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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-12-03

One hundred very fine Suits--Saek,
Cutaway and Full Dress, sl2;OO and
inward, now for low sum OF SOU
each A real sacrifice sale for sixty
days only, at
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-12-03
S S S SAVED.
How to Save S S S

Read this ad. and at once 90 to
HAGLEY'S, Charlestown. Great
BARGAINS await you at histinal closing
sale. A discount Of 53d per cent on
everything in stock. See how it
counts in your favor:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-12-03
Millinery.

o The finest and largest assortmer
have ever had. Prices guaranteed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-12-03

what is meant by 'the bone ofcon
tention 2 asked young hopeful, look
ing up from his book. The javbone.
nv son, replied the father, sOlemnly
-"the jawboneT'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-12-03
Blankets and Quilts
Cheaper than ever.

These are some of the things that
N. S. Hiteshew has to offer you Our
stock is complete and prices the low
est in everything in our line. Come
in and see us. You can pass time
pleasantly looking over our stock.
Getting New Goods every day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

high treason for any one to think OF ask
ing the newly elected officers any thing
whatever about patronage.
Mr.. Sullivan exercised his greatest
powers of persuasion. Second it in
order to bring it before the house for dis
cussion and consideration, he urged.
II second that" called out some one. so
hastily that only those sitting next him
were aware of his identity.
'All in favor OF the adoption of this
resolution, give assent by saying /"
Not even dull thud followed the in
vItation.
Those opposed, say no."
Three faint half-hearted noes went up.
1t was evident that the meeting was not
prepared to beard Mr.. Rainey even in his
absence.
Then on the urgent appeal OF the chair
Mr.. Hassett, the rash, desperate man who
had introduced the resolution, arose and
said:
at has always been understood in the
party that any of the patronage We may
succeed In securing at the election would
he divided among the districts. l under
stand from such members of the Board Of
that is their disposition, and it is the con-
sensus of opinion that this should be
DONE"
The chair put the vote again, but the
voices Ii response were so weak that he
called for a rising vote. Hassett and
Kiordan were the only ayes and there
were five noes, headed by John Foley and
John Ryan.
Then this conference IS adjourn ed, !"
announced the chairman, putting on his
hat
1t is expected that the silent conference
will talk loud enough about January g.
Rainey or no Raney.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

in light or metal cylinders, enough being
com pressed in one cylinder to initiate
large number of aerial torpedoes. To use
the aerial torpedo effectively all that is
necessary is to approach as near as posi-
BILE the locality where the torpedo is de-
sired to take effect and to ascertain the
direction of the lower air current and the
velocity of the same per hour. The length
of time it would take for the air current to
carry the torpedo over the objective point
can thus be ascertained, and the electrical
device set at the proper hour or minute.
The balloon part is then inflated. the tor
pedo released, and the air current will
convey the torpedo TO the point desired.
AS soon as the time has expired as set in
the electrical device an electric spark will
ignite the gas in the balloon, causing 1t to
explode. when the torpedo will drop to
earth. The explosive striking the earth
or any hard substance will cause serious
damage in that locality. In the siege of
cities this aerial torpedo, the inventor be-
iieves, will be especially effective, as no
defense can he made against it, and it can
be used IN the night as we'll as by day, and
by a few lnen of ordinary intelligence
London Electrical News.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

Realm.
MAKE THE HOME A
BLESSING.
The Love of Children Is Innate In
the Heart of every True Man and
Woman.

All that is beautiful and lovely in wo-
man, finds its climax in motherhood.
How often we find among our American
women that longing for the prattling
voice, the idol Of their waiting hearts.
1t is a natural instinct, this yearning of
the heart for offspring; yet the wife hest
tates to talk with the family physician
on this delicate subject. A good way to
do is to send for a medical book on
"Woman and Her Diseases" 1853 pages)
sent, sealed in plain en0el0pe, on receipt
of 10 cents in stamps, for postage, if you
address the Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
The reflections of a married woman
are not pleasant if she be delicate, run
down, or debilitated. She feels played
out" Her smile and her good spirits
have taken flight 1t worries her hus-
band as we'll as herself.
This is the time to build up her
strength and cure those weaknesses or
ailments which are the cause Of her
trouble. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton regulates and promotes all the pro-
per functions of womanhood, improves
digestion, enriches the blood, dispels
aches and pains, melancholy and nerv-
business, brings refreshing sleep, and re-
stores perfect health and strength.
It's a safe remedial agent, an i1vigor-
ating tonic and nervine which cures all
those disorders, weaknesses and derange-
ments incident to Womauhood.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
AN AERIAL TORPEDO.
Will Re FlOated Over an Enemy and
Drop n Charge of Dynamite.

Will Re Floated Over an Enemy and
Drop Charge of Dynamite.
The torpedo consists of small-sized
gas-flled balloon, capable of sustaining
for any length of time from thirty to forty
pounds at an elevation of from 500 to 1000
feet above the earth. Inside of the lower
or small end of the balloon is placed a
metal cylinder, which contains an cleo
trical device, the purpose of which is to
ignite the gas in the balloon at any stated
period. Underneath the balloon is sus-
pended case or basket containing high
explosive similar to dynamite, which ex-
plodes with terrific force when striking a
hard substance like the earth or walled
embankments. In action the management
of the torpedo is described as very easy
and simple, the inventor stating that a
corporal's guard can with it accom- plish
what would require large force to do by
the usual methods now employed in the
siege of cities or the scattering of large
bodies of troops. The torpedo complete is
small ana compact, and large number
can be carried by few men or a pack
animal.
The gas to initiate the balloon is carried
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
MUSICAL CLUBS GO SOUTH.
Glee, Mandolin and Banjo Clubs From
the State University Will Leave
To-Day On an Extended Tour.

Glee, Mandolin and Banjo Clubs From
the State University Will Leave
To-Day On an Extended Tour.
BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. 26.-The largest
and probably the best musical com bina-
ton ever put out of the University Of
California will leave Berkeley tomorrow
for Southern California on a two weeks
| concert tour. torty-tive college men,
making up the Glee, thu Mandolin and
! the Banjo clubs, will form the party.
| They will visit nearly all the towns of
| Importance in the southern part of the
| State, including Santa Barbara, Santa
! Paula, Ventura, Pasadena, Santa Monica,
/ Los Angeles, San Diego. Riverside and
/ Santa Ana. At almost every town the
/ friends of the university have arranged to
entertain the young coilegians with par
| ties and receptions.
| This will be the first tour ever attem pied
! by the three-named clubs together, and
! the entire list of forty-fve makes up the
! largest aggregation of concert tourists
! that ever left the university on such q
| long trip. Each year the glee club has
| made 1t practice to take an extended
| tour during the Christmas vacation, but
at no time hitherto have more than TWEEN
| ty-tive men been In the party. Last year
| they went to Oregon and Washington for
! several weeks, and some of the club went
| even as lar as Alaska. A long trip South
has not been attempted for three years on
account of the loss incurred on the last
one. They expect to be more successful
| this time, however, and to insure good
houses they will vary the performances
with music by the three clubs rather than
! one as heretofore.
| Manager Frank P. Taylor of the glee
club left to-day for Los Angeles to make
the final arrangements for the concerts
| Following is the personnel of the three
organizations:
Glee Club. G. somers, director; F. P. Tay-
| lor, manager; first tenors-C. R. Morse, C. A.
Elston, A. T. smith, H. Belding; second ten
| ors-F. ?. Taylor, F. S. Knight, II. S. Symmes
J; Hamilton; first bass-G. H. Whipple, s. L.
! Rawlings, o. T. Wedemeyer, w. H. Smith; sec
| ond bass-D. Hutchinson. +. L. Argall, II. Will
| bur, ". Foster: accompanist, Ray Hanna.
Banjo club-C. r. Morse, director aud man
! ager; first banjos-C. r Morse, Z. L. Sadler
H. Burr; second banjos-F. S. Knight F. L.
Argall, j. Hamilton; guitars-T A. Smith H.
! Belding, c. A. Elston. J. w. Ely, o. T. Wede-
meyer, F. Blanchard
! Mandolin club-C. r. Morse, director; F. P
! Thomas, manager; first mandolins-C. r.
Morse, F. White. F. Thomas, j. Baird; second
mandolin, Will Eide; guitars. w. Ely, F.
| Blanchard, h. Bedding.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
DEBRIS FILLING
THE CABLE SLOTS
Street Sweepers Who Have
Grown Expert in Their
Business.
Market.Street Company Will Ad-
dress the Merchants Asso.
citation.
Quantities of Swetpings That Never
Reach the Boxes Provided by
the Merchants,

The authorities of the Market-Street
Railway Company have recently made q
discovery that will probably result in a
vigorous protest being filed with the Mer-
chants Association within short time.
The company finds that the slot OF its
cable road on the lower part of Market
street is rapidly being flied with the
debris of the thoroughfare through the
operations of the men who clean the
streets and that it will be necessary within
short time to clean out the chamber in
which the cable runs, though no such
operation should be necessary for several
months to come.
The company attaches no blame what
ever to the association, believing that its
officers are unaware of the grounds of the
complaint, but they will De asked to have
the sweepers instructed 10 do less sweep
ing on the space between the rails and
more in places where the debris is less
likely to fall into the slot.
One of the employees Of the road, who
keeps watchful eye on the tracks, says
that the amount of sweepings dropped
into the slot is twice as large on the lower
part Of Market street as it was under the
old system and that it will cost the COM
pany considerable money to remove the
debris.
THESE men have become experts" he
said, land I have been watching them
lately to see just bow far they will carry
the little game. OF course the space be-
tween the rails is the smoothest place to
sweep and the men choose to use it.
They sweep from both sides until they
have a respectable pile over the slot and
then they start down the block toward
the nearest Dox, into which they intend to
dump the stuff. The debris is we'll broken
up before they start and the larger Dor
ton goes into the slot.
you would suppose that the pile would
increase as the distance it was swept
heightened, but l lave actually seen II
diminish to half its original size in going
a quarter of a block, ana sometimes one
shoveliul would cover all that was placed
in the box.
1.-THE men have learned to flirt the dirt
sidewise SO that it runs in line right
over the slot, and half of the labor is
saved for the sweepers. but work is made
for the company's employees. 1t is
tedious job for men to drag their scIaping
irons under the cable and then hoist the
dirt up to- the level of the street, and it
takes gang o. laborers several days TO
clean out the slot from where the sweepers
begin uptown 10 the ferries.
ii shall make a report to the company
shortly, and l suppose the matter will be
called to the attention of the Merchants
Association
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
OOMUS CLUB OONOUERS.
Wang uishes the Crocker Football Team
by a Score of to O.

Wang uishes the CrOcker Football Team
by IA Score of 8 to o.
The football mat CHI between the Comus
and the Croker teams on Friday resulted
In the victory of the former aggregation.
The game was played at Central Park
and the luck was With the Comus boys
throughout, except at the beginning of
the second half. when the Crockers made
hard fight.
For the Crockers, Thrasher. left END,
guished themselves, while for the Com US
long runs were made by Reddy, left
guard, and Fisher, left tackle.
The lineup was:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
PRINTING-HOUSE FIRE.
Fireman Nc Cabe, Who Was Hurt at the
Francis-Valentine Blaze, Better.

Fire Marshal Towe and Captain Com
stock of the Fire Patrol have made an
investigation into the Francis Valentine
Company fire at $40 Commercial street on
Christmas day. They are satisfied that
the big blaze was caused by the spontan-
eous com bustion of a pile OF rubbish in
the printing Office. The boilers and
furnaces are located under the floor and
it is believed that the heat from these
did much toward starting the blaze.
The injured fireman, Peter McCabe, was
examined arefully yesterday morning by
DR.. Morse and other physicians at the
German Hospital. They found that
while no bones were broken, the man had
sustained severe conclusion of the brain
and spine, with Commissions and lacera-
tions innumerable. There were also in
dications that some internal trouble was
present but its extent was not determin-
able. AS tar as could be ascertained there
was no fracture of the skull. All in all,
the man seemed much better and the
doctors entertained strong hopes Of his
ultimate recovery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
ENDED WITH A BULLET.
Otto G. Henser Died Among the Deer
in Golden Gate Park.

Otto G.. Henser Died Among the Deer
In Golden Gate Park.
The body OF fairly well-dressed man
was found in the west end of the deer
park at Golden Gate Park yesterday morn
ing. Near by was a revolver. A closer
inspection showed an ugly bullet wound
in the dead mans head, and one OF the
chambers OF the weapon recently mptied.
These showed that another had tired OF
the world, and taken the revolver route to
end his troubles. In the mans pocket
was the following letter:
DECEMBER &c, 1896
To the Coroner-DEAR SIR: Money come to n
end, health poor, ergo, suicide. Please notify
the Imperial German Consulate. Respect
fully, OTTO G.. HENsER.
The body was removed to the Morgue,
and notice sent to the German Consulate,
but no one there knew anything of Hen
ser.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

Impaneled Yesterday Morning With
Raphael PeixOtto as Foreman.
The new Grand Jury was impaneled
yesterday morning by Judge Slack. The
following citizens compose the jury:
Raphael Peixotto, 1926 Suffer street; Will
liam Lutz, 205 Sansome; NJ. F. Fragley, 1910
Valencia; Ii. w. Westphal, 212 Clay; X. B.
Kittredge, California and Davis; II. w. Han
hermann, 427 Geary; John c. Nobmann, 2O29
Fillmore: james Fogarty, COG Fillmore; w.
NJ. Brunt, 525 Clay: A. L. Piper, IA Clay; S.
W. Backns, California Hotel; Louis S. Kast,
1l12 Guerrero; Patrick Aherne, 744 Twen-
tieth; owen E. Brady Twenty-fourth and San
Jose avenue; Ed C. Kalben, 1407 Eddy; Ru-
dolph Mohr. Flood building; James w Cud-
worth, 2O1S Union; A E. Buckingham, 322
California; A. S. Hubbard 1912 Pierce.
Judge Slack appointed Raphael Peixotto
foreman of the jury and then delivered
formal charge. The jury then retired to
rooms set apart for them, and after elect
ing William Lutz secretary and NJ. F.
Fragley sergeant-at-arms adjourned. Fore
man Peixotto is the son of Edgar D. Pei1-
otto, Assistant District Attorney.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
Santa Claus Was Doubted.

OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 26--There was a
lively scene in Kahn's drygoods store to-
night. Earl Simpson, son of a doctor, is
employed at the store and yesterday his
father gave him S. as present. To-day
young Simpson asked the cashier 10
change it and he was al once suspected of
stealing it. The lad was terribly grieved
and ran home to his father. DR.. Simpson
came to the store. met Mr.. Kahn and for a
few minutes things were considera lily
mixed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
Fell Into aulElayator

Miss Alice Myer of 619 Post street fell from an
elevator in the Hotel Grosvenor yesterday aft
ernoon. When found she was unconscious and
suffering from conclusion OF the brain. The
sight and the young lady thought she was
stepping into the elevator.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

The number OF smacks employed in
deep-sea fishing in the orth Sea is over
5000 They fish in fleets of $50 vessels.
Over q, 900 men are employed in this fish
cry alone, and they remain at sea never
less than two months at time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
Fillmore Improyement Club.

There will be meeting of the Fillmore
street Improvement CLUB tomorrow evening
at Franklin Hall, on Fillmore street. near
Bush. The following names have been added
to the subscription list OF the club: A. Wolfe,
estate of j. Ivancovich and George Brown
stein,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

manner in which they had been put to so
much inconvenience and loss, but could
get no satisfaction beyond the mere
thought that they had saved themselves
to the extent of few thousand dollars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

The Yellow River is STYLED the "Sorrow
OF China" During the last century it has
changed its course twenty one times, and
now flows into the sea through mouth
800 miles distant from that of 100 years
ago.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

ACKNOWLEDGED superior. the Waltz safes, in
all sizes. 100 and Ill Market ST., s. +.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27

AUCTION Diamonds Watches and Jewelry. One
week only. Vacate Jan. LIST. and Third street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
BIGGER
BARGAINS
THAN BEFORE.

Moving into our new build
Hing doesn't mean bigger
Iprices; not at all. We
K moved because we had out
NugroWn the old store.
- twas SMALL prices made
/ us BIG-so big that we are
I'll now forced to occupy the
entire g stories and base
J ment of an immense build
Ing, where our prices will!
\Ibe still LOWER than they
SNhave ever been.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
HOLIDAY
GOODS!

We beg to inform our customers
that commencing Monday, December
18th, we will offer the following
SPECIAL VALUES.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-27
THE NEW GRAND JURY.

Impaneled Yesterday Morning With
Raphael Peixotto as Foreman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-08
how 1t Looks Abroad.

Hambleton & Co. of Baltimore, in
their weekly letter Of May 80, offer the
following explanation of why capital is
being withdrawn from business enter
prises:
''Let US put ourselves in the place Of
our European creditors and consider if
we would not act as they have acted.
Would we buy British securities or in
vest in British industries and enterprises
if we thought there was danger Of our
being paid in currency worth only half
as much as the money which we loaned?
Suppose our financial journals and news
papers generally should daily warn US
against investing our money in Eng
land and intimate that we run great
risk of getting back only 80 cents for
every dollar already so invested, would
we not onl not buy British securities,
but would we not, before the threatened
disaster came, draw home every dollar
we could obtain? This is what Europe
has been doing in regard to the United
States for five years past.
Ever since the passage OF the Sher-
man silver act Of 1890 Europe has fore
seen the danger, sold our securities and
withdrawn capital from this country.
This has resulted in our paying off hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars Of what we
owed Europe, and we are at least to this
extent the gamer. But we cannot afford
to be independent Of the European mar
kets and European capital, and we call
not enjoy full prosperity until we satisfy
other countries-what we are fully con-
WINGED of-that free silver coinage is a
dead issue, and that every dollar Of our
currency and every other obligation
will be maintained OIL parity with
gold"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-08

1t is really between creditors
this country Contrary
creditors
the debtors the downtodden
comparatively well do The debtors this railroads.
and transportation mercantile
lions Onhf the
huse mostly in
total
mortgages is $685. Now who the ch creditors? Dpoors
stockholders building
and associations
10000 900 who hold life
cations they paid money The the credit
90 900 edors $500 The
$1,000 Poor people cannot give
co. 900 creditors will
will
neither debtors creditors will
while attending herace.
AS this of date with of date
mpaties
should
the
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-07-08
Going Back to Their Grandfathers.

The silverites who want the American
people to give up the stable money
standard under which they have pros
pered, in order to- go back to the silver
dollars of their ancestors, are the kind
OF men who are afraid Of everything
that is new. They arc like the boy who
went to the mill with big bag across
his horses back. In one end of the bag
was two bushels Of corn and in the
other end q big stone When the miller
asked the boy why he did not divide the
corn and put half Of it on each side Of
the horse the bright youth replied:
Father and grandfather allus took
their corn to mill this-a-way. I amt no
better than them. What was good
enough for grandfather is gccd enough
for me"
The idea that because the men who
lived in this country 100 years ago
adopted a free coinage law we should
be satisfied with the same system, is not
suited to progressive, 60 ahead Amcri-
cans. The latter want the very best Of
everything and just as soon as better
way of doing things is discovered, Il
old way is dropped and the new taken
up. The question as to what was the
best money system 100 years ago has
nothing on earth to do with the prac+i
cal affairs of today. To talk Of going
back to free silver merely because it was
an old system is on level with trying
to establish q monarchy in this country
because we were once ruled by the Brit
ish kings. When the people got tired Of
kings they kicked them out and estab-
lished the republic When they got tired
of trying to use the double standard
they made gold the unit of value, and
they intend to keep it. Out of date sys-
tens don't count for much with live
Americans.