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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
OUR MISSION.

When we were boys at school we were taught
that to be successful in life we must be dilfgent
and take advantage of all the opportunities
which our instructors so kindly placed in our
way. We must also be truthful and honest in
all our dealings with Que another in order to
win the respect and confidence OF our fellow
men. Butwhen we reached the age of discretion
what did we find, and what has been our expert
ence ever since? Did we find culture and truth
seated in the high places of our land, or was
power everywhere in the hands of ignorance
and fraud? Did we find administrators of the
public money who could prevent wandering
hand from slowing 1t in their own pockets?
Did we find the cold shoulder turned upon the
rogue or life made any harder for the villain :?
NO; we found that lie was only hard for the
poor. and the cold shoulder was only turned to
Its fellow as it peered out of a ragged coat
Even so were the illusions of childhood swept
aside by the cold, cold blasts that cross the
rough pathway of the man.
Now, we regard the newspaper as having a
mission in life beyond the mere collection of
dollars for advertisements and the retailing of
NTH Tor the qualification of the prurient, and
we shall put our shoulder to the wheel with all
the strength we have in the interests of a bet
ter order of things. We shall do all we can to
make LIE uncomfortable for ignorance and
Vllla1ny, and strive to the utmost of our power
10 give enlightenmentan and truth chance. This
is the only cause we have to advocate. We
are pinned to nobody's coattails, nor do
we take our opinions from any one else. We
mink what we choose and say what we please,
put the things that please us are just those
winch we believe TO be for the permanent well
fare OF humanity, and we are resolved to give
them ventilation. There is only spot here
and there-about as scarce as trees on the
colorado desert-Where the truth can be heard.
everybody who has mind capable of think
ing has sold it to somebody for whom nature
mas forgotten to make this provision, and
ignorance and rascality are having all the fun.
Al we can do may not amount TO much, but
whatever it does amount to will be thrown into
the scale that holds culture and truth.-Marin
County Herald.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
A CHANGE OF FRONT.

The introduction by Supervisor King of
an ordinance licensing pool-selling requires
explanation on several different grounds
In the first place the licensing of any occu-
patton or business is a recognition of its
legitimacy. Not long ago some of Mr..
Kings confreres in the Solid Eight were
defending their proposition to prohibit
pool-selling everywhere within the City
limits on the ground that it was immoral.
Ii 1t was immoral then it is so now, and
hence it is proposed to license an immoral
practice. OF course, it was never for a mo-
ment believed that this excuse for attempt
ing to ''cinch' the racetracks in retalia-
ton for the popular movement against
downtown poolrooms contained the small
est element OF sincerity, and even had that
charitable construction been placed on the
attitude of the Solid Eight it would have
been proclamation of the stupid folly
which aaimates that compact.
In che second place, it looks strange that
Mr. King, Immediately on the defeat of
tha1 proposition by the detection of two
members of the Solid Eight, should have
introduced the stultifying license PROPOSE
ton, when the presumption was that this
detection would remain permanent SO far
as Supervisorial protection of the down
town poolroom infamy was concerned, and
that the new ordinance drawn in the in
terest of these dens could not be passed
The situation is exceedingly complex. 1t
might be assumed that Mr.. King, in his
desperate eagerness to prevent the extinc
ton OF the downtown dens, has introduced
the licensing ordinance merely to give
them such longer time for plundering
boys, clerks and women as will be gained
by the routine which the ordinance will
have to take before it comes up for final
passage, but that explanation does not
seem to be fully sati styling.
Meanwhile Supervisor Morgenstern, who
voted against the suppressing ordinance,
and Supervisor bunker, who declined to
vote, deserve the thanks of the com
munity, and judgment in their cases with
regard to further utilization with the Solid
Eight in other matters may well be sus-
pended until some overt act is committed
1t is true that after the first break which
they made some weeks ago they returned
to the fold, but at the last pinch they de-
serted it, and they deserve all commenda-
ton for that.
1t should be borne in mind, too, that the
ordinance prohibiting pool-selling alto
eether was against the existence of the
downtown poolrooms, and there may be
some so heartless as to intimate not only
that the detection is explainable on that
ground, but that Supervisor King knows
whence he will receive sufficient support
for the new ordinance which he has offered
and which viii permit the downtown dens
to flourish and rob under the sanction oil
law
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Nlll1S-1 was kept III tO-1ay Tor throwing
| plug OF paper at another boy.
Mamma-And wasn't that perfectly iustp
Willie-I don't think So mamma. when
missed the boy by a foot.-New York Truth.
Mrs Cumso-I can distinctly see the man in
the moon.
Mr.. Cumso-Tll bet it's an Englishman afte,
the lunar gold deposits.-New York Sun,
King Cophetua addressed the beggar maid
kindly.
sis that real?" he asked, pointing to the
color of her cheek.
eyes," answered the maid: "that is straight
flush"
"Well, that beats me-" exclaimed his Ma
jesty, directing a flourish of trumpets by way
OF ending the parley.-Detroit Tribune.
Hell had a queer dream about you last
night, Miss Louisa. was about to give you a
kiss, when suddenly we were separated by a
river that gradually grew as big as the Rhine.
she-And was there no bridge or boat?-Lon-
don Tit-Bits
Chow will you have your eggs cooked?"
asked the waiter
MAKE any difference in the cost of emp in
CURED the cautious customer with the brim-
less hat and faded beard.
'No."
'Then cook them on the top of a slice of
ham" said the customer, greatly relieved
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Braidem-Why, Colonel PodyI what do
you mean by shooting the butter?
Colonel Pody-I tho't l saw it move.-New
York World.
Near-sighted Old Lady-Goodness me! Her es
man coming down the street with brick in
each hand.
Her Daughter-Don't be frightened, mamma.
It's only Charlie Pluggins with his russell
gloves on.-Roxbury Gazette.
To one of two brothers who keep store on
Main street an old employe came last night.
| IF your brother doesn't take back what he
said to me yesterday I'm going TO quit" an
nouneed the man, with dignity.
| ''What did he say?" asked the brother
che said that the firm wouldn't require my
services any longer."-Buffalo Express.
| Damages Assessed.-"You advertise to pull
| teeth without pain for so cents" growled the
| victim, land here you not only half pull my
head off but want me to give up dollar
What do you mean by it?"
81 charged you that extra so cents for yelling
so,' said the dentist 81 bet you drove away
all the possible customers within four blocks.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Aren't you the same beggar that gave hal
q pie 10 last week."
81 guess am, mum; but I'm willin' to LEI
| bygones be bygones 1t amt in my heart t
| bear no malice. "-Indianapolis Journal.
| mo. sir; man with face like that is never
coward"
"How do you know?"
otis SO homely that he couldn't have an,
fear of spelling it."-Chicago Record.
| 1--WE have just bought d new clock, Mr. Sta
late,' she said, sweetly.
''Indeed?"
eyes. And it has such a novel arrangement
| 1t has music-box attachment"
"Does it play every hour?'
! "No. Only at half-past 10. Then it play
Home, Sweet Home w ashington Star
Parrott-Some men are born great, somt
achieve greatness
Wiggins-Yes, and others wear English
clothes that are too big for them.-Harper'
| Bazaar.
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DEPARTED

Last night the watchers stood around my couch
And said in whispers, "Life is nearly sped!'
My eyes beheld dim lights upon shore
Whence came soft rippfes breaking at my feet
heard a boatman casting on his chain;
L saw him light the candles at the PROV;
And OF the dreams OF earth that crowded in
To ask place beside the pilot dumb,
| only held the things my soul had loved.
BlenJ colorings kept OF hill and sea,
Low song of woodlands and the hush of pines,
Soft murmurfngS OF streams by mountain sides
(RememDrances that fit like tiny sails
Across the lake of memory, and sink
Beyond the dark headlands at the farthest sight y
No winning from the cruel strife for gold,
Nor gage of struggle captured In the crowd
That delve the mines of avarce and hate;
And when heard music DER the wave
And voices OF my youth besought my ears,
knew my boat had parted from the shore.
JOHN JAMES MEEHAN in New York Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.


hugh Mcdonald, the mining man, who re.
turned recently from the East and England
mas during the last fortnight visited Tucson
ana other points in Arizona in reference to
some mining property there. He returned only
a DAY or two ago.
Recently Mr.. Mcdonald and James Salee,
formerly one OF the owners in the noted Iron
Mountain mine, bought the Copper City mines
on Button Hill, Shasta County. 1t is spoken Of
as big property.
I'VE are now driving two tunnels" said Mr..
Mcdonald at the Palace yesterday. cone is
the old tunnel, which is now extended dis.
lance OF 700 feet, and the other is new one,
and is 275 feet. 1t is a crosscut tunnel on the
vein, tapping the same vein as the old one.
I'VE are making big mine. There is in the
old tunnel spur vein of 500 ore. 1t is gold
silver and copper"
Mr.. Mcdonald, in company with ex-Jndge
Cleary of Leadville, some time since effected
the sale of the old Iron Mountain mine to Alex
ander Hill, Mr.. Fielding of London and others.
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Mr.. Fielding is descendant of the famous Eng
lish author who wrote atom Jones' and other
stories, wildly portraying the lie OF those
times.
Mr.. Hill is now general manager of the afore-
said mines. He is carrying on large work
there, building 12-mile railroad and employ
ing an enormous force OF men.
Mr.. Mcdonald says that there is renewed life
in nearly all the mining camps of Shasta.
The camps that have been almost dead for
many years are now pulsating with life. The
increased interest in gold mining has caused
all this.
Mr.. Mcdonald expects to leave in about q
month for London again. He grew up in the
mines OF Montana, and is very familiar with
all the mining camps there. In the early days
OF Butte he was active in mining enterprises,
and he was one of the first to go to Leadville
when the silver carbonate discoveries there
astonished the world.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

STAMP CoLLECToRs-G. H. D., San Lorenzo,
Alameda County, Cal. This department. does
not, as has been announced number of times,
advertise any business or firms or individu
and for that reason ''the names of several
stamp houses are not given. This is purely q
personal matter, and correspondents asking
close self-addressed and stamped envelope
for reply.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

viceable aprons. Such fabrics as lawn or
nainsook may be used if something more
dainty is desired.
Lounging or bath robes can be made after
this same design by emitting the back in one
piece and cutting the front in two and allow
ing hem on both sides.
1t is desirable also for night dresses, which
are dainty and comfortable made in this way
A deep frill OF lace or embroidery may be used
to finish the neck and may be substituted for
cuffs on the sleeves.
For amateur artists aprons, denim is often
used; this also makes serviceable dress for
housekeeperS to wear in the kitchen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Dear me- said Maud ''there has been a
dreadful lot OF talk in the financial articles
about gold ring. What do you suppose they
are driving at?''
"oh, don't know" replied Mamie in a
weary tone. II guess it's just some more of
thissilly joking about engagements. Wash
ington Star
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

CALIFORNIA CoINs-J. H., E1mira, Cal. The
slug, or $50 piece was coined by assay offices
in this State prior to the establishment OF the
Mint and at time when any stamped coin
passed current for its face value Some were
round, but the majority were octagonal. Gold
quarters, also from private minis, were round
and octagonal. For octagonal sIugs dealers
offer from $50 to sos and Tor round ones thew
offer from $50 to $50. For the latter they
charge from 800 to $l25.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
A LADY'S APRON.

full apron that viii cover the entire dress
and with large sleeves that fit comfortably
over dress sleeves is garment indispensable to
every woman. This design is in three pieces,
besides the sleeve. Front is seamless, hanging
straight from the shoulders. The back is in
two pieces, buttoning in the center. The
sleeves are the bishop shape.
Plain or striped ginghams make most SER
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Already that much boosted flying squad
ron is lost to sight and isn't even to mem
ory dear.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Observation-Disclosures is perfectly dry, soft
and mild and is entirely free from the mists COM
mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam
ship, including fifteen days board at the Hotel del
Coronado, $50: longer stay 50 so per day Apply
New Montgomery ST., San Francisco
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

EUROPEAN FIEETs-Inqgirer, City. and NJ. A.
L., Stockton, CAL The German feet has the
following number of vessels: Armored 81, I'M
armored 40, auxiliary 10; Great britain, 80
armored, 205 unarmored and 26 auxiliary :
France, Cd armored and 101 unarmored; Rus
STA, 45 armored, So unarmored and auxil-
larry; Italy, % armored and 40 unarmored
Austria, Is armored and 20 unarmored; Tur-
key, IL armored so unarmored and 50 tor
pedo-boats. Great Britain has 232 torpedo
boats. France 279, Germany 200 Italy 2O3,
Austria 73 and Russia III.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The Southern Pacific of Kentucky must
either get out of politics or be forced to go
out Of business.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

floor Uttered an inch deep with letters, the
table before him piled with unread messages,
and the SNUG valet at the door for ever gliding
in with dispatches from all corners of the
world.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Unless the monopoly heeds the danger
signals ahead the whole cabocdle will be
ditched.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29
.nrrs. Wins1ow,s soothine surnn.

Has been used over fifty years by millions OF moth.
ers for their children while Teething with perlecs
success. 1t soothes the child softens the gums al
lays Pain, cures Wind Collie regulates the Bowels
and ia the best remedy for DiGrrhoas whether
arising from teething or other causes For sale By
Druggists in every part of the world. Re sure ami
ask Tor Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup z53
bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

mand for wellington half-pennies of 1916"
1t is impossible to say if the ferdinand VII
silver piece has any specia. value for the rea-
son that the writer does not designate its de-
nomination.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

First Gendarme-There goes the murderer of
the man who was found dead on the bridge
last night
Second Gendarme-That's so; but what can
we do? He's not on our beat.-Journal ANU
SAINT.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE MoNTEREY's BIG GUNs-W. R. G.. City
The cost of firing one of the big guns of the
Monterey IS about $780,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The powers OF Europe may have the Sui
tan on a rail, but they are not taking him
anywhere.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Simmons-What is the matter with you?
You look as If some one had made you angry
Timmins-Some one has. asked the editor
OF the Bugle what he really thought of my
poetry, and he told me if there were such
place as the laureateship in this country I
would be sure to get it.-Indianapolis Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Landlord Ito his wife)-say, Jane, don't be
lieve that the student who rents a room here
is a student at all?
Wife-Why not?
LandIord-He studies too much.-Fligende
Rlaetter
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The House Committee on Pacific Rail-
roads has referred the refunding bill to
Hoke Smith, but all the same the people
will have the last say about it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

When railroad bosses attend to politics
more than to business accidents will
happen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

While the food of public sentiment rises
around all the tracks and ways of the mo-
nopoly the engineer in charge had better
60 slow.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

If the conflict of kilograms goes on much
longer in Cuba we may be able eventually
to recognize the belligerents, but we will
never be able to recognize the truth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Huntington fights hard for his funding
bill, but he lets everything else on the rail
road go to smash.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The Sutro street railway is now running
to the Cliff, and in the meantime Hunt.
ington's big road is caving down the bank.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

From the recent action of Congress it
appears We may have hand in the slicing
of Turkey, providing the Russian bear
hasn't already taken it in.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The railroad choir is saddest when il
sings of "The Old Kentucky Home"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Where there are so MANY railroad acct
dents there is surely some one at fault,
and, moreover, the fault is not always that
of the men to whom the accident happens.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

CAPTAINS PAY-F. w. Oakland, CAL The
pay of captains on the steamers of the Pacific
Mail line is from S175 to 5000 per month.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

OF course John Bull would like an ALI
ance with Miss Columbia, bat this is the
ladies' year to do the proposing.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Congress should keep its hands off the
railroad and compel the railroad to keep
its hands out of Congress.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

If the Senate prefers to be debating
society rather than Legislative body, the
next topic for discussion should be Cuba,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Oh, say can you see through the dawn IS
early light some sign in the heaven that
the sun is still there?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

with talking, but the Turk and the Russian
keep the buzzsaw running.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

1t is astonishing how many grave and
reverend Senators we have who continue
to reiterate their belief in bimetallism and
the gold standard
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

For PATENT-C. A. L., San Jose, CAL When
an inventor files an application for patent he
must sign the specification and claim, and
that must be signed by two witnesses The
inventor must make oath that he verify be-
lieves himself to be the original and first dis
coyerer, and such oath can be made before
administer oaths; if in foreign country ii can
be made before any minister, charge 'affaires
consul or commercial agent holding commits
sion under the Government of the United
States.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Congress calls upon Europe to protect
Armenia, but, of course, Europe will ask
why Congress doesn't help.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

HOOPS Sarsaparilla cures catarrh by purifying
the blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures rheumatism
by purifying the blood. Hoods sarsaparila has
benefited others and can benefit you.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Five railroad accidents in less than ten
days are emphatic notices to Huntington
TO mind his own business
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The more the Senate talks of compro-
missing the silver question, the more it
COMPROMISES itself
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

Between the Senate and the House the
doctors disagree, but the people will de-
eide IN November.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Presi
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

DIsPEL your headache, weakness, pain and sleep
lessness with PARKER's GINGER Tonic.
PARKER's HAIR BALsAM is life to the hair
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The lobby war horses are grazing in the
blue grass region.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

The monopoly is fighting for its life
now.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

If Huntington had expended on his roads
in California the money he sent to Central
Africa the tracks and bridges would not be
giving way every time we have a rain
storm
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

ONE MILLION sTAMPs-A Reader, San Jose, Cal.
No one offers 500 for 100000 Cancelled
postage stamps. This alleged offer is an old
story. Some years ago number of gentlemen
were talking about stamps in one of the East
ern cities, and one of them remarked that it
would be worth a hundred dollars TO collect a
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

PEOPLES HOME SAVINGS BANKS, City. The
California Safe and Trust Company, that has
the books of a number OF depositors IN the Peo-
pies Home Savings Bank, now in liquidation,
has not done anything in legal way in the
matter except to CONNIE nee suit, which was
subsequently withdrawn. 1t is claimed that
reason that the assets OF the defunct bank are
all more or less tied up. The directors assert
that they are doing what they can to straight
out matters and to force the sale of property
with view to an early settlement of the al
fairs of the bank
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29

CALIFORNIA glace fruits, soc lb., TOwnsend's.'