question the nominee is pledged to sign any silver bill which congress may pass, the question would be elim- mated from the National contest and transferred to the congress districts where it properly belongs and where the will of the people can be directly l expressed. If majority of the peo- pie are not in favor of the free coinage of silver the silver men are willing to bide their time; but they insist that the president shall not veto the will of the people nor bribe their representatives as has been done in the past at the dic- tation of Wall street.
 An eastern man for president with a western man for vice-president on a platform leaving the financial ques- tion entirely to congress and pledging the president to not interfere either by veto or official patronage, is an honest and just solution of the whole ques- tion that the east should concede in the National convention; but the west and the south should be prepared to fight for if necessary. There is not much involved as to who shall be the nominee, but there is a great and vital principle involved in the platform.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07
LORD SALISBURY HEDGING.

Lord Salisbury in speech in Lon don in reply to remarks made con- demning his attitude towards the United States on the question of the Monroe doctrine, said that although the Monroe doctrine formed no part of international law, his dispatch to Sec retary Olney supported it as rule of policy as strongly and distinctly as possible,bu in the form in which President Monroe understood it. The British premier is always Delphic in his utterances, as becomes an unquali- fled statesman. He gives here an un- qualified endorsement of the Monroe doctrine as a doctrine, but he takes the liberty to place his own interpre- tation on it, and discards that of the government of the United States, which ought to know the real meaning of a principle which it has cherished for half century.
 But the tone in which Lord Sails bury replied to Secretary Olney, the naughty dismissal of the American claim that the Venezuelan boundary question should be arbitrated, the al- most insulting intimation that the state department at Washington did not interpret American history and tradition alright, are absent from the London speech, which is conciliatory and almost apologetic.
 It is evident that Lord Salisbury is not insensiIble to the consequences of persistence in the course outlined in his communication to Secretary o. ney, and that he learned something by the exhibition of feeling which his communication and the message of President Cleveland aroused in the United States.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07
TO annly the educational test to al

To apply the educational test to all immigrants coming into this country is simply to enforce the protective principle in it's highest form in the in- terest of the National self-defense. There is no labor so cheap as ignorant labor. There is no labor so desirable as intelligent labor To guard the lat ter against the demoralizing competi- ton of the former is the real mission of protectionist statesmanship.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07
STAND UP FOR ARIZONA.
PHGNIx. FE sHUARy T. 1896.
FICTITIOUS EXCUSES.

The favorite excuses for business dullness on the part of those who would ignore the one plainly logical reason, has long been the monetary question as it affects the National treasury. The lack of confidence on the part of stock speculators and mon ey dealers is made responsible for all the ills of business of whatever magni- tude or sort, no matter where located. But there are those among this class of apologists who expose their want of sincerity in many ways. They are do- ing so now by their failure to acknowl- edge their fault in the face of present conditions.
 It is acknowledged on all hands that the pending public loan is not to ma terially distress the money market, as feared when the bond issue was first announced. ~fHhe adoption of the in- stallment plan of payment for the bonds and the recently developed fact that the money will be furnished by the dealers in money alone, and not by the banks generally throughout the country, has dissipated the fears of a aio1 r- tions universally. But no promises are made of a resultant stimulation of general business.
 The acknowledgements might as well be made that the real cause of busi- mess and industrial distress is in the absence of money among the people who consume the products of the farm and the factory. It is because the purchasing power of the people has been cut down in the interest of the foreign producer that those who have things to sell can find no market. If the farmer had his old prices for his grain and his livestock, and If the wage earner had work to do at the former rate of compensation, they would be buying as much as ever and all classes of trade and the industries would be in full drive.
 The source of real business is not in speculation. It is in supplying the necessary things for the wants of the people. In good times these wants are stimulated so as to include comforts and luxuries. At present they are largely confined to actual necessities. The way to restore the purchasing power of the people to the standard enjoyed before the present distress be- gan is to re-establish the conditions under which former prosperity exist ed. Nobody need ask what that means The only way to mend broken cable is to find the place where the break oc- cured and reunite the two ends.
 It is folly to continue to make ex- cuses which anybody should be able tc see are purely fictitious. Restore the home market for home productions and invite foreign trade on the busi' ness-like basis of reciprocal favor, and there will be no need to worry about gold reserves or foreign drains of thS money market. The necessary steps tc secure the one will furnish ample in surance against the others.
 In other words, let us have free coin age of silver, the poor mans money
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07
tIARBURGER, HOMAN & CO.,
 MAKERS, r& XIV YORK.

Delegate Catron of New Mexico, writes that the appellate court bill which he introduced will probably pass. The bill meets the approval of the people of the three territories.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07

There is one thing the Republicans of Arizona ought to be thankful for this year; the Democrats are so busy with their own family troubles that they will hardly have time to help make Republican nominations as they have heretofore.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07

My lady looks into the mirror
 And her face it glows with delight, As she sees the vast improvement Since she used Parks Tea each night. She is never tired or weary,
 Her ills and her pains have fled; Since she drank of Parks Tea each
 evening, -H
 A cup full on going to bed. Sold by c. Eschman & Go.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07

. Harrison is finally out of it. He has taken a hint far enough in advance to save himself a good deal of mortifca- tion.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07

The Republican nominee for presi- dent is certain of an election. The platform is the thing that interests the people of Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07

and there need be no further worry as to hard times.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07

Don't forget the meeting of the Re publican club tomorrow night.
Arizona republican., 1896-02-07

WITH A MTSsT0N AND WITHOUT A MJZZLE-FOR THE FREE COINAGE 1,E sTTyER AT RATIO OF 16 TO l.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

food in the soil. In connection with
thorough drainage the best tillage of the
soil tends to make available it's stores of
inert nitrogen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19
(To be con tinued.)

Halls Hair Remover is pronounced
the best preparation made for thicken-
ing the growth OF the hair and restoring
that which is gray to its original color.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-19

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soil tends to make available it's stores of
inert nitrogen.
NECESSITY FOR LIME.
Since the final action of the nitrify.
ing organisms results in the production
of nitric acid, it is highly important
that the soil contain some substance
capable of combining with this acid.
and thereby preventing it's accumula-
ton in free state. The activity of
these ferments is diminished by the
presence of an acid and increased by a
moderately alkaline environment. If
the acid be allowed to accumulate to a
certain point, not only is the activity of
| the ferments suspended, but a positive
injury may be done to a growing crop.
All practical farmers know how poorly
sour lands respond to cultivation, and
this injurious influence is due not only
to the action of the acid upon plant
growth, but also in high degree to it's
effects in preventing the evolution of
the nitrifying organisms. 1t is well
known that soil which has an album
dant content of carbonate Of lime is, as
a rule, fertile. The value of lime as a
fertiliZing agent in many soils is we'll
attested, yet it is certain that this favor
able effect is not due to the fact that an
additional amount Of lime is necessary
for plant food. Soils are rarely found
which do not contain an abundant sup
ply of lime for all the nutritive needs Of
plants. 1t is certain, therefore, that the
chief value of the use of lime IN agricul-
ture is to be found in some indirect in
fluences which it exerts upon the soil.
Heretofore three special methods have
been pointed out in which lime exerts
beneficial influence. In the first place,
it profoundly affects the physical struc-
ture Of stiff soils, producing fioccula-
| ton Of the silt, and thus preventing it's
deposition in Individual particles. A
well. lined soil is thus apt to be open
and porous, and easily titled. In the
second place, the lime exerts a certain
soluble influence on undecomposed par
ticles of rock, thus favoring their speedy
decomposition and the consequent free
ing of the potash and phosphoric acid
which they contain. In the third place,
the added lime tends to correct any
acidity of the soil which may be due to
the accumulation and excess of humus,
or which may arise from imperfect
drainage.
1t must be admitted however, that one
of the chief benefits of the introduction
of lime in the soil is derived from the
fact that it favors in high the degree
evolution and development of the nitri.
flying ferments.
The lime which is used for fertiliza-
ton is, as a rule, chiefly in the form of
oxide or hydrate, that is, Stacked lime.
After it's incorporation in the soil, how
ever, both the oxide and hydrate of lime
are rapidly changed to carbonate under
the influence of the ecarbon dioxide (car-
bonic acid) which is found in the atmos-
phere of the soil in notable proportions; in
fact, in much higher percentage than in
the air. The soil thus becomes permeated
with lime carbonate in a fine state of
subdivision, condition especially suited
to favor the nitro-organisms. Hereafter,
fhn~nfarn in inre hn rs 0F