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The San Francisco call., 1897-11-28
CITY REAL ESTATE.


DAYS u PER GENT
a-ooo RENT SAL THREE dIdsN MoRE Tn FL1os EL1oS
0CON'O. Iron Works; the best locality in the
city for incone this is a splendid invest
ment and on should investigate il.
c2oS0 RENT S240 PER YEAR: WILL
2-story residence of rooms on accepted street,
close 10 18th and Valencia.
O.SOOO POWELL 81, BET BROADWAY
TOUUU. md valiej,: & pod flats OF 5 and 6
rooms; rent s44 50; good location, Close 10 town;
Ge75 AVERY CHEAP LOT ON LIBELTY
u " y. s., near Church; 25Nll4
TERMS-S2oO CASH,
/ BALANCE sl5 MONTHLY.
$2400-Nice bay window cot age 5 looms and
bath; lot 15x1 "A; on S0thst, c.ose 10 Mission and
Guerrero 81. cars; bargain
C.FOSO GOOD REGULATION: 2 MOD
u ZCO. ern flats of b and rooms and bath {;
lot 2Sxl00; on the bu>in SIS portion of Devisadero
ST.; building sh uld be raised ana store built un-
der; would pay wel.
$3.50. more me mode modern fiais iHs9 ana H rooms
137 IS; sunny side or street.
c6On $50 CASH. SO MONTHLY; SEE
UnCOO. tAem at once; California st. ard 19t h
ave. large level 10 $, ready 10 build on; perfect
title; only few lots left for sale. tie quick.
10 Montgomery St
FINE NEW COTTAGE CHEAP.
s97Oo-Nice new STRENGTHENING cottage of 6
rooms BATH etc.; lot -5x75 on Clinton Park,
BAApwlN IN : Sdn1ySI!. noMnLL .,
IL GRAND OPPORTUNI1 Y.
81 900 each-o ffers wanted; S lots. 2fxl20 each
q .AN ~. Il and IN 10 "a q
Park. BALDWIN 4 IL " Eli
10 Nom gomeIy ST.
n Al a MODERATE PRICE.
s3500-s outh Brode.ick ST., close to Haight;
new house, rooms bath; hands omely deco
rated; superb view; your wa terms.
BALDWIN IL HOWELL.
10 Nc. tgomery 81.
CPLENDID RkSIDENtE
= VERY CHEAP
S7500-A bargain: Pfge ST.. near LYON; hand
some 2-storv, bas -ment and attic residence Of ~
rooms and bath; .ot .5xlU0; easy terms can be
BALDWIN Il HOWELL
10 Montgomery St
NEW COTTAGE. ROOMS
~ C.ose 10 the puk; $500; first pay ment $500;
splendid new house on lenlh ave, near IL ST.:
lest hou-e in Han tranc co Tor the mOueyi take
II aight or Fillno.e cars. transfer 10 Masonic
ave and 80 10 brs h Ctiice, Ninth ave, near
II ST. BALDWIN & Ii WILL
10 montgomery st.
GREAT SACRIFICE.
n $500 on.y; z-stoy house on Bryant ST., be.
tween Third and -Four h contains rooms and
bath; wou pay big money if atte ed III o flats;
owner not Ab pay mortgage; has only 80 days
to sell. BALDWIN 4 HOWELL, 10 N on tgomery.
PICK Up.
n S24(0-OnIy 500, pa ance SO monthly
ice c, ttBge on Ihrtieth St, near Church. con-
ta,us large rt oms aud bath; don't iai to see IT,:
This is q rare opportunity; you can easily pay $40
n monih. BALDWIN & HOW LII, lO Mont
gOmerv ST.
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DLA3 THIS LISTu
HEAD j HIS LIST!
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COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.

I OANS on real ate bonds, etc; lowest rates
u MCAFEE EROTfiEKS lOS Montgomery 81
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o-OOO ELEGANT RESIDENCE; 7
u !OOO. rooms and bath: loa "a :l0xl17; on
W. side Howard ST, near 2lth
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COUNTRY REAL EsrArE-Continuea

RARGAINs'l IN
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IN AN CIAL.

7 BOAS, 800 MONTGY. sT.-LOANS ON LIFI
y iBsuranc policies and buys bankboo
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HOUSES TO LET.


MODERN HOUSE; ROOMS: SELECT
1h neighto-hood: rent cheap TIA bfoderlck,
near McAliister
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GOo OOO BUSINESS CORNER on DU-
u - .'VV. pont and Green 6S:9xS3 IS;
stores and flats always rented: ren $50 month.
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~ CRAND CORNER, VAN MSS AVE. AND
VI McAiI ser; 1t9x12r, with Improvement
must be sod.
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We have a large st of co tages at less than cost
that must be sold tor bsnedt o. loan associations /;
call at office for permit to ins pect
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BURNHAM & MARSH CO.,
62S Market ST.,
OpIos te Palace Hoiel.
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BARGAIN IN TWO FLATS.
S0UUU. house OF and rcoms ms and and bath
each onck foundation &c; rents $54U per
Ium; 25190.
AN ELEGANT HOME.
l0.25O ?otv RIME IS s1 dro AN rS.sgacs nLEGANT a
rooms and bath: nice law and 0rd'e garden; very
fashlonAb neishb1rLood; 37:6xla7:6.
MIssI y HOME.
NO PRICE Ask D; DOLORES ST. THE VAN
- Ness ave. or the Mi on: nice Z-story aad
basement bay-windoW residence OF rooms and
bath: brick fouhdstIou, etc, an lot; reasona-
ole oncr VIII be refused; III US. be sold on AZ count
OF foreclosure
a HANDSOME POSI-srREEr RESIDENCE.
& q 30 Fosr 81, tAA .o.,,e XeN Ne NE1S 81 :,
running through 20 rear street; owner means 20
SELL We want al offer.
MODERN FLATS VERY CHEAP.
Ge- On LEAVENWORTH ST: HAND
~ wv. some fats OF and rooms s. ana no pain tl,l
is a gltedged downtown Investment
VERY CHEAP CHOICE WESTERN ADDI-
TION RESIDENCE.
RRODERICK ST, NEAR CLAY; 53TllO;
y street accepted; stone Sidewalk; oet. Z car
sidered
4 GOOD INVESTMENT
$1,000 s5,4,,, HNII SgoG 20 d5 PE r o ASN S1 NJ bath
each; stone ewaIk; street acceptei: 81 ) %
can reEIaIn "t 6l2 Per cent per anuum desired
70 ;6x76:6i Wei .ocated IN the Mission warm BEL
GOOD soUrH-sIDh INVESTMENT.
$1,000 7 Is Of SONS SON a. and bath AHaG eaea NJ and
rear house: -5xs1
CHOICE BUILDING LOTS.
GO00 EACH-aL LIZ AbETH ST. A SHORp
- J'IO # t1nce from tas.ro-st aud "a hist
car ines; level; lots grade; 2txl14 eaca
TWO CHEAP FLATS.
k leIO ME>TkRN ADD JON: MOD
sas4. vel rent d; 25xIlU: tn ; IS u bargain.
CHEAP WESTERN ADDITION Lor.
C.O.jGn ODE RICK ST; 80 Y 100
GOV. street acc p ed; eAdy to buLd on.
MUST BE SOLD To CLOSE AN ESTATE
c. n IOD KEDCCED FROM $1,000:
= v + w. montgomery ave business p op-
er y; improvement 5, store and h4t; renting T0r
SO per month net TO one nsnt
TWO CHOICE FLATS ON HAYES ST
= l0t U. Substantial modern fats of anu 6
ms and = h e-ch; rents $3.50 per an UNI
45XI29; . :ronlages
CMEAP WESTERN ADDITION RESIDENCE.
GEOnO SUBSTA ANTIeL MODERN BAY
= TOUOO. way resden ce OF 8 rooms and path;
on Oclavia ST; Z5xlz5; nice location commands
nAe marine view.
VERY CHEAP LOT
C.-SO COKBETT lOAD AND HIGH ST:
- OU. lot 9s :IOxl42; , IRON .es: Rbolt
minutes walk from the 24th-sL electric cars !;
Omp4rativety level.
al and oh ain one of our Real Estate Records
vhi'h contain a list or properties for sale in all
parts OF the city.
6. II. UMB -EN & CO,
IA Montgomery St
DkA3 THIS LIST!
HEAD j HIS LIST!
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MONEY TO LOAN.

I'VE LOAN on CITY REAL ESTATE AT 6
w and 612 per cent, Oakland a. AMI Z !s; any
sum. Manhattan Loan Co., i'll, building.
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. 6OO RENTS $l45 MONTH.

S5I25. RENTS $50 A MONTH
IL TERN ADDITION FLATS: LOT SOx
~ no; must be sold.
The Press., 1897-09-09
AntA and Their Usea.

During l2 months spent in the Aus tralian colonies in the years 1870 l. had more opportunities than were pleas ant of studying the habits of ants. These insects, us is we'll known, are not only a auisance, but an absolute pest in hot countries They march in myriads and destroy everything in their road In justice to the ants, am bound, how ever, to admit that have found them useful in more ways than one, For in stance, bought an opOssum skin rug from native. I soon became painfully aware of the fact that 1t literally swarmed with f1eas and other vermin In vain did l exhaust my stock of pep per. Even turpentine seemed to have no effect beyond increasing the reckless activity of these irritating settlers At last, in despair. 1 threw my rug down on an ant hill In less than half an hour every flea and objectionable parasite was eaten, but the rug was full of ants. I therefore hung it on mimosa bush and as soon as the ants found they were suspended they hastened to leave the rug and Gescerded Ly the bush ns best they could.
 Again, had killed d snake in Tas mania and wished to clean and bleach the skeleton, which intended to have mounted as necklace. left tho body near an ants ncst In few hours there was not vestige of flesh on the bones. The sun soon did the rest -Gentleman' s Magazine.
The Press., 1897-09-09
Chewing the Betel Nut.

Maxwell Sommerville, in his book Siam on the Meinam. From the Gulf to Ayuthia," says that, the chewing of the betel nut being a common habit, at every little distance as you 20 through the bazaar of Bangkok may b. seen petty merchants busy making and sell ing the preparation so universally mas ticated
 'Tbe leaves ill which the prepared mixture is wrapped are from a vine known as the chavica bctel The hut is from the arica betel palm, which reaches a height Of about GO feet, whose branches bear several large punches of nuts, which harden and redden as they ripen, and which rest mble somewhat the punches of fruit Cn the date bearing palm The dealers cut up their green leaves into the proper triangular form. crack the nuts, and with wooden spatu- las work the tumeric stained juice into paste It is amusing to see how skill fully they form the pieces of green leaf into pointed, cone shaped cups, into each one of which they place a portion of the ingredients
The Press., 1897-09-09
Oxygen and Mushrooms.

A singular way of removing oxygen from the air by the aid of a plant is described by Dr. T. L. Phipson in The Chemical News Inside glass bell jar, suspended over water, is placed a mush- room. and sunlight Is allowed to fall upon the plant, The mushroom absorbs the oxygen from the air in the Jar, and the carbonic acid formed during the process is absorbed by the water, which gradually rises in the jar to one- fifth of its height The mushroom now dries up, but its animation is only suspend ed, as may be proved by introducing beside it a green plant, when it will recommence to vegetate, being nour- ished by the oxygen exhaled from the fresh plant
The Press., 1897-09-09
SHERlOAN's FIRST RIDE.
A John Gilpln Performance Which Showed
 Young Phil's Pluck.

A John Gilpin Performance Which Showed Young Phil's Pluck.
 The following story was told by the Rev. J. T. Headley, historian and biog rapher of many of the heroes of the war, in regard to a boyhood experience of General Sheridan:
 At five years of age he was playing near his home when some lads came along and amused themselves with the wide awake boy. A horse was feeding in an adjacent lot
 Phil would you like ride3'' they said to him.
 "Yes. Give me one" In a few moments the boy was on the animals back. The sudden and uncere- monious mounting of the young rider startled the steed. and away he ran. "Whoai Whoar' shouted the lads, but in vain.
 Over the fence the animal sprang, and once on the highway it was a John Gilpin performance. Phil clung to the mane, while the sobered authors of the race turned pale with apprehension of tragic end to 1t, expecting to see him dashed to the earth and killed. But out of sight vanished both steed and rider, and miles soon intervened be- tween the two parties. Suddenly the horse turned into the shed of a tavern, where its owner had frequently stopped in his travels. Men came out, and, recognizing the horse, questioned the boy. One of the curious company, after securing the foaming animal, which had neither saddle noI bridle, inquired of the unterrified Phil:
 "Who taught you to ride?''
 Nobody" answered the boy.
 "Did no one teach you how to sit on u horseP" asked another. ''Oh, yes. Bill Seymour told me tc hold on with my knees, and I did"
 Wasn't you frightened2'' l "Nary bit. wanted to go farther, but the horse wouldn't go"
 "Ain't you sore2''
 ''Kinder, but I'll be better tomorrow, and then I'll ride back home"
 ''That boy," said the questioner "has pluck enough to be an Indian hunter"
 The owner of the nag turned up not long afterward, in search of his proper ty. He said that the animal was vi cious and had thrown more than ons experienced horseman. - New Yorl Tribune.
 The letter A is in Hebrew called aleph, an OK, and the Phenician char. aoter which represents this sound was originally picture of an OK head hence the name. The Eight hand stroke of the A represented the top of the head, the other down stroke the left side and 6 line, since fallen out of use, represented the right side of the head, while in very old Ph9nician manuscripts two dots above for eyes and two below for nos l trils rendered the resemblance complete
The Press., 1897-09-09
RESERVATIONS.
Time Saving That May Not Re Productive
 of Good Habifs.

OOO0 hADtEes
 Our public school children are be- yond doubt taught nowadays much that interests and helps them. all of which was unknown to their parents at the same age.
 And this instruction is given in a manner to beguile the little people into the royal road Co learning, so that 1t Is a common occurrence to have a child burst into tears Ut the fear of missing a day in school. Yet-there must always be yet-are they learning refinement with the rest of the desiccated knowi- edge offered as their pabulum2
 In the very scientific algebra taught throughout New York state and com piled by an instructor in the Normal school, ito save time," the highest common divisor is spoken of as the HI c. D.. ," and the least common null tiple Is the "L O. M." What time Is saved, and whyP And isn't such teaoh- ing intoxicating the vulgarity, later on in life, which speaks of photos" and "bikes" and buses. if not of pants and gents"
 If this system of abbreviating every thing is taught in our schools, we will simply have to stand the jeers of the re- fined foreigners at our being in too great hurry to make money to even speak the language properly.
 As great ss we are, our fault lies in this rushing frantically over everything.
 What the far seers are trying to teach is repose-a taking of time for all the refined things of life, and yet, if this principle of ''chopping" the language is taught at the very base of our life, the public school, what can be expected of these children when they grow ups- Philadelphia Press
The Press., 1897-09-09
Eirepiaces of SDoW.

About the end of January, lr when the sun again appears above the hori- zon, many families at the two Eskimo villages near Point Barrow, in Alaska. leave their winter houses and travel in land 75 or 100 miles to hunt reindeer along the upper waters of the large riv- CTS that flow into the Arctic ocean east of the point. Here they encamp in large, comfortable snow houses, usually dug out in a solid snowdrift. Like all Eskimo winter houses, these are enter ed by means of a long, low tunnel, and opening out of one side of this tunnel there is fireplace built of snow slabs
 A young man and his wife moved down from Point Barrow after winter had set in. and as there was no accom- modation for them in any of the per- manent wooden houses they built them selves @ small hut from blocks of SHOW and roofed 1t over with sailcloth- l made them @ visit one afternoon and found the house pretty cold and uncom- fortable in spite of the large stone lamp that was burning all the time. The en- trance tunnel was about ten feet long. At the left hand as yoR entered and close to the door was the fireplace This was about 2H feet square and neatly built of slabs of snow, with smoke hole at the top and stick stuck across at the proper height to hang pot on. When the first fire is built in such a fireplace. there Is considerable melting of the surface of the snow, but as soon as the fire is allowed to go out this freezes to a hard glaze of ice, which afterward melts only a very little These fireplaces are used only for cook ing, as the Eskimos rely wholly on the oil lamps for warming the dwelling.- Lippincott's s Magazine.
The Press., 1897-09-09
A GOOD STORY.
The Native Seemed Innocent, bat He Was
 Very Knowing.

The Native Seemed Innocent, bat He Was
 Very Knowing.
 was sitting on keg of nails in a West Virginia mountain store watching native dickering with the merchant over a trade of basket of eggs for a calico dress. After some time bargain was closed, the native walked out with the dress in bundle under his arm and I followed him.
 Ut isn't any business of mine" said, but was watching that trade and was surprised to see you let the eggs go for the dross-''
 What fer?'' he asked ill astonish- ment, as he mounted his horse.
 "How many eggs did you have9''
 "Basketful ' "IIow many dozen?" Dunno; can't count" That's where you miss the advan- tages of education. With know iSdRe you might have got two dresses for those eggs
 But I didn't want two dresses, mis- ter,' he argued Perhaps not, but that was no reason why you should have paid two prices for one. The merchant got the advan tage of you because of his education. He knew what he was about. He looked at me for a minute, as fl | he felt real sorry for me. Then he grinned and pulled his horse over clost | to me.
 "I reckon," he half whispered, cast ing furtive glances toward the store, "his eddioatlon ain't so much more | mine ez you think 1t is. He don't know how many uv them aigs is spilled. an do." And he rode away before coulc argue further Boston Herald.
The Press., 1897-09-09
MONEY TO BURN.
They Earned 1t and Later Wished They
 Ad Kept the Fuel.

HAd Kept the BueA.
 "When Burnside made his mud march on to fredericksburg, we men in the advance had some gay times. " remarked a veteran of the civil war. Ut was a long while before the Johnnies would let us cross the river, but when we did get across we made the fellows who had been shooting at us for the past three hours get right up and dust for safer quarters. The infantry soon followed us and took up their position along the river toward Falmouth, while we skir- mished through the town. When we came to the Planters hotel, we just walked in and took possession. Every body had deserted the place and we did just as we pleased. In going through one of the rooms came across three bundles of Confederate notes. Each bundle was labeled to contain $5, 900, and as l held them aloft shouted to the rest of the men that we now had money to burn. They laughed, and thrust the notes in my pocket The Johnnies had taken or destroyed every thing to eat, and, as for liquor, there wasn't any in the town.
 After satisfying ourselves that there was nothing further to be had in the Planters hotel we sallied forth and walked up toward the home of the mother of our oountry-George Wash ington's mother. We had had no break fast yet. and now it was close on to noon. One of my companions had some coffee in his haversack, so l thought we might have a little coffee if nothing else. We'll, we got the coffee out and then discovered that we had no firewood. There was some tall swearing just al that time, for the Johnnies hadn't left so much as a match behind them.
 "'I've got itl' cried, and hauled out the three bundles of notes had found in the Planters hotel. My ex' precision was greeted with a shout by my companions and-we had money tC burn. We soon had the fire going and the coffee cooked. Need I say to any soldier that we enjoyed our coffee at 6 price which seems rather high-$d6, 900? We were soon through and marched back into the town only to see our mer trying to buy some tobacco without money. How strange it seemedl They had not a cent, while we had money t( burn and burned 1t.
 -Four years after regretted having had this money and burned it While in Washington in the winter of 1865 had the modification of seeing an ad vertisoment for this identical package of notes and offering 50 per cent ol their face value for their return. They were Virginia state bank notes; hence | khpir valua Wba0avpr I hear that 7 man has money to burn l think of my b15, 900 and shed q tenr of regret that burned it. New York Telegram.
The Press., 1897-09-09
Camphor For His Wife.

There was a farmer up home," be said, "who used to have his occasional spree. Every one knew his failing, and neither of the druggists in town would sell him drop. One day he brought a quart bottle into one of the apothecary shops, with two or three big Jumps of gum camphor in the bottom. He told the druggist that his wife wanted her camphor bottle filled with alcohol. The druggist filled 1t without suspecting any thing. In a week the old man came again, and in little while the third time. Finally the druggist discovered that the gum oamphor' was milky quartz, picked up in the fields, and that the farmer had poured camphor over the outside of the bottle until enough had crystallized there to look natural and smell right. The quartz didn't hurt the alcohol for drinking purposes. "-Time and the Hour.
The Press., 1897-09-09
Changes In Cave Dwelling Animals.


 ''The influence of environment upon organisms is nowhere more striking" says Science, ''than in the case of ami mals which find themselves aooiden- tally lost in caves and which succeed in accustoming themselves to the situa- tion in spite of it's difficulties. M Ar mand Wire gives some notes on his ob- servations in the Comptes Rendus. The principal difference in the situation consists ill the absence of light and in the rarity of animal prey. The eye all ways becomes atrophied to a degree which varies with the species and also with the individual There is some- times difference between the two eyes of single individual. The eyes are to a certain extent replaced by other or gans of sense; the antenn@ of the campodes become, in some individuals, twice as long as usual, and sometimes longer than the entire body. The tactile hairs with which the body is covered obtain an exaggerated development, and in the crustaceans sometimes even in- wade the ocular globe. Hearing does not seem to be accentuated, but the sense of smell is very acute, and bit of tainted flesh becomes invaded in a very few minutes with large colony of animals The organs of digestion become very considerably modified in those species which are naturally carnivorous, and in two staphylins the mandibles were found to be completely atrophied. Every animal is more or less completely de- pigmented, but those which had no trace of color remaining began to have numerous little black spots disseminated over the whole body after they had been kept for month in the light, and these spots were particularly abundant in those parts (antenne and claws) which had been accidentally lost and were in course of restoration"
The Press., 1897-09-09
ONTHE STRENGTH HOFAFIvE
A Young Man Who Found It Cheaper C
 Travel Without Change.

A Young Man Who Found 1t Cheaper to
 Travel Without Change.
 Washington, from what have seen of it, is peculiar place, " said the vis- iting young man to a reporter.
 "I'n tell you why I think so," he continued. "The other day I was going over to Baltimore, and on consulting my watch discovered had but few minutes in which to catch my train. I struck the avenue at Fourteenth street and boarded a car.
 "When the conductor came round for my fare, put my hand in my pocket and found I had nothing less than $5 bill. The conductor glanced at it, then at me, and shook his head disapprov- ingly.
 "'I can't change that, he said.
 "I told him it was the smallest l had, but he said then he could not change anything larger than $2 bill; that they were not required by law to do so. I began to think I would have to get off and walk, when he came to my relief by saying that could get the bill changed and pay him at the end of the line, near the depot
 1T thought this was very oonsiderate. When we reached the terminus, told the conductor that could have the $6 changed and pay him, starting for 8 place on the corner.
 "'That's all right Go onl Go ont he told me, waving his hand as if be owned the railroad.
 However, I tried to have the bill broken unsuccessfully. Just then re- membered I wished to communicate something to friend up town and asked if I could use pay telephone in a corner of the room.
 "You could use it all right if you had 10 cents in change, the proprietor told me, but you haven't 1t. Come back here in. my office and use my private phone. That's all right, wher I was profuse in my thanks
 Say, do you know what think, , continued the young man. II believe could get $1OO bill and live i'll tho capital for weeks for nothing, simply by getting things and showing it under the noses of the people I purchased from They would rather give them tt me than take the trouble to break it. " And then he remarked that the only difficulty would be ill securing the bi1 in the first place. Washington Star.