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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

WEIGHTS OF PUG1LIsTs-A Reader, Grafton,
Yolo County, Cal At the time that Fitzsim-
mons and Dempsey fought at New Orleans
January IA, 1S91-Fitzsimmons weighed 1907
pounds and Dempsey 14712 pounds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20
CAL. glace fruit soc per h.. at Townsend's. !.

SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

The gold standard Democratic papers of
the East are almost unanimous in refer
ring 10 the celebration of Jefferson's birth
day by the Bryanites as dissertation of
the day."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Colonel Vassos will now have to leave
Crete or lose the fun, and the choice is
not an easy one.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Men laugh at women because women all fol-
low the fashion; but would men follow the
women if they didn't ?-Somerville Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

THE RELAY RACE-F. c., City. The last
courier OF the relay in race against time (bi-
cycle reached New York with packet from
San Francisco in ID days 20 minutes As Sec
onds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

run of conductors on passenger trains is from
14O to 30 miles; on freight trains, from 90 to
125 miles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20
Baking
Powders
Analysed
9 Royal" a cream OF
tartar powder of
superior purity
and strength.

The following extracts from
Certificates of analyses of the
Royal Baking Powder, made
from time to time, are very help
full to those who wish to be GER
tain as to what baking powder
to select in order to get a pure
article, free from alum or any
form of adulteration.
Your committee have made a
very careful examination of the
Royal Baking Powder, and are
satisfied that it fulfls all the re-
quirements which the public can
make of a baking powder. For
purity and care IN preparation it
equals any in the market, and
our test shows that it has greater
leavening power than any other
ofwhich we have any knowledge.
w. B. RISING,
Pref Chemistry, University Of California,
State Analyst.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

If the Servians, Macedonians and AL
banians join with the Greeks Turkey will
be carved and distributed before next
Thanksgiving, and an immemorial joke
on that anniversary will be lost to the
American people.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

SoMERsAULTs-F. w. s., City. Yes, three
somersaults have been made from off a hori-
zon tai bar at the Orpheum.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Jose Echeearay, spain's greatest play wright t.,
is "a years old. He is an engineer and q
mathematician. He was once Minister of
State. He has written fifty-two plays.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

There seems good assurance of an alli-
ance between Germany and Russia, but
whether t is an agreement for a mutual
standoff or to whip somebody else is not
SO certain.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

AS everybody is liable to arrangements of the
stomach and bowels, the need of Ayers pills 1,
universal. They are the best cathartic,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

The original manuscript of Keats cen
dymion" has just been sold for $3475. which
is without doubt more than Keats ever re-
ceived for his entire poetical works.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

1t would be interesting to know whether
Bismarck was riled by Gladstone's letter
denouncing the Kaiser as youthful
despot," or whether he put it in his pipe
and smoked it
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Princess Marie Won Hohenlohe, wife of the
Imperial Chancellor. has performed the not
able feat OF killing bear while hunting on
her estates in Russia. The Princess is So
years old.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

The only effect of the retroactive clause
OF the Dingley bill that can be surely
counted on is that it will lead the new
tariff straight from the President to the
Supreme Court as quickly as can be.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Every treaty we have arranged with
England in recent years seems to be full
OF blow-holes, and the best thing the ad-
ADMINISTRATION can do is to throw them all
in the waste basket and make a new lot
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20
vITY-M. E. NJ, City. Fridtiof

NANsENs NATIvITY-M. E. NJ, City. Fridtjof
hansen, Ph.D., the explorer, was born in
Christians, Norway, in 1861. Your second
question ''Who is Mr.. Rhodes?' is a very in
definite one. If you will designate which
'Mr. Rhodes" you refer to this depar tment
will endeavor to give you an answer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

According to recent report the money
gifts to Yale during the last decade have
averaged $500 600 a year, and still the
president is asking for more. As little
learning is dangerous he wishes money
enough TO supply it in bulk.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Christian Endeavorers Coming.
Artistic paper-hanging, painting and interior
decorations. Good paper in stock cents in
grains &c roll MEXICAN, 1902 Webster st.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Friends of Francis Murphy claim that he
closed his recent two months temperance
campaign in Boston with record Of Ii, 200
total abstinence pledges.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

The scheme by which Cleveland under
took to secure positions for life to all his
cuckoo ofice-holders may be defeated yet.
There is such thing as taking trick of
that kind by trumping it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

HISTORY OF SAN FRANCIsCo-A. o. R., Mon
terey, Cal. 1t is probable that what you want
to know about is history of San Francisco
The handwriting is good in the communion
ton except the one word that precedes the
words "of San Francisco" Correspondents
should write plainly when they ask about
anything, as it is not always safe to guess at
what is written. II your question refers to
history the answer is that The first history of
San Francisco was published in 1854 under
the title of "The Annals of San Francisco"
Copies OF the book are to be found in the
Libraries.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

FOR HoARsENEss. COUGHS, ASTHMA AND BRoN-
cHIALTRouRIEs nse,.Bro,cn's bronchial 7roctes -
sod only In boxes Avoid mutations
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Ii the report is true that when asked
his opinion of the Democracy of David
Bennett Hill Mr.. Bryan "relapsed into
silence" it is to be h oped somebody will
ask him the same question from this time
on until the country has a rest
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20
ANSWERS TO ,oRRE PoNDENTs

DEL MoNTE-D. S., City. "Del Monte" is
Spanish and means "Of the noun tain"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Confound you. what are you grinning at?'
asked the man who was getting held up.
'oh, WE'LL, chuckled the footpad, 81 never
was man to take things seriousiy."-Cincin-
natl Enquirer,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

County. Cal. Fighting weights are: Bantam,
105; feather, 105 to lis; light 1ls to 1873;
1907; heavy, over 1874; catchweight any
weight at which the men may enter the ring
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20
GRANVILLE MCGOWAN, M. d.
Health Officer, Los Angeles.

The best baking powder made
is, as shown by analysis, the
Royal. Its leavening strength
has been found superior to other
baking powders, and, as far as l
know, tits the only powder which
will raise large bread perfectly.
CYRUS EDISON, MD,
Com'r of Health, N. Y. City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Railroad Tickets to the East via Rio
Grande Western and Denver and
Rio Grande Railways,
At lowest possible rates. with through Pulma,
buffet and tourist sleeping car service every day
Personally conducted excursions leaving Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. Only line permitting
stop-over at Salt Lake City all classes of tickets
Detailed information and tickets furnished AZ II
Montgomery street. or 314 California stres..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

1t is believed that one of the reasons
why Speaker Reed declines to appointthe
committees of the House is that the pres
ent situation gives him means for con-
trolling the unruiy members. Every man
who has enough leadership to aspire to
the charm anship of q committee looks to
the Speaker for the appointment, and in
the meantime behaves himself.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

BY analyses which 1 person.
ally have had made, it is clearly
demonstrated and proven that
the Royal Baking Powder is
pure and wholesome, and that
it stands, as far as strength and
purity are concerned, at the head
Of the baking powders of the
United States. The Royal is
composed of absolutely pure,
harmless and wholesome ingre-
dents of the highest grade and
character.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20
MEN AND WOMEN.

The Emperor Francis Joseph has made the
poet Maurus Jokai life member of the Hun
garian House of Magnates.
Common Pleas Court No. / in Philadelphia
isknown as the "court of busy bees" because
of its hard-working Judges - Biddle, Breezy
and Better.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

Senator Allison having been asked
when the tariff bill would probably be
adopted is reported as having replied: "I
should say-the middle of June would be
rs early as could be expected. The first of
July may come before it is law" 1t
will be seen from this that but for the
retroactive clause the Spectator. would
have had great deal of time to import
large stocks of foreign goods under low
duties and thus provide themselves with
big profits at the expense Of the tseasu1y.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20
CHARLES M. ShORTRlDuE,
Editor and Proprietor.

BUSINESS OFFICE:
40 Market Street,
San Francisco, California.
Telephons . ...-...... Man-1S6S
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

The PROPOSAL in Kansas to tax "inor-
dinate wealth" has raised discussion
over the meaning OF the term. degree
OF riches which might be inordinate In
one locality would hardly be a compe-
tence to keep up with the procession in
another. Taking the United States as a
whole no mans wealth can be called
inordinate SO long as there Is a millinery.
store in every town and a new Easter
every year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-04-20

To the leaders of the Democratic party
the New York Sun says: !"Too m UGH
Bryan, gentlemen, from this time On will
mean too few Democratic votes at the
next election" The warning was doubt
less we'll meant. but as it is better for the
country to have too much Bryan rather
than too much Democracy, it is gratifying
to know it will have no more effect on
Democracy than :he buzz of gad-fy on
the ears of a donkey.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
Women In Mems Parts.

On June 25, 1905, Congreve's "Love For
Love- was represented at the Haymarket
entirely by women. Prominent among q
motley troop Of players acting at Windsor
in the following year was n Susanna
Carroll, who tore q passion to tatters az
Alexander the Great. By q marriage with
the queens head cook this lady subse-
quently became Mrs. Centlivre, under
which name, as authoress of several lively
comedies, she Is best identified now. 1t
was written Of her, on her death in 1928,
that, "havinga greater inclination to wear
the bree:hes than the petticoat, she struck
into the men'sparts, " n of her qualifca.
lions for which was that she chad q small
wen on her left eyelid, which gave her a
masculine air."
Possibly the adaptability to male roles
shown by the women at the Haymarket in
1905 suggested to Vanbrugh the ingenious
plot of his comedy, 1.-THE Mistake"
brought out at the same house q year later.
In this Mrs. Harcourt appeared as Camil-
10, "suppos'd son Of Alvarez, a girl who,
from lack of a male heir, had been reared
from her cradle as one of the opposite sex
to preserve ON estate. Naturally there Is
much playing at cross purposes, with
adroit love complications and the whole,
not to come tardy off, must have needed
deft handling on the part Of the actress
Gentleman's Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
On English Canals.

The navigation of the canals, as MOST Of
US are aware, is almost entirely dependant
upon horse power, and many are the Won
derful stories told Of the sagacity OF these
tow horses, who very soon learn their work
as we'll as do their drivers, and are fire.
quently left for long distances completely
to themselves. In some districts the canal
paths run on, one side for a time and then
stop, being continued opposite. Where this
Is the case the horses, If no bridge exists,
must cross over in the boat itself, and on
one river where this changing of sides Is
very frequent the writer has repeatedly
seen O horse without rider or driver near
him, and with only one man In the boat,
increase his speed as he approaches the
termination Of the path, so as to give the
barge sufficient velocity to carry him
across, await its arrival at the bank, and
as it comes up and goes about take a leap
aboard over q space Of from five to six feet.
Here he waits patiently until he reaches
the other side, when a. coolly and de-
liberatsly he leaps ashore, feels his towlins
and lays himself quietly to his work again.
But there Is live stock more directly asso-
ciated with the boat than even the horse,
which, after all, is but hired for a time.
A cat and q dog are nearly always to be
seen aboard, and sometimes there are rab-
bits and a little poultry, though whence
that cones 1t may not always do to inquire
too %curiously. A monkey, too, Is an oc-
casional addition to the household, while
even q goat has been seen running back
ward and forward on the deck as much at
home as though on his native heath
Good Words.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
TAX SALES

by VIRTUE OF SUNDRY EXECUTIONS
- to me directed, l will proceed TO sell on
the 9th OF July, 1877, within the legal hours OF
sale at Abbeville Court House the following
described property, TO wit;
One lot in o kesbury Township, containing
ONE.HALF ACRE. pounded by lands OF
Southern Railway Company. VIM Nicholson,
Morrow Smith and Il. X. Milford.
Levied on as the property OF Frank Lomax
at the suit of the State for taxes.
ALSO,
One lot in Greenwood Township, bounded
by lands of Robertson Taylor, Rev. -
Smith, Mat Graham, and Others. Levied on
as the property OF Pinkney Jones at the suit
of the State for taxes.
ALSO.
One lot containing ONE ACRE In the town
of Mt, Carmel, bounded by lands OF w. D.
Perrin and r.. a. Dunlap. Levied on as the
property OF Alex Freely at the suit of the
State for taxes.
ALSO,
One lot containing ONE ACRE in the town
OF Ninety-Six, bounded by lands Of the Nc
Cants estate, Colored Baptist Church and the
Public road. Levied on as the property OF
Jessie Coleman at the suit of the State for
axes. F.. w. h. n
Sheriff Abbeville County.
June 1G, 1897.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
Marrying Themselves.

The peculiar marriage ceremony of
the Society of Friends, where the
parties marry themselves, is thus set
forth in a newspaper comment on the
custom: The first stage in the pro-
ceedings is for the young people both to
appear at the monthly meeting of the
society, which is the only time that any
business is done, and make known
their intention. They both stand up
before the meeting, and the man says:
with divine permission and Friends
appreciation / declare my intention to
take this woman land calls her by
name), to be my wife," and then they
sit down. But the sanction of the So
ciety for the marriage requires more
than this formality. 1t is never grant
ed unless both parties are Friends,
and so if one of the young people is
out of the fold, they have to be mar
ried without the formal approval of
the society, When the approval is Sc
cured the couple marry themselves.
The ceremony ia appointed by the So
ciety to take place at some regular
meeting, or else at one specially ap-
pointed. In the latter case it may be
at the house where any one of the so
ciety has the right to be present. But
the most interesting ceremony is that
which takes place in a regular assembly,
of the society at the meeting house.
Anyone who has been to a Quaker SER
vice knows the fashion of the meeting
house, with its high seats in front,
facing the rest of the meeting. The
elders usually sit there, but when a
couple of young people are going to get
married they have to occupy this con-
spicuous place, and have to stand up
bravely without minister or elder, and
marry themselves.
An old Quaker minister who said he
had seen six couples stand up in this
way before this congregation was asked
why the young people had to do it
alone, and he said.i it was a matter that
did not concern an intermediate per-
son, but rested between themselves and
God. Then he described how the
young man would stand up in that
high-preached place in the meeting
house along with his bride, and, TAX
ing her hand, says: SIN the presence
of God and this assembly, l take thee,
A. B., to be by wife, promising to be
unto thee an affectionate and loving
husband until the hand of the Lord by
death shall separate u.s." The bride
then speaks in a similar fashion. At
the end Of this ceremony a minister
prays or speaks, and then, when there
is a pause and the spirit moves no one
else, the meeting is adjourned. At
the close of the meeting the marriage
certificate, which is made of parch-
ment, is brought forward, and any one
"a sign it. A special law sanctions
this marriage ceremony. This docu-
ment, which amounts to the legal sane
ton of the marriage, is greatly priced
among the descendants of Friends, so
much so that the children often have
similar marriage certificates made for
themselves, though they may lave
been married outside of the society.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23

What you can buy for Sc.
Tassar silks in all colors, at Sets O yard ,
worth l0c.
Gaufer clothes In beautiful shades and fig
nrea. at SC yard worth 10 & l2Lcts.
Crepons In solid colors and figures, 3G inches
wide at sc, worth l2l2c In any city. our price
only five cents.
5pieces figured linen chambray In pink,
brown. blue, &C at sc. worth II / &c, and they
sell every where at u l.2c, our price only SC
Spices checked bonnet ginghams In brown,
blue, and green A checks at &c yard, worth
7 &C..
Beautiful line, of white checked muslins at
Sc, worth 6 Ii & &c.
Brown hoinspons in rs L. Al goods &c, not
better goods sold for G IA 81.
Bleached homspon In I s & A goods at sc.
What you can buy for &c.
Beautiful line OF colored figured french de-
lains. wool finish only &c.
20 pieces colored figured callcoes at &c.
Ladies' solid black hose In fast colors at &c.
Great bargains In ladies and children g hats.
Don't fail 10 call and see the bargaing we
have in millinery.
Full line Of ribbons IN all collors and
widths.
Ladies' game vests at ) 10 Is 70 d 25c.
Ladies Corsets In the very best Bronds. Try
4. q o.. corset. also Thomsons glove fitting
corset, our ventllating corset in SOC & 500
goods can't be sold by any one for less.
Ladies patent leather. cloth top, orblood
slippers are all the rage.
We have about 20 pairs ladies slippers in or
ford ties that we sell for S5c. worth so and SIC,
our price only &c.
Parisols direct from the factory in black
aud colored silk. Parisois for children In all
shades.
Ladies' fans In beautiful shades, hand point
ed fans from &c TO 75c. Full line OF palm fans
3 q 1 for sc.
When In need of goods be sure and give
Bell, Ellis q Co, q call. They can sell you
everything you need at cut prices.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
Food and Character.

That certain kinds of food affect a man
mentally, morally and physically is well
known. 1t Is by no means impossible that
porridge has contributed largely to the
characteristics of the Scotch; that 1t makes
their men brave, brawny and shrewd, and
their women blithsome and bonny, and
their whole nation pious. A professor Of
physiology insists that the inferiority Of
the Celts Is due to their universal use Of
the potato as the chief staple Of diet. He
says that no man can live on potatoes and
amount to anything. An exclusive diet of
potatoes has no doubt contributed largely
to many of the characteristics of the Irish.
Beef and beer through many generations
have no doubt had their influence Oh the
Englishman. They have made him stub
born, opinionated, self assertive anda good
fighter. His intellect, like his beer, Is both
strong and heavy, and not infrequently
tinged with bitterness. The French, with
their notable variegated diet, are equally
whimsical In their minds. This is also
the case with the Americans, who have
perhaps the most versatile minds as we'll as
the most abundant bill Of fare Of any ma
ton. We will not go so far az to define
which is the cause and which Is the effect,
but we insist that the diet Of the average
Londoner ia far from being the best for his
physical and mental health.-London Ho-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-23
Whence tho ACORN

The male flowers Of the oak are gathered
in distant clusters round a long, swaying
stalk. They approach much nearer to the
conventional idea Of q flower Individually.
Instead Of being a mere aggregation Of
anthers, OF pollen cells, on simple scales,
those Of the oak " possessed Of distinct
starlike, hairy c~al1ces, each marked of
into six or even obes and containing ten
slender stamens, with two oelled anthers.
Then the female flowers, which are usual
~ two or three, near each other, but not
connected, consist each Of an ovary, with
three short curved styles, and invested by
q calyx that adheres closely to it and be-
comes the husk, or shell, Of the acorn. The
whole, except the styles, is held in a cup
formed of many small overlapping scales,
which afterward lose their individuality
and shrink into mere roughness on the out.
side of the cup that holds the acorn, for
only one Of the six ovules contained In the
oyary develops into an acorn (seed or corn
of the &C, or oak).-Good Words