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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
PERSONAL.

c. A. Rice of Honolulu is here.
S. E. Owens OF San Jose is IN town.
s P. Jewett of Los Angeles is at the Palace.
DR.. R. s. Markell OF Cloverdale is in the
City.
S. E. HYDE of Tacoma is guest at the Co.'S
mopolitan.
Edward !. Field of Denver is among the late
arrivals here
W. T. Ellis Jr, the banker, OF Marysville, is
on visit here.
J. NJ. McDonough, the hotel owner,of Healds-
burg. is In the City.
William Nichols, a mine-owner of Dutch
Flat, is at the Grand.
Samuel A. Alexander, merchant of Fresno.
is here for brief stay.
John NJ. Geer of New York is at the Palace,
accompanied by his wife.
f. d. Read of the United States steamer
Monadnock is at the Occidental.
NJ. Dinkelspiel, the general store owner of
Suisun, is here on business trip.
Carl F. Aoam, business man of Birming-
ham, Pa, arrived here yesterday.
John @. Black. an old settler of South Bend,
Wash, is registered at the Cosmopolitan.
George Harrison, Seattle merchant, is in
town and registered at the Cosmopolitan.
George E. Metz of Brooklyn, n. Y. manu-
factursr of rubber goods, is on visit here.
r. P. Lathrop, the grain and commits sion
man of Hollister, is among those registered at
the Grand.
Bishop William Nichols of the Episcopal
church, who resides at San Mateo, is at the
Occidental.
7. /. Yama and Y Otika, japanese mer-
chants, are among tina latest arrivals at the
Cosmopolitan.
H. NJ. Yerington, the railroad man, wood
dealer and capitalist interested in many enter
prises. is at the Palace.
Joseph D. Biddle, who owns large area of
land near Hanford, and is extensively engaged
in graln-raising, is at the Grand.
S. II. Tucker, one of the leading and wealth.
lest raisin-growers of Solano, Fresno County,
is among the arrivals at the Russ.
William II. Sissons, accompanied by his
son, <. K. Sissons, came up from San Jose
yesterday and is at the Cosmopolitan.
]. w. Seaborg, business man of Ilwaco, on
the coast of Washington, near the mouth iof
the Columbia River. is at the Occidental.
Edward McGettigan of Vallejo, Supervisor OF
Soleno County and we'll known as a Govern
ment contractor and in State politics, is at the
Russ.
D. B. Setchill of Nevada City, Sheriff of Ne
vada County and one of the pioneers of that
part OF the State, is one of the guests of the
Russ House.
Henry Stelling Sr., for many years a resident
of Davisville and big grower and dealer in
wheat, oats and barley, is at the Russ. Mr..
Stelling buys and sells grain by hundreds OF
tons.
C. NJ. Cotterman of Washington, D. c., a
prominent officer in the United States railway
mail service, who has lately been at Ogden,
Utah. is at the Grand, accompanied by Mrs.
Cotterman.
W. P. McAvoy, Sheriff of San Mateo County,
was in the City yesterday, He reports the con-
ditions OF the county to be most favorable to
advancement. and thinks that quite lot OF
boulevard building will be done the next two
years.
A prominent party consisting of A. L. Bar
Der, Mrs. Barber, S. =. S. Barber and the
Misses Barber OF New York and Mrs. Wood
ward of Chicago are al the Palace. Mr.. Bar
Der, it Is stated, was one of the prominent
men in the Diamond Match Company.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Mamma-Mrs. Brown says her little bow loo ks
very much like ours
Papa-Then ours must be better-looking.-
Puck.
She-Dear, want you to get me one of those
lovely picture hats.
He-I don't think can afford it. Suppose !
get you print gown ?-Cincinnau ENQUIRER.
He-Oh, am the flower of the family be.
yond doubt.
Shell wonder if that was what papa mean,
when he spoke of you as that blooming idiot
In dianapolis Journal.
DR.. Blunt-we must wake her, because
want to ask her II she has obeyed my orders.
The Patients Husband-Er-ah-doct :,
might be as well to-ah-put that question in
asomewhat different form-Puck.
Nursegirl-I lost track of the child, mum.
and
"Good graciousl Why didn't you speak to a
policeman
Nursegirl-I wus speaking to wan ali the
tonne, mum.-Pearson's Weekly.
"Maw," said Johnny, after he had suryeved
his bald-headed uncle for several moments
"uncle George has had his forehead raised. SC
people viii think he's smart" Then the
urchin medftated a minute and exclaimed
"By lingo. he'll get tired of that, though fo,
he'll have more face to wash.p-Adams mass
Freeman.
"And you broke OF the engagement" said
one young man.
"Yes-not brutally, you know. But Imam
aged it,
"How?'
''Told her what my salary is."-washinrton
Star. 'o'
Dick-And how did you proceed?
Fred-Why, just went up to her ana asked
her II she would marry me.
Dick-Without first telling her how much
you loved her and all that sort o. thing?
Fred-of course; did not want to prejudice
her Judgment.
Dick-My dear boy, don't you know when
folks fall in love they don't have any iudg-
ment?-Boston Transcript
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PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE

Emperor Williams crown weighs three
pounds, but he would not part with ii il it
weighed ton.
Two inmates of the Delaware County Qnd.)
poorhouse-a crippled man of 90 and an apo
plectic woman OF 27-eloped on q recent Sum
day.
Two men of Madison, Ohio. have been going
to the polls together for sixty years Now
they are each 81 years old with but months
difference in their ages. On November 8 they
cast their fifteenth Presidential vote.
One OF the lawyers before the Supreme
Court at Washington the other day was George
H. Williams, Grants Attorney-General He is
in good health for his years and has been
quietly practicing his profession in Portland,
Or.
monument was recently unveiled in
Hanau in memory of the two brothers Grimm,
the great German philologists, who in pursu-
ance of part of their work collected among
the common people of Germany the fairy tales
known by their name.
DR.. Carl Peters. imperial ex-Commissary for
German East Africa, has returned to London
and is again busy on his "Rise of the British
Empire from the Time ofQueen Elizabeth" of
which a German magazine, Die Zukunft, will
soon publish the preliminary chapter.
While King George of Greece was staying at
the Park Hotel, in Wiesbaden, few days ago
he noticed window-pane upon which his
father, the King OF Denmark, had cut his
name with diamond. King George took off
his own diamond ring and engraved his name
below his fathers. A few hours afterward the
Gear saw the window and Immediately cut his
name Then came the Kaiser, who added his
name to those Of the three royalties.
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WHERE'S MOTHER /?

Bursting In from school or play.
This Is what the Chi idren say;
Trooping. crowding, big and small,
On the threshold, In the hall
Joining in the constant cry,
Ever as the days go by,
"Where mother?"
From the weary bed OF pain
This same question comes az ain;
From the ooy with sparkling eyes,
Bearing home his earliest prize:
From the bronZed and bearded son,
Perils past and honors won:
"Whs res mother?"
Burdened with a. lonely task,
one day we may vainly ask
For the comfort of her face,
For the rest of her embrace;
Let us love her while we may,
Well for us that we can sav,
"Where's mother p
Mother with untiring hands
AT the post of duty stands,
Patient, seeking not her own.
Anxious for the good alone
OF the children as they cry,
Ever as the days go by,
"Where's motherp'
Good Housekeepir
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
THE DINGLEY BILL.
A SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS FAMOUS
DOCUMENT.

New York World.
Most readers have forgotten what the Ding
ley pill provides Now that there is prospect
of its passage a summary of its provisions
seem desirable. 1t is a temporary revenue
bill. 1t would expire by its own terms on
August l. 1893. What revenue it would yield
1t is difficult to say. Mr.. Dingley expected
put the gain at lower figure.
1t takes wool OF all kinds off the free list
and puts upon it a duty six-tenths as great as
that of the Mckinley tariff To the present
duty on wooden goods 1t makes like addition
1t does precisely the same for lumber in ali
forms. 1t adds Is per cent OF the Mckinley
rates to the present rates in schedules to N
including chemicals, earthenware, glass
metals, manufactures of wood ana metals
tobacco, agricultural products, wines, spirits
cotton goods. fax, hemp and jute, silks, pulp,
papers, books and sundries.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
A POSTAL CARD ELECTION.

comparison of the postal card election
which the Chicago Record undertook with the
results of the election in that city and the ad-
joining town of Cicero is inter sstfng. The
postal card election predicted that in those
two places Mr.. Mckinley would receive 5795
per cent of the total vote cast, and that 40 10
would go to Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Mckinley really
received 57.91 of the entire vote, and 40S6
went 10 Mr.. Bryan. 1t was q novel canvass
that was carried out by the postal card, but it
was conducted with wonderful accuracy.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

BETTING ON ELEcTIoN-Subseriber, City. A,
betting on election is illegal, there is no lega
way by which stakeholder can be made Il
pay the money he has in his hands to either
party. In the case mentioned he ought to de
clare it a draw and return each party tn,
money he put up.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 23.-At the New
York hotels: Windsor, W OBJ. Macdonough
Vendome, w. Hammatt; Grand, DR.. and Mrs.
Cheviss; St. Cloud n. A. Doren; Union Square,
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Engipger; Metropole, L A.
Herrey; Holland, Mrs. II. Martin; Grand
Union, R. /. Nicholas; Albert, N. j. Perrine;
Murray Hill. ]. T. Roder; Imperial, A. C.
Rulefson; Windsor, Mrs. Frieda Eiben and
Miss Eta r. and Herman Eiben.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 23.-Among re-
cent arrivals are: William Birch, DID,, San
Francisco, Williards HOTEL C.. H. Sansome,
Los Angeles, The Shoreham; L. Beach, Oak
land, Riggs House.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
~THE CALL" AND THE MINERS.

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Sleeping Cars to Chicago.

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Santa Fe
route, will continue to run daily through from
Oakland to Chicago Pullman palace drawlng-room,
also upholstered tourist sleeping-cars, leaving
every afternoon. Lowest through rates to all
points in the United States, Canada, Mexico or
Europe. Excursions through Boston leave every
week. San Francisco ticket office, 644 Market
street, Chronicle building. Telephone main 1881
Oakland. lll8 Broadway.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
LADY'S WAIST WITH JACKET
FRONT.

The jacket front is the most popular shape
for waists. The one shown here opens over
blouse front The sleeves are wrinkled over
fitted lining, with small puff at the top.
The back is seamless, gathered into the belt.
The skirt OF this smart costume is cut with
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

A lady, when showing a gentleman over her
grounds the other day, was asked by him:
'sDoes not this plant belong to the begonia
family?'
1.-THE begonia familyp' answered his hostess,
oridIing up. Certainly not, sir; it is ours,
and always has been Tit Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

"Great sensation in that big department.
store.'
"What was itF'
can elephant fell out Of the zoo department.
through seven skylights and ruined the ice in
the basement skating-rink department." ."-Chi-
cago Record.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

HUSBANDS Calcined Magnesia-Four frs +.
premium medals awarded; more agreeable to
the taste and smaller dose than other magne-
sia. For sale only in bottles with registered
trademark label.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
phil1ips. Kook IsIand Exoursions

Leave San Francisco every Wednesday, via Rio
Grande and Rock Island Railways. Through
tourist sleeping-c to Chicago and Boston. Man
ager and porters accompany these excursions to
Boston. For tickets. sleeplng-car accommodations
and further information. address Clinton Jones'
General Agent Rock Island Railway, 80 Mont
gomery street, san Francisco
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
ANSWERS 40 CORRESPONDENTS

STANDING WIDE Jump. NJ, Sacramento,
Cal The record for standing wide jump is
With weights IA feet inches, j. Darby, Eng
land, Septe mber 49, 1890, and Ia feet 5 inches
w. c. Hamilton at Romeo, United States, Octo-
Der 3, 1873. Both professionals.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

THE NATIONAL GUARD-W. E. j., CITY. No
person can be member of company of the
National Guard before he has been sworn in
but sometimes a captain will allow a non
member TO go In the ranks to become perfeet
in the drill or may allow him on parade to fiIi
vacancy, but that does not make him mem
ber Of the company. -
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

It seems conceded that the Dingley bill
will not De in it this winter. Neither side
is in mood for compromise, and we may
expect an extra session and a straight
fiOht
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The collapse of the nail trust is another
proof that competition is more effective
than Government supervision for the
breaking down of monopolies.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The gold-standard free-traders will
please take notice that the Republican
party is SO grateful for their assistance in
the campaign it will not put them to the
further trouble of offering advice about
the tariff.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

According TO the official count McKin-
ley ran behind the Republican State
ticket in Indiana, but al the same he dis
tanced Bryan by about 49, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Cabinet-making is> pleasant task for
the outsider, but it is safe 10 say McKin-
ley is not finding it an unqualified snap.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

AS Secretary Morton has saved $3.50, 900
in his department this year he will have
thanks FOR that much. but all the same
the country would rather have had the
department run better.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

If the assessors can give US a good tax
reform scheme they will fill very long
felt want and the public will rejoice.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Since Bryan has declared the results of
his hunting trip were satisfactory let us
hope he Will stick to the sport. The
country can spare him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

There can be no conservative protection,
as the american Economist very justly
says except a protection that conserves
every American industry.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Thanksgiving and charity were born
twins, and never look so we'll as when
travelling together.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Seattle has had change of weather, but
as it was from rain to snow she calls
it q cold deal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Don't be too flippant in ridiculing the
airship; you may wish to be in it your
self some day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

A Kansas chicken can ming factory has
received an order from Rhode Island for
wish bones in lots of 1000, and now the
Kansans are wondering what the Rhode
Islanders are wishing for at that rate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

1t will be quite proper for Cleveland to
take his body abroad when he leaves
Office, for his ideas have been very much
abroad long time.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

If the people in the country have had
enough rain they can count on US in the
City to join them in agitating for change.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

If the Kaiser has nothing else to fret
about than insults to his uniforms he
must be a happy man, but the chances
are he is using that merely as a counter
irritant for deeper evils.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

SINGERS AND ARTISTS GENERALLY are users of
'sBrolUn'S Bronchtdl Troches" for Hoarseness and
Throat Troubles They afford instant relief
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

THAT time-honored preparation, Ayers Cherry
Pectoral, is still the medicine most In demand for
colds and coughs. It always cures.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

British ship captains assert that Califor-
MIA weather is a conundrum, and we are
prepared TO admit it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

An elegantly upholstered tourst-car leaves Oak
land every Tuesday evening at o'clock for all
points in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota.
No change of cars Dining-cars on all trains. Come
and get our rates if you expect TO make trip to
any Eastern point. Il. K. Stateler, General Agent
Northern Pacific Ry. Co., 63S Market street, ). f.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

SPECIAL information daily to manufactured
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 Montgomery. <
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Carlisle's scheme of increasing the rev.
enue by raising the tax on beer will find
very little support from Congress or the
country We can raise revenue best by
raising the tax on foreign imports.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

DR. SIEeERT's Angostura Bitters the world
renowned South American appetizer and .ipvigo-
rator cures dyspepsia. diarrhea fever and ague.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

REMOVE the causes that make your hair lfeless
and gray with PARKER's HAIR BALsAM.
PARKER's GINGER Tonic cures inward pains
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The Alabama legislator who has pro-
posed a bill to forbid women wearing
bloomers or shirtwalsts is living proof
that the fool-killer has not visited his Sec
tion during this generation.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

1t is reported that in Topeka, town of
$4,000 inhabitants, there are 400 aban-
doned wives who have applied to charita-
BILE institutions for support, and it would
seem th at the men of Kansas are getting
altogether too gay with matrimony as
well as politics.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Although Philadelphia claims to repre-
sent the sobriety and honesty of Ameri-
can life, she is making more charges of
election frauds against her own people
than any other city In the Union.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

According to the report of Miss Clara
Barton, there are upward of 200, 600 peo-
pie in Armenia who are destitute of raj
ment, fire and food; and still the powers
of Christian Europe are quarreling over
diplomacy instead of uniting for human
ity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The members of the Armenian Revolu-
tionary Society who engaged in a free
fight with knives at Lynn on Sunday
ought to be sent home by the Armenian
Relief Society of New England. There is
pressing need of knife fighters in Ar
menia and none at all here.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The only consolation we had yesterday
was in the fact the Weather Bureau pre-
dicted fair weather for San Francisco, and
accordingly we had warning to take our
umbrellas when we went out.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

THE MEXICAN WAR-Constant Reader. Oak
land, Cal. The Mexican War grew out of
the acquisition of Texas by the United
States. Texas claimed the Rio Grande
as her southwestern frontier and Mexico
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

BOARD BILL-P. NJ, Sacramento Cal SEQ.
tion 537 OF the Penal Code of California saws.
Any person who obtains food or accommoda-
ton at an Inn or clearinghouse without paving
therefor, with intent to defraud the nropr'stor to-
or manager thereof; or who obtains credit OF On
Inn or ooarding-house, absconds and surrenTi-
tiousy removes his bag therefrom wj1hont
paying for his food or accommod alton is pnity ~
misdemeaEor. e'' "a
As this is crime the person affected coula
make application for the arrest of the euiItv
one, and If he has not gone out of the state he
could be brought back for trial hut il would
be at the expense of the party making the
com plaint. ~
A BATTERY-P. c., Oakland, Cal. The follow
ing are the directions laid down for making
an electric battery: Use either jar or large
earthen crock for large, or tumbler for
small battery. The battery consists of a silver
plate, or sometimes a lead plate, which is
coated with fine powdery deposit of plati-
mum, which gives the surface a rough char
acter so that hydrogen will not adhere to it.
suspended between two plates of zinc. The
two zines are connected with each other form
ing one pole and the silver or lead forms the
other pole Care must be taken to prevent the
zines from touching each other or the middle
plate. The solution used in this battery is
composed of one part sulphuric acid TO twenty
of water. This battery Is useful where a
strong current is required. The zines should
frequently be rubbed with mercury to prevent
wasting.
THE MEXICAN WAR--Constant Reader. Oak
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The report that Japan wishes to take the
Philippines from Spain has probably very
little foundation beyond the fact that the
Japanese know Spain cannot rule the m
much longer and are determined to take
them before any one else does. The case
is not widely different from that OF the
United States and Cuba.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The report of a Russian scheme to or
ganize an international board to regulate
the price OF wheat is the biggest diplo-
matte novelty of the season, but discus
sion of it in this country will be confined
to those who do not care how much wear
and tear they put on their hats.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24
NEWSPAPER PLEASANTLY.

Mamma-Mrs. Brown says her little boy looks
very much like ours
Papa-Then ours must be better.Iookinp.-
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

He-oh, am the flower of the family be-
yond doubt.
She-I wonder if that was what papa meant
when he spoke of you as that blooming idiot 2
I'm dianapolis Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

CANDY Canes and Baskets. Townsenps. =
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

she-Dear, want you to get me one of those
lovely picture hats.
He-I don't think can afford it. Suppose 1
get you print gown ?-Cincinnau ENQUIRER.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Emperor Williams crown weighs three
pounds, but he would not part with ii If it
weighed ton.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

DR.. Blunt-We must wake her, because
want to ask her If she has obeyed my orders.
me Patients MISUNDERSTANDING i,
might be as well to-ah-put that question in
asomewhs different form-Puck.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-24

Two inmates of the Delaware County Qnd.)
poorhouse-s crippled man of 60 and an apo
plectic woman oil 27-eloped on q recent Sun.
dow
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-22
Ii Hung Chang.

No living public man of Asia has been so
much the subject of discussion and criticism
as Ii Hung Chang. Much of the criticism
has been unfavorable. and his critics are
often unfair. 1t Is hardly Just to him to es-
innate his character and attachments ac-
cordlng to the standard of Western ma
tions. His education is exclusively Orlcn-
tai. and his life has been spent In China.
His Knowledge OF our civilization is such as
could be acquired in the motley society
of treaty port. As n statesman he has
had to deal with very conservative and
bigotcd constituency and with associates
preJudiccd against and ignorant OF foreign
nations. Judged in the light OF his edu-
lngs he must be regarded as the first of
living statesmen OF Asia, and one of the
most distinguished of the public men Of
by John w. Foster, In the August Century.
The Meeker herald., 1896-08-22
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pressed will the majority Constitution would support him
on To this letter Mr. Cleveland replied letter which essay
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