The evening times., 1896-08-27
HEARD BY=
III THE LOUN GER.

II lHE LUUN dEk.
uR UNIQUE novelty in the line OF pub
lie service has recently been In
stituted in San Francisco" said
Andrew Rutgers, lawyer, OF that city,
ut the SLorenam. II Cont know that At
has any authorized name, but the kitchen
telephone would be as appropriate as any.
AN independent telephone and teie-
graph company, operating in our city,
came to the conclusion that. besdest the regu-
lar residence subscribers dIready enrolled,
there were several thousand more house
buloers who needed telephones, but did not
know It. So IL was decided, for 'adver-
Using and educatioDal' purposes to issue
900 OF these telephone sets at the rate
OF 90 cents u month. These telephones We're
To lie used between the subscriber and one
otherperson only, as the connect 'onis direct.
without the Intervention OF the central
offife- For an additional dollar and a
quarter per month, however, or by tire
payment or cents for each OUTSIDE call,
this Kitchen phone can be placed in COM
munication with the central Office and la We
switching facilities to all OF the 900. sub
scribers OF the San Francisco exchange.
The feature OF this telephone Is that 1h,.
company requires that it be placed In the
kitchen. where it can readily be used by The
butcher. baker, physician, etc Ii Is Tor
outward service only, to which limitation
is due the fact that the company can rent
it so cheapiy and still make profit. The
demand for this phone Is growing daily, . al
faaI ,
building and force solely for this class If
subscribers
Those who have avaiIed themselves
the service 50 Tar are loud in It's praises. md
say that they find it rs necessary IN the
household as gas or water"
4 Ohm 8. ALTMAN, bicycle manu-
~ facturer OF Chicago. is ut the Va
tional considering the nuni.cr
OF bicycles ridden here" he said, Il don't
think could talk about anything NOR. IN
tcrestInS than wheels, or rather the nr,thr.L
OF preserving them from da mage by rust
lone OF the machinists in our shop. after
II good deal Of experimenting. produced tie
following recipe, which, through every
Kind of test, was found TO perfectly pro
teet wheel from the inroads Of rust his
is his formula.
Melt together one pound of lard and
one ounce OF gum campbor- Skim the mix
ture carefully and stir IN ii sGiticient
quantity OF fine black lead. 10 give il u
color like iron After cleaning tire ex-
posed parts OF tile machine carefrly smear
1t thoroughly with this mixture and allow
1t to remain thus coated for twenty y four
lnurS This ali ha mi mr. ff,f n
strate its efficacy by eating out any rust
which may have gained heaiway.
After u day has passed, go over the bi-
cycle with clean. soft rag. rubbing off
every Particle OF the mixture and polishing z
the paris OF the wheel. Treated in this
manner bicycles retain their brightness
for months. Any rider bsiug this recipe at
intervals OF aimostthree months wiiifind his
repair bin greatly diminished and much
longer life assured to his wheel"
az I'VE me a nickel instead OF these
~ penries.' The speaker was a
passenger on Seventh street
car. and spoke To the conductor. who had
Just gwen him five pennies in change.
Il IN, sorry, SIR" answered the col
l,setor OF fares, but that is all have"
.'weh, i won't take these" said the
passenger, laying bis change down On
The seat
-'ihe conductor quietly continued col
lectilS fares. and when be had finished
started To return to the back OF the car.
Am going Ia get that uickei?'' asked
the passenger.
No, siT," was the reply.
well. Iii wait in this car until do
but when the Avenue was reached the dis
gruntied passenger evidently thought bet
tcr OF his decision, aud. gathering his
change from the seat, alighted. still NUT
teriag maledictious on the head OF the
conductor
That's a fair sample" said the rail-
road empioye. ''of the consideration We
get from the patrons OF the road. About one
passenger out OF every five. especially
among tie women, pays the fare in pennies.
yet when we venture to give five Of them
10 any ore In change there cones great
kick and passengers threaten to report us.
III we tnrn pennies in at the office there is
danger of having them counted short, and
then we have no alternative but to make
up the Gefieit out Of our pockets.
"Besites, you have no idea how heavy
even iiur,.n.ti pennies are Ill che ptoIel,
and when one allows them to run Up to
five and ten collars worth, the weight is
positively btpiensoIne. So i make il a
practice To pay cut five pennies whenever
/ have to give change for 90 cents or a
dollar. but i'll five TIRES out CT ten have
au Argument something like the one you
/ jus, heard. ! manage to stand it son,ehow
butt can assure You that such things do not
make our lives led of roses
se\ E are trying an experiment In our
Wv town which, if successful, ought
to be adopted in every city in
| the country, said Hanson Walker OF Scran-
| ton, Pa, at the Ebbitt. The new scheme