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The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

broke out in the libraries and the magazines"
says lie Menestrel, 1--WE have found by investi-
CATION that the First Napoleon enjoyed dilet-
tantism for music which has generally been
denied him. During his captivity at Saint
Helena he devot ted small portion of each day
to the study of music, but could not spare
much more, for he had to defend his glory,
and death did not even leave him time to do
that When his health began to give way he
suffered from attacks of delirium, but during
these attacks he sang necessarily number of
arias and always in the Italian language, for
before the end he turned again to the language
OF his youth" 1t seems that the Third Ma
poleon was helped to support the incarceration
which followed the disaster of Sedan by listen
ing 10 the music of Offenbach, of whom in his
days of prosperity he had been one of the
warmest patrons.
The day following the death of AMBROSE
Thomas the directors of the Paris Grand Opera
resolved to raise monument to his memory
at their own cost. The work was entrusted to
the sculptor, NJ. Falguieres, and that gentle
man has just submitted his model. 1t repre-
sents Ambrose Thomas seated on q rock, no
doubt in memory of his great affection for his
rocky island of Iliec, where he composed so
much of his music. At the foot of the rock
Ophelia, in white marble, is holding him a
bunch of flowers. The work is effective and
al tiolAS, put Ouc HOulQ Ike 10 see MlgnOn
figure there, too, for if Hamlet" is the most
popular OF Thomas works with ar lists,
"Mignon" is the opera which made him popu-
lar with the masses.
Catulle Mendez, a well-known writer OF
French stories, many of which are seasoned
with vice, recently gave lecture in Paris at
one OF the Colonne concerts on Berlioz ana
Wagner. He commenced by wandering off to
an address on the Apochrypha and the
audience, which was waiting to hear about
Berlloz, made such disturbance that the
police forbade him to continue till after the
concert. great many people stayed, and in
relative calm Mendez talked about Wagner,
whom he compared, without mincing matters,
to the Divinity. This gave great offense to the
listeners, particularly as most of the audience
were impatient to hear Berlioz praised.
American pianos are generally supposed to
be the most brilliant in the world, and it is
partly to intensity this brilliancy that they
are frequently pitched so high. Ii singers
realized the strain that the very high pitch
puts on their voices we should hear some
thing in this country of the agitation which
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
AN ELEVEN.GORED SKIRT FOR
SILKS.

The most satisfactory way of making the
handsome skirts of silk and satin now SO much
worn Is with several cores, so that each gore
can be cut out of one breadth of the material
in one piece. Where fewer cores are used they
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Kruger is making the British telegraph
lines not only score diplomatic victories
for him. but furnish him with evidence
for gaining more.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The motion for an investigation of the
bond deals moves slowly, but it may yet
reach the White House in time to find
Cleveland out by finding him at home.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

We can count on the delegation to ad-
vance the interests of California at st.
Louis, and maintain the cause of the
Greater West.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

There was, of course, good deal of
seeming discord at Sacramento while the
party instruments were getting into tune,
but now comes the triumphant harmony.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

What each nation would like most lust
now is to see two other nations get into
naval war and put the modern battle-ship
to test before any more are built.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Senator Pettigrew expressed wide
spread public sentiment in saying the
bond deals seem "rotten, dishonest and
corrupt to the core, and therefore ought
TO be investigated
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Auburn is not straining herself for a car.
nival, but she has gladdened her people
with one of the best flower shows of the
season.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The full report of California's gold prod
net has never been told. We are richer
than the records show.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Z Bozzin-Jabjins will be appreciated as poet
after he's dead; see if he doesn't.
Rozzin-That's not unlikely; he won't write
any poetry then.-Roxbury Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Judging from the comparative degree of
public interest in the two events the Chi
cago convention will hardly be sideshow
to that at ST. Louis.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The campaign for protection should
make Californians more earnest in sup
porting California industries.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Neither those who see the Healdsbure
fete, nor those who see the San Jose rose
carnival will envy any other crowd in the
State.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Under the title of emusic in Prison." LIE
Menestrel is giving an interest ting series of
articles showing how many distinguished pris-
oners have whiled away the weary hours of
Imprisonment by singing and playing. "In
the study which we have given to this sub
jecr, which was before the Napoleonic craze
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

1t should need no argument to convince
anybody that the ferry depot which is to
be the grand entrance gate to the metropo-
lis of California should be constructed of
California stone and be a monument to
her resources and her workmanship.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Indiana is evidently willing to give Har-
rison a chance to guess again on the Presi-
Dental conundrum.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Republican enthusiasm, but it will prove
q corker to Democracy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

THOSE who seek relief from pain and weakness
should use PARKER's GINGER TONIC.
PARKER'S HAIR BALsAM never fails to please
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

There is no uncertainty about the money
plank. 1t means business.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

sII'll teach you how to lie TO me-" roared the
rate old gentleman, reaching for strap.
And so he did. 1t only took three or four
such lessons to teach the youth to lie so well
that he was no more Observation-Disclosures
Journai,
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Politics and festivals make combina-
tion sufficiently stimulating to give the
whole State cocktail atmosphere.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

FoR ALLAYING HoARsENEss AND IRRITATION
OF THE THROAT use %Brolgl's Bronchial Troches,'
25c box. Avoid limitations
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

San Jose might rs well make Queer
Lilian's reign a permanent thing and be a
paradise forever,
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

There are no complaints heard in these
days of nothing in the papers,"
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Really we might as well arrange mid
summer festival in San Francisco, just to
return our compliments to the interior
and show willingness to get into the
State procession and be good fellow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Sacramento was storm center, but San
Jose is an aurora borealis.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Martin Kelly has been dropped into 6
cavity, but he never will be missed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Cleveland has already become something
of back number, and public attention
turns away from him for the coming man.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The second Mrs. Harrison knows nc
reason why she should not be the lady oi
the White House as well as the first one.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Between silver monometallism and gold
monometallism, there i broad safe road
along which the Republican party
marches, but the Democrats of both fac
tions have become bewildered and taken
to the woods.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Mckinley, protection and free silver
coinage make good combination.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Every step toward woman suffrage is q
step toward purity at the ballot-box.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

LADIES are greatly benefited by the use Of DR..
Siegert's Angostura Bitters, the renowned South
American tonic.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

the voice of the Senate is the first il
peace, the first for war and the last 70
coast defenses.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The woman's suffrage plank is first in
the platform, and will not be last in the
campaign.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau tAllen'sl $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The platform is broad enough and strong
enough for all loyal Republicans tC
stand on.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

We asked for a stem-w winder platform
and we got it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The delegation is one the State can be
proud Of
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
ALLEGED HuMoR.

Hannah" said the mistress to the new girl,
everything is eaten now with forks. Here
are the strawberry forks, the ice-cream forks,
the orange forks and the bread forks"
"Yes'm," said the girl attentively.
few days later, when company dinner
was in progress, the first course came near be-
ing failure. Hannah explained:
al hunted everywhere, ma am, but couldn't
find the soup forks. Free Press.
Mrs. Wallace (sympathe etically)-Ah, well,
poor man, Unto each life some rain must
fall"
Wayworn Watson-I don't think they could
OF much fell into mine; alters feel so dry
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

"You bet An she sings wild de push in
front o. de big organ" n."-Chicago Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
Take the Northern Pacific to All Points


If you are going East call at 6Ss Market street,
San Francisco, and get our figures. Finest service
in the Northwest. All trains vestibuled and
equipped with dningcars, upholstered tourist cars
and elegant Pullman seepers. Through sIeepers
once week. T. K. Stateler, agent.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

BEST peanut taffy in the world. TOwnssnd's..
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

A Florentine newspaper, Lo Staffale, tells the
following rather extraordinary piece of musi-
cal news: can original idea of the maestro
Giordano has been carried out in his opera
Andre Chenier, which has met with favor
able reception in Milan. The work from the
first to the last note is all written in the same
key" If Lo Staffale is correct in its informa-
ton ANDRE Chenier' must be very monoto-
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

The convention did its work well.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

CAI1FoRNIA glace fruits, soc lb. TOwnsend's.'
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

ii was victory for straight politics.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

A society has been formed in London for the
suppression of useless noises in the street. 1t
aims especially at "tne most costly and the
most useless of noises," which is, according to
the well-known definition, the noise OF music.
The strains of hand organs and German bands
which infest the United Kingdom are to be
regulated or suppressed by act of Parliament,
if the society can get its way. , law to that
effect is now being framed, and it will be pre-
sented next session.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

AS goes California so goes THE CALL.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

Harmony is the watchword now.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

The platform suits the people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

has been going on in England in favor of the
adoption of a lower pitch. The agitation has
been lost in England, as to adopt lower
pitch would mean a great outlay in purchas-
ing new wind instruments for the bands. In
private homes, however, there is no need to
adopt pitch which makes vocalists sing the
music of some of the older masters a semi
tone higher than it was written.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

.swipesy, doesn't yer sister go to de sunday
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
BOND BIDS POURING IN.
More Than 300 Now in and Many More Are Expected Before Wednesday at
 Noon.

Washington, Feb. lon next Wednes- day at noon proposals for the new $100,- OOO 900 issue of thirty year per cent bonds will be opened at the treasury On two previous occasions public bids were invited The first was on January T. 1894. when 23S separate bids were re- ceived. The number this time is likely to be still greater. While the treasury officials will not state the number or separate bids received 1t is known that they exceed 300, with two and half days more in which the bids may be submit ted As all the bids, or nearly all, so far submitted are sealed, 1t cannot or course be stated, even approximately the aggregate of the bids already made. Quite a number of bids are directed sim ply to the secretary of the treasury or Secretary Carlisle. and these letters, with nothing on their envelope to indicate the nature of their contents, have been and are daily opened in the ordinary rou- tine of business. In some instances the price bid has been, it is said, as high as 1I2, but this figure has been only Tor small amounts. As on former occasions, the heavy bidders will probably not sub init their proposals until the last day or so and come In person with their propo- sitions and be present at the opening. There seems at present no reason to doubt that the issue of lOO,OOO,O0O Will be over subscribed, Dut whether at HB ures the treasury will accept remains to be seen.
 The Debt Statement.
 The debt statement issue this after moon shows a net increase in the public debt. less cash in the treasury, during January of $5.747 .976.15. The interest bearing debt increased $S60. The non-in- terest-bearIng debt decreased s6sS, 3o6: 30, and cash in the treasury decreased $6,.. 435. .422.65. The balances of the several classes of debt at the close of business January S1 were: Interest bearing debt. S747, 1862, ,S20; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,673 19O26 debt bearing no interest, $375,602 0O564. To- tai. $1,l24, ,638, ,015.9O. The certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash In the treasury outstanding at the end of the month were $562542,773, A decrease of $5,4S0. 300. The total cash i'm the treasury was $714.553,725 The gold reserve was s49,S45,507. Net cash balance, $121 746,271.H.
 In the month there was decrease in gold coin and bars of $13.505,351.1O the total at the close being $99. .693, ,358.57.
 Of silver there was an incraese of $3,- 961, ,263.S5.
 Of the surplus there was in national hank Repositories 14.S03. .S0S.55, against s14.2 ,2s0. .23 at the end of the preceding
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
AF TER MIR. BAYARD.
The Committee on Foreign Relations Adopted Resolutions Censuring Him for Mak-
 ing Speech in Edinburgh.

Washington Feb. 1.--Resolutions cen- surfing Ambassador Bayard for the sem timents expressed by him in his recent English speeches were adopted this af- ternoon by the committee on foreign re- lations of the house. Two resolutions will be reported. The first censures MT. Bay ard by name for the language used by him in his Boston and Edinburgh speech es. and incorporated with this is the sec ond resolution expressing disapproval Of the conduct of our representatives abroad discussing American political af- fairs and displaying partisanship ana the condemnation of political parties or other reputable organizations of Ameri- can citizens.
 Chairman Hit will present the reso- lutions to the house on Monday. A re hort embodying the views of the minor ity will probably be submitted by MT. Dinsmore of Arkansas. Chairman Hit declined co make public the text of the resolutions. The preamble of the first resolution recites the language used In both speeches and condemns Ambassa- dor Bayard for it's use. The tenor of the second resolution does not differ from that outlined above. It is said to take the form of rule of cofiduct for ambassa- dors and other representatives abroad, reaffirming in stronger language the rules in vogue at the state department during the period that MT. Bayard filled the office of secretary.
 This conclusion was not reached until the entire subject of MT. Bayards al- legged indiscretion had been fully dis cussed by the committee. The discussion was precipitated by the calling up by Chairman Hit of the foregoing resolu- tions, which were prepared respectively by MT. Pearson of North Carolina and Mir. Cousins of Iowa. Party lines were at once strictly drawn, the democrats opposing any cepsure of Ambassador Bayard, while the republicans insisted that his offenses deserved a rebuke from the American congress. Messrs. Mo Creary Of Kentucky and Money of Mis- sissippi championed MT. Bayard's cause. MT. McCreary contended that the United States had never impeached any of it's officials for language used by them and that impea chment was last recourse for indictable offenses only. It took two hours and a half for the committee to reach it's decision.
 The afternoon session was brief. There WIS practically no further discussion. so the proposed resolutions were at once called up by the chair. They were adopt ed by a strict party vote, with the ex- ceptiou that MT. Newl&nds of Nebraska, who is a,representative of the silver par ty. Joined the repubiicanH while the dem- ocrats unanimously opposed them.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
A Bl.ckburn pemocrat won.

Frankfort, Ky. Feb. 1.-The special election in Nelson county for a represen- tative passed off quietly. Peckham. dem ocrat, won by a comfortable majority. Poor, populist. can be counted on to vote for Hunter after Thursday next and Sen ator OgIive, democrat, will be unable to cor,e to Frankfort so the democrats will have to stay away from the joint session to prevent Hunters election.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-02
Sullivan Is Better tPhysically.)

Springfield, H., Feb. 1.-John L. Sulli- van is much better today and passed a very easy day. Dr. Ryan called tonight and states that he is much improved, but refused to allow him to leave his room. Sullivan expressed his desire to leave inc city tonight and join his troupe at Dallas. Tex, but the doctor says he can not possibly leave before Tuesday. All the pain in his head and neck has dis" opuparpd
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TOPICS FOR
ADULT GLASSES.
BY REV. w. S. GooDELL.

THE subject is one which | hardly
know how to approach in practical
manner, the circumstances are 30 diff
ferent in our schools aud the qualifca-
tions of the teachers, and advancement
of the pupils vary so much, and neces-
sary text books, to carry out any given
course of study, are 80 difficult to secure
that it becomes very difficult task to
decide upon anything definite.
Then, again, there is generally such
an aversion to study on the part of the
members of the class, added to the lack
in the smaller villages and country
schools at least, of access to libraries
that would be helpful, that the teaching
would of necessity, to great extent, be
oral, which after all might not be obiec-
tionable, we're the supply of competent
teachers attainable.
1t seems to me that the method must of
necessity determine. to some extent at
least, the topics which can be successfully
used in adult classes. Without any par
ticular method to adapt my arrangements
of topics, and believing that the Sun
day school should supply what our Cath.
Ollie brethren complain of in our system
of public schools as lacking, suggest
theWinchester Profession of Faith as af-
fording the basis of an eminently proper
course of study in our Sunday schools.
The history Of the Profession-of the
causes which led to its existence-its
authors, etc.. would form an introduc.
ton to the study of the Profession in
detail.
In a more exhaustive course it might
be studied historically, with compari-
son, for instance, with the Westminster
Confession, and it's several developments,
as the Saybrook Platform. and the quite
recent substitute proposed and adopted
by the Congregationalists.
Then the class would take up the Pro,
fession in detail, BEGINNING with Arti.
Gle 1st,-"The Holy Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments."
This would open up wide field for
Investigation and study, involving. per-
haps, the great questions of their ser
rency." or "inerrency" which is claiming
the attention. today. of SO great por,
ton of the Christian world, precipitated
by the arraignment of DIR. Briggs before
the Ecclesiastical courts of the Presby-
terrain Church.
1t would involve the history of the
Bible-of the different translations, etc.
This would require six months and per
haps year, as the study was more or
less exhaustive.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-21
TINY OXEN.

One of the greatest curiosities among
the domesticated animals of Ceylon is a
breed Of cattle known to the biologists
as the sacred running oxen." They are
the dwarfs of the whole OK family. the
largest specimens of the species never
exceeding thirty inches in height One
sent to the Marquis of Canterbury in
the year 1891, which is still living, and
is believed to be somewhere near ten
years of age, is only twenty-five inches
high, and weighs but one hundred and
nine and half pounds.
In Ceylon they are used for quick
trips across country with express matter
and other light loads, and it is said that
four of them can pull driver of two
wheeled cart and two-hundred pound
load of miscellaneous matter sixty to
seventy miles day.
They keep up a constant swinging trot
or run, and have been known to travel
one hundred miles in a day and night
without either food or water. No one
knows anything concerning the origin
of this peculiar breed of miniature cat.
tie. They have been known on the is
land of Ceylon and in other Buddhistic
countries. for more than thousand
years.