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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
FLASHES OF FUN.

Fuddy-Is Torman a man of good .judg-
ment?
Duddy-Ke would be If he did not rely so
much upon his own DISQUALIFICATION Trans
cript
"Will you let me have 25 cents on a copy of
my autobiography anxiously whispered the
struggling author.
Not on your lifel" replied the unfeeling
pawnbroker-Chieago Tribune.
officer Duggan Crushing into police stationl.
There's another murther mys terry, captain.
Captain--What now?
Duggan-A reporter has jist towld me thot
tn trunkless body av q mon, wild tn head,
arms an less gone, has iisI bin found in Lin
coin Park.-Up 10 Date.
''You consider the garbage question an i'm
portant one, do you noi?'
'My dear SIR it's the burning question of the
age."-Chicago Post.
Parson Johnson-So dis little chile am a gal
Do de udder one belong toe de contrary sex ?
Mrs. Jackson-Yais, pahson; dars a ga
too.-Ju1ge.
'I can't stand Hobbs; he is the most often.
sive Anglomanlec l know" 'How does he
show it?" "He laughs at English jokes
Chicago Record.
Bobby-Paw. what is a statesman?
Mr.. Ferry-A statesman is a misguided per-
son who tries to usurp The rights OF the news
papers to run the country.-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Ella-How do you like the fl of my new
jacket? Hateful! Why, it's more like q
convulson.-Iit-Biis.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
AN IRISH LOVE-SONG,

In the years about twenty
INhen kisses plentyl
The owe OF an Irish lass fel TO NV fate
so winsOme aud slightly,
so sauc and sprighLty,
The prize { was prophet lnaI chfistened her Kate.
soft Lrsv OF the dawning,
Bright b.ue of the moruing,
The sweet or her eye there was nothing to mate;
y nose ike fairs,
a cheek like q cherry's.
And a smie-wel her smile was lIke-nothing
but Kate.
To see her was passion,
% owe her, The fashion;
What wonder my hea t was unwilling to waltl
And, daring TO love her,
soon did discover
Katharine mask ing in mschievous Kate
No Katy unruly.
Bus Katharine, truly
Fond, serious pa. .ient, and even sedate;
With glow in her glad ness
That banishes sadness
Yet stay Should / credit the sunshine TO Katef
Love cannot outiive IL,
Wealth cannot U'ergive it
That saucy suirend' she made at he gate.
Time. be bat human.
Spare the giri in he womani
You gave me my kathariue- cave me my Kate
-lRobert L Underwood johnson, in the y oyember
Century.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
CORNSTARCH IN MASQUERADE.

ONE of the first the formed pluco.s
trust according the Philadelphia Record was to send
broadcast following circular mllers grocers and
other dealers in wheat flour:
We to-day mail cornarch which we
examine closely. mspv
ments that with
TO its benefit
will pleased terms your on
nearing from
claimed by those who the use of corn.tarob in
trade that the addition twenty pounds of sucb
barrel of -four improves in several v.va
giving better color and greater smootnne also
that harm results from the bination
starch healthy as wheat -four
Here then, food adulter which tbreatens IN
prevalent large -four trade It in it,
self not pernicious except that will upon
wheat and instead OF purely wheat -four; it is one
innovations that capable pencous
If adulteaion OF flour easy to saw
where it will end.
While the of in -four the extent OF 10 per
advocated the glucose on the
will benefit the -four is overlooked that the
aduterant considerably cheaper than
starch -four be marketed lesser price than
wheat -four The dealer in therefore have
uinous competition before him If the public
the glucose mixture Here then of the
necessity of vigant supervision supply Corn
starch all right in its place. it out of the -four
barrel
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES.

K. A. Van Wyck, Tammany candidate for
Mayor of Greater New York, is hearty eater,
and holds the prize for eating the most beef
steak-twenty-six pieces-at the grand annual
competition of the Beefsteak Club.
Mrs. Jerome Beecher OF Chicago has given
$4,000 10 the Chicago Orphan Asylum for a
new main building, and William A. Fuller and
OTTO Young. also of Chicago, have added SlO-
600 each for two cottages.
Henrik Ibsen is going to Berlin next spring.
on invitation, for the celebration OF his sew
enty'first birthday. 1t is expected that this
occasion will be made the opportunity for an
important 1bsenite demonstration.
According to the Westminster Gazette the
reason no biography has ever been written of
Mr.. Deiane, the late editor of the London
Times, is that the proprietors OF the Times
nave always forbidden il. Recently fresh
appeal was made to them, but, it is said, with
cut success.
The Government of India and Lord George
Hamilton have offered hearty congratulations
10 Sir Joseph Hooker on the occasion of the
completion OF the Flora of British india" on
which he has been engaged for twenty five
years. Sir Joseph will now undertake to COM
plete the Flora of Ceylon," left unpublished
by the death OF DR.. Trimen.
Maurus Jokai has gifts of the tongue as we'll
as of the zen. He wfs introduced to Kaiser
Wilhelm when the latter visited Budapest
but was called away to speak to the Arch
duchess Maria Josef. Returning he said in
apology: Your Majesty must extuse me. hut
my allegiance to ladies comes even before INV
allegiance to monarchs."
George Garcia, O. c., who has just resigned
the Attorney-GeHeralship of Trinidad" saws
the st. James Gazette, ''was one of the verv
few gentlemen OF color who held c position of
legal authority under the crown Mr.. Garcia
whose resignation is due to i'll health il cid
to be man OF considerable academic distine-
tion, and has fine forensic st;le"
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
TELL THE TRUTH.
HARDWARE.

HARDWARE.
1fyou lust lie do it artistically
business lie may be pretty thing TO look
at, but unsafe 10 hand e.
Is business lie ever justifiable 2 would
ike TO hear from some OF the experts. know
lot of them.
III you lie to customer end the clerk knows
1t, has the clerk a warrant for falsifying to
you? :
l know youngster who said: "Dad licks
me when tell lie; l want To grow up so l
Will nave right 10 tell lies same as he does" !"
Can man be a good deacon in q ch urch and
al the same time good salesman
Where does the lie come in between diplo-
macy and outright falsehood
great deal may be said about the advan-
tage OF always telling the truth. Can any
tnIng be SAID GU the other side 2
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
DON'T.
occupy.
Chicago News

(ncagO News.
Don't judge the picture by the frame around
1t.
Don't try to kill two birds with one stone
Use shotgun.
Don't send for doctor if you prefer to die &
natural death.
Don't waste your time disputing figures
They seldom lie, except in gas meters.
Don't kick O strange dog Just 10 find out
waether he is good atured or not.
Don [ get too self.important. You may be as
wise as>sn owl-dnd just stupid.
Don't expect too much of a seif-made man.
II is probably his first attempt in the creative
line.
Don't think that every sad-eyed woman you
meet has loved and lost Perhaps she has
loved and got him.
Don't leave kind words unsaid Tomorrow
the undertaken may find it necessary to put
you in his ice box
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
WASHINGTONS FAMOUS WHITE CHARIOT.


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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
AMERICAN ARMS IN EUROPE,
MINNEAPOLIS Trihnne.


One OF the most striking facts noticed by
General Miles in his recent trip abroad was
the large use made by the European armies of
American weapons, particularly of machine
rapid-hre and small guns AT A.dershot every
one OF the British regiments that swept past
in review was followed by a machine gun of
American invention. The entire British army
is armed with f1e desianed by an Ameri
can, and the Germans have begun the pur-
chase of a number of American machine
guns. Russia also uses American ideas in her
army, aud the French are only deferred bv the
expense from throwing away their present
ouIht aud adopting American machine aud
rapid-fire guns.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26


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Gusts
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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
CALIFORNIAN IN New YORK

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-At the GiIsey-R
Dickson. Holiand-D. Martin. s.. Dsnis-B
Schloss. Murray Hill-Mr and Mrs p. w.
Stanford. Hoffmar-D. Allen, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. salbot; A bert-Mrs. r. Battelle, Mrs. s.
Horridge. Sturtevant-M. Costello, f. n.
Dolly. Imperial-H. Heynman, A. Roullier, 8.
III. Salem. Everett-Miss N. Lawrence. Bar
tholdi-F. A Marriott. Belvedere-E. A. OPP
penheimer Cosmopolltan-Mr. and Mrs. L.
Ziegier Astor-Miss ID. Maroney. /. Lowen-
berg and J. Mills are here buying.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26


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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
THE TURKS PERMANENT CAMP.
PHILADELPHIA Iiec ord.


Warm clothing for go 600 men has been sent
10 Thessaly for distribution among the SOL
diers OF the Turkish army of occupation.
Ftom present indications IL would seem that
several changes of clothing, suited to future
changes OF seasons will be required by the
army OF occupation before the sacred soil of
GAece shall be relieved of the polluling pres
a y oil the Turk.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
cALIFoRNIANs IN WASHINGTON

WASH lNGToN, Oct 25. - Captain C. L.
Hooper of Oakland is at The Shoreham. War
den Charles Aull of Folsom penitentiary has
left for home. John II. Foster of San Francisco
is ut the St James Warden Hale OF San
Quentin called on the Preside mt to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

CHOICE assortment OF sterling mounted
pocketbooks, photo frames, dressing-cases,
music rolls. cardcases, chatelaine bags. sta
tlonery Sets and Mexican hand carved leather
goods Tor the fall and holiday trade on exbib
ton and lie a. the store OF Sanborn- Vail a.
Co., TAI Market street
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

"Dere amt no use o. trying TO disguise d.
truth, said Meandering Mike. "Prosperity's
a-eomin' an we may as we'll make up our
minds to it,"
Yep replied Plodding Pete. "Pm gittin'
urea OF seein' shops opened already. Wash
ington Star
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

NICE packages and pretty bottles of mar.
fumery In all the standard brands and all the
leading odors. Also ombs, brushes and hand
mlrIors Sanborn, Vait 4 Co., 74I Market 81 .
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

WE nave line of banquet and reception
lamps That eclipSes all previous eff 1rts; new
aud original designs, new and elegant fn-
lshed, and not to be seen elsewhere. Also gilt
ana onyX tables, vases, pitchers, etc. SanbOrn
Vail d Co., TAI Market street
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
RAzE THEIGNosLE STRUCTURES
Oakland Echoes

The plan, sturdily advocated by the San
Francisco CALL, to raze the ignobie structures
facing that towns monster CITY Hall and
have park there instead, ought to go
through galloping.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

Some people do not seem the least mind that
the law forbd divorced persons within
directly contrary and the happy
brides and grooms simply What are you going to do
about il ?" which does 10 be the question.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

Supervisors from 1887 TO 1890, inclusive
Co1Ss-w. II. J. and A. c. s.. City There is
no premium offered for United States quar-
ter OF 1881, nor Tor u half-dollar coined IN
1909 nor for one coined in 1883. Dealers Oh
Ter quarters nf 1881 for 80 cents, haltdoiiaTss
of 1909 for S5 cents and halveS OF 1919 lor ~
cents.
Two WREcKs-D. R. w, City. The steamer
Golden Gate OF the Pacific Mai Steamship line
was burned at sea fifteen miles r N Man
zanilto and four miles off shore July II 1867.
Two hundred lives were lost. The steamer
Golden City OF the same line was stranded at
Poiut San Lazpro Lower Calllornia, feptuaty
%, 1870. Tne steamer Golden age "ds ho1
burned.
HAwAII-H. NJ, Bodie, Cal. The Hawaiian
Islands are in the North Pacific Ocean. In
strict sense. they belong to the Polynesian
group, which embraces the Tonga or Friendly
Islands, Samoan or Navigator Islands, Savage
Island, the EIlice and Union i'lancs, COOKS or
Herveys Islands, the Society ISLANDS ("l.h a
pelago (Paumoto or Tuamoto; called also
Pearl or Dangerous islands, Pitcairn and
Easter islands, the Marquesas, Mdnlhlkl or
Penrhyn, the American and PhGhlX groups,
and ftrthest north Hawaii or the Sandwich
Islands.
IMPORTANT OUEsTIoNs-C. K City. The most.
important questions now before the people OF
the United States and which are the most dis
cussed are the Cuban question and The an
nexation proposition as 10 Hawaii.
PUBLIC BUILDINGs-C. K, City. OF the public
buildings III San Francisco the largest In size
rank as follows: city Hall, Appraisers build
ing the Branch Mint the new ferry depot,
the Cuslom-house and the Sub-Treasury
building.
THE HAWAIIAN QUEsTIoN-C. o. K, City. The
files of The CALL for several months past, the
leading periodicals to be seen at the Free
Public Library and "a Hand book on AnnexaA
ton of Hawaii by L. A Thurston, will giVeS
you a great deal OF information on the subject
of annexation.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

"I hear you are going TO move, old man.
'Going to move! Whover told you that
rubDish?"
"Your landlord r'-Boston Globe
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

Pacific Grove is moral and quiet spot; indeed goes
step beyond this known deeply consistently
religious paying its
such justly pointed other a pattern
and guide Therefore surprise that wicked
footpad has been plying his calling yet he
selected victim lady who way home
from ch urch filed memory excellent sermon
with thoughts earthly things purses
There was another lady along.
drawing pistol, biazed missing
him, and yet administering proper rebuke interest
has been aroused by the incident Among
would like to know if young Grove have
habit of carrying guns and if they church
regular thngP Because if they do proper
and young ladies elsewhere suit
confess that they keeping with procession
down in Southern California just been freed
from Jail innocent after long confinement witness
against him swearing that he falsely very
far it but what man the
victim of eros2 And why should lying witness
be permitted at large?
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

Ex-President Harrison is we'll on toward IN q
end of the much-talked-of book, and expects
to have 1t in the printers hands carly in the
Minter.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

SPECIAL info ton daily to manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Pres,
Clipping Bureau Allen's), $40 Montpomerv
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

ANY medical discovery that even promises to cure con-
sumption will be respectfully adc the
promise and failed of keeping yet lack of worth
was demonstrated people glad in them
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

The policeman who bov for pIavinp hall in
vacant lot may be conscientious citizen and kind
father but somebody ought that there are
rascals out OF jail than lad with tendency play ball.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

While Boston continues supply pugsts than an
other city, and has added set of bloomer
girls who play ball. perhaps its claim being seat of
ture may we'll be placed on the shelf temporarily.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

While Mr. Depew is recent accident on his
road was due TO nature alone he none of the
suits for damages will be directed against Providence
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

There is nothing surprising in rumcr that Cokers
fortune is vanishing The surprise about money that
while being Mr. had the good luck
to keep out of jail.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT

A SUPERVISORY. K, City. Colin NJ. BOYD
was u mem ber, of tn" San Francisco boAfu Vi
Supervisors from 1897 TO 1890, inclusive.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

The States reform schools for children axe
the necessity for reform school the eaoher
have been employed to reform the children
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

According to letters from the Kondike people now
reaze that they threatened
were otherwise it would be hard
OF hour can't be bought for love money
Is in sight the the chance of going
hungry is good enough to bet on
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

cALIFoRNIA glace fruils, 5Oc h. Townsend,s.,
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
BUT IT'S ONLY A STARTER.

Pasadena News.
IHE CALL has a picture OF five war vessels
product of this coasts shipyards. That looks
ike home manufacture.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26
A FENCE FOR DOLES PLUMBER.

ITO very limited degree there shown cOntem-
poraIies disposition discuss motives matter of
Hawaiian annexation.
One puts upon necessity having islands
der 10 control the North Pacific. Concur
reny with this complaint that
We encroaching seriously her Central South
American trade although have island beyond the
Florida and she has millions in taking and holding
Mosquito Coast and British Guiana. Commerce finally
to depend mercantile enterprise the
and fances of upon
n exhibit of appetite for territory.
The proposition to Hawaii with the of only
cent OF its people conquest nothing else
il very questionable whether enlarge
Asia by conquest mdocean. policy
cite the and antagonism
countries with which commerce.
Ia the nature of it should be friendly
proceeding with the practically unanimous consent Of the
pie concerned Such
nations that have treaties with the annexed and
whatever profitable and pleasant relations
are left undisturbed
The San Francisco Chronicle annexation
put the well this editorial July 25 1895:
party Hawaiian
denied,
opinion on the part
the United states as the advaby of Hawaiian annexation
said
Hawaii under foreign power
that entirely different
bill introduced will afford
discussion all
way, strong may desire among Repub
lcans rbuke Cleveland
leanings
The annexation party in Hawaii has less numbers
than had then shown by ne decrease
registered voters whose suffrage depends support
the schemes of the Dole ogarchy. policy
supporters in the United States years ago.
when party spirit easily led ntagonze
lands policies.
Mr. Cleveland is out of office His party is divided
two weak and mutually rpe1ant
supporters
factions led by Senator Morgan The Republican party
the legatee of Democratic 1t
foreign policy from either the
organization 1t should stand for justice
equity and morality and afford
the remarkable utterances of Senator Morgan
The native Hawaiians demand autonomy dependent
government working its destiny
Monroe hemisphere and under the Interpretation the
Monroe doctrine which has the authority
The constant threat of Dole that if don't
Tor his stolen he will pedde
insult to the United States Our should be
wontlet him peddle the islands, if
tam his olgarchy he submit majority
people who had the suffrage before
what form of domestic government they wish.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

IMPORTANT QUEsTIoNs-C. K City. The most
important questions now before the people OF
the United States and which are the most dis
cussed the Cuban question ana the an
nexation proposition as 10 Hawaii.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

X A. Van Wyck, Tammany candidate for
Mayor OF Greater New York, is q hearty eater
ana holds the prize Tor eating the most beef
steak-twenty-six pieces-at the grand annual
competition of the Beefsteak Club.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

Henrik Ibsen is going to Berlin next spring,
on invitation, for the celebration OF his sew
enty'hrst birthday. 1t is expected that this
occasion Will be made the opportunity for an
important Ibsenite demonstration.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-26

Mrs. Jerome Beecher OF Chicago has given
$4,000 10 the Chicago Orphan Asylum for a
new main building, and William A. Fuller and
OTTO Young. also of Chicago, have added SlO-
600 each for two cottages
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-11
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Tho latest estimate of the population
of the globe is that made by NJ.
D'Amfreville, who places it at l, 47g, 100, 8.
600. The number of Inhabitants Der
square m lie in Asia. is 49; in Africa. Is:
in America, 8; in Oreanica and the
nolpr regions 8; and in Australia. /.
The yearlyEinorease of the population of
the earth is atont to every II, 900. At
this rate the population of the globe will
double every 1879 years.
Mr.. Edward Whymper, the noted
mountain climber, has carried the alpen
stock for mors than SO years, and has
scaled Chimborazo and the Matterhorn.
besides hundreds Of lesser peaks, and, al
though be has had numberless thrilling
adventures, including fall of COO feet.
be never fractured a limb or sustained
any serious injury. Re did, however,
tum BILE down flight of stairs in Eng
land and fracture his c0llarbone.
Among the costlisst books in the world
may be mentioned the fist folio edition
of Shakespeare's plays, good copy of
which is worth 5000 when it can he had.
Baroness Burdett- Couts gave S., 600 for
hers. The Mainz Book of Psalms is an
other precious tome which was worth
IL, 900 francs in the days of Louis XVIII.
A London bookseller has copy of the
second edition of i59 for which he asks
S25, 200.
Remarkable reports are current about
a new kind of stesl invented by Mr..
Samuel Maxim at his experimental lab
oratory at Wayne, Me-. The inventor be-
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-11

A recent civil service examination in
Washington for q clerkship in the office
of the Secretary of War, called for a
thorough linguistic education as we'll
as other abilities. For instance, the ap.
plicant was expected to be able to tran
slate into English military works in
French, German, italian and Spanish
to do typewriting In all these languages:
to do pvoofreading and prepare manu-
Ecript for the press, to be familiar with
library methods, cataloguing, indexing,
etc. /; also to be tested in the use Of the
English language and literary compo.
siticn." The salary offered for man
with MI these accomplishments was but
$500 year, sum less than Is paid
many postnlaste.s In small places, who
have little to do tCt draw their salaries.
The general rule Of government employ
D,ent seems to be that rs the work goes
down the pay gees up and vice versa.
TIE high ssIasied officers are generally
only 1gu,e lends who Eeyer would tie
missed excspt on pay day. The civil
service reformers ought to take hold of
this matter and straighten it CIT.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-11

The difereEtial duties on refined sugar
are giving tho ways and means commit
tee that is engaged in framing the tariff
bill good 9eal of trouble. The Repab-
licsn members of the committee nave
been seeking to ascertain the cost of re-
fning sugar in this country with view
Of determining what degrees of protection
IL req uired. OF course some degree of
protection must tie given, else foreign
sugars on account of the lower cost Of
refining in foreign countries will fioad
the country, driving out our own sugar,
and eventually causing the shutting
down Of the refineries ana the derriying
of large mum Der of laboring men of eun-
ployment. These man must be protected,
but beyond the amount necessary for
that, the committee should net go. Let
the duty be sufficient to acquire the cost
of refining in this and foreign countries
and no more. The methods Of the Sugar
Trust are insidious, ard unless sharp
watch is kept the next Congress may be
pulled in by them as was the Congress
that passed the Wilson bill.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-11

Bismarck says the present agitation
for peace compact between Great Brit
ain and the United States ia proof of how
humanity has advanced, but that no
statesman in this world is SO powerful,
as to be able to command the voice of
the people In certain emergencies. The
Iron Chancellor's statement telegraphed
to the World, contains this very thought
full suggestion; "The terrors of modern
warfare, the uncertainty as to what the
end would be, will do more at present
at least, to prevent war than any treatiea
could do. Once the people are educated
enough to comprehend that war is a
double-edged sword, tho aggressors Of
ten being the losers. then war will
cease. +"