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The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

OOTS0 20 ACRES CHOICE ALL LEVEL
spCSCO. land, located ar Napa city: house
rooms; good barns; Is acres orchard, full
bearing; horses, cows chickens; compls te lot I'M
plements and wagons; balance land for hay Or
grain; great bargain
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11
STORAGE,

DEDUC D HATES. FURNITURE, PIANOS
IO household goods, elc. j. u. FIERCE, 735 MkL
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

TtR- e. C. ODONNELL. 1905 MARKET, RES
~ 1864 25th ST. diseases oJ women especially.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

ONLY LIE T-AEW HOUSES, JUST COM
" pleted: sunny side Cole ST.. near Waller; lU
rooms; large lot, 125 feet deep: street be btu.
minized. Apply on premises.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11
PROPERTY WANTED.

SEA ID FOk OF K L1>r t,F ORCHARD HOME
tor sale. WCOSTE Z II WH4TTG san Jose
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

NJ RECEIVED NOTE: DON'T UNDER
wi stand you: please explain. address H. box
e2l, Call.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11
COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.
T ANDS OF THE
ESTATE OF LELAND STANFORD, Deceased

CANTA CLARA COUNTY - "COoN" AND
- "Felt' tracts. adjoining It nford University; O
beautitui site for homes 1252S4 acres.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

HOUSE FOR SALE ROOMS AND BATH;
IL rooms in basement; to be removed. Inquire
Sll Haight st.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

TWO LOTS, PoTKERO AVE, BET. GOTH
L and 21st: 30x100; very cheap. Iuquire corner
e. ocery.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

dOn ACRES: GOOD LAND FOR ORANGE,
fCO lemon and fruits; ocated near Porteryille
and only miles from rail Oad all u der he irri-
gatlcn ditch; pri o $l5 pc acre; sale or exchange
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

GSS0O OVER 600 ACRES GOOD LAND,
U C'jOO. located near Redwood City, San
Mateo County. $50 acres cearei balance TIMBER;
some large buildings; $3.50 cash, balance TO SUIT
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

IIOUSE ND LOT, 25xSO, 243 PERRY;
Ii eady rental S2S month, make offer. For
partcu ars 745 Harrison at.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11
CITY REAL ESTATE.

COL GETz & BROTHER.
- REAL ESTATE OWNERS,
Room A, First Floor, Crocker Building.
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

ONE OF THE PRETTIEST LITTLE PLACES
~ in the sta e.: located on the bay fine boating,
hunting and fishing; white sand an d pebble beach;
JUST the pa ace .or summer resort; common build
1ngS; q bargain,
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-11

DIED.
Bes. William Hasweu, Lille &.
Bening William c. Hrin sins Robert
Breen, David Heslip, Lizzie
taliahan, Agnes E. Jones, Alice
Canepa Pietro Molier Jonn F.
Coughiin, Da llel ]. ters Frances d
Dahi, Biorne f. sehu dt John
Davis. Dora Scialiero Eugene
Davis, Natalie swan, William ID.
Devlln, James ToKlas Emile o.
Fitzsimm ons John +. Turn r, sidney
Guinasso, Julian Van Ness, Mary
Wool. Henry r.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
HOW TO SLEEP

Where practicable the bed should be
placed on line north and south, with
the head toward the north This arrange
ment places the sleeper in harmony with
the electric Currents caused by the rota-
ton OF the earth on its axis often a
person In sickness and sometimes in health
can obtain much needed rest In no other
way Bedrooms should, where possible.
have a southern exposure, that is, have the
windows on the south or the sunniest side
of the house.
The head to the north will keep the lungs
and respiration organs away from any
possible draughts, and the room will also
obtain that indispensab able requisite to
health plenty of sunlight during the day
In many cases it will he Impossible to OBJ
tain these conditions in houses where there
is very little sunlight that can enter the
bedrooms, and where windows and door
ways make it impossible TO place the head
of the bed toward the north, but where
there is a choice of rooms those that offer
these conditions for comfort and health
should be chosen for the bedrooms In
common use.
Better sleep can be obtained with a low
than with a high pillow. To lessen the
work OF the arteries that propel the blood
to every portion of the organism should be
the aim of every one, so that the posture
that most nearly places the body in a
horizontal position is the most to be de-
sired. Bolstering up the head is always to
be condemned, whether In sickness or in
health, unless bodily injuries render the
perfectly recumbent position impossible
The evening times., 1897-02-12
GOING TO SCHOOL.

In the pleasant, but now rather obsolete
offenbachian opera of La Grande Ouch
esse," when the pretty sovereign reduces
her favorite, Gen. Fritz to the ranks, and
then dismisses him from the army, she
offers to grant him one last request. He
promptly applies TO be made schoolmaster
of his native village, in order that he may
be able TO learn TO read.
There is much in current Cabinet ten
denotes to remind one of the incident.
Two Secretaries at least are TO become
schoolmasters, and even the President
is going to Princeton This is encoura ging,
because in the company Of good books all
hands may be enabled to unlearn some of
the mistakes and fallacies of the par
ticular breeds OF political economy and
financial policy they have adhered to
for several years. 1t lis not a bad scheme.
The evening times., 1897-02-12

opened; and hence it is a pleasure to call
attention to the means recently and con-
Jointly used by eighteen separate and dis
tinct ladies in a Hungarian town, to rid
themselves of the CALLING yoke OF matri-
mony. These revolutionary DANES clubbed
together and bought quantity OF arsenic,
thereby securing it at reduced figures.
We need not give details; suffice it that
eighteen charming and accomplished
widows were added to the population
within short time. Compared with the
time, expense, and often scandal involved
in the Dakota divorce method, it will be
noted thet the Hungarian plan is simpler,
more economical and lasting in its effects.
The fact that the eighteen lovely relics
will be called upon TO sacrifice their lives
for their devotion to liberty, does not af-
feet the principle.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
On Athens and Venice.

The subscribers TO couIse A IL, OF The StOd
dard lectures, heard the last OF their Sc
ries last night at the Columbia. The sub
ject was Athens and Venice" An hour
each was deV o,ed to the ancient and modern
cities. or Athens We're shown the noble
temples 10 the ancient gods and the arts
that know not time. The temple of The
seus, where the Greeks wished 10 en-
shrine Lord ByIon's remains, suggested
feeling allusion To the English poets sad
death on foreign soil. The circus elected
from Mr. Stoddard an account of the recent
revival of OIympian games. OF Venice
lie showed and described the older days
OF the city of the sea, the Rialto, the pal
ace of the Doges, st Marks, the Venetian
forum, the lagoons, and the waters round
al out. This lecture Will be repeated to-
night. Tomorrow afternoon and evening
the Yellowstone lecture will be repeated.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
A VAST IMPROVEMENT.

We trust that the ladies Of this favored
land are not so wise in their own conceit,
like most of the men, that they are un-
willing to profit by the teachings and ex-
perience of other olimes and nations 1t
has been alleged, and no doubt falsely,
that they are conservative and slow to
adopt new ideas. If that were really true,
the same fashions would last over from one
season to the next, and the same books
and preachers would maintain their popular
fty from generation unto generation. Did
not the fair sex seize the bicycle and the
divided skirt as soon as those improvements
rose above the material horizon? Women
OF centuries ago may have been conserva-
tive, but that cannot be said OF the women
of the pregnant and progressive Now.
> This seems TO justify belief that even so
popular an amusement as the North Dakota
divorce may be abandoned, at least, by
them, when comparatively novel and
more efficaclous road to liberty shall be
The evening times., 1897-02-12

The police traced Butler from Newcastle
back TO Sydney, and learned that be had
shipped on board the Swanhilda under the
name Of Lee Weller. The Sydney police lost
no time. Two detectives were sent out by
STEAMER TO San Francisco. Tie Swanhilda
is a slow sldp, and the steamer rapidly dis
tanced it, landing the detectives long be
fore the slower boat heaved within 81 ght of
tile heads. Another detective was dis
patched to Scotland Yard, London, to pre-
pare a requisition for the extraditiOn OF the
murderer Tie cable was set in motion, and
while Butler was sailing the blue Pacific. all
arrangements for his arrest on board the
SwanhiIda were made by telegraph The
captain OF a passing ship informed Capt.
Fraser of the Swanhilda of the mans
crimes. Butler was not put in irons, as he
was quiet and efficient sailor. When
captured on the Swanhilda he denied that
his name was Butler, claiming that his name
was EIgan, but in his baggage were found
articles belonging TO q number OF his vic
tins, especially Capt Weller, sufficient to
convict him many times. Information from
Australia since his capture shows that But
Ter Inasqueraded under many names and
the number of the murders he is guilty Of
must forever remain a matter of specula-
ton unless tle decides to make a confession,
which is by no means likely.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
Kentucky Curiosities.

There is a white grounding over on the
Elkhorn bushes, says the Sandy News. 1t
is pure white, and pays little attention TO
the weather in its peregrinations. A
passerby who saw it two or three times
before grounding day tells us it was one
OF the prettiest animals he ever saw, but
it was too shy OF him to get near enough
to lasso it.
The death of little Mary Upton, says
the Arlington News, recalls to our miud
the large number of deaths which have
occurred in the Widow Bourne's family
during the past three and a half years.
During that period of time she has lost
her husband, mother, one daughter, two
nicces, two grandchildren, one brother, and
one sister-in-law.
Last August there was a big protr3cted
meeting held in the northwes est end OF
Caldwell county, says the Banner, and the
preacher not only pleaded with sinners,
but warned them of the certainty of death
and the uncertainty of life Since thatmeet-
ing forty of those to whom he preached
have died. His words seem most prophetic
The evening times., 1897-02-12
ALASKA KNOCKS.

The people Of Alaska are petitioning the
Congress to grant them representation by a
territorial delegate, and larger measure
of selr-governmcnt than they now enjoy.
and both requests ought to be granted
Alaska is practically cut off from COM
munication with the States for many
months in the year. Its mines and FISH,
cries are OF great Importance and employ
large capital and many men. Under present
conditions il is difficult for the people TO
bring their wants and interests properly
and effectively TO the attention OF the law
making power, and it is to be hoped that a
very thorough and adequate reorganiza-
tion of the domain may be granted and
effected before long. 1t is too late to ex-
pect it under the present Administration;
but the question is one important enough
to engage the attention OF the New broom
very early in the next one.
The evening times., 1897-02-12

The abb olute absence OF conscience or
sympathy which he displays is unparal-
leled among civilized people during recent
times. Thestory OF hiscrimes ishOTIifyiDg.
No sane. man, with the exception OF ii H.
Holmes, is knownto have manifested such
lack of feeling or to have carried on his
murdeIous business with such positive brn-
tality. Butler is a sayage planted in the
midst OF civilization, Comparatively noth-
ing is krown OF his former life. He is a
mining pIospector and a seaman. He is
known to have been in San Francisco four
years ago Hence he went to Africa to
search for gold, and from Africa he mi
grated TO A australia. He is an EDglishman
of stature something above middle height,
with heavy eyes, bronzed complexion. and
perhapsforty yeaTsofage. disappearance
The evening times., 1897-02-12
The Town of .IJsed-to-Be "

Grandma lives III a funny place,
The town of 'Used-to-Be,'
Where streets are rturnpikes'' and people
are folks"
And a nice hot supper tea"
Where is the town of 'Use-to-Be?'
In grandma s memory bright.
The way?" Upstairs to grandma's room
lThe coy room on the right J..
When can you go thcre?" Twilight's best,
For the dreamy glow in the crate
Lights the waytothe tow o." Used to Be, :,
AnG nobody need to walt.
And ugh! the sermons, two hours long,
And three of them Sabbath day,
In a "meetingplace" so cold and Grear,
Where the "tight-stove' held its sway.
But il grandma shows you a summer scene,
In farmhouse and orchard fair,
With rows Of cheese on dairy shelves,
Ard bees in the clover sweet air.
And there, beyond, in the kitchen wide,
Grandma herself at the wheel,
Spinning. singing, a fair young bride,
You cay, for you can but feel:
What dear, dear town OF 'Used-to-Dc.' -
Bat grandma q voice drops low,
And she says with half-sad, balfswcet
smile:
Twas all so long agoi''
Boston Transcript.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
Odd Items From Anywhere

A Vermont man, who has carried the
| mail twelve miles twice day and received
| the munificent sum of l cent for the four
years, is to have $50 for the next -four
years.
In Penobscot county, Me, the fines i'm
posed on dealers who violate the liquor law
pay all the county expenses The fines are
| collected with as much regularity as il
| they were licenses.
| Probably the oldest schoolhouse now
| used in Maine is situated in West Gardiner
and which is 104 years old 1t has been
known as the merrill Road schoolhouse
for half a century.
| The native police in the foreign settle
ment at Yokohama, having mastered the
| English language, are now studying the
Russian, Chinese and Korean tongues as
part OF their police duty.
The Boston Library has s62s 900 volumes,
with $4,000 separate editions of Shake
speare's works. 1t stands second to the
| Congressional Library at Washington in
the number Of its volumes.
A surface composed Of stearin, paraffin
and ozokerite has been patented by Willard.
of Paris, and is intended TO replace ice for
skating, the elements of its composition
varying according to the season.
Miss A. b. Whitney, OF Lancaster, Mass,
is to be judge Of st. Bernards and New
foundlands at the twenty-first annual dog
show OF the Westminster Kennel Club, to
be held in Madison Square Garden during
the week commencing on Washington's
birthday.
The stage between Olamon and Burling-
ton, Me-, fs driven by Mrs. Hall. She
made sixty-seven trips last year from
Olamon to Burlington. She made seven
teen trips during the month of December.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather.
During 1896 the big Anaconda copper
mine, in Montana, earned a profit of $4,-
600, 900, the output in that year being
107,000,o00 pounds OF copper, nearly
500, 600 ounces OF silver, and about 15,
900 ounces of gold. More than ST, 1,oo0,-
600 was spent on improvements.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
BEST BRUSH THE HAIR.
No Treatment Is More Conducive ia
Luxuriant Locks.

Many absurd directions for the care OF
the hair are found in the toilet directions
OF the day, and really injurious washes
and lotions are often recommended: but
only the plainest common-sense rules need
to be followed to keep it Iuxuriant To
improve the growth and luxuriance Of
the hair when languid or defective, the
only natural and perfectly safe method
that can be adopted is TO promote the
healthy action Of the skin Of the scalp by
increasing the vigor OF the circulation of
the blood through its minute vessels For
this purpose nothing is so simple and ef-
fective as the well-known rule OF gently
exciting the skin by frequent eOntinued
friction with the hair brush.
The same object may be further pro-
NOTED by the application OF any simple
cosmetic wash OF other preparation that
will excite and stimulate the skin OF ex-
ercise tonic action upon it without clos
ing the pores.
Strong rosemary water or rosemary
tea, and a weak solution OF the essential
oil of either rosemary OF garden thyme
are popular articles of this kind. They
may be rendered more stimulating by
the addition Of a little ammonia or spirit,
or both. The skin of the head should be
moistened with them on each occasion OF
dressing the hair, and their diffusi on and
action promoted by the use OF a good
hair brush.
When the skin is pale lax and wrin kIed,
astringent washes may be used, when the
skin and hair ore dry, and the latter is
inclined 10 be unmanageable little glyceF-
Inc is an appropriate addition to the
preceding washes or lotions The occasional
use Of a little bland oil, strongly scented
with oil of rosemary or of Origanum, or
with the oil of mace, or very slightly
tipctured with cantharides, is also good
when there is poorness or dryness OF ths
skin and hair.
The evening times., 1897-02-12

One day while Mr.. Miuick. private sec
retary to General Villas, was engrossed in
departmental work, his mind was diverted
by conversation between the two mes
sengers. Ross, who has become a we'll
known figure since, was try wing to instruct
Cruso, a. new recruit, in the rudiments of
arithmetic The first example was:
Suppose you were to buy $50 pounds OF
beef at o cents pound; what would it
amount to?"
Cruso scratched his woody head, figured
over several sheets of paper, using the
rubber end of his pencil quite as often
as the lead, and finally handed the an
swer in, which proved to beincorrect
mo. no, said Ross. Let me give you
another. Now suppose you were TO buy 800
pounds of pork at 8 cents pound; what
would that amount to" hoping to get him,
by strategy, to solve the problern again
go way, dar, man." said Cruso, ''doan
Y s'pose any fools gwine t. know beef's
WORT mon poke?'
And he refused. in disgust, to work out so
foolish question
The evening times., 1897-02-12
a warninU to smokers

From the Springfield Republican.
Smokers who pride themselves upon their
use of choice imported Turkish tobacco
may well have a care lest they get toe
lively dose of nicotine in their pipes.
New York dealers have discovered that a
peculiar grub, taking the forms of worm
and beetle, is injecting the Turkish to-
bacco and living upon 1t. The fine Havana
brands are not free from the pest, more
over, and only the American leaf is found
to be untouched. 1t will be q fine thing
for the domestic grower If the tobacco
worm continues to manifest strong pref
erence for imported weeds.
The evening times., 1897-02-12

the knowledge OF the police and the people
IL was learned that during August Frank
p. Harwood had gone prospecting with But
ler and was never seen afterward- In Sep
tember another weil-known II an in Sydney
named Lesale was known to have gone
prospecting with Butler. Lesale did not re-
turn, and it is certain that Butter disposed
of him in the same manner ia which he
treated his other victims. Frank Campbell
is another young man who ans wered But
ler's advertisements, and who has never
been heard OF since the two left Sydney on
a prospecting tour. After Campbell's dis
appearance another youn man, whosename
is not known, was seen in Buffers com
pany. He, too, is missing. and there is me-
doubt that Butler caused the death of him
also.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
Try. Try Again .

For toothache, Oil OF cloves, applied in
the tooth with cotton.
For whooping cough, two ounces OF olive
Oil, one ounce OF oil of amber, aud one
drachm OF oil of cloves, rubbed on the
chest at bedtime.
For sore throat, sage tea. with vinegar
20 ma ke it acid, and sugar to make ettsweet.
For cough, small piece of resin in u
vessel on the back of the stove
For burn, prepared chalk, made into
thick paste with lard.
For bad breath, six to ten drops Of
chloride of lime In a winegIaSsful Oe
water each morning.
For warts, acetic acid.
For bleeding at the nose. powdered alun,,
as a snuff. Good Housekeeping.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
A Vain Search

The cannibal chief was clearly angry.
Ibid you not inform me- he demanded,
that the new missionary was a man OF
innate delicacy?"
The minion cringed. ut was so stated in
the invoice, sire,'' he faltered.
The savage nabob laid down his napkin
with a jar that spilled the gravy-boat
well, them" he blundered, ''you find it'll
I'm fond Of imported delicacies New
York Press.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
Things worth Knowing

Silks that have had the color taken out
of them by acids may be restored by apply
spot.
If pinch Of powdered alum is stirred
into the batter Of which ginger snaps are to
be made the snaps will be more crisp and
brittle.
To remove marks on vanished table
made by placing hot dish upon 1t. pour
some kerosene over the spot and rub well
with a soft cloth.
To shine boots quickly do not blacken;
but rub with a piece Of orange. Let the
juice dry in. and then polish with soft
brush, when they will shine like a mirror.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
SIDEWALK STORIES

One balmy Sunday afternoon a coiored
nanny helped her five spick and span ba-
bies on the car, then turned, with her hand
on the rail and one foot on the step, 60
make some comment TO her 'oie man. be-
hind her. The conductor fused and fumed,
with his hand on the bell-rope and a scowl
on his face, and the ''ole man adnlonished
her ''t'hus'le on"
With all her native independence, and re-
gariless OF the fact that she had blockatletl
the cable line, she replied:
''ole man, | hus'les all de week, emf yu
thinks Use gwine t'hus1e on Sunday you's
a FOOL
The evening times., 1897-02-12

No man in public office ever received a
greater number of original letters than
John Wanamaker, Also he has received
more begging letters from self-appointed
Christians, who had heard OF his philan-
thropy The following letter is from a
postmaster living in d small town in South
Carolina:
II understand that you are a philan-
~thropist, as well as a shrewd business man.
i am postmaster here. and want TO be re-
appointed. 1 can't, however, fill the
place unless you send me pair of pants.
The pair / have on have been Lalf-soled
so often they can't be re-soied any more.
'.In my intervals of leisure (which is
about all the time sit outin front of the
office on top of flour barrel, and when
ladies inquire for mail / treat them with
the utmost Difference, retreating back
wards before them.
There is another man here looking for
the place He don't know a d--m thing,
but he has good pair of breeches, and
If you can't send me a pair, you can treat
this letter as my resignation, and give the
office TO him.
The evening times., 1897-02-12

Blanche Walsh had the misfortune to fall
heavily on the stage during the last re-
hearsal of Straight from the Heart" in
New York. She sustained a cut on her
nose, and one OF her eyes was discolored.
Netting a well-known physician at the bed
si1e OF a sick friend the next day, he
askei
why Blanche. what is the trouble? Is
it a bike?''
No" replied Miss Walsh quietly; "only
a melodrama."
The evening times., 1897-02-12
"M0nSter Of Blue Mountains
A MAN WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE


Frank Butler, ''the monster of the Blue
Mountains will be taken back to Aus
traliaint the ship Alameda, which sails from
San Francisco shortly.
Special care will be taken OF the MUIR
derer from the moment he leaves San
Francisco until he is turned over to the
authorities at Sydney. The special apart
ment which will contain Butler, under the
extra guard of the two colonial detectives
who caIne hither to effect his arrest, will
be built of sixinch planks, and every pos
sible means will be used to prevent his
escape The life Of this great criminal is
unique in the history of modern crime
So amazing have been his offenses that it
is impossible to recount them without in
volving doubt of his sanity Yet there
can be no Question of the fact that Butler
is simple example of that cruelty and
brutality that now and then manifests
itself among modern civilized peoples.
The evening times., 1897-02-12
Finding the Cause.

"You say your back is sore, your arms
have strained feeling, and your eyes
bulge from your head?''
"Yes, doctor"
'tDoes your wife keep plants?''
'We have them in every room"
well, just hire somebody else to carry
them around. Two dollars, please -
Plain Dealer.