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The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18
NEW TO-DAY.
FREE TO EVERY MAN.
THE METHOD OF A GREAT TREATMENT
FOR WEAkYESS OF HEN.
WHICH CURED HIM AFTER EVERY
THING ELSE FAILED.

Painful diseases are bad enough, but when
man is slowly wasting away with nervous
weakness the mental forebodings are ten
times worse than the most severe pain. There
is no let up to the mental suffering day or
night. Sleep is almost i'm possible, and under
such strain men are scarcely responsible for
what they do. For yesrs the writer rolled and
tossed on the troubled sea of sexual weakness
until it was question whether he had not
better take dose OF poison and thus end all
his throubles. But provdential inspiration
came to his aid in the shape of a com bination
of medicines that not only completely restored
the general health, but enlarged his weak,
emaciated parts to natural size and vigor, and
he now declares that any man who viii take
the trouble to send his name and address may
have the method of this wonderful treatment
free Now, when 1 say free l mean absolutely
without cost, because | want every weakened
man TO get the benefit of my experience.
lam not philanthropist, nor do | pose as
an enthusiast, but there are thousands OF men
suffering the mental tortures OF weakened
manhood who would be cured at once could
they but get such remedy as the one that
cured me. Do not try TO study out how can
afford TO pay the few postage-stamps necessary
to mail the information, but send for it ana
learn that there are few things on earth
that, although they cost nothing to get, are
worth a fortune TO some men and mean a life
time of happiness to most OF US. Write to
Thomas Slater, box 22S3, Kalamazoo. Mich.
and the information will be mailed in plaiu
sealed envelope.
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up to eighteen or twenty. The gravel
taken ont is dumped into pile and lett
till spring, when sluice e-boxes are made
and The dirt washed out. When the
creeks thaw in the spring the miners work
day and night at their slnicing III order to
get as much OF ths1r oump washed out as
possible before the cree ks get low.
In the crevices running across the
creek are found great deal of gold, and
from these come the big pans OF which so
much has been said. These crevices are
splits in the bedrock and act as basins to
catch the gold washed out by the creek.
Up to this time all the work has been
placer mining, and few, if any, investiga-
tions have beer made as to the quartz de-
posits. The returned miners say that
there is not the slightest doubt of the ex-
istence of rich quartz lodges, and it is ex
pected that they will now be looked into
and plans made to work then by the gold
hunters whom the announcement of the
late discoveries has started |. or the fields.
The claims on the Bonanza are rum
bered from the point of discovery both
up and down the creek. These claims are
500 feet long and extend from "mountain
to mountain" When a miner stakes a
claim it cos;s him SIS to record it and $100
each succeeding year. He is obliged to
work The claim for three months in each
year. Ii it is left idle it can be jumped.
The location of claims is not res srictel to
Americans, but IS open to all national
ties
The scarcity of food is the worst feature
OF the life al the mines. Supplies are re-
ceived but once year and there is very
little in the country in the way of food.
Ca ribou and m oose are killed sometimes
and give little fresh meat to relieve the
monotony of bacon. Canned fruit is the
principal diet.
The reluctance of the miners to encour-
age emigration TO the Klondyke is not
from the fact that they want the gold for
themselves and fear to have the country
overrun with people, but comes from the
fear that The sudden influx o. popuiation
without an adequate supply of FOOD will
cause famine and great deal of suffer
Ing will ensue.
One of the gentlemen from Dawson
said: cit Is no use for man to go into
Alaska and expect to shovel up a carload
Of gold right away. He Will have to hunt
days and days for claim in the first
place; then after he has found paying
claim there are months of labor and hard
ship before lie can get out enough gold to
make him rich man. 1t is not all sun
shine there, even if we do have daylight
good part of the year. You will find that
man has to earn his living by the sweat
of his brow even in Alaska"
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ORGANIZING
THE BUTCHERS
John H. Schofeld Working
Amongst the Local
Dealers.
He Is General Organizer of
the Butchers Protective
Association.
Their Purpose Is to Keep Track of
Undesirable Customers and to
Protect Retailers.

There is every prospect at present that
branch of the National Butchers Pro-
tective Association will be organized in
this City within q few days. John H.
Schofield, the general organizer OF the
association. has been working hard among g
the retail dealers for this purpose, but las
experien ced much difficulty, as most OF
them are mem bers of the Butchers Board
of Trade.
The National Association is the result OF
the amalgamation of the Eastern and
Western but chers at Wheeling. West Va,
in June, 1894, aud is both secret and
benevolent organ cation. Its objects are
the mutual protection and benefit of It's
mem bers. by keeping list of undesirable
customers and preventing the wholesaler
from selling at retail. The members are
not re- trlcted to purchasing from other
mem bers, but are free to buy wherever
they get the best satisfaction.
The association has at times had diff
culties with the packers formin what is
known as the Big Four com bination, con-
sistng OF Armour & Co., Swift d Co.. Nell
son, Morris & Co., g. II. Hammond & Co.,
Cudahey Packing Company and Schwarzs-
child, Sulzerberger & Co.. but an AMIGA
bic CONF promise has been made. These
companies formerly charged the retail
dealers Is cents drayage for each hun
dredweignt OF meat. but through the un-
tiring efforts of the association they have
finally agreed to remit the fee.
They have also agreed not TO sell to ho-
! tells, restaurants or boarding-houses.
The only concern with which they have
any difficulties at present is the Armour
Packing Company of Kansas City, who
refuse to close their wholesale market at
that place.
The organization has me mbership OF
900 throughout the country, and is
rapidly growing On his way here Mr..
Schofielu has organized local branches in
Pueblo, Cripple Greek, Salt Lake and
LeadyilIe under most auspcious circum-
s,ances. He has not az yet been able to
organize a branch in this State, as his
stay here must necessarily be very brief,
but everywhere he has gone he has re-
celved great encouragement.
The National officers are: President,
James Franklin of Buffalo, n. Y; vice
field Mass, and William J. Wulff of Den
yer, Colo; secretary. Frank Smouffer of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; treasurer, William
J. Wallace of Meriden, Conn.
The trustees are Jos. Simmons OF Brook
lyn, n. Y; Nick Law of Burlington, Iowa,
and Samuel Ochsenfeir of Wheeling
w. Va.
The eleventh annual convention will be
held at Springfield, Mass, August 10, at
which the Questions OF admitting journey.
men butchers TO mem bership and the es-
ia ablishment of a central abattoir in the
West 10 supply the Western States will be
fully discussed.
Mr.. schofeld expressed himself as be-
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WANTED HIS FURLOUGH THEN.
A Request That Made Hi' Comrades
Laugh in the Presence of Danger.

A Request That Made Hi, Comrades
Laugh in the Presence of Danger.
John W. North OF Neosho, Mo-, re-
porter for the St. Louis Court of A peals,
says he is one of the few surviving private
soldiers of the Civil War. "It is strange
he said, "the great number of private
soldiers who were killed outright in the
cent c. died of their wounds or sickness
afterward, or have left the country. But
strange as is this feature of the strife, it is
nothing in comparison with the large
number o. officers who yet survive and
live to tell of the conflict. And yet, in
M experience during the war, most of
the officers took equal chances with the
men"
Judge North belonged to a Wisconsin
regiment during the war and served to the
end, barring such time as he was laid UP
with wounds He tells some pretty good
war stories, all OF which lack the heroic
tinge so often met with. During the war
he only asked for furlough on one occa-
sion, and then it was denied him. 1t
seems he was a warm personal friend of
the colonel commanding his regiment,
and the latter had repeatedly informed
him after he had served a long time that
he would grant him ten DAYS furlough
at any tlE1e TeQDeSteQ. cuOTLiy UeIOIc
Sherman commenced his march to the sea
a sharp battle took place between the di-
vision to which Judge North belonged
and heavy Confederate force.
Prior to The battle every soldier knew
that the fight would be a desperate one
and that many would lose their lives. In
following orders Judge North's regiment
formed the front line of the advance. The
situation these men were placed i'll was
extremely perilous, and every soldier
could see the danger for himself, and few
entertained hores of escaping alive. While
the regiment was momeu tariiy exp citing
orders TO advance on the Confederate
stronghold the colonel passed along the
line. As he approached Judge North the
latter saluted him and called out SO all
those near could hear him:
Colonel. have you not repeatedly told
me that could procure ten days fur
Tough at any time l applied to you for the
same?"
The colonel. who was as pale as a ghost
himself, and probably as badly scared as
Judge North, replied rather hesitatingIy
that such was fact
Then" said Judge North, II want a
ten days iurloueh right now, aud want
1t worse than L ever wanted anything in
my life"
The righteousness of such request
under the distressing circumstances did
moi fall to cause smile to spread among
the men who were facing death.-Chicago
Record.
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Dockery Got His Kind

Colonel Joe Johnston. who has been
postotfice inspector for long years, is an
old chum OF nockery of Missouri The
other day after dinner at Wizards the
two stepped TO the cigar stand to get what
is indispensable to every true Missourian.
Lets have some of the KIND of cigars
Dockery always smokes" said Colonel
Johnston. Here, Dockery, take one and
put two or three in your pocket" added
the colonel, with much exhibition OF con-
scious liberality.
Dockery availed himself of the treat.
but without great enthusiasm.
"Now," said the colonel to the man Of
cigars, and beaming with comfortable
feeling, "give me some good cigars for
myself. "-Pittsb burg Dispatch.
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RICH STRIKE IN THE REWARD.
Ore Worth Many Huudred Dollars
Found n Five Hundred Eeet.

Ore Worth Many Hundred Dollars
Found a5 Five Hundred Feet.
According to reports in Nevada County
and several specimens of ore placed on
exhibition at the State Board cf Trade
ana at the State Mining Bureau there has
been very rich strike in the Reward
mine, about one mile from Nevada City.
According TO the mining record this mine
was opened about five or six years ago and
shafts sunk several hundred feet. All
along the prospects were promising, but
on the 200 and 800 levels the owners were
sure that ihey had good min The sink
ing continued until the 400 level was
reached. week or so ago.
Last Sunday morning, according to the
reports, the miners struck it particularly
rich, the ore assaying $500 per ton. The
chute from which this ore was taken is
between twelve and sixteen inches in
thickness and it is increasing in thickness
as the men continue TO sink. Colonel
Samuel w. Backus, the secretary, arrived
from the mine yesterday with the ore,
which he placed on exhibition. The prop
erty is owned by a numb'r of capitalists
who say that they do not care 10 part with
any of their interests in the mine.
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GOLD FEVER IN BERKELEY.
Fervent Interest Created by the
Fabulous Tales From Alaska.

Fervent Interest Created by the
Fabulous Tales From Alaska.
BERKELEY, CAL. July 1.-THE Alas
ka gold fever has struck the university
town.
The tales of fabulous wealth to be found
in the Kiondyke district have attracted
the attention OF many young men of the
town, among whom are numerous uniyer-
sity students. The formation OF explor.
ing parties to go to the far north in quest
of their fortunes is common talk. The
stories of untold wealth along and beyond
the Yukon have come so suddenly and
80 little time has passed since their arrival
that the plans of the various parties con-
temp plstlng the periious journey have not
had time to mature.
The steamer Walla Walla, which leaves
port next Tuesday morning, will, how
ever, have on board 7. II. Gilbert Jr, of
2027 College way, one of the best-known
young men in Berkeley. who is headed for
the gold fields. he will go directly to the
Treadwell mine, where he will join his
brother Kirk, who in 1893 was a student
at the university and one of the best loot
ball players on the varsity gridiron. He
will probably remain at the Treadwell
mine until spring, when both will leave
for the Kondyke districts. During the
wintvr months, the young man says,
he can earn SO month and board at the
Treadwe
A letter received from Kirk to-day, by
his father, asserts that there is great de-
mapd for men at the Treadwell and neigh
boring mines, because of the rush to the
richer fields farther north. Following Is
an extract OF the letter received to-day
from The ex-foot ball-player. who has been
in Alaska for year:
The Yukon fever has stricken the country
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18
PAY OF CONGREsSMEN.
Difficult for Senators tn Live on the
Government Money They Receive.

Difscult for Senators tn Live on the
Government Money They Receive.
Can a Senator or member OF Congress
live in Washington on his salary2
The answer to the question depends
upon the man to whom it is addressed.
Senator Ekins of West Virginia, who
lives in palace on X street. where the
furnishings of the bathroom alone would
cost almost o years salary, would say
that the $4,000 which the Government pays
a Senator is but drop in the bucket So
would Senator Mem illan, whose income
from his great lum Der, manufacturing
and railroad interests is to his salary as
the Top of Pixies Peak is to the Nebrask ka
prairie. There are other Senators, ike
Hale and Wetmore. whose establish ments
could not be run on their salaries Tor
three months in the year. In fact there
are yery few Senators to whom the salary
is really an important and vital factor
OF their position.
1t costs more for a Senator to live In
Washington ,han for Representative.
His social position is more pronounced,
and If be is married and IS housekee ing
the demands OF society upon him are very
great. Sometimes Senator Will go to q
hotel to save money. Hotel lie IS also
chosen for other reasons. Senator Hanna
went to q hotel because he hoped that
Congress would be through by April OF
Nav, and because a house would be un-
necessary if something should drop in
Ohio next fall. Senator Platt of New
York lives at hotel because his wife is
not we'll enough to undertake the duties
of housekeeping, and Senator Piatt ol
Connecticut likes q hotel because but as
he has lived in hotel all his life, one
would have to go too far back for any
genuine information on the question.
Opinions differ as to whether it is cheaper
10 live in hotel than 10 keep house. Il
ali depends upon the hotel.
Some of the Senators live within their
salaries and save money. They shun So
cietY, and ride in cars instead of carriages,
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Made in This City by Z
Western Sugar Refinery
Maohinist.
BEATS KANE'S FAMOUS PRODUCTION.
1t Was Wanted for the Worlds Fair
but Was Not Quite Com
pleted Then.

The smallest locomotive railway engine
in the world. That's right. and we've got
it right here in San Francisco, too, de-
spite the claim OF the East that it is ahead
OF the Golden West in this particular. T.
H Kane of Milwaukee is the man who
has proclaimed to the country through
the medium OF the public press that he is
the maker OF the little machine, but Gus
tave Schier of 10 Kansas street has con-
sumsd nearly eight years in making one
that is not half so large. and that, more
over, is as perfect in detail and faithful TO
its original in material as an engine could
possibly be.
Mr.. S2hier is machinist in the West
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May Move the Hall.

BERKELEY, CAL, July 1.-THE re-
moval of the town hall from the present
site TO one more centrally located is a
proposition which is now attracting the
attention of the Town Board. The build
ing is at present at the corner of Univer-
SHY avenue and Sacramento street. mid
way between the two ends of the town,
and commonly considered convenient to
neither. II is proposed to have the entire
building moved 10 the east end, intact,
rather than build new one, as has been
under consid Grafton for some time.
Strenuous opposition to the removal is
an ticipated from the people at the west
end, but the east end members of the
board are greatly in the majority.
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badly. Even the business men are leaving.
The stories are fabulous. yet true, they are
and by private letters to persons with friends
in there. The pay streak on the Klondykc
averages from $6 to 81 to the pan
One man took out 100000 in forty-five feet
of the creek. There are several miles of the
creek prospected thoroughly and it does not
show a single miss. Wages for common labor
ers are $15 day.
It is through the news of his brother
Kirk's success and his stories of the bright
prospects in store that I. H. Gilbert Jr.
will hasten to join him.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18
Books for the University.

OAKLAND, CAL, July 1.-THE will of
the late Professor George Richardson has
been filed and Public Administrator
knight appointed administrator of the
estate.
His real estate at Highland Park goes to
the University OF California. The income
is to be used as annual prizes for the best
translation of English phrases into Latin,
the prize to be known as the Richardson
Latin translation prize.
All of his books stored in Berkeley are
TO 60 10 the school.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18
ADVICE FROM
ALASKA MINERS
Don't Go Hunting for Gold
Unless You Can En-
dure Hardships.
Not All Sunshine in the Land
Where Fortunes Have
Been Made.
How Claims in the Klondyke District
Are Located, Secured
and Worked.

The excitement over the large gold dis
coyeries in Alaska has in no way de-
creased, and the miners VINO came down
on the Excelsior are besieged by pros
pective emigrants to the north.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

ing delighted with California's climate
and particularly with the clean appear
ance of this city, which he says he would
make his permanent residence if circum-
s.ances would permit.
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The crater of Mauna Loa, in the Sand
wich Islands, the largest volcano in the
world, is twenty miles in diameter. Some
times the stream OF lava flowing from 1t is
fifty miles long.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

1t is estimated that 5000 marriages are
daily performed throughout the world.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

This week we will close out about
400 pairs of Ladies Fine Paris Kid
Button, pointed and square toes, pa
tent leather tips, at SI.25 per pair.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

1900 pairs of Ladies Fine French
Kid, Cloth-top Lace Shoes, hand
turned soles, latest style pointed toe,
patent leather tips, all widths, at
$3.50 per pair, regular price $500.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

and neither give nor attend dinners.
These, however, are the executions. A
Senator cannot, as general rule, live on
the salary which the Government paws
Washington Post.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

This week we will close out
Laird, Schober & Co.'S Children's
and Misses Tan Goat Foxed Cloth
top Lace and Button Shoes, latest
style coin toe and tip, spring heels.
Sizes s to 1o15, regular $500, clos
ing-out price $i.OO.
Sizes II to 2, regular 81. 50, clos
ing-out price $i.25.
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Monday we will fill our bargain
tables with Mems Finest Quality
Tan Shoes at Si.5O per pair have
been $500, So. co and $500.
If you want bargains in Mems Tan
Shoes call early /; these won't last
long.
This week we will put on sale our
entire stock of Ladies 500 Tan Ok
fords and close them out at $i.0O per
pair.
Ladies Fine Paris Kid Lace Shoes,
latest style coin toe, patent leather
tips, SI.5O per pair.
The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18

Our Own Make Ladies' Finest
Quality Paris Kid Button, cloth or
kid tops square, pointed and coin
toes, patent leather tips, all widths.
Regular $3.50 quality this week
Sl.75.
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. WE HAV E
, NO BRANCH
, STORES.
!. Our only store
, is in the Phelan
, , Building.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-24


eian0htert nnt has mhae snon hANoe emohe tne
herds. noticeable feature OF the volume ~
the number OF ILLUSTRATIONS nom photographs.
many OF which were taken FOR me various
Behring Sea commissions There are also sew
erai drawings Illustrative OF the Ire OF tne
by Miss Chloe Frances Lesley.
. student In zoology In Leland Stanford, Jr.,
unworthy, ana aeketon map OF SI lsiann
In the Pribylov group.
The best OF MRS. huth MoEnery Stuarts
sketches OF southern lire In her latest volume,
I'm Simpkinsvile lharpers, 10 The IN
lived Life OF Little mary Ellen In this, out
OF an incident MAJ might easily nave been
made merely RIDICULOUS, ahe has fashioned q
tender and pathetic story full OF the best quail
ties OF her workmanship. a woman, having
been deserted at the altar oy the man who was
to marry her, becomes oemented, and until the
time or her death remains under the delusion
that the wedding mas taken place. She FUR
thermore believes that she has become a mother,
and lavishos oil her love upon q doll that. In her
eyes, Is her own living child. The story = s told
In the quaint vernacuiar OF the village doctor,
and its simplicity and quiet pathos make 1t ono
OF the most notaoie examples OF MIS-. Stuarts
work.
"Nulma' tAppietons)' MRS Campbell Praeds
latest novel OF Australian LIE, Is a rather stupid
story built on commonplace and conventional
lines and stepped In that atmosphere OF duh
provincialism that makes tho little circle re.
volving round q colonial Government House
one OF the least inviting fields for the novelist.
It Is a far cry from tho atmosphere OF eigh-
teenth century raftishness, In Mr.. Max Beer
bohm's story OF Lord George Hell, which was
the first Of the " Bodley Booklets, to the quiet
humor Of Miss Evelyn Sharp's Making OF .
Schoolgirl John Danel, the second OF the So
ries. Becky and her brother Jack are a pleasant
pair, and this little sketch OF schoolgirl life has
in It many Of those touches OF quaint humor ana
playful fancy that made some OF Miss Sharps
fairy tales 30 delightful.
Travels, In the Years 1901 and 1892, In
Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont. Jour
nails OF John Linckiaeh. futhamsl 1ohh
Lincklaen was born In Amsterdam In l1oe, en-
tored the Dutch Navy, and In 1910 sailed Tor
North America as a traveller TO SEQ the new
country. He became agent Tor the Holland
Land Company In its Cazenovia establishment
was naturalized In 1898, and remained in this
\ county I'LL his death ut CaEenONla In lSl.. his