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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06
A GATHERING OF CLANS.
Scottish Societies VIII Be Out in Force
at the Fair To- Night.

at the Fair To- Night.
All the Scottish societies OF this City
Will be out In force at the Mechanics Pa
vilion tonight, the management having
set apart this evening as Scottish night.
At 730 O'Clock procession will be formed
at Shiels building, 30 O'Farrell street,
compo> ed of representatives OF the ST.
Andrews Society, Caledonian Club. This
tie Club Clan Fraser and Clan MacD onald.
Grand Marshal J. A J. Mcdonald and
his chief aid, Jchn Reid, will lead the ad-
vance. Chiefs Chalmers, William Nicol,
John NJ. Duncan and William Dawson
will assist in marshaling the Scottish
hosts.
At the Pavilion the Scots will march
around the hall to the music of the pipes,
and during the intermission a program me
OF music and dancing will be rendered.
Oh Tuesday night the various German
turning societies OF the City will present
an elaborate programme.
On w edneSday night the Germans will
take charge OF the Pavilion.
Admission day will be celebrated in the
most appropriate manner.
On Friday night the Odd Fellow. will
be present in mum bers and the Battle OF
Gettys ysburg" will be present ted for the last
time.
On Saturday night the visiting letter
carriers Will be the guests OF the trustee s
OF The institute, and the local force, head
ed by the Letter Carriers Band. will assist
in rendering them hearty welcome.
the programme of music for this after
noon and evening is as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06
TALKS OF SINGLE TAX,
Hon. j. ID. Stevens of Portland Gives
His Ideas on the Evils of Land
MOnOnOlY

The Single Tax Society was addressed
last night at Red Mems Hall by Hon. ].
d. Stevens of Portland, Or His subject
was of very omprehensive compass and
em braced single tax, railways, the press,
the initiative and referendum and the i'm
perative mandate. He said the people in
his country were very much divided as to
the root of present evils and their ideas of
what would remedy them. Some thought
the adoption of the single tax was the
cure for society's ills; some said co-opera-
tion some the suppression OF the liquor
traffic, and others thought the initiative
and the referendum would set everything
10 rights.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06
FIRED THREE SHOTS.
Meaders' Saloon the Scene of an Early
Morning Fracas.

Meaders' Saloon tho Scene of an Early
Morning Fracas.
Meaders' saloon, on the corner of Grant
avenue and Morton street, was the scene
OF an ea-ly morning shooting fratas. in
VIII icu Mike Rsggett anu bill" Gleason
were the principal actors.
The trouble occurred at 6 o'clock yester.
day m orning when several of the hangers
on of that locality were winding up their
nights carousal.
Through some misunderstanding be-
tween those two, both of whom were the
worse of liquor. Ragget; pulled his pistc |
and fired three shots at Gleason, who was
in the act of going out through the door,
way to escape. Fortunately none of the
snots took effect.
The police were on the scene imme.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06
Gold en- Gates Road Race.

The Golden Gate cycling Club held FIVE
mile road race over the San Leandro and Hay
wards course yesterday. Sixteen contes tants
had entered and large number of prizes had
oeen offered W. Ruhser, with handicap of
minute and hail. first place and ]
d ack. one OF the scratch men, made the besi
tme over the course, 13 minutes 25 Is sec
onds.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06

Superstition in Persia. about a hundred
years ago. led to the adoption of a queer
remedy for cholera. The sufferers rolled
leaf of the Koran into pill and swal.
loved 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06
find dpHl) Ivy LEaMlaz-
~ DothHeMeditate:

offices efficiently. No sane citizen would
undertake TO manage business or lead pro-
fesSional life and fill our National Presidents
chair. Aud surely we are glad that God has
not elected US TO sit on his throne.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06

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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06
STATE ELECTRO MEDICAL INSTITUTE
Cor. Market, Powell and Eddy Sts,,
ENTRANCE 3 EDDY STREET,
San Francisco, Cal,

TEN YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE
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Pacific Coast in the treatment of all Chronic
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The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06

Ancient" coins, many of which ante
date the Christian era, are Tade IN large
quantities in London and find sale all over
the world.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06

ATIERNOON.
Overture, Maritana". Wallace
Serenade, '>ing, smile, Sumber" ......... Gounod
Cornet obliga by Mr.. Mahood
Selection "Erminie'' ...........,.. Jako obowKi
Meditation. M onastery Bells -. Wely
Burlesque, "a Musical Strik e'' ....... Fahr bach
Largo rgo....-......-.... Handel
Cornet solo, w. B. Rogers.
Waltz, La Serenata". Observation-Disclosures. Jaxone
ParapIrase, Spanish Chant" "............... ardy
March, Liberty Bells" Observation-Disclosures SOU "a
EVENING.
Overture, "Rob Roy" .................. Hare
Gavotte, "a Wee Bit O o'Heather" "........ ZavertaI
Melodies from -kudd igor+' .......... Sui! va n
Duet for trom bones, Mr. and Mrs. Tobu
Grand FantaSie, songs scotland" ... Godfrey
Assisted.
INTERNISsIoN.
Chorls, McheDzie's horal Society
Solo for cornet, w B. Rogers
Scotch ballet, Henry WHIP ........ saint Saens
sextette +. ON Lucia" Messrs Mahood Val
erga. Tobin, Fisnbein. Klotz and Hobbs.
March, Belle OF The " est Quinn
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-06

d!atelv after the shots had been fired and
took Raggett into custody pending fur
ther investigation as to lie cause OF the
rouOle.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

St. Cuis Post-Dispatch: Ete Meth idist ministers and other ministers were on the point of agreeing as to the faIliblIity of the St. James transla ion when Col. lngersOll came to the front and proposed to agree with them. There are a great many orthodox min isters and laymen who cannot reconcile it 10 their conscience 10 agree with Col. IngersOll about anything. But these should remember that it is inn possible for anybody to agree with h. gersOll for the reason that he has never made d definite proposition. In all the years of his featuring about the Bible h has never gone farther than to say he knows nothing more than anybody else-an admission totally uncalled for It is possible. in such matters. for h. gersoll to agree with the preachers. but absolutely impossible for the preachers to agree with Ingersou. But If the preachers agree among them selves. IngersOlrs occupation will be gone. and it may be to prevent their agreement that Ingersoll offers to agree with them.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
MOSnuifOeG

In regions where these little torments become burden, as they do in some To- callties which might be named, not a thousand miles away, it might be in- teresting to try remedy which the Philadelphia Record publishes, Its worth to be proved by experience: "The inhabitants of this down-the-river boat house were nearly torn to pieces by mosquitoes every time they attempted to sleep ln the house at night. Screens seemed to be of no avail, and it looked at one time as if the house would have to be abandoned. Finally, an old lady, who lived ill the neighborhood, told them that she had not been troubled by mosquitoes for several years. Her rem edy was aStonishingly simple She dis carded all screens, and threw the win dows wide open at night. Across the open space of the window she stretched a piece of red ribbon about two inches wide. "A mosquito,' said she, cannot be induced to pass that ribbon. Why it is so do not know, but know the na- tives of India take this means of baf- fling the vicious mosquitoes. It works to perfection here also' The man fol- lowed instructions, and now declares that there has not been a mosquito in the boathouse since the ribbon was stretched across the doors and win dOwS."
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

The novelist who signs herself "Ouida" has written letter in which she takes our legislators to task for en- couraging the immigration of foreign CTS who can read and write and keep ing out illiterates. She practically re- iterates the old saw that little learn ing is a dangerous thing" and would much prefer immigrants who knew nothing of the alphabet to those who had imbibed the limited and "mis- chievous' education of the public school system. Ouida Is novelist whose faculty lay in giving the last glorifying touches to the decaying in stitutiOns of mediaevslism. Her ideal of life is a country in which turreted chateaus or mOated schlOSSes. with a monastic institution here and there, are the only centers of enlightenment
 These happy spots should be surround
 ed with well-kept estates, inhabited by cOntented but ignorant peasantry, tc whom the lords, ladies and friars min. ister from time to time, as their high social or religious duties may allow
 This ideal Is to be found in most of Ouidas novels. It is pretty enough in a book, but the day has gone by when it is possible ill real life, except in a few out of the way parts of the world that have not felt the touch of modern ad- vancement. Its cOntented, ignorant peasantry, Ouida's special delight, are rapidly giving place to the restless, in- dependent, ambitious and more en- frightened men and women of to-day. Ouida will be sorry to hear that we have no ''peasantry" in the United States. We have farmers-American farmers and voters. If there are any who answer to her notion of peasants, they have but recently arrived. They will not continue to be peasants. They will rapidly become American citizens.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

The statement going the rounds of the press to the effect that Mir. Moody said that the Prince of Wales had re- pudiated Masonry because Masons do not believe in the Bible. turns out to be a different matter when it is learn ed just what Mir Moody did say Of course every Mason in the country saw the absurdity of the statement at once, but coming from as eminent source as Mir. Moody, no doubt many people be lieved it. This is what the distinguish ed divine says about 1t: 'In meeting i'll Boston some time ago I said the Roy al Lodge of Masonry in England, of which the Prince of Wales is a mem Der. had withdrawn from what is known as French Masonry, because the French MasOnry'S ritual has eliminat- ed the name of God" MT. Moody not being a member of the order got things a little mixed in the foregoing state ment. What he meant to say or should have said is that the Grand Lodge of England declines to hold Masonic rela- tions with the grand body of France because of it's refusal to recognize deity. A belief in God is the chief cor ner-stone of the Masonic edifice, and the Grand Lodge of England could not do otherwise
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Walking on Cracks.

Laurence Hutton, in St. Nicholas, Is telling what boys did in old New York, under the title of "A Boy I Knew" He says: Johnny Robertson and The Boy had one great SuperStition-tO wit, Cracks! For some now inexplicable reason they thought it unlucky to step on cracks; and they made daily and hourly spectacles of themselves in the streets by the eccentric irregularity of their gait. Now they would take long strides, like pair of ostriches, and now short, quick steps, like a couple of robins; now they would hop on both feet, like brace of sparrows; now they would walk on their heels, now on their toes; now with their toes turned in, now with their toes turned Out-at right angles, in a splay-footed way; now they would walk with their feet crossed, after the manner of the hands of very fancy, old-fashioned piano players, skipping from base to treble over cracks. The whole perform ance would have driven a sensitive drill-sergeant or ballet-master to dis traction. And when they came to a brick sidewalk they would go all around the block to avoid it. They could cross Hudson street on the cob blestones with great effort, and in great danger of being run over; but they could not possibly travel upon a brick pavement and avoid the cracks. What would have happened to them if they did step on a crack they did not exactly know. But, for all that, they never stepped on cracks-Of their own free will
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
Earn, Notes.

The Canadian Experiment Station puts rape it the head of all green feeds for the growth of lambs in both car cass and fleece.
 A reputation cannot be made in a day, but when the fruit grower makes reputation 1t adds to his capital, as he will secure better prices and vii! always have q demand for his produce. All fruit marketed should be labeled with the name of the grower.
 Grapes should be trimmed while the weather is cold. If they are trimmed in the spring they will bleed; that is. sap will run from the ends Of the shoots that have been cut and the vines will be weakened. If cut now these ends will be healed by the time sap begins to flow and the liability or damage will be reduced.
 That such plants as Venus fy-trap" actually catch and squeeze to death flies and other insects aiighting on their leaves has long been known. but the discovery k comparatively recent that the plants digest the softer parts of their prey by means of a pepuc fer ment secreted by the leaves. These, then, are real instances of plants feed ing upon animals
 Professor Plumb. of Purdue Univer- sity, in his work on corn culture, says he finds 1t satisfactory to put seed corn on the ear in common brown coffee sacks. which are hung from the rafters to cure, away from rats and mice. The essentials in preserving seed corn are to dry 1t thoroughly before hard freeZ- ing weather and to keep it secure from rats and mice Any plan that secures this will be satisfactory.
 A correspondent of an exchange says the best method of killing Canada this ties is to cDt the thistle when it is in blossom. one foot or more from the ground; take one-third salt and two thirds saltpeter. grind fine, take a pinch with finger and thumb and place on top of each thistle stalk. After they are well wirhered set fire to the patch. The fire will % as far as the saltpetre has gone which is known to be ten to twelve feet deep.
 A combination of vegetables and fruit enable the farmer D have something to sell every month in the year from early spring to the approach of winter and especially if he used hOtbedS When the farmer depends on staple grain crops he must wait for harvest before he las anything to sell A va riety Of crops which include vegetables and fruits are also securities against total loss from drought.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Among va riouS proposed methods of restriction the educational test is that which has best sustained the ordeal of discussion which has been going on for several 1 yeais past. The chief opposition comes from steamship and transportation companies. American citizenship iS worth something, and the proposed test will shut out few, if any, worthy of it. The man who does not value it enough to be willing to learn to read and write before taking ship for our shores is not worthy of a foothold here. It is of in- tinitely more importance that our re- mainins unOcupled territory should be filled up well than that it should be filled up rapidly.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
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Miss Julia Magruder's new story is entitled Dead Selves"

Miss Julia Magruders new story is entitled Dead Selves"
 An important addition to the series of '.Women of Colonial and Revolution arv Times" is in preparation for im- mediate publication. It is the long-ex- pected volume on Martha Washing ion" by Anne HollingswOrth Wharton.
 It is now four years since the publi- cation of q volume of short stories by Mr Stockton. A new book, to be issued shortly. under the title of "A Story TeIler's Pack" will contain a selection of his best work during that time. There will be nine stories in all.
 Stanley Waterloo contributes to the Nickel Magazine an extremely inter- esting article on ''The Great Chicago Conspiracy" in which he throws a good deal of new light on the historic attempt to free the 30,000 Confederate prisoners that were being guarded by less than 5000 Union soldiers in the North in 1861.
 The 4. D. F. Randolph company has in prepara ton for early publication two little volumes by Mrs. Ballington Booth. Look Up and Hope is specially pre- pared for distribution among the priS- oners in the various prisons where Mrs Booth has taken up her work. Brand ed' is an account of Mrs. Booths prison work.
 ''I hope 1 dislike personalities as much as the decent should" writes D. l.. NJ. from Hull House, Chicago, to the Critic, "but 1 cannot help wondering if MT. Kipling's critic in the BOOkman- signing himself Y. Y.-is not an invalid l never knew but two men feel that way about Rudyard, the devil and dearie, and they were both sick men. They resented, almost hated him. It SeX-the bitterness of an enforced effeminacy against an Over-pOwering strength. Possibly they are not fair judges-but women do not think Kip ling brutal. He simply gets to the bot tom. He knows"
 The Critic, speaking of 'The Book of Wealth." the subscription work that sells for $2,5O0 a volume, gives an in- teresting description of the canvassers who sell these books: "There are not more than half a dozen men in the whole United States who can sell these expensive books, and they sell nothing else. Their season is short, but their harvest is large. They live in the most expensive hotels, and, instead of trudg- ing wearily from door to door, drive about in their brOughams, accompanied by man servant who carries the book. The latter is not brought into the house until the possible purchaser expresses a wish to see it. One of the most sue cesSful of these agents told me recent ly that his season in New York did not begin until the horse show and that it was over by the first of June" Who would not be book canyaSser under such conditions?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08
HUNTING TIE osTRICH.
Birds Are Being Killed Off and Will
 Soon Be Very Scarce.

Birds Are Being Killed Off and Will
 Soon Be Very Scarce.
 An ostrich race Is very attractive sport; or, rather, the sale of booty is so great as to attract hunters. The Arabs give themselves to it with d real passion. Mounted on their fine little horses, they try as much as possible to fatigue the ostrich, for as it Is eight feet high and has very strong legs it possesses a quickneSs of movement which the best horse cannot attain. It has great endurance. Overtaken by the hunter, It seeks to defend itself with its feet and wings, but more often 1t still strives to escape by flight, utter ing d plaintive cry. In fact, the oS- trich is deprived of the power of flight | by reason of its great size. Ike mus l cular force with which nature has en- ] dowed it is not equal to lifting such a
 weight Its peculiar organization has made it the courier of the desert, where 1 it is able to quickly traverse the almost | limitleSS expanse. The Arab knows very well that it is the habit of the os- trich to make great detOurS about its ucSl III d ClTCic. ne CIldS6S II IueU WlIn- out ceaSing until 1t is almost there, when, worn out, 1t succumbs, conceal ing its head in the sand in order not to see its enemy, or inStinctively hoping to escape q danger which it cannot see any more. This chase requires eight or ten hours, but it offers large re- wards. The plumes are worth cOnsid- erable sum, the skin makes good leath- CT and the Arabs are very fond of the flesh. Besides, in spite of the fact that 1t reprOduces its species rapidly, the ostrich Is all the time becoming rarer, and it is hunted for export and domes- ticatiOn in other countries It is one of Africa's great resources, and may become new source of prosperity to AlgerianS If they are willing to make the effort. The truth of the popular saying, 'the stomach of an ostrich" has been confirmed recently by an au- topsy on one, doubtless for a time cap- tive, when the following was found in its stomach: A parasol handle, two keys, two great pieces of coal, a glove. a handkerchief, pair of eyeglasses, ring. comb, three large rocks, the necks of two beer bottles, the sole of shoe, bell and a little harmonica.- Paris UniverS IlluStre.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-08

Menpbjs Commercial Appeal: Sev- eral Chicago Aldermen have taken to preaching on Sundays from the pulpits Of various churches. It is claimed that the lay preacher can discuss many sub- jects in the pulpit which the profes- sional minister is expected to eschcw As general proposition it may be gen. erally laid down that anything T pro- fessioDal preacher cannot discuss in Ihe pulpit ought to be proclaimed from some other forum. The public hall, the outdoor meeting. the lyceums or other public buildings might better be util- ized and leave the pulpit for subjects less worldly.