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The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
A CHINESE BABY QUARTET.

The Howard NJ Z church Gave a Con-
cert Yesterday in Which Quartet
of Chinese Babies Took Part.
The Howard street NJ E. Church de-
parted from its customary morning ser
vice Yesterday. and gave the church over
to the Sunday school. And The little
folks did themselves proud" 1t was
"erand quarterly review" and all the
lessons for the past three months were re-
viewed by the pastor and the children.
After that came concert, il which many
of the little ones took part.
On the programme there was Chinese
male Quartet and the dearest little Chi
nese baby quartet, consisting of five of the
tiniest tots imaginable, who sang with all
their hearts about little children asleep.
All of their gestures were as quaint as
could be. They sang twice. Another little
baby o distinguished herself was Miss
Grace Eleanor Morris. She has q re-
markabiy strong, clear voice for one so
young. A recitation by Miss Phelps IN the
mute language Was also interesting. Her
man Brandps orchestra contributed the
music for the occasion.
Following is the complete progra mme
rendered:
Music. orcqestra; singing "Au Hail the
Power; prayer; singing, RESCUE the Perish
ing; lesson subjects, IN concert; singing,
Chinese male quartet recitation, Miss Phelps ;
solo, Miss Morris; golden texts, in concert;
singing, ION CRlyary's Brow; orchestra
Hermann BrandtS orchestra, "Cavalleria
Rusticana" lesson STORIES Miss De Tubbevle,
Miss Hanks and Mr.. Over; recitation. Miss
Anna McCrossou, Praying for Shoes" lesson
stories, Miss Dingley, Miss Kennett and Mr.
Hanks; singing, al Know That My Redeemer
Llyeth'; lesson stories, Miss Mayhem, Mr..
Thomas and Miss Thomas; singing, Chinese
baby quartet; lesson stories, Miss shattuck
Mr.. Donaldson and Mr.. Smith; recitation. Miss
Phelps; music, orchestra; doxology and bene.
diction.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
A MIRACULOUS FORTUNE.

John D. Rockefeller sleeps eight and half
hours every night. retiring at 10 80 and rising
at7 Every morning when he gets I'D he is
$17,705 richer than he was when he went TO
bed. He sits down to breakfast at 8 O'Clock
and leaves the table at 80, and in that short
time his wealth has grown $1O41 so. On Sun
day he goes to church, and in the two hours
he is away from home his riches have grown
$4166. His nightly amusement is playing the
violin. Every evening when he picks up the
instrument he is $50, 900 richer than when he
LAID il down the previous night These little
iacts give some idea OF the relentless growth
of this mans fortune, writes "a New York cor
respondent of the st. Paul Globe
The average great millionaire is content If
his wealth is so invested that it will bring in
per cent. Many are content with 3 per cent
but the Rockefeller riches earn more than z
per cent.
JUS how Mr. Roekefeller's fortune iumped
S2O,0OO,O 600 in three mouths is easily ex-
planned. He owns 500 600 shares OF the
standard Oil Company, or d trifle more than
one-half et the totsl capitalization. The par
value of these is $4,000 600. In Fe Uruary
last the certificates were sold at $3.50 At this
figure his holdings were worth $3.50. 600 OOO
To-day, at $500, they are worth $3.50, ,0OO, 600
Last August Standard Oil certificates were sold
at $3.50 At this figure his holding, were
worth $4,000, ,OOO or 100000 less than
they are to-day.
Jay Gould achieved worldwide fame as a
money-maker. When he died he left $72,-
100000, and the world stood aghast at The
wonderful achievements of the man-S72-
100000 in forty years, almost 50 600 600
year!
But here is a man whose wealth has grown
at the rate of So ,000, 900 month and the
outsios world scarcely dreams of III a man
who earned his first quarter of q dollar hoeing
potatoes on 1iosn County farm, in the upper
part OF this State; man who, 80 years old,
did not have $1,000 to his name
Some people say that money is not made as
easily or as rapidly nowadays as 1t used to be.
Ihls may be true as far as the generality of
money makers is concerned, but the chosen
few, of which Rockefeller is the premier are
piltng up riches to-day faster than ever
Where in the history OF the world did any
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
ON A v CAtICN.

Now doth the city idiot his pleasant home desert.
he wanders OF 10 some Old lake and dons a fan
mel shirt;
There in apartments two by four be tries to take
his cas-,
While fighting animaIcuIe, mosquitoes, bugs aud
fieas-
H hasu't room to take his breath but yet he tries
smile
In a sickIy, sentimental way for that's the proper
yle.
''How is the climate ?" some one asks. swen,'
he says, "as q rule,
Although the das 5 are pretty warm, the nights
are always cool "
He wandeIs up and down the beach, reciting
poems and such,
And looks down the other chumps as if they
weren't much:
He ia ks of boats and rigging and the larboard
the lee
AS If he would impress folk that he'd sometime
been
He htches up his trousers like a sailor on the
stage,
Aud prs.tes TO small schoolgirls of very tender
II some one says, "How hot iG isr he shouts,
You goldarued TOOL
Although the days - pretty warm, the nights are
always co :" - Paul Dispatch.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
DR.. BROWNS CHAMPION.
The Many Friends of the Late Mrs.
Sarah Il Cooper Are Deeply In
censed by the Accusations.


censed by the Accusations.
Considerable indignation was expressed
yesterday by the many friends of the late
Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, over the pamphlet t
issued by Maurice woodlands, who, dur
ing the trial OF DR.. Brown, acted as Judge
advocate" Mr.. Gaden, one of the strong
est friends of Mrs. Cooper, was deeply in
censed and expressed himself in no very
mild terms about the infamous parcel of
lies" IF the dead could only speak"
said he, lin less than five words she could
show TO the people of San Francisco what
tissue of lies that pamphlet is. Her enc
mics had TO wait, however, until she was
not able to defend herself They dared not
do it while she was alive.
''At no time did she wish 10 withdraw
from the council, although she was re-
peatedly urged TO do so by her friends.
She had strong notion of duty and said
she would stay with it to the end. This
pamphlet also says that l applied for ad
mission as a mem Der of the church. Wbv
l did no such thing. Mrs. Cooper was
anxious TO have me do so, but | knew for
some time before the trial Just what sort
OF man Brown was and 80 declined TO do
So
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
BESIDE The PACIFIC.
Crowds at the Park-Varied En.ertai,
ments at Baths and Chutcs

IN
ments at Baths and Chutcs
The showers yes erday caused a verv
light attendance at tie park and ocean
bsach. There was not a single accident
or arrest, and the doctors and the police
men had nothing to break the monotonv
but the earthquake.
The programme at Sutro Baths vester-
day was long and unusually good one
and deserved much better audience Than
the very limited one which enioved II
Ihe entertainments at the baths are he
coming more varied in their attractions
than they have been Of recent mnntbs
esterday there was vaudeville perforr-
anee by the London Pantomime and Mnsi.
cal Com pany, which gteatly pleased the
spectators.
The acrobatic feats of the Fernando
Iamliy We're wonderful, particularly one
IN winch boy, standing on the uptnrned
Ieet OF his fellow-actor, is tossed hivh in
ar, Wheie he turns a somersault an6
ahgnls on the pair OF feet that flung him
aIoI'. The performance had many inter-
estlng features. The jubilee fireworks
9Ispiay which was announced for Satur-
oay mas been postponed till Monday night
because OF the wet weather
AT the Chutes preparations are being
rnaae Tor further celebrating the British
Queens jubilee. A curious mechanical
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
LESSON OF THE EARTHQUAKE

The slight vibration of the earth, which
was not generally felt in this City yester-
day, but which made itself known more
generally In other parts of the State,
proves that the lesson of what is known
''s the great earthquake of 1858 was not
learned in vain. Before that sharp re-
minder came CalifoTnians were in the
habit of building their houses in
the most flinsy way. Buildings of brick
were erected solely with an eye TO the
saving OF expense, because there were no
cyclones to be feared and the temblors
which visited the State every few years
were not, and had not been from time i'm
memorial, severe enough TO call for more
than ordinary care in building. Califor-
MAS mild and equable climate was re-
sponsible for ramshackle structures that
would not be tolerated in the land of The
thunder and the tornado.
So when the great temblor of 1868 came
along a few buildings on made ground
with unanchored walls were cracked and
the scare was so great that for period of
fifteen years the building of houses OF
brick was almost entirely Suspended.
After that period brick and stone came TO
be used again. and when it was seen that
even on made ground reclaimed from the
mud of the bay, buildings properly con-
structed were not even cracked as to the
plaster on the walls, capitalists saw what
the matter had been and in San Francisco
was inaugurated an era of tall buildings.
Since the Mills the Crocker, the Chron-
icle, the Hobart, the Psrrott and other
tall buildings, with steel frames, were
erected, they have not been affected by
any OF the tenn blors which have visited
this City. THE CALL building, with its
unfinished interior, and which towers the
fourth highest business structure in the
world, and which would stand as a good
test as to whether the modern sky-scraper
could Withstand the shiver of the earth
quake, was not in the least affected. Nor
was there the slightest visible indication
of the temblor on the made ground east
OF Montgomery street, even in cases where
brick buildings were built on piles.
The lesson of the past has been well
needed. There was no damage whatever
in this City, while the damage in the
country was due to slipshod and faulty
methods of building. In the future the
temblor, which has been mercifully given
Us IN lieu of the sunstroke, the thunder
bolt, the blizzard, the cyclone, which
every year sweep portions of the great
East and West. will have no terrors for
the man who desires to erect sky-scrapers
in San Francisco.
This last shiver of terra frma will no
doubt be appreciated by the interior and
the coast Iart of the State, and fimsy
structures will be found Improbable, as
they should have been long ago.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
WItH YOUR COFFEE

1t is presumed there are places from which
mer.-New Orleans Picayune.
He-I don't know why It is, but never can
do anything as o woman wants it done.
She-She don't know why it is Why, it's
because you're a man.-Chicago Journal.
Can YOU tell me. professor, If this amber
iewelry is genuine p?
"Oh, that's easily determined. Soak it in
alcohol TWEEN ty -four hours. If it's genuine it
will then have disappeared" - Fliegende
Blaetter.
Summer Boarder-Oa, Mrs Furrow, Will you
let me have four OF your biggest doughnuts?
Mrs. Furrow (highiy fattered)-Certainly; !;
you Kin have dozen OF 'em.
Summer Boarder-Four will be enough.
want 10 use them for quoits.-Judge.
81 have read every book in my husbands
Library. 1 really dom know what to do for
sometalng to read,' said newly married
woman TO & lady friend.
you don't know what TO do? Why, what's
the matter with getting another husbsnd?'-
Tsmmany Times.
Said Beardsley boy 10 Bradley girl,
Whom he met on a poster blue:
81 haven't an idea who am.
And who the deuce are you? ?"
Said The Bradley girl 10 Beardsley boy:
an tell you what 1 think
came into b-ing one night last wrek
hen cat tipped over the ink"
Exchange.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

sets in, for business is always more or less
dull during the summer
As far as money is concerned the supply
was never larger. Furthermore, the cir.
culation is continually increasing. The
Government vaults are full of coin, the
banks all over the country are carrying
large quantities and the reserves are high.
The only drawback is lack of complete
confidence. When this is fully restored
there will be a demand for this money and
business will be brisk again. And it is
only question of months or possibly
weeks when this demand will appear.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
MEN AND WOMEN,

Krupp, the ARTILLERY king" recently
bought the Germania docks at Kiel for
$I,5S0,0o0.
DR.. Mary Walker argued a case before Jus
tice Knowlton OF the Mass chuse its Supreme
Court in Springfield last week and acquitted
herself creditably.
Aprina Turapa Ngatu, full-blooded Maori
wHo was recently graduated from Canterbury
College, England. IS now practicing lawyer
in Auckland, New Zealand.
The will of Mrs. Sarah Withers of Blooming
ton. Ind, bequeaths $4,000 tc found library
in Nicholasville, Ky, where she was born.
Some years ago she established the Wtthers
Library in Bloomington.
The city of Leipsie, for many years the resi-
deuce of Robert SchumRun, is soon to have n
monument TO the great musician. The model
has been made by Werner Stein, who received
the order for IL from a wealthy woman OF that
city, an amateur OF music, whose name is not
revealed.
Charles A. Hackley, millionaire phi!an-
thropist of Muskegon, Mich, restricts himself
to simple living. 1t is said of him that he has
ridden in his family carriage only once and
he owns fine summer residence on the lake,
he has rarely seen it.
young woman was at the Bazaar de Ia
Charlie in Paris with her fance when the fire
broke out. He ran at the first alarm, leaving
her alone but she managed to get out and go
home There she found the young man, who
had politely called to see il she was safe. He
was shown the door.
North Carolina has a tobacco farmer in Miss
Sue NJ. Conner, pretty young woman who
lives near Madison She does all the work on
the farm herself and recently brought her
crop of tobacco 10 Winston. 1t was sold and
brought good round price.
Dexter Gigger and his brother Elbridge the
sole male Survivors of wnat was once the DOW
ertul Hassanamisco tribe of Indians in Maine
are petitioning the Legislature of that State
for an annuity of $3.50 each. There are two
other survivors, both old women, who receive
pensions OF $500 aud 5000 respectively.
Elder John Davis of Princeton, N. j., is in
his eighty-third year and has lived In ten or
twelve States. He is member of the Christian
church ana preached in that church for ifry-
three years and until he was too intirm for the
active duties of q preacher. Mr.. Davis says he
was the humble instrument in redeeming
1857 persons at meetings held in Virginia
Tennessee and Kentucky.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
QUEEN VICTORIA PUNISaES LEsR
EAJESTE
London Figaro.

was being shown over the royal yacht at
Portsmouth by an Admiral, and he explained
the various points of interest. At last we came
to the Queens cabin. 'Here," said he "is
where the Queen found MILDLY trying on her
bonnet at the looking glass, and she gave him
box on The ears whicn reSounded right awav
TO the quarter deck" 'WeN," said "that
was better than running his career for boylsh
prank" "Oh," he replied, ''he didn't get off
with smack He was sent home next dav.
and his people were given hint to take his
name off the books at once. It was a pity. for
he was Jolly little fellow and didn't mean
aQy harm
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
A FELINE BICYCLIST.

Dixie Norton of 4011 Drexel boulevard is
the only cat in the world that rides bicycle,
says the Chicago News.
He is the sensation OF cyclers as Mrs. Leland
Norton spins down the boulevard with her
pet. He stands erect in a fanciful Indian bas-
ket that hangs from the handle-Dar and
watches the sights with all the eagerness OF a
happy child at a carnival.
"How did Dixie learn to ride? Why" said
Mrs. Norton, che was always crazy TO go out,
and ono evening last summer picked up mis-
basket and held him at arms length while
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
S25 Rate to Chicago via the Great
Santa Fe Route.

The low rates made for Christian Endeavorers
will be open to the public well. An opporu-
nifty TO visit the East never before enjoyed BY Cal
ifornians Pullman Palace Drawing Sleep
ingcars OF the latest pattern Modern upholstered
tourist sIeeping-cars daily through from OAK
land pier 10 Chicago. See timetable in advertls-
ing column. San Francisco ticket office 644 Market
street, Chronicle hui ding. Telephone Main l53l
Oakland Ills Broadway
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

"Pll tell the people who talk about employ
ing you that you are incapable of false
hoodp' said the warm friend.
"Thank you, ever so much; only express it
carefully There's a good deal OF difference,
you know, between saying that m an can
not tell lie and declaring that he has no
diplomacy. '"-Washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

CoRoNADo.-Atmospher is perfectly dry soft
and mild, being entirely free from the mists com
mon further north. Round trip tickets by steam
ship Including fifteen days board the Hoteld Isl
Coronado, $50; longer stay 50 so per day Apply
4 New Montgomery street, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
..srrs. winslow's soothing syrup.

"hlrs. " II BOW SoOthIng syrup''
has been used over fifty years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething with per-
feet 1t 500; hes the child soHtens The gums
aIlays Pain. cures Wind Collie. regulates he Bowels
and is the best remedy for DIarrhoeas whether as-
ing from tee.hing or other For sale by drug
Eists In every part Of the world. Be sure and ask
soE MIS-. NinBiow's Soothing Syrup 25c a bottle.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL
me suMMsK muNrns.

Are you going TO the country vacation II
60 It is no trouble lor Us to forward THE CALL 10
your address. Do not let it miss you for you will
miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at
Business Office will receive prompt attention.
no EXTRA CHARGE. Fifty cents per month
for summer months
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

But short me ago Senator Tillman
was an honored guest at a free-trade ban
quet in Boston, and now the whole gang
IS denouncing him as batherskite.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21
$50 90 to ST. Paul, Minneapolis and
Chicago.

Tickets win be sale July 12 to The 18th. Good
final limit, August 10; stopover allowed. It's
splendid opportunity 10 take trip 10 Chicago and
stop OF at the famous Yellowstone Park. Send
cents in stamps for illustrate ed book, ssWonder-
land TO T. h. Stateler, general agent Northern
Pacific Railway, 638 Market street, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

Discussions of the relative merits OF
free trade and protection will be confined
in this country hereafter 10 DEBATING So
cieties or academic essays
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

contrivance has Just been completed there
called "a Trip 10 Ogden," which gives the
impression of a railway journey through
fields, mountains and tunnels, with an oc-
casionai rainstorm. Adgie's lions will be
at the Chutes this week.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The country would be glad to have
Simpson, Lewis or some other crank try
another turn with the Speaker, Just TO en-
IiYen the House little.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The Sultan's argument in favor of re-
tanning Thessaly as a spoil of war consists
OF 400 200 men in field, and it will take
something more than concert harmony
to beat that
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

Mamma don't want you 10 play with that
Jones boy. He isn't fl company for you.
Johnnie-An right When he asks me 10
play with him Pll tell him you said he amt
fit company for me, and he'll tellhis mother
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

1t has been predicted that the tariff de-
bate will end this week, but there is no
betting on it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The jubilee wave rolls round the world,
and the Britisher is half persuaded that
he owns the earth.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

WHEN you feel as cross as a cat" dose OF
Ayers Pills viii make you as good natureI as a
kitten. Try them for piliousBess
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

sPEcrAL information daily to manufacturer,
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping Bureau tAllen's), $40 Montgomery
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The best thing the new South has pro-
duced up to date is protection sentiment,
and that sentiment will go far toward
enabling the new South to produce other
good things.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The report from Chicago that the Pull
man Company has received orders for
5000 coaches shows that good times are
coming and the people are going to do
their travelling in palatial style.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The only feature OF Princeton life to
which Cleveland pays much attention is
said to be baseball, and perhaps the fat
man might have been diamond crank
himself ii official duties had not made
him a fisherman.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The will of Mrs. Sarah Withers of Blooming
ton. Ind, bequeaths $4,000 tc found library
in NIcholasyille, Ky, where she was born.
Some years ago she established the Withers
Library in Bloomington.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The extent to which antagonism to
alien labor is carried in the East is illus
trated by the fact that the Pennsylvania
Legislature has passed bill requiring all
corporations 10 deduct from the wages of
aliens in their employ a sum sufficient to
pay the taxes assessed against them. A
bill has also been passed i'm posing a tax
of 3 cents day on each unnaturalized
adult malc, to be deducted from wages by
their employers. The validity OF these
statutes will have to be decided by the
courts, but there can be no question of
their significance.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

By way of encouraging home literature,
as 1t were, Texts hereafter is to use in her
public schools no books except those
written by Texas authors, and the kind of
culture she viii bring forth is calculated
to make even a Kansan shudder.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

The project of the people of Liverpool
to erect a monument TO Mrs. Hemens
seems like an attem pit to gain for tnat city
something OF literary reputation. The
poems Of Mrs. Hemens do not rank high
IN the records OF literature, but as she
wrote better than any one else ever asso-
ciated with that commercial metropolis
the only way for the ciIIzens to exalt
themselves is to raise a memorial to her
and raise il high.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

Governor Pingree of Michigan has re-
Gently expressed regret that over in Illi-
nois notorious boodlers are taken into
what Is called the best society and are
honized By what is known as the re-
spectacle element" 1t is now the turn OF
Governor Tanner to pass some remarks
on tie social culture and potato patches
of Detroit, and then the equilibrium of
the lake States will be restored and the
atmosphere return to its normal summer
warmth.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

cAL1EoRN1A giace fruits soc lb. Townsend'a.'
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

Aprina Turapa Ngatu, full-blooded Maori.
VINO was recently graduated from Canterbury
College, England. IS now a practicing lawyer
in Auckland, New Zealand.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

BUSINESS OFFICE:
11O Market Street,
fan Francisco, California.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

a New York merchant on his recent re-
turn from Europe told the customs Off
GERS he had no dutiable goods in his pos
session, but on searching him they found
25O artificial eyes in his pockets. This is
one case where ''bully boy with a glass
eye" had mora eyes upon him than he
counted on.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

One of the novelties of the season is a
movement started IN Chicago TO cele brat e
the Fourth of July on what are called
christian citizenship lines" by substi-
tuting sermons for irecrackers. 1t Is a
novelty, moreover, OF which we should
make as much as possible this year, for it
is not likely to stay with Us long.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-21

1t Is time for the rural papers of Cali
fornia to be getting out their spring re-
ports, for story is going the rounds in
the East that in New Jersey there have
been grown this season some Strawberries
30 large that dozen of them fills quart.